Podcasts about fledging

Maria chats with returning guest Ornithologist and bird expert Andrew Farnsworth about Spring migration from south to north; how you can enjoy birds this time of year and what you should do if you find a bird that fell out of its nest!

In this conversation, Rose Diell discusses her debut novel 'Fledging', which explores the complexities of the decision to have children — plus, we hear Rose's personal experience of being on the fence about kids. You'll hear Rose and Keltie discuss: The societal pressures and personal reflections that shape the Kids or Childfree decision. The emotional landscape of regret, acceptance, and the influence of relationships on personal choices. Rose's book 'Fledging', including the creative process behind it, the themes of relationships and parenthood, and the emotional journey of making childfree choices. How diverse narratives and stories about parenthood and fulfillment enrich the conversation around life choices. The independence that comes with being childfree and the relief of making a definitive decision about motherhood. ...and so much more! As mentioned in the show: Purchase Rose's new book, Fledging, at your favorite local bookseller, at renardpress.com, or bookshop.org.  Find Rose on Instagram at: instagram.com/rosediellauthor And on X: x.com/rosediell Learn more about Rose at www.rosediell.com. Hear We Are Childfree's podcast episode about hot and cold regret, here.  About Rose: Rose Diell was born and raised in London but her heritage stems from various places beyond the British Isles. A lover of language in all its forms, she speaks French, Italian and Arabic, and has lived on three continents. Rose writes in her spare time, with the encouragement and support of her writing circle, the Southbank Scribblers. She now lives in London again, with her civil partner and Tolstoy, an extremely fluffy ginger tabby. Fledging is her first novel. ___ Find information on how we can work together 1-on-1 here: kidsorchildfree.com/coaching Join an upcoming Kids or Childfree workshop by signing up here: kidsorchildfree.com/workshop Check out our free resources here, or at kidsorchildfree.com/free-resources And don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review The Kids or Childfree Podcast if you love what you're hearing! You can leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, or a rating on Spotify. Find us online at www.kidsorchildfree.com. Instagram: www.instagram.com/kidsorchildfree TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@kidsorchildfree

In this episode of NDO Podcast Casey and Cayla talk R3, hunter and angler recruitment, retention and reactivation plus national and state trends, all while Cayla struggles to accurately recall expressions.

The two episodes in this series are a recording of a long conversation Sascha and I had whilst sitting in a mountain house in Georgia. Over coffee and tiny supermarket donuts we talked for (literal) hours about our maternal lines: where our mothers' people came from, the gifts and challenges of their particular nests, how they sent their young ones out into the world. We wonder about fledging - how a strong and functional flock gets formed.In episode one we go deep into our stories. Included are such topics as: logging camps in Florida, supermarket chains, voyages across the Atlantic and miracles of various types. We welcome you to get to know us, our mothers and our mothers' mothers!

In part two of this series Sascha and I talk about the concept of fledging more generally: what happens when we're tossed from our nest into inhospitable landscapes? Has the goal always been to send our young ones off to better worlds? What happens when we stayed close and built something complex nearby each other? We also think about the many ways we've thrown ourselves from nests - the ways we've found ourselves too large and crowded and bravely leaped for spaces that might hold more of us more completely. 

E1: Ten singles arrive in Tulum and break the ice with some dicey dares. Fledging flirtationships hang in the balance during a physical challenge.E2: The couples dive in lips first for the kissing challenge. A surprise date creates drama for one pair, and two sets of matches decide to shake things up.E3: The broadroom becomes the war room when one couple stirs the pot. One contestant's reputation returns to haunt their current match- and their new date.Please rate and subscribe to our podcast. You can rate us at either Apple Podcasts, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/realitea-times-two/id1689517536 or spotify, https://open.spotify.com/show/7rInYf1BD8YiFeCeOOx8gI. I will also start reading your 4 or 5-star ratings on the air!If you like us, please share with your friends.Please visit and follow us on:Facebook: https://facebook.com/realiteatimestwoIG: https://instagram.com/realiteatimestwoThreads: https://www.threads.net/@realiteatimestwoTwitter/X: https://twitter.com/RealiteaxTwoPod Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@realiteaxtwopod?lang=en You can also e-mail us at realiteaxtwo@hotmail.com. If you want to be a guest on the podcast, please e-mail at us at the above e-mail and please put in the subject line "Guesting on Your Podcast". Please also mention which show you would prefer to guest on.You can find us on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/@realiteatimestwoFind us on Discord at realiteaxtwoFollow us on Reddit at https://www.reddit.com/r/realiteatimestwopod/ I got a new website!!!! Visit https://realiteatimestwo.podcastpage.io/?v=zzea where you can listen to the episodes, review the podcast and so much more!!Listen to my new podcast with my friend Mikel called "Next Take Podcast" at the below YouTube link at: www.youtube.com/@NextTakePodcast/featured or by going to our website www.solo.to/nexttakepodcastIf you want to start your own podcast, please click the link: https://alitu.com?fp_ref=realitea to get 20% off on starting your very own podcast, plus it supports the show!Have you ever wanted to be a guest on a podcast. Well you can make that happen by going to PodMatch and signing up to become a podcast guest. Use the unique link below to and find us! https://www.joinpodmatch.com/realitea Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the span of two weeks, Minnesota's Professional Women's Hockey League team won the inaugural Walter Cup championship, dismissed its general manager and drafted seven new players — one of whom is already upsetting fans because she supports apparent transphobic content online. Ian Kennedy with The Hockey News recapped the controversy on Morning Edition with Cathy Wurzer.

Meet Jill:Jill Staats is the founder and CEO of Fledgling Media, a family of brands dedicated to bringing life skills education to people at every age and stage. Currently, she supports ambitious women who are passionate about both work and parenting by providing expert-level virtual assistant hiring, training, and management. As a former Human Resources Manager in Silicon Valley, Jill supported employees during their biggest life changes. Witnessing those changes inspired her to develop a business that provides not only emotional and mental support, but physical resources to make times of transition seamless, fulfilling, and stress-free.Today, she's committed to infusing her passion for education for people of all walks of life with real life administration skills that help individuals prioritize their bucket list and leave a lasting legacy.Links & Resources:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInReady to turn your website into a marketing machine?  Grab my Free Website Power Integrations GuideFor the transcript and show notes:https://laurakamark.com/43

Katie saved a bird last week.. or killed it? We don't really know but it's the intention that matters!

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is Sammie Crowley! Sammie is a writer who has worked on The Ghost and Molly Magee, Loud House, DC Super Hero Girls, and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Along the way, we talk about finding a community of TV writers in college, her journey to becoming a writer for cartoons, some lessons she learned from My Little Pony, and so much more! While we talk, we doodle on a Google jamboard, where we draw from prompts we got on Twitter. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! Become a Patron! ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Follow us on our socials for updates! ► https://twitter.com/crtvblockhttps://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreons and Blockheads for the prompts and questions! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the host! VEE! ► https://twitter.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat/ ARI! ► https://twitter.com/acastleton ►https://www.instagram.com/castletoons/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Malik Gayle ► https://twitter.com/MalikGayle and Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 Intro 1:58 Childhood and college 13:41 Brainstorming 16:32 Post-graduation projects 18:58 Kady Fanfiction 20:50 From fanfic to spec spript 25:01 Good twists 27:33 First gig 34:10 Freelance vs staff writer 50:54 Pushing an idea 54:26 Typical day in writer's room 57:18 Different stages of a script 1:08:11 Favorite episode 1:11:53 Making a character appealing 1:21:33 Writing interesting episodes on a long show 1:33:19 Fledging idea to draft 1:37:49 Creative block 1:43:01 Lessons from MLP 1:45:12 Shenanigans --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crtvblock/support

Fledging season is here once again, so we've reposted a favorite episode about this time of year. Take a listen and enjoy! Summary: It's fledging season! Cheryl and Kiersten talk about the Do's and Don'ts of what to do when we see a fledging bird out of their nest. Join them to find out how to identify a fledgling vs. a hatchling and how we can best help our backyard songbirds. Show Notes: PDF of Wild Bird Rehabbers in Phoenix Area: https://azwildlife.org/resources/Documents/Wildlife%20Rehab%20Contact%20List.pdf IDing Baby Birds: https://www.thespruce.com/how-to-identify-babybirds A Few articles on outdoor cat alternatives: https://www.jacksongalaxy.com/blog/leash-walk-my-cat-ask-the-cat-daddy/ https://www.jacksongalaxy.com/blog/indoor-cat-vs-outdoor-cat/   We are no longer sponsored by Wild Birds Unlimited, Mesa but through personal experience we highly recommend their products. 

Welcome to Success is a System! Today Mike Greene is at the Allia Business Centre in Peterborough. We will be talking about strategic mapping, SMART goals, discipline and focus, and how failure breeds success. Mike starts by discussing the importance of strategic mapping for entrepreneurs. He explains that it's important for entrepreneurs to have a plan and to know where they're going in their business. He talks about the importance of having short-term and long-term goals and how they should be broken down into smaller, achievable milestones. He also emphasizes the importance of setting measurable, achievable goals and staying focused on them. Mike then talks about the importance of setting SMART goals. He explains that SMART stands for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Timely. He talks about how setting such goals can help entrepreneurs stay on track and reach their goals and how setting SMART goals can be a great way to track progress. Next the importance of discipline and focus is discussed when it comes to reaching goals. He explains that without these two elements, it can be difficult to stay on track and achieve success, the importance of setting a schedule and sticking to it, as well as staying motivated and consistent. Hear how failure can be a great teacher and how it's important to learn from mistakes, failure can be a great opportunity to learn and grow and that it can be a stepping stone to reaching success. He also talks about the importance of staying positive and believing in yourself. To conclude, Mike discusses about how important it is to have a plan and to stay disciplined and focused. He also emphasizes the importance of setting SMART goals and learning from mistakes. Thanks for joining us today! ABOUT MIKE GREENE Mike Greene, star of Channel 4's Secret Millionaire, interviews some of the leading business people of our time. mike reveals the key systems that these entrepreneurs have to achieve their version of success. Because success isn't luck, Success is a system. Subscribe to Mike on YouTube - Success is a System YouTube Follow Mike on LinkedIn - Mike Greene LinkedIn Follow Mike on TikTok - Success is a System on TikTok Follow Mike on Instagram - Success is a System Instagram

In Episode 11 we welcome Ethan Summers, the CEO of Birmingham, Alabama, based Fledging who specializes in consumer electronics with a focus on storage, data transfer, and power delivery. Ethan worked with CAVU to develop a Supply Chain course as a pre-requisite for our upcoming Scrum & Hardware on demand course.

You might have seen recently a story that went viral, the woman who for three months let a baby bird nest in her hair. Of course the real story is a little bit more nuanced and to hear it directly from nature writer and conservationist Hannah Bourne-Taylor might well bring a little tear to your eye, On this episode, and in her book Fledging, Hannah tells the heart warming story of how, lonely and confused in Ghana, she rescued the little finch who in many ways actually rescued her.  This show wouldn't be possible without some amazing sponsors and for this episode our sponsor is the gorgeous jewellery brand Ana Luisa who create beautiful high quality jewellery using sustainable materials that - in every way – don't cost the earth.   And we have a buy one get 40% discount for you by going to this link!  https://shop.analuisa.com/bigtravelpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ethan Summers is the CEO of Fledging, a startup on a mission to bring premium electronics to everyone. Their newest product, the Spruce Charger, gives you the power to power your world however you want, whenever you want, and wherever you want, by replacing a power strip and up to 5 chargers with Spruce. At home in Birmingham, Alabama, Ethan writes weird sci-fi novels in his free time. Check out "The Sin Eaters" by Aaron Summers on Amazon. Its sequel, "The Earth Shakers", will be self-published Summer 2022. He also (slowly) runs obstacle course races, runs herd on his three dogs, and hangs out with his wife. Ethan shares his story on Java Chat as he nd @CoffeewithMike talk about a number of different subjects in and around the world of manufacturing and logistics. Some of the stories f Ethan's Mentors are quite interesting with lessons on leadership and personal development. A great podcast with great insights to another path to success that one can take to get to the top of their game. You can find Surge at their amazon site: https://amzn.to/3wMw1CG or visit their main website at: www.fledging.tech You can also find Ethan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethansummers/ #businesssuccess #leadershipsuccess #Fledgingtech #Surgecharger #expertinterviews #Consumerelectronics #careergrowth #inspirationalstories Credits – “Who wants Cawfee?” by Vic DiBitetto “Tik'd off Vic” www.vicdibitetto.netGrab a pound of Cawfee t'day and get your day started right! Sponsor – Iowa Legendary Rye – 100% small batch rye made the same way it made by Grandma in the 30s Iowa Legendary Rye. Taste of American History www.iowalegendaryrye.com#iowalegendaryrye #ryewhiskey --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coffeewithmike/support

Fledglings are learning to fly and avoid predators, like the sparrowhawk.

In this episode we go inside China's National Speed Skating Oval and chat with global winter sports insiders about how they perceive China's market that is ballooning with the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games approaching.

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The baby chickadees in Laura's cherry tree fledged on Friday.

Learn about automatic assumptions regarding those whom incite rebellious activities. Understand how American Revolution's Aftermath contributed to Internal Strife between neighboring states. Learn when George Washington steps down from his post which he held from 1775-1783. Discover Washington's Personal Outlook after getting reports on Rebellious Activities within Massachusetts. Ponder an assortment of questions behind why Massachusetts appeared to be in disarray. Determine whether Washington's Retirement truly was peaceful or not. Learn what caused Rebel Forces in Massachusetts to partially succeed, but understanding what could've happened had further action not been pursued. Understand why George Washington realized present moment was right time to seize next step in securing America's Future. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kirk-monroe/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kirk-monroe/support

We discuss his company Fledging and what they do, a day in the life of him as the CEO, investing, interviewing for a job, pitching to investors, marketing, college, project management and scrum --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The latest In Touch With iOS with Dave and Warren we review the Hubble iPad Case with a hub, Beta iOS 14.4 is almost out, Speck AirPods Pro case ClipFlip. Bluetooth Wireless mic for iPhone plus iOS news this week.  The show notes are at InTouchwithiOS.com 
Direct Link to Audio News There's Still No Sign of Privacy Labels for Most Google iOS Apps Apple Shifting Some Production From iPhone 12 mini to iPhone 12 Pro to Meet Demand Fitness+ Subscribers Now Have Nearly 300 Workouts to Choose From Beeper Promises to Bring iMessage to Android and Windows, Unify 15 Chat Service Topics Beta this week. iOS 14.4 Release Candidate was released today as we record. The links below   Apple Seeds iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4 Release Candidate to Developers Apple Seeds Release Candidate Version of watchOS 7.3 to Developers Apple Seeds Release Candidate Version of tvOS 14.4 to Developers and Public Beta Testers Warren received the Maskfone and tested it and reviews are in, and they are not good. Engadget review of the MaskFone Don't get your hopes up for the first facemask with built-in earbuds Dave spoke to a number of product vendors from CES here are interviews from each. Interview with Ethan from Fledging the Hubble iPad Hubble for iPad: All-In-One USB-C Hub+Case for iPad Air and iPad Pro Dave does a video review of Hubble for IPad from the show and describes the great features https://youtu.be/lgu46Jbq1D0.  Presidio ClickFlip for Airpods and the Presidio Cases. He reviews the Presidio perfect Clear Case - Brandi  Presidio Clickflip Airpods Pro Cases Presidio Perfect-Clear Case for iPhone 12 Pro Max Shows the ClipFlip and clear case on video  MightMic Pro wireless from Ampridge. Spoke top Paul Ackel MightyMic Pro Wireless SmartPhone Microphone Mobile View Apps Microsoft Lists now available to download from the App Store How to make iPhone polls with Agree app for free ‎PocketTube Subscription Manage on the App Store YouTube subscription manager Our Host Your Host Dave Ginsburg  is an IT Professional With over 22 years experience working with Mac and Windows as well as iOS devices. He is also President of The Suburban Chicago Apple Users Group
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In 2018, Lake Placid News Staff Writer Griffin Kelly interviewed Ian Ater, who runs Fledging Crow Farm in Keeseville, about community-supported agriculture and other topics. The farmers market season began this past weekend in Saranac Lake and Keene.

Welcome back to The Dispatch! Today I'm talking with Max Polec. Max is the interim COO at Fledging, a Birmingham-based startup building really cool hardware that helps make life easier for creatives that rely on technology to get their jobs done. Max also runs Abstract Collective, a design, marketing, and strategy firm that helps your brand stand out. Our conversation today centers around marketing, what it is, and how you can do it better for yourself and your company even if you have no formal marketing training. This was a really great conversation packed full of useful marketing insight and I hope the information inside helps you and your business stand out even better. — Deep Work by Cal Newport The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker Max Polec: maxwpolec@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thedispatchncs/support

Night Listeners -50 weeks this show has been on the air and I have never missed a show since it began. It's a milestone show so I am playing some of my favorites since the beginning including CR Dicks, Captain Three Leg, Movable Feast, Deerslayer and more. It's a banger of a show!Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes.bandcamp.com and download any of the releases for free.Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines & KCOE – Coe College Cedar Rapids. You can now hear us every Friday at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT – Sioux City & 90.7FM KOJI – Okoboji. If you miss the show please subscribe to the podcast archives: https://apple.co/2MzdH5e#trustkristiandayCR Dicks - "Move Demo for Manuel" / Demo (Cedar Rapids)Movable Feast - "The End of the World" / Iowa Compilation Vol. 2 Uncharted Territories (Des  Moines)House of Large Sizes - "What if There is a Fire" / Iowa Compilation Vol. 2 Uncharted Territories (Cedar Falls)Captain Three Leg - "How Much Is that Meat?" / Split with Vanishing Cities (Ottumwa)Captain Three Leg - "Disturbing the Peace" / Split with Vanishing Cities (Ottumwa)Die Mutts - "Old Videos" / Old Videos (Des Moines)Anthony Worden - "Something" / Ideal Conceptions of the Beautiful and Good (Iowa City)Michael Duede - "Wicked Purple Moon" / All Hail the Glorious Abyss ( Des Moines)Mr. Nasti - "Wild Animal" / Truth Sound (Fairfield)The Pestilents - "Anarchy in the West End Suburbs" / Obedience is Suicide (Iowa City)Captain Three Leg - "Ordinary Love" / Split with Vanishing Cities (Ottumwa)Deerslayer - "Phantom Sweeps" / Guitar Cryer (Cedar Rapids)Annalibera - "Black Cat White Cat" / The Des Moines Four Track Compilation (Des Moines)Waverly - "Tea Leaves and Telepathy" / Fledging (Iowa City)Red Throb - "My Gun" (Studio) / Bend Over Here Cums... (Iowa City)Sires - "My Everything" / Soul for Sale (Waterloo)

Night Listeners -Iowa Basement Tapes is back this week and its super heavy! I found the remains of the old Iowa Hadcore.com site which is now iowahardcore.blogger.com and found all kinds of goodies including The Tanks, Solid Attitude, and Through Hard Times. Good Ol' Bensmasher also informed me that Sludgeplow's Turned Earth album got remastered and re-released this past October. GET IT. A shout out to The Ruralists in Sioux City for sending me their album.Catch us every Thursday from 9PM -10PM on 98.9 FM KFMG-LP DES MOINES & KCOE COE COLLEGE CEDAR RAPIDS.-Kristian#trustkristiandaywww.kristianday.com | bandcamp.com/kristiandayThe Tanks - "24 Hour Revenge Fantasy" / Slippin Pills (Iowa City)Solid Attitude - "Smoking Sheets" / BB Gun Picnic (Iowa City)Through Hard Times - "Brighter Days" / Moving On (Iowa City)Waverly - "What We Are" / Fledging (Iowa City)Sludgeplow - "Gut Fountain" / Turned Earth (Cedar Rapids)The Ruralists - "Ghost" / Birth of Birds (Sioux City)Telekinetic Yeti - "Beneath The Black Sun / Abominable (Dubuque)Captain Three Leg -"Fith Column" / The Last C3L Tape (Ottumwa)The Blendours - "Fairy Tale Love" / Bloated Saturday Compilation (Des Moines)Harsh Times - "Dear Abby" / Bloated Saturday Compilation (Davenport)Pink Neighbor - "Green Light Nights" / Green Light Nights (Grinnell)Space Burial - "Pills" / Space Burial (Dubuque)

Night Listeners -Christmas is next week and I am chilling in the basement of Dylan Sires' Dad's house in Waterloo, Iowa. I bet no one saw that coming. Dylan is upstairs, I asked if he wanted to join me tonight for the show and he politely declined. I play a lot of chill music with a dash of noise with metal for dessert.Winter is a weird time for music. I hate going to shows because it's too cold and there is nothing worse than being a little tipsy when it is below freezing. However, I do love warm ambient music during this time of year. I remember being in high school and jamming Sigur Ros - ( ) during winter break when the snow covered the streets and Christmas lights illuminated my basement bedroom in my mom's house in Ely, Iowa. So for the next few weeks, I am going to be picking out lots of "warm" music. Please note: the no wave music I have chosen does not fall in this category.Listen every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9fm KFMG-LP Des Moines and at 7PM on KCOE Coe College Cedar Rapids.#trustkristiandayZuul - "As Sure As God Got Sandals" / Zuul (Iowa City)Zuul - "Blowin Kisses Makin Wishes" / Zuul (Iowa City)Peanut Ricky - "Dead Animals" / I Think I Am Not OK (Iowa City)Preacher - "Rebel" / La Sangre Esta Sabre Tus Manos (Cedar Rapids)Deerslayer - "Says Stone" featuring Bensmasher / (Cedar Rapids)Waverly - "Please Don't Fall Apart" / Fledging (Iowa City)Tires - "7" / Tires (Des Moines)The Beaches - "Bad Stone" / Viviparous Sounds (Des Moines)Austrinaut - "Basement Birthday Party" / I Don't Know Man, I can't Predict The Future (Des Moines)Deerslayer - "24 Years Later" / (Cedar Rapids)Nicholas Naoti -  "Side A" Excerpt / Watery Grave (Fairfield)P. Morrow - "Selling Graces" / At Least The Year (Grinnell)Huxley Maxwell - "Man Dies" / Bummer City, Dude (Des Moines)Captain Three Leg - "303" / 3516 (Ottumwa)

Night Listeners,This week I am in the KFMG studios with studio manger Gary Monte interviewing filmmaker Jack Meggers about his life in Mason City during the grunge era of the 90s. We play his band Ming's Daughter as well as fellow northern Iowa bands Todd's Neat Futons and Sorry Excuse. Jack left Iowa for fifteen years and returned in 2014 where he was reintroduced to Iowa's music scene. He brings on a handful of tracks that have inspired in creatively since returning to the state.Listen to us on 98.9 KFMG - LP Des Moines and KCOE - Coe College Cedar Rapids. Catch up on the archives via iTunes.Waverly - "Stop This" / Fledging (Iowa City)The Bends - "3AT" / Live at Gabes 04-30-2003 (Cedar Rapids)The Roughhousers - "Feed You're Standing On" / Woodchip Soul (Iowa City)Ming's Daughter - "Marathon Prophet" / Demo (Mason City)Todds Neat Futons - "?" / Demo (Belmond)Sorry Excuse - "?" / Demo (Mason City)Dylan Sires & Neighbors - "Good Ol Boy" / Someone (Waterloo)Love Songs For Lonely Monsters - "Ganglion Sister" / Love Songs For Lonely Monsters (Des Moines)Condor & Jay Bird - "Lightbringer 5" / God Wants Us To Do What God Wants Us To Do (Quad Cities)Mint - "Confusion" / Chemical (Des Moines)Dylan Sires - "Get You" / Previously Unreleased (Des Moines)

Recently the Supreme Court of Canada clarified what constitutes bestiality, and apparently it must involve penetration. But this raises a host of new questions, including the issue of the peanut butter loophole. Are you for or against it? On this week's Nature Walk, we resume our Who's That Bird non-bird edition contest with round 3. Feel free to play along, by trying to guess what the nonbird looks like, what it is trying to communicate, and what a group of the nonbird is called. Fair warning though for the competitive listeners in our audience: our guesses are really close this week, so you might not have much of a shot. If you want to complain about this, send us an email (maskedman@limitedappeal.net). Theme music courtesy of General Patton vs. The X-Ecutioners and Ipecac Recordings.

This week on Animal Instinct, host Celia Kutcher is joined by Dave Magpiong of the Fledging Birders Institute. Over a decade ago, a single Gray Catbird changed the trajectory of Dave Magpiong's life - leading him on a mission to bring the joy and benefits of birdwatching to others. From writing for local outlets to leading walks, his first efforts focused on southern New Jersey but ultimately grew to impact people around the world. Dave has been involved in many bird outreach activities such as the Bird Education Network (BEN) Bulletin and Winter Bird Count for Kids. After founding the Fledging Birders Institute, he organized a series of Focus on Diversity: Changing the Face of American Birding Conferences, which were aimed at making birdwatching a more inclusive activity. He was also a co-founder of the Pledge to Fledge initiative which inspired new birders on every continent (but Antarctica!)

The stonechat has one of the widest breeding distributions among the Old World passerines. It breeds under tropical, subtropical, north- and south-temperate, and sub-arctic conditions. Also its migratory strategies vary, ranging from year-round residency in areas such different as the British Isles and equatorial Africa, to long-distance migration in northern Asia. These characteristics and the fact that it can be successfully bred in captivity make the stonechat an ideal model species for studying life-history variation under varying seasonal regimes, both in the field and in the lab. In Chapter 1 I develop the conceptual framework for the study of annual timing and life-history variation in stonechats. My studies focus on free-living stonechats from two different populations, Siberian stonechats breeding in northern Kazakhstan and European stonechats breeding in central Slovakia. The taxonomic status and the basic biology of the stonechat and the characteristics of the two study sites are outlined in Chapter 2. Both sites are situated in the temperate zones and hence the local photoperiodic conditions are similar. However, due to the continental climate in Kazakhstan the summer is shorter and hotter and the precipitation lower than in Slovakia, and as a result the breeding season is about two months longer at the European site. The two populations differ in their migratory strategies (Chapter 3). The Siberian stonechats are long-distance migrants that travel up to 6500 km from their breeding to their wintering grounds and pass major ecological barriers like deserts and high mountain ranges on their way. The stonechats from eastern Europe are short-distance migrants that travel about 1500 km. Ringing recovery data suggest that a large proportion of them pass the Mediterranean Sea on their way. There are no ringing recoveries for Siberian stonechats, and information on their migratory routes is sparse and dispersed in different sources. I tried to fill this gap by reconstructing the spatio-temporal pattern of the stonechat migrations within Central Asia and southern Siberia from published passage data. Stonechats enter Central Asia in spring from the south-west, which suggests that they largely avoid the high inner-Asian mountain ranges. From there they spread northwards into their Central Asian and Siberian breeding areas. In autumn they retrace this pattern backwards, however the movement is less concerted than in spring. The passage data can be used to calculate the average speed of migration within the area and compare it to migration speed in the European stonechats. The European stonechats move at higher speeds during spring than during autumn. This is consistent with data on other European passerines. Within Central Asia, however, the stonechats seem to be constrained in their spring movements because they have to stop and wait for ameliorating local conditions. Increasing spring temperatures due to global warming may therefore have a high potential to change migratory phenology in the Siberian stonechats. Birds shut down their reproductive system during the nonbreeding seasons. Migratory birds face a potential conflict between the preparation for breeding and migration, because gonadal maturation takes several weeks. I investigated whether the migratory strategy affects the gonadal state at the time of arrival in the breeding areas (Chapter 4). Males of both populations arrive at the breeding sites with gonads that are not fully developed. Neither the gonadal state in relation to the onset of reproduction, nor the rate of development to the mature state differ in the two populations. This could indicate that the late stages of reproductive development are mainly affected by the targeted date of reproduction and/or by physiological determinants of gonadal maturation rates, whereas the migratory period has less effect. More knowledge about reproductive development along the migratory route, particularly in long-distance migrants, is required. In my study populations local breeders and passage migrants are not distinguishable on the basis of their gonadal development. However, the data in the passage migrants is more variable, which could reflect differences in reproductive timing due to different migratory destinations. Due to the local conditions at the breeding site and the temporal requirements of migration the stonechats in Kazakhstan have a shorter breeding season than their conspecifics in Slovakia (Chapter 5). The Siberian stonechats produce generally one clutch per season, but lost clutches are often replaced. European stonechats lay up to three clutches per season. The interval between clutch loss and relaying does not differ between the two populations. Breeding synchrony is significantly higher in Kazakhstan, both over the whole breeding period and when only the first clutches are considered. Overall clutch size is higher in the Siberian stonechats. Clutch size decreases from first to replacement clutches in Kazakhstan, and from first to second clutches in Slovakia. The clutch size of the third clutches in the European stonechats increases again, which may indicate that only high-quality parents initiate a third seasonal breeding attempt, or that a strategy of terminal investment is involved. Fledging success per egg is higher in Kazakhstan and does not differ between breeding attempts. In Slovakia fledging success drops markedly from the first to the later breeding attempts. Predation during the egg stage plays a greater role in the European stonechats, whereas in the Siberian stonechats predation on nestlings is more important. As a result of smaller clutch sizes later in the season, and of higher failure rates in later clutches, particularly in Slovakia, fledgling output per clutch decreases in both populations. A Kazakh breeding pair produces on average about five fledglings per season, a Slovak breeding pair about seven fledglings per season. In one study season 9% of the Kazakh males mated simultaneously with two females. Facultative polygyny has previously been reported in European, but not in Siberian stonechats. The primary clutches of polygynous males were initiated earlier, contained more eggs and produced more fledglings than the comparable first clutches of monogamous males. This may indicate that polygynous males were of superior parental quality. The secondary polygynous clutches were initiated later, contained less eggs and produced less fledglings, indicating costs in terms of reproductive success for secondary females. According to the challenge hypothesis the length of the breeding period, the degree of inter-male competition, and the degree of parental care affect the seasonal profiles of circulating androgens (Chapter 6). Male Siberian stonechats have elevated circulating androgen levels during May and June with a peak in mid-May. In the European stonechats androgens are elevated from March until the end of May, they peak in mid-April and mid-May. In both populations androgen levels are highest in males during the territorial stages and when the females are fertile, and decrease during the parenting stages. Overall androgen levels are higher in the European stonechat males, which could be explained by higher male-male competition and/or a lower degree of paternal care in this population. Male aggression during simulated territorial intrusions is high throughout the season in both populations and therefore apparently unrelated to the circulating androgen levels. In the Siberian stonechat males dihydrotestosterone (DHT) contributes relatively more to the total circulating androgens. This could be related to different roles of DHT and testosterone (T) in regulating male reproductive behaviours, or to different costs associated with high circulating levels of these androgens. Estradiol (E2) is basal throughout the season in Siberian and European stonechat males. In female stonechats the levels of circulating gonadal steroids (E2, T, DHT) are basal throughout the season. T is higher in the European stonechat females than in the Kazakh females, however there is no apparent seasonal pattern. The adrenal glucocorticoids (GCs) are steroid hormones that act in general energy metabolism and as part of the response of an organism to unpredictable threats to its physiological homeostasis (Chapter 7). Two hypotheses try to explain seasonal and individual variation in circulating GCs. The reproductive limitation hypothesis predicts that, because high GCs may cause nest desertion, GC response to stress is reduced when breeding opportunities are limited, as in the Siberian stonechats. Contrary to this predictions, overall GC levels are higher in the Siberian than in the European stonechats. Hence there seems to be no simple relationship between the potential number of breeding attempts and GC levels in stonechats. The energy mobilisation hypothesis predicts higher GC levels during periods of increased energy demand, such as breeding. The energetic costs may differ between breeding stages, at least in males. However, GC levels do not vary with breeding stage in the stonechats. GC levels decrease in Kazakhstan when the birds start to moult. Feather replacement is an energetically costly task; therefore a simple relationship between energy demand and circulating GCs is not supported. It is possible that GCs interfere with the physiology of feather replacement and are therefore reduced during this period. Time-dependent mortality, the degree of sibling competition, and internal constraints on growth have been discussed as the major factors affecting the evolution of developmental rates (Chapter 8). The length of the breeding season may also affect juvenile development, particularly in migrants, where the juveniles have to gain a certain level of maturity to meet the demands of the autumn movements. Incubation periods are slightly shorter in Kazakhstan than in Slovakia, indicating that embryonic development may proceed at a higher rate in the Siberian stonechats. Postnatal increase rate in body size, but not in wing length, is also higher in the Siberian stonechats. These measures of postnatal growth are not affected by the hatching date. Runt nestlings, which are at a competitive disadvantage because they have hatched later than their nestmates, are initially heavier and bigger but loose this head start during the growth period due to lower growth rates. Postjuvenile moult is initiated very early in the life of Siberian stonechats. as in their captive conspecifics. It is shifted forward by a few days in the late-hatched chicks of replacement clutches, however the effect of hatch date on the onset of moult is much lower than in captive European stonechats. The period from the start of incubation until the end of postjuvenile moult lasts about half as long in the Siberian stonechats than in the European stonechats, mainly due to differences in the onset and duration of moult between the populations. Siberian stonechats lay only one clutch per season, but lost clutches are often replaced (Chapter 9). Normal breeders (those birds that raised their first clutch successfully) initiate postnuptial moult shortly after their young have left the nest. Late breeders (birds with replacement clutches) moult later than normal breeders. However, they initiate moult earlier in relation to the age of their offspring than normal breeders. As a result, they overlap breeding and moult more than normal breeders. Simultaneous reproduction and feather replacement is thought to be costly and therefore generally avoided. This is not always possible in time-constrained breeders. In the Siberian stonechats the degree of moult-breeding overlap increases the later the offspring hatches in the season. Scarce data suggests that late breeding males initiate moult earlier than their female partners. This may imply that they reduce their share in parental care, as has been found in other species. Postponing moult of body feathers, which serves mainly in insulation, may have less severe consequences in a migratory species, than postponing wing moult. Late breeders postpone body moult more than wing moult. Siberian stonechats in Kazakhstan and European stonechats in Slowakia are closely related and breed both in the north-temperate zones in the same latitude and under similar photoperiodic conditions. However, due to the different local climatic conditions, the migratory distance and the length of the breeding season differ. This brings about consistent differences between the two populations in the migratory behaviour, the breeding performance, the hormonal regulation of reproduction, the hormonal response to environmental challenges, and the juvenile development. Because the Siberian and Slovak stonechat populations are closely related, a divergent genetic background and/or species-specific physiological constraints probably play a minor role in creating these differences. They rather reflect differences in annual timing, which affect the trade-off between current and future reproductive success in different life-history stages. The climatic changes that are observed in recent years have been associated with changing migratory and reproductive schedules and shifts in species’ distribution ranges. The example of the stonechats shows that a multitude of systemic changes is required to change the annual cycle. The success of an organism in a changing environment will depend on its ability to successfully integrate all these physiological and behavioural alterations.