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Artwork for episode 4 Bring Birds Back, featuring a photo of Isaiah Scott and an illustration of Tenijah Hamilton

Let’s All Go to Gullah Geechee Sea Islands with Isaiah Scott

This episode’s guest may be too young to remember the 90’s children’s show, Gullah Gullah Island, but he’s certainly influencing the next generation the same! Isaiah Scott, a rising Gen-Z bird-influencer and ornithologist, reconnects with Tenijah to dish all about his journey into birding…
Artwork for episode 3 Bring Birds Back, featuring a photo of Tony Suffredini and an illustration of Tenijah Hamilton

No Birds Were Harmed in the Making of this Podcast

Childhood nostalgia, anyone? Tenijah reminisces about her favorite bird moment in a film and learns all about how it came to be! Our guest this episode is Tony Suffredini, a bird trainer and master falconer, but the real stars are all Hollywood trained professionals – his birds! Tony…
Artwork for episode 2 Bring Birds Back, featuring a photo of Katie Umekubo, Susan Downey, Garry George and an illustration of Tenijah Hamilton

A.I. for Birds: A Lesson on Wind Farms

Artificial intelligence is all the rage these days – for better or for worse. Luckily, in the case of our feathered friends, it’s good news! In this episode, Tenijah speaks with three experts (starting with Garry George and Katie Umekubo) about the great environmental gains of wind energy…
Artwork for episode 1 Bring Birds Back, featuring a photo of Corina Newsome and an illustration of Tenijah Hamilton

The Zero Sum of it All with Corina Newsome

In the season four premiere, we’re joined by wildlife advocate, ornithologist and (social media star) birder, Corina Newsome! Tenijah speaks with Corina about the latest findings in the State of the Birds report, the impact of environmental racism on urban communities and birds, and the…
The Bring Birds Back podcast artwork featuring an illustration of host Tenijah Hamilton with three birds flying overhead.

Season 4 Trailer

Season 4 of Bring Birds Back is here and it’s all about the relationship between humans and birds – for better, for worse and the in-between! With conservationists like Bill McKibben and Corina Newsome, you’ll discover the effects of zero sum mentalities on climate change and how…
A vivid yellow bird with black wings and orange red head and face cocks its head while on a slender branch against a clear blue sky

Sean Hill on Nature, Place, and Black Life

Poet Sean Hill performs three poems that encapsulate his dynamic relationship to birds, travel and life as a Black wanderer in the great outdoors. First is The Western Tanager or Why Montana, a villanelle reflecting on why people choose a home. Then, In Houston examines the intimacy of…
A flock of Chimney Swifts around a chimney

Stefania Gomez - Swifts

Each September, thousands of Vaux's Swifts roost in the chimney of Chapman Elementary School in Portland, Oregon, a stopover on their southern migration. Crowds gather every night to watch the spectacle. As a celebration of Poetry Month in the US, we offer this poem, Swifts, by Stefania…
A flock of Chimney Swifts around a chimney

Stefania Gomez - Swifts

Each September, thousands of Vaux's Swifts roost in the chimney of Chapman Elementary School in Portland, Oregon, a stopover on their southern migration. Crowds gather every night to watch the spectacle. As a celebration of Poetry Month in the US, we offer this poem, Swifts, by Stefania…
Female Baltimore Oriole showing her orangey head and body, dark beak, and brown and white striped wings

Camille T. Dungy on Nature and Motherhood

Writer Camille T. Dungy’s book Trophic Cascade deals with themes of nature and becoming a mother. The title is an ecological term, referring to the far-reaching changes on an ecosystem caused by the removal or introduction of a top “trophy” predator. In the case of Camille’s book, that…
A Great Blue Heron faces to viewers' left, with its curving neck and very long sharp beak in filtered light

Spark Bird: Jerome Gaw at the Aquarium

When Jerome Gaw got the chance to volunteer at the Aquarium of the Pacific, he was stoked. He'd loved sharks and marine life since he was a kid. But for his interview, he had to give a presentation on a creature he wasn't familiar with: the Great Blue Heron. But he read up on the bird…