Shannon Hackett

Social media for the win! This is an amazing picture. Thanks @kevinosx.bsky.social

For several months, I've been participating in very interesting and different conversations about engagement, events, and leadership with a bunch of diverse, caring, interesting, smart, open, and compassionate people at Storycraft Labs.

YouTube video by Song Experiments Emilie - Official Lyric Video II | Song Experiments (Feat. Sam Velez)

A tribute to a pioneering woman in science, Emilie Snethlage (1868-1929), written by one of our friends. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNnW...

Dr. Jen Golbeck on X: "I found this birding book along the side of the road on the Tamiami trail in the Everglades on 8/25/25. It is so well loved with sightings going back decades. If you're a birder (I am not) please spread the word and hep me find the owner so they can be reunited https://t.co/ZvZ67NzdMe" / X I found this birding book along the side of the road on the Tamiami trail in the Everglades on 8/25/25. It is so well loved with sightings going back decades. If you're a birder (I am not) please spread the word and hep me find the owner so they can be reunited https://t.co/ZvZ67NzdMe

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Denying science won't make it go away. Please take care and get vaccinated and vaccinate your children.

Come check out the exhibit! Also hear us talk about the exhibit on our kingfisher episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...

Such fun chaos it was.

Here’s the wild photo Jenna Mccullough mentioned on this week’s episode — a laughing kookaburra eating a sacred kingfisher 😳! Nature can be brutal AND fascinating. Here's a link to the full episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...

Reminder to check out our YouTube page for our 'Field Trips' where John and Shannon show you a behind the scenes look at some of the amazing birds in the collection! #birds #museum #podcast

Do you LOVE birds?? Do you LOVE podcasts?? Make sure to like and subscribe to Birds of a Feather Talk Together Podcast!! (Link below).

ALSO! We have a request - please share this post so we can spread the word to as many people as possible!! THANK YOU!!!

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I love listening to John talk about his travels. We've been married for 32 years, and I always learn new things from him. He's never boring (me on the other hand....boring might be my middle name).

I can't tell you how grateful I am for all the kinds words, positive comments, and questions from our listeners. Keep listening, tell others, and keep asking questions. It's so fun to interact. @birdsofafeatherpod.bsky.social

Jenna is always fun. She just moved to California to start a new postdoc. She recently visited us to go to Field Museum's kingfisher exhibition that she and her research played such a large role in and talked to 2000 people in just a few days. @birdsofafeatherpod.bsky.social

We love to show people birds in the collections. It's one of the funnest things we do. John giving a tour like this was at the genesis of our podcast. Amanda and RJ went on one of these tours and were awed by the specimens (and John). The rest is 100+ episodes later. @birdsofafeatherpod.bsky.social

We each picked a bird to talk about--this was mine. An amazing bird in every way.

Random thought for the day--cicadas are TOO loud.

Going Wild with Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant Nature Podcast · Weekly Series · Going Wild with Dr. Rae Wynn Grant is a different kind of nature show about the human drama of saving animals. From a paleoanthropologist who hunts fossils in conflict...

And thanks to the BlueSky member who introduced me to this podcast. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

Nature: The Cure for Ed Yong's Burnout? Podcast Episode · Going Wild with Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant · S4 E4 · 45m

Ed Yong really can capture how science, the natural world, and beauty intersect to enrich anyone’s life. He can compel with written and spoken words. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

podcast cover page for the Birds of a Feather Talk Together podcast episode on Kookaburras.

Jenna Mccullough joins us again this week to talk Kookaburras! Here is a link to listen on Spotify, the episode is available wherever you get your podcasts! open.spotify.com/episode/7xm1...

#kookaburra #kingfisher #bird #birds #podcast #nature #wildlife

Extremely Accurate Bird Songs (The Podcast) Tommy Siegel and Billy Libby are two nature-loving musicians on a quest to write a song about *EVERY* bird species on earth (there are only 18,000 species, so it shouldn't be too hard). On each episod...

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101: Extremely Accurate Bird Songs with Tommy Siegel and Billy Libby Podcast Episode · Birds of a Feather Talk Together · 07/07/2025 · 1h 8m

Tommy Siegel (@tommysiegel.bsky.social) and Billy Libby are so funny and talented. This episode makes me laugh just thinking about it now. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

The kingfisher exhibition is open at the Field Museum. These pictures are from a "Meet a Scientist" event on opening day. Come see it! @birdsofafeatherpod.bsky.social

Kingfishers episode 1. More to come. And the kingfisher exhibition at Field Museum in Chicago is now open. Come visit!

Some cuteness is appreciated.

People birdwatching in Paraguay

here's another of Peter, Kevin Burns, and John Bates in Paraguay in 1995.

People birdwatching on a dirt road in Paraguay

Here are pictures from Paraguay in 1995 with Peter, Kevin Burns (see episodes on tanagers), John Bates.

YouTube video by Birds of a Feather Talk Together Podcast 49: Giant Hummingbird - New Study!

and he's in the field with Jessie Williamson, whose research we covered in our episode on Giant Hummingbird. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FKn...

What It Takes to See 10,000 Bird Species Peter Kaestner has traveled the world on an adventure-filled quest to become the first birder to hit 10,000. Ornithologist Jessie Williamson hitched a ride on a rollicking South American mission that ...

Here's a longer interview with Peter about this accomplishment. www.outsideonline.com/culture/essa...

River and bridge in mountains

Summer on the Columbia River. Everyone needs to go to British Columbia.

and this makes perfect sense to me even if aligning your beliefs and what you do is challenging. medium.com/blog/burnout...