Episode 41: Nerds of a Feather: Interview with Wildlife Researcher Dack

Episode 41: Nerds of a Feather: Interview with Wildlife Researcher Dack

Shoot the bird shit with John and Dack! Wildlife researcher and good friend of the show Dack joins John to explore the world of bird research. Dack explains how Ornithology is about more than just counting birds and explains how radar, satellites strapped on vultures, and even cloud cover can tell us a lot about our feathered friends. Dack also tells personal stories from his own lifetime spent in research and sheds some light on the darker side of wildlife research funding. And of course, it wouldn’t be Dirty Bird without lots of dumb laughs and jokes. See into the world of a wildlife researcher in this very special episode of Dirty Bird Podcast!

References Mentioned by Dack in the Show:

Internet of Wildlife - https://celltracktech.com/internetofwildlife/

MODIS https://earthdata.nasa.gov/earth-observation-data/near-real-time/download-nrt-data/modis-nrt

Using cloud cover to research birds http://www.earthenv.org/cloud

Biomass of Birds vs Humans https://www.pnas.org/content/115/25/6506

Become a citizen scientist! https://ebird.org/home

We’ve lost one in four birds since 1970 https://www.3billionbirds.org/

Turn your backyard into a wildlife habitat https://homegrownnationalpark.org/



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