It’s summer, and you might be pulling out your binoculars, filling your bird feeders, and looking up as you hear a melodious song. But for many birdwatchers, it's not just a simple pastime. Identifying bird calls, tracking rare breeds through marshes and waters, and watching our feathered friends as they watch you has turned into true love of birds — an avian obsession.Original Air Date: June 17, 2023Interviews In This Hour: <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/utterly-unlike-other-birds-inscrutable-brilliance-owls">'Utterly unlike other birds': The inscrutable brilliance of owls</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/mark-obmascik-competitive-bird-watching">Mark Obmascik on Competitive Bird Watching</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/indelible-myth-and-meaning-ravens">The Indelible Myth and Meaning of Ravens</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/christopher-benfey-summer-hummingbirds">Christopher Benfey on 'A Summer of Hummingbirds'</a>Guests: <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/jennifer-ackerman">Jennifer Ackerman</a>, <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/mark-obmascik">Mark Obmascik</a>, <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/charles-monroe-kane">Charles Monroe-Kane</a>, <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/christopher-benfey">Christopher Benfey</a>Never want to miss an episode? <a href="https://link.chtbl.com/TTBOOK">Subscribe to the podcast.</a>Want to hear more from us, including extended interviews and favorites from the archive? <a href="https://ttbook.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=3cb4c021b28e511db7dc0b1ca&id=64562fd7d9">Subscribe to our newsletter.</a>

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