It;s great tio be back. After a long hiatus to attend the birth of my first two grandchildren in Costa Rica, and then a birding trip to Colombia, the podcast is back. On this episode Bruce LaBar (remember episode #3) and I recap our Colombia trip. It was a terrific trip with Hillstar Nature Tours, and leader Mollee Brown and Yessenia Tapasco.

Check out my trip report on eBird where lots of photos from many of the participants are on the eBird lists.

For more photos and details see the blog post on the BirdBanter.com blog.

As I mention in the introduction, some of my best times recording episodes for the podcast is when I just talk birding with another birder, like myself who just loves to talk birding with a fellow birder. No other agenda, just having fun. Keith Corliss is my guest on this episode, a North Carolina birder who perfectly exemplifies a fellow birder enjoying taking an hour to chat about birding and meeting a new friend. Enjoy

See Keith's eBird profile here

Keith's email is on his ebird profile.

I mention several episodes I really enjoyed with other birders who have great local and regional birding experiences to share. You'll find links to those and more on my

I also mention the San Diego Birding Festival, I believe I misnamed it as the Sea and Sage Festival on the recording but here is the link.

You can find information about the Searcher 5-day pelagic with Todd McGrath and others here.

Westport Seabirds in Washington can be found here.

Thanks for listening. Until next time, good birding and good day!

On this episode Alex and I talk about how he has enjoyed birding in Eastern Washington as a Washington State University student, after birding in the Seattle area for most of his early birding days. We also talk about his mammal WA big year in 2022, his birding story, and more.

Enjoy.

Reach Alex by text, his phone number is on his eBird profile, or by email sowersalexander1- at- gmail- dot - com

On the Birdbanter.com blog post about this episode you can find links to many of the ebird hotspots discussed and more.

Thanks for listening. Until next time, good birding and good day!