In the early 2000s, a television scandal rocked the golf world and the bird world alike. What came out of it?
*Post-script amendment: 29% of nearly all North American (not global) bird populations have declined since the 1970s (Rosenburg et al. 2019 downloaded at from <a href="https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.birds.cornell.edu%2Fhome%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F09%2FDECLINE-OF-NORTH-AMERICAN-AVIFAUNA-SCIENCE-2019.pdf">here</a>).
Episode written and produced by Ishana Shukla
Special thanks to Sanjana Raman, Isabel Cortez, and Kelli Haupage for providing voice-overs.
Credits:
Pied Billed Grebe calls by Dennis Davenport
Mourning dove by MyBackyardBirding
Song Used: In the Hall of the Mountain King - Grieg

7. sound(e)scape #10

COVID-19 has the world sheltering in place. Here in our place of coastal California, spring is happening. Eight undergraduate students from University of California, Santa Cruz lift the blinds and peel back the petals. These students are your guides as we ponder springtime happenings in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Join us as we explore intersections of humans and nature in the lockdown era. We’re stuck inside, but spring is happening outside. This is Sheltered Spring.