S6 E14: Connecting People with Nature. A conversation with Kathy Rigling.

About this episode

Mathew G. Radford discusses Florida's iconic birds and conservation efforts with Kathy Rigling.

In this episode, I had a fantastic conversation with Kathy Rigling from Orange County, Florida. We talked about many of the iconic birds of Florida including Kites, Scrub-Jays, and Flamingos. We also chatted about her work as education director of ORANGE AUDUBON SOCIETY and the many great projects they are involved in in Florida. You can HELP RESTORE CRITICAL HABITAT. Orange Audubon has a Birding festival in December called the NORTH SHORE BIRDING FESTIVAL. WINGS OVER FLORIDA provides ce...

People in this episode

Host: Mathew G. Radford

Guest: Kathy Rigling

Topics covered

• birds
• conservation
• education
• habitat restoration
• Florida wildlife

Keywords

• Kites
• Scrub-Jays
• Flamingos
• birding festival
• habitat restoration

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ORANGE AUDUBON SOCIETY

Places: Orange County, Florida, Florida

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