About this episode

The episode features advice on hummingbird care, mentoring young birders, and an audio postcard about litter picking while birding in Florida.

On our latest show: Mike O'Connor's advice on keeping your hummers healthy; Tasha Messer on mentoring young birders; and a Plirding (Picking Up litter While Birding) audio postcard from the Sunshine State.

People in this episode

Host: Ray Brown

Guests: Mike O'Connor, Tasha Messer

Topics covered

• hummingbirds
• mentoring
• birding
• litter picking
• environment
• Florida

Keywords

• hummingbirds
• mentoring
• birding
• litter
• environment
• Florida
• audio postcard

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Sunshine State

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