10-09: World Without Birds with Nick Lund

About this episode

Nick Lund discusses his book about extinct birds and the importance of bird conservation.

The specter of a World Without Birds is certainly a sobering one, but one that could, though, inspire new birders and environmentalists to support the efforts needed to make sure that world is never a reality. In Nick Lund's latest book aimed at younger readers, he tells the stories of birds made extinct by human hands and also those of birds that have been rescued from that fate. Nick and Nate also tell stories of birds seen in unlikely places, and the birding goals of a marathoner in a wide-ranging discussion. Also, a new study about birds and brain health has made it to The Today Show! Subscribe to the podcast at Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or wherever you get your podcasts and please leave a rating or a review if you are so inclined! We appreciate it!

People in this episode

Host: Nate

Guest: Nick Lund

Topics covered

• bird conservation
• extinct birds
• environmentalism
• birding stories
• brain health

Keywords

• birds
• extinction
• environment
• birding
• brain health
• conservation
• young readers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: American Birding Association

Books & works: World Without Birds

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