Ep. #259: We Are All Birders, with Maria-Elena Montero

Choose to be Curious

Birds seem like a delightful lens through which to view curiosity: Here’s a species that lives among us, is literally part of the scenery, but to which many of us are almost entirely blind. But when we choose to be curious about birds, suddenly it's like a whole new universe emerges in our own backyards. We see things we didn’t see before. We hear things we didn’t hear before. We learn things we didn’t know before. You can imagine my delight when I stumbled on María-Elena Montero, president of the DC Bird Alliance. She leapt at the chance to talk about birds--as well as some of the curiosity practices and life lessons to be learned from observing our avian friends. Check out DC Bird Alliance: https://dcbirdalliance.org Theme music by Sean Balick, "Wingspan" by Bayou Birds, via Blue Dot Sessions.