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Northern Wings – Connecting People and Birds of Northern Arizona

Northern Arizona Audubon Society

Northern Wings, the official podcast of the Northern Arizona Audubon Society (NAAS), explores the beauty of birds and the habitats they depend on across northern Arizona. Join host Matt Anderson and guests from NAAS, researchers, and fellow bird enthusiasts as they share birding tips, inspiring conservation stories, and insights on safeguarding birds and the places they need. Learn about Important Bird Areas, habitat restoration, citizen science projects, and how you can take action for birds in

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All Episodes

43:38

Becky Hardy and the Butterfly Enthusiasts of Northern...

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2025/09/18

In this episode, Matt talks with Becky Hardy. Becky is a Yavapai County master gardener, bird guide, Northern Arizona Audubon Society's education chair and most recently co-founded Butterfly Enthusiasts of Northern Arizona (BENA). BENA is a wildlife conservation and education nonprofit with the mission to “create a world where butterflies thrive, for the benefit of nature and people.” In this podcast we discuss a wide range of butterfly related topics, including how BENA ben...

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Becky Hardy, of BENA: Creating Butterfly Habitats

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2025/09/18

In this bonus episode of Northern Wings, we continue our conversation with Becky Hardy, this time, focusing on creating habitats for butterflies and hummingbirds. Becky is the president of the Butterfly Enthusiasts of Northern Arizona, a Yavapai County master gardener, birding guide, and the education chair for the Northern Arizona Audubon Society. We recorded this episode at Bubbling Ponds Preserve in the beautiful Anita MacFarlane Ramada following a wonderful butter...

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32:02

Doctoral Student Matt Jenkins Talks About His...

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2025/08/11

In this episode, you get two Matts for the price of one. Matt Anderson interviews Matt Jenkins, a third-year doctoral student at the University of Arizona, about the fascinating research he’s conducting regarding bluebirds (both Western and Mountain) using data he’s collecting in Northern Arizona and elsewhere. We talk about Matt’s fascinating journey, from his boyhood interest in birds to his scientific research exploring the evolution of behaviors over time and how they influenc...

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Alice Madar - A Conversation About Hummingbirds

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2025/07/10

In this episode, I chat with Alice Madar, who serves as both the executive director of the International Hummingbird Society and vice president of the Northern Arizona Audubon Society. We discuss the beauty of hummingbirds and the challenges they face, the upcoming Sedona Hummingbird Festival, her deep commitment to conservation, and her extraordinary photographic adventures. We are grateful to the Macaulay Library, part of Cornell Lab of Ornithology at Cornell University, for th...

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33:57

Paul Dougherty: A Discussion of his Research in...

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2025/07/01

In this episode, I chat with Paul Dougherty, Ph.D., about the research he is conducting that brought him to northern Arizona to collect data. Dr. Dougherty is a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. One of his primary interests is molting behavior, a chronically understudied aspect of avian biology that can render bird populations vulnerable to climate change. Listen to this episode to learn more about his inter...

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Motus Episode Update

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2025/06/04

In our episode on the Motus Wildlife Tracking System, we looked forward to receiving the first “pings,” or detections of tagged birds. That future has become real. This update provides information on three recent detections. Visit the Motus site (www.motus.org) to see the most recent data from the two stations in northern Arizona. Thank you for listening. Please visit our website and subscribe to our Instagram feed. Website: https://www.northernarizonaaudubon....

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The Motus Wildlife Tracking System

Northern Wings – Connecting People and Birds of... ·

2025/05/30

In this episode, NAAS member Matt Anderson interviews immediate past president, Kay Hawklee, and board member, Rick Moore, on the efforts that led to the installation of two Motus wildlife tracking stations in Northern Arizona. Motus is an international research community working together to study the movement and behavior of birds, bats, and insects (www.motus.org). The two new stations are designed to capture radio signals from tagged animals and to contribute these data to the ...

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Introducing Northern Wings: A Podcast of the Northern...

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2025/05/07

The Northern Arizona Audubon Society is launching a podcast focused on appreciating and protecting birds and the places they need in this beautiful part of the Southwest. Listen to this trailer for more information and subscribe now so you don’t miss an episode! Thank you for listening. Please visit our website and subscribe to our Instagram feed. Website: https://www.northernarizonaaudubon.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nazaudubon/ The Northern Arizona Audubon Soc...

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