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Wandering Nature

A travelogue and podcast about nature, culture, science, and sustainability

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Podcast Episode 1: Habits of Consumption

In this episode…

The slate-throated whitestart (Myioborus miniatus) is a bird that lives in the cloud forest and uses an interesting trick to find food. We also discuss the unique manner of drinking beer in Ecuador.

Myioborus miniatus:

Slate-throated Whitestart

Myioborus melanocephalus:

Spectacled Whitestart 

Myioborus photos courtesy of Michael Woodruff

Once I’ve accumulated a few episodes, I’ll start publishing these regularly to iTunes. I’ll let you know when that happens.

Theme music: Pacifico (James Beaudreau) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

Other music in order of appearance:

Strayhorn (James Beaudreau) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds Now (The Moonlighters) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

Liszt Millipede (Lanark) / CC BY-NC 3.0

Satie Ladybug (Lanark) / CC BY-NC 3.0

The Day Bartender (Al Duvall) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

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Tail feather experiment (discussed in podcast episode 1 below)

The first photo shows the tail feather patterns of the Costa Rican (l) and Ecuadorian (r) subspecies of Myioborus miniatus. In the last photo, the scientists (l to r) are Beata Orzowska, Beata Dulisz, and Jacek Nowakowski (Tadeusz Stawarczyk, who was interviewed, is not shown).