Migratory birds connect us. I’ve been in the state of Oaxaca, in southern Mexico, for almost two months now. This is a story of exchange, of our interconnected planet, and of the birds that connect our lands, from Montana to Oaxaca. But in telling it I couldn’t ignore the difficult themes of gentrification: that although the birds don’t recognize the wall between our countries, it still greatly influences our human lives. I hope that this story stimulates interesting thoughts, conversations, and exchanges!

This podcast features the voices of many birds: yellow-rumped warblers (Setophaga coronata) singing and calling from Montana, and calling from their wintering grounds in Oaxaca; and a recording from Las Canteras Park, Oaxaca de Juárez that includes social flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis), Bewick's wren (Thryomanes bewickii), yellow-rumped warbler, house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus), Inca dove (Columbina inca), white-winged dove (Zenaida asiatica), and curve-billed thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre). Also, from Montana's spring and summer, we hear western meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta), American robin (Turdus migratorius), yellow warbler (Setophaga petechia), house wren (Troglodytes aedon), and gray catbird (Dumetella caroliniensis).

Find the illustrated transcript of this podcast here:
https://wildwithnature.com/2024/02/01/from-montana-to-oaxaca/.