Natasza Fontaine is a Botanizing Birder
Description
"I can't think about plants without thinking about birds and I can't think about birds without thinking about plants," says Natasza Fontaine in our conversation about her life as an avian ecologist, natural science illustrator, bioacoustician, and a birder. Fontaine is a founding member of Black Botanists Week. She was selected as the Bird of the Year Artist 2024 by the American Birding Association. Fontaine illustrated the Golden-Winged Warbler for the ABA Birding magazine. Listen to her story and hear her recordings of one of her favorite birds, the Caspian Tern.
Read about Fontaine and the Golden-winged Warbler at https://www.aba.org/2024-bird-of-the-year-artist-natasza-fontaine/.
Season 4 of Your Bird Story aka CHIRP is funded with a grant.
Creator and Host: Georgia Silvera Seamans
Producer and Editor: Pod for the People
Caspian Term vocalizations: Natasza Fontaine
Golden-winged Warbler: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/157972131
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