Nick Bonomo's guest appearances

Nick Bonomo

BirdCallsRadio

Bird Banter

Fowl Mouths Podcast

Lynn Barber

Nate Swick

Dorian Anderson

Jason Ward

Jeffrey Ward

Dan Casey

Pete Dunne

Geoffrey Hill

Jon Anderson

Julie Zickefoose

Patrick Dugan

John Marzluff

Noah Strycker

Bernd Heinrich

Julie Brown

OwlTail

We are back, fellow fowl mouthed bird nerds, with fishing and pishing, gull spotting expert Nick Bonomo. When he’s not mending the broken, he’s searching swamps at midnight, finding us the rarities that would otherwise go unnoticed. He’s got a penchant for punishing himself, owling at all hours and combing the world for super rarities....

Episode 12: An Interview with Nick Bonomo

Nick Bonomo is a self-taught, and has been since his teens an amateur birder who resides in Connecticut. Your day job is an orthopedic surgery physician assistant, and when you are not working, you spend your free time in outdoor pursuits.

Nick Bonomo is a self-taught, and has been since his teens an amateur birder who resides in Connecticut. Your day job is an orthopedic surgery physician assistant, and when you are not working, you spend your free time in outdoor pursuits.

BCR 179: Nick Bonomo, Shorebirder

On The Bird Banter Podcast Episode #24 Ed and Nick talk about Nick's recent Alaska trip, his 2019 "self-found" or "no chase" Connecticut big year where he is doing a big year where he does not chase birds found by others, rather looks for his own bird sightings.  We also talk about his role in leading trips for the Connecticut Audubon, including an upcoming trip to sub-Saharan Africa, using NEXRAD to monitor migration, and of course his birding story.   Nick has a blog, Shorebirder.comhttps://www.shorebirder.com/ Here is a link to a resource for pelagic trips out of Cape Cod.  https://www.brooklinebirdclub.org/pelagic-trips-2/ Here is a link to the eBird primer on using radar to follow migration.  https://ebird.org/news/radar Here is the site Nick recommends for access to radar data  http://weather.rap.ucar.edu/radar/     -Nick suggests the following settings.Product: 0.5 ReflectivityBackground: (doesn't really matter)End date: TodayEnd time: Most recentLoop duration: 3-4 hours...this gives you a good timespan to see migration in action. You can view the "liftoff" as the sun sets, or you can view the much more gradual "descent" of birds as dawn approaches. I'll be sure to put up a blog post with this info on http://birdbanter.com/index.php/blog/ Until next time;  Good birding.  Good day!

On The Bird Banter Podcast Episode #24 Ed and Nick talk about Nick's recent Alaska trip, his 2019 "self-found" or "no chase" Connecticut big year where he is doing a big year where he does not chase birds found by others, rather looks for his own bird sightings.  We also talk about his role in leading trips for the Connecticut Audubon, including an upcoming trip to sub-Saharan Africa, using NEXRAD to monitor migration, and of course his birding story.   Nick has a blog, <a href="https://www.shorebirder.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shorebirder.com</a><a href="https://www.shorebirder.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.shorebirder.com/</a> Here is a link to a resource for pelagic trips out of Cape Cod.  <a href="https://www.brooklinebirdclub.org/pelagic-trips-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.brooklinebirdclub.org/pelagic-trips-2/</a> Here is a link to the eBird primer on using radar to follow migration.  <a href="https://ebird.org/news/radar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ebird.org/news/radar</a> Here is the site Nick recommends for access to radar data  <a href="http://weather.rap.ucar.edu/radar/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://weather.rap.ucar.edu/radar/</a>     -Nick suggests the following settings.Product: 0.5 Reflectivity Background: (doesn't really matter) End date: Today End time: Most recent Loop duration: 3-4 hours...this gives you a good timespan to see migration in action. You can view the "liftoff" as the sun sets, or you can view the much more gradual "descent" of birds as dawn approaches.   I'll be sure to put up a blog post with this info on <a href="http://birdbanter.com/index.php/blog/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://birdbanter.com/index.php/blog/</a>   Until next time;  Good birding.  Good day!

The Bird Banter Podcast Episode #24 with Nick Bonomo