00-02: Prairie Bird Conservation with Scott Somershoe
00-02: Prairie Bird Conservation with Scott Somershoe  
Podcast: The American Birding Podcast
Published On: Thu Dec 29 2016
Description: Merry Christmas Bird Count Season, and congratulations to Canada for their new national bird, Gray Jay, and the birdy headlines it spawned. Then it's good-bye to 2016 with Scott Somershoe, a bird researcher with USFWS, who joins Nate Swick to talk about the work he does with the ABA's 2016 Bird of the Year Chestnut-collared Longspur and other prairie species. Last, Greg Neise and Ted Floyd discuss identification of white-cheeked geese, and share tips that might help you on your next Christmas Bird Count.