Wildlife Ecology (FIELDWORK) with Corina Newsome

Image description: Corina Newsome sitting in tall cordgrass in a marsh, her hair in a loose bun, wearing an Ologies visor and using a blade of grass as a mustache. She is smeared with some marsh mud but still looks like a supermodel tbh.

Image description: Corina Newsome sitting in tall cordgrass in a marsh, her hair in a loose bun, wearing an Ologies visor and using a blade of grass as a mustache. She is smeared with some marsh mud but still looks like a supermodel tbh.

Human-sucking mud holes. Beautiful birdsongs. Early mornings. Eyeball gnats. Stunning vistas. The long-awaited episode with ornithologist Corina Newsome is finally here and we talk all about the day-to-day-realities of being a Wildlife Ecologist. She dishes about working in zoos, getting her masters, housing for grad students, nest checking, birding apps, camera traps, #BlackBirdersWeek, and more. She is hilarious, informative, and dedicated to her work in avian conservation and truly has the best laugh. Also: saxophones in the bushes and whether or not animals are laughing at her. 

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BirdsAlie Ward