Episode notes
Alex Schmidt is joined by comedy writer/podcaster Katie Goldin (‘Creature Feature’ podcast, @ProBirdRights) for a look at why pigeons are secretly incredibly fascinating.
Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources, handy links, and this week’s bonus episode.
LINKS FOR THE GUESTS:
- Katie Goldin on Twitter
- @ProBirdRights
- ‘Creature Feature’ podcast (iHeartRadio)
- When Is a Bird a ‘Birb’? An Extremely Important Guide (Audubon)
RESOURCES USED TO INFORM THE EPISODE’S LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
RESEARCH SOURCES:
- The Urban Bestiary: Encountering the Everyday Wild by Lyanda Lynn Haupt
- Unseen City: The Majesty of Pigeons, The Discreet Charm of Snails & Other Wonders of the Urban Wilderness by Nathanael Johnson
- How pigeons landed in cities, and more breakthroughs (National Geographic)
- Where are all the dead pigeons? (The Conversation)
- One for the book… (BBC News Wiltshire)
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology page for Rock Pigeon
- Charles Darwin’s pigeons (Natural History Museum UK)
- Dining Like Darwin: When Scientists Swallow Their Subjects (NPR The Salt)
- Black Phoebe (Audubon)
- What DNA Says About the Extinction of America’s Most Common Bird (The Atlantic)
- Martha, the Last Passenger Pigeon (Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History)
- What’s the Difference Between Pigeons and Doves? (Mental Floss)
- Can Animals Be Art? Meet Venice’s Painted Pigeons (Fast Company)
- Those Pigeons Wearing Cowboy Hats? They’re No Laughing Matter. (Audubon)
- What is this ‘hot pigeon’? Is it even real? (The Guardian)
- Domestic pigeon (Encyclopedia Britannica)
- A History of the Pigeon (Mental Floss)
- Hey Arnold! wikia page for Pigeon Man (episode)
- The Invasive Species We Can Blame On Shakespeare (Smithsonian)
- ‘Creature Feature’ podcast: “Invasion of the Murder Hornets!” (iHeartRadio)
- Massachusetts Audubon page about local pigeons
- Man’s new best friend? A forgotten Russian experiment in fox domestication (Scientific American)
- Pigeon Milk Is a Nutritious Treat for Chicks (Audubon Bird Note)
- Crops and Gizzards (Purdue Extension)
- Hoatzin (Audubon)
- Operation Columba: The Secret Pigeon Service by Gordon Corera
- Closing the Pigeon Gap (Smithsonian Magazine)
- True Colors: How Birds See the World (The National Wildlife Federation)
- Pigeons can identify cancerous tissue on x-rays, study finds (The Guardian)
- Pigeons reveal map-reading secret (BBC News)
- How Do Birds Navigate? (Smithsonian Science Education Center)
- After Tens of Thousands of Pigeons Vanish, One Comes Back (National Geographic)
In this episode...
Guests
- Katie Goldin
About the show
A weekly podcast about the history, science, lore and surprises that make everyday things secretly incredibly fascinating. Hosted by comedy writer, emoji creator, and ‘Jeopardy!‘ champion Alex Schmidt. Join Alex & his co-host Katie Goldin for a joyful deep dive into seeing the world a whole new way!
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