E39 - Kendall K + Verdin & Mission Garden

My guest is Kendall Kroesen, the Community Outreach Coordinator for Mission Garden. With a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology he participated in a number of archaeological and conservation projects. In the early 2000s, he left social science and joined the Tucson Audubon society, where he created the Urban Bird Habitat Program and was involved with rural habitat restoration. These days you are most likely to find him working with plants or looking at birds.

Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
00:29 - Birds this Morning and Recent Birding
05:31 - Kendall's Birding Background
12:10 - Bird of the Episode: Verdin
22:52 - Verdin's Call
23:18 - More about Mission Garden
28:20 - Upcoming Events at Mission Garden
30:48 - How Kendall got into this Role
34:15 - A Typical Day at the Garden
39:17 - A Little More about Mission Garden
41:53 - Outro

Check out the links below for more on Mission Garden:

• Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/missiongarden/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/missiongardentucson/
• Website: https://www.missiongarden.org
• Address: 946 W Mission Ln, Tucson, AZ 85745 
• Hours: Wednesday to Saturday
  • 8am - 2pm (October to March)
  • 8am - Noon (April to September)

For pictures of some of the birds discussed on the podcast, please check out @lookingatbirdspodcast on Instagram.

Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 0:33 Birds this Morning and Recent Birding
• 5:31 Kendall's Birding Background
• 12:10 Bird of the Episode: Verdin
• 22:52 Verdin's Call
• 23:18 About Mission Garden
• 28:20 Upcoming Events @ Mission Garden
• 30:48 How Kendall got into this Role
• 34:14 A Typical Work Day at the Garden
• 39:16 More about Mission Garden
• 41:53 Outro