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Blue Dot: Bird conservation success stories with Scott Weidensaul

Author researcher Scott Weidensaul
Scott Weidensaul
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Penguin Books
Author researcher Scott Weidensaul

Host Dave Schlom is joined by Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times best-selling author Scott Weidensaul to talk about his latest book, The Return of the Oystercatcher.

The author of nearly 30 books, Weidensaul's latest work focuses on bird conservation success stories around the world. From hawks in England to mountain plovers in Colorado and yes, Oystercatchers in New England, Scott shares inspiring stories of people doing extraordinary work to help birds to rebound their populations and thrive in an increasingly challenging world.

It's a must for bird enthusiasts and nature lovers who want to hear some hopeful tales about our feathered co-inhabitants of planet Earth!

Dave Schlom is the longtime host and creator of Blue Dot. From surfing to Voyager in interstellar space, rock guitar to orcas in our imperiled oceans, the topics on Blue Dot are as varied as the host’s interests and connections -- which are pretty limitless! An internationally respected space history journalist, Dave is also deeply fascinated by all aspects of the grand workings of nature’s awesome machinery on scales ranging from galactic to subatomic. And topics take in all aspects of the arts and sciences.
Matt Fidler is a producer and sound designer with over 15 years’ experience producing nationally distributed public radio programs. He has worked for shows such as Freakonomics Radio, Selected Shorts, Studio 360, The New Yorker Radio Hour and The Takeaway. In 2017, Matt launched the language podcast Very Bad Words, hitting the #28 spot in the iTunes podcast charts.