Episode 31: What’s In Your Birdseed? PLUS Dirty Bird Names Quiz

In this ex-seedingly fun episode, John and Tim go beyond the labels to find out what’s really in your birdseed. Are you providing a well balanced meal at your backyard feeder or helping spread invasive plant species and disease? Learn surprising stories behind seemingly innocuous grains- such as how King Tut and mastectomies relate to bird seed and the domestication history of crops we take for granted today. Also, throughout the episode John quizzes Tim on hilarious bird names. Can you spot the fake bird name? Or are you too much of a yellow-bellied sapsucker to even try? ..Intro music by Ricky Pistone and outro music by the Sidewalk Slammers. Check them out wherever you get your music..Dirty Bird Podcast shirts are available! All proceeds go to a good cause: helping pay the medical bills of Benjy after an unfortunate accident. Get your shirt now at www.losesome-losesome.com/store ..FREE Dirty Bird Podcast stickers available! Just write a review on Apple Podcasts (or promote Dirty Bird Podcast in some other way) and send an email to [email protected] to claim yours today! ..All bird calls from Xeno-Canto.orgHorned Screamer call recorded by Caio Brito Tinkling Cisticola call recorded by Rick Nuttall Grey Go-Away Bird call recorded by Faansie Peacock