EPISODE · May 20, 2026 · 1 MIN
The Return of the Oystercatcher: Saving Birds to Save the Planet -author
from Techstination · host Fred Fishkin
Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. He is the author of a new book titled The Return of the Oystercatcher: Saving Birds to Save the Planet. And what ornithologist Scott Weidensaul does…is inject some optimism…telling stories of the recovery of birds and habitats in diverse places around the world. From the Southern Carpathians in Romania to the arctic and the coast of Maine. And technology today plays a key role…“Because of technology and because of what birders themselves are contributing. If I go out birding, I will keep a checklist on my phone of how many individuals of what species of birds I saw. How long I was out there. How much ground I covered. I can file all that to E-bird at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.”Which receives about 100 million of those checklists a year. You can find us at Techstination.com. I’m Fred Fishkin.
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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. He is the author of a new book titled The Return of the Oystercatcher: Saving Birds to Save the Planet. And what ornithologist Scott Weidensaul does…is inject some optimism…telling stories of the recovery of birds and habitats in diverse places around the world. From the Southern Carpathians in Romania to the arctic and the coast of Maine. And technology today plays a key role…“Because of technology and because of what birders themselves are contributing. If I go out birding, I will keep a checklist on my phone of how many individuals of what species of birds I saw. How long I was out there. How much ground I covered. I can file all that to E-bird at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.”Which receives about 100 million of those checklists a year. You can find us at Techstination.com. I’m Fred Fishkin.
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