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The Mindful Birding Podcast
Holly Merker, along with Holly Thomas, co-host the Mindful Birding Podcast …Cultivating the health benefits and joy of Mindful Birding.
Available wherever you get your podcasts!
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The Bird Banter Podcast #148 with Holly Merker
Bird Banter Podcast Host Ed Pullen Interviews Holly Merker in Episode #148
“On The Bird Banter Podcast #148 I talk with Holly Merker, an accomplished birder, educator, and therapist who has been a leading advocate of using birding, and being in nature as a means of therapy through mindful birding and an intentional process. “
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The American Birding Podcast - Mindful Birding Ethics with Holly Merker
Mindful Birding Ethics with Holly Merker
Young birders who have participated in the ABA’s Camp Avocet Maine’s well known Hog Island Audubon Camp, are no doubt familiar with Holly Merker. But that only scratches the surface of her contributions to the birding world. A former member of the ABA’s Recording Standards and Ethics Committee, and one of the authors of the well-received and timely Ornitherapy, she is the recipient of the ABA’s Award for Conservation and Education, formerly the Betty Peterson Award. She joins The American Birding Podcast to talk about mindful birding and applying ethics.
https://www.aba.org/mindful-birding-ethics-with-holly-merker/
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Ray Brown's Talkin Birds
June 18, 2023
On our latest show: birding guide and author Holly Merker explains the benefits of Mindful Birding; we meet and hear the elusive Clapper Rail; and we listen to Avian Audio Postcards from central Virginia and the coast of Maine.
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American Birding Podcast
On May 19, 2023, the ABA and the Academy of Natural Sciences at Drexel University hosted the For the Love of Birds panel as part of the Academy’s Cheryl Beth Silverman lecture series. If you weren’t able to join us in Philadelphia, we’re excited to share it with you as a podcast. Panelists Holly Merker, Anwar Abdul-Qawi, and American Birding Podcast host Nate Swick talk about birding and the bird community with moderator Maurice Baynard.
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Life List Podcast
Life List Podcast episode, Sept 2023
Holly Merker joins hosts George Armistead, Mollee Brown, and Alvaro Jaramillo for a Q & A style chat, and discussion surrounding the wellness benefits for physical and mental health
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Weekly Community Meeting #18 Life Skills PA
February 29, 2024
Easing into birding, or Ornitherapy, as this week’s expert, Holly Merker, styles it in her book of that name. Holly will share with us the science of how birds help our mental and physical health. What’s more, she’ll walk us through the best ways to get your kids started in this life-long practice, and the best places to do it—right here in Pennsylvania.
To learn more about the Learning Life Skills Together program, visit our website at . You can also find us on: Life Skills PA