On today’s episode, Fujino speaks with Dave Decker, the land steward of Rheinstrom Hill Audubon Center and Sanctuary in Hillsdale, NY about tips for beginner birders, the sanctuary’s bird-friendly forest management training programs for landowners, and immediate actions we can take at home to help birds not only survive the climate crisis but thrive. Plus tracks from “Words and Silences” a music portrait of the Cistercian monk and writer Thomas Merton by Brian Harnetty, a song by Allysen Callery, and field recordings of birds in Venezuela by Jean C. Roché.

Beakuency invites the local community to be inspired by the joy, beauty, and wisdom bird enthusiasts find in the nature of our neighborhoods. Every episode features an interview with local bird people, plus a freeform mix of sound made by birds and humans inspired by birds, and “Birds of Wave Farm”, a field recording journal from Wave Farm, Acra NY. Hosted by Mayuko Fujino.