The Casual Birder Podcast: #98 Focus on Birders: A Conversation with Faraaz Abdool

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Abdool</a></h2><iframe id="embed_18985220" title="#98 Focus on Birders: A Conversation with Faraaz Abdool" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/18985220/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/tdest_id/542265/render-playlist/no/custom-color/245bc8/" height="90" width="100%" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe><div class="row"></div></div><div class="col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 right-side"><p class="date">May 5, 2021</p><p class="lead"><p class="p2">Faraaz Abdool is the author of Casual Birding in Trinidad and Tobago. He is also a noted photographer, tour leader and active member of the global birding community.</p> <p class="p2">This episode is an edited version of a Facebook Live conversation I had with Faraaz, in front of an audience from the show’s Facebook group.</p> <p class="p2">Faraaz tells me how he became a casual birder and shares some of his favourite birding moments.</p> <p class="p1"> </p> <p class="p1"><strong>Timestamps</strong></p> <p class="p1"><strong>00:00:00</strong> Opening</p> <p class="p1"><strong>00:01:01</strong> Promo: Last episode / Casual Birder Weekly</p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li2"><span class="s1"><a href= "https://casualbirder.com/episode97" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><span class="s2">Last Episode - Malibu Bird Walk</span></a></span></li> <li class="li2"><span class="s1"><a href= "https://casualbirderpodcast.substack.com/"><span class="s2">Casual Birder Weekly Newsletter Signup</span></a></span></li> </ul> <p class="p1"><strong>00:01:41</strong> Faraaz Abdool Conversation Part 1</p> <p class="p1"><strong>00:21:25</strong> Promo: Suzy's Bird Feeder Report</p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li2"><span class="s1"><a href= "https://bit.ly/BirdFeederReport"><span class="s2">Suzy's Bird Feeder Report</span></a></span></li> </ul> <p class="p1"><strong>00:21:51</strong> Faraaz Abdool Conversation Part 2</p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li2"><span class="s1"><a href= "https://www.instagram.com/faraazabdool/"><span class="s2">Faraaz Abdool on Instagram</span></a></span></li> <li class="li2"><span class="s1"><a href= "http://faraazabdool.com/"><span class="s2">Faraaz's website</span></a></span></li> </ul> <p class="p1"><strong>00:36:49</strong> Global Big Day</p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li2"><span class="s1"><a href= "https://bit.ly/GlobalBigDayTeam"><span class="s2">Sign up to our team</span></a></span></li> <li class="li2"><span class="s1"><a href= "https://bit.ly/CBPodDonate"><span class="s2">Donate to BirdLife International</span></a></span></li> </ul> <p class="p1"><strong>00:38:07</strong> Episode 100 - your help needed</p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li2"><span class="s1"><a href= "https://bit.ly/CasualBirder100"><span class="s2">Send your message for Episode 100</span></a></span></li> </ul> <p class="p1"><strong>00:38:33</strong> Support the show</p> <ul class="ul1"> <li 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The Casual Birder Podcast: #98 Focus on Birders: A Conversation with Faraaz Abdool