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¡Un podcast mensual con versiones en español e inglés que te sumerge en la naturaleza! // A monthly podcast with versiones in Spanish and English that submerges you in nature!

A flight of amazonsI can hear another flock of lilac-crowned amazons approaching. I scan the southern sky and spot them,...
08/01/2026

A flight of amazons

I can hear another flock of lilac-crowned amazons approaching. I scan the southern sky and spot them, an irregular line of broad-winged specks, necks thrust forward, wings beating hard. There are 17 in this group.

Below them, the landscape spreads out to the horizon: from the Pacific Ocean behind them, across the lush green coastal plain, to the blue foothills of the Sierra ahead. I don’t know where they’re going or what they see, how they’ll survive this year’s El Niño of drought and hurricanes. But I can imagine, and wonder. I can be inspired by Richard Louv to seek nature wherever I am, to cultivate my curiosity, to notice deeply and imagine otherworlds.
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This month’s podcast is about the power of noticing nature. We delve into the urban ecology of great-tailed grackles in my barrio in Oaxaca, Mexico; hear some excerpts narrated by internationally acclaimed nature author Richard Louv from his most recent book, Noticing: Intimate Encounters with the Natural World; and spend a morning away from the noise of town on the Oaxacan coastal plain, where a flight of endangered lilac-crowned amazons gives us a glimpse into their lives.

I had a lot of fun crafting this collaboration with Richard Louv, who was kind enough to narrate several excerpts from Noticing for me. In my Spanish version of the podcast, I got to play around with voice-over as well, as I arranged my Spanish narration of his excerpts on top of his reading in English. Let me know what you think!

Find the full podcast here (https://wildwithnature.com/2026/08/01/a-flight-of-amazons-noticing-nature-richard-louv/), or under Wild With Nature on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, etc.
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El vuelo de los loros

Puedo escuchar a otra parvada de loros corona lila en la distancia. Estudio el horizonte sureño y los encuentro, una línea irregular de manchitas con alas amplias, cuellos estirados hacia adelante, aleteando fuerte. Son 17 en este grupo.

Debajo de ellos, el paisaje se extiende hasta el horizonte: desde el Océano Pacífico detrás de ellos y la planicie costera de verde exuberante por abajo, hasta las estribaciones azules de la Sierra por adelante. No sé a dónde van o qué están viendo, cómo van a sobrevivir los huracanes y sequía de este año de El Niño. Pero puedo imaginarlo, y preguntarme. Puedo ser inspirado por Richard Louv a buscar la naturaleza donde yo esté, a cultivar mi curiosidad, a prestar atención profunda e imaginar otros mundos.
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El podcast de este mes se trata del poder de prestar atención a la naturaleza. Exploramos la ecología urbana de los zanates mayores (Quiscalus mexicanus) en mi barrio en Oaxaca, México; escuchamos unas citas narradas por el autor internacionalmente reconocido Richard Louv de su libro más reciente, Noticing: Intimate Encounters with the Natural World (Prestando Atención: Encuentros Íntimos con la Naturaleza); y pasamos una mañana lejos del ruido de la ciudad por la planicie costera de Oaxaca, donde las parvadas del loro corona lila, una especie en peligro de extinción, nos dejan vislumbrar un poco de sus vidas.

Disfruté mucho hacer esta colaboración con Richard Louv, quien muy amablemente narró varias citas de su libro Noticing para mí. En mi versión en español del podcast, traduje las citas de su libro y luego me tocó poner mi narración en español encima de la narración de Richard en inglés—la primera vez que he hecho algo así! Dime qué piensas del resultado!

Puedes escuchar el podcast completo aquí (https://wildwithnature.com/2026/08/01/el-vuelo-de-los-loros-prestando-atencion-a-la-naturaleza-con-richard-louv/), o también bajo Wild With Nature en Spotify, Apple Podcasts etc.

I'm podcasting again!Dusk at the end of March in the pines of Oaxaca’s Sierra Norte. An American robin sings to the twil...
05/01/2026

I'm podcasting again!

Dusk at the end of March in the pines of Oaxaca’s Sierra Norte. An American robin sings to the twilight and I ache with homesickness. The mountains roll northwest in vast blue silhouettes. Montana is incomprehensibly far away. The song of the robin carries me the thousands of miles in an instant and I’m home, Missoula at the cusp of spring, the cottonwood buds swelling along the river, the pileated woodpeckers calling. I could hop on a jet, worsen the climate crisis, and be home tomorrow. But my decision is made. This year I won’t be going back.

This is a podcast about the connections of birds, the gravity of this moment in history, and something hopeful: an agroecology project, tending the earth for food and wildlife habitat.

English version: https://wildwithnature.com/2026/05/01/a-familiar-voice-biodiverse-agriculture/

En español: https://wildwithnature.com/2026/05/01/una-voz-familiar-la-arenilla/

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