Bucket List Birding PodNIgel Marven chased by dinosaurs

Nigel Marven.

NIgel Marven

Nigel Marven is a British wildlife TV presenter, naturalist, conservationist, author, and television producer.

He is best known as presenter of the BBC miniseries Chased by Dinosaurs, its sequel, Sea Monsters, as well as the ITV miniseries Prehistoric Park.
Check out this interesting first episode with Nigel Marven on the Bucket List Birding Podcast

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Show notes from a Bucket List Birding Podcast interview with Nigel Marven in August 2021.

  • Manu road program that Nigel Marven joined in 2018
  • Marvelous Spatuletail program that Nigel Marven joined in 2018
  • Marvelous Spatuletail display from the Bird episode of the BBC series Life narrated by David Attenborough. Note that you likely need a VPN and set it for the UK to be able to see the clip.
    It works very well with NordVPN that I use.
    If you can’t see the the BBC version of the Marvelous Spatuletail display, this video still gives you an idea.
  • Condor at Colca Canyon with Nigel Marven from the Giants series. Here is the book from the same series.
  • Yawar Fiesta – the Condor and Bull Fiesta. Warning of disturbing images. Now outlawed.
  • Machu Picchu. Great to combine with birding. This 7WB program have you staying at the Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel. It also includes a visit to Chonta over the Apurimac Canyon where you can see condors.
  • Kolibri Expeditions Santa Eulalia Canyon condor project.
  • King Vulture restaurant in Costa Rica.
  • Wild Costa Rica is part of the Nat Geo Wild Central America series. So far Costa Rica and Guatemala have been published. Can be found for instance in Apple TV.
    Here is an excerpt from Wild Costa Rica featuring Agami Heron and Leatherback Turtles
  • Andean Cock of the Rock. Classic lekking bird of the Andes and National Bird of Peru.
  • Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel. Kolibri Expeditions have special rates if you want to stay here, or include it in a birding program.
  • Guatemalan Beaded Lizard – Poisonous lizard on the brink of extinction in the wild.
  • San Ignacio Gray Whale experience.
  • Monarchs at El Rosario.
  • Red Warbler from a compilation of Warbler footage.
  • South Georgia Wildlife
  • Tiger (and Gharial + Taj Mahal) in India with 7 Wonders Birding
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  • Gharial

  • Snow Leopard. 7 Wonders Birding trip in production for 2023 (Mongolia)
  • Shoebill – Uganda with 7 Wonders Birding including Gorilla and Chimps.
    Below some BBC Shoebill video and David Attenborough narration.
  • Blue-and-White Mockingbird
  • Garnet-throated Hummingbird – OMG!
  • Monte Verde Costa Rica – Some birds in this shaky video.

Intro Music. “Rondo alla turca, from Sonata K. 331” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and performed by Markus Staab, available under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. This music was used in the promo video for the Bucket List Birding concept on You Tube.

The music at the end is from Bird Party from my band Guran Guran.
Lots of Bucket List Birds in this video.

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