{"podcast":{"title":"Paddle and Portage Podcast","slug":"paddle-and-portage-podcast-6722316","podcast_index_feed_id":6722316,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/paddleandportagepodcast/feed.xml","website_url":"https://paddleandportage.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/19598009/P_P_Logo_Full_sf6inh.jpg","author":"Paddle and Portage Podcast","episode_count":107,"summary":"This podcast is produced by people who live near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Quetico Provincial Park. It is the source for storytelling, news, and information about the canoe-country wilderness and other paddling destinations across North America. All music in this podcast comes from Ian Tamblyn and the Blue Dot Sessions.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-27T00:17:20.279541+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/paddle-and-portage-podcast-6722316"},"episode":{"title":"Birding Near the Boundary Waters","slug":"birding-near-the-boundary-waters","published_at":"2025-12-18T00:26:57+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/paddle-and-portage-podcast-6722316/birding-near-the-boundary-waters","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/paddle-and-portage-podcast-6722316","url":"https://paddleandportagepodcast.podbean.com/e/birding-near-the-boundary-waters/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/n9tm7dfhe7et8ymv/Birding_Near_the_BWCA_with_Tanya_Piatzapmhh.mp3","summary":"Tanya Piatz says she comes to the Boundary Waters for birding and to develop a deeper understanding of the connection between wildlife and the land. She also does this to reconnect with nature and get away from the hustle of everyday life. For the first time in her birding adventures, Tanya participated in an official bird count this year. The event she chose was in Grand Marais on Dec. 14. The 2025 Grand Marais Audubon Christmas Bird Count was a successful event once again this year, with more than a dozen birders seeing a combined 1,400 individual birds across an area from Lake Superior and up toward the Cascade River and inland toward Devil Track Lake, found near the start of the Gunflint Trail. The next morning, the day after the official count, the Paddle and Portage Podcast crew traveled approximately 40 miles up the Gunflint Trail with Tanya for some additional birding. In this episode, we invite you to join us. This episode is sponsored by Loons Nest Coffee, Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness, and Borderland Lodge.","meta_description":"Tanya Piatz says she comes to the Boundary Waters for birding and to develop a deeper understanding of the connection between wildlife and the land. She a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1247,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/paddle-and-portage-podcast-6722316/episodes/birding-near-the-boundary-waters/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/paddle-and-portage-podcast-6722316/birding-near-the-boundary-waters.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}