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Mya Thompson
Co-Director of Engagement in Science and Nature at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, founder of Bird Academy, and author of "Ruby's Birds" and the graphic novel "Winged Heroes."
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Nov 4, 2026
Favorite Birds, Amazing Sounds & Birding Adventures with Dr. Mya Thompson
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4:05MasonHOST
So one that you most want to see again and one that you haven't seen.
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4:10Mya ThompsonGUEST
What do I most want to see? Okay, here's one I wanted to see and I didn't think I would really ever get to see, but I got to see it and it was a gift.
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8:50MasonHOST
Do you like birding by sight or birding by ear?
Listening to the Wild with Dr. Mya Thompson: Elephants, Bird Science & Winged Heroes
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12:47MasonHOST
How do you make science fun enough that people actually want to learn it?
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12:56Mya ThompsonGUEST
So we have made various games, educational games, and one of them is called Flat to the Future, and one of them is called Beast Box, and one of them is called Bird Song Hero.
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13:07Mya ThompsonGUEST
And each time, we did start with a thought about, oh, we really like to help people be more confident in understanding bird sounds.
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13:16Mya ThompsonGUEST
Or, for example, with Flat to the Future, we started thinking, oh, we really want people to understand and feel more confident about what different things happened in the evolution between dinosaurs and birds.
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13:27Mya ThompsonGUEST
And for Beast Box, we wanted to think about, oh, well, an ecosystem has a soundscape that is unique and can be celebrated.
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16:24MasonHOST
How did you decide what science to put in the book and what to leave out? Okay.