Allison Shultz's guest appearances

Allison Shultz

Bird Podcast with Shoba Narayan

Ologies with Alie Ward

Specimens

Jane McGonigal

Seamus Blackley

Joseph R. Ferrari

Danielle N. Lee

Helen Zaltzman

Bill Nye

Katie Mack

Russell Barkley

Katherine Spiers

Franita Tolson

Shan Boody

Hank Green

Neil Pasricha

Phil Torres

Michelle Dookwah

OwlTail

In which we go behind the scenes to see the fascinating aspects of the bird specimen collection of one of America’s most well-respected museums. You really should watch this episode on our Youtube page (Bird Podcast) or our Instagram feed (bird_podcast), but in case you cannot, included here is also the audio only version.   In this episode, Dr. Shultz shows us house finches, parrots, frigatebirds, penguins, condors, munias, whydahs and the many marvelous specimens in the Natural History Museum’s collection. Allison Shultz is the assistant curator of ornithology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. In this fascinating episode, she takes us behind the scenes to show us the vast and varied collection of bird specimens at the museum.  Dr. Shultz , as you see in her website, has loved animals her whole life, and fell in love with birds during her undergraduate at UC Berkeley. She is a native Southern Californian, and loves the diversity of habitats (and birds!) available in a very small geographic area! She credits her artistic eye for first drawing her to studying bird coloration, but now that is one of her main fascinations.

In which we go behind the scenes to see the fascinating aspects of the bird specimen collection of one of America’s most well-respected museums. You really should watch this episode on our Youtube page (Bird Podcast) or our Instagram feed (bird_podcast), but in case you cannot, included here is also the audio only version.   In this episode, Dr. Shultz shows us house finches, parrots, frigatebirds, penguins, condors, munias, whydahs and the many marvelous specimens in the Natural History Museum’s collection. <a href="https://www.allisonshultz.com/cv" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Allison Shultz</a> is the assistant curator of ornithology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. In this fascinating episode, she takes us behind the scenes to show us the vast and varied collection of bird specimens at the museum.  <a href="https://www.allisonshultz.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Shultz</a> , as you see in her website, has loved animals her whole life, and fell in love with birds during her undergraduate at UC Berkeley. She is a native Southern Californian, and loves the diversity of habitats (and birds!) available in a very small geographic area! She credits her artistic eye for first drawing her to studying bird coloration, but now that is one of her main fascinations.

Episode 48: Behind the scenes with Allison Shultz of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles

Love science and conservation? Want to discover new ways to protect our species? Elle Kaye chats with guests who work within the science genre, but whose job titles may need a little unpacking. Strap in for entomology, taxidermy, diaphonization, pet remains, human pathology and all those that work with specimens. In episode 032 Elle chats with Dr. Allison Shultz about how she became Assistant Curator of Ornithology at NHMLA. We discuss her research in colouration and plumeology, and she gives us an education in why birds look the way that they are and what are the genes that make up colours. We discuss plumage evolution and micro-structure, as well as the role, form and function of feathers. Dr. Allison also discusses her role at the museum and the types of specimens and study-skins she works with. Dr. Allison Shultz Socials https://www.allisonshultz.com https://www.instagram.com/ajshultz622 https://www.Instagram.com/tauraco.designs https://twitter.com/ajshultz622 Profiles NHMLA https://nhm.org/person/shultz-allison https://nhm.org/stories/our-bird-curators-new-perch La Brea Tar Pits Museum https://tarpits.org/ Natural History Museum of Los Angeles https://nhm.org/ San Diego Zoo (live cams link, because, well, live cams) https://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/live-cams Great Frigate Bird  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_frigatebird Structural Colour Article https://nhm.org/stories/how-and-why-colorful-feathers Turacin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turacin Museum of Vertabrate Zoology https://mvz.berkeley.edu/ “Meet the Scientist” by (NHMLA) video interview with Dr. Allison Shultz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i7i6KBEB8E Articles/Research on Coloration https://www.allisonshultz.com/research Leucism  https://www.audubon.org/news/why-bird-half-white Elle Kaye socials  www.instagram.com/ellekayetaxidermy Podcast socials www.instagram.com/specimenspod www.twitter.com/specimenspod www.patreon.com/specimenspod  www.ellekayetaxidermy.co.uk/product-page/specimenspodmerch Artwork © 2021 Madison Erin Mayfield www.instagram.com/madisonerinmayfield https://twitter.com/MEMIllustration Music Giraffes - Harrison Amer via premiumbeat.com Researched, edited and produced by Elle Kaye Concept/Title © 2020 Elle Kaye

Love science and conservation? Want to discover new ways to protect our species? Elle Kaye chats with guests who work within the science genre, but whose job titles may need a little unpacking. Strap in for entomology, taxidermy, diaphonization, pet remains, human pathology and all those that work with specimens. In episode 032 Elle chats with Dr. Allison Shultz about how she became Assistant Curator of Ornithology at NHMLA. We discuss her research in colouration and plumeology, and she gives us an education in why birds look the way that they are and what are the genes that make up colours. We discuss plumage evolution and micro-structure, as well as the role, form and function of feathers. Dr. Allison also discusses her role at the museum and the types of specimens and study-skins she works with. Dr. Allison Shultz Socials <a href="https://www.allisonshultz.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.allisonshultz.com</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ajshultz622" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/ajshultz622</a> <a href="https://www.Instagram.com/tauraco.designs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.Instagram.com/tauraco.designs</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ajshultz622" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ajshultz622</a> Profiles NHMLA <a href="https://nhm.org/person/shultz-allison" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://nhm.org/person/shultz-allison</a> <a href="https://nhm.org/stories/our-bird-curators-new-perch" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://nhm.org/stories/our-bird-curators-new-perch</a> La Brea Tar Pits Museum <a href="https://tarpits.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tarpits.org/</a> Natural History Museum of Los Angeles <a href="https://nhm.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://nhm.org/</a> San Diego Zoo (live cams link, because, well, live cams) <a href="https://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/live-cams" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/live-cams</a> Great Frigate Bird <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_frigatebird" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_frigatebird</a> Structural Colour Article <a href="https://nhm.org/stories/how-and-why-colorful-feathers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://nhm.org/stories/how-and-why-colorful-feathers</a> Turacin <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turacin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turacin</a> Museum of Vertabrate Zoology <a href="https://mvz.berkeley.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://mvz.berkeley.edu/</a> “Meet the Scientist” by (NHMLA) video interview with Dr. Allison Shultz <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i7i6KBEB8E" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i7i6KBEB8E</a> Articles/Research on Coloration <a href="https://www.allisonshultz.com/research" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.allisonshultz.com/research</a> Leucism  <a href="https://www.audubon.org/news/why-bird-half-white" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.audubon.org/news/why-bird-half-white</a> Elle Kaye socials  <a href="http://www.instagram.com/ellekayetaxidermy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.instagram.com/ellekayetaxidermy</a> Podcast socials <a href="http://www.instagram.com/specimenspod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.instagram.com/specimenspod</a> <a href="http://www.twitter.com/specimenspod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.twitter.com/specimenspod</a> <a href="episodes/view/www.patreon.com/specimenspod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/specimenspod</a> <a href="http://www.ellekayetaxidermy.co.uk/product-page/specimenspodmerch" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> www.ellekayetaxidermy.co.uk/product-page/specimenspodmerch</a> Artwork © 2021 Madison Erin Mayfield <a href="episodes/view/www.instagram.com/madisonerinmayfield" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.instagram.com/madisonerinmayfield</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/MEMIllustration" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/MEMIllustration</a> Music Giraffes - Harrison Amer via <a href="http://premiumbeat.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">premiumbeat.com</a> Researched, edited and produced by Elle Kaye Concept/Title © 2020 Elle Kaye

Dr. Allison Shultz - Ornithologist

Plumage! Sexy dances! Feather heists! Possible holographic disco birds? Natural History Museum of LA ornithology curator Dr. Allison Shultz is a professional plumologist aka feather expert. We visit the museum’s collection of rare specimens and chat about everything from fossilized dinosaur feathers to silent owl flight to furry bird legs to why pigeons are so loud, peacock tails, down parkas, quill pens, heavy metal flautists, feather thieves, pigments, flight feathers, Vantablack, if you can eat feathers and why birdwatching is like seeing tiny purple raccoons zoom overhead. Birds: like Pokemon Go but weirder. Visit Dr. Allison Shultz’s website allisonshultz.com and follow twitter.com/ajshultz622 A donation went to: birdnet.com/oc Sponsor links: Kiwico.com/ologies; Dispea.com/ologies More links at alieward.com/ologies/plumology Transcripts &amp; bleeped episodes at: alieward.com/ologies-extras Become a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month: www.Patreon.com/ologies OlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, pins, totes and STIIIICKERS! Follow twitter.com/ologies or instagram.com/ologies Follow twitter.com/AlieWard or instagram.com/AlieWard Sound editing by Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media &amp; Steven Ray Morris Theme song by Nick ThorburnSupport the show: http://Patreon.com/ologies

Plumage! Sexy dances! Feather heists! Possible holographic disco birds? Natural History Museum of LA ornithology curator Dr. Allison Shultz is a professional plumologist aka feather expert. We visit the museum’s collection of rare specimens and chat about everything from fossilized dinosaur feathers to silent owl flight to furry bird legs to why pigeons are so loud, peacock tails, down parkas, quill pens, heavy metal flautists, feather thieves, pigments, flight feathers, Vantablack, if you can eat feathers and why birdwatching is like seeing tiny purple raccoons zoom overhead. Birds: like Pokemon Go but weirder. Visit Dr. Allison Shultz’s website <a href="http://allisonshultz.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">allisonshultz.com</a> and follow <a href="http://twitter.com/ajshultz622" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/ajshultz622</a> A donation went to: <a href="http://birdnet.com/oc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">birdnet.com/oc</a> Sponsor links: <a href="http://kiwico.com/ologies" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kiwico.com/ologies</a>; <a href="http://dispea.com/ologies" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dispea.com/ologies</a> More links at <a href="http://alieward.com/ologies/plumology" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">alieward.com/ologies/plumology</a> Transcripts &amp; bleeped episodes at: <a href="https://www.alieward.com/ologies-extras" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">alieward.com/ologies-extras</a> Become a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month: <a href="http://www.patreon.com/ologies" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.Patreon.com/ologies</a> <a href="https://ologiesmerch.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">OlogiesMerch.com</a> has hats, shirts, pins, totes and STIIIICKERS! Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/ologies?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/ologies</a> or <a href="http://instagram.com/ologies" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram.com/ologies</a> Follow <a href="http://twitter.com/AlieWard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/AlieWard</a> or <a href="https://www.instagram.com/alieward/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram.com/AlieWard</a> Sound editing by <a href="http://jarrettsleeper.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jarrett Sleeper</a> of MindJam Media &amp; <a href="http://www.stevenraymorris.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Steven Ray Morris</a> Theme song by Nick Thorburn<a href="http://Patreon.com/ologies" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show: http://Patreon.com/ologies</a>

Plumology (FEATHERS) with Allison Shultz