2: How to plan a birding trip (complete with blow-up dolls)

Planning a birding trip requires slightly different logistics than a weekend getaway. Are your binoculars packed? Have you familiarized yourself with birds in the region? Did you pack your blow-up dolls? As Mo and Sarah pack for their upcoming trip to Point Pelee National Park in Ontario, Canada, they share their advice for birding trip preparations.
 
Plus, we debate whether or not Morgan Freeman will outlive Emperor Penguins in this week's "Birds in the News." 

BIRD SHIT WE DISCUSSED
USEFUL RESOURCES
Find a local birding mailing list for your region!

BIRDS WE MENTIONED (in order)
Large-Billed Crow (Jungle Crow)
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Rock Pigeon
Mandarin Duck
Secretarybird
Emperor Penguin
White-Throated Rail
Warblers (and how to ID them!)
Kinglets
American Robin

BIRDS IN THE NEWS
A brave bird took down the world’s most expensive fighter jet
Bummer news for Antartica’s Emperor Penguins :-(
The bird that went extinct...then came back!

OTHER COOL SH*T
Point Pelee National Park, Ontario
March of the Penguins
Wall-E blubber people
“It’s a (migrant) trap!”
There are SO MANY Kit-Kat flavors in Japan.
Blow-up dolls...but we’re not including a link.