Conan Used To Volunteer To Bird Watch With His Dad | Conan O'Brien Needs A Fan

Well, listen, I love Seattle. I'm I'm. sort of married into Seattle because uh. my wife is from Seattle and I I married. there. Uh and I've I go back a lot and I. I love my in-laws and I love to prowl. around Seattle. I'm It's my second home. So, uh Sorry, you said prowl, right? Yeah. Yeah. You know, late at night, wearing mostly black. Yeah. Okay. And. and there are there have been some. sightings. Uh I wear a black cap. Um, listen. Um, that's not important. My.

prowling is my own business. Uh, tell us. about yourself. What are your hobbies? What do you like to do when you're not. studying your sensors? What do you And I. say that with great respect. No, you. don't. Of course. Bloop. What do you um. Great respect. What do you like to do in. your spare time? I do. What's your. hobby? I think Yeah. My two main ones. are trail running and bird watching. Oh. And um what I found is I hang out with a. lot of older folks because that's a very. kind of niche subset of activities that.

um I I find my communities honestly but. it's it gets me outside and yeah my. father uh was a bird watcher. loved it. And um he used to always try and get one. of us to go along with him bird. watching. And when I was a kid, I'd. notice that no one else was volunteering. and I would feel some like someone's got. to go and so I would go and I would. trudge around march marshes in the. suburbs of Boston or Rhode Island and. and um and did you enjoy it? I have to.

say I didn't at the time. Um, the one. thing I really did enjoy was, uh, there. was once a gull that got way off course. and kind of made the news called Ross's. Gull. And Ross's Gull, I think, usually. hangs out in Alaska or Russia. And it, this thing, I think, lost its connecting. flight. Um, got all turned around and. Ross' Gull showed up. Some burer spotted. it uh, in Boston. And this might be I.

don't I'm going to say this is 1970. This could be 767 something like that. And um I went my dad was really excited. and he said we've got to go. It was like. a 40-minute drive. And so we there was a. bunch of I mean there was 300 400 burers. there and we found a spot and we I saw. Ross's gull and I remembered thinking. wow I you know and then um I tried that. line on women for years. It never.

worked. Never worked. I almost traveled. 9 hours round trip to see something. called a bol teal uh down in Oregon. It. was kind of a similar vagrant, you know, got kind of lost and found its way over. here. Um, but I'm getting married in 2. weeks and I don't think your wife I do. You buried the lead. This is a hu this. is a huge event and you're talking about. the double build quixel quaxle.

making fun of this. I am not. This is. again with great respect. So tell me. about this. you're getting married in 2. weeks and and um basically there's a lot. to do because I'm getting married in. India and um my uh uh fiance soon to be. wife uh is from Texas and her whole. family is from Texas and not a lot of. them have visited Asia or India and I'm. basically coordinating a bunch of stuff.

like clothing, visas, uh flights, uh. choreograph dances um cuz it's a big. kind of suare. I've never been to a true. uh Indian wedding and I've always wanted. to go. It would be amazing. It's true. They take place over more than a day, right? It's three or four days. Yeah. For ours. Um and actually in my uh when. writing to y'all, I actually invited the. three of you. Um so, invitation's still. open. It's on the 10th of February, and.

I know you have the Oscars to host. It's. It'll be really great if I if I blew off. the Oscars. I'll handle the Oscars. You. go to the wagon. I love that. Uh, there's been a quick program change. Instead of Con O'Brien, Matt Gorley's. here. And best picture goes to. Goldfinger. How is that possible? Every. category. James Bond films from the 70s. swept tonight. Um, wow. Uh, well, congratul I'm I'm glad. Now, hey, this.

brings up a question. Are there birds. that you want to Which where in India is. the wedding taking place? It's uh in a. state called Carerala. Um, so it's on. the southwest side of India and yeah, there there are a ton of birds there. You know, I I keep like a life list of. of birds and uh you know, I started when. I was 6 years old and my mom and dad. really got me into it cuz we would go. visit India all the time and I'd see all. these like elephants, tigers, and like, you know, all these cool big mammals and.

we'd watch Animal Plant and then I'd. come back to the Bay Area where, you. know, I grew up and I'd see, you know, a. squirrel or like, you know, like a. rabbit and I and I was really bummed out. And my mom was like, "Here, take some. binoculars. Go go go look for birds. You. know, we'll take you to a park." And I. got hooked, right? It was just kind of. like, I want to see everything. They're. all so cool. They all act so. differently, you know? But then I just. kind of like wrote them on a piece of. paper and then I would throw the piece. of paper away. Like all the species I.

was seeing. Oh, so you're a litterer. I'm a litterer. That's right. Okay. That's great. In the ocean. Straight in. the ocean. Big problem with climate change is we. keep finding these birding. notes. The fish are eating them and. dying. Rare. fish. We're looking for someone named. Adu. If you know anything about him, he's wearing an Irish sweater that he. got from Liam. Niss. Uh, but I'm uh Well, so but this. is how you got interested in it. And so. now you're going to go to India and it's.

a chance to probably see some some new. birds. Oh, for sure. Yeah. Like you. know, I lost all those lists from. before. So there's, you know, I I want. to say close to a thousand species. there. not specifically in that state, but there's just like so many. And I'm. very excited. The venue is actually. right next to a bird sanctuary, which I. don't know if my fiance knows about, but. I'm probably going to sneak away. During the ceremony, will your eyes be. kind of wandering off up into the sky? I. said I do. Do you take this woman? Huh?

I do. I do. Nicely done. Uh, yeah. You're going to drift away so many times. like when it's time for toast. Where is. he? Kaka Kaka. You're there with nine birds on your arm. talking to them like Dr. Dittle. You're. joking, but that is actually I'm not. joking. I sum up a human being very. quickly. Is your fianceé into birds? She's into large mammals and she kind of. tolerates my birding. And sometimes I'll. I'll find a bird, you know, we we um.

went to Peru um earlier this year and I. was showing her, "Oh, look, that one's. like a really prehistoric looking bird.". And she's like, "Yeah, yeah, yeah." And. then like every once in a while I'll. find something that she'll be like, "Oh, wow. That that actually is really cool. and beautiful." But I don't know. We got. our camps. We're in the wildlife camp, but you know, that's good. It's close. enough areas. It's close enough. Yeah. Uh my wife is not adjacent to any of my. interests in any way. So what you where.

you are sounds, you know, much much. healthier. Uh and I I compliment you and. I I weep for myself.