The American Birding Podcast

    The American Birding Podcast brings together staff and friends of the American Birding Association as we talk about birds, birding, travel and conservation in North America and beyond. Join host Nate Swick every Thursday for news and happenings, recent rarities, guests from around the birding world, and features of interest to every birder.

  • 09-04: From Dinos to Birds with Christopher DiPiazza

  • 09-03: Take It or Leave It - Mentorship, Rarity Reports, and Cameras for Beginners

  • 09-02: Rehabilitation For the Birds with Tim Jasinski

  • 09-01: 2025 Bird of the Year Artist Sam Zimmerman

  • 08-51: This Month in Birding - December 2024

  • 08-50: It's Bird-Friendly Chocolate Season with Bryony Angell

  • 08-49: Birding Book Club - Best of 2024

  • 08-48: City Pigeons and Urban Evolution with Elizabeth Carlen

  • 08-47: Random Birds XIII with Ted Floyd

  • 08-46: In Defense of Birds with Rich Fischer

  • 08-45: Hybrid Chickadee Challenges with Amber Rice and Scott Taylor

  • 08-44: This Month in Birding - October 2024

  • 08-43: Gulls are for Everyone with Amar Ayyash

  • 08-42: Return to the Sky with Tina Morris

  • 08-41: The Courage of Birds with David Sibley

  • 08-40: Sandy Komito, In His Own Words

  • 08-39: This Month in Birding- September 2024

  • 08-38: A Field Guide to Finches with Lillian Stokes and Matt Young

  • 08-37: Inside Crane Conservation with Rich Beilfuss

  • 08-36: Random Birds XII with Ted Floyd

  • 08-35: This Month in Birding - August 2024

  • 08-34: Figuring out Flamingos with Amy Davis and José Ramirez-Garafalo

  • 08-33: Take It or Leave It - Banding, eBird, and Taxonomy

  • 08-32: Birding Book Club - Bird Books for the Bird Continent

  • 08-31: On Crow Culture with Kaeli Swift

  • 08-30: This Month in Birding - July 2024

  • 08-29: Dare to Bird with Melissa Hafting

  • 08-28: Birding with Benefits, A Discussion

  • 08-27: 2024 Splits and Lumps with Nick Block

  • 08-26: This Month in Birding - June 2024

  • 08-25: The Importance of Insects with David Leatherman

  • 08-24: Random Birds XI with Ted Floyd

  • 08-23: Enjoying the Natural B's with Georgia Silvera Seamans & Natasza Fontaine

  • 08-22: This Month in Birding - May 2024

  • 08-21: Newfoundland's Euro Vagrant Phenomenon with Jared Clarke

  • 08-20: eBird Annotated, Chicago edition, with Ted Floyd

  • 08-19: The Birds that Audubon Missed with Kenn Kaufman

  • 08-18: Nature Beyond Birding with Jody Allair & Frank Izaguirre

  • 08-17: This Month in Birding - April 2024

  • 08-16: Take it or Leave It - Seawatching, Records Committees, and Owls

  • 08-15: Martin Migration Madness with Kevin Fraser

  • 08-14: Random Birds, Special Edition, with Ted Floyd & John Lowry

  • 08-13: This Month in Birding - March 2024

  • 08-12: More than a Lawn Thrush with Emily Williams

  • 08-11: Beat this Big Year Record with Jeff Bouton

  • 08-10: Protecting Plovers in NYC with Chris Allieri

  • 08-09: This Month in Birding - February 2024

  • 08-08: Still Birding to Change the World with Trish O'Kane

  • 08-07: 2023 Rare Bird Draft with Amy Davis & Tim Healy

  • 08-06: The Drama of Shorebird Migration with Randall Wood

  • 08-05: eBird Analytics with Harry Stevens

  • 08-04: This Month in Birding - January 2024

  • 08-03: Two-Fisted Birdwatching with Mike Lubow

  • 08-02: 2024 Bird of the Year Artist Natasza Fontaine

  • 08-01: Inside the Bird Name Committee

  • 07-51: This Month in Birding - December 2023

  • 07-50: Random Birds X with Ted Floyd

  • 07-49: Birding Book Club - Best of 2023

  • 07-48: Secrets of Slow Birding with Bridget Butler

  • 07-47: This Month in Birding - November 2023

  • 07-46: Random Birds, Vol 9, with Ted Floyd

  • 07-45: Talking Lumps - Western Flycatchers with Alec Hopping

  • 07-44: Meet Wayne Klockner, the ABA's New Executive Director

  • 07-43: This Month in Birding - October 2023

  • 07-42: The Wingsnappers with Barney Schlinger

  • 07-41: Birding Under the Influence with Dorian Anderson

  • 07-40: The Public Lives of Birds with David Welch

  • 07-39: This Month in Birding - September 2023

  • 07-38: Birding for a Better World with Sydney Golden Anderson & Meghadeepa Maity

  • 07-37: Random Birds, Vol. 8, with Ted Floyd

  • 07-36: Lifer Momos and Monals with Anuj Ghimire

  • 07-35: This Month in Birding - August 2023

  • 07-34: Secrets of Summer Birding

  • 07-33: Birding Book Club - Books for Birders that Aren't About Birds

  • 07-32: Birding Rwanda with Winnie Kyamujara

  • 07-31: Remembering Tom Johnson

  • 07-30: This Month in Birding - July 2023

  • 07-29: Indigenous Reconnection through Birds with Alyssa Bardy

  • 07-28: El Niño and Birds with Alvaro Jaramillo

  • 07-27: Hear Birds Again with Lang Elliott

  • 07-26: This Month in Birding - June 2023

  • 07-25: Random Birds, Vol. 7, with Ted Floyd

  • 07-24: What an Owl Knows with Jennifer Ackerman

  • 07-23: 2023 Splits and Lumps with Nick Block

  • 07-22: For the Love of Birds

  • 07-21: This Month in Birding - May 2023

  • 07-20: Halcyon Kingfisher Journeys with Marina Richie

  • 07-19: The Big Year that Flew By with Arjan Dwarshuis

  • 07-18: The New Pyle Guide is Here with Peter Pyle!

  • 07-17: This Month in Birding - April 2023

  • 07-16: Creating a Kingfisher Mascot with Spencer Wilken

  • 07-15: Antpittas and Adventure in Colombia

  • 07-14: How to Identify Flycatchers with Cin-Ty Lee & Andrew Birch

  • 07-13: This Month in Birding - March 2023

  • 07-12: The Rise of Birding Culture in Colombia with Jose Martinez

  • 07-11: Flight Paths, and the Wonder of Migration, with Rebecca Heisman

  • 07-10: Birding, Annotated, Yet Again with Ted Floyd

  • 07-09: Wildest Vagrants of 2022 with Amy Davis & Tim Healy

  • 07-08: This Month in Birding - February 2023

  • 07-07: The Avian Rainbow with Whitney Tsai Nakashima

  • 07-06: Mindful Birding Ethics with Holly Merker

  • 07-05: A Whole World of Seabirds with Peter Harrison

  • 07-04: This Month in Birding - January 2023

  • 07-03: Random Birds, Vol 6, with Ted Floyd

  • 07-02: Winter Birding and More with Erik Bruhnke

  • 07-01: 2023 Bird of the Year Artist Liz Clayton Fuller

  • 06-51: This Month in Birding - December 2022

  • 06-50: Tales from the Southern Ocean with Katinka Domen & Ted Floyd

  • 06-49: Birding Book Club - Best of 2022

  • 06-48: Birding While Black with J. Drew Lanham

  • 06-47: This Month in Birding - November 2022

  • 06-46: Burrowing Owls of San Diego with Susanne Marczak & Colleen Wisinski

  • 06-45: Birds, Wildfires, and Smoke with Olivia Sanderfoot

  • 06-44: A New Book about Bird Names with Susan Myers

  • 06-43: This Month in Birding - October 2022

  • 06-42: Trouble for Red Knots at Delaware Bay with Tim Preso

  • 06-41: A Guide to Baby Birds with Linda Tuttle-Adams

  • 06-40: Exploring Bird Migration with Melanie Smith & Chad Witko

  • 06-39: This Month in Birding - September 2022

  • 06-38: eBird, Annotated, in the Tropics with Ted Floyd

  • 06-37: Birding without Tears: Birding and Kids with Bryony Angell

  • 06-36: Mexican Birding Adventures with "Chucho" Moo Yam

  • 06-35: Facts of Fall Birding with Amy Davis & Greg Neise

  • 06-34: This Month in Birding - August 2022

  • 06-33: The Nature of Nutcrackers with Peri Sasnett

  • 06-32: A Lifetime of Birding Achievement with JB Brumfield and J. Drew Lanham

  • 06-31: The Fledgling for Young Birders with Hannes Leonard & Adrianna Nelson

  • 06-30: This Month in Birding - July 2022

  • 06-29: Meet the New ABA Executive Director, Nikki Belmonte

  • 06-28: Random Birds, Vol 5, with Ted Floyd

  • 06-27: Birding Book Club - Best Birding References

  • 06-26: This Month in Birding - June 2022

  • 06-25: Canopy Tower Stories with Carlos Bethancourt

  • 06-24: 2022 Splits and Lumps with Nick Block

  • 06-23: Black Birders - Embracing the Beauty Within

  • 06-22: Unraveling the Mysteries of Bird Vagrancy with Alex Lees

  • 06-21: This Month in Birding - May 2022

  • 06-20: Gardening for Birds in Ohio with Julie Zickefoose

  • 06-19: A Reference for All the Birds of the World with Brian Sullivan

  • 06-18: The Joys of Birding Maine with Nick Lund

  • 06-17: This Month in Birding - April 2022

  • 06-16: The Secrets of Female Bird Song with Lauryn Benedict

  • 06-15: Building a Community of Birdstreamers

  • 06-14: Random Birds, Vol. 4, with Ted Floyd

  • 06-13: This Month in Birding - March 2022

  • 06-12: Winning for Farmers and Birders with Forrest Rowland

  • 06-11: Secrets of Cemetery Birding with Danielle Belleny

  • 06-10: BWD is Back with Jessica Vaughan & Mike Sacopolus

  • 06-09: Eavesdropping on Birds with Tessa Rhinehart

  • 06-08: This Month in Birding - February 2022

  • 06-07: Climate Science and the CBC with Sarah Saunders & Geoff LeBaron

  • 06-06: Birdability for Everybody with Virginia Rose & Freya McGregor

  • 06-05: Wildest Vagrants of 2021 with Amy Davis & Tom Johnson

  • 06-04: This Month in Birding - January 2022

  • 06-03: A Big Year and a Bigger Purpose with Tiffany Kersten

  • 06-02: Random Birds, Uganda Edition, with Ted Floyd

  • 06-01: 2022 Bird of the Year Artist Christina Baal

  • 05-51: This Month in Birding - December 2021

  • 05-50: Discovering the Inti Tanager with Ryan Terrill

  • 05-49: There Are Birds with Stephanie Seymour

  • 05-48: Encore - A Life in Raptors with Jerry Liguori

  • 05-47: This Month in Birding - November 2021

  • 05-46: Birding Book Club - Best of 2021

  • 05-45: Behind the Finch Forecast with Tyler Hoar

  • 05-44: A Guide to Pigeon Watching with Rosemary Mosco

  • 05-43: This Month in Birding - October 2021

  • 05-42: New Faces at the ABA with Katinka Domen & Laura Guerard.

  • 05-41: Antpittas and Adventure in Colombia

  • 05-40: Owls of the Eastern Ice with Jonathan Slaght

  • 05-39: This Month in Birding - September 2021

  • 05-38: Random Birds, Vol. 2, with Ted Floyd

  • 05-37: ENCORE - Tales of Urban Birding with J.B. Brumfield

  • 05-36: More Than a Lawn Thrush with Emily Williams

  • 05-35: Demystifying Molt with Dani Kaschube

  • 05-34: This Month in Birding - August 2021

  • 05-33: Secrets of Summer Birding

  • 05-32: A World Full of Parrots with Stephen Pruett-Jones

  • 05-31: A Lifeline for Kauai's Birds with Lisa Crampton

  • 05-30: This Month in Birding - July 2021

  • 05-29: Birding, Annotated, Again with Ted Floyd

  • 05-28: Your Bird Story with Georgia Silvera Seamans

  • 05-27: ENCORE - Actor Ian Harding's Odd Birds

  • 05-26: The All Canada Episode

  • 05-25: This Month in Birding - June 2021

  • 05-24: Birding Book Club: Guides to Mexico and Central America

  • 05-23: 2021 Splits and Lumps with Nick Block

  • 05-22: Listen and Conserve with Project Terra with Mike Lanzone & Scott Whittle

  • 05-21: This Month in Birding - May 2021

  • 05-20: Bird Policy Updates and Freedom Birders with Tykee James

  • 05-19: Random Birds, Vol.1 with Ted Floyd

  • 05-18: The Glitter in the Green with Jon Dunn

  • 05-17: This Month in Birding - April 2021

  • 05-16: Skyglow and Community Science with Lauren Pharr

  • 05-15: Secrets of SoCal Parrots with John McCormack

  • 05-14: A World on the Wing with Scott Weidensaul

  • 05-13: ENCORE - The Nomadic Nature of Snow Buntings with Emily McKinnon

  • 05-12: This Month in Birding - March 2021

  • 05-11: ID Nation - Early Spring Challenges

  • 05-10: Birding, annotated, with Ted Floyd

  • 05-09: Unraveling a Nighthawk Migration Mystery with Elly Knight

  • 05-08: This Month in Birding - February 2021

  • 05-07: A Sparrow Back from the Brink with Andrew Walker

  • 05-06: Birding through Pandemic and Cancer with Rebecca Heisman

  • 05-05: In Defense of the Cowbird with Sarah Winnicki

  • 05-04: This Month in Birding - January 2021

  • 05-03: Notes from the High Arctic with Clare Kines

  • 05-02: How to be "Hawky" with Janet Ng

  • 05-01: A Guide to Bird Behavior with John Kricher

  • 04-44: Four Years of the American Birding Podcast

  • 04-42: Invasion of the Winter Finches with Matt Young

  • 04-41: Birding Book Club: Best of 2020

  • 04-40: Birding Stories from ABA Friends

  • 04-39: This Month in Birding - November 2020

  • 04-38: What Now in Bird Policy with Tykee James

  • 04-37: Loving the Unloved Vulture with Katie Fallon

  • 04-36: Kestrels in the Hood with Najada Davis

  • 04-35: This Month in Birding - October 2020

  • 04-34: Birding in the COVID-19 Era, Part 2

  • 04-33: Sage-Grouse Politics and the American West with Ashley Ahearn

  • 04-32: ENCORE - The Secret Life of Rails with Auriel Fournier

  • 04-31: Noc-Mig Magic with Mark James Pearson

  • 04-30: This Month in Birding - September 2020

  • 04-29: My So-Called Lifer: Ornithology in High School with Stephen Maguire

  • 04-28: Birding Book Club: All of a Family

  • 04-27: Becoming a Birder, Unintentionally, with Julia Zarankin

  • 04-26: This Month in Birding - August 2020

  • 04-25: Finally a Field Guide to Hawaii with Helen & André Raine

  • 04-24: Secrets of Slow Birding with Bridget Butler

  • 04-23: The Evolution of Online Birding with Mike Bergin

  • 04-21: Secrets of Shade-Grown Coffee with Ruth Bennett

  • 04-20: J.J. Audubon and the Bird of Washington Fraud with Matthew Halley

  • 04-19: How Birders Can Save the Migratory Bird Treaty Act with Tykee James

  • 04-18: Conservation, Cooperation, and NABCI with Judith Scarl

  • 04-17: This Month in Birding - June 2020

  • 04-16: #BlackBirdersWeek and Its Impact with Corina Newsome & Tykee James

  • 04-15: 2020 Splits and Lumps with Nick Block

  • 04-14: What It's Like to Be a Bird with David Sibley

  • 04-13: This Month in Birding - May 2020

  • 04-12: City Pigeons and Urban Evolution with Elizabeth Carlen

  • 04-11: Birding Book Club - Big Year Narratives

  • 04-10: The Bird Way with Jennifer Ackerman

  • 04-08: Birding in the COVID-19 Era with Ted Floyd & Brodie Cass Talbott

  • 04-07: Birdsong for the Curious Naturalist with Don Kroodsma

  • 04-06: Bird Rehab Behind the Scenes with Ioana Seritan

  • 04-05: On Non-Native Birds in the ABA Area with Peter Pyle

  • 04-04: The Importance of a Breeding Bird Atlas with Gabriel Foley

  • 04-03: Affinity and Identity in the QBNA with Jennifer Rycenga & Michael Retter

  • 04-02: 2020 Bird of the Year Artist Tony Fitzpatrick

  • 04-01: Saving a Hummingbird Haven with Sheri Williamson

  • 03-26: The ABA at 50

  • 03-25: Best Bird Books of 2019 with Donna Schulman

  • 03-24: LIVE from the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival

  • 03-23: Documenting Birders on the Border with Otilia Portilla Padua

  • 03-22: Bird Glamour with Lisa Buckley

  • 03-21: The Secrets of Female Bird Song with Lauryn Benedict

  • 03-20: 3 Billion Birds Lost, a Discussion with Jordan Rutter & Ted Floyd

  • 03-19: Birding to Change the World with Trish O'Kane

  • 03-18: Veery Meteorology with Christopher Heckscher

  • 03-17: Birding the Rock

  • 03-16: Inside Fantasy Birding with Matt Smith

  • 03-15: Where Expertise Falls Short

  • 03-14: Letters from Bird Camp with Jennie Duberstein & Robert Buckert

  • 03-13: Bird Collision Basics with Heidi Trudell

  • 03-12: 2019 Splits and Lumps with Nick Block

  • 03-11: Birds and Board Games with Elizabeth Hargrave

  • 03-10: LIVE from The Biggest Week-The ABA at 50

  • 03-09: A Season on the Wind with Kenn Kaufman

  • 03-07: On Crow Culture with Kaeli Swift

  • 03-06: Birding Means Business in Colombia with John Myers

  • 03-05: Martin Migration Magic with Kevin Fraser

  • 03-04: Birding at 100 (Issues) with Ted Floyd

  • 03-03: Birding and the Border Wall with Tiffany Kersten

  • 03-02: eBird's Spectacular Status & Trends with Tom Auer

  • 03-01: 2019 Bird of the Year Artist Megan Massa

  • 02-26: Winter Birding Basics with Ted Floyd & Greg Neise

  • 02-25: Birds at Large with Nick Lund

  • 02-24: Best Bird Books of 2018 with Donna Schulman

  • 02-23: The Internet of Wildlife with Mike Lanzone

  • 02-22: Birding By Bus with Marc Kramer & Eliana Ardila Ardila

  • 02-21: The Feminist Bird Club Story with Molly Adams

  • 02-20: Fall at Cape May with David La Puma

  • 02-19: What is Birding Like?

  • 02-18: Photography as Birding with Keith Barnes

  • 02-17: Out There With the American Birding Expo with Bill Thompson III & Ben Lizdas

  • 02-16: Birding while Black with Drew Lanham

  • 02-15: Birding Without Tears 2: Birding & Kids with Bryony Angell

  • 02-14: A Life in Raptors with Jerry Liguori

  • 02-13: Voices from The Biggest Week- Women and ABA Big Years

  • 02-12: 2018 Splits and Lumps with Nick Block

  • 02-11: Birding is My Favorite Video Game with Rosemary Mosco

  • 02-10: Birding Without Tears- Stories and Secrets of Birding With Kids

  • 02-09: At the Champions of the Flyway with the ABA-Leica Subadult Wheatears

  • 02-08: eBird's Global Big Day with Ian Davies & Kyle Horton

  • 02-07: Tales of Urban Birding with Jen Brumfield

  • 02-06: Winter Birding in Review with Mike Hudson & Tom Reed

  • 02-05: The Joy of Birdfeeding with Jim Carpenter

  • 02-04: Big Year Reflections with Yve Morrell

  • 02-03: More than Birds with Jody Allair & Frank Izaguirre

  • 02-02: The Nomadic Nature of Snow Buntings with Emily McKinnon

  • 02-01: 2018 Bird of the Year Artist Doug Pratt

  • 01-26: The Christmas Bird Count-stravaganza Episode

  • 01-25: What's in a Common Name?

  • 01-24: Best Bird Books of 2017 with Donna Schulman

  • 01-23: Birding Without Borders with Noah Strycker

  • 01-22: Hurricane Impacts on Caribbean Birds with Alvaro Jaramillo

  • 01-21: Birds and the Farm Bill with Amanda Rodewald

  • 01-20: How Photography has Changed Birding

  • 01-19: Bird Tours from the Inside with Rockjumper's George Armistead

  • 01-18: American Birding Expo News with Bill Thompson III

  • 01-17: The Secret Life of Rails with Auriel Fournier

  • 01-16: Reviewing the 2017 AOS Supplement

  • 01-15: Birds Over the Top with Seabird McKeon

  • 01-14: Birding, Social Media, and the Facebook Summit

  • 01-13: Actor Ian Harding's Odd Birds

  • 01-12: The Young Birder Episode 2017

  • 01-11: Bird Conservation in Hawaii with Mike Parr

  • 01-10: Voices from Biggest Week - The Good Birders Panel

  • 01-09: The Great Canadian Birdathon with Jody Allair

  • 01-08: 2017 Splits and Lumps, The AOS Episode

  • 01-07: The Biggest Week with Kim Kaufman

  • 01-06: The Field Guide to Bird Sounds with Nathan Pieplow

  • 01-05: Champions of the Flyway with Jonathan Meyrav

  • 01-04: Natural Soundscapes with Lang Elliot

  • 01-03: Cornell's Merlin App with Drew Weber

  • 01-02: The Big Big Year Episode

  • 01-01: 2017 ABA Bird of the Year Artist Sophie Webb

  • 00-02: Prairie Bird Conservation with Scott Somershoe

  • 00-01: Nature Travel with Laura Kammermeier

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