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10-24: Birding the Black Belt with Andrew Lydeard and Chris Joe
Jun 18, 2026
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10-21: Living and Birding in Labrador with Vernon Buckle
Jun 11, 2026
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10-22: Looking for Lost Birds with John Mittermeier
Jun 4, 2026
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10-21: This Month in Birding - May 2026
May 28, 2026
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10-20: Take it or Leave it LIVE!
May 21, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/18/26 | 10-24: Birding the Black Belt with Andrew Lydeard and Chris Joe | Alabama Audubon has invited your own podcast host, Nate Swick, to be the keynote speaker at the 2026 Black Belt Birding Festival. The festival highlights the birds, the ecology, and the civil rights heritage of the region. To get excited for this summer's event, we welcome Andrew Lydeard, Alabama Audubon's Program Coordinator, and Chris Joe, third generation farmer whose family's 200 acre cattle farm in Newbern, Alabama, is an important site for the festival and a great example of the conservation and community efforts that the festival seeks to highlights. We talk birding Alabama, festival highlights, and how the community has come to love birders. Also, the Breeding Bird Suvey is back and Nate is excited to get back on his routes. Subscribe to the podcast at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts and please leave a rating or a review if you are so inclined! We appreciate it! | — | ||||||
| 6/11/26 | 10-21: Living and Birding in Labrador with Vernon Buckle | The easternmost province in mainland Canada, Labrador doesn't get the attention afford to its island provincial partner Newfoundland. Its position on the continent, however, affords its birders the opportunity for some unique avian opportunities from unlikely rarities to birding by snowmobile. Labrador birder Vernon Buckle joins guest host Frank Izaguirre for a conversation about birds and birding in one of the continent's most unique places. Also, Frank shares some thoughts about the new internet of birding. Subscribe to the podcast at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts and please leave a rating or a review if you are so inclined! We appreciate it! | — | ||||||
| 6/4/26 | 10-22: Looking for Lost Birds with John Mittermeier | There are bird species that are extant and those that are extinct, but between those two seemingly immutable categories, lies one hundred odd species of birds that are considered "Lost". This means that they hasn't been documented in many years but have not yet been determined to be extinct by authorities for any number of reasons. It is the search for those birds that is the work of John Mittermeier, Director of the Search for Lost Birds, an effort from the American Bird Conservancy, BirdLife International ReWild, and Cornell Lab, to seek out those birds a determine not only whether they're not extinct, but what needs to be done to keep them that way. Also, so long and thanks for all your help, John Lowry! Subscribe to the podcast at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts and please leave a rating or a review if you are so inclined! We appreciate it! | — | ||||||
| 5/28/26 | 10-21: This Month in Birding - May 2026 | It's the end of May, the season for bald cardinals, baby birds, and buggy birding. But most importantly, it's the last Thursday of the month and that means it's time for This Month in Birding, our monthly panel discussion of bird news and science and we have rounded up another great group of birding friends to have that discussion. Host Nate Swick is joined by Mikko Jimenez, Jordan Rutter, and Brodie Cass Talbott, to talk vagrant birds, robo-grouse, and birdy World Cup crests. Links to articles discussed in this episode: When Primm resort-casinos go dark, what happens to the birds? Students fabricate randy robo-grouse whose strut could save birds at Jackson Hole Airport Demography and dispersion: evaluating the causes and consequences of vagrancy in North American migratory birds Inter- and intra-individual variation in the feather coloration of American crows Subscribe to the podcast at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts and please leave a rating or a review if you are so inclined! We appreciate it! | — | ||||||
| 5/21/26 | 10-20: Take it or Leave it LIVE! | The ABA hosted a membership drive livestream earlier this week, and part of the four hours of birdy entertainment was a LIVE version of the American Birding Podcast favorite segment, Take it or Leave it. Panelists Nick Lund and Martha Harbison joined host Nate Swick to hash out some very hot birding takes on topics like four-letter codes, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and ugly birds. You can find the livestream on the ABA's YouTube channel. The membership drive is still live until the end of the month! Help us reach our goal at aba.org/join Subscribe to the podcast at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts and please leave a rating or a review if you are so inclined! We appreciate it! | — | ||||||
| 5/14/26 | 10-19: Ten Birds that Changed the World with Stephen Moss | Birds and humanity have interacted for as long as there has been humanity, and various bird species have proven to be constants, influencing mythologies, religions, art, economics, and even warfare. Natural history, as it turns out, is human history, and that is the idea behind the book 10 Birds that Changed the World. Stephen Moss is the author, he is one of Britain's most influential nature writers and broadcasters. You can find him writing a monthly Birdwatch column for the Guardian and appearing regularly on BBC Radio, among many other places. Also, a recent hantavirus outbreak on a nature cruise has the wider world looking at birders and landfills with a critical eye, even though birders have been part of the solution. Subscribe to the podcast at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts and please leave a rating or a review if you are so inclined! We appreciate it! | — | ||||||
| 5/7/26 | 10-18: Sharing Spark Birds with Jenn Lodi-Smith | The concept of the "spark bird", the transformative moment with a particular species that turns you from a normal person into a real-deal birder, is one that many birders are familiar with. These personal testimonies frequently tell you as much about the birder as they do about the spark bird itself. The human element of a natural experience is what excites Dr Jenn Lodi-Smith, a professor of psychology at Canisius University and scholar in residence at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute, and it's what inspired her to create the Spark Bird Project, an online collection of spark birds and the birders they inspire. Also, if you're going to be at the Biggest Week festibal next week, come say hi! Subscribe to the podcast at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts and please leave a rating or a review if you are so inclined! We appreciate it! | — | ||||||
| 4/29/26 | 10-17: This Month in Birding - April 2026 | It's the end of April and that means it's time again for another This Month in Birding panel with a great group of birding friends joining host Nate Swick to talk about recent birding news and science. Jody Allair, Gabriel Foley, and Jennie Duberstein discuss birding and your brain, guano and civilization, and our favorite birding April Fools. Links to items discussed in this podcast: Backyard birdwatchers help scientists uncover what hawks really like to eat Becoming an Expert Birder Can Reshape Your Brain and Might Help Protect It From Aging, New Research Suggests Seabirds shaped the expansion of pre-Inca society in Peru Feeling you belong may keep scientists in ornithology, study suggests Subscribe to the podcast at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts and please leave a rating or a review if you are so inclined! We appreciate it! | — | ||||||
| 4/23/26 | 10-16: Mob Tape Malpractice? with Marty Freeland✨ | birding toolspishing+3 | Marty Freeland | American Birding AssociationBirding magazine | Stanford | pishingmob tapes+5 | — | 38m 35s | |
| 4/16/26 | 010-15: Saving Birds to Save the Planet with Scott Weidensaul✨ | bird conservationnatural history+3 | Scott Weidensaul | American Birding AssociationThe Return of the Oystercatcher: Saving Birds to Save the Planet | — | bird conservationScott Weidensaul+4 | — | 58m 58s | |
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| 4/16/26 | 10-15: Saving Birds to Save the Planet with Scott Weidensaul | Scott Weidensaul is the author of nearly 30 books about birds, birding, and natural history. His latest is The Return of the Oystercatcher: Saving Birds to Save the Planet, a globe-trotting look at look at bird conservation successes from re-wilding efforts in England to vultures in Romania, to the puffins and plovers of North America. It is a soothing balm in this time of great anxiety about bird populations and a critical look at what still nees to be done. He joins host Nate Swick to talk about it all. Also, we're coming up on The Biggest Week in American Birding! Nate will be there. Will you? Subscribe to the podcast at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts and please leave a rating or a review if you are so inclined! We appreciate it! | — | ||||||
| 4/9/26 | 10-14: How to be Hawky with Janet Ng✨ | bird conservationindustrial impact+3 | Janet Ng | American Birding Association | — | Hawkybird conservation+3 | Birding Louisiana | 46m 51s | |
| 4/2/26 | 10-13: Random Birds, April 2026, with Ted Floyd✨ | birdingwarblers+3 | Ted Floyd | — | — | birdingwarblers+5 | Birding Louisiana | 1h 07m 45s | |
| 3/26/26 | 10-12: This Month in Birding - March 2026✨ | birdingtechnology in birding+3 | Stephanie BeilkeAndres Jimenez+1 | American Birding AssociationUsing Apple AirTags to Document Dispersal and Exploratory Movements of Harris's Hawks+3 | — | AirtagsHarris's Hawks+5 | All4Birding | 1h 07m 58s | |
| 3/19/26 | 10-11: The Feather Wars with James H. McCommons✨ | bird conservationNorth America+3 | James H. McCommons | American Birding AssociationThe Feather Wars and Great Crusade to Save America's Birds | — | bird conservationJames H. McCommons+3 | Naturalist Journeys | 46m 34s | |
| 3/12/26 | 10-10: Bird Collections, From the Inside, with Nick Mason✨ | bird collectionsornithology+3 | Nick Mason | Louisiana State University Museum of Natural HistoryAmerican Birding Association | — | bird specimensornithological knowledge+3 | Naturalist Journeys | 47m 39s | |
| 3/5/26 | 10-09: World Without Birds with Nick Lund✨ | bird conservationextinct birds+3 | Nick Lund | American Birding AssociationWorld Without Birds | — | birdsextinction+5 | — | 45m 16s | |
| 2/26/26 | 10-08: This Month in Birding - February 2026✨ | birdingplants+3 | Jason HallMikko Jimenez+1 | American Birding AssociationThis Month in Birding | — | birdingFebruary 2026+3 | All4Birding | 1h 08m 01s | |
| 2/19/26 | 10-07: The Nature of Nutcrackers with Peri Sasnett✨ | Clark's Nutcrackerbird conservation+3 | Peri Sasnett | Glacier National Park | — | Clark's Nutcrackerbirding+5 | — | 38m 07s | |
| 2/12/26 | 10-06: How to Make a Meadowlark with Johanna Beam | In 2023, ABA Area birders welcomed Chihuahuan Meadowlark to the official ABA Checklist, and subsequently to many life lists. Previously considered a distinct subspecies of Eastern Meadowlark, the split was the result of work done by Dr. Johanna Beam while she was an undergraduate researcher. Informed by her background as a birder, Johanna used museum specimens, audio recordings, and genetic tools to inform the eventual split. She joins host Nate Swick to talk about how it's done, and what other potential new species might be out there. Also, the ABA announced our 2026 Community Weekend schedule. We hope to see you out there! Subscribe to the podcast at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts and please leave a rating or a review if you are so inclined! We appreciate it! | — | ||||||
| 2/5/26 | 10-05: Random Birds, February 2026, with Ted Floyd | Birding editor Ted Floyd returns for another episode of random birds. This time around, the random number generator wants passerines, and Ted and host Nate Swick must oblige. We cover the ABA's Bird of the Year for 2026, and a number of other grassland species. Also, the ABA Checklist Committee's recent update suggests a new direction for the ABA Checklist, at least partially. Subscribe to the podcast at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts and please leave a rating or a review if you are so inclined! We appreciate it! This episode brought to you by All4Birding | — | ||||||
| 1/29/26 | 10-04: This Month in Birding - January 2026 | It's the first This Month in Birding panel of the new year, and Nate welcomes a crew of birders featuring Mollee Brown, Frank Izaguirre, and Jordan Rutter to discuss predation of penguins, evolving junco bills, and weird bird stuff in our houses. Plus, is pishing an ethical birding practice? Links to items discussed in this episode: Penguins Become Prey for the Pumas of Patagonia Without campus leftovers to pick through, the beaks of this bird changed shape during the pandemic Bias in density estimates from avian point-count surveys: Prospects for post-hoc corrections using calibration data Woman's viral "bird theory" about white people has everyone checking their homes Subscribe to the podcast at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts and please leave a rating or a review if you are so inclined! We appreciate it! This episode brought to you by All4Birding | — | ||||||
| 1/22/26 | 10-03: Wildest Vagrants of 2025 with Tim Healy & Alex Lamoreaux | 2025 was an exciting year for rare bird sightings in the ABA Area, with two first ABA records and a fascinating array of interesting and unexpected records from all corners of the US and Canada. North American Birds editor Alex Lamoreaux and writer and teacher Tim Healy join host Nate Swick to have some fun remembering the highlights of last year. Check out the 2026 Bird of the Year merch available NOW at aba.org/store Subscribe to the podcast at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts and please leave a rating or a review if you are so inclined! We appreciate it! | — | ||||||
| 1/15/26 | 10-02: A Post-Pandemic Birding Journey with Ed Yong | Science writer Ed Yong was an invaluable resource for many of us navigating the strange pandemic landscape. His writing about Covid-19 at The Atlantic earned him a Pulitzer Prize, but left him looking for an outlet to recalibrate after that anxiety-ridden period. Inspired by his own writing in his book, An Immense World, he turned to bird-watching despite not expecting to be any good at it. It has turned into a passion, a way to explore both his home and the wider world, and an inspiration for his writing. Also, Nate shares his experience wrangling endemics in Puerto Rico. Subscribe to the podcast at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts and please leave a rating or a review if you are so inclined! We appreciate it! | — | ||||||
| 1/8/26 | 10-01: 2026 ABA Bird of the Year Artist Kristina Knowski | 2026 is officially the year of the Horned Lark! This dapper little songbird can be found just about everywhere in the ABA Area, and we're excited to put a spotlight on it this year as our Bird of the Year for 2026. As is tradition, the species is featured on the January issue of the ABA's Birding magazine, depicted by Indiana artist Kristina Knowski, who bird art afficianados might know from her work as artist in residence for the Indiana Dunes Birding Festival. And it's not just the magazine, we will have a whole range of fun Horned Lark merch, including the return of our Bird of the Year t-shirts, at the ABA shop! Subscribe to the podcast at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts and please leave a rating or a review if you are so inclined! We appreciate it! | — | ||||||
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33 placements across 30 markets.
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33 placements across 30 markets.