In a Halloween-themed installment of "This Month in Birding," Emmy Broeg, Nick Lund, and Tim Healy join host Nate Swick to discuss everything from marine "scarecrows" that help prevent bycatch of seabirds, to spooky American Barn Owls in Manhattan, to a berserk parrot attacking passengers at O'Hare International Airport.

The long-awaited California Breeding Bird Atlas is underway! Ornithologists Morgan Tingley and Sam Safran join host Nate Swick to describe the awesomeness and challenges of documenting the breeding avifauna of the Golden State, with its staggering biodiversity and incredibly complex landscapes.

Have you ever wondered how Duck Stamp art is chosen? On this week's podcast, well-known birder and artist Catherine Hamilton gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the selection process.

The recent split of our Mew Gulls into Short-billed Gull and Common Gull, in the Americas and Eurasia, respectively, has offered yet another[...]

The introduced Red-crowned and Lilac-crowned parrots of Los Angeles are extraordinary. They have adapted quickly to the biological and physical environment of the region, and they have started interbreeding. Ornithologist John McCormack joins host Nate Swick to talk about the fascinating natural history of LA's parrots, with consequences for both ecological theory and conservation biology.

It is daunting to keep up with the explosion of ornithological research at the present time. But the American Birding podcast is there to deliver the latest news for you! Ornithologists Mikko Jimenez, Andres Jimenez, and Sarah Swanson join host Nate Swick to discuss recent research on everything from plover conservation to songbird migration, from Dodo intelligence (srsly) to birders' attitudes about bird names.

El Niño is coming! And people all across the continent (and elsewhere) are bracing for the impacts. With regard to birds, the impacts already are being felt, and Tyler Wenzel, an expert on Central American ornithology, joins host Nate Swick to talk about how Humboldt Current birds are being driven north into Central America by El Niño—and what might still be in store.

He had a cold, and he was calling in from an outbuilding at a ranch in remote northwest Colorado, but that didn't stop Birding Editor Ted Floyd from going off on random birds for nearly an hour with the podcast's gracious and patient host Nate Swick. Listen to Ted and Nate's random musings on Blue-headed Vireos, Marbled Godwits, Turkey Vultures, western spotted orbweavers (yes, spiders), and Antonín Dvořák (yes, the composer).

Holly Greenberg, an artist with Bird Collisions in the Anthropocene, is making a difference for birds by engaging communities about the perils of buildings and other structures for migrating birds. She joins host Nate Swick to talk about how art workshops can translate directly into reduced mortalities for birds on migration.

Birding experts Martha Harbison, Frank Izaguirre, and Ryan Mandelbum join host Nate Swick to discuss recent news in the world of birding and ornithology, including a new study on urban birds, recent research on the lifespan of female birds, and the death of legendary bird artist Guy Tudor.

Singer, songwriter, and birder Bonner Black joins host Nate Swick to discuss bird festivals, the joy of birding, and her forthcoming EP, Little Bird in a Big Sky, which releases . . . today! (Aug. 20)

Where there are forests . . . there are birds. In this week's episode, award-winning nature writer Marina Richie joins Nate Swick to talk about the iconic forests of the Pacific Northwest, home to everything from Pacific Wrens foraging under tangled roots to Marbled Murrelets tending nests high in the canopy.

With host Nate Swick at the Black Belt Birding Festival in Alabama, we go into the podcast archives for sobering but important content from Lauren Pharr, at the time a doctoral student studying the effects of noise pollution and artificial light on birds.

In this month's wrap-up of important and sometimes offbeat birding news, panelists Jody Allair, Stephanie Beilke, and Nick Lund join host Nate Swick to talk about the perils of AI-generated images for ornithology, "smart" wind turbines that reduce bird collisions, and the remarkable shared history of humans and Rock Pigeons.

Meet the white-eyes! California birding expert Rajan Rao joins host Nate Swick to get listeners up to speed on these tiny, cute, and adaptable birds, introduced to the ABA Area in Hawaii and California.

The American Kestrel is exquisitely beautiful—and, across large swaths of its range, in longterm decline. Our guest this week is kestrel expert Emmy Broeg, who brings us up to date on effective work to install kestrel nest boxes and boost populations regionally.

It's one of the most eagerly awaited podcast episodes of the year! Nick Block joins host Nate Swick to discuss proposed bird taxonomy changes. Headliners include proposed splits of the Marsh Wren (East vs. West) and Willet (coastal vs. prairie).

It's time for another episode of "Random Birds," when guest Ted Floyd and host Nate Swick are subject to the whims of a random number generator. What do randomly selected Short-eared Owls, Pomarine Jaegers, Sedge Wrens, and Pine Siskins have in common? Answer: Not much perhaps, but that didn't stop Ted and Nate from having a fun and freeform conversation about those and other random birds!

Bird experts Sarah Swanson, Tim Healy, and Jason Hall join host Nate Swick for a round-up of recent ornithology research and birding news—everything from raven behavior to shorebird tracking to invasive species biology.

Andrew Lydeard and Chris Joe join Nate Swick for a conversation about the Alabama Black Belt, named for the biologically and culturally rich region stretching across the state's mid-section. Learn about this fascinating landscape, with a special focus on the upcoming Black Belt Birding Festival, highlighting the birds, the ecology, and the civil rights heritage of the region.