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The American Birding Association has a new mission statement!
Simply put: The American Birding Association (ABA) makes birding better by providing knowledge, sharing experiences, and building community.
Simply put: The American Birding Association (ABA) makes birding better by providing knowledge, sharing experiences, and building community.
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Check out the last TMIB podcast of 2025. I always enjoy being a guest panelist on these episodes, especially when I’m surrounded by some pretty amazing bird people. @marthaharbison.bsky.social @rheisman.bsky.social @n8swick.bsky.social
New American Birding Podcast episode!
Jody Allair, Martha Harbison, and Rebecca Heisman join host Nate Swick for the last American Birding Podcast episode of the year, with a wide-ranging discussion of some of the latest bird and birding news.
Listen here: www.aba.org/09-52-this-m...
Jody Allair, Martha Harbison, and Rebecca Heisman join host Nate Swick for the last American Birding Podcast episode of the year, with a wide-ranging discussion of some of the latest bird and birding news.
Listen here: www.aba.org/09-52-this-m...
09-52: This Month in Birding - December 2025 - American Birding Association
Jody Allair, Martha Harbison, and Rebecca Heisman join host Nate Swick for the last American Birding Podcast episode of the year, with a wide-ranging discussion of some of the latest bird and birding ...
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December 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Check out the last TMIB podcast of 2025. I always enjoy being a guest panelist on these episodes, especially when I’m surrounded by some pretty amazing bird people. @marthaharbison.bsky.social @rheisman.bsky.social @n8swick.bsky.social
As the 2026 Bird of the Year reveal approaches, let's not forget to celebrate the 2025 Bird of the Year, the Common Loon!
Did you encounter a Common Loon this year?
Did you encounter a Common Loon this year?
December 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
As the 2026 Bird of the Year reveal approaches, let's not forget to celebrate the 2025 Bird of the Year, the Common Loon!
Did you encounter a Common Loon this year?
Did you encounter a Common Loon this year?
New American Birding Podcast episode!
Jody Allair, Martha Harbison, and Rebecca Heisman join host Nate Swick for the last American Birding Podcast episode of the year, with a wide-ranging discussion of some of the latest bird and birding news.
Listen here: www.aba.org/09-52-this-m...
Jody Allair, Martha Harbison, and Rebecca Heisman join host Nate Swick for the last American Birding Podcast episode of the year, with a wide-ranging discussion of some of the latest bird and birding news.
Listen here: www.aba.org/09-52-this-m...
09-52: This Month in Birding - December 2025 - American Birding Association
Jody Allair, Martha Harbison, and Rebecca Heisman join host Nate Swick for the last American Birding Podcast episode of the year, with a wide-ranging discussion of some of the latest bird and birding ...
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December 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
New American Birding Podcast episode!
Jody Allair, Martha Harbison, and Rebecca Heisman join host Nate Swick for the last American Birding Podcast episode of the year, with a wide-ranging discussion of some of the latest bird and birding news.
Listen here: www.aba.org/09-52-this-m...
Jody Allair, Martha Harbison, and Rebecca Heisman join host Nate Swick for the last American Birding Podcast episode of the year, with a wide-ranging discussion of some of the latest bird and birding news.
Listen here: www.aba.org/09-52-this-m...
Did you get any bird-themed gifts for the holidays? Let's see 'em!
December 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Did you get any bird-themed gifts for the holidays? Let's see 'em!
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I got my first ever digital camera this year and it's hard to chose a favorite so I'm picking two. A Northern Pygmy Owl in Multnomah County and a Western Grebe with it's young in hot pursuit in Harney County Oregon.
December 24, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I got my first ever digital camera this year and it's hard to chose a favorite so I'm picking two. A Northern Pygmy Owl in Multnomah County and a Western Grebe with it's young in hot pursuit in Harney County Oregon.
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Enjoying this moment was my 2025 birding highlight!
December 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Enjoying this moment was my 2025 birding highlight!
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Kind of like this one from Smith Island, Maryland
December 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Kind of like this one from Smith Island, Maryland
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Maybe not the best, but I do have a real soft spot for Ovenbird and Hermit Thrush, so always appreciate seeing them 🙂
December 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Maybe not the best, but I do have a real soft spot for Ovenbird and Hermit Thrush, so always appreciate seeing them 🙂
The annual highlight of the birding calendar is, for so many birders, the Christmas Bird Count. Birding Editor Ted Floyd and ABA cartoonist Sal Palmero team up to celebrate "Birding's Grandest Tradition" in this article in the Dec. 2025 Birding. Seasons Greetings!
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Birding’s Grandest Tradition - American Birding Association
The annual highlight of the birding calendar is, for so many birders, the Christmas Bird Count. Birding Editor Ted Floyd and ABA cartoonist Sal Palmero team up to celebrate "Birding's Grandest Traditi...
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December 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The annual highlight of the birding calendar is, for so many birders, the Christmas Bird Count. Birding Editor Ted Floyd and ABA cartoonist Sal Palmero team up to celebrate "Birding's Grandest Tradition" in this article in the Dec. 2025 Birding. Seasons Greetings!
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Maybe this one. Taken from inside the car if I remember correct. It was only around for a few seconds.
White Rock Lake, Dallas, TX
White Rock Lake, Dallas, TX
December 23, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Maybe this one. Taken from inside the car if I remember correct. It was only around for a few seconds.
White Rock Lake, Dallas, TX
White Rock Lake, Dallas, TX
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Being right under a pair of Swallow-tailed Kites, in Massachusetts of all places, will be one of my favorite memories of 2025! This was my closest look at one of them going over. Thank you, periodical cicada swarms! #birding 🪶
December 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Being right under a pair of Swallow-tailed Kites, in Massachusetts of all places, will be one of my favorite memories of 2025! This was my closest look at one of them going over. Thank you, periodical cicada swarms! #birding 🪶
Did you get any good bird photos in 2025? What was your best bird photo this year?
December 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Did you get any good bird photos in 2025? What was your best bird photo this year?
The American Birding Association has appointed nonprofit leader and lifelong birder Kimberly Ann Check to the role of Director of Young Birder Programs.
Learn more: www.aba.org/kimberly-ann...
Learn more: www.aba.org/kimberly-ann...
Kimberly Ann Check Appointed Director of ABA Young Birder Programs - American Birding Association
The American Birding Association has appointed nonprofit leader and lifelong birder Kimberly Ann Check to the role of Director of Young Birder Programs.
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December 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The American Birding Association has appointed nonprofit leader and lifelong birder Kimberly Ann Check to the role of Director of Young Birder Programs.
Learn more: www.aba.org/kimberly-ann...
Learn more: www.aba.org/kimberly-ann...
Clear your calendar, because it’s almost time for the most hotly anticipated, passionately debated, and mildly obsession-inducing reveal in birding: the ABA Bird of the Year. Friendships have been tested. Group chats have exploded. Wild theories have taken flight. And soon, the wait will be over.
December 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Clear your calendar, because it’s almost time for the most hotly anticipated, passionately debated, and mildly obsession-inducing reveal in birding: the ABA Bird of the Year. Friendships have been tested. Group chats have exploded. Wild theories have taken flight. And soon, the wait will be over.
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Lots of Kestrels, Red-tailed Hawks, A Ferruginous Hawk, A Prairie Falcon, and my lifer Lapland Longspur to say a few!
December 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Lots of Kestrels, Red-tailed Hawks, A Ferruginous Hawk, A Prairie Falcon, and my lifer Lapland Longspur to say a few!
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Got to take part in a particularly cool Christmas Bird Count this year by cruising up and down the frigid Ohio River by boat logging all the birds on the river islands! Great day birding! Here’s some White-Winged Scoter we saw just off Blennerhasset Island, WV
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#birds #wildlifephotography
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December 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Got to take part in a particularly cool Christmas Bird Count this year by cruising up and down the frigid Ohio River by boat logging all the birds on the river islands! Great day birding! Here’s some White-Winged Scoter we saw just off Blennerhasset Island, WV
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#birds #wildlifephotography
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Sooo... How was everyone's CBCing? Did you find anything fun?
December 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Sooo... How was everyone's CBCing? Did you find anything fun?
Check out Carrie-Edmund Laben's review of Starlings: The Curious Odyssey of a Most Hated Bird, by Mike Stark. The book dives deep into the crazy journey of European Starlings in North America, from myth-busting their origins to doomed human efforts to control them.
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A Loud and Relentless Species - American Birding Association
When I was a child, my family somehow came into possession of a book called Arnie the Darling Starling by Margarete Sigl Corbo. I don’t remember much of the story, but the title lives in infamy. To th...
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December 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Check out Carrie-Edmund Laben's review of Starlings: The Curious Odyssey of a Most Hated Bird, by Mike Stark. The book dives deep into the crazy journey of European Starlings in North America, from myth-busting their origins to doomed human efforts to control them.
www.aba.org/a-loud-and-r...
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Are you going birding this weekend?
December 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Are you going birding this weekend?
New podcast episode!
Birding Editor Ted Floyd joins host Nate Swick for another installment of the ever-popular "Random Birds." Nate spins the random number generator, it lands on a bird, and Ted and Nate talk about that bird...and anything else!
Listen here: www.aba.org/09-51-random...
Birding Editor Ted Floyd joins host Nate Swick for another installment of the ever-popular "Random Birds." Nate spins the random number generator, it lands on a bird, and Ted and Nate talk about that bird...and anything else!
Listen here: www.aba.org/09-51-random...
09-51: Random Birds, December 2025, with Ted Floyd - American Birding Association
It's a recurring, and oh so random, feature on the podcast: Birding Editor Ted Floyd joins host Nate Swick for another installment of the evergreen and ever-popular "Random Birds." Nate spins the rand...
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December 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
New podcast episode!
Birding Editor Ted Floyd joins host Nate Swick for another installment of the ever-popular "Random Birds." Nate spins the random number generator, it lands on a bird, and Ted and Nate talk about that bird...and anything else!
Listen here: www.aba.org/09-51-random...
Birding Editor Ted Floyd joins host Nate Swick for another installment of the ever-popular "Random Birds." Nate spins the random number generator, it lands on a bird, and Ted and Nate talk about that bird...and anything else!
Listen here: www.aba.org/09-51-random...
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Anyone here who knows a publisher/publishing houses or publishing agents who'd be interested in publishing a book like that? I would really appreciate if you could connect me to someone! Thanks!
Don't miss the Bird of the Year issue of Birding magazine, soon to go to press and featuring @thebirdguy.bsky.social! #SupportBirdJournalism
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December 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Anyone here who knows a publisher/publishing houses or publishing agents who'd be interested in publishing a book like that? I would really appreciate if you could connect me to someone! Thanks!
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Guess who wrote an article for the ABA
Guess who wrote an article for the ABA
Don't miss the Bird of the Year issue of Birding magazine, soon to go to press and featuring @thebirdguy.bsky.social! #SupportBirdJournalism
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December 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Guess who wrote an article for the ABA
Guess who wrote an article for the ABA
Don't miss the Bird of the Year issue of Birding magazine, soon to go to press and featuring @thebirdguy.bsky.social! #SupportBirdJournalism
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December 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Don't miss the Bird of the Year issue of Birding magazine, soon to go to press and featuring @thebirdguy.bsky.social! #SupportBirdJournalism
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Two spots remain for Camp Colorado!
ABA Young Birder Camps: Save the Date!
Registration for the ABA’s popular and acclaimed Young Birder Camps opens at 8pm EST (5pm PST) on Wed., Nov. 19. These camps fill up extremely fast, so please consider registering on Wed. night!
Registration for the ABA’s popular and acclaimed Young Birder Camps opens at 8pm EST (5pm PST) on Wed., Nov. 19. These camps fill up extremely fast, so please consider registering on Wed. night!
December 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Two spots remain for Camp Colorado!
New book review!
Check out Greg Lawrence's review of Birds at Rest: The Behavior and Ecology of Avian Sleep, by Roger Pasquier: www.aba.org/birds-in-rep...
Check out Greg Lawrence's review of Birds at Rest: The Behavior and Ecology of Avian Sleep, by Roger Pasquier: www.aba.org/birds-in-rep...
Birds in Repose - American Birding Association
During migration here in North America, much of our birding centers around watching warblers move all too fast for our cameras and binoculars among the treetops, while raptors zip by or circle over ha...
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December 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
New book review!
Check out Greg Lawrence's review of Birds at Rest: The Behavior and Ecology of Avian Sleep, by Roger Pasquier: www.aba.org/birds-in-rep...
Check out Greg Lawrence's review of Birds at Rest: The Behavior and Ecology of Avian Sleep, by Roger Pasquier: www.aba.org/birds-in-rep...