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From the archives!
In "Out Owling for Saw-whets," the ABA's Greg Neise provides tips for finding saw-whets in late fall and early winter you might not have known about, including knowing several different vocalizations.
Good luck to all saw-whet seekers!
www.aba.org/out-owling-f...
In "Out Owling for Saw-whets," the ABA's Greg Neise provides tips for finding saw-whets in late fall and early winter you might not have known about, including knowing several different vocalizations.
Good luck to all saw-whet seekers!
www.aba.org/out-owling-f...
Out Owling for Saw-whets - American Birding Association
It turned out that I didn’t know what kinds of noises Northern Saw-whet Owls made in fall and early winter! Now I do, and it’s changed everything.
www.aba.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
From the archives!
In "Out Owling for Saw-whets," the ABA's Greg Neise provides tips for finding saw-whets in late fall and early winter you might not have known about, including knowing several different vocalizations.
Good luck to all saw-whet seekers!
www.aba.org/out-owling-f...
In "Out Owling for Saw-whets," the ABA's Greg Neise provides tips for finding saw-whets in late fall and early winter you might not have known about, including knowing several different vocalizations.
Good luck to all saw-whet seekers!
www.aba.org/out-owling-f...
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Non-finches are on the move too!
Keep your eyes and ear peeled for Bohemian Waxwings as they follow fruit crops south. Flocks can be large, with several dozen birds or even hundreds moving together, often appearing overnight.
Keep your eyes and ear peeled for Bohemian Waxwings as they follow fruit crops south. Flocks can be large, with several dozen birds or even hundreds moving together, often appearing overnight.
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Non-finches are on the move too!
Keep your eyes and ear peeled for Bohemian Waxwings as they follow fruit crops south. Flocks can be large, with several dozen birds or even hundreds moving together, often appearing overnight.
Keep your eyes and ear peeled for Bohemian Waxwings as they follow fruit crops south. Flocks can be large, with several dozen birds or even hundreds moving together, often appearing overnight.
Join me and Nate Swick today, Nov. 21, at 1:00pm ET to discuss ID challenges and get your bird ID questions answered on What’s This Bird LIVE!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTVT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTVT...
What's This Bird LIVE! November 21, 2025
YouTube video by American Birding Association
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November 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Join me and Nate Swick today, Nov. 21, at 1:00pm ET to discuss ID challenges and get your bird ID questions answered on What’s This Bird LIVE!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTVT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTVT...
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NEW — I spoke to DoorDash about the White House claiming the company's report shows "inflation has been tamed" and whether that's an interpretation one should make. An economist also weighed in, pointing out dictatorships use data obfuscation as a tool, and right now they're "grasping at straws."
WH claims 'inflation tamed,' per DoorDash stats. Company says that's not in its report.
It comes the same week we learned the WH would likely not release key economic reports for October.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
NEW — I spoke to DoorDash about the White House claiming the company's report shows "inflation has been tamed" and whether that's an interpretation one should make. An economist also weighed in, pointing out dictatorships use data obfuscation as a tool, and right now they're "grasping at straws."
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November 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Wife of a furloughed federal worker here. We live in Okinawa & they aren't paying our housing or his salary. We are worried about neighbors & coworkers in the same boat. This sucks. But what sucks worse? Dems fucking betraying us and caving so all of this was for nothing right when we had leverage.
November 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Wife of a furloughed federal worker here. We live in Okinawa & they aren't paying our housing or his salary. We are worried about neighbors & coworkers in the same boat. This sucks. But what sucks worse? Dems fucking betraying us and caving so all of this was for nothing right when we had leverage.
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The Arkansas: Spring 2025 Regional Report is out! Highlights include a Clark's Grebe and Yellow Grosbeak.
Read the full report: www.aba.org/arkansas-spr...
Read the full report: www.aba.org/arkansas-spr...
Arkansas: Spring 2025 - American Birding Association
www.aba.org
October 31, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The Arkansas: Spring 2025 Regional Report is out! Highlights include a Clark's Grebe and Yellow Grosbeak.
Read the full report: www.aba.org/arkansas-spr...
Read the full report: www.aba.org/arkansas-spr...
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Our Bird of the Year Art Auction closes on Nov. 10!
Time is running out to bid on stunning BOTY artworks by artists including:
Christina Baal (Burrowing Owl)
Rafael Gálvez (Green Heron)
Sophie Webb (Ruddy Turnstone)
Julie Zickefoose (Evening Grosbeak)
Don't forget to bid!
aba.org/auctions/
Time is running out to bid on stunning BOTY artworks by artists including:
Christina Baal (Burrowing Owl)
Rafael Gálvez (Green Heron)
Sophie Webb (Ruddy Turnstone)
Julie Zickefoose (Evening Grosbeak)
Don't forget to bid!
aba.org/auctions/
All Auctions - ABA Auctions
The American Birding Association is auctioning off Bird of the Year art originals. This is a unique opportunity to enjoy these special paintings by some of the finest bird artists in the world, all wh...
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October 31, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Our Bird of the Year Art Auction closes on Nov. 10!
Time is running out to bid on stunning BOTY artworks by artists including:
Christina Baal (Burrowing Owl)
Rafael Gálvez (Green Heron)
Sophie Webb (Ruddy Turnstone)
Julie Zickefoose (Evening Grosbeak)
Don't forget to bid!
aba.org/auctions/
Time is running out to bid on stunning BOTY artworks by artists including:
Christina Baal (Burrowing Owl)
Rafael Gálvez (Green Heron)
Sophie Webb (Ruddy Turnstone)
Julie Zickefoose (Evening Grosbeak)
Don't forget to bid!
aba.org/auctions/
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Have you noticed changes to your eBird life list in the past several days?—likely a few additions, but also possibly a few deletions. North American Birds Editor Michael Retter walks us through the eBird checklist changes: www.aba.org/the-2025-e-b...
The 2025 e/Bird Clements Taxonomy Update - American Birding Association
Have you noticed changes to your eBird life list in the past several days?—likely a few additions, but also possibly a few deletions. In a helpful and readable primer for ABA members and friends, Nort...
www.aba.org
October 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Have you noticed changes to your eBird life list in the past several days?—likely a few additions, but also possibly a few deletions. North American Birds Editor Michael Retter walks us through the eBird checklist changes: www.aba.org/the-2025-e-b...
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The West Indies and Bermuda Summer 2025 Regional Report is out, and what a standout report it is.
Among the highlight records were two first-for-the-Americas harrier species in Barbados.
www.aba.org/west-indies-...
Among the highlight records were two first-for-the-Americas harrier species in Barbados.
www.aba.org/west-indies-...
West Indies & Bermuda: Summer 2025 - American Birding Association
www.aba.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The West Indies and Bermuda Summer 2025 Regional Report is out, and what a standout report it is.
Among the highlight records were two first-for-the-Americas harrier species in Barbados.
www.aba.org/west-indies-...
Among the highlight records were two first-for-the-Americas harrier species in Barbados.
www.aba.org/west-indies-...
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Vagrant Gray Kingbirds are showing up in out of the way places, including as far north as Quebec! Get the scoop from Alex Lamoreaux at the ABA's website: www.aba.org/vagrant-gray...
Vagrant Gray Kingbird Season Heats Up - American Birding Association
Five Gray Kingbirds have been discovered from Virginia north to southern Canada since Sept. 14, 2025, and three were within a 24-hour period Oct. 23–24. These hefty kingbirds are rare but regular fall...
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October 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Vagrant Gray Kingbirds are showing up in out of the way places, including as far north as Quebec! Get the scoop from Alex Lamoreaux at the ABA's website: www.aba.org/vagrant-gray...
Had this beast of a abietacola ssp. Red-tailed Hawk go over my yard very low this afternoon.
October 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Had this beast of a abietacola ssp. Red-tailed Hawk go over my yard very low this afternoon.
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In a moving tribute to his late friend, the ABA's Greg Neise honors the memory of renowned artist Tony Fitzpatrick.
Read it here: www.aba.org/remembering-...
Read it here: www.aba.org/remembering-...
Remembering Tony Fitzpatrick - American Birding Association
Renowned artist Tony Fitzpatrick was beloved in the Chicago birding community and a dear friend of the ABA. Read this celebration of Tony's life by ABA web czar Greg Neise.
www.aba.org
October 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
In a moving tribute to his late friend, the ABA's Greg Neise honors the memory of renowned artist Tony Fitzpatrick.
Read it here: www.aba.org/remembering-...
Read it here: www.aba.org/remembering-...
Join me and Nate LIVE! at Noon Central to talk through some tricky bird ID and more!
www.youtube.com/live/alIsk8r...
www.youtube.com/live/alIsk8r...
What's This Bird LIVE! October 10, 2025
YouTube video by American Birding Association
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October 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Join me and Nate LIVE! at Noon Central to talk through some tricky bird ID and more!
www.youtube.com/live/alIsk8r...
www.youtube.com/live/alIsk8r...
Join me and Nate at NOON Central for some ID discussion and bird banter!
www.youtube.com/live/BlFJIor...
www.youtube.com/live/BlFJIor...
What's This Bird LIVE! September 26, 2025
YouTube video by American Birding Association
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September 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Join me and Nate at NOON Central for some ID discussion and bird banter!
www.youtube.com/live/BlFJIor...
www.youtube.com/live/BlFJIor...
@maddow.msnbc.com … listening to you and @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com right now
September 23, 2025 at 2:10 AM
@maddow.msnbc.com … listening to you and @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com right now
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After Lyme disease forced him into retirement, geologist Bob Bell found healing in birding, improving wellness, sharing knowledge, and inspiring people to connect with birds.
Read the full article: www.aba.org/birding-and-...
Read the full article: www.aba.org/birding-and-...
Birding and Wellness - American Birding Association
After Lyme disease forced him into retirement, geologist Bob Bell found healing in birding, improving wellness, sharing knowledge, and inspiring people to connect with birds.
www.aba.org
September 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
After Lyme disease forced him into retirement, geologist Bob Bell found healing in birding, improving wellness, sharing knowledge, and inspiring people to connect with birds.
Read the full article: www.aba.org/birding-and-...
Read the full article: www.aba.org/birding-and-...
It's mind-boggling how much digital photography has changed things. I quite literally almost died getting pictures of this murre colony in Oregon in 1991, and at the time, it was considered a great shot (and published at least twice that I can remember).
September 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It's mind-boggling how much digital photography has changed things. I quite literally almost died getting pictures of this murre colony in Oregon in 1991, and at the time, it was considered a great shot (and published at least twice that I can remember).
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The midyear checklist update is out! Five species have been added to the ABA checklist... check out the details: www.aba.org/aba-checklis...
ABA Checklist Committee Report, Sept. 2025 - American Birding Association
Five species have just been added to the ABA Checklist: European Herring Gull, Eastern Cattle-Egret, Little White-Tern, Hen Harrier, and Oriental Honey-buzzard. The Checklist now stands at 1,158 speci...
www.aba.org
September 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The midyear checklist update is out! Five species have been added to the ABA checklist... check out the details: www.aba.org/aba-checklis...
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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.
September 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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.
umm ... "the FBI questioned me" and "I was an FBI informant" are not the same thing
Yeah this is real. Mike Johnson said Trump was an FBI informant in the Epstein case.
September 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
umm ... "the FBI questioned me" and "I was an FBI informant" are not the same thing