The American Birding Podcast
1) 09-38: A Dirtbag Big Year with Owen Reiser
A Big Year is maybe the ultimate expression of birding obsession, with all the drama inherent to the effort. Brothers Quentin and Owen Reiser’s attempt at a Big Year maybe most of all. It’s the subjec...Show More
2) 09-37: New Art in the New Nat Geo Guide with Andrew Guttenberg
For more than 40 year the National Geographic Field Guide has been an essential text in the library of US and Canadian birders. The venerable series is in its 8th edition now, published as East and We...Show More
3) 09-36: Where Have the Gray-headed Chickadees Gone with Brad Meiklejohn
Gray-headed Chickadee is certainly one of the most enigmatic species of breeding birds in the ABA Area. Though it is found broadly across northern Eurasian it was, until very recently, also known from...Show More
4) 09-35: This Month in Birding - August 2025
It's This Month in Birding for August 2025 and, as we do at the end of every month, we’ve got a great panel of birders to discuss the month’s birding news and scientific publications. Jason Hall, Mikk...Show More
5) 09-34: Random Birds, August 2025, with Ted Floyd
Every once in a while, Birding editor Ted Floyd drops in for for another episode of Random Birds. The Birding Gods smile on Ted and Nate's random number generator for an eclectic bunch of birds from w...Show More
6) 09-33: Why Birders Go Where They Go with Natalia Ocamp-Peñuela & Scott Winton
Bird tourism is booming, and in many parts of the world we’ve seen countries invest in conservation and tourism infrastructure to take advantage of it. Certainly birders are drawn by unique species, b...Show More
7) 09-32: The Backyard Bird Chronicles with Amy Tan
Writer Amy Tan is perhaps best known for her many novels including The Joy Luck Club and The Bonesetter’s Daughter, exploring themes of identity, family, and the immigrant experience. Her newest book,...Show More
8) 09-31: This Month in Birding - July 2025
The end of the month means This Month in Birding, and for July 2025 we've got a great panel of fun birders to discuss the month's birding news and scientific publications. Birders know Rebecca Heisman...Show More
9) 09-30: Loon News you can use with Natasha Bartoletta
The ABA’s 2025 Bird of the Year Common Loon is beloved across the United States and Canada, and though we at the ABA will only celebrate it for a short time, there are other organizations that have ma...Show More
10) 09-29: Bird Talk with Becca Rowland
The search for the perfect mnemonic is the bane of any field guide author, from Roger Tory Peterson to your podcast host. It's the part of writing about birds and birding that requires the most creati...Show More