Nate Swick

1 week ago | aba.org | Nate Swick

Continuing rarities in the ABA Area include Yellow-headed Caracara (ABA Code 5) in Florida, and Cattle Tyrant (5), Brown Jay (4), and Mottled Owl (4), still persising in Texas. The Brown Jays have reportedly been seen on a nest for the first time in several decades in the ABA Area.

2 weeks ago | aba.org | Nate Swick

It’s time for another This Month in Birding, this time for April, despite the fact that this episode technically comes out in May. That’s bonus for May rather than a loss for April. Which is all the more appropriate because this is the time of year that we’ve all been waiting for. This tim around, we welcome Gabriel Foley, Frank Izaguirre, and Purbita Saha to talk bird study bias, hummingbird hives, and whether or not birds “sit”.

3 weeks ago | aba.org | Nate Swick

Continuing ABA Area rarities are pretty much exclusive to Texas these days, with Yellow-headed Caracara (ABA Code 5), Cattle Tyrant (5), Brown Jay (4), and Asian (Amur) Stonechat (4) in various parts of the state. As if all that wasn’t enough, Texas boasts another potential stunner this week in the form of a pair of Military Macaws seen near Big Bend National Park in Brewster Co in the far west of the state. These birds represent a potential 1st record not only for Texas, but for the ABA Area.

3 weeks ago | aba.org | Nate Swick

Regular listeners to this podcast certainly know science writer Ryan Mandelbaum from their regular appearances on This Month in Birding. Those listeners who enjoy Ryan’s wit and passion for wildlife will no doubt be exited to learn that Ryan has a new book, Wild NYC, a guidebook to nature observation in the United State’s largest city.

1 month ago | aba.org | Nate Swick

A warmer and drier world means, unfortunately, a world in which wildfire becomes a greater risk. We know, all too well, the risk these fires pose to wild places, but there is surprisingly little we know about the risk to wildlife. That is the work of Dr. Olivia Sanderfoot, a researcher at UCLA looking at the impacts of wildfire smoke on wild birds and trying to answer a few of those increasingly relevant questions. Also, Nate is out of town and hoping to see Mississippi Kites.