Nate Swick

Greensboro

Podcast Host at American Birding Podcast

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Rare Bird Alert: May 30, 2025

1 week ago | aba.org | Nate Swick

Texas continues to host most of the continuing rarities in the ABA Area this week with Mottled Owl (ABA Code 5) and Brown Jay (4) still present in the Valley and Cattle Tyrant (5) and Yellow-headed Caracara (5) on the upper coast. Yellow-headed Caracara (5) also continues to be seen in Florida. Newfoundland & Labrador continue to host surprising records following a very interesting spring in the province, though this time the bird is surprising for somewhat different reasons.
09-22: This Month in Birding - May 2025

1 week ago | aba.org | Nate Swick

The end of May means, for many of us, the end of spring. But before this magical month is over we bring a great panel of birdy friends together to talk about some of the interesting bird news that has come across our vitual desks. Welcome Stephanie Beilke, Tim Healy, and Brodie Cass Talbott to talk birding without tech, warbler foraging strategies and the birds and bees, literally.
Rare Bird Alert: May 23, 2025

2 weeks ago | aba.org | Nate Swick

Continuing rarities in the ABA Area include both Mottled Owl (ABA Code 5) and Brown Jay (4) in Texas, and Yellow-headed Caracara (5) in Florida. This month sees another entry into the frequently mind-blowing category of seabirds in the wrong ocean. A birder making the relatively innocuous and tubenose-poor ferry crossing across the Delaware Bay between Lewes, Delaware, and Cape May, New Jersey, took a photo of an unusual seabird in New Jersey waters.
09-21: The Biggest Week in American Birding Podcast Quiz Show!

2 weeks ago | aba.org | Nate Swick

The 2025 Biggest Week in American Birding is in the books and the American Birding Podcast was there to host a fun little game with a few friends.
09-20: Random Birds, May 2025, with Ted Floyd

3 weeks ago | aba.org | Nate Swick

Nate is in Ohio for the Biggest Week, but hew had time to grab Birding editor Ted Floyd for another Random Birds before he headed off. Ted and Nate trust the random number generator to turn up some exciting birds for discussion including jaegers, pelicans, and shorebirds.
Rare Bird Alert: May 9, 2025

1 month 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.
09-18: This Month in Birding - April 2025

1 month 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”.
Rare Bird Alert: April 25, 2025 - American Birding Association

1 month 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.
09-17: Wild NYC with Ryan Mandelbaum

1 month 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.
09-16: Birds, Wildfires, and Smoke with Olivia Sanderfoot

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.