Join me and @n8swick.bsky.social Nate Swick at NOON Central TODAY! We'll be working through some tricky IDs (did someone say LBJs?), taking your questions, and more, on @aba.org ABA's What's This Bird LIVE! www.youtube.com/live/l0ngIYW...

Join me and @n8swick.bsky.social Nate Swick for some tricky IDs, bird banter and more, at @aba.org ABA's WTB LIVE, today at NOON central! www.youtube.com/live/wMAkOk1...

This rules youtu.be/0Ssi-9wS1so?...

Everyone is shitting on the Post for implying that Bad Bunny, from Puerto Rico, is a “immigrant,” not an American citizen. But WaPo is actually being honest about the Trumpist immigration agenda, for which dutifully if dully supports. The Trumpist agenda is white nationalist. /1

If you can, be nice to yourself and go birding this weekend.

More attention here, please.

Three new species added to the ABA Checklist! Two splits (Whimbrel, Yellow Warbler) and a recent distributional record (Waved Albatross) raise the ABA Area list to 1,161 species. Learn more here: www.aba.org/aba-checklis...

Join me and Nate to talk bird ID and more at noon central! www.youtube.com/live/usr-iYl...

Book reviewer Rebecca Heisman, writing in the Jan. 2026 issue of Birding, explains how British science writer Matt Ridley’s newest book, "Birds, Sex, and Beauty," is an attempt to answer a deceptively simple question: Why are some birds so astonishingly beautiful? www.aba.org/why-birds-ar...

and lo! The rattatattat and chop-chop-chop hearkens!! Time to get this party started. #YippieKiYay

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! www.aba.org/birdings-gra...

Join me and Nate to talk some tricky bird IDs and more. This week we tackle one of everyone's favorite gulls! www.youtube.com/live/8_OWKSH...

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...

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.

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...

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."

Did Underage Girls Ruin Politics? Tomorrow in the @nytimes.com

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.

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...

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/

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 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-...

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.

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-...

Join me and Nate LIVE! at Noon Central to talk through some tricky bird ID and more! www.youtube.com/live/alIsk8r...

Join me and Nate at NOON Central for some ID discussion and bird banter! www.youtube.com/live/BlFJIor...

@maddow.msnbc.com … listening to you and @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com right now

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-...

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).

The midyear checklist update is out! Five species have been added to the ABA checklist... check out the details: www.aba.org/aba-checklis...

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.

umm ... "the FBI questioned me" and "I was an FBI informant" are not the same thing

I spent some time in the yard today hoping for some early hawk movement, but it was not to be, really. But, I did have a young Red-shouldered Hawk and an Osprey go over. Also, a female American Goldfinch landed in the Jo-Pye not 5 feet from where I was sitting.

Hegseth is now the Secretary of War, which is fitting I guess as RFK jr is basically the Secretary of Pestilence. We just need Famine and Death to round it out.

While everyone is going gaga over some new bird movie, don’t forget the original Blockbuster Birding Bromance. youtu.be/vCc2dq5yNfA?...

Join me and Nate LIVE! at 1PM Eastern TODAY! We'll be talking about a couple weird swimming birds, swallows, and a couple other interesting ID challenges. www.youtube.com/live/7sQDdYw...

Can you search for a bird without targeting it? Musings from Birding Editor Ted Floyd on a magnificent Northern Hawk Owl and target birding: www.aba.org/how-to-know-...

Bird tourism is booming, and in many parts of the world countries have invested in it, the subject of a forthcoming paper by Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela and Scott Winton, who join the American Birding Podcast to talk “bird capital” and birder wants. Listen here: www.aba.org/09-33-why-bi...

North American Birds Editor Michael Retter fills us in on the latest American Ornithological Society splits! Here's the 2025 rundown of the AOS's "Check-list Supplement" by the Committee on Classification and Nomenclature of North and Middle American Birds: www.aba.org/check-list-r...

You might ask this question about E.J. Antoni: How did a guy with zero academic publications become Chief Economist at a "think tank" with a $100 million yearly budget? Because the Heritage Foundation is just a bunch of hacks, and that's who the right values and elevates.

Join me and Nate LIVE! in about an hour. We'll be discussing some little birds ratty summer plumage, and some herons and egrets, and more! www.youtube.com/watch?v=cszs...