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...

Amy Tan is perhaps best known for her many novels including The Joy Luck Club and The Bonesetter’s Daughter. Her latest work, The Backyard Bird Chronicles, is a collection of nature writing and sketching that focuses on the avian visitors to her backyard. Listen here: www.aba.org/09-32-the-ba...

Join me and @n8swick.bsky.social for some tricky ID discussion, and more in one hour! @aba.org What's This Bird? LIVE! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa6z...

A new study on migrating Golden-winged Warblers has yielded counterintuitive results. Researchers found that Golden-winged Warblers wintering in wetter forests depart later but migrate faster than counterparts wintering in drier habitat, sometimes even overtaking earlier birds.

The thing that gave me the darkest laugh about it this affair couple being exposed on the big screen at a Coldplay concert is that this guy only has one woman in any position of leadership at his company, and he's having an affair with her. What a piece of shit.

Check out this recently published essay from longtime Birding magazine contributor Julia Zarankin on "Why Everyone You Know Is Suddenly a Birder": thewalrus.ca/birding/ (And imagine reading an essay title like that just five years ago!)

I keep referring people back to this because it keeps coming up. People ask me how long things this regime does will be allowed or tolerated and I keep asking “by whom”? Dad is not getting home later. The most charitable view of SCOTUS is that they have decided to be hands-off…. /1

So if I’m understanding this, Tillis said he couldn’t support the bill. Trump said he would choose one of Tillis’s primary opponents to support. And then Tillis announced his retirement. All in about a 24 hour period.

In its June issue, Birding magazine featured an extraordinary article by world-renowned birder Peter Kaestner, the first person to see over 10,000 bird species. Now, his article “Birding Planet Earth: Fifty Years Later" is available online for all to read: www.aba.org/birding-plan...

Every American who cares about democracy will want to spend some disconcerting moments with this.

Computers used to scream every time they connected to the Internet. They knew. They tried to warn us. We did not listen.

It’s our 350th episode! And to celebrate, we’ve brought you a super-sized This Month in Birding: www.aba.org/09-26-this-m...

Have you ever seen a gull eat something weird? A new citizen science project, Gulls Eating Stuff, is tracking what gulls gobble, and anyone can participate! Submit your photos, explore the observations of other gullers, and help document the changing diets of gulls for science.

Hey! Come talk birds with us this afternoon.

Got to spend some time with the now-famous Kelp Gull that has taken up residence, and nesting in Milwaukee Wisconsin, Tuesday. Sadly, the chick it was raising with an American Herring Gull has died ... but Kelpie was back at it, seen copulating with a Herring Gull yesterday.

Amar Ayyash on the Milwaukee Kelp Gull, a first breeding record for the Great Lakes. (excerpt, full clip on ABA's other social media channels)

As a 52-year-old, I grew up with domestic right wing terrorist organizations threatening violence daily, and blowing up buildings and killing people periodically, throughout my whole political life: it was the anti-abortion movement.

Ever heard a bird that sounds like a foghorn and looks like a punk-rock turkey? The Horned Screamer is one of Colombia’s most bizarre and unforgettable birds, and you can see it on the ABA's upcoming trip to Colombia’s North Coast and Llanos!

He must be protected at all costs.

It's time for this month's ID quiz! Head here for some clues and to take your best guess: www.aba.org/june-2025-ph...