06-21: This Month in Birding - May 2022
The American Birding Podcast
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🗓️ 26 May 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
It is the end of the month, and with it, comes the This Month in Birding panel. Because May is arguably the best month of the year for birding in the US and Canada we have a panel this month that attempts to meet those expectations. Mollee Brown of the Life List Podcast, Gabriel Foley of the Maryland/DC Bird Atlas, and Purbita Saha of Popular Science.
Also, wanna travel to Panama with Nate?
Topics discussed in this episode include:
Language Barriers in Local Bird Conservation
Broken Wing Tactic More Widespread Than Thought
Songbirds More Colorful the Closer They Live to the Equator
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Nikki Belmonte, the new executive director of the American Birding Association, |
| 0:04.0 | and I'm so excited to be this organization's new leader. |
| 0:08.0 | I look forward to growing our community and inviting people from all walks of life to enjoy and protect wild birds. |
| 0:14.0 | Today I'm asking you to support our nesting season appeal and help us inspire our youth to discover the joy of birding and the beauty of nature. |
| 0:22.5 | You can donate online at aBA.org slash appeal or call us at 800 850-2473. Thank you for your support. |
| 0:40.8 | Hello and welcome to the American Birding Podcast from the American Birding Association. |
| 0:42.0 | I'm your host, Nate Swick. |
| 0:44.0 | It is the last Thursday of the month. |
| 0:47.9 | So it's time for this month in birding for May 22. |
| 0:48.5 | Very exciting. |
| 0:51.4 | So we'll keep the stuff at the top relatively short. |
| 0:55.6 | But I do want to remind everyone that I will be joining the ABA trip to Panama in September of this year. If you would like to be part of that trip, go ahead and sign up. |
| 1:04.4 | It's going to be very, very fun. And if my going helps to nudge you into the direction of joining us, |
| 1:10.2 | well, that would be super. I'm really stoked to visit the direction of joining us well. |
| 1:12.3 | Man, that would be super. |
| 1:16.5 | I'm really stoked to visit the Canopy Tower folks and Carlos Betancourt. |
| 1:18.5 | The birding will be spectacular. |
| 1:23.3 | Come make the birdering spectacular too. |
| 1:26.7 | You can get more information at abated org slash travel. |
| 1:29.0 | All right, that's taken care of for now. |
| 1:31.3 | You will hear me pushing this a lot this summer. |
| 1:32.0 | Be ready. |
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