07-23: 2023 Splits and Lumps with Nick Block

The American Birding Podcast

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Science, Birding, Hobbies, Travel, Birdwatching, Leisure, Aba, Ornithology, Nature, Birds

4.7 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

It’s split and lump season again, and that means that we turn to our friend Nick Block, professor of Biology at Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts. He's the person we talk to when it comes to predicting the decisions of the American Ornithological Society’s North America Classification Committee. It's another busy slate for this summer including a possible Western Flycatcher lump, splits to Northern Goshawk and Hepatic Tanager and more.

Also Black Birders Week wraps up another great year. And don't forget to sign up for our ABA Community Weekend in San Francisco, California, next weekend!

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Laura Gerard, Young Birder Programs Coordinator with the American Birding Association.
0:07.0	For the past 25 years, the ABA has been inspiring young people to explore the world of birding through camps, mentoring programs, and publication of the fledgling,
0:17.0	a magazine where young birders can see their articles and photos in print.
0:21.6	Our goal is to create a holistic approach to engaging young people and birding in conservation through art, science, and conservation and community leadership programs,
0:32.6	allowing them to choose how they participate along the way.
0:35.6	With your donation today, you can help us continue the work of supporting young birders
0:40.7	into the future.
0:42.3	Please donate online at aBA.org slash appeal or call us at 800-850-2473.
0:56.4	Hello and welcome to the American Birding podcast from the American Birding Association.
1:00.5	I'm Nate Swick.
1:01.7	I neglected to mention last week and all the other news I had to get through.
1:05.4	It is a busy time of year, spresingly enough, that last week was the fourth iteration of Black Birders' Week.
1:11.4	The effort was started back in 2020 in the weeks following the recorded encounter in Central
1:17.3	Park in New York City between Berta Christian Cooper and a racist woman who attempted to
1:20.9	engage the police against Mr. Cooper when he asked her to leash her dog.
1:26.7	If you remember that first week, you remember lots of
1:29.7	online events to highlight black birders and naturalists. That was a necessity in the period.
1:34.3	It was in the early days of the pandemic. If you remember, there was a lot going on. We've seen
1:40.3	it grow from lots of online events into lots of online events and now lots of in-person events, which is very cool and honestly how birding should be experienced.
1:50.1	It has become an event to talk about not only issues unique to black birders and naturalists, but also perspectives on issues that affect all birders and naturalists because making a birding community that is inclusive
2:01.2	and comfortable regardless of your background or experience is something that we all want.
2:06.2	And that requires a lot of listening to those folks who have traditionally felt as though
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