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Hello and welcome to the American Birding podcast from the American Birding Association. I'm

Nate Swick. We are here at the end of the year. Time for taking stock,

for putting some polish on the end of your year list. The time it seems for chasing Christmas

bird count rarities and the time here on the American Birding podcast where we look forward to

our eighth year of producing this show. Where has the time gone? Thanks, of course, to all of our guests over the

last 12 months. I truly could not have done it without your experiences, your talents, your books,

and studies and passion for birds and birding. Thanks to my colleagues at the ABA, those who work

with me, week in and week out on this project,

but also those who do other things that make a small nonprofit like the American Birding

Association run. We all wear many hats in addition to the ones given to us by our job

titles. And where those projects intersect with mine, I'm always grateful for your

professionalism and your support. And thanks,

of course, to all of you out there listening for becoming a part of a growing birding community

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