08-13: This Month in Birding - March 2024

The American Birding Podcast

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🗓️ 28 March 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Beware the IDs of March! Shakespeare was no doubt concerned with molting grebes, singing juncos and the various other birding difficulties brought to us in this month when he wrote those words. Jody Allair, Mikko Jimenez, and Purbita Saha join host Nate Swick this month to talk climate change and birds, skinny bird legs, and more!

Links to topics discussed in this episode:

The great eBird outage of 2024

To mitigate bird collisions, enforce the Migratory Bird Treaty Act

As Spring Shifts Earlier, Many Migrating Birds Are Struggling to Keep Up

Why Do Birds Have Such Skinny Legs?

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0:00.0	This episode of the American Birding podcast is brought to you by HX Expeditions, offering mindful
0:05.4	adventures to curious travelers since 1896. An HX Expedition cruise is the best way to see some of the
0:11.9	world's rarest birds, like McKay's Bunting, with onboard science centers, ornithologists, photographers,
0:17.7	and a range of outdoor activities. An HX expedition is a birders paradise.
0:22.2	Change the way you see the world.
0:23.7	Book now and find out why birders are raven about HX.
0:32.2	Hello and welcome to the American Burning Podcast from the American Birding Association.
0:36.1	I'm Nate Swick.
0:37.2	It is the end of the month,
0:38.5	so it is this month in birding this week. And it's a fun one this time around. I know I always say that,
0:43.1	but it's always true. Before we get to that, I just want to make a quick announcement about places
0:47.5	you can find the ABA this spring. We will be at the biggest week in American Birding this May, as we always are. I will be there along with a few of my colleagues, leading trips, hanging out at the trade show
0:58.2	and on the boardwalk, talking birds, and the ABA.
1:00.8	The speaker lineup looks fantastic, and the birding is always very good.
1:04.5	I hope to see you there.
1:05.5	Come by and say hello, you can get information at biggest week in American birding.com.
1:09.7	Also, I mentioned it last week. I'll mention it again
1:12.2	this week. The Great Salt Lake Birding Festival is in Farmington, Utah. It is the next week after
1:17.2	Biggest Week, May 16th through the 19th, the month of May is a very busy one for the birding festival
1:21.9	circuit. You can learn about that at great saltlightbirdfest.com. Okay, let's get to it. Jody Aller, Miko Jimenez, and Perbita Saha.
1:29.5	Join me to talk about climate change in birds, skinny bird legs, and the weirdest place
1:33.2	you've ever seen a good bird, all after this week's rare birds.
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