National Geographic's beloved bird field guide just got even better with the revised 8th edition,

complete with new e-bird-based range maps.

It features all the birds of Canada and the United States, now including Hawaii,

1,150 species in all.

The National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds is available wherever books are sold.

Music is available wherever books are sold. Hello and welcome to the American Birding Podcast from the American Birding Association.

I am your host, Nate Swick.

About a year ago, I did an episode with my wife where we discussed Birding's introduction into the chicklet,

romantic novel genre with the book, Burning with Benefits by Sarah Dubbs. Our conclusion,

pretty good, fair to Birding at least. Late last year, that book was optioned by the Hallmark

Network here in the United States

to be made into a movie.

If you aren't familiar with the Hallmark movie genre, these are made-for-TV romantic comedies

with fairly formulaic plots and heartwarming endings, every single one.

On the surface, it seems like a fairly understandable place for such a story.

It did have some steamy parts that will undoubtedly be limited for the movie. The new title eliminates

any talk of benefits, wink, wink, and gives the movie the blandly, inoffensive title, Adventures

and Love and Burning, which, okay. That movie is set to debut this weekend, September the 27th on the Hallmark Channel.

I spent a little time on the website looking at the photo stills and well,

we'll see how this goes.

I am optimistic because of the earnest way birding was presented in the book.

I hope that translates. I am

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