09-52: This Month in Birding - December 2025
The American Birding Podcast
naswick
4.7 • 677 Ratings
🗓️ 25 December 2025
⏱️ 62 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Jody Allair, Martha Harbison, and Rebecca Heisman join host Nate Swick for the last American Birding Podcast episode of the year, with a wide-ranging discussion of some of the latest bird and birding news. The panel talks warbler hybrids, vacant lots, and how to best yell at gulls among other things! Thanks for a great year!
Also, don't forget to join the ABA for our 2026 Bird of the Year reveal on January 5, 2026, at 4 PM ET.
Links to articles discussed in this episode:
The role of vacant lots in promoting avian species diversity and occupancy in a post-industrial city
Want gulls to back off? Here's how to talk to them
Subscribe to the podcast at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts and please leave a rating or a review if you are so inclined! We appreciate it!
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Take your birding in new directions with east-west birding tours. |
| 0:04.6 | Small group tours that connect you to birds, wild places, and people through attentive guiding, thoughtful planning, and moments that linger long after the trip ends. |
| 0:14.4 | From the canyons of Arizona, rainforests of Costa Rica to the Andes of Ecuador, enjoy classic birding tours, relaxed trips, or experiences |
| 0:22.4 | that blend nature with history and local cuisine. |
| 0:25.1 | Collect moments, not just lifers, at east-west birding tours.com. |
| 0:34.7 | Hello and welcome to the American Burning Podcast from the American Birding Association. |
| 0:39.2 | I'm Nate Swick. This is it, the last episode of the year. And I don't know about you, but I am |
| 0:44.6 | already looking forward to 2026, in particular the 2026 bird of the year. Yes, that reveal is coming very soon. In fact, we will be hosting a public |
| 0:57.9 | online celebration of the 26th, bird of the year on January 5th, 2026, featuring a lot of the |
| 1:06.4 | ABA staff and our 26th, bird of the year artist will reveal the bird will reveal the artwork it |
| 1:12.8 | will be on our socials primarily youtube and facebook at 4 p.m eastern time we would love it though |
| 1:19.4 | if folks interested in joining us would register you can do so at abate at org slash reveal 2026 again |
| 1:27.4 | we are bidding goodbye to the year of the common loon and welcoming the new |
| 1:32.4 | ABA bird of the year January 5th at 4 p.m. Eastern Time. Register at ABA.org slash reveal 2026. |
| 1:40.0 | Let's get on to the program. No rare birds this week. |
| 1:46.6 | I recorded all this stuff early because of the holiday. |
| 1:53.4 | But we will catch up on all that, you know, massive rare bird alert news in the new year. |
| 1:55.8 | But this week, it is this month in burning. |
| 2:02.7 | Jodi Aller, Martha Harbison, and Rebecca Heisman join me to talk warbler hybrids, vacant lots, and yelling at goals. |
| 2:03.6 | A lot of good stuff there. |
| 2:04.8 | We'll see you on the other side. |
| 2:18.8 | It is the last episode of the American Birding Podcast for the year 2025, an episode that is scheduled to be released on Christmas morning. And my gift to you, |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from naswick, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of naswick and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.