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What's This Bird LIVE! February 13, 2026 YouTube video by American Birding Association

Join me and @n8swick.bsky.social Nate Swick for some tricky IDs, bird banter and more, at @aba.org ABA's WTB LIVE, today at NOON central!

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1) yes
2) virtually every day

(Illinois)

YouTube video by KEXP Angine de Poitrine - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

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Everyone is shitting on the Post for implying that Bad Bunny, from Puerto Rico, is a “immigrant,” not an American citizen. But WaPo is actually being honest about the Trumpist immigration agenda, for which dutifully if dully supports. The Trumpist agenda is white nationalist.
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If you can, be nice to yourself and go birding this weekend.

More attention here, please.

ABA Checklist Committee Update, Jan. 2026 - American Birding Association Three new species added to the ABA Checklist! Two splits (Whimbrel, Yellow Warbler) and a recent distributional record (Waved Albatross) raise the ABA Area list to 1,161 species.

Three new species added to the ABA Checklist!

Two splits (Whimbrel, Yellow Warbler) and a recent distributional record (Waved Albatross) raise the ABA Area list to 1,161 species.

Learn more here: www.aba.org/aba-checklis...

What's This Bird LIVE! January 23, 2026 YouTube video by American Birding Association

Join me and Nate to talk bird ID and more at noon central!

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... now, what was I saying?

They had several efforts going leading up to Jan 6. They tried rigging and bribing, and fake electors, and when that didn’t work, violence. They have purged or in other ways removed things that blocked them 4 years ago.

I would optimistically put the chances of an election happening in November at 50%.

Why Birds are Beautiful - American Birding Association Book reviewer Rebecca Heisman, writing in the Jan. 2026 issue of Birding, explains how British science writer Matt Ridley’s newest book, "Birds, Sex, and Beauty," is an attempt to answer a deceptively...

Book reviewer Rebecca Heisman, writing in the Jan. 2026 issue of Birding, explains how British science writer Matt Ridley’s newest book, "Birds, Sex, and Beauty," is an attempt to answer a deceptively simple question: Why are some birds so astonishingly beautiful?

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and lo! The rattatattat and chop-chop-chop hearkens!!

Time to get this party started.

#YippieKiYay

Birding’s Grandest Tradition - American Birding Association The annual highlight of the birding calendar is, for so many birders, the Christmas Bird Count. Birding Editor Ted Floyd and ABA cartoonist Sal Palmero team up to celebrate "Birding's Grandest Traditi...

The annual highlight of the birding calendar is, for so many birders, the Christmas Bird Count. Birding Editor Ted Floyd and ABA cartoonist Sal Palmero team up to celebrate "Birding's Grandest Tradition" in this article in the Dec. 2025 Birding. Seasons Greetings!

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... but yeah, this has been a weird one. The extreme cold moved them quickly. Numbers at Jasper-Pulaski:

2025
2024
2023
2022

Check this for starters:

www.in.gov/dnr/fish-and...

What's This Bird LIVE! December 12, 2025 YouTube video by American Birding Association

Join me and Nate to talk some tricky bird IDs and more. This week we tackle one of everyone's favorite gulls!

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Out Owling for Saw-whets - American Birding Association It turned out that I didn’t know what kinds of noises Northern Saw-whet Owls made in fall and early winter! Now I do, and it’s changed everything.

From the archives!

In "Out Owling for Saw-whets," the ABA's Greg Neise provides tips for finding saw-whets in late fall and early winter you might not have known about, including knowing several different vocalizations.

Good luck to all saw-whet seekers!

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Bohemian Waxwing, by Sarah Shute

Non-finches are on the move too!

Keep your eyes and ear peeled for Bohemian Waxwings as they follow fruit crops south. Flocks can be large, with several dozen birds or even hundreds moving together, often appearing overnight.

YouTube video by American Birding Association What's This Bird LIVE! November 21, 2025

Join me and Nate Swick today, Nov. 21, at 1:00pm ET to discuss ID challenges and get your bird ID questions answered on What’s This Bird LIVE!
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WH claims 'inflation tamed,' per DoorDash stats. Company says that's not in its report. It comes the same week we learned the WH would likely not release key economic reports for October.

NEW — I spoke to DoorDash about the White House claiming the company's report shows "inflation has been tamed" and whether that's an interpretation one should make. An economist also weighed in, pointing out dictatorships use data obfuscation as a tool, and right now they're "grasping at straws."

Did Underage Girls Ruin Politics?

Tomorrow in the @nytimes.com

Wife of a furloughed federal worker here. We live in Okinawa & they aren't paying our housing or his salary. We are worried about neighbors & coworkers in the same boat. This sucks. But what sucks worse? Dems fucking betraying us and caving so all of this was for nothing right when we had leverage.

Arkansas: Spring 2025 - American Birding Association

The Arkansas: Spring 2025 Regional Report is out! Highlights include a Clark's Grebe and Yellow Grosbeak.

Read the full report: www.aba.org/arkansas-spr...

Our Bird of the Year Art Auction closes on Nov. 10!

Time is running out to bid on stunning BOTY artworks by artists including:

Christina Baal (Burrowing Owl)
Rafael Gálvez (Green Heron)
Sophie Webb (Ruddy Turnstone)
Julie Zickefoose (Evening Grosbeak)

Don't forget to bid!

aba.org/auctions/