10-17: This Month in Birding - April 2026

The American Birding Podcast

It's the end of April and that means it's time again for another This Month in Birding panel with a great group of birding friends joining host Nate Swick to talk about recent birding news and science. Jody Allair, Gabriel Foley, and Jennie Duberstein discuss birding and your brain, guano and civilization, and our favorite birding April Fools.

Links to items discussed in this podcast:

Backyard birdwatchers help scientists uncover what hawks really like to eat

Becoming an Expert Birder Can Reshape Your Brain and Might Help Protect It From Aging, New Research Suggests

Seabirds shaped the expansion of pre-Inca society in Peru

Feeling you belong may keep scientists in ornithology, study suggests

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2026-04-29 78 min

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