The American Birding Podcast
Hosted by Nate Swick and Nate · American Birding Association
4.8from 939 ratings
- 461
- Episodes
- 111
- Transcribed
- 939
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2016
- First episode
About The American Birding Podcast
The American Birding Podcast brings together staff and friends of the American Birding Association as we talk about birds, birding, travel and conservation in North America and beyond. Join host Nate Swick every Thursday for news and happenings, recent rarities, guests from around the birding world, and features of interest to every birder.
- Publisher
- American Birding Association
- Category
- leisure · science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 14 Dec 2016
- Latest episode
- 17 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
111 of 461 episodes have a transcript.
17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
10-37: El Niño in Central America and Beyond with Tyler Wenzel
10 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
10-36: Random Birds, September 2026, with Ted Floyd
3 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
10-35: Making Art out of Bird Collisions with Holly Greenberg
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10-37: El Niño in Central America and Beyond with Tyler Wenzel
Published 17 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Sure. And I will definitely add the caveat that I am a birder. I am not a climate scientist. So hopefully I don't butcher anything with explaining this. We're all armchair climate scientists in a way. Exactly. But effectively, Especially off the coast of South America, you have the best fishing grounds in the world. And the fish bring in the birds that want to eat them. And so what ends up happening in the case of El Nino related to birds is when this cold water starts to warm up and the fish kind of go away, the birds have to go farther afield to look for food because their kind of buffet is all of a sudden empty of food. […]
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- Tyler Wenzel
- Ted Floyd
- Holly Greenberg
- Martha Harbison
- Frank Izaguirre
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 683 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 256 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 65 / 100
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- 93
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 91
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Who hosts The American Birding Podcast?
Nate Swick and Nate host the show. Published by American Birding Association.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
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