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Nov 27, 2025

Happy Thanksgiving! At the ABA, we're thankful for birders - their passion, their deep knowledge base, and the willingness of some to come on the American Birding Podcast to discuss recent bird science and news. This month we welcome Stephanie Beilke, Tim Healy, and Ryan Mandelbaum to talk corvid mimicry, gator loving grebes, and the best birds to assign to all those other holidays. 

Links to articles discussed in this episode:

Humans outperform Merlin Sound ID in field-based point-count surveys

Vocal mimicry in Corvids

Coordinated movements of multiple pied-billed grebes in association with an American alligator 

Wintering closer to breeding grounds comes at a cost in an Arctic-specialized songbird,

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