Episode description

Thanks for another great year here at the American Birding Podcast. To close out 2024 we host another This Month in Birding panel featuring Jennie Duberstein, Mikko Jimenez, and Brodie Cass Talbott who join Nate to talk about bird brains, CBC memories, and old albatrosses. Plus, we make our predictions for what to look forward to in the bird world in 2025. 

Links to items discussed in this episode:

World's oldest known wild bird is expecting again, aged 74

Experiments show backyard birds learn from their new neighbors when moving house

Study suggests there's no incentive for older birds to make new friends

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