The last Thursday of the month means it's time for This Month in Birding, our round table discussion with birding friends about news in birding and ornithology. This week we welcome Jennie Duberstein, Nick Lund, and Brodie Cass Talbott to discuss casual eBirding, hybrid Jays, and what bird to patronize on Halloween night. 

Links to articles discussed in this episode:

The relaxed birder

The Unexpected Profundity of a Movie About Bird-Watching

An Intergeneric Hybrid Between Historically Isolated Temperate and Tropical Jays Following Recent Range Expansion

The hunt for the last great auks: ancient DNA resolves a 180-year-old mystery

Space use during the breeding season of three different forest-dwelling owl species in an area of sympatry: a case study of male hunting home-range sizes and overlaps

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