Courtney speaks with Nate Swick, digital content manager for the American Birding Association. Hear what first got him into birding, making a living with birds, the birds of Colombia, and what's coming up for the ABA. Plus: have you ever seen a yellow-breasted chat? Links from Nate's show: Nate at the ABA The American Birding Podcast Nate's Books: Birding for the Curious and a Field Guide to Birds of North Carolina The Yellow-Breasted Chat Free Birding & Ecology Resources ⁠⁠Merlin Bird ID⁠⁠ ⁠⁠E-Bird⁠⁠ ⁠⁠iNaturalist⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Seek⁠⁠ The Thing with Feathers is birds, birding, and hope with an obsessive newbie birder and a wide range of experts and special guests. New episodes every Monday! Follow Courtney: ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠⁠Website⁠⁠ Our music is by Del Belcher. The Thing with Feathers is hosted and produced by Courtney Ellis. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/courtney-ellis02/message