Nate Swick is my first ABA guest on The Bird Banter Podcast. Nate joined the American Birding Association team about 10 years ago when as an ABA member he contacted them and pitched himself as the person to bring them online and into the information age. I enjoyed talking with Nate, hearing his birding story and his story of work at the ABA.
In the intro to this episode I mention an odd sandpiper that perplexed Bruce LaBar (see episode #3), Shep Thorpe (See episode #9)
Here is a photo of that odd Tringa

Here is a link to the Join the ABA and Donate to the ABA site pages.

Nate talks about two birding competitions, and two festivals. Here are links to:
The World Series of Birding
The Superbowl of Birding
The Biggest Week in American Birding
The Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival
I hope you enjoyed the episode.
Good birding. Good day!