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10-38: This Month in Birding - September 2026
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The last Thursday of the month means it's time for This Month in Birding. For September 2026, host Nate Swick welcomes Andres Jimenez, Mikko Jimenez, and Sarah Swanson to discuss real data in the bird name debate, Dodo intelligence, Ontario Plover news, tiny backpacks for birds and much more. Links to items discussed in this episode: Birds of many feathers? Examining perceptions among US birders following the American Ornithological Society's eponymous renaming decision Federal government assessing threats to piping plovers in Wasaga Beach Only two complete dodo skulls are known to exist. Scientists just looked inside them – and discovered this Tiny backpacks reveal the secret, sometimes…