The wide open spaces of the North American west are frequently spotted with signs of human industrial energy production. Oil and gas wells, massive wind turbines, and the like are impossible to miss and impact, occasionally significantly, the birds that live in these vast prairie ecosystems. Dr Janet Ng studies the effects of this industrial incursion into these wild places in the southern Canadian plains, and works with various partners to keep landscapes "hawky".

Also, Peter Pyle has some interesting thoughts on "electronic pishing" in the most recent issue of Birding

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Host Nate Swick leans once again on Birding magazine editor Ted Floyd for another Random Birds discussion. The Random Number Generator has a certain late winter/early spring bias with warblers and gulls and warblers and gulls on the agenda.

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They say March comes in like a lion and out like an American Birding Podcast This Month in Birding episode, and this month panel is an exceptional one to end a month with. Host Nate Swick is joined by Stephanie Beilke, Andres Jimenez, and Ryan Mandelbaum for a fun and birdy conversation covering Airtags on birds, the most bouba and kiki species, and Tom Johnson's last piece of amazing bird science.

Links to topics covered in this episode:

Using Apple AirTags to Document Dispersal and Exploratory Movements of Harris's Hawks

Indigenous Peoples and local communities report a consistent decline in the body mass of birds across three continents

Seeing in the dark: Using thermal imaging to directly observe nocturnal migration

The bouba-kiki effect: Baby chicks match sounds to shapes just like humans

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