The Birding Book Club is back again to do our annual Best Bird Books of the Year episode for 2025. There’s no better time to give the gift of bird books to the birder in your life. And why not something for yourself while you’re at it? Nate Swick is joined by 10,000 Birds book reviewer Donna Schulman and Birding magazine media and book review editor Rebecca Minardi to talk about what we loved this very unique year of birds in books.

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Nate’s Top 5

 
2) The Birding Dictionary – Rosemary Mosco
 
3)  The Feather Detective – Chris Sweeney
 
4) Turning to Birds – Lili Taylor
 
5) Bird Talk – Becca Rowland

Donna’s Top 5

1) Flight of the Godwit – Bruce M. Beeler
 
2)  Habitats of North America – Phil Choan & Iain Campbell
 

Rebecca’s Top 5

1) The Feather Detective – Chris Sweeney
 
2) Birds of the Tropical Andes – Michael Parr & Owen Deutsch
 
3)  The Birding Disctionary – Rosemary Mosco
 
4) Birds at Rest – Roger F. Pasquier
 
5) The Physics of Birds and Birding – Michael Hurben
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The American Birding Podcast brings together staff and friends of the American Birding Association as we talk about birds, birding, travel and conservation in North America and beyond.

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