It's the first This Month in Birding panel of the new year, and Nate welcomes a crew of birders featuring Mollee Brown, Frank Izaguirre, and Jordan Rutter to discuss predation of penguins, evolving junco bills, and weird bird stuff in our houses. Plus, is pishing an ethical birding practice?

Links to items discussed in this episode:

Penguins Become Prey for the Pumas of Patagonia 

Without campus leftovers to pick through, the beaks of this bird changed shape during the pandemic

Bias in density estimates from avian point-count surveys: Prospects for post-hoc corrections using calibration data

Woman's viral "bird theory" about white people has everyone checking their homes