This is what we do, folks! George and Alvaro are sharing the stories from the field and their yards, discussing scientific and hobbyist news in the birding world, and sharing travel tales. And karaoke dos and don'ts. And a skunk saga that seems to have included. Hang out with us for a spell!

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We're all here—Mollee, George, and Alvaro—to catch up on birding and nature stories from home and Alvaro's adventures spanning oceans...and two Great White Norths! Yup, with our usual dose of wildlife weirdness, too.

Highlights include:

• An incredible polar bear sighting alongside Ivory Gulls and (cue Alvaro's scream) Ross's Gulls
• Birding in Svalbard, Norway, and Finland
• Pelagic reports from the Farallon Islands
• Skunks, tomato juice, and what actually helps when your dog gets sprayed
• Yard list joys and surprises—from mulberries to Least Bitterns
• Plus, read about Cory's Least Bittern here

Come for the booby stakeouts and skunk drama…stay for the midnight sun, polar silence, and birding in life’s liminal spaces.

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Thanks to Kowa Optics for sponsoring our podcast! Want to know more about us? Check out George's company, Hillstar Nature; Alvaro's company, Alvaro's Adventures, and Mollee's company, Nighthawk Agency, to see more about what we're up to.

You like splits and lumps? Thinking about the intricacies of global taxonomy? Oh boy, are you in for a treat!

George and Alvaro sat down with Marshall Iliff and Frank Rheindt, two members of the AviList Core Team, to take a deep dive into what’s just been released: AviList, the Global Avian Checklist!

Learn how the process got started, what’s happened in the years it’s been in the making, and how decisions were made bird-by-bird. Plus, hear how the four existing global checklists—including IOC, eBird/Clements, and Birdlife—will align with Avilist (spoiler alert: it’s a global merge!).

We're exploring the importance of collaboration among various taxonomic committees, the challenges of aligning different naming conventions, and the significance of evidence in making taxonomic decisions.

AviList has just officially launched, and you can learn all about it at avilist.org.

Come for this special interview that takes an intricate look at the world’s bird taxonomy…stay for the splits!

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Thanks to Kowa Optics for sponsoring our podcast! Want to know more about us? Check out George's company, Hillstar Nature; Alvaro's company, Alvaro's Adventures, and Mollee's company, Nighthawk Agency, to see more about what we're up to.