{"podcast":{"title":"The American Birding Podcast","slug":"the-american-birding-podcast-221392","podcast_index_feed_id":221392,"rss_url":"https://birding.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://birding.libsyn.com/podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/3/2/a/f/32af6b17c340bab427a2322813b393ee/ABP_by_ABA_1400x1400-72dpi-100.jpg","author":"naswick","episode_count":396,"summary":"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. Join host Nate Swick every Thursday for news and happenings, recent rarities, guests from around the birding world, and features of interest to every birder.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-birding-podcast-221392"},"episode":{"title":"10-15: Saving Birds to Save the Planet with Scott Weidensaul","slug":"10-15-saving-birds-to-save-the-planet-with-scott-weidensaul","published_at":"2026-04-16T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-birding-podcast-221392/10-15-saving-birds-to-save-the-planet-with-scott-weidensaul","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-birding-podcast-221392","url":"https://birding.libsyn.com/010-15-saving-birds-to-save-the-planet-with-scott-weidensaul","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/birding/ABP_2026_S10-E15_Scott_W.mp3?dest-id=454200","summary":"Scott Weidensaul is the author of nearly 30 books about birds, birding, and natural history. His latest is The Return of the Oystercatcher: Saving Birds to Save the Planet , a globe-trotting look at look at bird conservation successes from re-wilding efforts in England to vultures in Romania, to the puffins and plovers of North America. It is a soothing balm in this time of great anxiety about bird populations and a critical look at what still nees to be done. He joins host Nate Swick to talk about it all. Also, we're coming up on The Biggest Week in American Birding! Nate will be there. Will you? Subscribe to the podcast at Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or wherever you get your podcasts and please leave a rating or a review if you are so inclined! We appreciate it!","meta_description":"Scott Weidensaul is the author of nearly 30 books about birds, birding, and natural history. His latest is The Return of the Oystercatcher: Saving Birds t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3538,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-american-birding-podcast-221392/episodes/10-15-saving-birds-to-save-the-planet-with-scott-weidensaul/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-birding-podcast-221392/10-15-saving-birds-to-save-the-planet-with-scott-weidensaul.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}