Welcome to the new year! For this month's This Month in Birding, we welcome an all star panel of naturalists and writers to talk about the month's bird news. Rebecca Heisman, Dexter Patterson, and Sarah Swanson join host Nate Swick to talk about loons, mosquito killing birds, cold weather birding tips, and much more!

Links to items discussed in this episode:

A focus on females can improve science and conservation

Coated seeds turn birds into mosquito-killing machines

Drivers of agricultural producers' tolerance towards less-charismatic avian species

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