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The American Birding Podcast

09-45: Dating Like a Bird with Bryony Angell & Wenfei Tong

Nov 6, 2025 · 40m

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Can the various mating rituals, displays, and behaviors of birds apply to the lives of humans in the 21 st Century, with our own uniue rituals, displays and behaviors? It's a question that birder and writer Bryony Angell asks as she approached her own renewed dating life in an article The Migratory Suiter , published in the most recent issue of BWD. In doing so, she enlists the help of Dr Wenfei Tong. author of Bird Love: The Family Life of Birds , to compare the respective courtship drama of birds and humans. Also, Nate is back from the ABA's latest Community Weekend! Learn more about these fun free ABA events ! Subscribe to the podcast at Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or wherever you get…