This Month in Birding is back in the new year, with a panel of old friends to talk bird and birding news of the month. This time around, Stephanie Bielke, Jordan Rutter, and Brodie Cass Talbott come by to talk Mallard quasi-domestication, smart binoculars and more! Links to articles discussed in this episode: Silent domestication of wildlife in the Anthropocene: The mallard as a case study Swarovski Optik Launches the World's First Smart Binocular Missed Connections Why do middle-aged people love birds so much? 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!