10-16: Mob Tape Malpractice? with Marty Freeland

Pishing, mob tapes, and playback are all tools that birders frequently use to supplement their birding experience, be it to show other birders a great bird or to bring birds close for photographs. They have typically been seen in the community as benign but the ease of their use certainly raises questions about how they affect the birds we enjoy. Marty Freeland is a Stanford student who has not only been thinking about these questions, but has attempted to answer them in a scientific manner. His work helped inform an essay by Peter Pyle that was published both in the most recent issue of Birding magazine and on the ABA website. He joins Nate Swick to talk about his work, his thoughts on the use of "electronic pishing", and the amazing pishing behavior of lyrebirds . Also, the ABA is hosting a membership drive this spring ! By joining or renewing now, you can help unlock an additional $100 per member for the ABA's programs!

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10-16: Mob Tape Malpractice? with Marty Freeland is an episode from American Birding Podcast by naswick.

This episode is 38:35 long.

This episode was published on Apr 23, 2026.

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