Find a sample of talks and appearances on YouTube:  Bird Talk with Lauryn Benedict playlist 

Laugh Lines - The Holderness Family Podcast. 2025. Fart Walks, Birds, and Squirrels

StoryDoc - On Listening (embedded above). 2025. Bird Expert on Listening

All Things Considered. 2022. A scientific survey takes a look at 'vocal mimicry' in parrots

The American Birding Association. 2019. The Secrets of Female Bird Song

Science Friday. 2018. A look at Unconventional Bird Calls

I give public talks on ornithological topics including female bird song and parrot vocal evolution. Recent talks:

• Aiken Audubon (2025) 

• Greater Akron Audubon Society (2025)

• Indiana Parrot Club (2025)

• French National Museum of Natural History (2025)

• The Ottawa Field Naturalists’ Club (2025)

• Phoenix Landing (2024)

• The Parrot Club (2024)

• Colorado Field Ornithologists (2024)

• Baird County Audubon Society (2023)

• Eastside Audubon (2023)

• Pennsylvania Ornithological Society (2022)

• Nuttall Ornithological Club (2022), San Diego Field Ornithologists (2021)

• The Biggest Week in American Birding (2021) 

• North Cascades Audubon (2021) 

• National Parks Service - Interpreters and Scientists Working On Our Parks (iSWOOP/NSF) (2021) 

• New Haven Audubon (2021)

• Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society (2021)

Selected articles for a general audience: 

Wilkins M, Benedict L (2021). Why We Didn’t Know That Female Birds Sing. Scientific American. Article Link 

Benedict L, Logue D (2020) Avian Duetting: Back-and-forth with a Duo of Birdsong Experts. Birding Magazine. 52(6): 20-27. PDF 

Benedict L (2019) To Play or Not to Play – What Science can tell us about the use of Playback in Birding. Birding Magazine. 51(3):44-52. PDF