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eriebirdobs.bsky.social @eriebirdobs.bsky.social · Aug 12

Join us for a Facebook Live Q&A w/ EBO’s Executive Director going on now at www.facebook.com/share/v/1BA8...

eriebirdobs.bsky.social @eriebirdobs.bsky.social · Aug 12

Show your support for birds, birding, and EBO’s critical avian research & conservation efforts at www.eriegives.org/organization...

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eriebirdobs.bsky.social @eriebirdobs.bsky.social · Aug 12

Gökotta: the act of rising early to listen to the dawn chorus. Enjoy a gentle start to your day with this live stream of sunrise as we kick off #ErieGives2025 this morning!

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eriebirdobs.bsky.social @eriebirdobs.bsky.social · Aug 12

Hey early birds!
Though we can neither confirm nor deny the presence of said ‘worm,’ we can say with 100% certainty your support today on Erie Gives makes a difference.
Now - midnight every donation made in EBO’s name receives a prorated match!
www.eriegives.org/organizations/erie-bird-observatory

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eriebirdobs.bsky.social @eriebirdobs.bsky.social · Jun 11

“77 species as we head north now to Presque Isle State Park” @birderk.bsky.social, Team Captain

Learn More & Support the EBO Piping Hot Plovers on their #Blitz4Birds big day run! www.breedingbirdblitz.org/piping-hot-plovers

eriebirdobs.bsky.social @eriebirdobs.bsky.social · Jun 11

EBO’s Piping Hot Plovers are racing around Erie County, bins in hand, attempting to defend our 2024 ‘PA Peerless’ #Blitz4Birds title (130 species in one day!) all while raising $$ for important bird conservation efforts in PA.

Show your support here: www.breedingbirdblitz.org/piping-hot-plovers

Piping Hot Plovers | Breedingbirdblitz

www.breedingbirdblitz.org

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eriebirdobs.bsky.social @eriebirdobs.bsky.social · Jun 11

First stop & a Least Bittern scored!
32 species as of 5:45am
First owl of day: Great-horned flying across road
6:08am- CONNECTICUT WARBLER!!!!
Chat! New for blitz!
55 species as of 7:24am!

🎶 “Oh yeah! It was electric. So perfectly hectic… it turned into a [birding] blitz” 🎶

@birderk.bsky.social

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eriebirdobs.bsky.social @eriebirdobs.bsky.social · Jun 9

Great Lakes Piping Plovers keep us on our toes, both figuratively and literally. We’re continually awed by their tenacity and humbled by their resilience. We love that after SIX DECADES of extirpation from Pennsylvania beaches, Piping Plovers are finally back “home.” 🥰 (3/3)

eriebirdobs.bsky.social @eriebirdobs.bsky.social · Jun 9

They’ve been joined by a male nicknamed “Splitz”
(band combo O,L:X,L/O/L) that hatched last year at Tawas Point State Park in Michigan & a female (X,-:O,Y) nicknamed “Pebble” from Ontario.

We look forward to welcoming their adorable offspring to the world! (2/3)

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Guess Who’s Back, Back Again? Our biologists confirmed some exciting… | Pennsylvania Game Commission

Guess Who’s Back, Back Again? Our biologists confirmed some exciting news. The Great Lakes Piping Plover, one of the rarest and most endangered shorebirds in our state and all of North America, has...

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eriebirdobs.bsky.social @eriebirdobs.bsky.social · Jun 9

📰 Eggs-tra! Eggs-tra! 📰

We currently have TWO incubating pairs of federally-endangered Piping Plovers out at Gull Point!

‘YOLL’ a male that’s nested here the last 2 yrs and his half-sister, 'BOL’ are carefully sharing incubation duties. But they aren’t the only plovers in the neighborhood! (1/3)

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eriebirdobs.bsky.social @eriebirdobs.bsky.social · Jun 4

And thanks to @gpike.bsky.social & their spouse, these wonderful shorebirds shall henceforth be lovingly referred to as fatleropes ☺️

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eriebirdobs.bsky.social @eriebirdobs.bsky.social · Jun 4

omg ‘fatlerope’ 😂😂😂

“And the best birb nickname goes to the Fatpoll Warbl… “
@gpike.bsky.social + spouse be like hold our bins…

🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

@birderk.bsky.social

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eriebirdobs.bsky.social @eriebirdobs.bsky.social · Jun 4

Spinny *fat* shorebirds are the best shorebirds. 😉🤩

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eriebirdobs.bsky.social @eriebirdobs.bsky.social · Jun 4

Wilson’s Phalaropes are one of only two shorebird species that stop to molt during migration. And at some molting stopover points, particularly out west, Wilson's Phalaropes often eat so much they literally double their body weight- sometimes even to the point of being unable to fly! #themoreyouknow

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eriebirdobs.bsky.social @eriebirdobs.bsky.social · Jun 4

🎶 “You spin me right round, baby, right round…” 🎶

#DidYouKnow Wilson’s Phalaropes engage in a type of capillary action feeding, spinning in circles to create a vortex that sweeps the bird’s prey to the surface of the water like tea leaves in a tea cup. 🦐🌪️☕️

But, wait there’s more!

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eriebirdobs.bsky.social @eriebirdobs.bsky.social · Apr 22

Happy Earth Day! We’ve got an incredible weekend lined up and we hope you’ll join us. Spring is Here, Let’s Go Birding! 🪶🔭

More Info & to Register for any of our April 2025 Guided Bird Walk dates: www.eriebirdobservatory.org/birdwalks

eriebirdobs.bsky.social @eriebirdobs.bsky.social · Apr 14

With this many birds on the move, please remember to #dimyourlights for birds at night. Upwards of 1 billion birds die annually from window collisions, but there’s hope. Learn how you can help our feathered friends travel safely btwn their wintering & nesting grounds birdcast.info/science-to-a...

Lights Out - BirdCast

Every spring and fall, billions of birds migrate through the US, mostly under the cover of darkness. This mass movement of birds must contend with a dramatically increasing but still largely unrecogni...

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eriebirdobs.bsky.social @eriebirdobs.bsky.social · Apr 14

Happy Migration Monday, indeed!
Over 600K #birds crossed Erie County last night! 🤩

For those able to do so, we highly recommend checking out your local birding patch/es today.

Let us know - What new species are you currently seeing?

Spring is Here, Let’s Go Birding! 🪶🔭

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Birder K @birderk.bsky.social · Apr 12

If winter is lingering wherever you are, enjoy the warmth of a hummingbird feeder cam in Panama! Lots more live cams from around the world at explore.org!
#birds

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Panama Hummingbird Feeder at Canopy Tower powered by EXPLORE.org

YouTube video by Explore Birds Bats Bees

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eriebirdobs.bsky.social @eriebirdobs.bsky.social · Apr 8

Happy Timberdoodle Tuesday!

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🎥 @birderk.bsky.social
📍 Presque Isle State Park | Erie, PA
#birds

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eriebirdobs.bsky.social @eriebirdobs.bsky.social · Apr 2

‘Spring is in the air this month as rapidly increasing daylight brings sightings of all manner of birds, bugs, plants, and more…’
Continue reading & Discover what’s happening in the natural world this month in the latest Nature Notes by K. Andersen. www.eriebirdobservatory.org/nature-notes

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Rebecca Heisman @rheisman.bsky.social · Feb 25

I've been fascinated by the whole "four genders" thing that White-throated Sparrows have going on ever since I read the book Evolution's Rainbow in college - loved this refresher from Scientific American. www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-ba...

This Backyard Bird Has a Lot to Teach Us about Sex Variability

White-throated Sparrows demonstrate that traits we usually associate with sex can be influenced by genes that are not on sex chromosomes

www.scientificamerican.com

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eriebirdobs.bsky.social @eriebirdobs.bsky.social · Mar 6

So mindful. So demure. Nope, definitely no murderbirb here. 😂

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eriebirdobs.bsky.social @eriebirdobs.bsky.social · Mar 6

Incredible! 🔊⬆️
Our ‘local’ (for now) Tundra Swans chattering away- you can hear them all night long! 🥰

Birder K @birderk.bsky.social · Mar 5

We have an incredible number of Tundra Swans right now; I haven’t seen this many here in quite a few years. You can hear them all night, along with assorted ducks. #birds #waterfowl

eriebirdobs.bsky.social @eriebirdobs.bsky.social · Mar 6

🔔Hear ye! Hear ye!🔔
Hot off the proverbial presses, it's the March 2025 issue of The Recap, EBO’s monthly eNewsletter! Head inside for info on upcoming events, the latest Nature Notes by Katie A, EBO program updates & more! 📰🪶
mailchi.mp/eriebirdobse...

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