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Jen Kepler
@jenkepler.bsky.social
Birds, Wildlife, Nature, Conservation, Outdoor Education, and a Mom.
A special treat for my birthday girl! Sydney is a blue tongue skink and has been with me since she was a little skinklet! #birthday #skink #lizard
June 12, 2025 at 11:32 PM
When we tag horseshoe crabs, we sometimes have to remove barnacles or slipped snails from their shell I order to place a tag.
We made sure that the slipper snails made good on their sacrifice, as a snack for our Horseshoe crab pals.
They were happy to accept our snack offering!
June 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Tonight my daughter tagged her first horseshoe crabs! I’m a very proud mama 🥹
#communityscience #wildlife
June 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Red knots on the beach in Queens, NYC. An amazing migrating bird, and absolutely handsome. I get so excited to catch them in their spring finery. #birds
June 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Piping Plover magic... the big reveal is actually quite small, and very cute. #birds
June 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I see those bird moms and every single time I'm like, "i see you, you're doing great, mama!"
I think us moms like to cheer each other on a bit...
May 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The bus depot here, I have seen leave out dry ramen for them…
May 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but sharks absolutely do get cancer.

And even if they didn't get cancer, eating shark wouldn't cure your cancer any more than eating LeBron James would make you better at playing basketball.

📷: Andrew Fox
May 29, 2025 at 12:56 PM
It’s an honor to be graced by their presence
May 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Also… why do Egrets make everything beautiful?!
May 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
A few gems while waiting for my tour group at work today… American black duck, mourning dove, great egret, Canada geese… all at the Gowanus Canal waterfront.
#birds #brooklyn #urbanwildlife
May 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
A number of common terns are born and raised New Yorkers! I love these birds and their attitude, I wish more of our beach nesting birds took the tern approach to nesting... dive, defend, and defeat.
#Birds
May 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Bird Blep.

I love when I catch animals with their tongues out. Extra special when it's a sweet piping plover.
#birds
May 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I hope it sticks, sounds like no one has spotted it today… that, or it only prefers overcast/rainy days.
May 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Recent life-bird: Fork-tailed flycatcher on Randall's Island, NYC! Such a great rare #bird, esp for beginners, it's easy to spot, observe, and its flight is easy to follow as it hunts slowly by fluttering and hovering. Big recommend if you are a new birder and want to add a li' spice to your list!
May 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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If you're in the Washington, DC area, I'm giving a free public talk about shark science and conservation, including why Federal funding for research and conservation is important! Friday 5/30 at 7 p.m. at Silver Branch in Silver Spring. This is through @standupforscience.bsky.social 🧪🌎🦑🦈 #SciComm
May 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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***GIVEAWAY*** This signed/stamped Advance Readers Copy of TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES, forthcoming Nov 2025 from @fsgbooks.bsky.social! Like=1 entry, Share=1 entry, Like + Share=2 entries. Will randomly select winner on Friday, May 23, 2025. US addresses only.
Preorder info: shorturl.at/OXr0Z
#booksky
May 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Off to do my water quality monitoring in the Gowanus Canal… and I found myself an urban Canada Goose family on 7th street, just outside the Bell House here in Brooklyn…
May 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I was like wtf is shrieking?! Oh, that’s your song 😂
May 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I just had a common nighthawk calling as I put some recycling outside and shut off the yard lights…. I am so fucking jazzed for that yard bird! #birds
May 18, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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#birdbot
May 17, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Marine Park, Brooklyn, familiar faces for this time of year.
#birds
May 17, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Met local Broad Channel, Queens
Celebirdy, Edgar the Great egret.
I also learned where the purple martins in Jamaica Bay live!
#birds
May 16, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Learned a new plant today, cypress spurge.
May 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM