You know you’ve been spending too much time birding when you look at your cat’s head and think of a Blackpoll Warbler’s back! 😂
#birds

Graphic warning - dead #birds!! But I’m not putting the photos in the comments because I recently read that a good way to get people to take action on window collisions is to show pictures of the fatalities. So here goes… 🧵🧵

Seeking #birds photo donations!

I’m looking to start a student birding club at the community college I teach at, and am looking for vibrant images of blue or orange birds that regularly occur in our area (NE USA) for recruiting materials (sample with CC license images, but these are grainy)

Pato jergón grande / Yellow-billed Pintail, Parque Bicentenario, Vitacura (Región Metropolitana, Chile)

They are so elegant! I love the sweet face they have, too ❤️🪶

Son tan elegantes! Y me encanta la carita tan tierna que tienen! #avesdechile

Winter Wrens are so absolutely adorable!!

We sadly didn’t see any on our Christmas Bird Count this year (lower Manhattan area), but here is one that was completely oblivious to passersby at NYPL/Bryant Park (NYC), from October of this year

#addBirder

My favorite tern! In Chile, the name is Gaviotín Monja, which means Nun Tern 🩶

I volunteer with NYC Bird Alliance monitoring window collisions. Seeing the numbers of collisions go up is frustrating. Buildings need to do more to turn off lights at night and make windows safer for birds: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...