Lily
@ldouglas14.bsky.social
biologist | birder | nerd | she/her
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Lily
@ldouglas14.bsky.social
· Nov 27
I suppose I’d better post something to show that I’m real. 😝 I’m a senior biologist with the US Fish & Wildlife Service and Treasurer of the Central Valley Bird Club. I don’t have a lot of time right now, but let’s see how this goes!
Friday Blue Jays and beams. 💙🇨🇦💜
October 25, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Friday Blue Jays and beams. 💙🇨🇦💜
At it again with At Ease Brewing and the Central Valley Bird Club! No Kings, only Kinglets. #birding #beer #birdsandbrews
October 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
At it again with At Ease Brewing and the Central Valley Bird Club! No Kings, only Kinglets. #birding #beer #birdsandbrews
Today was a good day to recharge. ❤️
October 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Today was a good day to recharge. ❤️
Brent and I thoroughly enjoyed the #Sacramento #Archive Crawl yesterday! We visited the Stanley Mosk #Library & Courts Building, the State Archives, and the Sacramento Room at the Central Library. We’ll definitely attend next year!
October 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Brent and I thoroughly enjoyed the #Sacramento #Archive Crawl yesterday! We visited the Stanley Mosk #Library & Courts Building, the State Archives, and the Sacramento Room at the Central Library. We’ll definitely attend next year!
Now hang on… I just saw a commercial for tires with a lady #birding and they showed a Black-throated Blue Warbler and I could swear the #bird song they played was actually a Black-throated Blue Warbler. Did I just see the most accurate commercial featuring a bird ever?! For tires?!
October 3, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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🪶 If you are able, you donate here: birdpop.org/pages/do...
We lost roughly $1 million in funding without warning. Projects cancelled included all of our bird monitoring work for the National Park Service & projects w/ the Bureau of Land Management on Gunnison's Sage-Grouse, Pinyon Jays & more. 1/4
We lost roughly $1 million in funding without warning. Projects cancelled included all of our bird monitoring work for the National Park Service & projects w/ the Bureau of Land Management on Gunnison's Sage-Grouse, Pinyon Jays & more. 1/4
October 2, 2025 at 12:11 AM
🪶 If you are able, you donate here: birdpop.org/pages/do...
We lost roughly $1 million in funding without warning. Projects cancelled included all of our bird monitoring work for the National Park Service & projects w/ the Bureau of Land Management on Gunnison's Sage-Grouse, Pinyon Jays & more. 1/4
We lost roughly $1 million in funding without warning. Projects cancelled included all of our bird monitoring work for the National Park Service & projects w/ the Bureau of Land Management on Gunnison's Sage-Grouse, Pinyon Jays & more. 1/4
Obligatory beaver statue selfie after presenting at American River College’s Intro to Ornithology class this morning. Thanks to the humidity for giving my hair quite the frizz. 😂🦫🦅
October 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Obligatory beaver statue selfie after presenting at American River College’s Intro to Ornithology class this morning. Thanks to the humidity for giving my hair quite the frizz. 😂🦫🦅
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There's a new guest post on the WOS blog! Konshau Duman writes about his discovery that White-throated Sparrows regularly mimic the chip calls of Golden-crowned Sparrows, opening up new questions about whether calls are learned. #ornithology wilsonsociety.org/2025/09/26/g...
September 30, 2025 at 8:02 PM
There's a new guest post on the WOS blog! Konshau Duman writes about his discovery that White-throated Sparrows regularly mimic the chip calls of Golden-crowned Sparrows, opening up new questions about whether calls are learned. #ornithology wilsonsociety.org/2025/09/26/g...
I love that a local #sushi restaurant prominently features #heron beakspear artwork alongside our CA Central Valley ricelands that provide both quality sushi #rice and heron habitat. I also love that I feel the need to share this with one of my absolutely favorite follows, @everyheron.bsky.social ❤️
September 30, 2025 at 5:17 AM
I love that a local #sushi restaurant prominently features #heron beakspear artwork alongside our CA Central Valley ricelands that provide both quality sushi #rice and heron habitat. I also love that I feel the need to share this with one of my absolutely favorite follows, @everyheron.bsky.social ❤️
A local festival about food but also with amazing music? Okay, #sacramento ❤️
September 29, 2025 at 4:41 AM
A local festival about food but also with amazing music? Okay, #sacramento ❤️
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I found this birding book along the side of the road on the Tamiami trail in the Everglades on 8/25/25. It is so well loved with sightings going back decades. If you're a birder (I am not) please spread the word and hep me find the owner so they can be reunited
September 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I found this birding book along the side of the road on the Tamiami trail in the Everglades on 8/25/25. It is so well loved with sightings going back decades. If you're a birder (I am not) please spread the word and hep me find the owner so they can be reunited
Why yes, we did just watch 2+ hours of a robot apocalypse puppet musical. How was your Sunday? 🤖🎶😂
August 18, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Why yes, we did just watch 2+ hours of a robot apocalypse puppet musical. How was your Sunday? 🤖🎶😂
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To be heard over roaring rivers, white-throated dippers swap from song to flashing their bright eyelids. New research reveals one of the clearest examples yet of animals switching between senses to communicate – showing how noisy environments can shape evolution: www.bi.mpg.de/news/2025-08...
August 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
To be heard over roaring rivers, white-throated dippers swap from song to flashing their bright eyelids. New research reveals one of the clearest examples yet of animals switching between senses to communicate – showing how noisy environments can shape evolution: www.bi.mpg.de/news/2025-08...
One more day of #birding before heading to the airport! The Five-Striped Sparrow now qualifies as a nemesis. 🥲 Guess I have to come back! Lifer Red-faced Warbler isn’t a bad consolation prize. 🥰 Also caught a Painted Redstart en déshabillé post-bath. 🤭
August 12, 2025 at 2:14 AM
One more day of #birding before heading to the airport! The Five-Striped Sparrow now qualifies as a nemesis. 🥲 Guess I have to come back! Lifer Red-faced Warbler isn’t a bad consolation prize. 🥰 Also caught a Painted Redstart en déshabillé post-bath. 🤭
Sparrows today at the #SEAZbirdfest in Box Canyon! Singing Black-throated and Botteri’s. Distant look at a singing Rufous-winged for a lifer! We finally turned a Turkey Vulture into a Zone-tailed Hawk. Sibling love at the Thick-billed Kingbird nest. Skunked by Five-striped Sparrow…twice. 🥲 #birding
August 10, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Sparrows today at the #SEAZbirdfest in Box Canyon! Singing Black-throated and Botteri’s. Distant look at a singing Rufous-winged for a lifer! We finally turned a Turkey Vulture into a Zone-tailed Hawk. Sibling love at the Thick-billed Kingbird nest. Skunked by Five-striped Sparrow…twice. 🥲 #birding
Night #birding last night in Madera Canyon with the #SEAZbirdfest. We had a great hummingbird show before sunset, with 8 species including this Rivoli’s. We heard both Whiskered Screech-Owl and Mexican Whip-poor-will! On the drive back our guide spotted a bebe western diamondback on the road. 🦉🐍❤️
August 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Night #birding last night in Madera Canyon with the #SEAZbirdfest. We had a great hummingbird show before sunset, with 8 species including this Rivoli’s. We heard both Whiskered Screech-Owl and Mexican Whip-poor-will! On the drive back our guide spotted a bebe western diamondback on the road. 🦉🐍❤️
Today was #birding close to the border at Walker Canyon and Pena Blanca Lake. Monsoon season has been dry and temps are warm, keeping the #bird activity down. Common Black Hawk was a nice year bird. And I always enjoy a Green Heron. #SEAZbirdfest
August 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Today was #birding close to the border at Walker Canyon and Pena Blanca Lake. Monsoon season has been dry and temps are warm, keeping the #bird activity down. Common Black Hawk was a nice year bird. And I always enjoy a Green Heron. #SEAZbirdfest
The #SEAZbirdfest Big Day field trip crew, including our record-breaking species number 117, Great Egret! We went on to add Wood Duck and a surprise afternoon Great Horned Owl for a grand total of 119 #birds on the day. Thanks to our leader Alex Lamoreaux from Wildside Nature Tours!
August 7, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The #SEAZbirdfest Big Day field trip crew, including our record-breaking species number 117, Great Egret! We went on to add Wood Duck and a surprise afternoon Great Horned Owl for a grand total of 119 #birds on the day. Thanks to our leader Alex Lamoreaux from Wildside Nature Tours!
A little slow up Madera Canyon on the #SEAZbirdfest big day field trip. But we added some #birds for 92 species so far! And I finally got my Gjon for the year! ❤️
August 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
A little slow up Madera Canyon on the #SEAZbirdfest big day field trip. But we added some #birds for 92 species so far! And I finally got my Gjon for the year! ❤️
Box Canyon on the #SEAZbirdfest big day field trip! Finally some #bird shots for you. Thick-billed Kingbird delivering a snack to its nest. Pretty bad photo of a pretty good bird: Varied Bunting. 😅
August 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Box Canyon on the #SEAZbirdfest big day field trip! Finally some #bird shots for you. Thick-billed Kingbird delivering a snack to its nest. Pretty bad photo of a pretty good bird: Varied Bunting. 😅
Scoping for sparrows on the #SEAZbirdfest big day field trip at Las Cienegas. Black-throated, Botteri’s, Cassin’s, Grasshopper, and Lark. #birding
August 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Scoping for sparrows on the #SEAZbirdfest big day field trip at Las Cienegas. Black-throated, Botteri’s, Cassin’s, Grasshopper, and Lark. #birding