alex
@birdmotif.alextey.co
writer, birder, photographer, musician, etc. // she // nyc
lovely glamorous wood ducks! from a recent prospect park duck-and-gull walk with nyc queer birders
December 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
lovely glamorous wood ducks! from a recent prospect park duck-and-gull walk with nyc queer birders
inhumane phone queue system over at new york state of health in which the robot voice continuously recites a list of facts about the website, app, hours, etc.—not even any hold music—interrupted only to tell you that your estimated wait time is 45 minutes
December 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM
inhumane phone queue system over at new york state of health in which the robot voice continuously recites a list of facts about the website, app, hours, etc.—not even any hold music—interrupted only to tell you that your estimated wait time is 45 minutes
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Nice gyre. Widening?
December 14, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Nice gyre. Widening?
love will call! / love will leave you locked in a hot car!
December 14, 2025 at 2:20 AM
love will call! / love will leave you locked in a hot car!
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I just came up with these common phrases from a world where the taiga is an extrajudicial zone where all disputes are customarily settled with violence:
"See you on the taiga!"
"Let's take this to the taiga!"
"See you on the taiga!"
"Let's take this to the taiga!"
December 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I just came up with these common phrases from a world where the taiga is an extrajudicial zone where all disputes are customarily settled with violence:
"See you on the taiga!"
"Let's take this to the taiga!"
"See you on the taiga!"
"Let's take this to the taiga!"
bird emperor x: don't think of her nictitating membrane / don't think of her wingbeats on the flyway
December 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM
bird emperor x: don't think of her nictitating membrane / don't think of her wingbeats on the flyway
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basically its all about knowing smart women and asking them questions
December 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
basically its all about knowing smart women and asking them questions
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Full Spectrum Photo. As reward for your service to the local North Brooklyn transgender community, you will be immortalized in several— if not dozens— of realistic fiction pieces via roman à clef.
December 5, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Full Spectrum Photo. As reward for your service to the local North Brooklyn transgender community, you will be immortalized in several— if not dozens— of realistic fiction pieces via roman à clef.
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literary associations
September 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
literary associations
i've begun referring to au pays as "love takes nautical miles"
November 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
i've begun referring to au pays as "love takes nautical miles"
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We should reboot journalism completely. Start from scratch. They should get those old timey hats and a pencil and figure it out from there
November 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
We should reboot journalism completely. Start from scratch. They should get those old timey hats and a pencil and figure it out from there
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the gentle hermit thrush casts a suspicious eye upon the new york city police department
November 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
the gentle hermit thrush casts a suspicious eye upon the new york city police department
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black-throated green warbler hunting bugs in prospect park
November 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
black-throated green warbler hunting bugs in prospect park
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I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee.
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
November 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee.
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
took the kodacolor 100 to an upper east side neighborhood where i was leading a bird walk (dev. and scan by full spectrum)
November 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
took the kodacolor 100 to an upper east side neighborhood where i was leading a bird walk (dev. and scan by full spectrum)
i root against the dodgers as a team and for shohei ohtani personally
November 2, 2025 at 2:49 AM
i root against the dodgers as a team and for shohei ohtani personally
!!! this is the story i've been waiting for
The owl code tearing apart New York's birders: defector.com/the-owl-code...
The Owl Code Tearing Apart New York's Birders | Defector
We followed the Owl Whisperer around the gun battery toward a grove of pitch pines, where he had seen the saw-whet owl. Then I heard someone ask behind me, “Where are they going?” I turned around and…
defector.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:01 PM
!!! this is the story i've been waiting for
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If you’re in a V to fly south for winter stay in a V
October 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
If you’re in a V to fly south for winter stay in a V
thank you for participating in the Summer of Getting into Film Photography. it is now the Winter of Being in a Band
October 31, 2025 at 5:06 PM
thank you for participating in the Summer of Getting into Film Photography. it is now the Winter of Being in a Band
catskill, new york (gold 200, ae-1, d&s fsp)
October 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
catskill, new york (gold 200, ae-1, d&s fsp)
purple finch in the vale of cashmere at prospect park. a diva who understands lighting
October 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
purple finch in the vale of cashmere at prospect park. a diva who understands lighting