Well, I'll never be able to unsee that.
Via NYT.
Via NYT.
November 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Well, I'll never be able to unsee that.
Via NYT.
Via NYT.
Bearded Vulture nests found to have hoards of cultural artifacts—some up to 650 years old share.google/I5vrFyOkftYz...
Bearded Vulture nests found to have hoards of cultural artifacts—some up to 650 years old
Many people have probably seen birds picking up small pieces of man-made materials, like strips of a plastic bag or paper litter, and taking them into their nest. This behavior appears to be fairly wi...
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October 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Bearded Vulture nests found to have hoards of cultural artifacts—some up to 650 years old share.google/I5vrFyOkftYz...
World’s largest carnivorous bats are big softies | Popular Science share.google/CihdoJzdIB6H...
World’s largest carnivorous bats are big softies
Spectral bats share prey, hug, and even form 'tight cuddle-balls' when falling asleep.
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August 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
World’s largest carnivorous bats are big softies | Popular Science share.google/CihdoJzdIB6H...
Putin to his interpreter: "is just called Bald Eagle, these fucking idiots didn't even know the name of their national bird."
Interpreter to Trump: "President Putin is greatly moved and will be reminded of this wonderful gift every time he watches a Western film and hears it's majestic call."
Interpreter to Trump: "President Putin is greatly moved and will be reminded of this wonderful gift every time he watches a Western film and hears it's majestic call."
August 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Putin to his interpreter: "is just called Bald Eagle, these fucking idiots didn't even know the name of their national bird."
Interpreter to Trump: "President Putin is greatly moved and will be reminded of this wonderful gift every time he watches a Western film and hears it's majestic call."
Interpreter to Trump: "President Putin is greatly moved and will be reminded of this wonderful gift every time he watches a Western film and hears it's majestic call."
America's largest shorebird species, Long-billed Curlew, standing behind the world's smallest shorebird, Least Sandpiper.
Of course, field flattening is in effect in this image.
In reality, Long billed Curlews are only 3,150% larger than Least Sandpipers.
Of course, field flattening is in effect in this image.
In reality, Long billed Curlews are only 3,150% larger than Least Sandpipers.
August 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
America's largest shorebird species, Long-billed Curlew, standing behind the world's smallest shorebird, Least Sandpiper.
Of course, field flattening is in effect in this image.
In reality, Long billed Curlews are only 3,150% larger than Least Sandpipers.
Of course, field flattening is in effect in this image.
In reality, Long billed Curlews are only 3,150% larger than Least Sandpipers.
After 3 days, @mothweek.bsky.social is up to 5,617 species! Here's one that i added to the project, a big Aholibah Underwing that came in to the sheet in Portland last night. Lifer!
July 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
After 3 days, @mothweek.bsky.social is up to 5,617 species! Here's one that i added to the project, a big Aholibah Underwing that came in to the sheet in Portland last night. Lifer!
#mothweek is here! Amazing to check the @inaturalist.bsky.social project and see how fast the species are wracking up. 2,727 in ~34 hours. A little slow at my moth sheet last night because of cooler temps and breezy conditions, but I do love the topiary grass-veneers. They look like little wizards.
July 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
#mothweek is here! Amazing to check the @inaturalist.bsky.social project and see how fast the species are wracking up. 2,727 in ~34 hours. A little slow at my moth sheet last night because of cooler temps and breezy conditions, but I do love the topiary grass-veneers. They look like little wizards.
I didn't really get why they had invaded Portland until i saw one in my garden obsessed with eating my kale
Do you have lesser goldfinches in your backyard? This species has seen a remarkable range expansion into the Northwest in the last decade or so, and I wrote about it for @columbiainsight.bsky.social. 🪶 columbiainsight.org/why-a-new-ty...
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July 9, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I didn't really get why they had invaded Portland until i saw one in my garden obsessed with eating my kale
this is an incredible piece from @stephencarrhampton.bsky.social. required reading for anyone interested in the debate around #birdnamesforbirds, or the genocide of Native peoples, or of the mythology of Lewis and Clark. open.substack.com/pub/schampto...
The Lewis and Clark birds
And the entanglement of ornithology and genocide
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July 8, 2025 at 11:21 PM
this is an incredible piece from @stephencarrhampton.bsky.social. required reading for anyone interested in the debate around #birdnamesforbirds, or the genocide of Native peoples, or of the mythology of Lewis and Clark. open.substack.com/pub/schampto...
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If you care about hunting, hiking, wildlife, clean water, or just the idea that public lands belong to all of us, it’s time to raise hell.
Call your senators. Call the media.
Call it what it is: A war on the American West.
Call your senators. Call the media.
Call it what it is: A war on the American West.
June 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
If you care about hunting, hiking, wildlife, clean water, or just the idea that public lands belong to all of us, it’s time to raise hell.
Call your senators. Call the media.
Call it what it is: A war on the American West.
Call your senators. Call the media.
Call it what it is: A war on the American West.
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Welp, I did it, I wrote a piece for @therevelator.org on the proposed funding cuts to the Bird Banding Lab & Breeding Bird Survey and what they would mean for bird research & conservation in the U.S. Definitely a different sort of writing than I usually do. 🪶 therevelator.org/trump-vs-bir...
Trump vs. Birds: Proposed Budget Eliminates Critical Research Programs • The Revelator
Experts say there’s “no substitute” for the Bird Banding Laboratory or the Breeding Bird Survey, which help reveal the health and status of avian populations across the country.
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June 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Welp, I did it, I wrote a piece for @therevelator.org on the proposed funding cuts to the Bird Banding Lab & Breeding Bird Survey and what they would mean for bird research & conservation in the U.S. Definitely a different sort of writing than I usually do. 🪶 therevelator.org/trump-vs-bir...
If you're going to tape in a Near-threatened, range restricted species, maybe at least photoshop the speaker out of the photo
June 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
If you're going to tape in a Near-threatened, range restricted species, maybe at least photoshop the speaker out of the photo
Happy Father's Day to all the geese and swans out there (not you, ducks)
June 16, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Happy Father's Day to all the geese and swans out there (not you, ducks)
You never realize how much a Ruddy Turnstone looks like the third member of Insane Clown Posse until you see it from the front
June 2, 2025 at 5:44 AM
You never realize how much a Ruddy Turnstone looks like the third member of Insane Clown Posse until you see it from the front
Had an awesome time at Magee Marsh. Somehow still didn't catch up with one of these 🤷🏻
May 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Had an awesome time at Magee Marsh. Somehow still didn't catch up with one of these 🤷🏻
16 species of warbler on the first day of the @birdallianceoregon.bsky.social Magee Marsh tour.
As always, Blackburnian wins the popularity contest.
As always, Blackburnian wins the popularity contest.
May 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
16 species of warbler on the first day of the @birdallianceoregon.bsky.social Magee Marsh tour.
As always, Blackburnian wins the popularity contest.
As always, Blackburnian wins the popularity contest.
Birders in Oregon have been noticing an unprecedentedly late and light migration. Zero migrants in my local parks this morning. BirdCast confirms. I'm curious how things are across the country?
And shout out to the Cornell lab folks for making such an amazing tool: www.birdcast.info
And shout out to the Cornell lab folks for making such an amazing tool: www.birdcast.info
April 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Birders in Oregon have been noticing an unprecedentedly late and light migration. Zero migrants in my local parks this morning. BirdCast confirms. I'm curious how things are across the country?
And shout out to the Cornell lab folks for making such an amazing tool: www.birdcast.info
And shout out to the Cornell lab folks for making such an amazing tool: www.birdcast.info
Spring break is a great idea but it should be April 1 - June 1 and for adults
April 5, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Spring break is a great idea but it should be April 1 - June 1 and for adults
There are a lot of great field guides out there, but i have never enjoyed one as much as the "Birds of Borneo" by Quentin and Karen Phillipps. The illustrations and descriptions are top notch, but it's the incredible ecological notes that make it read more like a riveting natural history.
March 20, 2025 at 6:22 AM
There are a lot of great field guides out there, but i have never enjoyed one as much as the "Birds of Borneo" by Quentin and Karen Phillipps. The illustrations and descriptions are top notch, but it's the incredible ecological notes that make it read more like a riveting natural history.
I love the @ababirds.bsky.social podcast annual rarity draft, but @n8swick.bsky.social, letting Blue Rock Thrush fall to 4, after two regularly occurring ABA birds, means we need some west coast representation on the panel 😄
March 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I love the @ababirds.bsky.social podcast annual rarity draft, but @n8swick.bsky.social, letting Blue Rock Thrush fall to 4, after two regularly occurring ABA birds, means we need some west coast representation on the panel 😄
Americans who disagree with the illegal actions of Elon Musk should refuse to pay their federal taxes. Our tax dollars are supposed to fund what is determined by Congress. If our agency has been removed from that process, we should pay state and local taxes and #boycottfederaltaxes.
February 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Americans who disagree with the illegal actions of Elon Musk should refuse to pay their federal taxes. Our tax dollars are supposed to fund what is determined by Congress. If our agency has been removed from that process, we should pay state and local taxes and #boycottfederaltaxes.
And today i found my own Fuzzy Biscuit in the Columbia Slough!
February 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
And today i found my own Fuzzy Biscuit in the Columbia Slough!
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In case anyone needs a little corvid energy. Feel free to print, stick in your workspace, shove in a musker's face, whatever.
February 5, 2025 at 1:18 AM
In case anyone needs a little corvid energy. Feel free to print, stick in your workspace, shove in a musker's face, whatever.