Katherine Figueroa
@katiefigs.bsky.social
I ❤️NYC! Love learning new things, nature, animals, making music, teaching. Addicted to WNYC. OBSESSED with birds!
UPDATE: I have the photos we need. Thank you to everyone that offered to help!
September 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
UPDATE: I have the photos we need. Thank you to everyone that offered to help!
Thank you so much!! I was able to find some photos on iNaturalist, but I appreciate the offer!
September 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Thank you so much!! I was able to find some photos on iNaturalist, but I appreciate the offer!
Learn how to help birds here:
Make windows safer:
nycbirdalliance.org/take-action/...
Database of window treatments you can make/buy:
abcbirds.org/glass-collis...
Advocacy:
abcbirds.org/programs/
Sign petitions against rescinding the Roadless Rule:
www.facebook.com/share/p/15wz...
Make windows safer:
nycbirdalliance.org/take-action/...
Database of window treatments you can make/buy:
abcbirds.org/glass-collis...
Advocacy:
abcbirds.org/programs/
Sign petitions against rescinding the Roadless Rule:
www.facebook.com/share/p/15wz...
How to Make Your Windows and Glass Bird Friendly | NYC Bird Alliance
Learn how to make your building windows and glass bird-friendly and visible to birds. Prevent collisions using easy, proven solutions
nycbirdalliance.org
September 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Learn how to help birds here:
Make windows safer:
nycbirdalliance.org/take-action/...
Database of window treatments you can make/buy:
abcbirds.org/glass-collis...
Advocacy:
abcbirds.org/programs/
Sign petitions against rescinding the Roadless Rule:
www.facebook.com/share/p/15wz...
Make windows safer:
nycbirdalliance.org/take-action/...
Database of window treatments you can make/buy:
abcbirds.org/glass-collis...
Advocacy:
abcbirds.org/programs/
Sign petitions against rescinding the Roadless Rule:
www.facebook.com/share/p/15wz...
make our windows visible to birds, turn out lights at night during migration, keep cats indoors, not build roads into our last remaining wildernesses so they can be logged for profit, etc.
September 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
make our windows visible to birds, turn out lights at night during migration, keep cats indoors, not build roads into our last remaining wildernesses so they can be logged for profit, etc.
I’m feeling deeply frustrated about this. In addition to all the other awful things happening in the world, it makes me tremendously sad to think of all the harm we cause the natural world - things we could prevent or stop with simple actions:
September 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I’m feeling deeply frustrated about this. In addition to all the other awful things happening in the world, it makes me tremendously sad to think of all the harm we cause the natural world - things we could prevent or stop with simple actions:
People assume that birds dying from window collisions is only a city problem. But homes in suburbs also kill *as many or more* birds as skyscrapers do. We need to do better.
September 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
People assume that birds dying from window collisions is only a city problem. But homes in suburbs also kill *as many or more* birds as skyscrapers do. We need to do better.
Today, on my volunteer window collision monitoring route, I found 4 dead birds and 4 stunned ones. Of the 2 stunned ones, maybe 2 will survive (statistically speaking). That’s six preventable deaths. This is just on one route that includes only two buildings (about 5 city blocks long total).
September 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Today, on my volunteer window collision monitoring route, I found 4 dead birds and 4 stunned ones. Of the 2 stunned ones, maybe 2 will survive (statistically speaking). That’s six preventable deaths. This is just on one route that includes only two buildings (about 5 city blocks long total).
These are lovely! Thank you!!
September 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
These are lovely! Thank you!!
I’m thinking Blue Jay, males of Blackburnian, Am. Redstart, Baltimore Oriole, Belted Kingfisher, etc.
If you’d be willing to let me use your high quality photos for publicity (with credit, of course!), please DM me!
If you’d be willing to let me use your high quality photos for publicity (with credit, of course!), please DM me!
September 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I’m thinking Blue Jay, males of Blackburnian, Am. Redstart, Baltimore Oriole, Belted Kingfisher, etc.
If you’d be willing to let me use your high quality photos for publicity (with credit, of course!), please DM me!
If you’d be willing to let me use your high quality photos for publicity (with credit, of course!), please DM me!
I, too, wish you could edit!!!
September 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I, too, wish you could edit!!!
This is such a lovely portrait of one of my favorite birds - Ovenbird! A Veery wouldn’t have the orange “Mohawk” stripe on the head, and its spots would only be on the upper breast, and not be as dark as these streaks (here’s a Veery from Cornell’s All About Birds)
September 18, 2025 at 2:55 AM
This is such a lovely portrait of one of my favorite birds - Ovenbird! A Veery wouldn’t have the orange “Mohawk” stripe on the head, and its spots would only be on the upper breast, and not be as dark as these streaks (here’s a Veery from Cornell’s All About Birds)
It’s so depressing - these poor birds! But also, it’s amazing how they adapt to the mess we make (until they can’t anymore and we drive them to extinction 😭😭😭)
February 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
It’s so depressing - these poor birds! But also, it’s amazing how they adapt to the mess we make (until they can’t anymore and we drive them to extinction 😭😭😭)
It’s crazy - how do they climb trees with that toe arrangement?? Amazing little creatures! ❤️❤️❤️
February 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
It’s crazy - how do they climb trees with that toe arrangement?? Amazing little creatures! ❤️❤️❤️
What a fun photo! You could post it in the #birdbutts feed! 😄
Also, fun facts! Just one correction: nuthatches have anisodactyl feet (as far as I know, all passerines have this toe arrangement, but I’m not 100% sure on that part)
Also, fun facts! Just one correction: nuthatches have anisodactyl feet (as far as I know, all passerines have this toe arrangement, but I’m not 100% sure on that part)
February 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
What a fun photo! You could post it in the #birdbutts feed! 😄
Also, fun facts! Just one correction: nuthatches have anisodactyl feet (as far as I know, all passerines have this toe arrangement, but I’m not 100% sure on that part)
Also, fun facts! Just one correction: nuthatches have anisodactyl feet (as far as I know, all passerines have this toe arrangement, but I’m not 100% sure on that part)
I believe so! I only remembered about the black patch at the base of the bill - I didn’t know the females also have orangeish bills like Mallards (I’ve never actually seen one, but I read about that field mark on ABA’s What’s This Bird fb group)
February 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I believe so! I only remembered about the black patch at the base of the bill - I didn’t know the females also have orangeish bills like Mallards (I’ve never actually seen one, but I read about that field mark on ABA’s What’s This Bird fb group)
What a stunning portrait! I think that’s a Mottled Duck, though - they have that black patch at the base of the bill. (And a female Mallard would have an orangeish bill)
February 19, 2025 at 1:11 AM
What a stunning portrait! I think that’s a Mottled Duck, though - they have that black patch at the base of the bill. (And a female Mallard would have an orangeish bill)
Exactly! If you’re interested, this article summarizes some of the cool findings about the color morphs and behavioral differences: www.audubon.org/news/the-fas...
The Fascinating and Complicated Sex Lives of White-throated Sparrows
With their quadruple personalities, those little brown birds at your feeder are a lot more interesting than they might appear.
www.audubon.org
February 19, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Exactly! If you’re interested, this article summarizes some of the cool findings about the color morphs and behavioral differences: www.audubon.org/news/the-fas...
They do come in two color morphs, though: white- and tan-striped. A male white-striped morph has to mate with a female tan-striped morph, and vice versa. They essentially have four sexes!
February 19, 2025 at 12:37 AM
They do come in two color morphs, though: white- and tan-striped. A male white-striped morph has to mate with a female tan-striped morph, and vice versa. They essentially have four sexes!
What a nice habitat you have there! As far as I know, White-throated Sparrows are not sexually dimorphic. (See below from Sibley V2)
February 19, 2025 at 12:37 AM
What a nice habitat you have there! As far as I know, White-throated Sparrows are not sexually dimorphic. (See below from Sibley V2)
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January 24, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Nice! You should add yourself to the birds feed: bsky.app/profile/dary...