Andrew
@saltyparis.bsky.social
“With GPS you can know your location without looking out the window, he had said. You can know your location without knowing your location. You can know things without knowing anything.” - Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
This fellow is an endemic subspecies of the common ground dove, found only on the unpopulated island of Mona, Puerto Rico. Handsome! #birds
November 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This fellow is an endemic subspecies of the common ground dove, found only on the unpopulated island of Mona, Puerto Rico. Handsome! #birds
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If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”
June 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”
Wood storks, spoonbills, ibis, egrets, and herons sharing a small and presumably fish-packed wetland at Shired Island, Florida today. #birds
October 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Wood storks, spoonbills, ibis, egrets, and herons sharing a small and presumably fish-packed wetland at Shired Island, Florida today. #birds
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Warblers are free therapy. Have a great weekend.
September 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Warblers are free therapy. Have a great weekend.
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Blue-gray gnatcatcher focusing on what is important. #birds #backyardnature #feedclense #perspective
September 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Blue-gray gnatcatcher focusing on what is important. #birds #backyardnature #feedclense #perspective
Gulf fritillary(?) on a slender blazing star, one of the native plants that has taken well to our dry, nutrient-poor soil (aka sand). #butterflies #flowers
September 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Gulf fritillary(?) on a slender blazing star, one of the native plants that has taken well to our dry, nutrient-poor soil (aka sand). #butterflies #flowers
This little ball of fire showed up in our yard today. Fall migration is really picking up. #birds #cleanseyourfeed
September 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
This little ball of fire showed up in our yard today. Fall migration is really picking up. #birds #cleanseyourfeed
On a recent trip to Maine this bay-breasted warbler casually fed its recent fledgling with us no more than five feet away. It’s slightly out of focus bc I dropped our camera(!!!) but it will always be a wonderful memory. #birds #baxterstatepark
August 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
On a recent trip to Maine this bay-breasted warbler casually fed its recent fledgling with us no more than five feet away. It’s slightly out of focus bc I dropped our camera(!!!) but it will always be a wonderful memory. #birds #baxterstatepark
I never feel the need to see a hermit thrush to appreciate it. #birds #acadianationalpark
July 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I never feel the need to see a hermit thrush to appreciate it. #birds #acadianationalpark
From a sandhill to a blueberry farm to a cattle pasture to a development, back to a sandhill (at least a little bit). Apologies for the nonnative species at the end. #wildflowers #flowersofbluesky
July 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
From a sandhill to a blueberry farm to a cattle pasture to a development, back to a sandhill (at least a little bit). Apologies for the nonnative species at the end. #wildflowers #flowersofbluesky
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ad to come, but I'm looking for an M.S. student to study the conservation genomics of swift foxes on the American Prairie Reserve in Montana beginning 9/1. this is a collaboration w/ Smithsonian & Justine Becker; strong candidates will have prior genomics experience and be up for remote fieldwork
June 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
ad to come, but I'm looking for an M.S. student to study the conservation genomics of swift foxes on the American Prairie Reserve in Montana beginning 9/1. this is a collaboration w/ Smithsonian & Justine Becker; strong candidates will have prior genomics experience and be up for remote fieldwork
This very trusting(!) ruffed grouse walked right up to us - this is an uncropped iPhone photo taken by my wife. #birds #baxterstatepark #maine
July 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This very trusting(!) ruffed grouse walked right up to us - this is an uncropped iPhone photo taken by my wife. #birds #baxterstatepark #maine
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For those in need of a smile, a reminder that one 19th-century name for a penguin was ‘arsefoot’.
June 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
For those in need of a smile, a reminder that one 19th-century name for a penguin was ‘arsefoot’.
Don't forget to look down every so often while you are doing all of that looking up. We ran into this fella minding his own business on the path during our weekend birding. Handsome! #birds
June 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Don't forget to look down every so often while you are doing all of that looking up. We ran into this fella minding his own business on the path during our weekend birding. Handsome! #birds
Limpkin can’t be bothered. #birds #sweetwater
May 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Limpkin can’t be bothered. #birds #sweetwater
Great-crested flycatchers are nesting in the yard and went about their business as my dog and I watched from under the shade of a cherry tree. #birds
May 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Great-crested flycatchers are nesting in the yard and went about their business as my dog and I watched from under the shade of a cherry tree. #birds
Easter brings out the puppy in this thirteen year old girl. #dogsofbluesky
April 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Easter brings out the puppy in this thirteen year old girl. #dogsofbluesky
Your good news for the morning: the population of the Swallow-tailed Kite, objectively one of the world’s most handsome species, has greatly increased in the southeastern US over the past 30 years. #birds
March 2, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Your good news for the morning: the population of the Swallow-tailed Kite, objectively one of the world’s most handsome species, has greatly increased in the southeastern US over the past 30 years. #birds
