Tim Akimoff
@timakimoff.bsky.social
Insatiably curious conservation communicator + Food, bikes, critters, adventures, curiosities, & words. Wildlife 📸 | 🐦ing | #GoDucks | 🇺🇦 | 🦣 @[email protected] | He/Him
The time has come to fly south again. Who knows what’s good in Belize and Guatemala? We’ve spent some time in Sayulita, MX the last few years but we’re pushing our adventures further south into Central America this year.
February 18, 2026 at 2:30 AM
The time has come to fly south again. Who knows what’s good in Belize and Guatemala? We’ve spent some time in Sayulita, MX the last few years but we’re pushing our adventures further south into Central America this year.
Who likes ramen eggs (Ajitsuke Tamago)?
February 17, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Who likes ramen eggs (Ajitsuke Tamago)?
Working on a Slavic food story, so my son and I jetted over to Bend for some of our favorite pierogis.
February 15, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Working on a Slavic food story, so my son and I jetted over to Bend for some of our favorite pierogis.
I look for the exceptional over the glamour of the ordinary. I’m probably not alone in that. I will look for extraordinary plumage or character and ignore the Brewer’s black bird and its glowing eye and otherworldly, green, iridescent tibia even as it sits in the sun at a truck stop.
February 12, 2026 at 4:43 AM
I look for the exceptional over the glamour of the ordinary. I’m probably not alone in that. I will look for extraordinary plumage or character and ignore the Brewer’s black bird and its glowing eye and otherworldly, green, iridescent tibia even as it sits in the sun at a truck stop.
Sat down to enjoy breakfast, and Toby decided I needed some good vibrations first. I used to think he needed cuddles from me. Now I believe he thinks that I won’t survive if he doesn’t sit on my chest and purr for 15 minutes every day.
February 10, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Sat down to enjoy breakfast, and Toby decided I needed some good vibrations first. I used to think he needed cuddles from me. Now I believe he thinks that I won’t survive if he doesn’t sit on my chest and purr for 15 minutes every day.
Happy SuperbOwl Sunday to all who celebrate them!
February 8, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Happy SuperbOwl Sunday to all who celebrate them!
I think the Bald eagles like this sight as much as I do. They keep the Snows on their toes.
February 7, 2026 at 4:00 PM
I think the Bald eagles like this sight as much as I do. They keep the Snows on their toes.
My office this morning. We’re banding mallards.
February 7, 2026 at 3:59 PM
My office this morning. We’re banding mallards.
February is my training ground for the Olympics of birding - Warbler Season.
No stick goes unphotographed as I chase Yellow-rumped warblers through thickets that have tamed lesser birders.
No stick goes unphotographed as I chase Yellow-rumped warblers through thickets that have tamed lesser birders.
February 4, 2026 at 5:54 AM
February is my training ground for the Olympics of birding - Warbler Season.
No stick goes unphotographed as I chase Yellow-rumped warblers through thickets that have tamed lesser birders.
No stick goes unphotographed as I chase Yellow-rumped warblers through thickets that have tamed lesser birders.
Found a little buddy in the wetlands today, and he has a red cap just like me. Resist much!
February 3, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Found a little buddy in the wetlands today, and he has a red cap just like me. Resist much!
Toby likes to sit on the garbage can so he can smell test all of the ingredients while I’m cooking.
February 2, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Toby likes to sit on the garbage can so he can smell test all of the ingredients while I’m cooking.
I love baking bread, because it is born of such simple things as invisible microbes and whatever particles make up love.
January 30, 2026 at 5:43 AM
I love baking bread, because it is born of such simple things as invisible microbes and whatever particles make up love.
Chestnut-backed chickadees don’t know this, but they’re good omens for me. I don’t see them often, but when I do, good things happen. Im not just stitious, I’m superstitious.
January 29, 2026 at 5:48 AM
Chestnut-backed chickadees don’t know this, but they’re good omens for me. I don’t see them often, but when I do, good things happen. Im not just stitious, I’m superstitious.
Never let Cobra Chickens flank you.
January 28, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Never let Cobra Chickens flank you.
This is 52!
-13 degrees
Lake of the Woods, Minnesota
I’ve only seen one Raven since I’ve been here and a field full of what I think were Snow buntings.
-13 degrees
Lake of the Woods, Minnesota
I’ve only seen one Raven since I’ve been here and a field full of what I think were Snow buntings.
January 19, 2026 at 5:11 AM
This is 52!
-13 degrees
Lake of the Woods, Minnesota
I’ve only seen one Raven since I’ve been here and a field full of what I think were Snow buntings.
-13 degrees
Lake of the Woods, Minnesota
I’ve only seen one Raven since I’ve been here and a field full of what I think were Snow buntings.
You know you’re in Minneapolis when…
January 16, 2026 at 4:47 AM
You know you’re in Minneapolis when…
A much-needed stroll under our backyard waterfalls with my daughter today.
January 12, 2026 at 3:50 AM
A much-needed stroll under our backyard waterfalls with my daughter today.
Did a triple take walking back from the protest yesterday and running into a Kingfisher hanging out in downtown Salem. I’m going to take this as a good omen.
January 11, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Did a triple take walking back from the protest yesterday and running into a Kingfisher hanging out in downtown Salem. I’m going to take this as a good omen.
There is an art form to keeping more than one idea in your head at the same time. I admire those who do it regularly.
January 10, 2026 at 2:49 AM
There is an art form to keeping more than one idea in your head at the same time. I admire those who do it regularly.
Noodle?
Don’t noodle?
Don’t noodle?
January 9, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Noodle?
Don’t noodle?
Don’t noodle?
I want to post about how angry I am today about our complete failure as a citizenry, but I’m going to post a video of Toby doing his weird sit and watching birds, because these days it’s all I can aspire to.
January 8, 2026 at 5:10 AM
I want to post about how angry I am today about our complete failure as a citizenry, but I’m going to post a video of Toby doing his weird sit and watching birds, because these days it’s all I can aspire to.
Happy National Bird Day!
January 6, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Happy National Bird Day!
Sometimes it’s all you can do.
Oil, not drugs, will be the death of us.
Oil, not drugs, will be the death of us.
January 4, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Sometimes it’s all you can do.
Oil, not drugs, will be the death of us.
Oil, not drugs, will be the death of us.
We have reached a compromise of sorts. Toby has agreed to lay across my lap rather than make biscuits in my neck so I can sit here and watch the world burn down on my stupid, little device.
January 3, 2026 at 9:30 PM
We have reached a compromise of sorts. Toby has agreed to lay across my lap rather than make biscuits in my neck so I can sit here and watch the world burn down on my stupid, little device.