An Ancient Murrelet’s squeaks, splish splashes & piddle paddles is 💯 the type of adorable good cheer content we could all use right now. Enjoy! 🎥 @birderk.bsky.social

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Join us for a Facebook Live Q&A w/ EBO’s Executive Director going on now at www.facebook.com/share/v/1BA8...

Gökotta: the act of rising early to listen to the dawn chorus. Enjoy a gentle start to your day with this live stream of sunrise as we kick off #ErieGives2025 this morning! www.facebook.com/share/v/1B2G... @birderk.bsky.social

Hey early birds! Though we can neither confirm nor deny the presence of said ‘worm,’ we can say with 100% certainty your support today on Erie Gives makes a difference. Now - midnight every donation made in EBO’s name receives a prorated match! www.eriegives.org/organizations/erie-bird-observatory

“77 species as we head north now to Presque Isle State Park” @birderk.bsky.social, Team Captain Learn More & Support the EBO Piping Hot Plovers on their #Blitz4Birds big day run! www.breedingbirdblitz.org/piping-hot-plovers

First stop & a Least Bittern scored! 32 species as of 5:45am First owl of day: Great-horned flying across road 6:08am- CONNECTICUT WARBLER!!!! Chat! New for blitz! 55 species as of 7:24am! 🎶 “Oh yeah! It was electric. So perfectly hectic… it turned into a [birding] blitz” 🎶 @birderk.bsky.social

📰 Eggs-tra! Eggs-tra! 📰 We currently have TWO incubating pairs of federally-endangered Piping Plovers out at Gull Point! ‘YOLL’ a male that’s nested here the last 2 yrs and his half-sister, 'BOL’ are carefully sharing incubation duties. But they aren’t the only plovers in the neighborhood! (1/3)

🎶 “You spin me right round, baby, right round…” 🎶 #DidYouKnow Wilson’s Phalaropes engage in a type of capillary action feeding, spinning in circles to create a vortex that sweeps the bird’s prey to the surface of the water like tea leaves in a tea cup. 🦐🌪️☕️ But, wait there’s more!

Happy Earth Day! We’ve got an incredible weekend lined up and we hope you’ll join us. Spring is Here, Let’s Go Birding! 🪶🔭 More Info & to Register for any of our April 2025 Guided Bird Walk dates: www.eriebirdobservatory.org/birdwalks

Happy Migration Monday, indeed! Over 600K #birds crossed Erie County last night! 🤩 For those able to do so, we highly recommend checking out your local birding patch/es today. Let us know - What new species are you currently seeing? Spring is Here, Let’s Go Birding! 🪶🔭

If winter is lingering wherever you are, enjoy the warmth of a hummingbird feeder cam in Panama! Lots more live cams from around the world at explore.org! #birds www.youtube.com/live/X5Kubf-...

Happy Timberdoodle Tuesday! <peent> ********** 🎥 @birderk.bsky.social 📍 Presque Isle State Park | Erie, PA #birds

‘Spring is in the air this month as rapidly increasing daylight brings sightings of all manner of birds, bugs, plants, and more…’ Continue reading & Discover what’s happening in the natural world this month in the latest Nature Notes by K. Andersen. www.eriebirdobservatory.org/nature-notes

I've been fascinated by the whole "four genders" thing that White-throated Sparrows have going on ever since I read the book Evolution's Rainbow in college - loved this refresher from Scientific American. www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-ba...

Incredible! 🔊⬆️ Our ‘local’ (for now) Tundra Swans chattering away- you can hear them all night long! 🥰

🔔Hear ye! Hear ye!🔔 Hot off the proverbial presses, it's the March 2025 issue of The Recap, EBO’s monthly eNewsletter! Head inside for info on upcoming events, the latest Nature Notes by Katie A, EBO program updates & more! 📰🪶 mailchi.mp/eriebirdobse...

Happy Monday & Welcome, March! Which birds can we expect and what else is happening in the natural world this month? Head on over to the EBO Blog Corner to find out more in the latest installment of Nature Notes by @birderk.bsky.social! www.eriebirdobservatory.org/nature-notes/