A Brown Creeper in Madison, Wisconsin, USA today. #birds

A Red-bellied Woodpecker and a Downy Woodpecker in Madison, WI, USA #birds

Hooded Merganser in Madison, Wisconsin, USA #birds

Hooded Merganser in Madison, Wisconsin #birds

Congratulations to Theint Yee Soe for successfully defending her Master's thesis in the Nelson Inst for Env St, UW-Madison. Her title is Evaluating NO₂ Column Variations over Upper Northern Thailand and particularly Lampang Province to Assess the Impact of Air Quality using Satellite and Ground Data

An American Goldfinch in late November in Madison, Wisconsin. #birds

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Northern Pintails are also passing through Madison, Wisconsin nowadays, on their way south. #birds

We saw this Rusty Blackbird in Madison, Wisconsin, USA yesterday. This is the time of the year that they pass through Madison on their way south. #birds

thesiamsociety.org/wp-content/u... Our new article about mainstream Mekong dry season changes in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia has now been published in the Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society.

A White-crowned Sparrow at Horicon Marsh, Wisconsin, USA #birds

I highly recommend the 2025 film about Nazi Germany called "Truth and Treason". It's a reminder of how authoritarianism can get out of control. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPep...

An American Robin and an Eastern Bluebird in Madison, Wisconsin, USA today #birds

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJDL... This recorded talk about Hmong with the Communist Party of Thailand and also about Hmong who fought against the Communist Party of Thailand might be of interest to some of you. I also did this lecture in Thai last summer in Thailand, but that version was not recorded

In case any of you are interested in my recent book talk at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Cornell University. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBla...

Eastern Phoebe in Madison, Wisconsin, USA, this morning. #birds

A female Wood Duck at Nine Springs Natural Area, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, this morning. #birds

Three Wilson's Snipes hiding in the grasses at Nine Springs Natural Area, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, this morning. #birds

Double-crested Cormorant drying itself in Ithaca, New York, USA today #birds

Cooper's Hawk in Ithaca, New York today #birds

Tomorrow at Cornell University. events.cornell.edu/event/champa...

My new article about a Hmong and Lua history project implemented by the Communist Party of Thailand in the 1970s has just been published open access in Advances in Southeast Asian Studies. aseas.univie.ac.at/index.php/as...

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Least Sandpipers near Port Alberni, B.C., Canada in August 2025. #birds

A Belted Kingfisher near Port Alberni, B.C., Canada in August 2025. #birds

A Willow Flycatcher near Port Alberni, B.C., Canada in August 2025. #birds

A Greater Yellowlegs in French Creek Estuary, Vancouver Island, B.C, Canada in August 2025. #birds

A Savannah Sparrow near Parksville, B.C., Canada in late August 2025 #birds

This Black Oystercatcher was photographed in Victoria, B.C., Canada in late August 2025. #birds

This Olive-sided Flycatcher was photographed in Victoria, B.C., Canada on September 1, 2025. #birds

We saw this female Wood Duck near Madison, Wisconsin, USA earlier this month #birds

We saw this majestic Eastern Phoebe near Spring Green, Wisconsin, USA last weekend #birds

Glad to have a chapter about Indigenous Peoples and politics (not border politics) in Cambodia and Thailand in this open access book published by Cambridge University Press. www.cambridge.org/core/books/l...

www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/al... Our new article about why some people incorrectly think that there is less water in the Mekong River during the dry season than was the case in the past has just been published open access in Water Alternatives.

I saw some Greater Necklaced Laughingthrushes, a rare bird species, a couple of days ago in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal... My new article about Khmu insurgents from Laos during the Cold War has now been published. It's Open Access.

In Democratic countries, such as Thailand, coup d'etat are not the answer.

My first blue-tailed Bee-eater of the year, near Chiang Mai, Thailand.

A Golden-headed Cisticola calling out near Chiang Mai, Thailand.

doi.org/10.1017/S002... Our article has finally been published, open access, in Modern Asian Studies.

A Streaked Spiderhunter in the mountains of northern Thailand. Taken on Doi Inthanon, Chiang Mai Province, May 20, 2025

Eurasian Hoopoe's in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Saw this white-rumped Shama at Doi Suthep-Doi Pui National Park in Chiang Mai, Thailand. This a forest bird that likes to stay a few meters above the ground. They are usually seen alone.

www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14... Here is our new article about communal land titling and vertical geographies in northern Thailand.

If you are in Madison, Wisconsin, you may be interested in attending these public events.

Susan Crawford has won the Supreme Court election here in Wisconsin! It's a big win against the candidate who Elon Musk heavily backed, despite Musk spending over $22 million to try to sway voters against Crawford! Onward Wisconsin!

I just deactivated my X account. Happy to be on Blue Sky!

newbooksnetwork.com/champassak-r.... Here's a podcast of me talking about my new book about Champassak Royal Sovereignty with Patrick Jory from the New Books Network.