🤯 #aurora #ShareYourWeather Fabulous evening in Southern Manitoba

Inaccurate reporting, he must first serve his rabies bite quarantine.

It's been a while since I posted anything here! I biked to the river mouth a couple days ago and, as I was scouting the flooded lagoon for grebes, this curious Black-bellied Plover walked up to me along the shoulder-height bank, letting me get these shots with the ocean in the background. #birds

If the shooter had killed a leftist podcaster, he would have a multi million dollar Go Fund Me to cover his legal fees tomorrow, and an interview lined up with Charlie Kirk.

The people dominating our political landscape, culture, and economy are just so stupid and full of shit it's almost impossible to describe

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HOW IS THIS REAL AND HOW DID I GET THIS WITH SOMEWHAT CONSUMER GEAR!? #birds 🐣

Pied-billed Grebe babies are back at the local lake! I think these little gremlins are my favorite young birds to photograph, they are so photogenic #birds

I also briefly encountered this Spotted Sandpiper making its way around the lake yesterday - I've never seen one in breeding plumage before (they lose their spots in the winter when they're more likely to be here), so getting to see one with spots was a treat! #birds

Poor lighting for photography yesterday encouraged me to try video, and I'm glad I did - I was lucky enough to capture the elusive Marsh Wren singing its unmistakable song through a gap in the reeds #birds

The crows really do not like the kites! #birds

I ran across the park and jogged up a hill hoping to photograph the White-tailed Kite hunting, but by the time I arrived he had already returned to where I had just been to give food to his mate mid-flight - I'm happy I was still able to get this series of shots from very, very, very far away #birds

It’s #BirdCast season, baby! These early stages of migration will be short distance migrants and “hardy” species that can push north early. Think sparrows, sapsuckers, Hermit Thrush, kinglets, Yellow-rumpeds, etc. #birds #spring #migration

Turns out there are two White-Tailed Kites! And it also turns out that they are VERY unfazed by the mobbing crows, haha. #birds

This lone Snowy Plover landed near me while I was (mostly unsuccessfully) trying to photograph some bathing terns on the beach the other day. I'm glad it did, because this ended up being my favorite shot of the morning #birds

This picture didn't turn out exactly as I'd hoped, but I do really like that you can see the reflection of the sunset over the ocean in this Black Phoebe's eye #birds

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I captured this Marbled Godwit the other day looking very pleased with its foraging while making the most of overcast conditions #birds

A surprising sight at Guajome park: a beautiful White-tailed Kite has been hanging out at the top of this eucalyptus for a couple of days, despite regular mobbing by the resident crows. I've only ever seen one at a great distance before, so this was cool to see, despite the stick in the way! #birds

American Pipits are still here - I watched this one foraging in the dew this morning. #birds

Pelicans at sunset #birds

Yesterday I was at LA City Hall with 100s of striking fast food workers Then I drove 300 miles to Yosemite I didn't understand parking, but I got this out of my sunroof while driving! This is what Musk, at best, wants to privatize for profit, and at worst, wants to destroy We wont let them! 🧵

Captured this beautiful Northern Flicker calling from the top of a tree where Ash-throated Flycatchers nested last year - although I did my best to stabilize this video, it's still pretty shaky! I should've brought my tripod, but alas #birds

Diving pelican lit by the sunset filtered through a raincloud #birds

Non-bird shot - saw this coyote a while back munching on some small critter across the parking lot from my car at Wilderness Gardens; very wary of me, but not too wary to not finish its breakfast before scurrying off.

I think this shot from last month is my favorite Ruddy Duck picture I've ever taken. I just got my camera back from Canon for a shutter repair, so hopefully I can brighten people's timelines with more bird photography soon. #birds

same methods, different era

the right seized on a small group of people they thought couldn’t fight back, who they could scapegoat for any and everything, and then likened those people’s freedom to the collapse of the nation—and those in power who said they opposed such things failed to stop them

I had the joy and good fortune of getting to playtest several sessions of Realis, on both sides of the table. I adored the places it pushed me to, and the places we were able to push it in turn. you need this one imo, no question

Sometimes I think high key black-and-white is the only way to make photos taken on a dreary day pop - like this Nuttal's Woodpecker for #WoodpeckerWednesday #birds

A very curious Marsh Wren that, after I took this picture, got so close to my boots that my lens could no longer focus on it - I had to zoom out to 200mm to get this shot! #birds

where does the new york times even find these people

A very fluffy Marsh Wren at sunrise on a cool winter morning #birds

The pet food industry and pet parent consumers are just as susceptible to fad diets as in the human food industry. Raw, grain free, refrigerated - there is no inherent nutritional value for your pet with these. Cheap commercial diets are fine for almost all pets.

The Shearwaters have stuck around Oceanside - it's amazing to watch so many birds swoop and dive in formation. With their dark backs and bright white undersides the flock shimmers as they fly back and forth. #birds

For the past few days, there's been a flock of several thousand Black-vented Shearwaters off the coast, sometimes stretching over a mile. It's been incredible to watch them gather and feed, presumably on the same fish the dolphins and pelicans have been going for lately #birds youtu.be/mhPOlLmfE58

Woo hoo. It was awesome. This is one of Jon’s pictures of “our” dark red tailed hawk in our count area. We had total of 83 species. 🪶

An incredible sight just off the coast this morning. I think these are Black-vented Shearwaters, which are not usually seen up here - thousands and thousands of them! #birds

Christmas Bird Count was yesterday! Had an incredible time with @heaposheep.bsky.social and @socalleslie.bsky.social. Highlights included: Loggerhead Shrike, Tropical Kingbird, Burrowing Owl (!) and an immature male Vermillion Flycatcher. What a blast; can't wait to do it again next year. #birds

From this past Spring - a Black Phoebe parent with an adorably fluffy juvenile #birds

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A brave and loud Song Sparrow from the lake shore the other day #birds

Two American Wigeons hanging out at the lake at sunrise #birds

This Ruddy Duck was in the right place at the right time for me to capture it against these sunrise reflections #birds

LETS FUCKING GO: The past several weeks I've been watching eared grebes going after a ton of anchovies about 10 ft below my feet due to a walking bridge being over a local wilderness reserve. I finally got stills of a fish being chased on top of the water several days ago, and today I got video! 🪶

This particular Common Yellowthroat seems to have gotten somewhat used to my presence at the lake; it regularly comes close to see what I'm doing while I'm photographing ducks and other birds on the water #birds