After finishing Oklahoma yesterday, today I visited my 254th and final county for Texas... and celebrated with a jar of 254 regular M&Ms!

I am on a quest to go birding in every county in the United States. Today I ticked my 77th and final county for Oklahoma, and celebrated with a jar of 77 peanut M&Ms.

Yesterday I was notified that an NEH grant I'm on has been canceled by the Trump Administration. The point of the grant was to develop humanities courses that integrate data science. Guess that was too woke for somebody. This administration simply does not know what it is doing.

Out here at the protest in front of NIST in Boulder, Colorado. This town is home to a big number of this nation's climate scientists among other experts. We're feeling the impact and we're not taking it lying down.

Personal milestone: Finally caught up on uploading my 21-year backlog of bird sound recordings to the eBird archive. Support scientific archives 👍 #birds #birding

The true story of an endangered crane who had to learn to love her own species. #Birds in #kidlit -- two of my favorite things.

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Proud to present the efforts of our data advocacy team funded by a grant from the University of Colorado system. Join us on Zoom for this event today.

Okay, pals. Time for action this month. We're going to do that by funding classrooms that are specifically seeking out Black history books. These classrooms are those that are in historically underfunded communities. These asks are from teachers whose students benefit directly.

This is now my favorite bird photo. macaulaylibrary.org/asset/628444...

This episode, featuring appearances from @thebirdist.bsky.social, @drew-weber.com, and @npieplow.bsky.social, is riveting. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

"This is going to be the status quo. Things are not getting better for birds. Tackling climate change, habitat destruction and pollution is the best chance we’ve got at protecting them, at home and abroad." --Alex Bond #Birds www.birdlife.org/news/2024/11...

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Oy. Birds can throw rocks now?

Greetings from the highest point in Oklahoma

After two field guides to bird sounds, I decided to change gears and write fiction. Turns out novels are harder than I thought! But several years and manuscripts later, with the help of my writing partner Katheryn, @sarahnfisk.bsky.social, and a great critique group, here we are! #writing #kidlit

You found us! 🐧💙   Just like these happy Gentoo penguin chicks, we’ve found a fresh new home here on Bluesky! ✨   Every bird deserves a healthy habitat—and for us, this new space feels like the perfect fit for sharing stories, sparking conversations, and working together for conservation.   #NewNest

Great-tailed Grackles sound like car alarms. Big flocks shriek all night in grocery store parking lots. One of my all-time top ten favorite birds. #birds #addbirder

Two Slate pieces make the same point: we need community, but we don't want to do the work. I feel that. (slate.com/life/2024/11...)

My new favorite tag on Macaulay Library just dropped. Look at all these sweet plumage mutations. search.macaulaylibrary.org/catalog?sort...

Call to action, Chicago! The city is speeding thru the approval of the lakefront quantum computing facility without community input, continuing Chicago's legacy of prioritizing developer profits over neighborhood needs. This development is particularly concerning for bird conservationists. 1/x

An adorable baby muskox along the Dalton Highway on Alaska's North Slope, June 2024. #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature

By way of an introduction on here: Hi everyone! I wrote these two books. I will happily talk about bird sounds all day, if anyone wants to discuss.