Ok, which one of you sent me this @tommysiegel.bsky.social extremely accurate birds calendar? It's very inappropriate and you should be ashamed. It will hang in my office.

some christmas New Yorker rejects, for you.

i’m sorry but it’s time that i showed you all the truth

Got this tasteful piece by @tommysiegel.bsky.social printed for the lab! Now just to find an appropriate spot for it… 🦉

continuing a streak of comics for exclusively birders with the brilliant @willsantino.bsky.social

easily in my top ten great-blue-heron-related cartoons I’ve drawn this year

a brief summary of what it’s like to be online in 2025

may i present to you… the first four birds of the twelve days of christmas, drawn as accurately as possible (and no, these are not photos)! please let me know if you have any constructive criticism, i am simply striving for anatomical accuracy.

wishing a very happy let’s-circle-back day to all who celebrate

Despite the forces of the world aligning against everything good and pure, here is a fully-produced multi-track song in the style of early 2000s Justin Timberlake about the Yellow-rumped Warbler.

i’m working on some truly unhinged bird content

Difficult to believe, but this is *not a photograph*. It's a hyper-realistic illustration by @tommysiegel.bsky.social. He and Billy Libby are writing a song about *every bird species*, and asked me to judge whether their Butter But song was extremely accurate (or not). You be the judge... 🦉

not gonna lie, our newest single artwork goes pretty hard our podcast quest to write a song for every bird species continues… lnk.to/extremelyacc... (an absolute honor to have warbler expert @davetoews.bsky.social on the pod to judge what’s potentially our most ridiculous song to date…)

bird song

some comics only birders will understand, a thread:

an absolute rockin’ honor to have the great @thebirdist.bsky.social on the last episode of the Extremely Accurate Bird Songs podcast to play him our Osprey song and talk about this awesome and rockin’ bird. (He tried to guess the genre and absolutely nailed it)

ducking autocorrect

inaccurately-named birds, a helpful guide:

Osprey is the thinking man’s Bald Eagle. For people who use their brains. You’re not a thinking person if you like Bald Eagles, is what I’m saying. One of the dumb people, I mean.

Who’s cooler… the Bald Eagle, or the Osprey?? (an absolute honor to have @thebirdist.bsky.social on the latest episode of Extremely Accurate Bird Songs. Our quest to write and produce a song for EVERY bird species continues…)

on becoming an “elder millennial” (and birder)

go birds!

perhaps you would enjoy my meticulous illustrations of birds! in my fourth year of challenging myself to draw realistic birds, I have heard very few complaints — perhaps my realism has finally arrived! www.tommysiegel.net

i woke up with hate in my heart

i can show you the world

a tale as old as time

two dogs lovingly sharing food was always the least believable part

ok this joke might be a little too specific

now that the year is almost over… a recap of my 2025 calendar.

thanksgiving dinner, candy hearts edition

Folks, he's done it again! A Thanksgiving masterpiece

gobble, gobble, gobble! and no, this is not a photo — it’s a meticulous drawing of a gorgeous wild turkey with full attention to detail. as always, i am striving to improve, so let me know if you have any constructive criticism to aid me in my quest to achieve full realism!

i won’t be able to sleep a wink tonight because i’m so excited to see my favorite macy’s parade float

what your favorite thanksgiving dish says about you, a helpful guide

I am delighted to announce I have received no constructive criticism this year so far… it seems my realism has come a long way! that being said, if you have constructive thoughts, please don’t be shy! I am always trying to improve my photorealism.

ok so i got some *more* constructive criticism from bird artists on my attempts at drawing birds. many said the legs weren’t realistic enough and i suspect they were right. i think i finally got it in this year’s calendar though, lemme know what you think

I just think it would be neat if turkeys used the same technique to draw us

ok so i got some *more* constructive criticism from bird artists on my attempts at drawing birds. many said the legs weren’t realistic enough and i suspect they were right. i think i finally got it in this year’s calendar though, lemme know what you think

a recent New Yorker reject, for you.

it is truly one of the treasures of nature that they look so elegant from every angle except this one

no one ever thinks about the frog

uh oh, it’s fairy tale romance

hey @grok are these birds extremely accurate

These really crack me up

are you sick of generative AI slop? why not fight back by adorning your home with gorgeous birds that only an attentive birder could draw? www.tommysiegel.net

My cartoon in this week’s New Yorker is so specific that I truly cannot believe it made it into print, lol

going live on Patreon tonight for some Extremely Accurate Bird Songs (the podcast) trivia tonight at 8 pm EST… would love to see ya there! Plus we’ll be playing some new song snippets and announcing some exciting news…! www.patreon.com/extremelyaccuratebirdsongs

Oh it's glorious and it shall be a fantastic gift.

is this… the perfect white elephant gift?

let’s be real: in this situation everyone is the purple heart