First link to preorder Energy, Society, and Environment: A Critical Introduction. Blackwell-Wiley, out September 2026. www.amazon.fr/Energy-Socie...

🐦‍⬛❤️ Tue, Apr 7 Sometimes, when in search of foraging gray whales, one happens upon 3 dozen foraging Oyster Catchers. In this beautiful complex place there is always someone or something to marvel at. Yesterday there was a plethora of whales; let’s 👀 who’s here today. 🎥 By Alisa LB 3/29. #psws

Tree Swallow gathering nesting material this morning, on the Puget Sound prairie.

Tree Swallow gathering nesting material this morning, on the Puget Sound prairie.

I love how much people love the American Woodcock every time they make a splash in Bryant Park. Here’s the full migration map for these dancing little weirdos. I’d love to see one someday explorer.audubon.org/explore/spec...

set up a nesting box with cam nine days ago and this morning got a prospective tenant - fingers crossed that his mate will approve

I have questions for MrBeast.

"A young tech entrepreneur who recently moved to Florida got upset when he ran into obstacles while trying to build a house on the habitat for the endangered Florida scrub-jay. So he filed a lawsuit attempting to strip the bird of its federal protection."

the trump administration is selling this country wholesale to rapacious, extractive industries that will destroy our collective resources for private profit morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-t...

The April issue of HCN is out now! We’re taking a hard look at the on-the-ground impacts of the Trump administration’s sweeping staffing and budget cuts, especially in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. buff.ly/Zb1UBkW

Breaking: A panel called the "God Squad" just voted to waive Endangered Species Act protections for oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. @nytimes.com gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/c...

🚨Breaking News 🐢🐋 The Endangered Species Committee voted today to exempt oil and gas development in the Gulf from the #EndangeredSpeciesAct, putting endangered species in the Gulf in jeopardy.📲 https://www.nwf.org/Home/Latest-News/Press-Releases/2026/3-31-2026-God-Squad-Exempt-Oil-ESA

A federal panel voted to exempt oil and gas companies from complying with the Endangered Species Act when drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. The decision will have outsize impact on endangered species such as Rice’s whales, sea turtles and whooping cranes. https://wapo.st/3QbEeMn

#CMSCOP15 was a breakthrough for migratory bird conservation across the Americas with governments agreeing to establish the CMS Initiative of the Americas Flyways (IAF), a dedicated mechanism to drive coordinated, cross-border implementation of the Americas Flyways Framework & its Action Plan. 2/12

Yesterday the Convention on Migratory Species COP15 closed in Campo Grande, Brazil, with government Parties committing to major advances in migratory bird conservation especially for #seabirds, #raptors, #shorebirds, landbirds & the Americas Flyways. #birds #CMSCOP15 #wildlife @cms.int 🧵1/12

1st details emerge about Google's gargantuan new data center at Little Rock port: 7 buildings covering 1.43M square feet of space; nearly 17 acres of wetlands will be destroyed. #Arkansas #arpx #arnews www.arkansasonline.com/news/2026/ma...

The biodiversity crisis is as urgent as the climate crisis.

Great work by @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social at #CMSCOP15!

This land should be feeding wildlife and people, not livestock and cars.

As #CMSCOP15 starts today, AFP highlights the Hudsonian godwit, one of the world’s most extraordinary migratory birds which has declined 95% in just four decades, showing why international action matters now more than ever. In English: www.france24.com/en/live-news... En français : f24.my/Bog9

Exciting to be here in Campo Grande and seeing people around the world dedicated to protecting migratory species. Hoping to see this energy turn into action!

We banned lead from gasoline. From paint. From children's toys. Republicans just voted to keep it in our wildlife refuges, killing bald eagles and over 130 species, because the gun lobby told them to. @rephuffman.bsky.social: Our public lands belong to the American people, not the NRA.

They want to make an endangered whale species go extinct so some guys can make more money and cook the planet

The Trump administration plans to convene the so-called God Squad, a high-level federal panel that has the power to override protections under the Endangered Species Act, for a meeting related to oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico. nyti.ms/4ryiffG

They want permitting reform to give $1.5 trillion to the oil and gas industry. www.sfgate.com/national-par...

Gutting wetland protections and energy efficiency to promote housing development -- is this Abundance?

You really shouldn't be eating warblers Josh

Potoo (Pot-two-O)

Max St. John is a new type of birding celebrity. The ABA interviewed Max St. John, whose massively popular videos have introduced thousands of people to birding, about how he blends humor with birding culture in the age of online content creators. Read here: www.aba.org/a-new-type-o...

If plant-based foods must be more 'honest', let’s do the same for meat – fancy some ‘cow-muscle tissue' or 'pig belly'? By Deirdra Barr www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

11:45 - orcas are visible on the webcam. T137s are also present w/99s… they are stalled making directional changes, possibly hunting. #psws www.youtube.com/live/DT06E0A...

I was in Roma, TX 12 days ago as this island was being cleared. Now a resident shared this photo that it's almost entirely devegetated. None of the relevant state or federal agencies answered my questions about the border security work being done in Roma. insideclimatenews.org/news/0403202...

Love to see wildlife conservation-themed movies doing well.

We Can’t Address Affordability Without Tackling Corporate Power newrepublic.com/article/2064...

'Freshwater ecosystems across the country are in crisis, “overdrawn, polluted, fragmented and invaded.” Marine and terrestrial ecosystems are degraded, with reduced biodiversity. An estimated 34% of plant species and 40% of animal species are at risk of extinction.' www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/c...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning to widen the shipping channel leading into Port Everglades, blasting through a coral reef and dredging up sediment that could smother acres of coral, federal scientists say. https://wapo.st/4r7kRAU

Follow me on Substack! A new edition of the Turning to Birds Newsletter comes out tomorrow morning. See you all there!

It’s amazing how quickly nature can respond when we give it a chance.

Birds are good politics

Scientists and other experts were preparing an assessment of the health of nature in the US when Trump returned to the White House. He canceled the report. The researchers went ahead and compiled it on their own. This week, they released a 868-p draft for public comment and scientific review.

It implies that we are visitors in someone else’s country.

Only Congress has the authority to declare war. The bipartisan War Powers Resolution would have enforced that power + required Trump to seek our approval for further action in Iran. Instead, Congress has basically given him a free pass and set a terrible precedent for future war powers disputes.

Oof, come on.

BREAKING: 1.25% for #Wildlife in #ORLeg #ORPol has PASSED THE #OREGON LEGISLATURE through ENORMOUS EFFORT by AMAZING ADVOCATES! On to Gov. Kotek! Press release here:

One of the most important places for birds in the country, if not the hemisphere.

Big announcement from us: we are fully funded, we met our goal. I cannot thank everyone who supported us enough. We are putting the pedal on the gas to put out work worthy of your trust.

Some quiet wisdom for a bloody day: The living world also sustains us in ways we hardly recognize until we have been deprived of it for too long. The feel of turned soil in our hands, the scent of flowers on a breeze ... this is the world we were born for." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/o...

DHS is rapidly pushing to wall off Big Bend National Park. Big Bend's former NPS superintendent says: “This is the biggest incursion on the integrity of national parks since the construction of the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in Yosemite more than a century ago.” www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

“Died during strikes”. Interesting passive voice for one of the most unprecedented assassinations of a head of state by other nations in modern history.