This should be on the eBird frontpage! 🪶 macaulaylibrary.org/asset/641825...

This should be on the eBird frontpage! 🪶 macaulaylibrary.org/asset/641825...

Three flying in from the west.

Are we Great yet?

Saving my last cute Japanese stationary sticker for a special occasion, like a marriage proposal or funeral announcement

Right on queue. It's almost every year now since that August 10, 2020 derecho.

I arrived to #aos25 yesterday, Wednesday, and have been leaving stickers around the conference. I have just one left!

Someone sent me this. My artwork made it to the #AOS25 keynote 😎 Register for The Urban Birding Festival www.theurbanbirdingfestival.org/festival-sch... #tubf

Right on queue. It's almost every year now since that August 10, 2020 derecho.

🏅 BOU AWARD NOMINATIONS OPEN Early Professional Award Awarded by BOU Council for an outstanding initial contribution to the field of ornithology Nominate a deserving recipient now! bou.org.uk/about-the... #ornithology 🪶

It's been a while since I rode over 46 miles in a day. I was so exhausted the next day and a bit into Tuesday but what a great time!

This Black-bellied Whistling Duck is such a great bird hanging out in Chicago's North Pond right now. These ducks have been expanding northward in recent years. There are at least 40 hanging in a small pond just south of Peoria, and one behind the Walmart near McHenry, IL.

If you live in a red state where they say there voting yes this is beyond “call them” This is grab the grannies and post up

every map of Chicago is the same smdh

A win! Thank you to everyone who spoke out! After facing bipartisan resistance, the Senate Parliamentarian, ruled that Sen. Mike Lee’s proposal to sell off millions of acres of federal land cannot be included under reconciliation rules.

Re: bsky growth. Reddit was pretty much on nobody's radar for the first 10 years it existed and it was better for it.

Always. Read. Local. News.

ai stands for authoritarian ideas "product you previously used: now with ai" "automate the fun stuff with ai" "in the future everybody will need to be familiar with ai" "get your work done faster with ai" it works try it

We’ve heard reports of guidance for DHS to “pause” raids on agricultural worksites— and we’re skeptical. As long as Border Patrol and ICE are sweeping through farm worker communities making chaotic arrests like they did TODAY, they’re still hunting down farm workers.

And for no reason other than bad luck, I ran into Mike fucking Madigan after lunch.

24 pedestrians were involved in hit-and-run crashes in Chicago *last week* (June 1 to June 7) – were 24 news articles written those crashes?

the fact that media continued to cover noem and allowed the press conference to continue instead of yelling "hey what are you doing, stop" and shutting it down to cover the arrest a) is a huge problem b) can be traced back in a straight line to this failure to act

California Penal Code §314(1) – Indecent Exposure Penalties Under CPC §314(1): Misdemeanor Indecent Exposure may be punished with six months in a county jail, a fine of up to $1,000, and the obligation to register as a Sex Offender for at least ten years.

It's probably time for some of the more progressive leaders, including governors, to come out in full support of the protests.

I, for one, love pigeon people.

Chicago fighting back against ICE. You love to see it 💪

I happily melted when the vocoder hit in Sinner's "I Lied to You"🫠

It was a frantic day for Chicagoans yesterday as ICE operations in the city escalated. Agents abducted a longtime organizer at an ICE check-in site, and separated families inside immigration court. City council members and activists tried to halt the vans. CPD was there:

🪶 - Green Heron, Ronan Park, Chicago, IL.

Absolutely parlay as many as you can into actual IRL pals.

This photo I took of a McDonald's under construction has the aesthetic they should always have.

If you see me out and about, remind me that I have a sticker for you!

🪶 Ruby-throated Hummingbird zipping between trees at Riis Park

another great john lippert story, this one about the world of difference between MISO and PJM, the two major regional electrical grid systems in Illinois. excellent and necessary read to contextualize infra, labor and CRE throughout the state www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/11/i...

Bird photography with the #Pixel9Pro. ✶ Common Yellowthroat ✶ Lincoln's "Fine Point" Sparrow -from Rainbow Beach 🌈🏖️🪴🐦🤳

I've been shooting more video rather than photos lately. Here's a Black-throated Blue Warbler from Sunday at Riis Park. 🪶

Looking to go birding this Spring? I'm leading two series of weekend bird walks in the months of April and May. Saturdays, I'll be at my North Park Village Nature Center at 8am for Chicago Bird Alliance. Sundays, I'm starting a new series at Riis Park at 8:30am for Cornell's #celebrateurbanbirds.

Join us on 5/3 for a bird photography workshop for beginners led by @yorickgarcia.bsky.social! From choosing the right gear to setting your camera and mentally preparing yourself for capturing that perfect shot, we'll make sure you're on the right track. www.chicagobirder.org/events/2025/...

White-crowned Sparrow feeding on dandelions at Horner Park.

We also had a Northern Flicker up on the Sears roof which was just remarkable. I had no idea they would be hanging out up this high.

Just a totally normal morning when 2 geese land on your balcony like loud 747s while you’re trying to make coffee

TFW you're on top of the Sear Tower and a Peregrine Falcon comes by.

🐦!!! A Piping Plover and Acovets by Cody Paulson on the Birding Illinois Discord.