Fall migration season 2025 shorebird MAGIC omg 🪶

How about a busy shorebird with places to go? Shorebirds make everything a little bit better #birds 🌿

Lots of sanderlings, ruddy turnstones, and some barnacles during a coastal prowl this week #Birds #BirdPhotography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Photography

A whimbrel enjoying the sunset #birds

I was adjusting the exposure to capture the rain falling from these impressive storm clouds when an eagle soared into the frame. #photography #birds #storm

Tippy tap tippy tap! 🪶

A Plains Spadefoot Toad avoids awkward eye contact with me the best way it knows how - digging itself backwards into the sand. Ok, bye.

Good morning from SoCal. Three sanderlings on the beach. 🪶

Wheeeeeeee! #birds #fall #migration

Just a normal amount of leg, totally normal.

The Greater Yellowlegs were out in force on Sauvie's today. #birding Portland, Oregon

Whimbrel. 🪶 #whimbrel #birds #birdphotography #birders

Anyway, in extremely important news, did you know that baby sandpipers do the butt wiggles?

Pretty excited to come across some sundew in a fen. Lots in bloom around Churchill right now ❤️

These bird deterrents make great perches!

Juvenile Western Red-tail Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis calurus) perched in a pine tree. 🪶 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western... 👈 @griffithpark.bsky.social #redtail #hawks #raptors #conservation #wildlife #homagebluesky

Red Knots returning from the Arctic. I don't usually see them at this spot during fall migration, so these four birds were on a lil adventure.

lots of Wilson's Phalaropes staging in southern Saskatchewan

oh cool, did you see 181 birds? each click actually represents 50 birds, so the flock was probably ~9000 strong. it's phalarope migration!

I call this one "Retreat of the Shorebird Biologists".

I didn't know that forest fire smoke could block out the sun. These are pics from yesterday from the train, between Le Pas and Thompson, Manitoba. 1st pic is from 5:30 pm, 2nd pic is 6 pm. For perspective, sundown here is 11 pm. The lights on the 2nd photo are from the train's headlights.

Red-shouldered hawk parents running a food delivery service for their nest. #birds #raptors

Oh no! .... Anyways....

Nighttime shorebird work! Long, cold night, but great birds and great views Lots of Sanderlings, Semipalmated Sandpipers, Rex-knecked Phalaropes, and Stilt Sandpipers 🪶

Sandpiper Saturday. #SolitarySandpiper #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #birdsofAlberta #birdsofCanada #NikonZ9

After a week of rain, we finally got out for a few days of shorebird surveys. Don't worry, this isn't an ID challenge.

Absolutely *thrilled* to come across a flock of American golden-plovers. These birds zoom through the prairies in the spring on their epic migration from the pampas of Argentina to the tundra in Canada and Alaska (~13,000 km). Imagine! They don't even look tired #birds

Today is International Migratory Bird Day, so it seems appropriate to post this Blackburnian Warbler that was at our pond a few days ago. He spent considerable time doing some personal grooming. #birds #migration #warblers #Ancaster #HamOnt

Anyone have any dictation-to-text apps they like to use to collect data? There are some great paid options, but free would be nice!

Roberta Bondar just saw how many tabs I have open 💀💀💀

Side-quest on my drive home this afternoon… Red-tailed Hawk 🪶☀️🌵

How about a few seconds of migrating Broad-winged Hawks? 🪶 #spring #migration #hawks

I offer this tiny raptor from the past. It scared me when I took this pic. 😂 #birds 🌿

A western sandpiper strides along the wet sand at surf's edge. #birds

If I had a nickel for every Stump Owls I've stopped for.....

American Avocet says good morning. #GoodMorning #birds

Just a pair of rockstars hanging out 😍😍😍

Thanks for having me, @scifri.bsky.social ! I got to talk about Western Grebe migration and declining shorebird populations!

Drove 3 hours in the dark to be in a certain place at sunrise in search of winter hawks. Here's a Rough-legged Hawk making it all worthwhile. Sackville, #NewBrunswick, Canada December 2024 📸 #birds #RLHA #nature #wildlife #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf

Some Dunlin looking for snacks #birds #photography

A Merlin Showed up for the Winter Solstice! #Merlin #birds #falcon #wildlife #wintersolstice

Calling all scientists—curious for your thoughts! 🧪 What do you believe gets your work the most/the best coverage: 1. Press releases 2. PR professionals reaching out on your behalf 3. Preexisting relationships 4. Talking about work on social media 5. Reaching out to reporters yourself 6. Other

Look at this map. Look at it! This is what Amur Falcons do! Their migration is jaw-dropping. You do not want to miss Suresh Kumar's @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social webinar next week! birdsoftheworld.org/bow/news/amu...

A few Prairie Falcons overwinter on the northern edge of their breeding range, foregoing sand and scrub for a snowscape. With their preferred prey (ground squirrels) hibernating -they switch to feed on ducks, grouse and partridge. #birds

Wowza, get your molt on! A Second-Year Peregrine Falcon. Safely trapped, banded, and released by trained professional with all necessary federal, state, and local permits. Fall migration, Idaho, USA. #FalconFriday #birds #RaptorResearch #BirdsOfPrey

Popping in to check out BlueSky and #Warblur is what I've been missing in my life.

Any one know what this barring is on a double-crested cormorant tail and primary feathers? They look like fault bars, but are mostly on the hard feather vane.

Bald eagles are badass, but not in the some of the ways you think. @janetngbio.bsky.social drops some knowledge on us just in time for the #4thofJuly! 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅 www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

The Fox Squirrels have been galloping around on my roof all day. They sound like tiny elephants on the move. Oh, now they're dropping apples too.

Had a great day in the kayak today.