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I was a bit cold on the FBC walk this morning… 🤣

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #Posted so here’s a Carolina Wren on a fence post! 🪶

This little dude came RIGHT UP TO MY FEET shortly after taking this photo and I’m very upset I did not get a video of said encounter. 😂 Ruby-crowned Kinglet. 🪶

The Great Backyard Bird Count is February 13-16 this year. Starting right *NOW* however is a great webinar about how to participate and why joining this global community science event is important for bird conservation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhB4... #GBBC

I am prefacing this by saying that I am known to dislocate my shoulders on a semi regular basis and it usually is not a problem. No pain, goes back on its own. However yesterday I dislocated one of them and I am in a lot of pain with certain movements. The joys of aging! 😬

We did finally get some last night. Just a couple inches which is pathetic next to the rest of the state 😂

Did see a mink run across the frozen sections of the lake today though!

Man this is bullshit. I wanted the snow!

Doesn’t matter if you’re a US citizen or “legal”, if AI facial recognition says you’re not, you’re gone. Anyone but especially people of color in the United States is at risk of being disappeared to a distant concentration camp at any time

#BirdOfTheDay today is #FavoriteOfTheMonth so here’s some shots I got of a Northern Mockingbird getting ready to pluck a berry off a juniper tree. 🪶

Eastern Bluebird getting a drink off a manhole cover this past weekend. Seems to have been the only water not frozen! 🪶

Northern Mockingbirds are also borbing out in this weather. What a cutie! 🪶

I do not understand why we are open today, we have not had a single client come through lmao

Some fun snowflakes from the #winterstorm today.

Well I was not expecting to see one of these guys today. What are you doing here now?? Cape May Warbler. 🪶

The ice has started

#BirdOfTheDay with some Wilson’s Phalaropes walking (in circles, of course 😂). 🪶

The Boundary Waters, one of the largest wilderness areas left in the US, is at risk! The House could vote to overturn a ban on polluting sulfide-ore mining at the headwaters TODAY, setting a precedent for extraction on other public lands. Contact your reps right now and ask them to vote NO on HJ140!

"Join my peace club"

We’ve got two very different predictions for this weekend’s winter storm…

Ngl lie y’all, I’m pretty homesick for Oregon.

Found a leucistic Dark-eyed Junco today. 🪶

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One of the first birds I photographed in 2026 was this pair of Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers. 😍 🪶

Last bird photographed in 2025 was this adorable little murder bird. A male American Kestrel! 🪶

I’m a little late with the new years posts so here’s my #facefriday from NYE. I need to get my hair thinned out, I’m starting to look shaggy.

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Just a MacGillivray’s Warbler in North Carolina in December. A cool find today, and my first time actually photographing this species (despite seeing them the years I lived in Oregon 😂). 🪶

Merry Christmas! I’ve been busy moving (finally settled in) so haven’t been doing much birding. Here’s a Northern Flicker! 🪶

#BirdOfTheDay #WinterBirds Going with "Classic Winter Bird + Surprise! Winter Bird" (well, not a surprise in my yard, but often surprising to folks) #becurious #birds🪶

We lept out early and #birded all day, nearly 300 miles and 16 hours. Saw several first-of-year species and took some nice photos. Here's a Western Kingbird we saw in Warm Springs, Oregon, More pics tomorrow, including some hard-to-see woodpeckers!

I don’t know how your northerners do your Christmas Bird Counts out in the snow. Did one yesterday with a high of 41°, though it felt much colder wort the wind chill. 🥶

I love Cedar Waxwings. They’re such beautiful birds. Here’s one actually in a cedar tree! 🪶

Good morning! 🪶

Audubon's Christmas Bird Count starts this Sunday and runs through January 5th. This is a 126-year tradition that has built a critically important, long-term dataset on bird populations across the US and much of the western hemisphere. It's also fun and wholesome. www.christmasbirdcount.org

Man moving suuuucks

Here’s an Eastern Bluebird chowing down on some cedar berries. 🪶

There’s a vet office down the road from my place and they have a billboard that they always put dumb jokes or phrases on. The current one is “whiskers on fleek, holiday chic” 🤣

I know I am on the young end of this to be happening, but man hot flashes SUCK.

We had to say goodbye to Truffles today. I hope you’re hanging out with Devo and your sister again now. I love you my sweet old (18 1/2 years) lady. 🥺

Been a minute since I’d seen a Loggerhead Shrike. 🪶

I’m looking forward to the four day weekend coming up. I do not feel like being at work at all this week though. 😂

Big surprise. The corruption is baked in.

YEAAAAAH!!!

THE SKY IS ON NOTICE: The best time to see it is the next several hours. Go find pretty sky! share in a moment with humanity that isn't sadness and rage! www.gi.alaska.edu/monitors/aur...

If you spot two male Northern Flickers facing off, bills raised and calling “wicka,” you’re seeing their famous wicka dance! This flashy display helps them defend territory and sometimes impress a nearby female. Most duels end peacefully when one flicker outdances the other winning the territory.

Happy Exploding Whale Day for those who celebrate :)

Thinking a lot about how poorly our brains recognize long term subtle changes, like climate change or biodiversity loss. We've lost something like 1 out of every 4 individual birds in the US since 1970, more for some species. There should be at least 25% more birds around you right now.