Carunculated Caracara spotting the landing. These birds are only found in the high Andes Mountains of Ecuador and southern Colombia. They will feed on almost anything including worms, maggots, rodents, birds, and lizards. Caracaras are in the same family as falcons. 🪶 Antisana National Park, Ecuador

The Tropical Royal Flycatcher is a bird that nests in tropical riparian zones and they have an incredible crest that can be difficult to see. They display their crests during courtship, but they also spend a lot of time preening after catching insects and they'll often throw their crest then.

Chuck-will’s-widow anyone? 🪶 #birds

For #FemaleBirdDay here’s a mama Eastern Screech-Owl with two of her four littles. Squee!! 😍 🪶

Spare some loving, healing thoughts for Jey as he recovers from this brutal transphobic assault. Please support the GoFundMe if you can. Let’s make sure the weak, shitty bullies of the world know that if they come for our trans friends they will have to deal with all of us.

Y’all ever watch eastern cottontails play before? 😂 Adorable.

More shorebirds. An absolutely stunning Ruddy Turnstone! 🪶

He is so so mad lmao. Good! Eat shit!

I found a Red-necked Phalarope here over the weekend. Hadn’t seen one since I was still living in Oregon! 😍 🪶

Semi-annual reminder 🪶🚫🍞 (shout out to whoever put this sticker there)

We got to watch this Prairie Warbler shake off and preen himself after taking a bath the other evening. How cuuute! 😍 🪶

Looking at my annual merit increase at the job I’m leaving after next week, and it is still less than I’m being offered at state. Note that I am currently a supervisor. I am taking a job that it going to pay me more to NOT be a supervisor. I made the right choice. 🤣

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LinedUp some Barn Swallows doing exactly that. Two even in the same pose! 🪶

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #LockedOn and this Green Heron is *very* locked on. 🪶

Nixon: "I am not a crook!" Trump: "I am a crook!"

Absolutely brilliant Scarlet Tanager for #MigratoryBirdDay while out with FBC Durham for #GlobalBigDay today. What a stunner. 🪶

Happy World Migratory Bird Day, you guys. Submit an eBird checklist and be part of Global Big Day

My 600mm lens has taken a shit, and looking at the costs of replacements has me 🫠 I am going to explode.

Prothonotary Warbler looking his best for #MetGalaBirds 🪶

Well. I am pleased to announce that I have accepted at job at NCSU in their Center for Applied Aquatic Ecology! Looking forward to returning to the academia life.

Horrendous bander's grip. Banding permit revoked.

Pleated Woodpecker going absolutely HAM today! I love these guys. 🪶

More from South Korea. Little Grebes!! 🪶 #birds

Eurasian Tree Sparrows are just as common in Korea as House Sparrows are here in the states. This one was collecting feathers to add to its nest. 🪶

For #BirdOfTheDay theme #BestOfTheMonth here’s a Louisiana Waterthrush singing its heart out! 🪶

For #TenMinMerlin Do you have any idea how COOL it is to hear a Yellow-breasted Chat singing from YOUR BACKYARD?!

Bonus content! A tale of two slugs. Cute little size comparison between a couple of the slugs in this thread. A behemoth of a Jorunna nudibranch (it was probably 1.5cm at most 😅) dwarfing an even tinier Elysia sea slug. #InverteFest #invertebrates #MarineLife 🐙🦑🧪

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WellTimed. Here’s an Oriental Turtle-Dove the moment it launched itself off a wire! Pyeongtaek, South Korea. 🪶

UGHHHHH

Me: I’m not feeling too jet lagged! Also me: only sleeps from midnight to 4:30am and then naps from 2pm-5:30pm. Help 🙃

MAN it is nice to be home. Here’s a Mourning Dove. 🪶

Always true

Long-tailed Tits! These were high on my wishlist for Korea. 🪶

Did someone say the #BirdOfTheDay is #Insectivores? It wasn't Mr. Tree Swallow, his mouth is full! #birds #becurious 🪶

US customs are a bunch inefficient dipshits if anyone was wondering.

Brown-eared Bulbuls are super charismatic birds that are absolutely everywhere here in Korea. Look at this handsome guy! 🪶 #birds

Magpies are everywhere in South Korea. Azure-winged Magpie! 🪶#birds

Using Merlin in South Korea 👀

First bird I saw in South Korea was an Oriental Magpie while leaving the airport.

Common Grackle giving the stink eye. Maybe because their common name is Common? 😂 🪶

Little migrating songbirds are performing one of the most stunning behaviors on the planet-- some are flying from Brazil to Canada, overnight. When they stop to rest they are exhausted and vulnerable. Protect them by keeping cats inside! It helps cats too! abcbirds.org/solutions/ke...

My dad just casually sending me videos of a rookery back in central California. This is mostly Cattle Egrets, with a Black-crowned Night Heron in the mix! 🪶

Does anyone else switch their car insurance company every time they decide to jack rates up to over $100 a month? 🙋🏻‍♀️ Just switched again today. 😂

#BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Warblers. Here’s a Cape May Warbler shoving its beak in a blossom. 🪶

Alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Pigeons&Doves - Here’s a Mourning Dove and their rather large child in the nest under our neighbor’s roof. 🪶

#BirdOfTheDay today is #Black&Red so how about a Red-headed Woodpecker? 🪶

Preparing for our trip next week 👀 I’ve been studying!

Here’s an Eastern Cottontail munching on some greens in our backyard for Easter.