We'll fix this situation together, Bob!

A scan of an article about birding and friendship during these difficult times, featuring my photo of a squirrel eating a starling

Please read this article from the June 2025 issue of Birding mag by @aba.org, titled "The Core of Birding: Friendship and Distance", by my friend/editor of Birding, Frank Izaguirre @birdizlife.bsky.social, who also kindly wrote a wonderful foreword to my book "Out of the Lyme Light." #birds

Hey that's me

Hey that's at the Carnegie!

Yellow breasted chat among unripe mulberries, facing right. The bird has a dark head with bold white spectacles, a chonky black beak, a brilliant yellow breast, and white underparts. The wings are mostly hidden but are uniform dark gray.

College bird #104 is none other than the improvisational jazz master of thicket and field, the YELLOW BREASTED CHAT #birds

Gray-cheeked Thrush is probably my favorite.

Warblers often steal the show, but there are a lot of great spring migrants moving north. What's your favorite non-warbler spring migrant?

Indigo Bunting, photographed by Frank Izaguirre

It’s time for another This Month in Birding, this time for April, despite the fact that this episode technically comes out in May. That’s bonus for May rather than a loss for April. Listen to Gabriel Foley, Frank Izaguirre, and Purbita Saha chat with host Nate Swick this week: www.aba.org/72239-2/

We want to hear from you! The American Birding Association is looking for feedback from members and our wider community to help us better understand what's important to you as a birder, and how the ABA can best be of service to birders. www.aba.org/survey2025/

Chicago Nighthawk Project — Chicago Ornithological Society

In 2021, the Bird Conservation Network released its breeding bird analysis, showing a big gap in nighthawk data in Chicago. With more data on their populations, conservation actions can be taken. Do you want to help collect data? Join the COS Nighthawk Project!
www.chicagobirder.org/chicago-nigh...

chitter chitter chitter

Chimney Swifts are returning! Have you heard any chittering yet?

a worm-eating warbler, which is a big warbler, with a large bill, yellowy-caramel in color, with dark stripes on its head, surprising me this morning while birding my patch

A new patch bird for me this morning! Worm-eating Warbler! Philadelphia County, PA 🪶

a Say's Phoebe on a tree branch

🚨LIFER ALERT🚨

I saw my first Say's Phoebe this weekend! It's out of its usual area being here in southern Wisconsin right now. Glad I got to see it! 🪶 #birds #birding #birdwatching #BirdsSeenIn2025

Warblers are on the move!
Have you seen any so far?

Palm Warbler, by Chris Sloan

COMING UP in our June Birding magazine: Peter Kaestner reflects on global birding trends, following in the footsteps of legendary birders Phoebe Snetsinger and Stuart Keith. Join today or renew your ABA membership to make sure you don't miss out on this historic piece: tinyurl.com/2wejns47

Before April 20, there had never been a Cook County, Illinois, record for Mountain Bluebird, Sialia currucoides. But as of April 21, there are three. Chicago appears to be experiencing a Mountain Bluebird invasion. www.aba.org/mountain-blu...

Have you seen the sky dance?

American Woodcocks are performing their famous courtship rituals. Here's what you need to know about this beloved natural history spectacle: www.aba.org/have-you-see...

📷 American Woodcock by Frank Izaguirre

Woohoo, congrats!

Good luck, I hope you get it!

Used to be able to see these in Miami but I think they are gone now

Hellbender and marbled are the salie priorities for me. Someday I will make a directed effort for them.

Amazing spotted salamander night. 15-20!

Here’s an alt text description for the image: A black-and-white New Yorker cartoon by Christopher Weyant depicts a sandpiper lying on a therapist’s couch, appearing to be in a therapy session. The therapist, a human with a mustache, glasses, and a notepad, is sitting in a chair beside the couch, attentively listening. The office has framed certificates on the wall and a lamp on a side table. The caption reads: “Maybe it’s more than just the waves you’re running from.” The cartoon humorously plays on the sandpiper’s natural behavior of running away from waves on the shore, suggesting a deeper psychological meaning.

Silly psy cartoon for the weekend!

Cool Dad Raising Daughter On Media That Will Put Her Entirely Out Of Touch With Her Generation RENTON, WA—Local man Paul Campbell confirmed Saturday he was raising his daughter Emma on a variety of media carefully selected to help her cultivate an appreciation for artistic quality, a move that ...

felt the same way when this one came out: theonion.com/cool-dad-rai...

@thebirderbob.bsky.social too. Ok maybe that counts as a little list.

Also @troydeclan.bsky.social

I wouldn't exactly say I have a list but @burrowingowl.bsky.social and @glengrambo.bsky.social are great.

(follow Mike if you haven't yet)

them: it's just a cardinal photo Mike, it doesn't have to go that hard

Mike:

Cold and snow can enliven the Lower Eastern Shore as evidenced by these Snow Geese