Print of a pair of common murres from Audubon's "The Birds of America." Two breeding plumage individuals sit on a bare rocky shore beside choppy seas.
Plate 218 - Foolish Guillemot (Common Murre)
Illustrated by John James Audubon🪶
Oh yes this is gonna be nice
#birding
Print of a tricolored heron from Audubon's "The Birds of America." One breeding plumage adult struts along in front of a wetland scene with a broad leafed plant behind, and tall palms in the distance.
Plate 217 - Louisiana Heron (Tricolored Heron)
Illustrated by John James Audubon🪶
Great egret stands on a bare horizontal tree limb with breeding feathers wafting in the wind
Great egret - Albany County, New York, April 2026
#birds #birding
A porcupine rests on a tree branch
Caught a North American porcupine while out birding! Albany County, New York, April 2026
#mammals #binoblast
Print of a wood stork from Audubon's "The Birds of America." One adult crouches and bends towards the water from a muddy shore in a swampy bayou scene.
Plate 216 - Wood Ibiss
Illustrated by John James Audubon🪶
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Cooper's hawk runs along a dry grassy field, a horizontal posture
*Bob Seger voice* Love to watch her strut!
Cooper's hawk - Albany County, New York, April 2026
#birds #birding
A researcher says she made up a disease with two posts on Medium, which led to Copilot telling users it was "intriguing and relatively rare." Posting two preprint papers about it online led to ChatGPT diagnosing people with it. 🧪
skepchick.org/2026/04/chat...
A white-breasted nuthatch perches at the end of a snag, seen from below
White-breasted nuthatch, rightside up for once. Albany County, New York, April 2026
#birds #birding
Republicans must be kept from power. They are not intellectually equipped to use it. They operate essentially as adult children. Actually, they're far worse. Children at least have a natural curiosity and a desire to learn.
Print of a pair of razorbills from Audubon's "The Birds of America." Two adults in breeding plumage swim in ocean water in front of a mountain or glacier scene.
Plate 214 - Razor Bill
Illustrated by John James Audubon🪶
Killdeer sits on a sea of pebbles, presumably on a nest
Killdeer - Albany County, New York, April 2026
#birds #birding
#OTD 1961 April 14
Gagarin returns to Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev welcomes Major Yuri Gagarin in Moscow
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This morning I found the first record of Boat-Tailed Grackle for Rockland County, NY. Sound on if you want to hear something really annoying.
Male eastern bluebird looks back over its shoulder, perched on a twig
Eastern bluebird - Albany County, New York, April 2026
#birds #birding #AlbanyPineBush
12th of April jam
#YurisNight
Print of a pair of Atlantic puffins from Audubon's "The Birds of America." One adult stands tall on a grassy island, another sits on a nest in a hole in the ground.
Plate 213 - Puffin
Illustrated by John James Audubon🪶
Palm warbler sings out in the midst of a crisscross of bare twigs
First warbler of the year, let's gooooo! Palm warbler - Albany County, New York, April 2026
#birds #birding
S U P E R B
E Q U I P M E N T
So you admit that cops’ job is to brutally slaughter people who present no threat to them? Interesting!
Print of a great blue heron from Audubon's "The Birds of America." One adult stands at the water's edge surrounded by grasses, bending down towards the water.
Plate 211 - Great Blue Heron
Illustrated by John James Audubon🪶
A man holds several thousand straws in front of his face. Title reads: We used straws wrong the whole time? Person combines multiple together so we can see his face from the other side
That title, ayylmao
I'm glad this mourning cloak posed so well for me, kind of annoying though that it chose to pose on some dung. Still, looking beautiful. Albany County, New York, April 2026
#insects #arthropods #butterflies
3 stars is good actually
Pencil sketch of a red-breasted nuthatch
Reddit user u/determinedcucumber made this drawing, amazing! 🪶
Buck the Zuck! Let Meta shrivel up and die - they deserve it!
RIP
Gone but not forgotten
