portrait of me, birding

MTV PIGEON CRIBS

/points wing at two loose sticks

So here is where the magic happens

At dusk, when the swifts are going to roost and the bats are emerging, if it’s a competitive “guess how many I got today” situation, or a friendly “new shift clocking in to the flying insect destruction company” situation.

I’m trying to participate in as many polls as I can this election cycle. I want to blast some jerk company’s internal PowerPoint. Here’s one about permitting reform. We shouldn’t gut permitting! We should hire enough people to do it right!

research-polls.com/2rzU/T165767...

😍😍😍

Until The Sun Explodes

Is no one going to talk about how Sublime is releasing new songs with Bradley Nowell’s son as the lead singer and he’s actually incredible and sounds EXACTLY like his dad and the song is really good???

open.spotify.com/track/0xeoET...

interesting!

A real underdiscussed species, the Bronzed Cowbird puffs up its neck feathers and turns itself into an evil hunchback as part of its territorial display.

Bronzed Cowbird | National Butterfly Center, TX | April 2, 2026

Texas 2026 - Nick and Brendan - eBird Trip Report 29 Mar, 2026 – 05 Apr, 2026. Created by Nick Lund

Can I interest you all in a trip report from south Texas? 204 species! ebird.org/tripreport/4...

Give my photos 5 stars for good karma ;-)

folks the only “sweaty Tiger Woods” I care about is the humid forests of Periyar National Park in Kerala, India

I saw this Long-billed Dowitcher feeding with most of its head under water

White Ibis!

What I think I look like when I’m out looking for Bendire’s Thrashers

gas station bathroom entrance 😎

Clubbing? Music Festival? No, birding in South Texas.

So much fun at the Texas Library Association conference today talking about WORLD WITHOUT BIRDS. I’m proud of this book, proud to work with @workmanpub.bsky.social, and so impressed by all the incredible librarians working in Texas.

My Grandpa is the coolest man alive

LOOK I’ll be in HOUSTON TEXAS next week at the Texas Library Association! Come visit if you’re around!

Afterwards? BIRDS, BABY!

Thanks to @thebirdist.bsky.social and @kennkaufman.bsky.social (et al) for being part of it.

Their Birding Documentary Became a Surprise Hit, but the Reiser Brothers Are Just Getting Started With a new project about their search for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, the irreverent, road-tripping filmmakers behind “Listers” are going for more than laughs.

When we found out the Reiser brothers of ”Listers” fame were searching for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker as part of their next project, we sent our features editor, Alisa Opar, to join them in the swamp. The result is, no surprise, a lotta fun. www.audubon.org/magazine/the...

Has Meta made ANY good products? Trying to think…

-misogynist “hot or not” website turned into Boomer slop scam page
-virtual reality pornography goggles
-$80b failed video game village for losers
-sexual assault glasses

The weren’t split when he was alive #RIP

Monday! No worries but tell all your friends! ;-)

I sent a carrier pigeon is it not there yet??

Btw if you’re in Houston I’ll be speaking at the Texas Library Association conference! Come by!

PLEASE douse me in them

Haha late! It’s gonna snow 4 inches here tomorrow

When the head’s sandy brown and it goes right on down that’s a Cory’s /
With a bright yellow bill like a shiny gold grill, that’s a Cory’s

- how Dean Martin remembers shearwater identification

Will be in Texas 10 days from now seeing the hell out of some birds