"Shorter winters, spring warming, and earlier first spring leaves can disrupt the annual cues that birds rely on to begin their migrations.

These disruptions may impact the long-term survival of bird populations."

Great info at www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...

Credit: @climatecentral.org

Totally. There is something calming and serene about watching them skim the waves with the setting sun behind them!

Join @nycbirdalliance.org and fellow New Yorkers in making the City safer for migrating birds by taking our Lights Out Pledge.

Find out more and take the pledge here: nycbirdalliance.org/our-work/adv...

#ChirpUpForTheBirds #LightPollution #LightsOutPledge #SaveTheBirds #MigratingBirds

Go pelicans!

How Cryptocurrency Mining Could Threaten South America’s Wetlands and Dry Forests • The Revelator A law signed by the Trump administration could boost global crypto demand, increasing pressure on hydropower-rich countries like Brazil and Paraguay.

#Cryptocurrency needs #datacenters and abundant energy. Will forests and wetlands in the Amazon suffer as a result? Today on @therevelator.org therevelator.org/cryptocurren...

"A squirrel's tale he didn't live to tell.. reverse the peril."

If you want to watch, go here. The eaglets should be hatching any moment or day now.
www.youtube.com/live/IVmL3di...
P.s. The squirrel was evidently consumed; the tail is decoration for the nest.

#BaldEagles #ChirpUpForTheBirds

Cloudy day eagle, Rock River this week:

#birds #eagle #nature

Alan @alan678.bsky.social said today's #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #speckled any bird with speckled markings. So this is an Osprey wearing her speckled necklace after her long trip north to her nest in western PA. #birds #Ospreys #wildlilfe #nature #EastCoastKin #pennsylvania #nikonZ

#BirdoftheDay theme is #speckled. Here's a #northernflicker. #birds

Incredible Journeys: Keeping Tabs on Migrating Whooping Cranes • The Revelator Tracking this small population of big birds is revealing potentially significant changes in their habits.

"Endangered whooping cranes (Grus americana) are among North America’s rarest birds, but also one of its most well-known."

Read about #whoopingcranes, their habitats, migration patterns, conservation efforts and more in @therevelator.org by Melissa Gaskill: therevelator.org/migrating-wh...

Photos: Birds in Early Springtime Recent images of some of our fine feathered friends at work and at play in the warming Northern Hemisphere

Check out these "recent images of some of our fine feathered friends at work and at play in the warming Northern Hemisphere" by @kokogiak.bsky.social in @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

#BirdPhotography #BirdPhotographers #ChirpUpForTheBirds

"Noise pollution is affecting bird behavior across the globe, disrupting everything from courtship songs to the ability to find food & avoid predators, a large-scale new analysis showed on Wed." More via @phys.org.web.brid.gy: phys.org/news/2026-02...
#NoisePollution #Breeding #BiodiversityLoss

Trump Administration to Finalize Protections for 11 South Florida Plants and Animals - Inside Climate News The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service settled federal litigation over the species’ plight. But the wood stork will lose its listing under the Endangered Species Act.

“Wood storks rely on healthy wetlands to find food, but this administration has gutted protections for them under the Clean Water Act,” said Elise Bennett of @biologicaldiversity.org.

Read Amy Green @insideclimatenews.org: insideclimatenews.org/news/0902202...

#WoodStork #EndangeredSpeciesAct

Catch of the Day: Birders Capture Image of ‘Odd’ Duck and Accidentally Make a Key Scientific Discovery Birders inadvertently provided researchers at Loyola University with a key bit of documentation related to invasive species and microplastics.

"@mccawley.bsky.social, one of the birders who photographed the scoter, didn’t set out to make a contribution to science."

Read about birds ingesting #microplastics via @pjdubs.bsky.social in @wttw.bsky.social : news.wttw.com/2026/02/18/c...

#WhiteWingedScoter #BirdPhotography #BirdPhotographers

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOverWater.

A Brown Pelican sails along the coastline over the Pacific.

#birds 🪶 #Nature #wildlife #BirdPhotography #photography #EastCoastKin #nikon #FlyDay

Go bird-watching this weekend and support a global community science project Avian enthusiasts around the world will identify and count birds from February 13 through February 16 as part of a massive community science project

"What are you doing this weekend?"
Read about the Great Backyard Bird Count, organized by the @cornellbirds.bsky.social, @audubon.org & @birdscanada.bsky.social, in @sciam.bsky.social by @katewong.bsky.social: www.scientificamerican.com/article/join...

#GreatBackyardBirdCount #GBBC #BirdWatching

Will you be participating in the Great Backyard Bird Count this weekend? Share this post to let folks know.
It doesn't matter where you bird this weekend, participating in GBBC is a great way to support birds. Spread the word so we can make this the biggest GBBC yet! www.birdcount.org/participate/

A horned lark, a brown bird with white belly and black markings around its head, chest, and eye. There is a yellow tint to the feathers on its face. Its standing on a dry grass ground with snow visible on the ground in the background.

An eastern towhee, a bird with a black back/head, orange sides, and white belly. It’s standing on snow.

A female northern cardinal, a gray bird with red wings, crest, and tail feathers. It’s standing on a bare, thin branch

A white-throated sparrow, a bird with a brown back, white belly, grey chest, and black cap. It has white stripes along its head and yellow markings by its eyes. It’s standing on snow.

Back at Parker River, MA today and finally got my lifer snowy owl!!!!!!! It was a distant scope sighting so no photos, but winter isn’t over yet…

Lots of fun glamour shots of other species! Pictured: horned lark, lifer eastern towhee, northern cardinal, and white-throated sparrow 🪶🌿

Spent some time among southern pine and ran into a red-headed woodpecker, brown headed nuthatch and the threatened red-cockaded woodpecker. The latter two are lifers and amazing birds to watch. Vocal and active with limited range. #birding #birdphotography

There’s a clash between duck hunters and bird-watchers at Florida’s 4th-largest lake Birders and hunters are often philosophically at odds.

"What lures bird-watchers to Lake Apopka is the same thing that brings hunters there. But one group shoots pictures, while the other shoots ducks."

Read Stephen Hudak @tampabaytimes.bsky.social: www.tampabay.com/news/environ...

#BirdWatching #BirdSpotting #DuckHunters #FloridaBirding

Sometimes life throws you a curve ball, some times it hits you in the head with a 100 mph fastball (baseball analogy). Can't tell you how much #birding and #nature help you get through the tough times, slows you down and focuses the mind. #gratitude

An expressive watercolour painting of a male cardinal bird

Continuing with the American birds theme, one bird I really like to paint is the cardinal. This is the 3rd cardinal painting I've done and my favourite of the three.

#watercolours #birdart 🪶

Bald Eagles can have a concerned expression when looking straight on.

#sandhillcrane
#milford, #MI

#birds
#photography
#birdphotography
#BirdWatching
#birdsofbluesky
#nature
#wildlife
#wildlifephotography

A Texan's Guide to Birding The go-to companion for curious newcomers and longtime birders alike

For #TravelThursday, we offer up "A TEXAN’S GUIDE TO BIRDING" from @texashighways.bsky.social.

Texas is one of the best places in the world for #BirdWatching. Its diverse landscapes house a vast number of species.
texashighways.com/travel/a-tex...

#BirdSpotting #TexasBirding #BirdingDestinations

Had a good day with the camera yesterday. Osprey on the hunt.

A Bald Eagle couple hanging out at the Great Blue Heron rookery. The Great Blue Herons should be arriving back at the nests in about a month.

Snowy owl perched on a barbed wire fence.

Lifer pie! My first snowy owl! 🪶

This bird travels thousands of miles to winter in N.J. | Gloucester County Nature Club Snow geese are one of the most impressive sights in a New Jersey winter landscape, and a reminder of the abundant bird life seen by the earliest settlers.

Up to about 50 years ago, arctic #SnowGeese wintered mainly on salt marshes along the coast as far south as North Carolina. Now, you can see them in New Jersey thru April.

Read Karl Anderson of Gloucester County Nature Club in NJ.com: www.nj.com/gloucester-c...

#BirdWatching #BirdSpotting

Photo taken at Arlingham Gloucestershire A female kestrel is a small, slender bird of prey, a little larger than the size of a pigeon or a Mourning Dove (10-13 inches long). She is primarily identified by a warm, brown appearance with patterned feathers, often seen hovering over roadsides or fields.

The alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #openwings birds with wings out - set by @alan678.bsky.social ~ Here's a female Kestrel struggling to hold on to her perch in strong winds along the River Severn, Gloucestershire 🪶🦉 #ukbirding #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #EastCoastKin #naturetherapy #BirdsOfPrey