14 straight days of 10k+ steps.

Found a WOTH

Yikes

It’s 15 April and I haven’t heard a WOTH in Rock Creek Park yet this morning.

Southern PG Co day continues. FOS species so far: BTNW, OVEN, WOTH, and WEVI. Lots of YTWA around Jug Bay, all dominicas with a couple albilora x dominicas thrown in. Brief stop at Jackson Landing waterfront before I head to Cheltenham Wetlands Park.

I hope the uniform guy made fun of his colleague afterwards

Fly eagles fly

Today’s bird of the day: a banana-mouth female Green Honeycreeper.

My wife bought herself a pair of Nike Dunks which I told her I really liked. I am MILDY IRRITATED.

You do what to your dog?

Birding in Bhutan 2018: Paro to Darachu YouTube video by Greg Baker

Good content example 2: youtu.be/DvjuhcNaGfk?...

Birding Arenal Observatory Lodge in Costa Rica, Private YouTube video by Jabiru Stories

Good content example 1: youtu.be/c_4jXVxonlM?...

Although the number of birders creating good content (high production value + accurate, well-researched information) is low. And spending a lot of money is not required for high production value.

Each time I ignore a travel blogger on YouTube, five more appear on my feed.

The Canadians no longer visit down the shore — but why'd they come here in the first place? • New Jersey Monitor Canadians used to be regular visitors to the Jersey Shore — but a poor economy up north and more recent hostility from the U.S. changed that.

It's time for my one weird Jersey Shore story for the year, and of course I wrote about the Canadians. But instead of asking if they're coming, I looked into why they came in the first place via @newjerseymonitor.com newjerseymonitor.com/2025/05/26/t...

Burger King will be the death of me.

25 years ago yesterday I saw Supergrass at the TLA in Philly. Thank you, Concert Archives, for reminding me how old I am.

Weeks ago…

Rice finds antidote to Madrid’s magic and provides glimpse of his ultimate potential | Barney Ronay Arsenal conclusively outplayed Real Madrid, led by brilliant performances from Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice

An example of great sportswriting www.theguardian.com/football/202...

I saw some people posting about Ben Shapiro and remembered the greatest video ever made

Dire wolf revived through biotech company's de-extinction process Biotech company Colossal Biosciences said it has brought back the dire wolf, an animal that went extinct 10,000 years ago, through its de-extinction process.

Incorrect: "I think that the best definition of a species is if it looks like that species, if it is acting like that species, if it's filling the role of that species then you've done it.” 6abc.com/post/dire-wo...

Dawn Staley: runner-up, pioneer ... Legend YouTube video by Secret Base

I think Dawn Staley has had a genuinely one-of-a-kind career that cannot be replicated www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GCL...

Thank you for your service, @booker.senate.gov

USAID is a massive funder of global biodiversity conservation

Shutting it down will accelerate the extinction of endangered species and the collapse of our life support systems

Happy holidays, Rita

Happy holidays, Rita

This is sad. End of a tradition metro.co.uk/2022/12/03/t...

Andre Braugher’s portrayal of Detective Frank Pembleton in Homicide is one of the finest in television history apple.news/AlBpRyRR5TkO...