Close-up, ground-level photo of an American woodcock nestled in the leaves, apparently sitting on a nest.

Today, after nearly stepping on her, I made a new friend.

#Timberdoodle #Woodcock #photooftheday #MAwildlife #NewEnglandWildlife #ScolopaxMinor #AwesomeBirds

🗣️ FOLKS! I wandered out on this sketchy old railroad bridge to bring you this edition of #AwesomeBirds, featuring some real big boys. Do you recognize these honkers? 🎺

🗣️ FOLKS! We out here waterfowling and found some adorable ducks 🦆 that have a great little frog-like 🐸 vocalization. Get on down to your local marsh now and listen up for these guys! #AwesomeBirds

This is EXACTLY what I’m here for. Love these #AwesomeBirds clips 👌🏻

🗣️ FOLKS! Our long national nightmare is over. No, not that one... but Spring is springing and #AwesomeBirds is back! See if you recognize this early migrant and spread the #AwesomeBirds gospel! 🙏

Rather #awesomebirds

Strawberry blonde dog with a docked tail and whitish face with a black nose looking back at camera while she's in an autumn woodlot. I think she heard a squirrel.

Corgi-faced dog with one ear up and one down, sitting on dry grass and facing the Sun with eyes closed.

Middle-aged white guy watching an OKC Thunder basketball game with cute dog curled up on his chest, seemingly sound asleep.

Bright sunny day with green trees and blue sky – strawberry-blonde, Corgi-faced dog is sitting on a brick wall staring into the distance at the neighbors' chickens.

You know her! You love her! If you've met her, she's probably bitten you. (Sorry about that.) She's been my companion for I think every #AwesomeBirds clip I've shared. It's #Nellie, and it's her birthday! #BlueSkyDogs #DogsOfBlueSky

Fascinating account of identifying various bird species depicted in ancient art. Bonus pondering about the tension between creative expression and realism in art.
#SomethingBeautiful
#AwesomeBirds

Horizontal tree branch with chick and adult grey speckled frogmouths sitting next to each other. Chick is small and puffy with bright orange eyes. Adult in characteristic camouflaged mode with straightened body and colouration that looks like a branch.. male adult is facing to the right with closed eye and side view of large beak

Tawny #frogmouth voted Australian 2025 bird of the year - and it’s about time! Here’s one of my favourite photos of a curious chick and parent (male) desperately trying to get the fluffball to imitate how to look like a branch 😊 #Camoflauge #AwesomeBirds #wildoz

Time for another #AwesomeBirds #WildOz edition. This distinctive jobbie is found throughout mainland Australia, but rarely sits still. Often in pairs, these dim sim sized champions can be tricky to spot, but once you key in on their sharp notes, you’ll notice them all over.

Strolling through the McClelland Sculpture Park, we were intrigued by an unfamiliar hoot/hum/om: we counted at least four birds in different thickets, one with a slightly higher-pitched voice.

Turn the video volume to max: it’s a very quiet call amongst the wind and traffic noise.

#AwesomeBirds

🗣️ FOLKS! We’ve got a #BorealBoi up here in central New York for this episode of #AwesomeBirds. This guy was so loud, I heard him out the car window and had to pull over to record this in the middle of the road!

🗣️ FOLKS! Are you savvy enough to pick up on today’s #AwesomeBirds song? This is a real tiny buzzer that is always out in the grass. Little yellow smudge on his face… you know the one!

🗣️ FOLKS! We’ve got a 2-for-1 warbler special! That’s right- twice the #AwesomeBirds for the already low price of one ($0)! Do you recognize these buzzy boys???

🗣️ FOLKS! We’ve got a Zipper Bird on our hands here. This guy tends to be a tree-topper, and makes really cool hanging moss nests. A quintessential Adirondack bird! Do you recognize this song? #AwesomeBirds

🗣️ FOLKS! These little psychopaths can be seen chasing each other around all summer throughout almost any forest understory. They’re known for fanning their long tails to flush out insect prey. Do you recognize this sneezy song? #AwesomeBirds

🗣️ FOLKS! This little goober is a mainstay on #AwesomeBirds this time of year. You can hear his song echoing all throughout northern forests. But he can be hard to find!

🗣️ FOLKS! I like to say this bird puts asses in seats. This bird is a certified stunner. A show-stopper. But the poor thing always sounds like it has a sore throat! 🤒 #AwesomeBirds

🗣️ FOLKS! They say the squeaky wheel gets the grease… and that really has nothing to do with warblers… so I don’t know why I brought it up. Oh yeah- this one sounds like a squeaky wheel! “Weesy, weesy, weesy”! #AwesomeBirds

🗣️ FOLKS! I’m up in Cranberry Lake and goddamn there are #AwesomeBirds everywhere. This place is dripping with warblers. Like, an unsettling amount of warblers. Do you recognize this one? Hint: I call it the Chickadee Warbler…

One of the coolest parts about having woods on the property that is swarming with mosquitoes most of the time is that there's a flycatcher encyclopedia to find😅

This is probably the Eastern Wood-Pewee? (guessing)
@evornithology.bsky.social

#AwesomeBirds #Birds #Ontario #Canada

Time for another #AwesomeBirds #WildOz edition. This big black bird looks devilishly like several other big black birds but it has a distinctive call that tells you which one it is.

If you’ve ever scoffed at hearing a misplaced kookaburra on a movie soundtrack, or enjoyed @drdave.bsky.social’s #AwesomeBirds videos, this article is for you.

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6pm home sounds
(I should do this at 5am, much more spectacular)

-Sapsuckers drumming
-Ovenbirds
-American Robins
-a stupid leaf blower more than a kilometre away

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#AwesomeBirds #Birds

Thrush

+17°c @ 93% humidity 😅

Insects and leaves are returning with a vengeance!

Check out this stunning one in my woods! Looking really Thrushy.... Veery Thrushy even😏

#Birds #Ontario #Canada #AwesomeBirds

Have you heard or seen Brown Thrashers yet @evornithology.bsky.social ?

They're still missing from my property, which is a regular breeding summer haunt

Hourly Green heron dinosaur throaty calls✅️

Spooky echoing wood thrush (new today) ✅️

#awesomebirds

Hashtag #AwesomeBirds 😎

(as they say in the classics)

🗣️ FOLKS! It’s friggin beautiful out and the warbler floodgates have opened. But there’s still a ton of these first wave warblers around. These guys have been here for like two weeks! Do you recognize this clanky trill? 🌴 #AwesomeBirds

#AwesomeBirds, now 50% more awesome and more #birds ‘cause it’s late April!

#Oklahoma #birding #wildlife #migration #biodiversity #nature #ornithology

🗣️ FOLKS! The migrants are arriving in droves now. We had a big push overnight, and I’ve got a new patch bird! This guy likes to sneak around in the muck, bobbing his tail. He’s got a beautiful, loud, three-part song. Check it out! #AwesomeBirds