For today’s #birdweek2026, my favorite Spectacular Seabird is the Killdeer. When they feel their nest is threatened, they put on their signature broken wing display in efforts to lure away any lingering predators.
#birds #killdeer #cornellbirds #animalart
It’s #birdartweek2026 with Cornell Birds! Cedar Waxwings look like something out of a fantasy book, which is why I picked them as my “whimsy” bird. I’ll miss these guys when they leave us for spring.
#birds #cedarwaxwing #cornellbirds #birding
DID YOU SEE? #NationalAudubonSociety #CornellBIRDS
Please donate to him... #birders
Did you do a CHRISTMAS COUNT? Donate $$ for how many you found.
Shelvinsky, a 48-year-old veterinarian, has built the #FreeWings (Vilni Kryla) rehabilitation center around his house on the outskirts of Lviv
"Kate, what did you accomplish on your work trip?"
(looks happily at all the new birds in Life List) "Uh..."
merlinbirds.org/species/grcg...
#birds #cornellbirds #ornithology @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @cornellbirds.bsky.social
No one who knew me in my 20s would believe I get up at 6am to ID birdsongs. #birds #merlin #ebird #cornellbirds
#CT #birds #CornellBirds 4/23/25
Stepped outside to large group of #CommonGrackle in the trees so I put out some bread to see if I could get a count. The numbers continue to grow!
#Birds #CornellBirds 4/10 #CT
#Robin enjoying yard feeding!
This afternoon I restored some of my inner peace by sitting outside and listening to birds. The Merlin Bird ID app is so much fun to explore!
#cornellbirds #birds
#birds #cornellbirds #CT 2/9/25 cold in CT & all need to eat 🤷♀️ Camera says #CoopersHawk but I think it’s a #Sharp-ShinnedHawk the prey is #EuropeanStarling 💔
Taken from my window at work during another rainy, foggy day. #birdeveryday my goal for 2025 is to submit a bird list daily. #cornellbirds #ebirds #crow #fog #birb #americancrow #crows #nature #wildlife #birdwatch #bird #birdknocker #birdwatcher #birdwatching #foggy
It’s getting cold out.
Snuggle up like an Indian Silverbill.
#fujifilm #xh2s #xf150600 #qatar #birdsofqatar #birds #cornellbirds
A black winged stilt strolls along in the marsh.
Strutting Stilt competing for crabs in the marsh.
#fujifilm #xh2s #xf150600 #qatar #birdsofqatar #birds #cornellbirds
#Birds #CT #CornellBirds
12/1/24 8:30am #AmericanGoldfinch looks like dull males in mix.
*Not an endorsement for #IngersollRand Just nature finding a way!
#Birds #CornellBirds #CT 12/1/24 8am Trying to get a pic of the #HouseFinch M, and everyone has to drop in at that particular moment. #Dark-EyedJunco, #TuftedTitmouse #BlackCappedChicadee, #DownyWoodpecker
Not a turkey. It’s a Great Crested Grebe. Happy Thanksgiving!
“Not a turkey. Move along.”
Happy Thanksgiving to my family and friends back home in America!
#fujifilm #xh2s #xf150600 #qatar #birdsofqatar #birds #cornellbirds
#Birds #CornellBirds 11/26/24 Finally was able to capture the #PileatedWoodpecker in the area #CT Size of a sm. Chicken.
Little Grebes everywhere you look.
I am very impressed by how long these fishing pros can stay submerged.
#fujifilm #xh2s #xf150600 #qatar #birdsofqatar #birds #cornellbirds
Grey Heron, Qatar
Grey Heron, Qatar
Back on my heron theme:
Here is another rare Qatar visitor. A Grey Heron.
This was in May when the temps here are well into the 40s (over 105F)!
Check out his tongue. He was def stressing.
#fujifilm #xh2s #xf150600 #qatar #birdsofqatar #birds #cornellbirds
Striated Heron in Qatar
Striated Heron
So jazzed to find this guy plucking crabs out of the marsh.
Striated and Black Cap Herons are rarely seen in Qatar.
#fujifilm #xh2s #xf150600 #qatar #birdsofqatar #birds #cornellbirds
Finding some shore birds in Qatar. Particularly excited about curlews, godwits, and redshanks coming back for the winter.
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A Siberian Stonechat spying insects
Found this cute Stonechat as it hunted insects in thick brush.
These guys love wintering in Northern Africa and the Arabian coasts. They’re rapid, insanely accurate insect gatherers.
#fujifilm #xh2s #xf150600 #qatar #birdsofqatar #birds #cornellbirds
Eurasian Marsh Harriers at play. One with a trainer’s lead attached to its legs.
Eurasian Marsh Harriers at play.
One of them, sadly, tampered with by a human. You can see a rope on the legs of the younger harrier. It was either being trained to hunt or had escaped.
#fujifilm #xh2s #xf150600 #qatar #birdsofqatar #birds #cornellbirds
Bar-Tailed Godwits are an amazing, near-threatened species that travel thousands of miles *in one shot* from their breeding sites in the Arctic all the way down to Africa and the Arabian coasts this time every year.
#fujifilm #xh2s #xf150600 #qatar #birdsofqatar #birds #cornellbirds
Wagtails are some of my favorite birds, their distinctive flight and ground movements. A real joy to watch them tracking down and munching on bugs. Here, a White Wagtail enjoys splashing waves and a rare cool breeze here in Qatar.
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Black-Winged Stilts are fun to shoot, often very obliging. Even better, when they hit the air, you can hear them coming for miles.
#fujifilm #xh2s #xf150600 #qatar #birdsofqatar #birds #cornellbirds
A tiny juvenile Shrike hides in the reeds, and for good reason. A shadow lurks overhead.
#fujifilm #xh2s #xf150600 #qatar #birdsofqatar #birds #cornellbirds
#CTBlueSky #Birds #CornellBirds 11/17/24 #RedWingedBlackBird is uncommon at this time in CT but this one stopped by for a snack.
#CTBlueSky #Birds #CornellBirds 11/17/24 #HouseFinch permanent resident.
#CTBlueSky #Birds #CornellBirds 11/17/24 #RedTailHawk & #AmericanCrow sharing a tree hmmm.
