An unplanned trip to Cleveland turned into a three-part adventure, including my search for a great big lifer gull. Read all about it in my latest post!
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What a great time I had talking birds and nature with Vermont-based birder/writer/field biologist Bryan Pfeiffer, someone who's spent a life observing and thinking deeply about the natural world, and finding endless joy in discovery. Enjoy our convo!
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Ahhhh. We saw the exact same bird 😂
Yesss!!! Where did you see it?
We had a surprise guest for the Great Backyard Bird Count. Six surprise guests, actually. How did your GBBC go?
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I went after my first lifer of the year on Tuesday. Spoiler alert: it's the most beautiful thrush in the ABA area.
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You've heard of a bar crawl. I prefer a duck crawl. That's where I hit the hotspots along the Allegheny River to try to see as many ducks as possible. This was my second annual Allegheny Duck Crawl. This time I took a friend.
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I've been saying for years that I'm going to learn gulls in my 50s. Well, my 50s are here.
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2025 was a damned good birding year. My best year for number of species. I wrote up a recap.
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For my latest podcast episode I interviewed Memphis-based birder and singer/songwriter Bonner Black, who is every bit as fun to talk to as you'd expect.
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Merry Christmas and happy holidays! For my latest I had fun identifying (and misidentifying) the birds of London in our collection of advent calendars.
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I wrote a recap of our Christmas Bird Count last Sunday! Conditions were brutal. Would we break our species record? Would a fourth generation of bird counters be joining us?
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Did you go through some quirky phase when Covid hit?
Before birds, I had a brief but intense obsession with cheap aftershaves. I wrote about it.
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Now that #Thanksgiving is come and gone and it’s time to get into the holiday spirit. Here are #ChristmasMovie recs from Gina Washington, Matilda Washington, Devin Smith, @billbowbaggins.bsky.social, our boys and me! You're sure to find plenty to love on this list!
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I should add that the book, released earlier this year by @timberpress.bsky.social, is beautifully illustrated by @chelseabeck.bsky.social
I had so much fun talking to @ryanfm.bsky.social about their book and birds and much more on my latest podcast episode. Give it a listen and don't forget to buy a copy of Wild NYC!
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I wrote about a dead bird I found last Monday. There was a lifer too. Eventful week.
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What kind??
Trying a reset when it comes to cameras and photography.
I want to take better pictures of birds. How's it going? Dunno 😅
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In my latest podcast episode I talk with the amazing Andrés Chávez, who was my bird guide in Quepos, Costa Rica. What a fascinating man Andrés is, and how committed to Costa Rica's ecological future. This was a wonderful convo.
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For my latest post I wrote about the annual trash pickup I just did in my birding patch, which includes a driving range. Can you guess how many golf balls I collected?
I collected a LOT of fun stuff that day 🤢
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Cool cool. I’ve missed vicariously enjoying your homemade stream 😅
So THIS is where you’ve been hiding!
In my latest podcast I interview Chicago-based birder, artist, and animal behaviorist @kellycballantyne.bsky.social. Kelly and I had a great talk about her trip to Colombia, how to overcome art anxiety, and much more!
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I loved Listers. Have you seen it? I wrote about it in my latest post!
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Happy migration!
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In the US, we tend to live with screens on our windows to keep #nature outside. We just spent 4 days in a house in #CostaRica that was mostly open and surrounded by #wilderness. So, what came in and out of the house while we were there? #Animals youtu.be/-lFsKOs27Jg?... @billbowbaggins.bsky.social
Final post from Costa Rica. The Pacific Coast, where I got the most lifers, not all of them avian.
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MOTION 🍗
Amazing beach. Monkeys, sloths, macaws…even an ear infection
And couldn’t get the boys out of the water
