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Crippling addiction to birdwatching🐧 "I'm a biologist. I'm not interested in writing eulogies for the species I study" 21🏳️‍⚧️ Birdmoding.com
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US capitol building, DC I had the opportunity to photograph the presidential inauguration, was cool to get out and see DC

Northern Cardinal defending food from a House Sparrow on the grounds of the Smithsonian National Zoo

Just casually taking the best White Throated Sparrow picture I’ve ever taken

Grand Tetons, Wyoming

New blog post just posted birdmoding.com/january-14-i... Using this to catalog my US big year for 2025

Ravens are hard birds to beat. They’re smart, look awesome, and apparently will listen to hard rock music with you for hours like this one which sat by my car listening to music with me for an hour

Yall seemed to like the Great Horned Owl I posted, so here’s a few Barn Owls!

I got to take two of my friends to lifer this wintering chestnut-sided warbler. His face has molted and he’s slowly growing in dark marks on his face and shoulders! Chestnut-sided Warbler 📷🪶

Not a bird. But while birding you see lots of other animals, like this fox here

Great Horned Owl, utah Not always the easiest birds to spot. This week and next week I’ll be chasing several other owl species, including Great Gray and Snowy Owl

Today, I went to that same beach for the 4th time. Here is what I saw: Waterfowls: Surf Scoters, Long-Tailed Ducks Shorebirds: Sanderling Owls: Snowy Owls [Two of them] (pic)

t.co/dzVIBMVqZH New blog post for my Big Year attempt All about these bastards, which I cannot get good pictures of

2024, year of birding Saw 484 Species Brought my lifelist to 641 with at least 170 lifers First birding trip out of country (Costa Rica) Got a new camera Thank you everyone for a good 2024, and here’s to a great 2025!🥂 To 600 ABA species in 2025!🎉🎉

Birds are life, birds are love

Plants So many plants

Boat Billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius) Found in Latin America, namely Mexico down to Brazil and Peru Photo taken by moi along the Rio Tarcoles in Costa Rica

I’ll be honest, if it weren’t for gulls-Rosy Finches would be my favorite birds

Look at my fat cock everyone (Andean Cock of the Rock)

I’m so sick

Gulling is a sickness 🪶

I realized I had no recent selfies posted here, so boom! Winter fits genuinely go so hard

Clark’s Nutcracker flying off with suet Alta Ski Resort

Hah, my Stellars Jay can do a kick flip

Collection of Horned and Tufted Puffin pictures from the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma

Savannah Sparrow Seattle area, Washington state

Me in my echo chamber

Me in my Echo Chamber

Omg she’s perfect

Since today is National “Have a bad day” day, just know that you won’t have a bad day and you will find that MEGA rarity(come to me Ross’s Gull)

Un wings your Bald Eagle

The algorithm on this makes no sense😭

From this year is hard. I’ve taken so many. Maybe this