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You may notice that my trip report says two lifers. I spent more time chasing Henslow’s Sparrow than the Connecticut! But also skulky, so no photo. Update: remember when I said Connecticut Warblers don’t hop? They do. At the one moment I had to snap a photo today. The eyering is diagnostic! 😂

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I got a lifer today. 🥰 No photo, it’s hard enough to even see a Connecticut Warbler, but I did! I watched it forage about 10’ from me before it melted away. There’s something about the way they move that just doesn’t catch your eye. Anyway, here are some other #birds I saw. 😅

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Started today’s #birding at the morning flight count ft. 100s of Blue Jays. Between trips to the boardwalk, I enjoyed a talk on #birdjoy by the delightful @wiscobirder.bsky.social. If you’re not following him, you really should. Common Nighthawk doing the bark act and a cooperative Canada Warbler.

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Spent today #birding with friends at Oak Openings and Swan Creek metroparks. The #birds weren’t terribly cooperative for photographs, but please enjoy this brief selection of photos that birders can hear.

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One of my favorite times of the year. 🥰

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When you’re a nocturnal #bird and you just want to nap the day away while looking like bark. 😴 Eastern Whip-poor-will & Screech-Owl 🦉

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Warblers! Bae-breasted 😂, Blackburnian, Black-throated Green, and Black-and-White. 😍 #birds #birding

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I’ve been #birding so hard here in Ohio, I’ve hardly taken any photos, and even fewer are any good. 😝 Here’s a selection, not labeled because I have to get to bed for an early trip tomorrow morning!

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On this #WorldMigratoryBirdDay, the ABA encourages all birders to revisit the ABA's Code of Birding Ethics: www.aba.org/aba-code-of-.... Let's enjoy the spectacle of migration without putting birds at risk! Golden-winged Warbler, courtesy of Gene Koziara

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Leave no veggie behind! Our weekly box that we canceled showed up anyway, and Brent observed that many of the items were preservable. So, sauerkraut, fridge pickled cauliflower & radishes, and pesto from the radish greens on their way! #canning

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Today a local birder located a gorgeous male Vermilion Flycatcher at Anatolia in Sacramento County. While enjoying it, I realized three things: 1) Vermilion Flycatchers are kinda gochujang-colored, 2) I wasn’t far from a number of Korean restaurants, 3) it was lunchtime. 🤤 #birding

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Birded Del Puerto Canyon today helping a friend get to 200 species in Stanislaus County. Lawrence’s Goldfinch for #200. Not a new #bird but finding a Loggerhead Shrike nest was exciting! #birding

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Fangirling a bit this morning. 🥰

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Bird photography tips, an oldie that is hopefully useful for spring migration right now.

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Spent the day just enjoying #birds and stuff. 🥰

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With the draining and loss of much of California's historical wetland habitat, flooded rice now provides critical surrogate habitat for the protected Giant Gartersnake. 80K acres of flooded rice is needed to support the species' recovery strategy.

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I had the chance to play the closed beta of this game, and it’s so fun!!! Excited for tomorrow’s launch! 🦇🐻‍❄️🦎🐦‍⬛🦌🗡️🥳 @sunderfolk.com #SunderfolkTreasure

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Tricolored Blackbird statewide survey szn! I covered El Dorado and northern Sacramento County today. As development encroaches, one of our largest colonies in the area abides; I estimated 8,800 birds. Video of just a sample in the replies. 😅

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Today was a good day for #sparrows along Meiss Road in Sacramento County! Grasshopper, Brewer’s, Savannah, and Lark. #birds #birding

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The Sacramento weather service office just sent an email detailing product changes amid "critically reduced staffing" Highlights: Phone lines no longer answered Reduced staffing from 6pm to 6am Forecast discussions issued only 1x/day Limited social media posting Advisories mainly issued by day shift

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How many acres of ricelands are needed to support wildlife in CA? ✅ 30K for native fish ✅ 43K for sandhill cranes ✅ 80K for giant garter snakes ✅ 373.5K of winter-flooded rice for shorebirds ✅ 473K of planted rice for black terns & breeding shorebirds ✅ 500K for wintering ducks

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Led an urban #community #birds & #brews walk at Capital Park for the Central Valley #Bird Club with At Ease Brewing Company. We found 15 species and enjoyed a gorgeous morning! 🐦🍻❤️

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Hole-nesting birds adapt to the urbanised world by using human-made structures (drain pipes, ventilation openings, mailboxes etc). Report those unique places in an @inaturalist.bsky.social project run by @igstadnicki.bsky.social and help to protect wildlife. 🧪🌏🪶🪺 www.inaturalist.org/projects/urb...

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At #baseball spring training we learned that Happy Dad seltzers are really not good. While suffering watching the @sfgiants.com last year, Miles decided that we’d take a punishment of 1 Dads per loss below .500. We sure thought it’d be worse than 2, but we suffered through our punishment today. ⚾️🍍🍒🤢

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I couldn’t tell you the last time I’d been to a #beer fest. Folks really leaned into the 90s theme. What fun! 🍻🐢❤️

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🐦 Do some birds have #PrettyPrivilege? 💫 New paper: doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.2846 We show that ~half the variation in research effort on 293 bird species in US+Canada is explained by just 3 factors: 1)visual appeal, 2)range size, & 3)# of universities w/in ranges. What we did & why it matters:🧵

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