I published part of my 1st dissertation chapter as a review paper! 🪶 🧪 Title: A review of climate and landscape change effects on forest birds in a temperate mountain range Link: dx.doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... Not open access, but I can send the full text to anyone interested. #ornithology #science

Final post about the grizzly bear family from Glacier National Park in Montana! There was a split second during this video that I got nervous, but I was safely in my rental vehicle, and mama grizzly bear just wanted to shift to a different area to forage. #bears #mammals #wildlife #nature

Cute family moment with a mother grizzly bear and her two small cubs, captured through my windshield from Going to the Sun Road in Glacier National Park, Montana. It is fun to see that baby bears share behaviors in common with human children, like clinging to their mom. #mammals #wildlife #nature

Final photos of the grizzly bear cubs... The baby bears were born this past winter but already have some pretty impressive claws! As the cubs grow, they will become more active in foraging with their mother for plant matter, arthropods, and small mammals. #mammals #wildlife #nature #photography

Rawr. Last month, while I was watching a mother grizzly bear and her two cubs in Glacier National Park, this little one decided to practice her snarl and show off her wee little canines. What a precious and fearsome little lass. #mammals #wildlife #Montana #nature #wildlifephotography

Check out this little grizzly bear cub paw! While the baby bear was lazing around and being cute, mama bear was hard at work foraging for food. Grizzly bears are omnivores and eat a lot of plant materials, including roots, tubers, forbs, and berries. #mammals #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography

When you are a baby bear, sometimes you just sit and stick out your foot, while your mother forages for food. Glacier National Park in Montana is a great region to look for grizzly bears, with a relatively high population for the lower 48 states. #mammals #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography

Babies are gonna baby, no matter the species. Feets are gonna go in the air. While in Glacier National Park last month, it was really charming to watch this grizzly bear cub plop down next to its mama and do baby bear things while she foraged. #bears #mammals #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography

Have you ever gotten side eye from a baby grizzly bear? --- Prior to the 1800s, there were ~50,000 grizzly bears roaming western North America. Today, there are <2,000 in the lower 48 states of the USA, and they're protected as a threatened species. #mammals #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography

The grizzly bear is a subspecies of brown bear that is only found in North America. They reside in several states of the western USA, such as Montana, where I photographed this bear cub. Grizzly bears are also the official state mammal of Montana! #bears #mammals #wildlife #nature #photography

The future of baby grizzly bears is in our hands! In the contiguous United States, grizzly bears have been eliminated from nearly 98% of their historical range, mostly due to human actions. Grizzly bear conservation efforts are critical (but complex). #mammals #wildlife #nature #photography

Here, I present photographic evidence that grizzly bear cubs are really adorable. During a recent visit to Glacier National Park, I watched a mama grizzly bear busily digging at the ground for food, while this baby sat nearby and looked around occasionally. #mammals #wildlife #nature #photography

A baby bear peeks over a pale gray piece of wood to look directly at me. I got lucky and saw a female grizzly bear with her two cubs during a recent visit to Glacier National Park. The small family was foraging in a grassy area with a bunch of downed trees. #mammals #wildlife #nature #photography

It was interesting to see the visual differences in coloration of the two grizzly bear cubs that I saw in Glacier National Park. One had a noticeably lighter face compared to its sibling. These two babies will remain with their mom for 2 or 3 years. #bears #mammals #wildlife #nature #photography

While in Glacier National Park, I was lucky to encounter a mother grizzly bear foraging for food, while her two cubs were wandering around and being cute. Grizzly bears generally have 1 to 4 cubs per litter, with 2 being a pretty typical average. #bears #mammals #wildlife #nature #photography

Baby bear time! 🐻 During my recent Montana trip, I saw a mama grizzly bear with two cubs in Glacier National Park. Most cubs are born in late January or early February, so these babies were just a few months old, but check out those already formidable claws! #mammals #wildlife #nature #photography

This female grizzly bear from Glacier National Park has a GPS collar around her neck, as she is being monitored by biologists as part of the long-term Grizzly Bear Monitoring Project --- an initiative to track survival rates, reproduction, and habitat use. 🧪 #mammals #wildlife #science #photgraphy

During my recent trip to Montana, I was really hoping to see grizzly bears, since Glacier National Park is home to an estimated 300 individuals. Grizzly bears are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, in part due to habitat fragmentation. #mammals #wildlife #nature #photography

During my recent Montana trip, I was lucky to have a close look at this mama bear, who was busy foraging just off the side of Going to the Sun Road in Glacier National Park. She was hard at work digging for grubs to feed her two cubs (photos coming soon!). #mammals #wildlife #nature #photography

After a lull in posting, I will be sharing grizzly bear photos this week! I recently attended a forestry conference in Missoula, Montana, followed by a short visit to Glacier National Park. Despite a bunch of rain, I was lucky to have four [safe] encounters with grizzly bears! #wildlife #mammals

Here is a Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush 🪶 for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme #JKLMNOP --- this was an introduced bird species seen in Kauai during my recent #Hawaii #birding trip. After 2 treks up a steep muddy trail, we got great looks at a family group of 5. #nature #photography #BirdsSeenIn2026

Today's #BirdoftheDay theme of #LongNecks fits for this introduced game bird species 🪶 that I saw during my recent #Hawaii #birding trip --- a Black Francolin, with its neck fully extended. Black Francolins were easy to hear but so skittish and tough to photo. #nature #photography #BirdsSeenIn2026

During my recent #Hawaii #birding trip, I hiked 2 miles up a mountain at ~9,700 ft in elevation to see a Palila --- a critically endangered endemic honeycreeper species found only on the high-elevation slopes of Mauna Kea on the Big Island. Definitely worth all the effort! 🪶 #BirdsSeenIn2026

During my recent #Hawaii #birding trip, I had a too brief encounter with the smallest Hawaiian honeycreeper --- 'Anianiau. They are only found in Kauai's high-elevation forests and have become difficult to find in recent years. #BirdoftheDay #BirdButt #birds #nature #photography #BirdsSeenIn2026

On my recent #Hawaii #birding trip, I was fortunate to see Akiapolaau, one of the remaining endemic honeycreeper species, found only in the Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge on the Big Island. It is best known for its unique and specialized bill. #birds #nature #photography #BirdsSeenIn2026

The most friendly bird that I encountered on my recent #Hawaii #birding trip was this specific Erckel's Spurfowl at the Pu’u O Kila Lookout parking lot in Kauai. Erckel's Spurfowl is a nonnative game bird species that was introduced from Africa in 1957. #birds #nature #photography #BirdsSeenIn2026

Laysan Albatross (mōlī) is a native seabird known to nest in coastal areas of Kauai, so I really wanted to see a baby on my recent #Hawaii #birding trip. I thought I was prepared for the cuteness, but no... look at this adorable fluffy muppet baby!!! #birds #nature #photography #BirdsSeenIn2026

During my recent Hawaii birding trip, I first saw Red-crested Cardinals in a parking lot on Kauai, becoming my 4th Hawaii lifer. They were also the very final bird species that I photographed on my last day --- also in a parking lot. #Hawaii #birds #birding #nature #photography ##BirdsSeenIn2026

The first native bird species of my recent Hawaii birding trip was Hawaiian Goose (Nene) --- there was a flock near the Kawai'ele Waterbird Sanctuary on Kauai. Nene is the official state bird of Hawaii & endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. #Hawaii #birds #birding #nature #photography #BirdsSeenIn2026

The first bird that I spotted in Hawaii was also the first bird lifer of my Hawaii birding trip last month --- a Spotted Dove at the Honolulu airport! This is a non-native bird species, but still... What a fun welcome to the state! #Hawaii #birds #birding #nature #photography #BirdsSeenIn2026