The Birdist
@thebirdist.bsky.social
Writing: www.nicholaslund.com Books: Dinosaurs to Chickens: How Evolution Works (2024); The Ultimate Biography of Earth (2022); American Birding Association Field Guide to the Birds of Maine (2022) Purchase here: https://tinyurl.com/yfpfzjrx
Not a single leashed dog on the “all dogs must be leashed” trail 👍
New podcast episode! It’s the last Thursday of the month and that means it’s time for another This Month in Birding panel. This month’s panel features Jody Allair, Stephanie Beilke, and Nick Lund. Listen here: www.aba.org/this-month-i...
This Month in Birding - July 2026 - American Birding Association
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Anyone here going to be at the AOS conference in Mass this week?
[Rivers Coumo voice] oo wee oo that one looks like it's a Downy / oh no that's a Hairy Woodpecker
BAH! Enough talk! My <Beam Blast> shall make short work of you!
My very first comics collection is getting reissued next tuesday, on July 28, and if you preorder it (or already preordered it!) you can fill out a form and get a printable PDF of one of my most popular comics! site.andrewsmcmeel.com/birding-is-m...
Learn your Short-billed Dowitcher subspecies! Hendersoni birds have extensive orange underparts, while Rickey Hendersoni birds wear A’s gear and steal a ton of bases
checked out some flowers today being pollinated by this guy, a bee-mimic drone fly, and another bee-mimicking fly. Zero actual bees.
There are several good candidates for Senate in Maine, but Shenna Bellows is the only one confirmed to have bird safe windows
There has never been a Maine accent captured accurately on tv or in a movie
they call them Yellow Warblers because you yell “Ow!” when you soon one
There’s a little something for everyone in this very niche video! 😂 007 Books on Birds of West Indies - James Bond to Lynx youtu.be/Pkwqh7GAfKA
007 Books on Birds of West Indies - James Bond to Lynx
YouTube video by Doug Hitchcox
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Do people have tips for adjusting focus on an iPhone? Taking a macro pic for iNaturalist etc feels impossible sometimes because it won’t stop focusing on the background
Happy to take any NYC ⚽ + 🐦 fans on a tour of Brooklyn Bridge Park!
The Birdist@thebirdist.bsky.social · 2mo agoAny World Cup fans also in the US to find birds???
Friend of a friend caught a huge Largemouth Bass that had just swallowed a goddamn BIRD.
This was a great ep and got me looking at flights to Buru Island, Indonesia (can't afford it)
American Birding Association@aba.org · 2mo agoNew podcast episode! There are bird species that are extant and those that are extinct, but between those two categories are birds that are considered “lost." It is the search for those birds that is the work of John Mittermeier. Listen here: www.aba.org/looking-for-...
I was proud to share my work to protect birds from window strikes with @mainepublic.org - Listen below! Glass windows kill millions of birds a year — Maine's trying to make buildings safer for them www.mainepublic.org/climate/2026...
Glass windows kill millions of birds a year — Maine's trying to make buildings safer for them
Supporters say 'bird friendly' building design and straightforward retrofits can save bird lives as species experience dramatic population declines.
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