Peg Keiner
@pegkeiner.bsky.social
Educator, Citizen Scientist, National Geographic Explorer investigating heritage and biodiversity
Can any folks help me ID these egg sacks? @inaturalist.bsky.social thinks they might be like Spongy Moths.
October 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Can any folks help me ID these egg sacks? @inaturalist.bsky.social thinks they might be like Spongy Moths.
🚨Join us at on Saturday for one last Bird Collision Monitor Training for fall migration season. As the temperatures drop, we’re seeing millions of birds migrate through Chicago, and they need your help! 💛
October 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
🚨Join us at on Saturday for one last Bird Collision Monitor Training for fall migration season. As the temperatures drop, we’re seeing millions of birds migrate through Chicago, and they need your help! 💛
BIG morning for birds! I had 18 dead and 7 live including this Golden-crowned Kinglet. BirdCast is predicting another Hugh migration again tonight. Please keep calling the CBCM hotline if you see a dead or stunned bird: 773-988-1867
October 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
BIG morning for birds! I had 18 dead and 7 live including this Golden-crowned Kinglet. BirdCast is predicting another Hugh migration again tonight. Please keep calling the CBCM hotline if you see a dead or stunned bird: 773-988-1867
BirdCast @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social is predicting a busy migration night for the Midwest! 429 MILLION birds 🐦
☎️ Call Chicago Bird Collision Monitors if you find a dead or injured bird: 773 988 1867
☎️ Call Chicago Bird Collision Monitors if you find a dead or injured bird: 773 988 1867
October 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
BirdCast @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social is predicting a busy migration night for the Midwest! 429 MILLION birds 🐦
☎️ Call Chicago Bird Collision Monitors if you find a dead or injured bird: 773 988 1867
☎️ Call Chicago Bird Collision Monitors if you find a dead or injured bird: 773 988 1867
Did you hear a whistle in the wetland?This mysterious marsh bird is known more for its call than its sightings. Part of the rail family, Soras feed on beetles, crayfish, snails, and spiders and are adept at hiding in dense vegetation as they distribute their weight over their thin, long feet.
October 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Did you hear a whistle in the wetland?This mysterious marsh bird is known more for its call than its sightings. Part of the rail family, Soras feed on beetles, crayfish, snails, and spiders and are adept at hiding in dense vegetation as they distribute their weight over their thin, long feet.
Reposted by Peg Keiner
If you’re looking for a book club and reading community to process all that is happening in the environmental world, join us!
This space is for you! Bring a friend or share with your network to anyone who may find this of interest 🌎💚
This space is for you! Bring a friend or share with your network to anyone who may find this of interest 🌎💚
Chicago environmental community,
I am excited to announce this new 3-part Climate Conversation Book Club Series in partnership with the Chicago Public Library. Join us for our 1st community discussion focusing on The Serviceberry.
All are welcome! Registration 🔗 below 🌳📚✨
I am excited to announce this new 3-part Climate Conversation Book Club Series in partnership with the Chicago Public Library. Join us for our 1st community discussion focusing on The Serviceberry.
All are welcome! Registration 🔗 below 🌳📚✨
October 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
If you’re looking for a book club and reading community to process all that is happening in the environmental world, join us!
This space is for you! Bring a friend or share with your network to anyone who may find this of interest 🌎💚
This space is for you! Bring a friend or share with your network to anyone who may find this of interest 🌎💚
Just over 2 weeks ago, the Roots and Shoots Chicago Basecamp & Jane Goodall Institue hosted Dr. Jane Goodall at the Lincoln Park Zoo for free event!💛 She reminded us how important hope, persistence, & compassion are to build the future we want. She believed so strongly in the power of young people.
October 2, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Just over 2 weeks ago, the Roots and Shoots Chicago Basecamp & Jane Goodall Institue hosted Dr. Jane Goodall at the Lincoln Park Zoo for free event!💛 She reminded us how important hope, persistence, & compassion are to build the future we want. She believed so strongly in the power of young people.
I feel like I write a small obituary for each bird I find. I research them and find out how far they migrate, what they eat, where they live, and share that with the public. It’s my way of honoring them and coping through the emotional loss.
Do you sometimes see/report/handle dead wildlife as a scientist (including volunteer community scientists)?
If so, do you have any strategies for dealing with the stress and grief that these encounters can cause?
I'm building a toolkit for myself and for some other stressed out folks!
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If so, do you have any strategies for dealing with the stress and grief that these encounters can cause?
I'm building a toolkit for myself and for some other stressed out folks!
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Alt: Gif of a woman taping a "help wanted" sign to a window.
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October 1, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I feel like I write a small obituary for each bird I find. I research them and find out how far they migrate, what they eat, where they live, and share that with the public. It’s my way of honoring them and coping through the emotional loss.
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I wrote this gem of an article for @theguardian.com many moons ago and it finally published.
There is a 30 min companion documentary that is 2 years in the making that you absolutely must see 🪺 👇
www.theguardian.com/global/ng-in...
There is a 30 min companion documentary that is 2 years in the making that you absolutely must see 🪺 👇
www.theguardian.com/global/ng-in...
This is beautiful. The salt marsh sparrow may well go extinct in a few decades, but these people are keeping them afloat for now. 🐦🪺
‘A little bit of joy’: can tiny rafts save endangered sparrows from rising seas?
In Rhode Island, a small team of researchers and volunteers is fighting, against the odds, to save saltmarsh sparrows from extinction as their chicks drown in ever higher tides
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I wrote this gem of an article for @theguardian.com many moons ago and it finally published.
There is a 30 min companion documentary that is 2 years in the making that you absolutely must see 🪺 👇
www.theguardian.com/global/ng-in...
There is a 30 min companion documentary that is 2 years in the making that you absolutely must see 🪺 👇
www.theguardian.com/global/ng-in...
🚨Two more chances to receive training from Chicago Bird Collision Monitors this fall! Migration is steady, and we need your help!
September 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
🚨Two more chances to receive training from Chicago Bird Collision Monitors this fall! Migration is steady, and we need your help!
Last day for "Winging It" at the Newberry Library www.newberry.org/calendar/win... This cookbook included in the exhibit led me down an rabbit hole of Indigenous cookbooks in the Edward E. Ayer Collection i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/se...
September 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Last day for "Winging It" at the Newberry Library www.newberry.org/calendar/win... This cookbook included in the exhibit led me down an rabbit hole of Indigenous cookbooks in the Edward E. Ayer Collection i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/se...
Another busy rescue day! Live rescues included a Dark-Eyed Junco, Red-breasted Nuthatch, and a Tennessee warbler. Salvages included Ovenbirds, Black-throated green warbler, and a Blackpoll Warbler. Keep calling CBCM if you find something - 773 988 1867
September 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Another busy rescue day! Live rescues included a Dark-Eyed Junco, Red-breasted Nuthatch, and a Tennessee warbler. Salvages included Ovenbirds, Black-throated green warbler, and a Blackpoll Warbler. Keep calling CBCM if you find something - 773 988 1867
Rescued a Red-breasted Nuthatch that started to feel better! Will need to double bag this buddy for transport to Wildlife Rehabilitation for a check up.
September 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Rescued a Red-breasted Nuthatch that started to feel better! Will need to double bag this buddy for transport to Wildlife Rehabilitation for a check up.
Nearly four years ago, we started searching for Nellie E. Brown. It’s the name of a public school in Olongapo, Zambales in the Philippines where my friend’s dad went to school. Everyone in town had a different theory about Nellie’s identity, and Google searches led us to improbable Nellies.
September 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Nearly four years ago, we started searching for Nellie E. Brown. It’s the name of a public school in Olongapo, Zambales in the Philippines where my friend’s dad went to school. Everyone in town had a different theory about Nellie’s identity, and Google searches led us to improbable Nellies.
Reposted by Peg Keiner
From experience, calling Chicago Bird Collision Monitors is 💯 wonderful. Always help. ❤️
Busy morning for bird collision monitors! I was only responsible for a few blocks, but I found 5 dead and 2 stunned. Call Chicago Bird Collision Monitors if you see a dead or injured bird 773 988-1867
September 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
From experience, calling Chicago Bird Collision Monitors is 💯 wonderful. Always help. ❤️
Last Friday I found a bird I haven’t seen in the wild yet! This female Belted Kingfisher was downtown across from a manmade waterfall. These majestic fliers reside in Chicago all year round. #birdcollision #kingfisher
September 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Last Friday I found a bird I haven’t seen in the wild yet! This female Belted Kingfisher was downtown across from a manmade waterfall. These majestic fliers reside in Chicago all year round. #birdcollision #kingfisher
Busy morning for bird collision monitors! I was only responsible for a few blocks, but I found 5 dead and 2 stunned. Call Chicago Bird Collision Monitors if you see a dead or injured bird 773 988-1867
September 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Busy morning for bird collision monitors! I was only responsible for a few blocks, but I found 5 dead and 2 stunned. Call Chicago Bird Collision Monitors if you see a dead or injured bird 773 988-1867
#coolbugalert I found at least 6 of these Yellow garden spiders on the Wild Mile! @urbanrivers.bsky.social put my hand behind the web to show you scale! 🤯 #homeriverbioblitz
September 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
#coolbugalert I found at least 6 of these Yellow garden spiders on the Wild Mile! @urbanrivers.bsky.social put my hand behind the web to show you scale! 🤯 #homeriverbioblitz
Today we found a dead Cooper’s Hawk downtown while on our bird collision monitoring walk. I am always taken aback by the beauty and complexity of each bird we find.💔 www.birdmonitors.net/ContactUs.php Join CBCM to help us advocate for a more bird friendly Chicago. #bird #chicago
September 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Today we found a dead Cooper’s Hawk downtown while on our bird collision monitoring walk. I am always taken aback by the beauty and complexity of each bird we find.💔 www.birdmonitors.net/ContactUs.php Join CBCM to help us advocate for a more bird friendly Chicago. #bird #chicago
🚨 Fall migration is revving up! Join Chicago Bird Collision Monitors for a free, in-person training to learn to to capture, protect, and transport dead and injured birds. #birdcollision #bird #lifeonland #globalgoals #chicago
September 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
🚨 Fall migration is revving up! Join Chicago Bird Collision Monitors for a free, in-person training to learn to to capture, protect, and transport dead and injured birds. #birdcollision #bird #lifeonland #globalgoals #chicago
Saturday was a wild opening of the fall bird collision monitor season. After a light rain, the sun emerged over the clouds, and BOOM we had a mass of collisions on the north east corner of buildings. Over 70 dead and 20 rescues for our entire downtown team. I am mainly found Tennessee Warblers.
August 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Saturday was a wild opening of the fall bird collision monitor season. After a light rain, the sun emerged over the clouds, and BOOM we had a mass of collisions on the north east corner of buildings. Over 70 dead and 20 rescues for our entire downtown team. I am mainly found Tennessee Warblers.
Once-married Underwing Moth I found on the Superior Hiking trail in Duluth! Check out that camouflage!
August 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Once-married Underwing Moth I found on the Superior Hiking trail in Duluth! Check out that camouflage!
Did you know Illinois has 13 species of bats? 8 of those can be found in Chicago. Today I spotted a migratory visitor downtown today -the Silver-haired Bat. www.lpzoo.org/the-bats-of-...
April 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Did you know Illinois has 13 species of bats? 8 of those can be found in Chicago. Today I spotted a migratory visitor downtown today -the Silver-haired Bat. www.lpzoo.org/the-bats-of-...
Does anyone have data on #bird collisions in San Francisco? I’ve only found a dataset form one building pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Bird-Window Collisions at a West-Coast Urban Park Museum: Analyses of Bird Biology and Window Attributes from Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
Bird-window collisions are a major and poorly-understood generator of bird mortality. In North America, studies of this topic tend to be focused east of the Mississippi River, resulting in a paucity o...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
April 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Does anyone have data on #bird collisions in San Francisco? I’ve only found a dataset form one building pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Chicago felt like a cloud forest this morning.
April 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Chicago felt like a cloud forest this morning.