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Sarah Swanson
@sarahlovesbirds.bsky.social
Author of Best Little Book of Birds: the Oregon Coast and Best Little Book of Birds: Cascades and Columbia Gorge🦉
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#birding #embroidery #oregon
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Your moment of calm: kestrel on a fence post. Out at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge with @sarahlovesbirds.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Two sandhill cranes, seen on an expedition with @sarahlovesbirds.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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From Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge today, with @sarahlovesbirds.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Happy Holidays! Every day until Christmas, I'll use this thread to rec a book to help you with your gift list. Let's start with THE TWENTY DAYS OF TURIN by Giorgio De Maria, translated by Ramon Glazov, and republished with a foreword by moi. Buy from your fav indie. (Alt text = more detail.) 1/?
November 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
It worked!
Let’s go birding!
November 15, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Let’s go birding!
November 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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She is ready for adoption! www.multcopets.org/adoptable/37...
November 15, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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My two favorite fungi from a rainy forest walk: fluted bird’s nest fungus and honey mushrooms. November in Oregon is wonderful!
November 14, 2025 at 4:31 AM
My two favorite fungi from a rainy forest walk: fluted bird’s nest fungus and honey mushrooms. November in Oregon is wonderful!
November 14, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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If birds were actually government drones, then there wouldn't have been any birds during the shutdown.

It's over.
November 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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A 40 pound cattle dog I know is going up for adoption on the Multnomah County Animal Services website. This is a once in a lifetime dog and anyone who adopts her will be very lucky.
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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With Give!Guide’s Big Beach Day, you can help protect coastal birds and other wildlife and get a chance to experience them firsthand. Donate $10 or more to Bird Alliance of Oregon today, November 13 (between 12 a.m. and 11:59 p.m. PST) to enter to win: giveguide.org/nonprofits/bird-alliance
November 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Celebrate Give!Guide’s Big Garden Day with a gift and get the chance to win up to $750 towards your garden! Donate $10 or more to Bird Alliance of Oregon today, November 11 (between 12 a.m. and 11:59 p.m. PST) to enter to win both prizes: giveguide.org/nonprofits/b...
November 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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If you see this, post your bird art 🐦

#birds
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I was delighted to be part of the judging panel for this art that will raise money for wildlife across Oregon!
Winning artwork selected for ODFW’s annual Stamp Art Contests - myodfw.com/news/winning...
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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Portland OR friends, would you consider fostering a dog? The need is urgent. www.multcopets.org/foster
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
It’s true, I swear! Not just hoarding the peanut butter cups.
November 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Lighthouse selfies?! Oregonians, this is our moment!
SOUTHERN REACH READERS and weirdlings in general, here's a call for lighthouse photo submissions if you want a chance to be in the forthcoming Area X: The Southern Reach Files book. Starts Nov. 1, ends Jan 21. PLEASE read thoroughly. Questions, weirdos?

www.jeffvandermeer.com/lighthouseph...
October 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
@powells.bsky.social is fully stocked with my books, including the out-of-print Must-see Birds of the PNW! I’m excited to be here for @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social’s book event.
October 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Show up for Portland’s Parks and wildlife by voting yes on the Portland Parks Levy! Without the Levy Portland Parks & Rec will lose nearly half its budget, forcing closures and eliminating programs. Let’s show how much we love our parks by voting yes! birdallianceoregon.org/take-action/...
YES on 26-260, Portlanders for Parks
Bird Alliance of Oregon urges your YES on 26-260, the Portland Parks Levy which will be in front of Portland Voters this November. The Levy will ensure that the City of Portland is able to maintain an...
birdallianceoregon.org
October 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Congrats! I thoroughly enjoyed Absolution and look forward to completing my SR collection and reading the new intro. 🐊 🐇
Today's the pub day for the trade paperback of the fourth Southern Reach novel, Abaolution. A NYT bestseller and LA Times book prize finalist, Ab is my wildest novel yet. Read more in this NYT interview (free article) www.nytimes.com/2024/10/20/b...
Jeff VanderMeer Writes His Strangest Novel Yet (Published 2024)
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I love finding my friends’ books at independent bookstores! I hit the jackpot at Paulina Springs Books in Sisters, OR today.
@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
@rheisman.bsky.social
@kingfisherjourney.bsky.social
@timberpress.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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No kings only kingfishers, kinglets, and kingbirds!
Rally in Bend, Oregon, drew thousands ….
#nokingsday #birders
October 19, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Barking for our rights! #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Holy shit guys.
October 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM