Steven McClellan
@stevenlmcclellan.bsky.social
Pennsylvanian. Birder. 🦅 Historian of Central Europe, liberalism, capitalism, environment, and ideas. Currently a fellow at the GHI, Washington + adjuncting at the University of Toronto. Web: stevenlmcclellan.com | Insta: @stevenmcclellan
Had a lot of fun doing the Toronto Christmas Bird Count this year. Red-necked grebe was a big miss, as my group found the only one seen in the county but it was being eaten by a snowy owl:
December 17, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Had a lot of fun doing the Toronto Christmas Bird Count this year. Red-necked grebe was a big miss, as my group found the only one seen in the county but it was being eaten by a snowy owl:
Just learned that my favorite hometown bar finally banned indoor smoking and I'm kinda feeling like Tom Nuttall from Deadwood: "the kind of shit that ran me out of Wilkes-Barre!!" Soon Altoona will have a government and every other damn thing...
November 23, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Just learned that my favorite hometown bar finally banned indoor smoking and I'm kinda feeling like Tom Nuttall from Deadwood: "the kind of shit that ran me out of Wilkes-Barre!!" Soon Altoona will have a government and every other damn thing...
The eBird update happened. The Hoary Redpoll is dead. Long live the Redpoll (Hoary)!
October 22, 2024 at 6:13 PM
The eBird update happened. The Hoary Redpoll is dead. Long live the Redpoll (Hoary)!
The sagas of patch birding: yesterday morning my local pair of crows beat up the neighborhood female Cooper's hawk. Today they stole the Merlin's breakfast robin. Then a Herring Gull forced them to drop the remains into the middle of the children's Easter egg hunt.
March 30, 2024 at 3:26 PM
The sagas of patch birding: yesterday morning my local pair of crows beat up the neighborhood female Cooper's hawk. Today they stole the Merlin's breakfast robin. Then a Herring Gull forced them to drop the remains into the middle of the children's Easter egg hunt.
Appears that a first-year male Bullock's Oriole is visiting Toronto. If confirmed, I think this would be only the city's second-ever individual, the last being in 1980.
February 24, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Appears that a first-year male Bullock's Oriole is visiting Toronto. If confirmed, I think this would be only the city's second-ever individual, the last being in 1980.
What's better than finding a barred owl and a snowy owl in the same weekend? How about finding a rare slaty-backed gull! Again, Toronto wildlife is so underrated.
January 22, 2024 at 3:41 AM
What's better than finding a barred owl and a snowy owl in the same weekend? How about finding a rare slaty-backed gull! Again, Toronto wildlife is so underrated.
Have you ever seen a barred owl pick its nose with a stick? 🤪
January 20, 2024 at 3:22 AM
Have you ever seen a barred owl pick its nose with a stick? 🤪
I love winter birding, especially during and after a snowfall. And I was treated with this cute northern saw-whet owl and a gorgeous adult rough-legged hawk.
January 17, 2024 at 9:19 AM
I love winter birding, especially during and after a snowfall. And I was treated with this cute northern saw-whet owl and a gorgeous adult rough-legged hawk.
Handsome first-year Greater white-fronted goose on the Toronto Islands today.
December 18, 2023 at 4:54 AM
Handsome first-year Greater white-fronted goose on the Toronto Islands today.
A very handsome mallard x northern pintail hybrid in High Park today. I sent the pics to my dad, a lifelong hunter. He thought it was some messed-up decoy. 🦆🦆
December 16, 2023 at 9:12 PM
A very handsome mallard x northern pintail hybrid in High Park today. I sent the pics to my dad, a lifelong hunter. He thought it was some messed-up decoy. 🦆🦆
Saw about 200 snow buntings yesterday. Cute little toasted marshmallows.
December 11, 2023 at 2:06 AM
Saw about 200 snow buntings yesterday. Cute little toasted marshmallows.
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/06/o...
"Germany’s leaders, aided by major media figures, are using the fight against antisemitism as a pretext to encourage racist resentment and anti-migrant sentiment."
"Germany’s leaders, aided by major media figures, are using the fight against antisemitism as a pretext to encourage racist resentment and anti-migrant sentiment."
Opinion | How Germany Became Mean
The country’s reputation is at stake.
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2023 at 7:47 PM
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/06/o...
"Germany’s leaders, aided by major media figures, are using the fight against antisemitism as a pretext to encourage racist resentment and anti-migrant sentiment."
"Germany’s leaders, aided by major media figures, are using the fight against antisemitism as a pretext to encourage racist resentment and anti-migrant sentiment."
Short-eared Owl surveying industrial landscapes, while the Kestrel family considers the high costs of the condo market.
November 12, 2023 at 1:28 PM
Short-eared Owl surveying industrial landscapes, while the Kestrel family considers the high costs of the condo market.
Reading week vibes.
November 9, 2023 at 1:31 AM
Reading week vibes.
Braved rain and hail to notch Toronto's second-ever photograph record of a pomarine jaeger on eBird. A week after getting a parasitic jaeger. One more for jaeger bingo! (There are only 2 records of long-tail jaegers in Toronto...but it can happen!).
November 6, 2023 at 11:32 PM
Braved rain and hail to notch Toronto's second-ever photograph record of a pomarine jaeger on eBird. A week after getting a parasitic jaeger. One more for jaeger bingo! (There are only 2 records of long-tail jaegers in Toronto...but it can happen!).
A very early purple sandpiper showed up in Toronto today. That combined with my first city parasitic jaeger made it a great day out on the lake!
October 28, 2023 at 1:42 AM
A very early purple sandpiper showed up in Toronto today. That combined with my first city parasitic jaeger made it a great day out on the lake!
Despite the photo, our interests in birds diverge quite radically.
October 11, 2023 at 2:50 PM
Despite the photo, our interests in birds diverge quite radically.
Reposted by Steven McClellan
About to get thrown out of here for obvious reasons
October 10, 2023 at 4:42 PM
About to get thrown out of here for obvious reasons
I often think about how Soviet propaganda tried to humanize Lenin by having him listen to birds or whatever because I observe birds to largely escape humanity.
October 10, 2023 at 5:53 PM
I often think about how Soviet propaganda tried to humanize Lenin by having him listen to birds or whatever because I observe birds to largely escape humanity.
Reposted by Steven McClellan
I carefully maintain a list of the funniest images I've ever seen on the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's wonderful Macaulay Library, and today I gift them to you
macaulaylibrary.org/asset/608452...
macaulaylibrary.org/asset/608452...
ML608452541 Green Heron Macaulay Library
Macaulay Library ML608452541; © Arthur Mercado; Hennepin, Minnesota, United States
macaulaylibrary.org
October 3, 2023 at 4:33 PM
I carefully maintain a list of the funniest images I've ever seen on the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's wonderful Macaulay Library, and today I gift them to you
macaulaylibrary.org/asset/608452...
macaulaylibrary.org/asset/608452...
First post on this platform. So here is a juvenile bald eagle soaring in a blue sky. (My goal is to quickly monopolize the academic-turned-birder space here if it has not been already.)
October 1, 2023 at 8:13 PM
First post on this platform. So here is a juvenile bald eagle soaring in a blue sky. (My goal is to quickly monopolize the academic-turned-birder space here if it has not been already.)