Tim Akimoff
@timakimoff.bsky.social
Insatiably curious conservation communicator + Food, bikes, critters, adventures, curiosities, & words. Wildlife 📸 | 🐦ing | #GoDucks | 🇺🇦 | 🦣 @TimAkimoff@mstdn.social | He/Him
It was a completely Bushtit Friday. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.
November 15, 2025 at 2:03 AM
It was a completely Bushtit Friday. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.
I spent a week out in the elk woods and saw a lot of stars, good birds and larch trees ablaze in yellow.
November 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I spent a week out in the elk woods and saw a lot of stars, good birds and larch trees ablaze in yellow.
Spent the morning with a couple of colleagues working on gathering new goose ID video at Sauvie Island. Felt weird to be in a blind with a camera on a tripod trying to shoot Taverners, Duskies and Cacklers trying mimic the conditions hunters might encounter.
November 4, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Spent the morning with a couple of colleagues working on gathering new goose ID video at Sauvie Island. Felt weird to be in a blind with a camera on a tripod trying to shoot Taverners, Duskies and Cacklers trying mimic the conditions hunters might encounter.
I was one of the first to report on olives being grown in the Willamette Valley way back when I was a cub reporter at the Statesman Journal. It’s nice to be able to enjoy the high quality olive oils now coming from those first experimental trees planted back then.
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We finally have high-quality olive oil made from olives right here in the Willamette Valley, and I couldn’t be happier. I’ve been using it in my sourdough focaccia, and the flavor is out of this world...
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November 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I was one of the first to report on olives being grown in the Willamette Valley way back when I was a cub reporter at the Statesman Journal. It’s nice to be able to enjoy the high quality olive oils now coming from those first experimental trees planted back then.
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It’s strange that some of the best baseball ever played is happening over the course of a U.S. government shutdown that is impacting folks who rely on SNAP benefits? It’s not enough that the occupant of the White House is a constant distraction, every part of our culture becomes a distraction.
November 2, 2025 at 3:50 AM
It’s strange that some of the best baseball ever played is happening over the course of a U.S. government shutdown that is impacting folks who rely on SNAP benefits? It’s not enough that the occupant of the White House is a constant distraction, every part of our culture becomes a distraction.
Lit up the carved turnips tonight and have to say that this is a tradition I can get behind.
November 1, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Lit up the carved turnips tonight and have to say that this is a tradition I can get behind.
Happy Halloween!
I’m hoping this escalator to death season we’ve been on is short-lived and we end up in a spring of renewed hope.
In the meantime, let the veil thin, we need some creative ideas.
I’m hoping this escalator to death season we’ve been on is short-lived and we end up in a spring of renewed hope.
In the meantime, let the veil thin, we need some creative ideas.
November 1, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Happy Halloween!
I’m hoping this escalator to death season we’ve been on is short-lived and we end up in a spring of renewed hope.
In the meantime, let the veil thin, we need some creative ideas.
I’m hoping this escalator to death season we’ve been on is short-lived and we end up in a spring of renewed hope.
In the meantime, let the veil thin, we need some creative ideas.
There is more personality in a Steller’s jay crest than you can find in entire species of birds. I realize that is a hard take, especially for those of you who don’t see them often, but spend five minutes watching them and you’ll name their crest.
October 31, 2025 at 2:29 AM
There is more personality in a Steller’s jay crest than you can find in entire species of birds. I realize that is a hard take, especially for those of you who don’t see them often, but spend five minutes watching them and you’ll name their crest.
My daughter and I carved up some turnip jack-o'-lanterns as a study in history, a nod to our Irish immigrant forefathers and to hopefully ward off some of the evil spirits working so hard to destroy our democracy.
October 30, 2025 at 3:46 AM
My daughter and I carved up some turnip jack-o'-lanterns as a study in history, a nod to our Irish immigrant forefathers and to hopefully ward off some of the evil spirits working so hard to destroy our democracy.
When you find out your biologist friends are also amazing artists who create wildlife stickers, you order them so fast. Check it out - cocrittercollectiv.wixsite.com/central-oreg...
October 28, 2025 at 2:55 AM
When you find out your biologist friends are also amazing artists who create wildlife stickers, you order them so fast. Check it out - cocrittercollectiv.wixsite.com/central-oreg...
Double-barrel stare down from a Golden Eagle along the Grande Ronde River.
October 20, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Double-barrel stare down from a Golden Eagle along the Grande Ronde River.
Starry Night over the Grande Ronde. I’ve wanted to visit the Grande Ronde and the tiny town of Troy for many years. Finally got there this week.
October 20, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Starry Night over the Grande Ronde. I’ve wanted to visit the Grande Ronde and the tiny town of Troy for many years. Finally got there this week.
I saw four Golden eagles, a pair of Bald eagles, two Pileated woodpeckers and a Ruffed grouse before 8 am today. Any guesses as to where in Oregon I am?
Hint: A town named after Mormon settlers, not the site of a mythological Greek war that lasted a decade
Hint: A town named after Mormon settlers, not the site of a mythological Greek war that lasted a decade
October 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I saw four Golden eagles, a pair of Bald eagles, two Pileated woodpeckers and a Ruffed grouse before 8 am today. Any guesses as to where in Oregon I am?
Hint: A town named after Mormon settlers, not the site of a mythological Greek war that lasted a decade
Hint: A town named after Mormon settlers, not the site of a mythological Greek war that lasted a decade
If they can get a long and share common ground, it’s theoretically possible that we literate apes could too.
October 13, 2025 at 1:08 AM
If they can get a long and share common ground, it’s theoretically possible that we literate apes could too.
These loud Alexandrine parakeets are all over Istanbul and really make the place feel extra birdy for such a large metropolitan area.
October 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
These loud Alexandrine parakeets are all over Istanbul and really make the place feel extra birdy for such a large metropolitan area.
After a long morning of exploring Istanbul, dad and I returned to the Air B&B. He took a nap, and I went out and found a cold bottle of beer and returned to the 4th floor to see what birds I could find on the Bosphorus. I was delighted with a Hooded crow and Eurasian sparrow hawk sparring.
October 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
After a long morning of exploring Istanbul, dad and I returned to the Air B&B. He took a nap, and I went out and found a cold bottle of beer and returned to the 4th floor to see what birds I could find on the Bosphorus. I was delighted with a Hooded crow and Eurasian sparrow hawk sparring.
I went for a walk around the neighborhood after work. The sun was just starting to peek out after an overcast day. As I rounded a corner at the edge of the neighborhood, I saw the local crews sitting on a roof enjoying the sunset together.
October 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I went for a walk around the neighborhood after work. The sun was just starting to peek out after an overcast day. As I rounded a corner at the edge of the neighborhood, I saw the local crews sitting on a roof enjoying the sunset together.
I spent so many days pouring over this book trying to identify these Central Asian birds I have zero frame of reference for.
October 8, 2025 at 4:41 AM
I spent so many days pouring over this book trying to identify these Central Asian birds I have zero frame of reference for.
When a Steppe Eagle looks at you.
October 5, 2025 at 4:44 AM
When a Steppe Eagle looks at you.
Turkestan ground jays seem to take up the niche that our Scrub jays fill in NA. They are the little camp thieves and curious citizens of the desert regions of Central Asia.
October 1, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Turkestan ground jays seem to take up the niche that our Scrub jays fill in NA. They are the little camp thieves and curious citizens of the desert regions of Central Asia.
Our driver constantly talked about these blue birds we would see on power lines in Turkmenistan, so I kept looking. Turns out he was talking about Blue-cheeked bee eaters. There was a swath of the country where you could see one every fifty feet or so.
September 30, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Our driver constantly talked about these blue birds we would see on power lines in Turkmenistan, so I kept looking. Turns out he was talking about Blue-cheeked bee eaters. There was a swath of the country where you could see one every fifty feet or so.
Waiting to cross the border, but my phone is picking up my Uzbek SIM card, so I’m going to make a post from Turkmenistan.
Despite the harsh extremes of the Karakum, I found more birds here than anywhere else in Central Asia. These shorebirds were at an Oasis along the “road” to the Door to Hell.
Despite the harsh extremes of the Karakum, I found more birds here than anywhere else in Central Asia. These shorebirds were at an Oasis along the “road” to the Door to Hell.
September 29, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Waiting to cross the border, but my phone is picking up my Uzbek SIM card, so I’m going to make a post from Turkmenistan.
Despite the harsh extremes of the Karakum, I found more birds here than anywhere else in Central Asia. These shorebirds were at an Oasis along the “road” to the Door to Hell.
Despite the harsh extremes of the Karakum, I found more birds here than anywhere else in Central Asia. These shorebirds were at an Oasis along the “road” to the Door to Hell.
Had a little visitor at dinner last night in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. So far the bugs have been more cooperative than the birds. @crawlieswithcri.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Had a little visitor at dinner last night in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. So far the bugs have been more cooperative than the birds. @crawlieswithcri.bsky.social
Finally got up into the mountains near the Tajikistan border and saw a few more birds. It’s still mainly Myna birds, turtle doves and tree sparrows.
📸 Possibly a Spotted flycatcher
📸 I’m calling this a common raven based on the wedge tail
📸 Blue whistling thrush - they really are black in shade
📸 Possibly a Spotted flycatcher
📸 I’m calling this a common raven based on the wedge tail
📸 Blue whistling thrush - they really are black in shade
September 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Finally got up into the mountains near the Tajikistan border and saw a few more birds. It’s still mainly Myna birds, turtle doves and tree sparrows.
📸 Possibly a Spotted flycatcher
📸 I’m calling this a common raven based on the wedge tail
📸 Blue whistling thrush - they really are black in shade
📸 Possibly a Spotted flycatcher
📸 I’m calling this a common raven based on the wedge tail
📸 Blue whistling thrush - they really are black in shade
The birding hasn’t been spectacular, but the food and hospitality have been amazing. This is an old friend of my dad’s who he hasn’t seen in 30 years. He had us all to lunch in his family yurt.
September 18, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The birding hasn’t been spectacular, but the food and hospitality have been amazing. This is an old friend of my dad’s who he hasn’t seen in 30 years. He had us all to lunch in his family yurt.