Tim Akimoff
@timakimoff.bsky.social
Insatiably curious conservation communicator + Food, bikes, critters, adventures, curiosities, & words. Wildlife 📸 | 🐦ing | #GoDucks | 🇺🇦 | 🦣 @TimAkimoff@mstdn.social | He/Him
Happy National Bird Day!
January 6, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Happy National Bird Day!
Sometimes it’s all you can do.
Oil, not drugs, will be the death of us.
Oil, not drugs, will be the death of us.
January 4, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Sometimes it’s all you can do.
Oil, not drugs, will be the death of us.
Oil, not drugs, will be the death of us.
We have reached a compromise of sorts. Toby has agreed to lay across my lap rather than make biscuits in my neck so I can sit here and watch the world burn down on my stupid, little device.
January 3, 2026 at 9:30 PM
We have reached a compromise of sorts. Toby has agreed to lay across my lap rather than make biscuits in my neck so I can sit here and watch the world burn down on my stupid, little device.
Yes, I have a blog. I'm sentimental like that. I only seem to update it once a year, so it's really easy to keep up with. In fact, there's an audio player at the bottom so you can listen to this instead of doing the hard work of reading it.
www.killingernest.com/blog/2025-in...
www.killingernest.com/blog/2025-in...
2025 in the Rearview — Killing Ernest
I like to think they can’t keep getting worse, but my lived experience only goes so far.
www.killingernest.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Yes, I have a blog. I'm sentimental like that. I only seem to update it once a year, so it's really easy to keep up with. In fact, there's an audio player at the bottom so you can listen to this instead of doing the hard work of reading it.
www.killingernest.com/blog/2025-in...
www.killingernest.com/blog/2025-in...
Oregon Coast Sunset Late 2025
December 29, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Oregon Coast Sunset Late 2025
My daughter and I went for a walk on the beach this morning and saw some gulls and too many people. Nothing wrong with gulls, of course. When I saw this Black oystercatcher, I smiled and said, good bird of the day. My daughter doesn’t get it quite yet. But she saw how happy I was when we spotted it.
December 29, 2025 at 1:30 AM
My daughter and I went for a walk on the beach this morning and saw some gulls and too many people. Nothing wrong with gulls, of course. When I saw this Black oystercatcher, I smiled and said, good bird of the day. My daughter doesn’t get it quite yet. But she saw how happy I was when we spotted it.
My middle kiddo is getting married. It feels like they’re so young still, but they’re already five years older than we were when we got married. Super stoked for these kids and their new journey together.
December 26, 2025 at 3:29 AM
My middle kiddo is getting married. It feels like they’re so young still, but they’re already five years older than we were when we got married. Super stoked for these kids and their new journey together.
Chonk NoSho coming in hot.
December 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Chonk NoSho coming in hot.
Happy Solstice!
The final episode of Tea in Beautiful Places has my colleague Beth Quillian and I foraging for wild tea in the Columbia River Gorge with Norther Emily of Wild Solitude Guiding. Check it out!
youtu.be/G1pAbXz4Sm0?...
The final episode of Tea in Beautiful Places has my colleague Beth Quillian and I foraging for wild tea in the Columbia River Gorge with Norther Emily of Wild Solitude Guiding. Check it out!
youtu.be/G1pAbXz4Sm0?...
Tea in Beautiful Places: Foraging for Wild Tea
YouTube video by Tim Akimoff
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December 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Happy Solstice!
The final episode of Tea in Beautiful Places has my colleague Beth Quillian and I foraging for wild tea in the Columbia River Gorge with Norther Emily of Wild Solitude Guiding. Check it out!
youtu.be/G1pAbXz4Sm0?...
The final episode of Tea in Beautiful Places has my colleague Beth Quillian and I foraging for wild tea in the Columbia River Gorge with Norther Emily of Wild Solitude Guiding. Check it out!
youtu.be/G1pAbXz4Sm0?...
Check out those egret toes!
December 19, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Check out those egret toes!
I know that look she’s giving him well.
December 17, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I know that look she’s giving him well.
My kind of Saturday night
December 14, 2025 at 6:11 AM
My kind of Saturday night
The first scene in “The Sound of Music” is visceral memory for me. It’s the only thing that still takes me back to my childhood in the Rax Mountains of Austria, and it does so in a way that even the photos of my last visit in 2008 can’t do.
December 14, 2025 at 4:10 AM
The first scene in “The Sound of Music” is visceral memory for me. It’s the only thing that still takes me back to my childhood in the Rax Mountains of Austria, and it does so in a way that even the photos of my last visit in 2008 can’t do.
You know these clowns?
December 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
You know these clowns?
I’m always wondering what to do with my photos of birds with nesting materials. Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is perfect - #NestBuilders.
A Red-footed Booby successful stole a branch from a Brown booby (below) at Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge. The Brown booby retained a twig.
A Red-footed Booby successful stole a branch from a Brown booby (below) at Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge. The Brown booby retained a twig.
December 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I’m always wondering what to do with my photos of birds with nesting materials. Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is perfect - #NestBuilders.
A Red-footed Booby successful stole a branch from a Brown booby (below) at Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge. The Brown booby retained a twig.
A Red-footed Booby successful stole a branch from a Brown booby (below) at Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge. The Brown booby retained a twig.
Come explore Oregon’s famous Painted Hills with me in the newest episode of Tea in Beautuful Places. - youtu.be/qUyiXyCouSk?...
Tea in Beautiful Places: The Painted Hills
YouTube video by Tim Akimoff
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December 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Come explore Oregon’s famous Painted Hills with me in the newest episode of Tea in Beautuful Places. - youtu.be/qUyiXyCouSk?...
The charm convened again today.
December 6, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The charm convened again today.
My Spotify wrapped listening age is 29, my vinyl collection listening age is 60. My wife pointed out that this is probably because of road trips where I play their playlists and die a little inside each mile.
December 4, 2025 at 3:23 AM
My Spotify wrapped listening age is 29, my vinyl collection listening age is 60. My wife pointed out that this is probably because of road trips where I play their playlists and die a little inside each mile.
Toby approves of the tree. In fact, it’s his new bestie.
December 1, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Toby approves of the tree. In fact, it’s his new bestie.
New episode of Tea in Beautiful Places!
Magone Lake, in Oregon’s Blue Mountains, is so quiet I could hear the tea brewing.
youtu.be/mDZxFrOJtMI?...
Magone Lake, in Oregon’s Blue Mountains, is so quiet I could hear the tea brewing.
youtu.be/mDZxFrOJtMI?...
Tea in Beautiful Places: Magone Lake
YouTube video by Tim Akimoff
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 8:46 PM
New episode of Tea in Beautiful Places!
Magone Lake, in Oregon’s Blue Mountains, is so quiet I could hear the tea brewing.
youtu.be/mDZxFrOJtMI?...
Magone Lake, in Oregon’s Blue Mountains, is so quiet I could hear the tea brewing.
youtu.be/mDZxFrOJtMI?...
Anyone else always leaving your lens cap in someone’s boat or car on the other side of the state? Just me?
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Anyone else always leaving your lens cap in someone’s boat or car on the other side of the state? Just me?
A former colleague of mine found a beautiful Lion’s Mane growing on an oak tree in his yard and gave me a nice cut off it to take home and sauté up for dinner.
November 25, 2025 at 5:23 AM
A former colleague of mine found a beautiful Lion’s Mane growing on an oak tree in his yard and gave me a nice cut off it to take home and sauté up for dinner.
The many moods of the yard bully, who likes to look tough while still keeping those tiny tootsies warm.
November 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The many moods of the yard bully, who likes to look tough while still keeping those tiny tootsies warm.
There’s a Coco’s booby in Portland. I don’t normally chase rare birds, but if this doesn’t get eaten by an eagle before the weekend, I’m on it.
November 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
There’s a Coco’s booby in Portland. I don’t normally chase rare birds, but if this doesn’t get eaten by an eagle before the weekend, I’m on it.