Adam Welz
@adamwelz.bsky.social
Author THE END OF EDEN: WILD NATURE IN THE AGE OF CLIMATE BREAKDOWN (Bloomsbury) - avail. globally
Writer, conservationist, naturalist. Takes photos
Posts mainly wildlife conservation, climate change, civil liberties & nature photos
Cape Town, S Africa
Writer, conservationist, naturalist. Takes photos
Posts mainly wildlife conservation, climate change, civil liberties & nature photos
Cape Town, S Africa
"He also served on a faith advisory council during President Trump’s first term, and he hosted Mr. Trump at Gateway Church in June 2020."
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October 3, 2025 at 7:51 AM
"He also served on a faith advisory council during President Trump’s first term, and he hosted Mr. Trump at Gateway Church in June 2020."
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I was looking for rare flowers in Table Mountain National Park (Cape Town) this morn when I heard a puffing hiss a few ft away. This large 80cm/30in Puffadder was displeased with my presence! Would have struck if I’d got closer but when it realized I was no danger it took off. Amazing beast! #snake
September 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I was looking for rare flowers in Table Mountain National Park (Cape Town) this morn when I heard a puffing hiss a few ft away. This large 80cm/30in Puffadder was displeased with my presence! Would have struck if I’d got closer but when it realized I was no danger it took off. Amazing beast! #snake
September 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
There must be a gajillion versions of this on the interwebs, but here's my take on last evening's Blood Moon, made from my Cape Town front yard. It was an amazing thing to watch! #bloodmoon #eclipse #capetown
September 8, 2025 at 7:02 AM
There must be a gajillion versions of this on the interwebs, but here's my take on last evening's Blood Moon, made from my Cape Town front yard. It was an amazing thing to watch! #bloodmoon #eclipse #capetown
This bill is all about building America’s gulag archipelago, turning the country into a vicious police state
July 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This bill is all about building America’s gulag archipelago, turning the country into a vicious police state
June 13, 2025 at 10:41 AM
It's a great 2-owls-snoozing-in-my-yard day today in Cape Town!
I've only seen the male recently & was worried that his mate had been killed by rat poison or a car, but she's here today
Spotted Eagle-Owl (Bubo africanus) snapshots (c)me
#birds #owl #owls #capetown #southafrica
I've only seen the male recently & was worried that his mate had been killed by rat poison or a car, but she's here today
Spotted Eagle-Owl (Bubo africanus) snapshots (c)me
#birds #owl #owls #capetown #southafrica
May 27, 2025 at 9:27 AM
It's a great 2-owls-snoozing-in-my-yard day today in Cape Town!
I've only seen the male recently & was worried that his mate had been killed by rat poison or a car, but she's here today
Spotted Eagle-Owl (Bubo africanus) snapshots (c)me
#birds #owl #owls #capetown #southafrica
I've only seen the male recently & was worried that his mate had been killed by rat poison or a car, but she's here today
Spotted Eagle-Owl (Bubo africanus) snapshots (c)me
#birds #owl #owls #capetown #southafrica
Cape Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus vetula) over False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa - photo (c)me 2018
#gull #birds #kelpgull #capetown #southafrica
#gull #birds #kelpgull #capetown #southafrica
May 27, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Cape Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus vetula) over False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa - photo (c)me 2018
#gull #birds #kelpgull #capetown #southafrica
#gull #birds #kelpgull #capetown #southafrica
Brandt's Cormorant (Urile penicillatus) displaying in a breeding colony in Monterey, California, photographed by me back in 2008 with a janky old Tokina 300mm f4 lens.
I'm a big fan of #cormorants' colourful eyes. This species has an iridescent throat, too.
#bird #birds #monterey #california
I'm a big fan of #cormorants' colourful eyes. This species has an iridescent throat, too.
#bird #birds #monterey #california
May 18, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Brandt's Cormorant (Urile penicillatus) displaying in a breeding colony in Monterey, California, photographed by me back in 2008 with a janky old Tokina 300mm f4 lens.
I'm a big fan of #cormorants' colourful eyes. This species has an iridescent throat, too.
#bird #birds #monterey #california
I'm a big fan of #cormorants' colourful eyes. This species has an iridescent throat, too.
#bird #birds #monterey #california
I’m at the largest-ever conference on Solar Radiation Modification aka solar geoengineering which (conveniently) is in my home city of Cape Town. Learning a lot & looking forward to writing interesting stuff!
Followers: What do you most want to know about this controversial topic?
#DGF2025
Followers: What do you most want to know about this controversial topic?
#DGF2025
May 13, 2025 at 7:37 AM
I’m at the largest-ever conference on Solar Radiation Modification aka solar geoengineering which (conveniently) is in my home city of Cape Town. Learning a lot & looking forward to writing interesting stuff!
Followers: What do you most want to know about this controversial topic?
#DGF2025
Followers: What do you most want to know about this controversial topic?
#DGF2025
Someone said it's World #Chameleon Day
I don't know if that's true but here's a young Cape Dwarf Chameleon (Bradypodion pumilum) that I photographed climbing a restio in Rondevlei Nature Reserve, Cape Town, back in 2018
(This species is often a lot more colourful)
#reptile #nature #wildlife
I don't know if that's true but here's a young Cape Dwarf Chameleon (Bradypodion pumilum) that I photographed climbing a restio in Rondevlei Nature Reserve, Cape Town, back in 2018
(This species is often a lot more colourful)
#reptile #nature #wildlife
May 9, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Someone said it's World #Chameleon Day
I don't know if that's true but here's a young Cape Dwarf Chameleon (Bradypodion pumilum) that I photographed climbing a restio in Rondevlei Nature Reserve, Cape Town, back in 2018
(This species is often a lot more colourful)
#reptile #nature #wildlife
I don't know if that's true but here's a young Cape Dwarf Chameleon (Bradypodion pumilum) that I photographed climbing a restio in Rondevlei Nature Reserve, Cape Town, back in 2018
(This species is often a lot more colourful)
#reptile #nature #wildlife
African Fish-Eagle (Ichthyophaga vocifer) and the Moon, Chobe National Park, Botswana.
As might be obvious, this is a close relative of the Bald Eagle.
(c)Adam Welz 2019
#birds #raptor #fisheagle #chobenationalpark #botswana #bird #raptor #raptors More of my nature photos @adamwelz.wild Insta
As might be obvious, this is a close relative of the Bald Eagle.
(c)Adam Welz 2019
#birds #raptor #fisheagle #chobenationalpark #botswana #bird #raptor #raptors More of my nature photos @adamwelz.wild Insta
May 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
African Fish-Eagle (Ichthyophaga vocifer) and the Moon, Chobe National Park, Botswana.
As might be obvious, this is a close relative of the Bald Eagle.
(c)Adam Welz 2019
#birds #raptor #fisheagle #chobenationalpark #botswana #bird #raptor #raptors More of my nature photos @adamwelz.wild Insta
As might be obvious, this is a close relative of the Bald Eagle.
(c)Adam Welz 2019
#birds #raptor #fisheagle #chobenationalpark #botswana #bird #raptor #raptors More of my nature photos @adamwelz.wild Insta
Cape Canary (Serinus canicollis) in a fence w sticky seeds on its bill.
Observatory, Cape Town, S Africa (c)Adam Welz 2025
#birds #birding #capetown #southafrica #capecanary
Observatory, Cape Town, S Africa (c)Adam Welz 2025
#birds #birding #capetown #southafrica #capecanary
May 4, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Cape Canary (Serinus canicollis) in a fence w sticky seeds on its bill.
Observatory, Cape Town, S Africa (c)Adam Welz 2025
#birds #birding #capetown #southafrica #capecanary
Observatory, Cape Town, S Africa (c)Adam Welz 2025
#birds #birding #capetown #southafrica #capecanary
An appropriately-named Superb Starling looks skywards for predators - Narok County, Kenya (c)Adam Welz 2019
Perennial reminder: Merely liking a post on Bluesky does not make it visible to your followers; you must repost it!
#birds #bird #superbstarling #kenya
Perennial reminder: Merely liking a post on Bluesky does not make it visible to your followers; you must repost it!
#birds #bird #superbstarling #kenya
May 2, 2025 at 8:45 AM
An appropriately-named Superb Starling looks skywards for predators - Narok County, Kenya (c)Adam Welz 2019
Perennial reminder: Merely liking a post on Bluesky does not make it visible to your followers; you must repost it!
#birds #bird #superbstarling #kenya
Perennial reminder: Merely liking a post on Bluesky does not make it visible to your followers; you must repost it!
#birds #bird #superbstarling #kenya
African Spoonbill on an overcast day, Durban Botanic Gardens, South Africa (c)Adam Welz 2019
Love their pale blue irises!
#birds #birding #birdphotography #africanspoonbill #spoonbill #durbanbotanicgarden
Love their pale blue irises!
#birds #birding #birdphotography #africanspoonbill #spoonbill #durbanbotanicgarden
May 1, 2025 at 11:37 AM
African Spoonbill on an overcast day, Durban Botanic Gardens, South Africa (c)Adam Welz 2019
Love their pale blue irises!
#birds #birding #birdphotography #africanspoonbill #spoonbill #durbanbotanicgarden
Love their pale blue irises!
#birds #birding #birdphotography #africanspoonbill #spoonbill #durbanbotanicgarden
You could add my book, The End of Eden: Wild Nature in the Age of Climate Breakdown
May 1, 2025 at 8:26 AM
You could add my book, The End of Eden: Wild Nature in the Age of Climate Breakdown
April 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
BTW it's World Penguin Day today, FWIW
Here are a couple of African Penguins splashing ashore on Boulders Beach on the Cape Peninsula
This species is predicted to be functionally #extinct by 2035 thanks to overfishing & #climate breakdown
#addBirder #birds #africanpenguin #capetown
Here are a couple of African Penguins splashing ashore on Boulders Beach on the Cape Peninsula
This species is predicted to be functionally #extinct by 2035 thanks to overfishing & #climate breakdown
#addBirder #birds #africanpenguin #capetown
April 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
BTW it's World Penguin Day today, FWIW
Here are a couple of African Penguins splashing ashore on Boulders Beach on the Cape Peninsula
This species is predicted to be functionally #extinct by 2035 thanks to overfishing & #climate breakdown
#addBirder #birds #africanpenguin #capetown
Here are a couple of African Penguins splashing ashore on Boulders Beach on the Cape Peninsula
This species is predicted to be functionally #extinct by 2035 thanks to overfishing & #climate breakdown
#addBirder #birds #africanpenguin #capetown
April was my favorite month when I lived in New York City, with the spring warblers coming through.
Here's a fresh Magnolia Warbler, photographed in Brooklyn's Prospect Park back in 2014. (c)Adam Welz
#addBirder #birds #birding #magnoliawarbler #spring #nyc #brooklyn
Here's a fresh Magnolia Warbler, photographed in Brooklyn's Prospect Park back in 2014. (c)Adam Welz
#addBirder #birds #birding #magnoliawarbler #spring #nyc #brooklyn
April 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
April was my favorite month when I lived in New York City, with the spring warblers coming through.
Here's a fresh Magnolia Warbler, photographed in Brooklyn's Prospect Park back in 2014. (c)Adam Welz
#addBirder #birds #birding #magnoliawarbler #spring #nyc #brooklyn
Here's a fresh Magnolia Warbler, photographed in Brooklyn's Prospect Park back in 2014. (c)Adam Welz
#addBirder #birds #birding #magnoliawarbler #spring #nyc #brooklyn
I'm not saying you mustn't think about the impacts of climate change on species - they are profound, & I wrote a whole book about them - but to assume you know what the local climate is going to be and which species will be able to thrive there 75 years from now is, well, ambitious.
April 25, 2025 at 8:27 AM
I'm not saying you mustn't think about the impacts of climate change on species - they are profound, & I wrote a whole book about them - but to assume you know what the local climate is going to be and which species will be able to thrive there 75 years from now is, well, ambitious.
A couple of Fork-tailed Drongos in my backyard. This species, with its corvid-llike smarts, incredible vocal ability (inc. mimicry) and interesting social setup has become progressively more common in Cape Town during the last 20 years or so. (c)Adam Welz 2025 #birds #birding #bird #capetown
April 18, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Complete insanity. And this man has the nuclear codes.
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April 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Complete insanity. And this man has the nuclear codes.
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