Adam Winer
@awiner.bsky.social
Birder (and butterflies), music lover, (indoor) cat scritcher, Jewish dude, cryptic crossword solver, and assorted other interests. 🏳️🌈+🏳️⚧️ ally. he/him.
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Thrushes - here's a Taiwan Thrush and a Fiji Island-Thrush. Until recently both considered subspecies of Island Thrush, that complex is now considered 18 different species! 🪶
November 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Thrushes - here's a Taiwan Thrush and a Fiji Island-Thrush. Until recently both considered subspecies of Island Thrush, that complex is now considered 18 different species! 🪶
Today's theme for #birdoftheday is #staredown . No one stares down with more disdain than an owl - here with a twofer from Lanyu Island, Taiwan 🪶
November 18, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Today's theme for #birdoftheday is #staredown . No one stares down with more disdain than an owl - here with a twofer from Lanyu Island, Taiwan 🪶
#BirdOfTheDay themes of #paddling and #yellow birds, here in one picture - Lesser Goldfinch male, bathing.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:17 AM
#BirdOfTheDay themes of #paddling and #yellow birds, here in one picture - Lesser Goldfinch male, bathing.
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@alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LunchTime
Here's a Fairy Pitta bringing lunch back to its nest! 🪶 Taiwan, near Budai.
Here's a Fairy Pitta bringing lunch back to its nest! 🪶 Taiwan, near Budai.
November 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
@alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LunchTime
Here's a Fairy Pitta bringing lunch back to its nest! 🪶 Taiwan, near Budai.
Here's a Fairy Pitta bringing lunch back to its nest! 🪶 Taiwan, near Budai.
November 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Day is almost up, but I can still join the #BirdOfTheDay theme - #rock. So how about two Rock Partridges standing on rocks! 🪶 Gantrisch, Switzerland
November 5, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Day is almost up, but I can still join the #BirdOfTheDay theme - #rock. So how about two Rock Partridges standing on rocks! 🪶 Gantrisch, Switzerland
Post a bird announcing that Dick Cheney is dead. 🪶
November 4, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Post a bird announcing that Dick Cheney is dead. 🪶
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Hiding .
This Eurasian Bittern did a pretty good job of it - at Katzensee, Switzerland. 🪶
This Eurasian Bittern did a pretty good job of it - at Katzensee, Switzerland. 🪶
October 31, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Hiding .
This Eurasian Bittern did a pretty good job of it - at Katzensee, Switzerland. 🪶
This Eurasian Bittern did a pretty good job of it - at Katzensee, Switzerland. 🪶
Today's #Birdoftheday are birds at #OddAngles #birdphotography #birds
A Prothonotary Warbler whose world has turned upside-down (literally and metaphorically - it's in California, where it shouldn't be)
A Prothonotary Warbler whose world has turned upside-down (literally and metaphorically - it's in California, where it shouldn't be)
October 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Today's #Birdoftheday are birds at #OddAngles #birdphotography #birds
A Prothonotary Warbler whose world has turned upside-down (literally and metaphorically - it's in California, where it shouldn't be)
A Prothonotary Warbler whose world has turned upside-down (literally and metaphorically - it's in California, where it shouldn't be)
Today's #BirdOfTheDay is "Pairs of the Same Birds", from @robcrank68.bsky.social . How about a pair of Eurasian Jackdaws in Bern, Switzerland? 🪶
October 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay is "Pairs of the Same Birds", from @robcrank68.bsky.social . How about a pair of Eurasian Jackdaws in Bern, Switzerland? 🪶
Sure thing @aba.org! Not a lifer lifer, but an ABA region lifer - Sharp-tailed Sandpiper at Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary in Alameda, California. An Asian species, rare in CA. Found by Deborah Crooks two days ago, still here today! (ABA #691) 🪶
October 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Sure thing @aba.org! Not a lifer lifer, but an ABA region lifer - Sharp-tailed Sandpiper at Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary in Alameda, California. An Asian species, rare in CA. Found by Deborah Crooks two days ago, still here today! (ABA #691) 🪶
Red-shouldered Hawk, in my backyard. 🪶 Uncropped.
October 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Red-shouldered Hawk, in my backyard. 🪶 Uncropped.
Here's what I mean by the distribution of black on the wings from a single frame in your video - classic winter sanderling.
October 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Here's what I mean by the distribution of black on the wings from a single frame in your video - classic winter sanderling.
Seriously, 100% sanderlings. Pale gray above except for black at the bend of the wing and in the primaries is classic fall/winter. (See attached photo.) None show the tapering, downcurved bill of Western S. Behaviorally, playing at the surf line on a beach is a strong hint too.
October 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Seriously, 100% sanderlings. Pale gray above except for black at the bend of the wing and in the primaries is classic fall/winter. (See attached photo.) None show the tapering, downcurved bill of Western S. Behaviorally, playing at the surf line on a beach is a strong hint too.
We are spoiled here in California to share our space with these gorgeous creatures - Red-shouldered Hawk 🪶. The form in California is particularly elegant - so much so it's been considered a possible split as Elegant Hawk (Buteo elegans). This one was especially unconcerned with my presence.
September 28, 2025 at 4:59 AM
We are spoiled here in California to share our space with these gorgeous creatures - Red-shouldered Hawk 🪶. The form in California is particularly elegant - so much so it's been considered a possible split as Elegant Hawk (Buteo elegans). This one was especially unconcerned with my presence.
Congrats! Next up for the kite, Michigan!
June 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Congrats! Next up for the kite, Michigan!
Was sure you meant Maddux, but my memory is sometimes faulty. Thanks to Google AI, I now know you might have meant Greg Luzinski, Gross, or Riddoch. AI is the best!
May 14, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Was sure you meant Maddux, but my memory is sometimes faulty. Thanks to Google AI, I now know you might have meant Greg Luzinski, Gross, or Riddoch. AI is the best!
Just last month, saw a bird I've dreamed of for decades - Wallcreeper! (Valais region of Switzerland)
March 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Just last month, saw a bird I've dreamed of for decades - Wallcreeper! (Valais region of Switzerland)
Common bird in the eastern US, but if you're out west or just don't do birds you might not know it.
March 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Common bird in the eastern US, but if you're out west or just don't do birds you might not know it.
Hard same! (Brothers)
March 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Hard same! (Brothers)
Wallcreeper in Switzerland. Best #bird in Europe? I think so! Been dreaming of this bird for decades, finally had the privilege of seeing one. 🪶
March 5, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Wallcreeper in Switzerland. Best #bird in Europe? I think so! Been dreaming of this bird for decades, finally had the privilege of seeing one. 🪶
I'll join in! An Ornate Bella Moth (Utetheisa ornatrix) for #MothMonday
February 4, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I'll join in! An Ornate Bella Moth (Utetheisa ornatrix) for #MothMonday
Why would I disagree? Team White-crowned Sparrow unite! A "Nuttall's" WCSP singing its heart out on territory in SF, CA - we're lucky to have them year-round here. 🪶
February 3, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Why would I disagree? Team White-crowned Sparrow unite! A "Nuttall's" WCSP singing its heart out on territory in SF, CA - we're lucky to have them year-round here. 🪶
This Canada Jay in Mendocino, CA (California, not Canada!) was my first in 24 years. @alvarosadventures.bsky.social calls these "re-lifers", and I love that term. 🪶
February 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This Canada Jay in Mendocino, CA (California, not Canada!) was my first in 24 years. @alvarosadventures.bsky.social calls these "re-lifers", and I love that term. 🪶