Jeff Mann
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Jeff Mann
@becausebirds.com
Birder since 2013. I enjoy bird photography, recording, programming, data, design, home lab, OLKB, and Charli xcx.

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I had the privilege to take my friend and her bird-loving 7yo for birding this weekend. She loved hearing the birds sing with the parabolic mic.

Listen to the birdsong and our cute dialog as she hears a White-eyed Vireo and Golden-cheeked Warbler. 🪶🔊
April 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Any Killdeer enjoyers?

Been a huge fan of this bird for a while.

I often hear them singing as they fly around dawn or dusk.

Recorded this cutie with the parabolic mic on October 13. 🪶🔊
December 7, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Look twice and you might spot an Anhinga slinking through the waters.

Like cormorants, a lack of waterproofing require them to dry their wings in the sun.

Recorded these cuties in Orlando on 11/23 with a Parabolic mic.

🪶🔊 #Birdsky #photography
December 6, 2024 at 4:53 PM
This drama bird has a cutesy forehead shield and a tongue-twister name.

I recorded this Common Gallinule last month in the marshes of the Wildlife Drive at Lake Apopka in Florida.

🪶🔊 #Birdsky
December 6, 2024 at 3:13 AM
After a decade of birds I only recently started birding at dusk.

I was immediately treated to a new song from a bird with a bizarre name.

This is the Chuck-will’s-widow I recorded at Government Canyon this summer. 🪶🔊
November 28, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Which titmouse is best?

I took the Black-crested for granted without realizing it’s a Central Texas exclusive! 💅🏻🪶🔊

Plus, finally nabbed a recording of the Tufted in Florida last weekend.
November 28, 2024 at 5:59 AM
Just found a cute Downy Woodpecker who drilled this huge hole!

He climbs completely inside, grabs wood shavings, and then yeets that shit into the wind!

Nature is amazing.

🪶🌬️🌳 #birds
November 23, 2024 at 1:43 AM
New kind of crow just dropped.

Spotted my first Fish Crow in Florida. 🪶🔊

Review: Travel-sized, cute noises, hangs with friends. Says “Uh-uh”.

10/10.
November 21, 2024 at 12:42 PM
3, 2, 1, totally caught this rocket launch by happenstance in Cape Canaveral today. 🚀
November 18, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Some birds are like Pokémon and say their own name.

A famous example is the Eastern Phoebe. Named for the fee-bee sound she makes.

Love how her whistle turns into a buzz. 🪶🔊
November 17, 2024 at 5:39 AM