Peter Nguyen
@dptbirder.bsky.social
Vietnamese-American he/him
Brain physio🧠, avian druid🧙♂️, photon catcher📷, cat dad🐈
📍Orange County, California, USA
All bird thoughts and photos are mine
Life list: 552 Olive-backed Pipit
Socials: @dptbirder
Brain physio🧠, avian druid🧙♂️, photon catcher📷, cat dad🐈
📍Orange County, California, USA
All bird thoughts and photos are mine
Life list: 552 Olive-backed Pipit
Socials: @dptbirder
Pinned
Peter Nguyen
@dptbirder.bsky.social
· Jan 30
Snow King on the Golden Coast
Circa Dec 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣4️⃣
Anna’s Hummingbird (leucistic) 📷🪶
Circa Dec 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣4️⃣
Anna’s Hummingbird (leucistic) 📷🪶
I’m not too much of a landscape photographer, but I had my Leica handy and the stormy skies were calling
📷🌧️🌊
📷🌧️🌊
November 14, 2025 at 5:20 AM
I’m not too much of a landscape photographer, but I had my Leica handy and the stormy skies were calling
📷🌧️🌊
📷🌧️🌊
November 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Reposted by Peter Nguyen
Look👀 at the intense look in the eye!
Curve-billed #thrasher
#ThrasherThursday!
#bird #birdphotography 🪶
Curve-billed #thrasher
#ThrasherThursday!
#bird #birdphotography 🪶
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Look👀 at the intense look in the eye!
Curve-billed #thrasher
#ThrasherThursday!
#bird #birdphotography 🪶
Curve-billed #thrasher
#ThrasherThursday!
#bird #birdphotography 🪶
As an Asian birder, I recognize when I see good pair of chopsticks in skilled hands 😂
Long-billed Curlew 📷🌿🥢🪶
Long-billed Curlew 📷🌿🥢🪶
November 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
As an Asian birder, I recognize when I see good pair of chopsticks in skilled hands 😂
Long-billed Curlew 📷🌿🥢🪶
Long-billed Curlew 📷🌿🥢🪶
When I’m trying I can actually pump out a few photos. I just have to keep it up
November 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
When I’m trying I can actually pump out a few photos. I just have to keep it up
King tides separate the high and low tides by up to 8ft of tidal difference in the winter in Southern California
At the lowest tide, standing here means I would be completely submerged on the ocean floor at this spot just 6 hours before
Black-bellied Plover in tide pool
📷🌿🌊🪶
At the lowest tide, standing here means I would be completely submerged on the ocean floor at this spot just 6 hours before
Black-bellied Plover in tide pool
📷🌿🌊🪶
November 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
King tides separate the high and low tides by up to 8ft of tidal difference in the winter in Southern California
At the lowest tide, standing here means I would be completely submerged on the ocean floor at this spot just 6 hours before
Black-bellied Plover in tide pool
📷🌿🌊🪶
At the lowest tide, standing here means I would be completely submerged on the ocean floor at this spot just 6 hours before
Black-bellied Plover in tide pool
📷🌿🌊🪶
Now that migration and work has slowed down. I’m moving back into my photo editing era 💅
Gonna try and commit to pushing out more photos
I have a back log of 349 photos I’ve “liked” which indicate it’s passed my quality check for edits…
Here we go!
Belted Kingfisher con fishhhhh
📷🌿🐟🪶
Gonna try and commit to pushing out more photos
I have a back log of 349 photos I’ve “liked” which indicate it’s passed my quality check for edits…
Here we go!
Belted Kingfisher con fishhhhh
📷🌿🐟🪶
November 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Now that migration and work has slowed down. I’m moving back into my photo editing era 💅
Gonna try and commit to pushing out more photos
I have a back log of 349 photos I’ve “liked” which indicate it’s passed my quality check for edits…
Here we go!
Belted Kingfisher con fishhhhh
📷🌿🐟🪶
Gonna try and commit to pushing out more photos
I have a back log of 349 photos I’ve “liked” which indicate it’s passed my quality check for edits…
Here we go!
Belted Kingfisher con fishhhhh
📷🌿🐟🪶
Reposted by Peter Nguyen
Five (!) years ago this month, a large flock of Evening Grosbeaks descended on our feeders, ate everything they could, and took off, never to be seen again. The one and only time I've ever seen them. It was magical.
#BirdOfTheDay #least #birds #birding #nature #photography
#BirdOfTheDay #least #birds #birding #nature #photography
November 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Five (!) years ago this month, a large flock of Evening Grosbeaks descended on our feeders, ate everything they could, and took off, never to be seen again. The one and only time I've ever seen them. It was magical.
#BirdOfTheDay #least #birds #birding #nature #photography
#BirdOfTheDay #least #birds #birding #nature #photography
Reposted by Peter Nguyen
This is the only Least Bittern I have photographed in my life. This is the smallest member of the heron family, and its conservation status is of Least Concern. Bosque del Apache, New Mexico. For the #least theme of #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin #birds
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
This is the only Least Bittern I have photographed in my life. This is the smallest member of the heron family, and its conservation status is of Least Concern. Bosque del Apache, New Mexico. For the #least theme of #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin #birds
I’ve appreciate Southern California now more than ever as a birder
Elsewhere in the US, birds count plummets with the oncoming winter
Buffered by the warmth of the Pacific Ocean, SoCal increases in diversity from summer to winter as birds, like this white-breasted nuthatch, come to overwinter
📷🌿🪶
Elsewhere in the US, birds count plummets with the oncoming winter
Buffered by the warmth of the Pacific Ocean, SoCal increases in diversity from summer to winter as birds, like this white-breasted nuthatch, come to overwinter
📷🌿🪶
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I’ve appreciate Southern California now more than ever as a birder
Elsewhere in the US, birds count plummets with the oncoming winter
Buffered by the warmth of the Pacific Ocean, SoCal increases in diversity from summer to winter as birds, like this white-breasted nuthatch, come to overwinter
📷🌿🪶
Elsewhere in the US, birds count plummets with the oncoming winter
Buffered by the warmth of the Pacific Ocean, SoCal increases in diversity from summer to winter as birds, like this white-breasted nuthatch, come to overwinter
📷🌿🪶
Woohoo! Free taxonomic update “life bird”
Eastern warbling vireo 😅🪶
Eastern warbling vireo 😅🪶
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Woohoo! Free taxonomic update “life bird”
Eastern warbling vireo 😅🪶
Eastern warbling vireo 😅🪶
I love my Pepperoni
📷🍕🐈👹
📷🍕🐈👹
November 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I love my Pepperoni
📷🍕🐈👹
📷🍕🐈👹
It’s been a while since I’ve been this close to a Brown Creeper!
I took my own advice. Approached slowly at an angle. Took cover behind trees and finally got within 10 ft of this bird!
Brown creepers are my favorite birds to see when a few eventually winter in Orange County
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I took my own advice. Approached slowly at an angle. Took cover behind trees and finally got within 10 ft of this bird!
Brown creepers are my favorite birds to see when a few eventually winter in Orange County
📷🌿🪶
November 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It’s been a while since I’ve been this close to a Brown Creeper!
I took my own advice. Approached slowly at an angle. Took cover behind trees and finally got within 10 ft of this bird!
Brown creepers are my favorite birds to see when a few eventually winter in Orange County
📷🌿🪶
I took my own advice. Approached slowly at an angle. Took cover behind trees and finally got within 10 ft of this bird!
Brown creepers are my favorite birds to see when a few eventually winter in Orange County
📷🌿🪶
Did I bird watch this crow?
📷🌿🪶
📷🌿🪶
November 7, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Did I bird watch this crow?
📷🌿🪶
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Okay that was a pretty thrilling baseball game. Time to not watch one for another year 😅
November 2, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Okay that was a pretty thrilling baseball game. Time to not watch one for another year 😅
Reposted by Peter Nguyen
Varied bunting in watercolor
The Varied Bunting is a small songbird from the southwestern United States and Mexico, distinguished by the male's striking purple and red plumage and the female's plain, light brown appearance.
#birds #watercolor #birdartist #birdtober #birdtober2025 #painting #SciArt
The Varied Bunting is a small songbird from the southwestern United States and Mexico, distinguished by the male's striking purple and red plumage and the female's plain, light brown appearance.
#birds #watercolor #birdartist #birdtober #birdtober2025 #painting #SciArt
October 29, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Varied bunting in watercolor
The Varied Bunting is a small songbird from the southwestern United States and Mexico, distinguished by the male's striking purple and red plumage and the female's plain, light brown appearance.
#birds #watercolor #birdartist #birdtober #birdtober2025 #painting #SciArt
The Varied Bunting is a small songbird from the southwestern United States and Mexico, distinguished by the male's striking purple and red plumage and the female's plain, light brown appearance.
#birds #watercolor #birdartist #birdtober #birdtober2025 #painting #SciArt
Reposted by Peter Nguyen
A Great Blue Heron from this morning looking for a meal.
#heron
#birds
#nature
#photography
#birdphotograpy
#heron
#birds
#nature
#photography
#birdphotograpy
October 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
A Great Blue Heron from this morning looking for a meal.
#heron
#birds
#nature
#photography
#birdphotograpy
#heron
#birds
#nature
#photography
#birdphotograpy
Reposted by Peter Nguyen
My cohost Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social has announced that today’s #BirdOfTheDay is all about 'Pairs Of The Same Birds' which makes it a #DailyDouble with #TwosDay
The Alt is 'Chaffinches'
#birds #EastCoastKin
The Alt is 'Chaffinches'
#birds #EastCoastKin
October 28, 2025 at 11:35 AM
My cohost Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social has announced that today’s #BirdOfTheDay is all about 'Pairs Of The Same Birds' which makes it a #DailyDouble with #TwosDay
The Alt is 'Chaffinches'
#birds #EastCoastKin
The Alt is 'Chaffinches'
#birds #EastCoastKin
Reposted by Peter Nguyen
Red-winged Blackbird. Victoria, British Columbia.
A male showing its fall plumage with the feather tips tinged with a rusty orange. These will become solid black nearer to breeding plumage.
#birds #birding #wildlife #nature #photography #birdphotography #Nikon
A male showing its fall plumage with the feather tips tinged with a rusty orange. These will become solid black nearer to breeding plumage.
#birds #birding #wildlife #nature #photography #birdphotography #Nikon
October 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Red-winged Blackbird. Victoria, British Columbia.
A male showing its fall plumage with the feather tips tinged with a rusty orange. These will become solid black nearer to breeding plumage.
#birds #birding #wildlife #nature #photography #birdphotography #Nikon
A male showing its fall plumage with the feather tips tinged with a rusty orange. These will become solid black nearer to breeding plumage.
#birds #birding #wildlife #nature #photography #birdphotography #Nikon
Belted Queenfisher of Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve
This lady was being chased around by two different males fighting for territory
What a popular girlie!
Belted Kingfisher 📷🌿🪶
This lady was being chased around by two different males fighting for territory
What a popular girlie!
Belted Kingfisher 📷🌿🪶
October 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Belted Queenfisher of Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve
This lady was being chased around by two different males fighting for territory
What a popular girlie!
Belted Kingfisher 📷🌿🪶
This lady was being chased around by two different males fighting for territory
What a popular girlie!
Belted Kingfisher 📷🌿🪶
Even more important as women are now expected to work
My team and I treat more working women now than ever to help and PREVENT not only aches and pains, but intervene early enough to build a habit of healthy living to stave off cardiovascular risk and diabetes
The lift gets much harder as you age
My team and I treat more working women now than ever to help and PREVENT not only aches and pains, but intervene early enough to build a habit of healthy living to stave off cardiovascular risk and diabetes
The lift gets much harder as you age
Women derive more benefit from physical activity than men with respect to reduction of cardiovascular risk and related mortality, and can achieve protection at lower levels of engagement. From ~85,000 participants, open-access (blue=men)
nature.com/articles/s44...
nature.com/articles/s44...
October 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Even more important as women are now expected to work
My team and I treat more working women now than ever to help and PREVENT not only aches and pains, but intervene early enough to build a habit of healthy living to stave off cardiovascular risk and diabetes
The lift gets much harder as you age
My team and I treat more working women now than ever to help and PREVENT not only aches and pains, but intervene early enough to build a habit of healthy living to stave off cardiovascular risk and diabetes
The lift gets much harder as you age
Another rare heron for our parts! Relative rarity aside. Our county is good for one of these per year!
Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve remains one of a kind in luring these wetland dependent birds to our county!
Tricolored Heron 📷🌿🪶
Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve remains one of a kind in luring these wetland dependent birds to our county!
Tricolored Heron 📷🌿🪶
October 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Another rare heron for our parts! Relative rarity aside. Our county is good for one of these per year!
Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve remains one of a kind in luring these wetland dependent birds to our county!
Tricolored Heron 📷🌿🪶
Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve remains one of a kind in luring these wetland dependent birds to our county!
Tricolored Heron 📷🌿🪶
Reposted by Peter Nguyen
The Red-Breasted Nuthatches *love* pine nuts. Their beaks are perfectly designed for extracting them from cones. If you zoom in on the third pic you can see he’s extracting a prize #birds 🌿
October 26, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The Red-Breasted Nuthatches *love* pine nuts. Their beaks are perfectly designed for extracting them from cones. If you zoom in on the third pic you can see he’s extracting a prize #birds 🌿