Ed Yong
@edyong209.bsky.social
Writer, journalist. Science, health. Pandemics, animals. Birder, photographer. Many words, some awards. AN IMMENSE WORLD, I CONTAIN MULTITUDES. Married to Liz Neeley, parent to Typo. he/him
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Vermilion flycatcher🪶
📷 Alameda Creek
This bird, which is rare for the Bay Area, was spotted in last year's Christmas Bird Count. No one has seen it for 7 weeks, and a lot of folks have looked. And then it just showed up in the same spot 2 days ago.
📷 Alameda Creek
This bird, which is rare for the Bay Area, was spotted in last year's Christmas Bird Count. No one has seen it for 7 weeks, and a lot of folks have looked. And then it just showed up in the same spot 2 days ago.
February 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Vermilion flycatcher🪶
📷 Alameda Creek
This bird, which is rare for the Bay Area, was spotted in last year's Christmas Bird Count. No one has seen it for 7 weeks, and a lot of folks have looked. And then it just showed up in the same spot 2 days ago.
📷 Alameda Creek
This bird, which is rare for the Bay Area, was spotted in last year's Christmas Bird Count. No one has seen it for 7 weeks, and a lot of folks have looked. And then it just showed up in the same spot 2 days ago.
The gull did get some fish. 📷🪶
December 5, 2024 at 10:48 PM
The gull did get some fish. 📷🪶
I was trying to photograph this beautiful glaucous-winged gull when I got unexpectedly photobombed by a harbor seal that had caught a very large fish--presumably a salmon. 🪶
📷Ballena Bay
📷Ballena Bay
December 5, 2024 at 10:46 PM
I was trying to photograph this beautiful glaucous-winged gull when I got unexpectedly photobombed by a harbor seal that had caught a very large fish--presumably a salmon. 🪶
📷Ballena Bay
📷Ballena Bay
Mountain bluebird 🪶
📷Cedar Mountain WInery (which is now closed, but remains very birdy)
📷Cedar Mountain WInery (which is now closed, but remains very birdy)
December 4, 2024 at 11:40 PM
Mountain bluebird 🪶
📷Cedar Mountain WInery (which is now closed, but remains very birdy)
📷Cedar Mountain WInery (which is now closed, but remains very birdy)
American pipit, strutting so purposefully that the background turned into anime speed lines. 🪶
📸 Hayward Regional
📸 Hayward Regional
November 23, 2024 at 4:53 PM
American pipit, strutting so purposefully that the background turned into anime speed lines. 🪶
📸 Hayward Regional
📸 Hayward Regional
My only regret is that there are also two BURROWING OWLS at Hayward, which keep getting flushed by longspur-seekers; they’re so well camouflaged that it’s basically impossible to see them unless you’re right on top of them. My apologies to the owls.
And that's it. 6/
And that's it. 6/
November 19, 2024 at 7:57 PM
My only regret is that there are also two BURROWING OWLS at Hayward, which keep getting flushed by longspur-seekers; they’re so well camouflaged that it’s basically impossible to see them unless you’re right on top of them. My apologies to the owls.
And that's it. 6/
And that's it. 6/
The snow bunting is still at Hayward as of this morning, for the 4th day running, & truly couldn’t care less about being surrounded by photographers. Love this little goofball. Fav bird of the year. 5/
November 19, 2024 at 7:56 PM
The snow bunting is still at Hayward as of this morning, for the 4th day running, & truly couldn’t care less about being surrounded by photographers. Love this little goofball. Fav bird of the year. 5/
But then yesterday, with folks still smarting from the vanished Smith’s, a HARRIS’S SPARROW shows up at Cesar Chavez park—less unexpected than the others, but still a rare bird and very pretty, too. Second lifer in three days! 😍 4/
November 19, 2024 at 7:54 PM
But then yesterday, with folks still smarting from the vanished Smith’s, a HARRIS’S SPARROW shows up at Cesar Chavez park—less unexpected than the others, but still a rare bird and very pretty, too. Second lifer in three days! 😍 4/
Whew! Popping back here briefly to discuss a very eventful few days.
On Sat, a SNOW BUNTING appears at Hayward Regional. 😱 The bird is stunning & super-rare in the East Bay. Many birders go to see it. It's living its best life on a white/brown plastic culvert that it maybe thinks is snow? 1/
On Sat, a SNOW BUNTING appears at Hayward Regional. 😱 The bird is stunning & super-rare in the East Bay. Many birders go to see it. It's living its best life on a white/brown plastic culvert that it maybe thinks is snow? 1/
November 19, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Whew! Popping back here briefly to discuss a very eventful few days.
On Sat, a SNOW BUNTING appears at Hayward Regional. 😱 The bird is stunning & super-rare in the East Bay. Many birders go to see it. It's living its best life on a white/brown plastic culvert that it maybe thinks is snow? 1/
On Sat, a SNOW BUNTING appears at Hayward Regional. 😱 The bird is stunning & super-rare in the East Bay. Many birders go to see it. It's living its best life on a white/brown plastic culvert that it maybe thinks is snow? 1/
Brown pelicans. 🪶
📷Point Lobos
📷Point Lobos
November 14, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Brown pelicans. 🪶
📷Point Lobos
📷Point Lobos
This burrowing owl I found a few hours ago has the energy that will carry you through this week. 🪶🦉
📸 Coyote Hills
📸 Coyote Hills
November 5, 2024 at 4:47 AM
This burrowing owl I found a few hours ago has the energy that will carry you through this week. 🪶🦉
📸 Coyote Hills
📸 Coyote Hills
Rufous-crowned sparrow 🪶
📷Mines Rd
📷Mines Rd
November 4, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Rufous-crowned sparrow 🪶
📷Mines Rd
📷Mines Rd
American barn owl, about to dive 🪶🦉
📸: Coyote Hills
📸: Coyote Hills
November 2, 2024 at 8:38 PM
American barn owl, about to dive 🪶🦉
📸: Coyote Hills
📸: Coyote Hills
American crow vs red-tailed hawk 🪶
📷Elsie Roemer
📷Elsie Roemer
November 1, 2024 at 9:01 PM
American crow vs red-tailed hawk 🪶
📷Elsie Roemer
📷Elsie Roemer
I mean, look at these spreads! 😍
Huge credit to Rebecca Mills for the art, and AnnMarie Anderson for adapting the text. This was a team effort, and I'm so happy with the finished product.
bookshop.org/p/books/an-i...
Huge credit to Rebecca Mills for the art, and AnnMarie Anderson for adapting the text. This was a team effort, and I'm so happy with the finished product.
bookshop.org/p/books/an-i...
November 1, 2024 at 1:13 AM
I mean, look at these spreads! 😍
Huge credit to Rebecca Mills for the art, and AnnMarie Anderson for adapting the text. This was a team effort, and I'm so happy with the finished product.
bookshop.org/p/books/an-i...
Huge credit to Rebecca Mills for the art, and AnnMarie Anderson for adapting the text. This was a team effort, and I'm so happy with the finished product.
bookshop.org/p/books/an-i...
Alternative version... 🪶📷
September 12, 2024 at 10:56 PM
Alternative version... 🪶📷
Brown pelicans. 🪶
📷 Pillar Point Harbor
📷 Pillar Point Harbor
September 12, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Brown pelicans. 🪶
📷 Pillar Point Harbor
📷 Pillar Point Harbor
Arctic terns taking off. 🪶
📷Pelagic cruise out of Half-Moon Bay
📷Pelagic cruise out of Half-Moon Bay
September 9, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Arctic terns taking off. 🪶
📷Pelagic cruise out of Half-Moon Bay
📷Pelagic cruise out of Half-Moon Bay
American redstarts are rare visitors to the Bay. I saw one yesterday but thought I had failed to get a pic.
But zoom in on the bottom-left of the 1st image and lmfao there's the tail.
Worst pic but somehow 100% identifiable: fanned tail w/ yellow base & black tip is diagnostic. So best pic? 🪶📷
But zoom in on the bottom-left of the 1st image and lmfao there's the tail.
Worst pic but somehow 100% identifiable: fanned tail w/ yellow base & black tip is diagnostic. So best pic? 🪶📷
September 9, 2024 at 7:25 PM
American redstarts are rare visitors to the Bay. I saw one yesterday but thought I had failed to get a pic.
But zoom in on the bottom-left of the 1st image and lmfao there's the tail.
Worst pic but somehow 100% identifiable: fanned tail w/ yellow base & black tip is diagnostic. So best pic? 🪶📷
But zoom in on the bottom-left of the 1st image and lmfao there's the tail.
Worst pic but somehow 100% identifiable: fanned tail w/ yellow base & black tip is diagnostic. So best pic? 🪶📷
More black-footed albatross pics. Compositionally, #4 (with the two birds) is my favorite. 📷🪶
September 9, 2024 at 12:29 AM
More black-footed albatross pics. Compositionally, #4 (with the two birds) is my favorite. 📷🪶
Black-footed albatross 🪶
📷Alvaro’s Adventures pelagic cruise from Half-Moon Bay
📷Alvaro’s Adventures pelagic cruise from Half-Moon Bay
September 9, 2024 at 12:26 AM
Black-footed albatross 🪶
📷Alvaro’s Adventures pelagic cruise from Half-Moon Bay
📷Alvaro’s Adventures pelagic cruise from Half-Moon Bay
And now, the tables have terned! 🪶
September 7, 2024 at 5:46 PM
And now, the tables have terned! 🪶
More jaeger vs. tern pics 🪶
September 7, 2024 at 5:45 PM
More jaeger vs. tern pics 🪶
Portrait of the long-tailed jaeger. 🪶
📷Somewhere off SF/San Mateo waters.
📷Somewhere off SF/San Mateo waters.
September 7, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Portrait of the long-tailed jaeger. 🪶
📷Somewhere off SF/San Mateo waters.
📷Somewhere off SF/San Mateo waters.
Long-tailed jaeger vs Arctic terns. 🪶
Liz & I went on our first pelagic trip--an epic 11-hr voyage in search of seabirds and cetaceans. So. Many. Photos. A personal highlight was watching this jaeger--a seabird that steals food from other birds--flying upside-down in pursuit of terns.
Liz & I went on our first pelagic trip--an epic 11-hr voyage in search of seabirds and cetaceans. So. Many. Photos. A personal highlight was watching this jaeger--a seabird that steals food from other birds--flying upside-down in pursuit of terns.
September 7, 2024 at 5:42 PM
Long-tailed jaeger vs Arctic terns. 🪶
Liz & I went on our first pelagic trip--an epic 11-hr voyage in search of seabirds and cetaceans. So. Many. Photos. A personal highlight was watching this jaeger--a seabird that steals food from other birds--flying upside-down in pursuit of terns.
Liz & I went on our first pelagic trip--an epic 11-hr voyage in search of seabirds and cetaceans. So. Many. Photos. A personal highlight was watching this jaeger--a seabird that steals food from other birds--flying upside-down in pursuit of terns.