Dan Baldassarre
@evornithology.bsky.social
Official Bird Guy at SUNY Oswego. 850M on TikTok.
If you're an undergrad looking for a great biodiversity/conservation field course, please check this out. Run by my buddy Jordan Karubian through Tulane U.
November 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
If you're an undergrad looking for a great biodiversity/conservation field course, please check this out. Run by my buddy Jordan Karubian through Tulane U.
RCBO’s gull banding season is off to a hot start! Zane scoops and scores in the midst of 50mph Lake Ontario winds. Easy as.
November 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
RCBO’s gull banding season is off to a hot start! Zane scoops and scores in the midst of 50mph Lake Ontario winds. Easy as.
New whip who dis
November 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
New whip who dis
That face you make when you’ve been caught for the third time and you’re summoning the evil spirits of your owl ancestors to curse your strange unfeathered captors for eternity
November 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
That face you make when you’ve been caught for the third time and you’re summoning the evil spirits of your owl ancestors to curse your strange unfeathered captors for eternity
I ain’t no one-trick pony.
(I built these stairs.)
(I built these stairs.)
November 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I ain’t no one-trick pony.
(I built these stairs.)
(I built these stairs.)
That face you make when you get busted for murdering a vole and the evidence is splattered all over your bill but you’re so drunk with blood lust you don’t even care
(Northern Saw-whet Owl)
(Northern Saw-whet Owl)
November 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
That face you make when you get busted for murdering a vole and the evidence is splattered all over your bill but you’re so drunk with blood lust you don’t even care
(Northern Saw-whet Owl)
(Northern Saw-whet Owl)
And check out this impeccable description (complete with field sketch) of my lifer Jabiru. These are better than the field notes I take now as a professional ornithologist. “As tall as my dad!” 😂 (2/2)
November 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
And check out this impeccable description (complete with field sketch) of my lifer Jabiru. These are better than the field notes I take now as a professional ornithologist. “As tall as my dad!” 😂 (2/2)
I’m entering some historical eBird records and had to dig deep for these ones. I found my lifer King Vulture in my journal from when I was eight and lived in Mexico. And I scored an ocelot on that same day! Helluva day for young Danny boy! (1/2)
November 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I’m entering some historical eBird records and had to dig deep for these ones. I found my lifer King Vulture in my journal from when I was eight and lived in Mexico. And I scored an ocelot on that same day! Helluva day for young Danny boy! (1/2)
Yes this is a thirst trap, please act accordingly.
(Laughing Kookaburra, Queensland, ca 2009)
(Laughing Kookaburra, Queensland, ca 2009)
November 12, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Yes this is a thirst trap, please act accordingly.
(Laughing Kookaburra, Queensland, ca 2009)
(Laughing Kookaburra, Queensland, ca 2009)
🎶🦉 Follow us on the gram @rcbobirds for more bird jams like this www.instagram.com/rcbobirds
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
🎶🦉 Follow us on the gram @rcbobirds for more bird jams like this www.instagram.com/rcbobirds
Me when a goshawk buzzes my backyard feeder
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Me when a goshawk buzzes my backyard feeder
Check out my guy Tyler releasing his first owl. 😭😭😭 This is what it’s all about!
November 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Check out my guy Tyler releasing his first owl. 😭😭😭 This is what it’s all about!
IT’S A REVOLUTION
November 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
IT’S A REVOLUTION
Another criminal owl off the streets. We won’t stop until every last one of them is behind bars.
November 8, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Another criminal owl off the streets. We won’t stop until every last one of them is behind bars.
There is magic in this world
(Crested Satinbird)
📷 Vincent van der Spek, eBird
(Crested Satinbird)
📷 Vincent van der Spek, eBird
November 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
There is magic in this world
(Crested Satinbird)
📷 Vincent van der Spek, eBird
(Crested Satinbird)
📷 Vincent van der Spek, eBird
Bornean endemic, monotypic family
November 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Bornean endemic, monotypic family
I'm sorry, WHAT???
(Bornean Bristlehead)
📷 Chris Venetz, eBird
(Bornean Bristlehead)
📷 Chris Venetz, eBird
November 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I'm sorry, WHAT???
(Bornean Bristlehead)
📷 Chris Venetz, eBird
(Bornean Bristlehead)
📷 Chris Venetz, eBird
Just got an email from a very concerned woman about a loon that has been hanging out on the lawn outside her office.
The loon in question:
📷 Dashel Hiller
The loon in question:
📷 Dashel Hiller
November 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Just got an email from a very concerned woman about a loon that has been hanging out on the lawn outside her office.
The loon in question:
📷 Dashel Hiller
The loon in question:
📷 Dashel Hiller
Fly!
(Northern Saw-whet Owl)
(Northern Saw-whet Owl)
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Fly!
(Northern Saw-whet Owl)
(Northern Saw-whet Owl)
Just a quick reminder that asities exist. Endemic to forests of Madagascar, they construct pendulous nests and would like you to know that, yes, they know they have a little something on their face.
November 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Just a quick reminder that asities exist. Endemic to forests of Madagascar, they construct pendulous nests and would like you to know that, yes, they know they have a little something on their face.
Group chat was lit today
November 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Group chat was lit today
My handsome boys
November 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
My handsome boys