alex
igneousflock.dev
alex
@igneousflock.dev
birder, software dev, sim racer, motorsport fan in Chicago. he/him 🖤🩶🤍💜

pfp: @\kast.haus
I rode from Alton to STL back in September and had a great time! Similar route but I crossed at the Chain of Rocks bridge. More gravel but it kept me off most roads.
January 2, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Very proud to have qualified for the 2026 @iracing.com IndyCar Pro Series! The competition's gonna be tough but I can't wait for the challenge.
January 2, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Extremely good year, many cool birds, demolished my initial goals. Aiming higher this year:
- 225 sp. in Cook County, IL
- 350 U.S. Species
- Reach 400 lifers (currently at 321)
January 1, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Not getting to 200 IL birds this year but I saw a beaver today!
December 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Not ever
December 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Meant to do daily posts in that thread but I forgor 💀

Really fun trip, the Mississippi-Missouri confluence is just a gorgeous area. So much history and natural beauty.
October 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Wayfinding in post-apocalyptic video games
October 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
S/O to this downy woodpecker hard at work pecking wood.
September 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
St Louis trip day 1/3 complete! Amtrak to Alton, visited the Melvin Price Lock and Dam, then rode to the Olin Nature Preserve. Never heard so many red-headed woodpeckers in my life.
September 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
It’s my birthday today, and I decided to go after my 300th lifer bird, an American Bittern! They’ve been hanging out in Humboldt Park in the middle of Chicago the last few days.
August 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
It got a little soggy on the walk home but was still very tasty. Bacon, eggs, onions, peppers iirc.
August 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Got a free train ride with my concert ticket tonight. They’re cool
August 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
And on the train back. Spoiled with another bike car. Very successful day with 51 bird species, making Wisconsin my seventh half-century state!
August 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Quick lunch in waukeegan while waiting for the train
August 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Two states at once!
August 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
On to the last spot in Wisconsin!
August 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Finished with the Kenosha dunes, headed to Chiwaukee prairie next
August 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Kenosha I am in you
August 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Bien car!
August 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Train time
August 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
A mountain bluebird near Tahoe the other day.
July 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
awake, against his wishes
June 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Finally made it out to Montrose Point and got to see Pippin! He was moving too fast to get a scope pic. The purple martins and red-winged blackbirds are super bold! #birds
June 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
May 21, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Bonus: wood stork nestlings feeding! #birds #binoblast (#scopeblast ?)
May 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM