Jen Kepler
@jenkepler.bsky.social
Birds, Wildlife, Nature, Conservation, Outdoor Education, and a Mom.
When we tag horseshoe crabs, we sometimes have to remove barnacles or slipped snails from their shell I order to place a tag.
We made sure that the slipper snails made good on their sacrifice, as a snack for our Horseshoe crab pals.
They were happy to accept our snack offering!
We made sure that the slipper snails made good on their sacrifice, as a snack for our Horseshoe crab pals.
They were happy to accept our snack offering!
June 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
When we tag horseshoe crabs, we sometimes have to remove barnacles or slipped snails from their shell I order to place a tag.
We made sure that the slipper snails made good on their sacrifice, as a snack for our Horseshoe crab pals.
They were happy to accept our snack offering!
We made sure that the slipper snails made good on their sacrifice, as a snack for our Horseshoe crab pals.
They were happy to accept our snack offering!
Tonight my daughter tagged her first horseshoe crabs! I’m a very proud mama 🥹
#communityscience #wildlife
#communityscience #wildlife
June 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Tonight my daughter tagged her first horseshoe crabs! I’m a very proud mama 🥹
#communityscience #wildlife
#communityscience #wildlife
Red knots on the beach in Queens, NYC. An amazing migrating bird, and absolutely handsome. I get so excited to catch them in their spring finery. #birds
June 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Red knots on the beach in Queens, NYC. An amazing migrating bird, and absolutely handsome. I get so excited to catch them in their spring finery. #birds
Also… why do Egrets make everything beautiful?!
May 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Also… why do Egrets make everything beautiful?!
A few gems while waiting for my tour group at work today… American black duck, mourning dove, great egret, Canada geese… all at the Gowanus Canal waterfront.
#birds #brooklyn #urbanwildlife
#birds #brooklyn #urbanwildlife
May 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
A few gems while waiting for my tour group at work today… American black duck, mourning dove, great egret, Canada geese… all at the Gowanus Canal waterfront.
#birds #brooklyn #urbanwildlife
#birds #brooklyn #urbanwildlife
A number of common terns are born and raised New Yorkers! I love these birds and their attitude, I wish more of our beach nesting birds took the tern approach to nesting... dive, defend, and defeat.
#Birds
#Birds
May 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
A number of common terns are born and raised New Yorkers! I love these birds and their attitude, I wish more of our beach nesting birds took the tern approach to nesting... dive, defend, and defeat.
#Birds
#Birds
Recent life-bird: Fork-tailed flycatcher on Randall's Island, NYC! Such a great rare #bird, esp for beginners, it's easy to spot, observe, and its flight is easy to follow as it hunts slowly by fluttering and hovering. Big recommend if you are a new birder and want to add a li' spice to your list!
May 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Recent life-bird: Fork-tailed flycatcher on Randall's Island, NYC! Such a great rare #bird, esp for beginners, it's easy to spot, observe, and its flight is easy to follow as it hunts slowly by fluttering and hovering. Big recommend if you are a new birder and want to add a li' spice to your list!
Off to do my water quality monitoring in the Gowanus Canal… and I found myself an urban Canada Goose family on 7th street, just outside the Bell House here in Brooklyn…
May 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Off to do my water quality monitoring in the Gowanus Canal… and I found myself an urban Canada Goose family on 7th street, just outside the Bell House here in Brooklyn…
Learned a new plant today, cypress spurge.
May 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Learned a new plant today, cypress spurge.
American snout, trillium, and mating horseshoe crabs… bonus blue mussels on the male HSC!
May 16, 2025 at 1:19 AM
American snout, trillium, and mating horseshoe crabs… bonus blue mussels on the male HSC!
We also nerded out over plants and insects... Plumb Beach had tiger beetles all over the sand.
May 16, 2025 at 12:53 AM
We also nerded out over plants and insects... Plumb Beach had tiger beetles all over the sand.
Brooklyn birds from the #globalbigday Birdathon last Saturday. Our team saw 118 bird species in Brooklyn, NYC in 12.5 hours - even lunch at L&B Spumoni Pizza got us a peregrine! I also got my first Kings County Broad-winged Hawk. #bird
May 16, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Brooklyn birds from the #globalbigday Birdathon last Saturday. Our team saw 118 bird species in Brooklyn, NYC in 12.5 hours - even lunch at L&B Spumoni Pizza got us a peregrine! I also got my first Kings County Broad-winged Hawk. #bird
Two weeks in a row we have caught northern pipefish in the Gowanus Canal! How cool is this water noodle?!
It is among a more common fish of the Canal, mummichog. All were released alive.
#fish
It is among a more common fish of the Canal, mummichog. All were released alive.
#fish
May 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Two weeks in a row we have caught northern pipefish in the Gowanus Canal! How cool is this water noodle?!
It is among a more common fish of the Canal, mummichog. All were released alive.
#fish
It is among a more common fish of the Canal, mummichog. All were released alive.
#fish
Birds of pray.
Dear heavenly father, we thank you for thy daily squirrel and pray to you lord, Buteo jamaicensis.
Red-tail hawks, 8th Ave and 2nd street in Brooklyn.
#birds
Dear heavenly father, we thank you for thy daily squirrel and pray to you lord, Buteo jamaicensis.
Red-tail hawks, 8th Ave and 2nd street in Brooklyn.
#birds
April 30, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Birds of pray.
Dear heavenly father, we thank you for thy daily squirrel and pray to you lord, Buteo jamaicensis.
Red-tail hawks, 8th Ave and 2nd street in Brooklyn.
#birds
Dear heavenly father, we thank you for thy daily squirrel and pray to you lord, Buteo jamaicensis.
Red-tail hawks, 8th Ave and 2nd street in Brooklyn.
#birds
When your home is a real fixer-upper... a nest on a structure from the mid 1800's - it just requires constant tweaks and twigs.
Quaker parrot, Green-wood Cemetery, Brooklyn.
#birds
Quaker parrot, Green-wood Cemetery, Brooklyn.
#birds
April 19, 2025 at 1:02 AM
When your home is a real fixer-upper... a nest on a structure from the mid 1800's - it just requires constant tweaks and twigs.
Quaker parrot, Green-wood Cemetery, Brooklyn.
#birds
Quaker parrot, Green-wood Cemetery, Brooklyn.
#birds
April 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM