***giveaway*** this signed, Advance Reader Copy of TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES (pub date 4 Nov 25 from @fsgbooks.bsky.social)! Like/Reskeet to enter! US addresses only! Will pick random winner on Thurs, 9 Oct 25 and ship quick. 🐅 #booksky

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#booksky

The Townsend’s Warbler in Cambridge, MA is back today and many birders are getting a look! Here’s a couple of better photos I was able to get. 🪶

Uhhhm. I just got a Townsend’s Warbler in Cambridge, Massachusetts on January 20, 2024. It is 20 degrees outside. 🪶

Hooded Merganser 🪶
Fresh Pond, Black’s Nook
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Jan 11, 2024

Pied-Billed Grebe
Fresh Pond
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Jan. 4, 2024

#lifer

Eagerly awaiting the @ababirds.bsky.social Bird of the Year 2024 announcement today 7p EST. List of previous selections:

My 3–year-old daughter pointed out the window and said “look, a little bird”. Turns out it’s a yard first Cooper’s Hawk. Already a superb birding companion.

Geared up for strong Winter Duck season!
✔️Ruddy Duck
✔️Bufflehead
✔️Hooded Merganser
✔️Lesser Scaup
✔️Ring-necked Duck

High on the wanted list:
Green-winged Teal!

Great job by @birdizlife.bsky.social guest hosting this week’s American Birding Podcast! Enjoyed the discussion and learning about Anuj and his work. Frank, you mentioned a book, I think, “Wild America” but I didn’t catch the author’s name. Would you mind supplying? Thanks!

I really hope my daughter ends up an ornithologist. That would make me feel better about the murmurations in the house

My son & I stopped on our bike ride today & got an incidental lifer. I’m terrible at sparrow IDs & no less so local rarities. Posted this photo to the great @ababirds.bsky.social “What’s This Bird?” Facebook Group & got a near immediate ID.

Lark Sparrow, Danehy Park, Cambridge, Mass. 8/27/23

One year ago today I started a #birding yard list. 32 species so far in a medium density urban neighborhood, no feeders & requiring positive visual ID. What I’ve learned: fall migration and winter better than I thought.

Photo: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, winter visitor, March 2023, Cambridge Mass.

Have to admit waiting on this episode has my anxiety level off the charts. How to Watch Birds with John Wilson g.co/kgs/kJXSho
#birding #anxiety

Just got here. Where’s the bar?