Saw this awesome Speckled Tanager in Costa Rica recently. I’d seen them before in captivity, but seeing a wild bird fly in so close just to chow down on some bananas was a much cooler experience.

I guess Bluesky is the new hotness now. I didn’t really use that blue bird themed app anyway, but maybe I’ll start trying to keep with this one more often. Anyway, here’s a Northern Hawk Owl photo I took :)

Figured I’d put in my vote for a new bird name now that the AOS has decided to remove eponyms from English bird names. Montezuma Oropendola has always been fun to say, but I think this will give us a chance to acknowledge their crazy songs and keep a fun name with “Cacophonous Oropendola”!

Something blue! Brown-hooded Gull in Patagonia :) 🪶

For #WorldShorebirdsDay I wanted to share some Sanderlings! These birds live on coastlines all around the world and are an icon of tidal shorelines. They also migrate incredible distances: some birds fly from the southern tip of South America up to northern Canada and back each year! #addBirder

Chilean Skua! One of many birds from southern Chile that I miss daily.