Melissa Breyer
@melissabreyer.bsky.social
Migratory birds + window collisions in NYC. Writer, photographer. Editorial Director at Martha Stewart.
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Melissa Breyer
@melissabreyer.bsky.social
· Nov 16
I know this is supposed to be the happy place, yet I persist. Some of the 400 window-struck birds I documented this fall while collision monitoring for @nycbirdalliance.bsky.social. Let’s make some noise for upcoming bird-friendly legislation!
Window collision #2337, scarlet tanager; Bklyn, NY, May 2, 2025. I find window-struck migratory birds in such a haunting array of conditions and poses; but this one was especially sad. I can’t help but wonder what her last few minutes of life were like. Data + body to @nycbirdalliance.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Window collision #2337, scarlet tanager; Bklyn, NY, May 2, 2025. I find window-struck migratory birds in such a haunting array of conditions and poses; but this one was especially sad. I can’t help but wonder what her last few minutes of life were like. Data + body to @nycbirdalliance.bsky.social
From the x archives, 10/22/23: “Before dawn today, hordes of birds flew in to NYC’s WTC area from their overnight journeys. They were everywhere, calling, flitting; so much activity. The trees were full of warblers + it was beautiful + I am heartbroken that so many collided w glass.”
January 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
From the x archives, 10/22/23: “Before dawn today, hordes of birds flew in to NYC’s WTC area from their overnight journeys. They were everywhere, calling, flitting; so much activity. The trees were full of warblers + it was beautiful + I am heartbroken that so many collided w glass.”
Can confirm; dark-eyed juncos vs glass doesn’t end well for the juncos.
November 25, 2024 at 1:17 PM
Can confirm; dark-eyed juncos vs glass doesn’t end well for the juncos.
Reposted by Melissa Breyer
Reposted by Melissa Breyer
Rough week. So let me fill your @bsky.app feeds with one of my favorite data visualizations... Enjoy! 🙂
Seasonal migration patterns of birds varying with air temperature using community science observations (eBird).
Animation created by: sos.noaa.gov/catalog/data...
Seasonal migration patterns of birds varying with air temperature using community science observations (eBird).
Animation created by: sos.noaa.gov/catalog/data...
November 17, 2024 at 1:12 AM
Rough week. So let me fill your @bsky.app feeds with one of my favorite data visualizations... Enjoy! 🙂
Seasonal migration patterns of birds varying with air temperature using community science observations (eBird).
Animation created by: sos.noaa.gov/catalog/data...
Seasonal migration patterns of birds varying with air temperature using community science observations (eBird).
Animation created by: sos.noaa.gov/catalog/data...
I know this is supposed to be the happy place, yet I persist. Some of the 400 window-struck birds I documented this fall while collision monitoring for @nycbirdalliance.bsky.social. Let’s make some noise for upcoming bird-friendly legislation!
November 16, 2024 at 5:13 PM
I know this is supposed to be the happy place, yet I persist. Some of the 400 window-struck birds I documented this fall while collision monitoring for @nycbirdalliance.bsky.social. Let’s make some noise for upcoming bird-friendly legislation!