Nicholas Sly
@nickslybirdguy.bsky.social
Professional bird nerd, here to figure out yet another social media space…
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Who is in Wales at the European Ornithological Congress #EOU2025 this week? We are! Please stop by the booth and see Shawn and Nick and ask about the exciting things happening with Birds of the World and our partner network.
August 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Who is in Wales at the European Ornithological Congress #EOU2025 this week? We are! Please stop by the booth and see Shawn and Nick and ask about the exciting things happening with Birds of the World and our partner network.
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🦅 The new unified global #avian #taxonomy #AviList has just been released at www.avilist.org! Xmas for anyone interested in #birds & checklists... The first version will be followed by annual updates, with decisions and processes aimed to be more transparent than its predecessors'. 🪶🧪
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June 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
🦅 The new unified global #avian #taxonomy #AviList has just been released at www.avilist.org! Xmas for anyone interested in #birds & checklists... The first version will be followed by annual updates, with decisions and processes aimed to be more transparent than its predecessors'. 🪶🧪
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you might think N American species are getting common at their north range limit and rare at their south range limit as temps get warmer
but you would be wrong
new paper in GEB w/ @eliotmiller.bsky.social & Matt Strimas-Mackey, eBird Status & Trends ftw
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
but you would be wrong
new paper in GEB w/ @eliotmiller.bsky.social & Matt Strimas-Mackey, eBird Status & Trends ftw
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
May 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
you might think N American species are getting common at their north range limit and rare at their south range limit as temps get warmer
but you would be wrong
new paper in GEB w/ @eliotmiller.bsky.social & Matt Strimas-Mackey, eBird Status & Trends ftw
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
but you would be wrong
new paper in GEB w/ @eliotmiller.bsky.social & Matt Strimas-Mackey, eBird Status & Trends ftw
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
I found this tree stump in an Ithaca park with year markers for the various tree ring ages. Who knows what the missing year is?
![An old tree stumps with plates marking the age of various rings. The plates read from center out: germination of this tree. 66 million years ago: last triceratops. 385 BCE: Diotima’s ladder. [missing]. 3020: third trans president. Felling of this tree.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:47rpe2avdcjffy5lun43tfax/bafkreibwqwrnys4phzlffb36775iboop2nl62dam3xemftfocnols77tpq@jpeg)
May 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I found this tree stump in an Ithaca park with year markers for the various tree ring ages. Who knows what the missing year is?
I found many little orange friends in the woods today. I love them so much.
May 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I found many little orange friends in the woods today. I love them so much.
Used book store find of the day: when this cheerful man posed for a photo with his orchids, do you think they told him what the book title would be?
May 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Used book store find of the day: when this cheerful man posed for a photo with his orchids, do you think they told him what the book title would be?
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"North American bird declines are greatest where species are most abundant"--a stark, timely reminder of just how important conservation measures are. We need to save birds before it's too late. New research out by Cornell Lab of Ornithology & @abcbirds.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
North American bird declines are greatest where species are most abundant
Efforts to address declines of North American birds have been constrained by limited availability of fine-scale information about population change. By using participatory science data from eBird, we ...
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May 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"North American bird declines are greatest where species are most abundant"--a stark, timely reminder of just how important conservation measures are. We need to save birds before it's too late. New research out by Cornell Lab of Ornithology & @abcbirds.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
BHL is essential for my work. I hope it finds a good new home! #ILoveBHL
BHL's "New Future" is hopeful, but uncertain.
We need your help:
🌱 Spread the word, far and wide
💚 Share the love #ILoveBHL
🤝 Donate to BHL: library.si.edu/donate/bhl-d...
💡 Contact us with your ideas and support: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/04/new-...
We need your help:
🌱 Spread the word, far and wide
💚 Share the love #ILoveBHL
🤝 Donate to BHL: library.si.edu/donate/bhl-d...
💡 Contact us with your ideas and support: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/04/new-...
A New Future for the Biodiversity Heritage Library
The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is the world’s largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives. A global consortium of over 660 contributors, BHL has made more …
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April 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
BHL is essential for my work. I hope it finds a good new home! #ILoveBHL
It’s still wild to me how some Paphs are so shiny waxy they don’t even look real. I’m going to have to try one at some point.
Orchid time! I just got back from the spring show by the Genesee Region Orchid Society in Rochester. I only bought three new ones and that was showing restraint. I didn’t take as many pics as I should have but here’s some highlights.
March 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
It’s still wild to me how some Paphs are so shiny waxy they don’t even look real. I’m going to have to try one at some point.
Orchid time! I just got back from the spring show by the Genesee Region Orchid Society in Rochester. I only bought three new ones and that was showing restraint. I didn’t take as many pics as I should have but here’s some highlights.
March 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Orchid time! I just got back from the spring show by the Genesee Region Orchid Society in Rochester. I only bought three new ones and that was showing restraint. I didn’t take as many pics as I should have but here’s some highlights.
River Otters make any morning better.
March 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
River Otters make any morning better.
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Calling all researchers, conservationists, & habitat biologists! We’re collecting insights from users for grants/reports. How does Birds of the World impact your work? That is, what do you use BOW for, and what does it provide that other resources cannot? DM or email birds@birdsoftheworld.org - TIA!
March 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Calling all researchers, conservationists, & habitat biologists! We’re collecting insights from users for grants/reports. How does Birds of the World impact your work? That is, what do you use BOW for, and what does it provide that other resources cannot? DM or email birds@birdsoftheworld.org - TIA!
50 degrees and raining? It’s salamander time
March 6, 2025 at 1:58 AM
50 degrees and raining? It’s salamander time
America right now: macaulaylibrary.org/asset/629934...
ML629934887 - Red-legged Seriema - Macaulay Library
Macaulay Library ML629934887; © Mauricio Silvera; Rivera, Uruguay
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February 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
America right now: macaulaylibrary.org/asset/629934...
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If you have access to Birds of the World, my first chapter on a bird there was just published after a good deal of work.
The Tristan Moorhen was a flightless rail that lived only on Tristan in Tristan da Cunha in the south Atlantic.
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The Tristan Moorhen was a flightless rail that lived only on Tristan in Tristan da Cunha in the south Atlantic.
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February 1, 2025 at 2:12 AM
If you have access to Birds of the World, my first chapter on a bird there was just published after a good deal of work.
The Tristan Moorhen was a flightless rail that lived only on Tristan in Tristan da Cunha in the south Atlantic.
1/n
The Tristan Moorhen was a flightless rail that lived only on Tristan in Tristan da Cunha in the south Atlantic.
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Last bird of 2024: Wild Turkey
First bird of 2025: Carolina Wren
First bird of 2025: Carolina Wren
January 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Last bird of 2024: Wild Turkey
First bird of 2025: Carolina Wren
First bird of 2025: Carolina Wren
Starting off 2025 right: walking for miles in rain and snow for a CBC
January 1, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Starting off 2025 right: walking for miles in rain and snow for a CBC
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Part of making BlueSky a better place includes not bringing bird-related Elf of the Shelf puns over here thanks!
December 7, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Part of making BlueSky a better place includes not bringing bird-related Elf of the Shelf puns over here thanks!
Happy 8th Gotcha Day to my Finch 😻
December 3, 2024 at 12:11 AM
Happy 8th Gotcha Day to my Finch 😻
The fact that one of my local radio stations has already switched to Christmas music is really confusing my sense of what holiday week this is.
November 26, 2024 at 4:21 PM
The fact that one of my local radio stations has already switched to Christmas music is really confusing my sense of what holiday week this is.
My new favorite tag on Macaulay Library just dropped. Look at all these sweet plumage mutations. search.macaulaylibrary.org/catalog?sort...
Media Search - Macaulay Library and eBird
Explore millions of photos, audio recordings, and videos of birds and other animals; powered by Macaulay Library and eBird. The Macaulay Library collects, archives, and distributes wildlife media for ...
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November 21, 2024 at 2:22 AM
My new favorite tag on Macaulay Library just dropped. Look at all these sweet plumage mutations. search.macaulaylibrary.org/catalog?sort...
Exciting new #colsci!
Published today, plumage color genomics! We trace the evolutionary history of a trait under sexual selection in a genus of dancing manakins. Co-led with H.C. Lim. #evobio #birds 🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 20, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Exciting new #colsci!