NorthWestHawking
@pnwestie.bsky.social
Buteos, brews, and backyard barbecues! Falconer living in the🌲Pacific Northwest🌧USAF veteran, fish and wildlife biologist, aspiring high school biology teacher 👨🏫🧫🧪🔬DnD🎲, Star Trek🖖🏻, lover of beagles 🐾🐕🐾 Avian aficionado 🐦🐦⬛🦉🦅🦆, and a Bacchus buddy! 🍷
I haven't posted for a while, so here's a video of my new bird for this season. Her name is Kira. Training is coming along nicely!
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November 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I haven't posted for a while, so here's a video of my new bird for this season. Her name is Kira. Training is coming along nicely!
#birds
#falconry
#redtailedhawk
#PNW
#birds
#falconry
#redtailedhawk
#PNW
Some of my friends may not know that I officially started my birder life list this year. Before today, I recorded 22 different bird species. Today at work, I saw #23 - the orange crowned warbler! I even got a good video.
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#PacificNorthwest
#BirdCalls
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April 17, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Some of my friends may not know that I officially started my birder life list this year. Before today, I recorded 22 different bird species. Today at work, I saw #23 - the orange crowned warbler! I even got a good video.
#birds
#birding
#PNW
#PacificNorthwest
#BirdCalls
#birds
#birding
#PNW
#PacificNorthwest
#BirdCalls
Juncos are quite common at my bird feeder here in the PNW!
March 19, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Juncos are quite common at my bird feeder here in the PNW!
Had a bald eagle fly over our house yesterday and land in our tree in the backyard. It sat up there for a while calling out! Very cool!
March 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Had a bald eagle fly over our house yesterday and land in our tree in the backyard. It sat up there for a while calling out! Very cool!
"Federal employees don't deserve their paychecks"
-Marjorie Taylor Greene, federal employee who makes $174k per year.
-Marjorie Taylor Greene, federal employee who makes $174k per year.
February 27, 2025 at 1:50 AM
"Federal employees don't deserve their paychecks"
-Marjorie Taylor Greene, federal employee who makes $174k per year.
-Marjorie Taylor Greene, federal employee who makes $174k per year.
This wind is absolutely bonkers!
February 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This wind is absolutely bonkers!
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February 25, 2025 at 2:04 AM
People are saying that federal workers should be "held to higher standards." Like what? Not having felonies? That's already a standard they have to meet to get the job.
Unlike the presidency...
Unlike the presidency...
February 24, 2025 at 7:19 AM
People are saying that federal workers should be "held to higher standards." Like what? Not having felonies? That's already a standard they have to meet to get the job.
Unlike the presidency...
Unlike the presidency...
Moose just makes his bed anywhere he wants.
February 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Moose just makes his bed anywhere he wants.
Helped my wife say "goodbye" to her 20's today by throwing a 1920's themed party at a local speakeasy pub. Happy 30th Birthday, honey!
February 2, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Helped my wife say "goodbye" to her 20's today by throwing a 1920's themed party at a local speakeasy pub. Happy 30th Birthday, honey!
The sole purpose of this is to make it more difficult to hold the military accountable. None of this should feel right to you if you're a rational person.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Pentagon removes major media outlets, including NBC News, from dedicated workstations as part of a new 'rotation program'
NBC News, The New York Times, NPR and Politico must vacate their office spaces in two weeks for other news organizations — including at least one that did not request to be added.
www.nbcnews.com
February 1, 2025 at 6:52 AM
The sole purpose of this is to make it more difficult to hold the military accountable. None of this should feel right to you if you're a rational person.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Trump's tariffs will likely go into effect by Monday. Grocery prices among other things will skyrocket. The sheer magnitude of incompetence of this administration is going to hurt every American. If you voted for Trump, you're about to regret your choice.
January 31, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Trump's tariffs will likely go into effect by Monday. Grocery prices among other things will skyrocket. The sheer magnitude of incompetence of this administration is going to hurt every American. If you voted for Trump, you're about to regret your choice.
Falconry update. Too long for Bluesky, so for more in depth falconry stuff, follow my Instagram.
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January 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Falconry update. Too long for Bluesky, so for more in depth falconry stuff, follow my Instagram.
www.instagram.com/p/DFUZFkCxPV...
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Dixie and Moose are taking it easy this Friday...
January 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Dixie and Moose are taking it easy this Friday...
@petarsaurusrex.bsky.social hell yeah, first post and first follower! Immortality achieved!
January 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
@petarsaurusrex.bsky.social hell yeah, first post and first follower! Immortality achieved!
January 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I have settled on a name. Considering I trapped him near a coal mine, his breath was disgusting, one of his legs is currently a little lame and swollen from the trapping process (it happens sometimes), and I love Star Trek, I went with the Romans. Say hello to "Vulcan."
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January 3, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I have settled on a name. Considering I trapped him near a coal mine, his breath was disgusting, one of his legs is currently a little lame and swollen from the trapping process (it happens sometimes), and I love Star Trek, I went with the Romans. Say hello to "Vulcan."
#Birds #NorthWestHawking
#Birds #NorthWestHawking
Day 2 of manning. Things are going well so far. Tonight he's more relaxed and we spent some time walking around on the glove and being put down and picked up from the scales.
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January 2, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Day 2 of manning. Things are going well so far. Tonight he's more relaxed and we spent some time walking around on the glove and being put down and picked up from the scales.
#NorthWestHawking
#Birds #Hawks
#Falconry
#NorthWestHawking
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#Falconry
Success! Dad was with us today so he got to see how the trapping process worked firsthand. He's a healthy, scrappy male with a capture weight of 750g. Unlike my first bird Freya, he's very timid and scared. Haven't figured out a name for him yet...
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December 30, 2024 at 11:44 PM
Success! Dad was with us today so he got to see how the trapping process worked firsthand. He's a healthy, scrappy male with a capture weight of 750g. Unlike my first bird Freya, he's very timid and scared. Haven't figured out a name for him yet...
#Falconry #NorthWestHawking
#Hawk #Birds #Redtail
#Falconry #NorthWestHawking
#Hawk #Birds #Redtail
No luck trapping yet. If I don't successfully trapping by the end of December, I may have to skip this hunting season and wait until next year.
December 17, 2024 at 5:56 AM
No luck trapping yet. If I don't successfully trapping by the end of December, I may have to skip this hunting season and wait until next year.
December 11, 2024 at 4:15 AM
Happy Sunday friends!
December 8, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Happy Sunday friends!
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Really proud of our paper on range-wide population genomics of the extinct Bachman's Warbler! We didn't find evidence for isolation or population structure despite extensive habitat fragmentation, suggesting that extinction was likely rapid & driven by habitat loss.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Museum genomics provide insight into the extinction of a specialist North American warbler species - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Museum genomics provide insight into the extinction of a specialist North American warbler species
www.nature.com
December 4, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Really proud of our paper on range-wide population genomics of the extinct Bachman's Warbler! We didn't find evidence for isolation or population structure despite extensive habitat fragmentation, suggesting that extinction was likely rapid & driven by habitat loss.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...