Richard Hall
@richardlovesbirds.bsky.social
Theoretical ecologist based in Athens, GA. Into disease ecology and animal migration. Love birds and native gardening. he/him
Lab: https://halllab.ecology.uga.edu/
Wildlife from the backyard: https://www.instagram.com/richhallagram/
Lab: https://halllab.ecology.uga.edu/
Wildlife from the backyard: https://www.instagram.com/richhallagram/
Neotropical warbler season is over but I was charmed by the frenetic bathing of this Swamp Sparrow today, a less than annual visitor to my yard
November 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Neotropical warbler season is over but I was charmed by the frenetic bathing of this Swamp Sparrow today, a less than annual visitor to my yard
With all of the horrors 2025 has brought I haven't had much enthusiasm to engage with this platform, but warblers help make the world a little bit better, so thought I would share some warbler joy from a few days ago at my backyard birdbath in Athens GA. Migration is amazing!
October 23, 2025 at 12:58 AM
With all of the horrors 2025 has brought I haven't had much enthusiasm to engage with this platform, but warblers help make the world a little bit better, so thought I would share some warbler joy from a few days ago at my backyard birdbath in Athens GA. Migration is amazing!
Some much needed bird therapy - the huge blackbird/ cowbird/ grackle/ starling roost in a bamboo patch in west Athens. The wheeling flocks were occasionally thrown into disarray by a marauding Cooper's Hawk.
February 6, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Some much needed bird therapy - the huge blackbird/ cowbird/ grackle/ starling roost in a bamboo patch in west Athens. The wheeling flocks were occasionally thrown into disarray by a marauding Cooper's Hawk.
Rare in winter this far north, a Lincoln's Sparrow is overwintering along the N Oconee River Greenway in Athens, highlighting the value of this urban corridor. The video includes comparison with lookalike Song Sparrow in foreground (note fine streaks, slender body & bill, & buffy malar of Lincoln's)
February 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Rare in winter this far north, a Lincoln's Sparrow is overwintering along the N Oconee River Greenway in Athens, highlighting the value of this urban corridor. The video includes comparison with lookalike Song Sparrow in foreground (note fine streaks, slender body & bill, & buffy malar of Lincoln's)
Another slice of migratory bird joy - more video footage of migrants that stopped by my backyard pond in Athens, GA in fall 2024. Part 2 of 2. #birds #backyardbirds
December 5, 2024 at 9:10 AM
Another slice of migratory bird joy - more video footage of migrants that stopped by my backyard pond in Athens, GA in fall 2024. Part 2 of 2. #birds #backyardbirds
A little slice of migratory bird joy - a short montage of some of the migrants that stopped by my backyard pond in Athens, GA in fall 2024. Part 1 of 2. #birds #backyardbirds
December 5, 2024 at 9:09 AM
A little slice of migratory bird joy - a short montage of some of the migrants that stopped by my backyard pond in Athens, GA in fall 2024. Part 1 of 2. #birds #backyardbirds
Hello! First post trying out bsky. Will post lab research updates, cool ecology research and plenty of bird pictures, because frankly we could all benefit from some bird joy in these dark times. Below is a Yellow-throated Vireo at my pond bathing in the splashes of a Brown Thrasher.
November 7, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Hello! First post trying out bsky. Will post lab research updates, cool ecology research and plenty of bird pictures, because frankly we could all benefit from some bird joy in these dark times. Below is a Yellow-throated Vireo at my pond bathing in the splashes of a Brown Thrasher.