The Birdist
@thebirdist.bsky.social
Writing: www.nicholaslund.com
Books: Dinosaurs to Chickens: How Evolution Works (2024); The Ultimate Biography of Earth (2022); American Birding Association Field Guide to the Birds of Maine (2022) Purchase here: https://tinyurl.com/yfpfzjrx
Books: Dinosaurs to Chickens: How Evolution Works (2024); The Ultimate Biography of Earth (2022); American Birding Association Field Guide to the Birds of Maine (2022) Purchase here: https://tinyurl.com/yfpfzjrx
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As a Somerville resident, this is an incredibly amusing rabbit hole. And my god there are some A++ quotes in that Seattle PI piece.
Went down a rabbit hole re: Jeff Turner, the only NBA player from Maine before Cooper Flagg. Turner’s Wiki includes a scandal from a guy named Ronnie Craven who impersonated Turner to have sex with women, and who achieved unprecedented levels of honestly with the reporter who called him out.
November 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
As a Somerville resident, this is an incredibly amusing rabbit hole. And my god there are some A++ quotes in that Seattle PI piece.
Went down a rabbit hole re: Jeff Turner, the only NBA player from Maine before Cooper Flagg. Turner’s Wiki includes a scandal from a guy named Ronnie Craven who impersonated Turner to have sex with women, and who achieved unprecedented levels of honestly with the reporter who called him out.
November 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Went down a rabbit hole re: Jeff Turner, the only NBA player from Maine before Cooper Flagg. Turner’s Wiki includes a scandal from a guy named Ronnie Craven who impersonated Turner to have sex with women, and who achieved unprecedented levels of honestly with the reporter who called him out.
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if we take it to be true that the tariffs are aimed at getting americans to buy US-made products, then what's the point of rolling them back when they become painful? the entire point is to cause financial pain to change consumer behavior. what's the strategy here?
November 15, 2025 at 1:59 AM
if we take it to be true that the tariffs are aimed at getting americans to buy US-made products, then what's the point of rolling them back when they become painful? the entire point is to cause financial pain to change consumer behavior. what's the strategy here?
Give a man a bird and he’ll eat for a day.
*Teach* a man to bird and he’ll eat for a lifetime, but mostly just breakfast burritos from the gas station by the park
*Teach* a man to bird and he’ll eat for a lifetime, but mostly just breakfast burritos from the gas station by the park
November 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Give a man a bird and he’ll eat for a day.
*Teach* a man to bird and he’ll eat for a lifetime, but mostly just breakfast burritos from the gas station by the park
*Teach* a man to bird and he’ll eat for a lifetime, but mostly just breakfast burritos from the gas station by the park
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sure sex is great but have you ever supported your artist friends during the holidays by buying their lovely work?
November 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
sure sex is great but have you ever supported your artist friends during the holidays by buying their lovely work?
10/10 planet. Would recommend.
November 12, 2025 at 4:35 AM
10/10 planet. Would recommend.
There’s hustle, then there’s “leave comments on a 2016 blogspot post hoping to get someone to rent a crane” hustle.
November 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
There’s hustle, then there’s “leave comments on a 2016 blogspot post hoping to get someone to rent a crane” hustle.
Duck Hunt taught me everything I know about identifying different species of birds on the wing
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Duck Hunt taught me everything I know about identifying different species of birds on the wing
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"You sense the silences and threats of the deep forest. You taste the pungently Siberian flavor of the desperately remote towns." Nice review of TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES from The Times (of London). Owls of the Eastern Ice won Times Nature Book of the Year in 2021. www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
On the trail of the Siberian tiger — ‘a knot of muscle and rage’
In Tigers Between Empires, Jonathan Slaght follows the daring conservation project which is saving these big cats from extinction
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November 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"You sense the silences and threats of the deep forest. You taste the pungently Siberian flavor of the desperately remote towns." Nice review of TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES from The Times (of London). Owls of the Eastern Ice won Times Nature Book of the Year in 2021. www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
Blue Jays are a type of bird
November 2, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Blue Jays are a type of bird
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Another This Month in Birding episode is out!
Listen to Jennie Duberstein, Nick Lund, and Brodie Cass Talbott to discuss casual eBirding, hybrid Jays, and what bird to patronize on Halloween night: www.aba.org/09-44-this-m...
Listen to Jennie Duberstein, Nick Lund, and Brodie Cass Talbott to discuss casual eBirding, hybrid Jays, and what bird to patronize on Halloween night: www.aba.org/09-44-this-m...
09-44: This Month in Birding - October 2025 - American Birding Association
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October 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Another This Month in Birding episode is out!
Listen to Jennie Duberstein, Nick Lund, and Brodie Cass Talbott to discuss casual eBirding, hybrid Jays, and what bird to patronize on Halloween night: www.aba.org/09-44-this-m...
Listen to Jennie Duberstein, Nick Lund, and Brodie Cass Talbott to discuss casual eBirding, hybrid Jays, and what bird to patronize on Halloween night: www.aba.org/09-44-this-m...
That’s me! In honor of the Grue Jay I came up with a list of other potential hybrids that’d have cool names.
Mt favorite was Smooth-billed Ani x Groove-billed Ani aka the Smooth Groove Ani aka The Steely Dan Ani.
Mt favorite was Smooth-billed Ani x Groove-billed Ani aka the Smooth Groove Ani aka The Steely Dan Ani.
Another This Month in Birding episode is out!
Listen to Jennie Duberstein, Nick Lund, and Brodie Cass Talbott to discuss casual eBirding, hybrid Jays, and what bird to patronize on Halloween night: www.aba.org/09-44-this-m...
Listen to Jennie Duberstein, Nick Lund, and Brodie Cass Talbott to discuss casual eBirding, hybrid Jays, and what bird to patronize on Halloween night: www.aba.org/09-44-this-m...
09-44: This Month in Birding - October 2025 - American Birding Association
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November 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
That’s me! In honor of the Grue Jay I came up with a list of other potential hybrids that’d have cool names.
Mt favorite was Smooth-billed Ani x Groove-billed Ani aka the Smooth Groove Ani aka The Steely Dan Ani.
Mt favorite was Smooth-billed Ani x Groove-billed Ani aka the Smooth Groove Ani aka The Steely Dan Ani.
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my friends, I am so excited to finally spill the beans on what I’ve been working on: Extremely Accurate Birds, a Field Guide! Coming April 2026!!
And: the preorder is already up and running! Can’t wait for you to see all 200 pages of bird accuracy…
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/tommy...
And: the preorder is already up and running! Can’t wait for you to see all 200 pages of bird accuracy…
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/tommy...
August 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
my friends, I am so excited to finally spill the beans on what I’ve been working on: Extremely Accurate Birds, a Field Guide! Coming April 2026!!
And: the preorder is already up and running! Can’t wait for you to see all 200 pages of bird accuracy…
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/tommy...
And: the preorder is already up and running! Can’t wait for you to see all 200 pages of bird accuracy…
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/tommy...
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What do you think of the latest podcast episode artwork? lol
This week’s episode is about the Osprey… An absolute honor to have @thebirdist.bsky.social Nick Lund as the expert judge for this edition of Extremely Accurate Bird Songs! Join the ride — only 11,136 species to go! lnk.to/extremelyacc...
This week’s episode is about the Osprey… An absolute honor to have @thebirdist.bsky.social Nick Lund as the expert judge for this edition of Extremely Accurate Bird Songs! Join the ride — only 11,136 species to go! lnk.to/extremelyacc...
October 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
What do you think of the latest podcast episode artwork? lol
This week’s episode is about the Osprey… An absolute honor to have @thebirdist.bsky.social Nick Lund as the expert judge for this edition of Extremely Accurate Bird Songs! Join the ride — only 11,136 species to go! lnk.to/extremelyacc...
This week’s episode is about the Osprey… An absolute honor to have @thebirdist.bsky.social Nick Lund as the expert judge for this edition of Extremely Accurate Bird Songs! Join the ride — only 11,136 species to go! lnk.to/extremelyacc...
Please don't ask Grok to identify birds for you. Wrong answers, all.
October 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Please don't ask Grok to identify birds for you. Wrong answers, all.
I founded the Google Street View Birding Facebook group many years ago, and it still rules. Daniel Armstrong just found this SOOTY SHEARWATER from a boat off Ireland. Shearwaters are obvs really hard to find because, you know, no streets...
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October 30, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I founded the Google Street View Birding Facebook group many years ago, and it still rules. Daniel Armstrong just found this SOOTY SHEARWATER from a boat off Ireland. Shearwaters are obvs really hard to find because, you know, no streets...
maps.app.goo.gl/sV71dU41HUYy...
maps.app.goo.gl/sV71dU41HUYy...
Ian put on a really fun bird trivia tonight! For one of the categories he turned photos into black and white negatives and made us guess the species. What do you think for this one?
October 29, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Ian put on a really fun bird trivia tonight! For one of the categories he turned photos into black and white negatives and made us guess the species. What do you think for this one?
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DPtS tries out bird trivia night.
October 29, 2025 at 2:26 AM
DPtS tries out bird trivia night.
Not many more original voices in SciComm than the Crime Pays But Botany Doesn’t dude. Could watch these all day.
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October 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Not many more original voices in SciComm than the Crime Pays But Botany Doesn’t dude. Could watch these all day.
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