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
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
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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maps.app.goo.gl/sV71dU41HUYy...
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?
Truly honored that a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker has chosen to chisel up my little backyard apple tree
October 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Truly honored that a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker has chosen to chisel up my little backyard apple tree
I keep my Maine state list on an official @MaineAudubon checklist in addition to eBird. I have just two unfilled boxes after seeing a Gray-cheeked Thrush on Saturday: Great Gray Owl and Sedge Wren (dipped on both several times).
October 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I keep my Maine state list on an official @MaineAudubon checklist in addition to eBird. I have just two unfilled boxes after seeing a Gray-cheeked Thrush on Saturday: Great Gray Owl and Sedge Wren (dipped on both several times).
Genius detectives but they can’t sniff out the difference between a hawk and a falcon 🙄
October 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Genius detectives but they can’t sniff out the difference between a hawk and a falcon 🙄
birding in One Battle After Another (2025)
September 27, 2025 at 2:21 AM
birding in One Battle After Another (2025)
September 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Doing the Simpsons cute lamb “outta the way, you” meme except it’s the Listers doc being replaced by this
September 24, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Doing the Simpsons cute lamb “outta the way, you” meme except it’s the Listers doc being replaced by this
Not going to lie - I can’t imagine there are many more satisfying feelings than seeing a book I wrote for sale in the National Museum of Natural History
September 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Not going to lie - I can’t imagine there are many more satisfying feelings than seeing a book I wrote for sale in the National Museum of Natural History
Real deal Connecticut Warbler sighting today thanks to @dhitchcox
September 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Real deal Connecticut Warbler sighting today thanks to @dhitchcox
🚨Arizona First Record Pileated Woodpecker DRAMA ALERT🚨
September 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
🚨Arizona First Record Pileated Woodpecker DRAMA ALERT🚨
I’ve had a pair of migratory Northern Flickers in my yard this week. This morning there were three. If these trends continue…ayyyyyyyyy.
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September 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I’ve had a pair of migratory Northern Flickers in my yard this week. This morning there were three. If these trends continue…ayyyyyyyyy.
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Birding in The Naked Gun (2025)
September 7, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Birding in The Naked Gun (2025)
Birding at the waterpark
August 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Birding at the waterpark
Bird book of the year, no question
August 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Bird book of the year, no question
All birds fall into one of two categories: Camouflage or Screw It Let’s Party. This is the second category.
Red Warbler - Oaxaca, MX
Red Warbler - Oaxaca, MX
August 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
All birds fall into one of two categories: Camouflage or Screw It Let’s Party. This is the second category.
Red Warbler - Oaxaca, MX
Red Warbler - Oaxaca, MX
Ah yes that unmistakable gull silhouette
August 9, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Ah yes that unmistakable gull silhouette