Tim Hardin
@timtakestime.bsky.social
he/him. NC➡️NYC➡️Gainesville, FL. stay-at-home dad, birder, warbler-hound, eBird reviewer, naturalist, and VP of my local Audubon chapter. workers should own the means of production, war is a racket, and birding is for everyone
send Olive-sided Flycatcher vibes to Green-wood cemetery (my first time here!). probably my best odds for a lifer this morning in brooklyn
lower odds lifer targets: Willow Flycatcher, Mourning Warbler, and Black-billed Cuckoo
lower odds lifer targets: Willow Flycatcher, Mourning Warbler, and Black-billed Cuckoo
September 6, 2024 at 1:30 PM
send Olive-sided Flycatcher vibes to Green-wood cemetery (my first time here!). probably my best odds for a lifer this morning in brooklyn
lower odds lifer targets: Willow Flycatcher, Mourning Warbler, and Black-billed Cuckoo
lower odds lifer targets: Willow Flycatcher, Mourning Warbler, and Black-billed Cuckoo
Eyyy good to see you too! The best apps are Merlin, eBird, and the Sibley guide app. The first two are free and the 3rd is inexpensive and extremely worth it!
June 7, 2024 at 4:16 AM
Eyyy good to see you too! The best apps are Merlin, eBird, and the Sibley guide app. The first two are free and the 3rd is inexpensive and extremely worth it!
I found a rare (in Florida) Golden-winged Warbler in Gainesville today…and it’s my 266th species observed in our county this year, which sets a new local big year record!
I think it could be an inland-only county big year record for the Eastern US too 👀
This year has been absolutely absurd
I think it could be an inland-only county big year record for the Eastern US too 👀
This year has been absolutely absurd
September 24, 2023 at 1:25 AM
I found a rare (in Florida) Golden-winged Warbler in Gainesville today…and it’s my 266th species observed in our county this year, which sets a new local big year record!
I think it could be an inland-only county big year record for the Eastern US too 👀
This year has been absolutely absurd
I think it could be an inland-only county big year record for the Eastern US too 👀
This year has been absolutely absurd
Here in Gainesville, Hurricane Idalia brought us the first ever friggin AMERICAN FLAMINGO ever seen in this county. One of the many wild birds blown in to our region by the storm!
August 30, 2023 at 11:40 PM
Here in Gainesville, Hurricane Idalia brought us the first ever friggin AMERICAN FLAMINGO ever seen in this county. One of the many wild birds blown in to our region by the storm!
THANK YOU! I was stunned when I realized what it was. Totally unexpected—the only other other time Baird’s was seen here in Gainesville area was 18 years ago and those were juveniles (more likely to end up outside of normal migration corridor in central US). An adult here is REALLY odd 🤯
August 1, 2023 at 1:03 PM
THANK YOU! I was stunned when I realized what it was. Totally unexpected—the only other other time Baird’s was seen here in Gainesville area was 18 years ago and those were juveniles (more likely to end up outside of normal migration corridor in central US). An adult here is REALLY odd 🤯
today I found the first BAIRD’S SANDPIPER seen in the Florida peninsula this year, and only the 2nd time a Baird’s has ever been seen in my county! It’s only the 3rd one seen on the east coast this year (1 seen in NC in May, 1 in NH in May)
A lifer for me
https://ebird.org/checklist/S146137486
A lifer for me
https://ebird.org/checklist/S146137486
August 1, 2023 at 5:52 AM
today I found the first BAIRD’S SANDPIPER seen in the Florida peninsula this year, and only the 2nd time a Baird’s has ever been seen in my county! It’s only the 3rd one seen on the east coast this year (1 seen in NC in May, 1 in NH in May)
A lifer for me
https://ebird.org/checklist/S146137486
A lifer for me
https://ebird.org/checklist/S146137486
Amazingly, ANOTHER mega-rare Large-billed Tern was found in Florida a few hours away on the same day (June 1st)
(From ABA’s June 2nd rare bird alert at https://www.aba.org/rare-bird-alert-june-2-2023/)
(From ABA’s June 2nd rare bird alert at https://www.aba.org/rare-bird-alert-june-2-2023/)
July 7, 2023 at 6:41 PM
Amazingly, ANOTHER mega-rare Large-billed Tern was found in Florida a few hours away on the same day (June 1st)
(From ABA’s June 2nd rare bird alert at https://www.aba.org/rare-bird-alert-june-2-2023/)
(From ABA’s June 2nd rare bird alert at https://www.aba.org/rare-bird-alert-june-2-2023/)
saw my first ABA code 5 rare bird—a wayward Large-billed Tern!—“one of the classic birds of Amazonian waterways”
It’s only the 4th one seen in the US and the 1st ever in Florida when it was found last month! The most recent prior US sighting was 35 years ago 🤩 https://ebird.org/checklist/S143762634
It’s only the 4th one seen in the US and the 1st ever in Florida when it was found last month! The most recent prior US sighting was 35 years ago 🤩 https://ebird.org/checklist/S143762634
July 7, 2023 at 4:46 PM
saw my first ABA code 5 rare bird—a wayward Large-billed Tern!—“one of the classic birds of Amazonian waterways”
It’s only the 4th one seen in the US and the 1st ever in Florida when it was found last month! The most recent prior US sighting was 35 years ago 🤩 https://ebird.org/checklist/S143762634
It’s only the 4th one seen in the US and the 1st ever in Florida when it was found last month! The most recent prior US sighting was 35 years ago 🤩 https://ebird.org/checklist/S143762634
Reconnecting with my twitter mutuals:
July 5, 2023 at 12:26 AM
Reconnecting with my twitter mutuals:
This was the fourth year in a row that I’ve either tied for 1st or won it outright and goddamn does it feel good to win the title outright in the 20th year of the competition, and to get my name on the last remaining blank space on the current trophy 😎
This last month was phenomenal. And grueling
This last month was phenomenal. And grueling
July 2, 2023 at 4:56 AM
This was the fourth year in a row that I’ve either tied for 1st or won it outright and goddamn does it feel good to win the title outright in the 20th year of the competition, and to get my name on the last remaining blank space on the current trophy 😎
This last month was phenomenal. And grueling
This last month was phenomenal. And grueling
today I was awarded the trophy for winning 1st place in the 2023 Alachua County (FL) June Challenge—a local friendly birding competition of who can see the most bird species in our county throughout the month
The previous record was 129; this June I saw 146 species. OBLITERATED the record lol
The previous record was 129; this June I saw 146 species. OBLITERATED the record lol
July 2, 2023 at 4:50 AM
today I was awarded the trophy for winning 1st place in the 2023 Alachua County (FL) June Challenge—a local friendly birding competition of who can see the most bird species in our county throughout the month
The previous record was 129; this June I saw 146 species. OBLITERATED the record lol
The previous record was 129; this June I saw 146 species. OBLITERATED the record lol