Ramiro Aragon

Just arrived to my home state, Oaxaca, ready to bird here for the next 6 weeks!!!

American dream…

Bald, bearded man clutching a book with a tiger on the cover

Cover page of TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES, signed and stamped by a bald, bearded man

***giveaway*** this signed, Advance Reader Copy of TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES (pub date 4 Nov 25 from @fsgbooks.bsky.social)! Like/Reskeet to enter! US addresses only! Will pick random winner on Thurs, 9 Oct 25 and ship quick. 🐅 #booksky

Graphic with the following text followed by The Institute for Bird Populations logo: Emergency Appeal: Federal Funding Cut Last week 9 of our federal grants were abruptly cancelled without cause. If you can make a donation today, it will have a big impact. Thank you for your support, The Institute for Bird Populations

🪶 If you are able, you donate here: birdpop.org/pages/do...
We lost roughly $1 million in funding without warning. Projects cancelled included all of our bird monitoring work for the National Park Service & projects w/ the Bureau of Land Management on Gunnison's Sage-Grouse, Pinyon Jays & more. 1/4

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

🌏🌎 Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea) The Spoon-billed Sandpiper is a small wader with a unique spatulate bill. Breeding adults have a red-brown head and breast, while non-breeding birds are grayish-brown. They breed on the coasts of the Bering Sea and migrate along the Pacific coast to wintering grounds in Southeast Asia. This critically endangered species forages by walking forward with its head down, sweeping its bill from side to side to sift for invertebrates in the mud and shallow water. 2.5 Flash (Edited) No known subspecies are recognised. Conservation status: Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1) 📷: Photo by bitnikgao via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/bird-nature-feathers-ornithology-9545397/ UEKC

New addition! 🌏🌎 Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea) #NorthPacificBirds #AsianBirds | #SpoonBilledSandpiper #CalidrisPygmaea | #Sandpipers #TypicalSandpipers #SandpiperFamily #Shorebirds #Waders 📷: Photo by bitnikgao🦜 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds

Great grey owl dad delivering a tasty vole to his fledgling.

Gotta love it when Dad brings you breakfast!

#owl #owls #birds #canada #nature #wildlife #photography #birding #nikon #greatgreyowl #mcoupephotography

All birds fall into one of two categories: Camouflage or Screw It Let’s Party. This is the second category.

Red Warbler - Oaxaca, MX

hey! I've got an extra copy of @bengoldfarb.bsky.social's CROSSINGS, an important book to understand the influence of roads on wildlife & what we can do about it. Interested? Like/reskeet & I'll randomly pick someone on Friday Aug 8 2025, & mail to the winner for free. US addresses only. #booksky 🌍

Ahhh, Oaxaca. What a great place! Great people, great food, and great birds! Perfect combo…

Really starting to get somewhere with this one now. 🎨

That’s soooo cool!

A tiny little reddish scops owl (Otus rufescens) I encountered in Coastal scrub in Borneo once. At about 20cm in height they are a cute little owl.

Hobart Mercury, "Mapping Tool helps cut eagle death risk." Image 1 of powerline technician in lifter basket working on a line. Image 2 of eagle sitting atop powerline pole between two high voltage lines. Image 3 two eagles perched on dead tree limb.

UTAS researcher @james-pay.bsky.social and team from School of Natural Sceinces have analysed 6 years of eagle-worn GPS tracking data to develop a tool to map the risk of eagle and power line collisions. Data driven science that promotes both vital infrastructure and biodiversity conservation.

Where the wild bees are: Birds improve indicators of bee richness Widespread declines in wild bee populations necessitate urgent action, but insufficient data exist to guide conservation efforts. Addressing this data deficit, we investigated the relative performance...

Why do birds help predict bee richness beyond land covers? Birds complement satellites by indicating small habitat features like flowering shrubs and land management practices. Together with land covers, they add insight to wild bee conservation science. 🐤+🛰️=🐝
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... 🦉🧪🌎🌐

Photo of a forest in California's Sierra Nevada where the understory has been removed and chipped. There are two large dead trees in the back of the photo. A photo inset shows a Great Gray Owl peeking out of a nest in the broken off top of one of these dead trees. Photo of owl by Connor Ragland, habitat photo by Ramiro Aragon.

We are also monitoring the responses of the 3 species to these treatments. This owl chose to nest in an area that was thinned 3-4 years earlier. Owl photo by @connoragland, habitat photo by Ramiro Aragon.

Photo of a forest in California's Sierra Nevada where the understory has been removed and chipped. There are two large dead trees in the back of the photo. A photo inset shows a Great Gray Owl peeking out of a nest in the broken off top of one of these dead trees. Photo of owl by Connor Ragland, habitat photo by Ramiro Aragon.

We're working with the Forest Service to locate nests of Great Gray, Spotted Owls, and American Goshawks, so that forest managers can avoid nest areas when planning forest thinning and prescribed burn treatments used to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires.

Photo of a forest in California's Sierra Nevada where the understory has been removed and chipped. There are two large dead trees in the back of the photo. A photo inset shows a Great Gray Owl peeking out of a nest in the broken off top of one of these dead trees. Photo of owl by Connor Ragland, habitat photo by Ramiro Aragon.

🪶🌎🧪This Great Gray Owl nest was found by IBP crew member Logan Johnson on the Stanislaus National Forest.

White wagtail at Garibaldi, OR. #lifer #birding

By forcing huge numbers of American workers in government, academia, aid, and nonprofits into sudden unemployment, the Musk/Trump junta will almost certainly set off another stupid-ass recession.

Have a closer look at the art I did for this shirt! Great Grays are such incredibly cool birds! 🎨🪶 #SciArt #BirdArt

You can help us fund the science we do - check the links in the post below!

A graphic showing a t-shirt with a Great Gray Owl and the IBP logo on the front with a small "bird poop" graphic reading bird pop.org on the back of the shirt. Text says "We got merch!" and "Click the link in our bio to check out our store.

If you're looking for cool new gear & want to help support our work, visit our new store on Bonfire- www.bonfire.com/store/the-in... ! Check out this new Great Gray Owl design by @tinylongwing.bsky.social. This comes in a t-shirt or crewneck sweatshirt. We also have a logo hoodie & tote bag. 🪶

Wormies (the warbler) need leaf litter for foraging and to camouflage their ground nests, but invasive earthworms eat that fallen leaf litter

eBird Checklist - 2 Jan 2025 - Cape Creek Road, Florence US-OR (44.1338,-124.1206) - 21 species Submitted by Ramiro Aragon.

Success!! Saw and heard the Wood Thrush found yesterday by Rachel Friese and Vjera Thompson at Heceta Head, OR!! ebird.org/checklist/S2...

Photo of a person looking thru binoculars in the mountains. Text on photo says: Love birds (or bumble bees)? Looking for a great summer job? We're hiring for our spring and summer seasonal positions.

For info and how to apply visit birdpop.org/pages/jobs.php Don't delay, positions are open until filled.

The Institute for Bird Populations 2024 Annual Report 2024 Annual Report

🪶🌎🧪 In the past couple of months we've had a bunch of new followers- thank you! If you are wondering what we're about aside from silly bird posts, please check out our newly released Annual Report: bit.ly/415704S Even if you are familiar with what we do, please give it a look. 2024 was a big year.

The clue for the #BitOBird game: a close-up photo of a portion of a bird.

Here's the clue for this week's #BitOBird game! Can you ID this bird from just this little bit? 1st to reply w/ the correct answer gets bird nerd bragging rights. If you're stumped, we'll post the answer in 2 hrs 🪶

Birds Mean Business in Ecuador’s Andes How winged creatures provide wonder, inspiration, and prosperity in one of the world’s birdiest regions. Sword-billed Hummingbird. Photo by Michael J.

Ecuador's Mindo Region is now considered one of the world's top birding destinations.

With many bird-rich places around the world, including others in the Andes, how did Mindo come to rule the roost?

Read all about it on our Bird Calls Blog:
abcbirds.org/birds-mean-b....

Digital illustration of a male Cerulean Warbler on a plain background. He is a vibrant blue with striking white breast and wingbars.

Digital illustration of a male Broad-tailed Hummingbird on a plain background. His bright magenta gorget (reflective throat feathers) contrast with softer metallic green and white on the body.

Digital illustration of a male Lark Bunting, a chunky sparrow-like bird with a thick silver beak, black body, and broad white feathers across the wing.

A trio of species I illustrated for Tonelli et al. 2023, Geomagnetic disturbance associated with increased vagrancy in migratory landbirds. Big thanks to @mwtingley.bsky.social and his lab! Read the open access paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... details in alt text 🎨🪶🐡🧪🌎

California Condors using a cavity in a burned giant sequoia as a nest site. Left is an adult flying out of the nest in a forest, right is an adult incubating on the nest in the inset. For Siegel and Wilkerson 2022, A Giant Loss, in The Wildlife Professional.

A female Spotted Towhee stands momentarily still on a dead ponderosa pine branch while foraging for food on the ground. Around her are greenleaf manzanita, several Vosnesensky bumble bees, and a California sister butterfly. A ponderosa sapling springs up at the right of the image. This is a community typical of the Goosenest management unit in Klamath National Forest, Oregon & California. Done for The Institute for Bird Populations.

A male Wilson's Warbler perched on a sunny branch covered in lichens. He is facing right, beak open in song as new spring leaves dot the branches in the background. Done for The Institute for Bird Populations.

A pair of Multicolored Tanagers forages in the Colombian Andes. The male perches above while the female hangs upside down from a branch. Soft light filters through dense greenery and moss-covered branches. Several insects are tucked away in the lush plants the tanagers are poking around in.

Here's to the first #PortfolioDay of 2024! I'm a biologist + scientific illustrator, primarily drawing #birds but sometimes #invertebrates and #plants and more! 🎨🪶🐡🧪

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