Cin-Ty Lee

Here we go. We finally figured out where this bird disappears to. Red-footed Booby. One of very very few inland records of this seafaring bird. Houston, TX. Much better photos than yesterday's grainy shot of a flying bird from half a mile away.

In just a few days near Houston, Texas I found a red-footed booby, tropical Parula and a western wood-pewee, a truly bizarre and unlikely combination of birds.

very interesting. Thank you for sharing. You are 100% correct on all your points.

We found this amazing katydid in Honduras. Haemodiasma tessellata. Camouflage at its finest.

How about a coral snake up close? Foothill forests of the Caribbean slope in Honduras.

One of the most important and magical shorebird stopover sites in the country is the Bolivar Flats Bird Sanctuary in Texas. It is currently under threat from development and we are in a race to save it. houstonaudubon.org/conservation...

A storm blew over last evening in Houston, TX. This AM, at Rice University, I was surprised to see a Vermilion Flycatcher (rare for an urban environment). While looking at the flycatcher, I saw a dragonfly I had never seen before - Twelve-spotted Skimmer! The 2nd record for our county.

Our paper by student Jia-le Mou, former student Jackson Borchardt and myself, Calibrating olivine Forsterite content as a measure of melting degree, is out. A simple and general calibration of how forsterite content varies with melting degree
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

very nice piece. i enjoyed reading it.

Grace's Warbler, a bird of mountain pine forests from southwestern United States south into northern Central America. This one I photographed in Honduras.

The Fulvous Owl, a bird of mountain forests in northern Central America. Always a magical feeling when one encounters an owl deep in the woods. This one we photographed in Honduras.

The Honduran Emerald, a beautiful hummingbird endemic to the dry oak-pine forests of Honduras. I recently had the pleasure of being in Honduras to learn more about their conservation and sustainable ecoutourism efforts. Honduras has so much to offer, from birds to geology to amazing culture.

Continuing on the City of Moreno Valley's (California) plan to build a 3,000 single family housing complex on the San Jacinto Fault and in the San Timoteo badlands. I have overlain the proposed development footprint onto a geologic framework. You cannot geo-engineer your way out.

The City of Moreno Valley in California is planning the Rancho Belago estates, a 3,000 single family home complex right along the active San Jacinto Fault and on the slopes of the San Timoteo badlands, the mecca of landslides. Do not do this.
www.moreno-valley.ca.us/.../RanchoBe....

that's interesting. Are Alders and Willows breeding very close to each other?

when were these willows banded? are they migrants or birds on territory/breeding?

hi Dan, I think both are Traill's and they both look like Willows based on longish bill, dull wingbars, lack of eyering and the longer P6-5 vs P7-6 primary tip gaps.

Coastal Tiger Beetle along the upper Texas coast. These beetles are found on the beaches, but they seem to be strictly found at the top of the littoral zone, right at the high tide line where the beach sands are coated with thin algal biofilms, giving the sand a slightly mottled green-brown color.

Lilac-breasted Roller, an iconic bird of eastern and southern africa. This one we photographed in Zimbabwe.

Night time with a thermal imaging telescope. African leopard lumbering along the trail. Zambia.

It's that dreaded time of the year when one has to sort thru Willow and Alder Flycatchers. Primary tip spacing can make one's life much easier as outlined in Andrew Birch's and my article in Western Birds. Photo below from @evornithology.bsky.social static1.squarespace.com/static/54b9b...

An adult male Eastern Kingbird dragging its bill along the surface of a pond. I've never seen such behavior. Have I just overlooked this behavior over the years? Have anyone seen such behavior?

The piney woods of east Texas with @edyong209.bsky.social and Melanie Barboni. These regenerating longleaf pine forests r the haunts of Prairie Warblers. Songbird migration this season has been slow (birds are not stopping), so heading to the breeding grounds was the way to go. My son in foreground.

Garnet phenocrysts from a dacitic volcano in southern Spain. Like candy!

Where in the world can you get a Red-footed Booby, Bullock's Oriole, Chuck-will's-Widow and an Amur Stonechat within 60 miles of each other in a span of a week? The Upper Texas Coast of course, where east meets west, north meets south.

Green-tailed Towhee from Madera Canyon, Arizona.

Nature Night: Flycatcher Identification Demystified Join Cin-Ty Lee and Andrew Birch for an engaging night of guiding you through the fascinating world of flycatcher identification. Discover the secrets to recognizing these elusive birds by exploring f...

This virtual event is going to be awesome! Pretty sure I will never misidentify a flycatcher ever again! 😆
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#birds 🪶

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lots of fun!!!! thanks for organizing all this Kau. Birds and geology together for the win!

A photograph of a Hammond's Flycatcher

A photograph of a Hammond's Flycatcher

A photograph of an Ash-Throated Flycatcher

A photograph of an Ash-Throated Flycatcher

Finally, it was a really fun experience being out seeing #Empidonax & #Myiarchus #flycatchers with @cintylee.bsky.social—who has recently published a series of definitive ID guides for these clades. Here's a Hammond's Flycatcher & and an Ash-Throated Flycatcher. fin 🪶

it was fun to get all the feedback from all of you!