Ian Carlsen

My 5-year old says “that’s very smart”

DPtS tries out bird trivia night.

About 3,500 miles more and you’d have been sure to get one!

DPtS screened LISTERS tonight.

It’s so good!

Red Warbler looks like one of those AI birds your aunt forwards you on Facebook

Seconded! Eric is amazing. Such a great guide.

Birding Tours Oaxaca Eric Antonio Martinez, mirmidons_1987@yahoo.com

BOOKMARK THIS: If you’re ever looking for a birding guide in Oaxaca, I strongly recommend Eric Antonio Martinez. He was awesome: Knew where all the birds were, great ear, knew all the plants and insects, as well as local history. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

birdingtoursoaxaca.com

He’s got a little Jonk in his tronk, for sure.

Northern Waterthrush?

Sunbittern was one of my most wanted birds in Costa Rica. Here’s a back-of-camera shot I got of one snagging a crab midstream. Amazing encounter.

That’s a beauty!

Love you too dude!

eBird Checklist - 3 Jun 2017 - Fort Dupont Park - 28 species (+1 other taxa) Submitted by Ian Carlsen.

Here’s the checklist!

ebird.org/checklist/S3...

Two of the same photo of an albatross, differing only by one having a pasted-on hairstyle made famous by the Rachel character from the Friends TV show. The first albatross is labeled ALBATROSS. The second albatross is labeled ALBATRACHEL.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Birding heartthrob and hot take machine, Nick Lund in a candid moment laughing while birding Scarborough Marsh, a large saltwater marsh in Maine.

Birding tip: Reach out to your heroes.

Back in 2017 I hit up my favorite blogger and asked him if he would like to go birding around DC. 8 years and several Egg McMuffins later I’ve found a lifelong friend who’s been a great mentor in birds and fatherhood.

Happy birthday @thebirdist.bsky.social

Can’t wait for this book to come out! 😍

I don’t know if I need a haircut or a stranger to compliment my hair..,

Absolutely unhinged

@thebirdist.bsky.social You need to warn them about the snowy owl in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Are these the Saguenay birds?

Torrent Duck is the GOAT duck.

A group of six nature valentines. A picture of a bog with pitcher plants, with text saying "Our love is like a bog. Built up over time, resistant to decay, deeply interesting to just a small number of people." A yellow slime mold stretching out and exploring. "our love is like a slime mold. Collaborative, complex, at times unnerving to behold." A piece of limestone with a small trilobite in the corner. "Our love is like limestone. Layered, useful for many purposes, shaped by the friends we met along the way." A ring-billed gull with a french fry on a beach. "Our love is like a ring-billed gull. Abundant, found in North America, sometimes sustained by french fries." An Atlantic horseshoe crab walking on the sand. "Our love is like a horseshoe crab. Tough, timeless, unrelated to true crabs." A drawing of the phosphorus cycle, with arrows connecting various parts of a scene, including algae and fish and a farm and a river and a forest. "Our love is like the phosphorus cycle. Important, really hard to draw."

Nature valentines.
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His haiku are really lovely!

« L’oiseau papillon » (2013)
Un documentaire sur la tichodrome.

(Fun to show off some nature docs in the studio space.)

Any time I want to stress post online about the rapid dismantling of our good works as a nation I email a congressperson or senator instead.

Any time I want to stress post online, I just email a congressperson or senator instead.

Jaden Smith in that huge castle hat (?) from the Grammys

House Sparrows taking over my Purple Mountain house like static01.nyt.com/images/2025/...

I work for a globally distributed company, and in our weekly meetings we have a time reserved for “sharing moments of cultural significance.” This week was a little slow to start…

…so I told them about weird duck time! 🪶

I think I found the title for my next film.