Nils Warnock

Last chance to apply for this PhD opportunity ➡️ bit.ly/CurlewPhD

Closing date: Wednesday 18 February #Ornithology

Alaska lovebirds go their own way | Geophysical Institute During a month of endless summer light, a mated pair of shorebirds teaches their four chicks how to catch insects. The babies grow fat and strong on the tundra high in northeastern Alaska.

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Townsend's Warbler in the willows

Townsend's Warbler feeding among the willow catkins. #birds

Common Mergansers flushing up from the water

A merganser explosion - Common Mergansers flushing out of the Livermore Marsh, Marshall, CA #birds

Male Western Bluebird

Male Western Bluebird, Cypress Grove Preserve, Marshall, CA #birds

Sunset picture

Sunset on the hills above Marshall, CA.

Wow! A great painting. Reminds me of gm Sutton.

ICU nurse with no criminal record who ‘cared deeply for people’: What we know about Alex Pretti, victim of ICE shooting Alex Pretti worked as an ICU nurse and had spent time working with the Department of Veterans Affairs

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Abundance and distribution of birds from comprehensive surveys of the Canadian Arctic, 1994–2018 Abstract. Abundance and distribution are critical metrics of population status and foundational information for conservation. However, even these basic met

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Black-necked Stilt and its shadow

Black-necked Stilt roaming the Central Valley of California. #birds #shorebirds

I asked Santa for a copy and he delivered. Just read it. As your last book, informative and inspiring.

Tundra Swans in the evening light

Tundra Swans feeding in flooded rice fields somewhere outside of Colusa, CA #birds

Snow geese in flight

Snow geese flying by at Gray Lodge Wildlife Area, CA. #birds.

The elephant seals are back. Point Reyes National Seashore, CA. One of the big males defending the beach.

Tidal Flats - Shorebirds San Francisco Bay State of the Birds 2025. Tidal Flats - Shorebirds.

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Great Blue Heron in flight

The King Tide at Tomales Bay today did not bother this Great Blue Heron. #birds

10 Crucial Things You Can Do in 2026 Your activism will be even more important this year

Your activism will be even more important this year.

Here are 10 crucial things you can do in 2026. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do-in-2026

Was out on the mudflats in the North Sea in a hail storm and the Dunlin we were observing stood there with their bills pointed straight up in the sky

New Year, new job. Come and join the @ukceh.bsky.social team on the Isle of May
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Thanks! I have seen them feeding in the surf at Abbotts when the sand crabs are active

Waiting for the New Year - Harbor Seal and Bufflehead on Tomales Bay, Marshall, CA. Happy New Year. #birds

Josiah Clark? If so, yes.

Male Bufflehead courting and chasing females at Tomales Bay, Marshall, CA #birds

In between winter storms at Tomales Bay, Least Sandpipers. #birds #shorebirds

Environmental defenders & conservationists who died in 2025 I write short obituaries for people who spent their lives protecting parts of the natural world. I work on them in the margins of other responsibilities, yet they have become a constant. In 2025, I pr...

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Boat portion of yesterday’s Point Reyes Christmas Bird Count was dead calm. Here passing by Cypress Grove. #birds

snowy egret

Snowy Egret on a windy day. Cypress Grove, Tomales Bay, CA #birds

Long-billed Dowitcher feeding in the water

Long-billed Dowitcher in its Basic glory. Abbott's Lagoon, Point Reyes National Seashore. #shorebirds #birds

📣Please share: We are looking for a field assistant to join our team in studying #ruffs on coastal meadows at Botnian Bay in Finland. The job will provide fantastic insights into lekking behaviour and provide essential skills in field ornithology. Details here www.bi.mpg.de/2790786/2512...

Agitated Hermit Thrush scolding me. Cypress Grove, Marshall, CA #birds