Belted kingfisher and Wilson’s Snipe with Sophie Barno at Crosby Farm😆

So many waterbirds at Vadnais Lake this morning. Coots, common and hooded mergansers, and ring-necked ducks were some of my favorites.

Coots and Ring-necked Ducks at Vadnais Lake!

Nuthatches, Downys, Coots, and Cedar waxwings at Phalen Regional Park in Saint Paul this morning!

Cutest wren there ever was. Winter wren at Prospect Park this afternoon 🥹

Some highlights from this morning’s birding sesh at Prospect Park. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Brown Creeper, and a Purple Finch. Saw 33 species total! Winter birding >>> summer

Established in the 1930s, what would become the Cedar Creek Natural History Area was already of interest to scientists at UMN. Then-graduate student Raymond Lindeman collected data for his doctoral thesis at Cedar Bog Lake several years before!

Scientists on the trend of "weaving" indigenous knowledges into their work They actually need to start with weaving decolonial theory into their work, and what ethics is when it comes to working with indigenous peoples

Northern Mockingbird at Maria Hernandez park w/ Sophie Barno in NYC! Never seen one!

Bald eagle and some Common goldeneyes in Ellwood A Mattson Lower Harbor Park, Marquette Michigan this morning!

Time for planting seeds from Cedar Creek ESR this past summer to see the impacts of #drought on germination- and maybe even induced shifts in traits! US LTER @amywaananen #UndergradResearch w/Anna

Sunrise birding at Canarsie Park! Got to lead a walk with some colleagues at NYC H2O. Saw some brants, red-breasted mergansers, a snow goose, and more cool waterbirds 🤩