Dan Day

Dan Day

@danielxday.bsky.social

Birder, brewer, baseball fan. Long-time journalist and university communicator. My sites: www.jerseybirder.com and www.ballcaps.blog

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Savannah sparrows were out in force today at the Reed-Bryan Farm side of Mercer Meadows, Pennington, New Jersey. 🪶 #Birds #NaturePhotography

I haven’t lived in Milwaukee since ‘83 and still feel connected to the city and the team. Go, Brewers!

Richard M. Nixon@dicknixon.bsky.social

Yelich. He has harped on this, especially lately. Remember he came from Florida, where this doesn’t exist. And he was close to Uecker, the center of gravity for all that. The young players have been saying it too. When you feel your work gets people where they live, it means something.

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Rob, covering for Alan, said: Today's theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #Branched, birds on thin branches. The Alt theme is #Grounded, birds standing on the ground. For the Alt theme, a male Varied Thrush on the ground! #birds #photography #ECK

I’m an Eagles fan and will take a break from listening to Philly sports talk radio for a while. The whining will be incessant.

ClutchPoints@clutchpoints.bsky.social

The Cowboys CRUISE to an impressive MNF victory over the Eagles 🔥 Dak Prescott: 15/27 212 passing yards 3 TDs

I voted early today at the library, and it was busy -- at 10:30 in the morning. I take that as a good sign that we'll have a strong turnout.

Angry@angrystaffer.bsky.social

Everyone keeps asking me how I’m feeling about early voting so far. I’m feeling like nobody *actually* knows anything, and this is the most important midterm of our lives. I’d rather be us than them, but we can’t get comfortable. We can’t get complacent. Go vote like we’re down 3%.

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Helen's choices for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme are: #OnOneLeg - birds seen balancing on one leg! Alt: Is #SpottySpeckled - any bird with spotted or speckled plumage. This Canada Goose stretched gracefully while on one leg! #birds #photography #ECK

This downy woodpecker was so close to me I had to zoom out to get all of him into the frame. It's the only bird of which I got decent photos on an otherwise walk through glorious fall foliage today at the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm. 🪶 #Birds

Even with its relatively drab and subdued colors, a song sparrow can still inspire. I like how this one looked when I caught it on camera at the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm. 🪶 #Birds

Ueck ‘s seat was one section farther out and a dozen rows up from where I sat at NLCS Game 3 last week!

Baseball by BSmile@bsmile.bsky.social

"I must be in the front row!" ~ All-time classic Miller Lite Beer commercial starring "Mr. Baseball" Bob Uecker! (1984) #BobUecker #MLB #Baseball #Brewers #WinOurWay #Postseason #WorldSeries

It’s not often that I see a yellow-bellied sapsucker, let alone act quickly enough to snap a photo. This morning luck was on my side at the Pole Farm. 🪶 #Birds

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In 2012, Robin Williams warned us about Trump’s ownership of pageants like Miss America and Miss Universe, comparing it to Michael Vick owning pet stores: “It’s a catch-and-release program.” We should have listened to Robin.

An apt metaphor for the administration.

jadelegold.bsky.social@jadelegold.bsky.social

Of the Eisenhower globe, which Hegseth’s amateurs tried to move: “They lost control of the artifact and dropped it, sending the globe crashing onto its base.” Sadly fitting. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

I was stoked to get my first photo of a sharp-shinned hawk this morning. It flew over me and landed in a tree. I had just enough time to shoot before it flew off. 🪶 #Birds

ESPN asking biggest reason the #Sixers beat the #Knicks last night. Uh, I’m thinking it’s because they scored more points.

And it still hurts. Let’s go, #Brewers! 🍻

Baseball by BSmile@bsmile.bsky.social

Today In 1982: Bruce Sutter throws the final pitch as the St. Louis Cardinals win the #WorldSeries vs. the Milwaukee Brewers in seven games! #MLB #Baseball #History #STLCards #Postseason

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Per Rob: Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LittleLegs, any bird with small legs. The Alt theme is #Brown, any bird with a brown background. #birds #photography #ECK A female Belted Kingfisher has little legs!

I want Cleveland to win, of course, but to have a bullpen game at this crucial point distresses me to no end. #ALCS #MLB ⚾️

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Atlantic Birding covering for Helen says: Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Larus; any species of Gull Alt. is #Turdidae; any thrush species A Ring-billed Gull having a bath! #birds #photography #ECK

Western bluebird — a lifer! — sitting on a park bench today at Ernest E. Debs Regional Park, Los Angeles. iPhone photo. 🪶 #Birds

An unkindness of ravens turned up at Ernest E. Debs Regional park in LA this morning. Here’s one of them, although I didn’t sense any unkindness in him. Cranky, but not unkind. 🪶 #Birds

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My online girlfriend was so shocked by the Ukraine drone strike on the Russian data centre that she's been too upset to message me all day.

We're getting dumped on with rain today, so no birding for me. Here's one of the last shots I took yesterday, of a palm warbler at the Reed-Bryan Farm section of Mercer Meadows. 🪶 #Birds #warblers