Nils Warnock

Black Turnstone, Pillar Point, CA #shorebirds #birds

Great Blue Heron flying in to lagoon, Point Reyes National Seashore, CA #birds

nematology.ucdavis.edu/news/hugh-di... Very sorry to read this. Hugh was a fascinating man.

Black-bellied Plover scores a big polychaete. Point Reyes National Seashore, CA #birds #shorebird

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Western Sandpiper preening it's flight feathers. Point reyes National Seashore, CA #birds #shorebirds

Black-bellied Plover territorial squabble. Abbott's Lagoon, Point Reyes National Seashore, CA #birds #shorebirds

A buck in the fog, Point Reyes National Seashore.

Young, male Anna's Hummingbird deep in the penstemon. Fremont, CA. #birds

A yawn and a scratch (with those huge talons). Roosting Great Horned Owl, Point Reyes National Seashore, CA #birds

"I think I hear something in the bushes." Anchorage, AK.

Preening Trumpeter Swan, Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK. #birds

Early Fall Grey Hairstreak, Fremont, CA #butterflies

A flock of mostly Sooty Shearwaters feeding on some forage fish (anchovies?) off of Capitola, CA a few days ago. #birds

Marbled Godwit in the surf, Stinson Beach, CA #shorebirds #birds

If you are interested in shorebird migration patterns, especially Whimbrel, see Camilo et al.'s new paper - doi.org/10.1111/ibi....

Hudsonian Whimbrel are migrating through the coast of Central California right now. Stinson Beach, CA. ##birds #shorebirds

Urban birding at the Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge on San Francisco Bay, CA - the American Avocets have mostly molted into their non-breeding plumage.

Young Anna's Hummingbird coming into the penstemon. Fremont, CA #birds

A fall migrant - Northern Yellow Warbler feeding by the stream. Fremont, CA #birds

Least Sandpiper, Little Compton, RI #shorebird #bird

Juvenile Least Sandpiper taking a bath. Little Compton, RI. #birds #shorebirds

American Goldfinch in the coastal prairie, Newport, RI. #birds

Providence, RI, just like I pictured it, skyscrapers and everything…

Summer Azure (I think). Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge, RI. #butterflies

Pileated Woodpecker, Ridgefield, CT #birds

Adult (L) and juvenile (R) Wilson's Phalarope. An Osprey was flying by. Mono Lake, CA #birds #shorebirds

Sunrise on the Green River, Utah.

Vivid Dancer, Fremont, CA #dragonflies

Baby wild turkey n the garden. Marshall, CA #birds

Congratulations to Drs Jeffery L Larkin & Nils Warnock for winning AOS 2026 Ralph W Schreiber Conservation Awards for conservation-related contributions to ornithology. https://americanornithology.org/aos-announces-2026-award-winners-for-research-service-conservation-publication/ #AOSAwards

My first Gray Hairstreak of the season. Marshall, CA #butterflies

Always a treat when you get to see as well as hear the beautiful Yellow-breasted Chat. Only the second one I have seen here at Cypress Grove, Marshall, CA. #birds

Wrentit singing its evening song, Marshall, CA #birds

Orange-crowned Warbler in the willows #birds

Warning – a disturbing picture. Take care of your fishing gear! It can kill wildlife. A Double-crested Cormorant that got its head stuck in a crab trap and then got tangled in a tree with deadly results. Marshall, Tomales Bay, CA.

Roosting Great Horned Owl, Drake's Beach, Point Reyes National Seashore, CA #birds

A flock of migrating Bonaparte's Gulls that came in for a rest and drink at Point Reyes National Seashore today. #bird

A beautiful Gray Fox sitting in our driveway. Cypress Grove, Marshall, CA #wildlife

The no-spots, Spotted Sandpiper hunting invertebrates. Should be molting into breeding plumage (=spots) soon. Marshall, CA #shorebirds #birds

I have been looking for this Anna's Hummingbird nest for the past week. I finally found it less than a meter off of the path I walk almost every day. Marshall, CA #birds

Shorebird migration is on here along the central California coast. A flock of Hudsonian Whimbrel making the move. #birds #shorebirds

The strike - Great Egret in the process of catching a stickleback. Point Reyes National Seashore, CA #birds

She just froze and stared at me. A female Anna's Hummingbird that I suspect has a nearby nest. Marshall, CA #birds

Snowy Plover trying to look like a Wrybill. Point Reyes National Seashore, CA #birds #shorebirds

New article in Oikos with a global review of annual survival for waders comparing estimation methods and phylogeny. Survival increases with body mass but decreases with migration distance and during past 40 years. Team led by @dillensegerg.bsky.social. #ornithology #waders doi.org/10.1002/oik....

As #CMSCOP15 starts today, AFP highlights the Hudsonian godwit, one of the world’s most extraordinary migratory birds which has declined 95% in just four decades, showing why international action matters now more than ever. In English: www.france24.com/en/live-news... En français : f24.my/Bog9

Horned Lark in the setting sun. Tomales, CA #birds

A floofed out White-crowned Sparrow in Point Reyes National Seashore, CA. #birds

Western Sandpiper that is just beginning to molt into its breeding plumage. The count down begins. Abbotts Lagoon, Point Reyes National Seashore, CA. #shorebirds #birds