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listen i love a new species as much as the next person (probably more than the next person if we're being honest) but that doesn't mean i can't critique the way we talk about it. new post about penguins and tiger cats and monkeys on the newsletter :) ryanmandelbirder.substack.com/p/what-does-...

i use ai identification tools like merlin and inaturalist extensively in my naturalist practice, but i feel pretty strongly about there being a proper way to use them to get the best results. read more: ryanmandelbirder.substack.com/p/how-to-use...

yeah man "woke 1" sucked ass. I "woke 1" morning from uneasy dreams to find myself transformed into a giant insect

These are some very cool folks on a great retreat, where you will also get to see amazing birds. Do it if you can!

Join me in Colombia for @jerthorp.bsky.social's Living in Data Retreats!! 5 days in the jungle with a group of curious people, exploring and making collaborative art. It'll be incredible!!! Week 1 is Jer + @birdturntable.bsky.social Week 2 is Jer + me www.jerthorp.me/lid-retreat-...

2. There's still time to join me in Colombia for my Living in Data Retreats. 5 days in the jungle with a group of curious people, exploring and making collaborative art. Week 1 is co-facilitated with @birdturntable.bsky.social Week 2 is with @ryanfm.bsky.social www.jerthorp.me/lid-retreat-...

This is such a cool story from @ryanfm.bsky.social about stumbling upon (paddling upon?) one of North America's rarest birds. It's a good reminder that there's more to birding than just going to the hotspots. ryanmandelbirder.substack.com/p/these-plov...

last month i found two undocumented breeding pairs of piping plovers in michigan, increasing the known population of the great lakes piping plover by 2%! my latest newsletter post is about that plus the species' precarious future. ryanmandelbirder.substack.com/p/these-plov...

Birds, data, art... and quantum computing? Here's @ryanfm.bsky.social, co-facilitator of the second cohort of my Living in Data retreats in September, talking about quantum computing. At last year's retreat they gave a lecture on quantum... then went and found two roosting baby spectacled owls!

A wonderful interview I had with @ryanfm.bsky.social has borne fruit in this article in the new issue of Audubon magazine. He is a wonderful human being, who has a Substack called “Wild NYC.” #bugsky #bugwatching #article #Audubon

- There will be tiny monkeys - We'll have an amazing local guide with us the whole time - Week 1 is co-facilitated with @birdturntable.bsky.social - Week 2 is co-facilitated with @ryanfm.bsky.social - I'm super happy to answer questions!

hello are you interested in reading a blog about current events? if yes then consider reading my post about... why people go birdwatching at landfills ryanmandelbirder.substack.com/p/why-would-...

hello bluesky do you want to know how to find birds? if so then you should read my post about how to find birds ryanmandelbirder.substack.com/p/how-to-fin...

New podcast episode! This month's panel is an exceptional one to end a month with. Host Nate Swick is joined by Stephanie Beilke, Andres Jimenez, and Ryan Mandelbaum for a fun and birdy conversation. Listen here: www.aba.org/this-month-i...

new post: an interview with aaron soh, who has a passion not for finding things himself, but helping other people figure out what they’re looking at. he's uncovered several species photographed for the first time since their scientific description. ryanmandelbirder.substack.com/p/documentin...

eurasian goshawks are so much less serious than american goshawks. like... chasing a snipe around the marsh?? get real

i shouted "little gull"

everything about bad bunny's halftime show was perfect except for the set which gave me flashbacks of failing to see yellow-breasted crake in identical-looking habitat on my last visit to puerto rico

I’d love to be able to enjoy the Muppets as much as everyone else does but whenever I watch them I just feel sick imagining what the man inside the Kermit the Frog costume must look like

Daily reminder that you can make personalized messages with feathers and bird names over at feathertype.binstobins.com. You download hi-res images and video, and even order prints!

scrolling though the iphone ringtones and realized that one of them is in 7/8 time which isn't that weird i guess but i like to think the composer was having a little fun with it

it's here, the moment you've all been waiting for: the microsnail blog! dive into a journey of discovery, drama, loss, and hope as you learn about... the tiny fen snails of lake huron ryanmandelbirder.substack.com/p/that-time-...

I think my least favorite quality in a person, one that is so often praised as an asset or virtue, is: "doesn't take no for an answer." We're living through an extended nightmare of what that looks like when brought to its logical conclusion.

I had so much fun talking to @ryanfm.bsky.social about their book and birds and much more on my latest podcast episode. Give it a listen and don't forget to buy a copy of Wild NYC! Pod 🎧 billbowbaggins.substack.com/p/ten-birdin... Book 📕 bookshop.org/p/books/wild...

sitting at lunch in midtown manhattan and just watched a raven do a barrel roll, presumably for no reason

Some personal news: I’m writing a book! I’ve signed with Holt to write a full-length history of birds and people in America. Birds have always been central to our economy, divisions, culture, and identity. If you want to understand America, you‘ve got to understand its birds.

Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door. This is who it was:

send this post to your friends who love cocks open.substack.com/pub/ryanmand...

If you’re thinking to yourself “How can I get more 🐦 on my 🎄 this year” I have some good news. You can use this little tool to design a feathery ❄️ from 🐦 data and make a one of a kind ornament. ofafeather.binstobins.com

also sprach zara-thrush-tra

murder mockingbird

somehow stumbled into the fact that suntory (the japanese whisky company) runs an online encyclopedia about the birds of japan www.suntory.co.jp/eco/birds/en...

for me the vomit-like smell of ginkgo fruit is the nostalgic smell of fall, much in the way that rotting garbage and piss is the somewhat less nostalgic smell of summer

it is objectively true that there are no good billionaires. but it's also true that if *i* ended up with a billion dollars, i would be a very good billionaire

Good news from @ryanfm.bsky.social 🪶https://www.audubon.org/magazine/buckle-birders-winter-looking-finchy

up at 4:00am stewing because one time twelve years ago an entire room full of midwesterners laughed at me, a new yorker, for pronouncing drawer "drawa"