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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 15/09/2026

I love the sound they make as they fly overhead

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 14/09/2026

Grackles are low-key better than crows

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 14/09/2026

The Great-tailed Grackles in Arizona looked so ragged (chopped) compared to the silky, shiny ones in Texas. Why? 🪶

Ragged -looking Great-tailed grackle walking left in green grass

Ragged-looking Great-tailed Grackle standing green grass facing forward. It looks like it is missing a tail feather.

Ragged-looking Great-tailed Grackle in green grass panting with an open beak

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 06/09/2026

A raven ate juvenile possum brain this morning. Part of a balanced breakfast? 🪶 becausebirds.com/microblog/a-raven-…

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 31/07/2026

If you take away the birds then what has she got? 🐦‍⬛️ becausebirds.com/microblog/if-you-t…

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 30/07/2026

Apparently they are endangered! I recorded what they sounded like. Thank goodness there were only a few lol macaulaylibrary.org/asset/662130... 🔈

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Making sure you're not a bot!

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Leslie Joy Mills @ljoymills.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

SF used to have a huge flock of green parrots that flew over the Financial District and up Nob Hill! I remember the noise (and sight of them) was a moment. I would stop to watch and listen.

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 30/07/2026

LA has a population of Red-Crowned Amazon parrots. They are loud but invisible when in the green trees. 🪶 becausebirds.com/microblog/la-has-a…

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 29/07/2026

Spotted this juvenile Peregrine Falcon on a crane at Dockweiler Beach 🪶 becausebirds.com/microblog/spotted-…

peregrine falcon juvenile perched on a cane

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 24/07/2026

Proposal Design D of new Euro has a spectrogram of the bird sound, range, and feather shape as security details. 🤩 becausebirds.com/vote-for-coo... 🪶🔈

Kingfisher with cool spectrogram security on the a potential €10 note

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 24/07/2026

I think I prefer the first set from the thumbnail. I would be thrilled with any of them. I love how colorful they are.

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 24/07/2026

Here’s a survey for how new EU bank notes should look! Half of the design sets feature adorable birds. Choose one of those! 🪶 surveys.ecb.europa.eu/10b/banknote...

Possible bird designs for new eu bank notes

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 30/06/2026

Testing my micropub endpoint again with a curl command.

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 27/06/2026

This cardinal is helping the forest be just a tiny bit quieter. 🪶

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 12/06/2026

I got great views of a Cactus Wren on a Cenizo while passing through Phoenix, Arizona. She is the 8th kind of wren on my life list. So far I have: Bewick’s Wren House Wren Marsh Wren Carolina Wren Canyon Wren Eurasian Wren Sedge Wren Cactus Wren The Canyon Wren is the best wren on this list. 🪶

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 11/06/2026

The grackles had a party at Whataburger in the blossoming Crepe Myrtle tree. This borb posture is called a ruff-out display. 🪶

Male grackle in a flowering crepe Myrtle tree

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 17/05/2026

Hearing gobbling in the distance is my favorite sound. I love that the males are literally called ‘gobblers’. 😆

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 17/05/2026

Yes! It was luck! I had to slowly creep closer to it when I spotted it perched on that sculpture. Very skittish!

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 06/05/2026

I yelled “Happy Mother‘s Day” to this soon to be mother. She is sitting on her nest in a nearby field. 🪶

Killdeer sitting on her nest in a grassy field.

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 27/03/2026

I listen to the local birds sing so much I can often tell which bird species the mockingbird is imitating. I edited together some of my recordings to compare the him to the original bird so you can see how similar it is. 🪶🎤

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 15/04/2025

I had the privilege to take my friend and her bird-loving 7yo for birding this weekend. She loved hearing the birds sing with the parabolic mic. Listen to the birdsong and our cute dialog as she hears a White-eyed Vireo and Golden-cheeked Warbler. 🪶🔊

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 27/02/2025

Tonight, February 26 Barn Swallow season has officially started! The big cold front just left central Texas. It's the fourth year this nest is being used. 💯 bird build quality. 🪶

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 21/02/2025

It's a hard life out there for a bird. 🪶

Raven facing away with a pretzel that looks like a cigarette lol

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 20/02/2025

My Nintendo Alarmo clock is officially jailbroken. Chain ⏰️ Thanks to: www.schuerewegen.tk/alarmo/

Nintendo Alarmo showing boot screen of custom firmware

Nintendo alarmo soldered and ready to connect be jailbroken

My messy soldering connections on the Nintendo Alarmo

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 17/01/2025

I don't like TikTok but don't support banning it either. We should treat the root cause of social media manipulation and astroturfing not the symptom. #socialmedia

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 30/12/2024

You should open a support ticket on eBird and they can probably get you sorted.

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Submit a ticket

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 30/12/2024

How strange! I haven’t seen anything like that. I upload jpeg photos. Are your images smaller than the 10 megabyte limit?

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 30/12/2024

Looking back at my 2024 birding stats is wild. 📷 11,541 bird photos taken 📝 122 eBird checklists 🐦‍⬛ 257 species seen ⏳ 116 hours of birding I uploaded 106 photos (less than 1%!) and 124 recordings to eBird. 🪶 #birdMath

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 29/12/2024

Half the fun of the waxwings is their cute whistling. Listen to several in this 2022 recording I captured in San Antonio. 🪶🔊

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ML517118321 - Cedar Waxwing - Macaulay Library

Macaulay Library ML517118321; © Jeffrey Mann; Bexar, Texas, United States

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 29/12/2024

Let's ring in the New Year like a Cedar Waxwing by eating our weight in fermented berries. 🪶

cedar waxwing facing left with a red berry in its beak on a mostly barren tree with blue sky behind it

cedar waxwing flying from a tree branch with its tail spread and wings open

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 24/12/2024

Honey, I shrunk the birds! This Christmas, I miniaturized my first decade of bird photography into something extra special and extra tiny. I created and mailed out over 50 unique mini framed bird photos as gifts to my friends. 🪶 📷

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I crafted 50 tiny, framed bird pics to send to friends this Christmas

In 10 years of birding I took 45k photos and saw 440 species. This Christmas, I sent 50 unique birds in tiny frames to my friends.

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 15/12/2024

Curiosity got the best of me. Merlin can ID bird butts. Technology is amazing. 🪶 #computervision

The Merlin app photo ID process of cropping this mystery bird’s behind.

The Merlin app final step of confirming the location and date of the bird butt photo

Merlin app successfully ID’s the Bewick’s Wren cloaca photo LOL

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 14/12/2024

This morning, after 10 years of birding, I photographed a bird butthole. Here is the cloaca of a Bewick’s Wren! 🤣🫣🪶

A Bewick’s Wren perched on a lichen-covered log facing away showing the underside of its tail and its cloaca. LOL

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 10/12/2024

Are cacti just juicy defense trees? 🌳

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 10/12/2024

Congrats! I love seeing them around!

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 10/12/2024

Woodpeckers love more than just trees 🌵🪶

Gila Woodpecker facing right clinging to top of a cactus in front of clear blue sky.

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 07/12/2024

Any Killdeer enjoyers? Been a huge fan of this bird for a while. I often hear them singing as they fly around dawn or dusk. Recorded this cutie with the parabolic mic on October 13. 🪶🔊

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 06/12/2024

My husband always refers to cormorants and Anhingas as “the bird with fleas” 😭. They don’t deserve that rap! 🪶 Do you hear about other birds with unfair reputations?

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 06/12/2024

Look twice and you might spot an Anhinga slinking through the waters. Like cormorants, a lack of waterproofing require them to dry their wings in the sun. Recorded these cuties in Orlando on 11/23 with a Parabolic mic. 🪶🔊 #Birdsky #photography

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 06/12/2024

Apparently, moor means a tract of open, uncultivated land. I love when the common or Latin names of birds give clues on where or what to look for. 🪶 #waterfowl

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 06/12/2024

This drama bird has a cutesy forehead shield and a tongue-twister name. I recorded this Common Gallinule last month in the marshes of the Wildlife Drive at Lake Apopka in Florida. 🪶🔊 #Birdsky

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 28/11/2024

Happy Thanksgiving, #BirdSky! Let’s show some love for the Wild Turkeys out there trying to do their best. 🦃 🪶

Wild Turkey at Garner State Park in Texas.

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Jeff Mann @becausebirds.com · 28/11/2024

Thank you! They always have such an attitude.

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