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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 5h

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

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Early Fall Grey Hairstreak, Fremont, CA #butterflies

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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

Feeding flock of mostly Sooty Shearwaters

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

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

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

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

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

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.

American Avocets in flight with power lines in the background

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

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

Yellow Warbler fluttering above a stream

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

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

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

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

American Goldfinch sitting among yellow flowers

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

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

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

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

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Pileated Woodpecker, Ridgefield, CT #birds

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

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

Wilson's Phalaropes looking up into the sky

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Sunrise on the Green River, Utah.

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

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

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American Ornithological Society @amornith.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Congratulations to Drs Jeffery L Larkin & Nils Warnock for winning AOS 2026 Ralph W Schreiber Conservation Awards for conservation-related contributions to ornithology. americanornithology.org/aos-announc… #AOSAwards

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

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

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

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

Yellow-breasted Chat in a twinberry bush

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Wrentit singing its evening song, Marshall, CA #birds

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Orange-crowned Warbler in the willows #birds

Orange-crowned Warbler perched on a branch

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

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.

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

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

Sleeping Great Horned Owl sitting on a dead branch

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

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

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

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

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

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

Spotted Sandpiper hunting invertebrates along the shoreline of Tomales Bay

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

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

Female Anna's Hummingbird sitting on a nest made of lichen and spider webs

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

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

flying flock of Hudsonian Whimbrel over the surfline.

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

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

Great Egret in the process of catching a stickleback while plunging its head in the water..

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

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

female Anna's Hummngbird perched on a stick

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

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

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𝙱.𝙺. 𝚂𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚘𝚌𝚔 @bksandercock.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

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....

Annual survival of waders versus adult body mass, migration distance and year of study

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Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) @cms.int · 23/03/2026

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

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Can nations save the shorebird that flies 30,000 km a year?

Chasing an endless summer, one shorebird species undertakes a grueling annual journey from the Arctic to the tip of South America and back -- a feat increasingly fraught with peril.

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

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

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

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

white-crowned sparrow with feathers blown out by wind

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

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

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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Nice! Previous BTO longevity record for Curlew was 32 years 7 months, set in 2011. Blog with longevity records for other waders: wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/w... #ornithology

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Half a smelt is better than no smelt. Our local Osprey brought his/her half eaten fish to the nest tree. Cypress Grove, Marshall, CA #birds

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Strutting toms and unimpressed females. Wild turkeys at Cypress Grove, Marshall, CA. #birds

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

The Spotted Towhees are singing away at the Point Reyes National Seashore, CA #birds

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Defending his territory - male Anna's Hummingbird at Cypress Grove, Tomales Bay, CA #birds

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W. P. Mueller @wpmueller.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

#ornithology www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Western Sandpiper, Abbott's Lagoon, Point Reyes National Seashore, CA #birds #shorebirds

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Last chance to apply for this PhD opportunity ➡️ bit.ly/CurlewPhD Closing date: Wednesday 18 February #Ornithology

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