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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

✨ 36 years ✨ An Avocet ringed as a chick at RSPB Titchwell, Norfolk, in 1990 smashed longevity records this year! It was sighted at RSPB Middleton Lakes in June 2026. The average lifespan of an Avocet is approximately 6 years, so this is an incredible age. 🙌 📷 Philip Croft / BTO

An Avocet, a wading bird with black and white plumage, twists its head to preen under its wing with its long decurved bill, as the sun reflects off rippled water that it is standing in.

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Mike Ixer @mikeixer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Couldn’t resist another stop at Seaton Wetlands on the way home from work for a second round with this juvenile pectoral sandpiper. It put on a great show in the evening shadow of the hide. Amazing views considering I’d never seen one a week ago! #Birds #DevonBirds #WildlifePhotography

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ABirdingNaturalist @abirdingnaturalist.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Most of the time I see Red-necked Phalaropes (Phalaropus lobatus) they are swimming, often in their characteristic tight foraging spins, so I was really excited to see this one walk right up to me before then taking flight. #bird #beach #nature

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Arto Maatta @artom.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Sanderlings at Dawlish Warren today afternoon. #UKbirding 🪶

Sanderling picking insects from a small pile of seaweed

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Janet Ng @janetngbio.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Shorebird habitat along the Western Hudson Bay. It was a privilege to see landscape #Birds

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Janet Ng @janetngbio.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Shorebird migration uses the Western Hudson Bay coastline as a Shorebird Highway. At this spot in early August, we saw hundreds of Pectoral Sandpipers that were so fat, they were shaped like footballs. Good luck, lil buddies!

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Birder K @birderk.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

There’s something disconcerting about shorebirds perching on plants😂 #birds #shorebirds #sandpipers

Photo of a spotty Spotted Sandpiper perched on the stalk of some kind of tall flowering body that has little yellow flowers on it. The background is a hazy set of greenery, not a shore in sight.

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 14/07/2026

Some afternoon crow roll. 🪶

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

ok but why does this owl at a watering hole in the Namib desert (which I saw via the watering hole's webcam) look like a little old English lady-owl on an evening walk who kicked off her shoes but left her stockings on to cool her feet in a pond on the outskirts of the village?

Nighttime picture of a human-established watering hole in the Namib Desert. It's round, apparently concrete, with a small concrete "island" in the center, and there is an owl at the edge, which we see from behind. The owl's wings are folded against its body in a manner that suggests a short jacket; its legs look like the owl is wearing white stockings, and its head is turned to the left; we can see one eye (shining in the watering hole's low light), and a very little bit of its beak.

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Janet Ng @janetngbio.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Can't wait to have this book in my hands! <crying hockey tears>

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Janet Ng @janetngbio.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Fluffy rough-legged hawk today! And an American Robin that should be somewhere warmer ❤️

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Janet Ng @janetngbio.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

The real reason I do Christmas Bird Counts. Only six species on the first half of the count, cold and windy out there.

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Janet Ng @janetngbio.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Christmas Bird Count Update: sharp-tailed grouse, magpie, raven, horned lark, and one McD's bag in the ditch.

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Janet Ng @janetngbio.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Craven Christmas Bird Count today!!!!!

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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

'Photographic ornithology' How can bird photographers contribute to shorebird research? New WaderTales blog based on paper by Winfried & Wolfgang Daunicht, published in Wader Study journal. wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/10/09/m... #ornithology @waderstudy.bsky.social

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Janet Ng @janetngbio.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Ok, Brain Trust. What critter is hanging out in my mom's garden in Edmonton? It clipped all the iris leaves and then made a cozy little impression in the middle.

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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 11/07/2025

Writer Julia Zarankin used to be a “normal person.” Now, she finds herself cancelling all non-bird-related social engagements, descending deeper into what experts call birder derangement syndrome. Here, she explores why she’s at her best when birding: thewalrus.ca/birding/

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Cornell Lab of Ornithology @cornellbirds.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

We’ve only crossed the “billion” threshold 1X before, in Oct. 23'. Last night, we rejoined the Billion Bird Night Club in spectacular fashion. Migration soared past 1.2 billion, marking the largest single night of bird migration ever recorded by BirdCast. Learn more: birdcast.info/news/a-new-r...

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A new record night of migration for BirdCast!

Migration intensity goes off the charts, again, with a new record night of migration intensity for BirdCast!

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Cuckoo Frederic is on the move and has crossed the Sahara! 🙌 Frederic had been hanging around in France while his fellow satellite-tagged Cuckoos had made it to Africa. He finally set off south around 17 September & he’s now conquered crossing the Sahara Desert in Africa! 🌍 #Ornithology #Birds

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 03/09/2025

Fall migration season 2025 shorebird MAGIC omg 🪶

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

How about a busy shorebird with places to go? Shorebirds make everything a little bit better #birds 🌿

A white and dark gray shorebird struts along in front of the blurry ocean in the background. The wet sand reflects the adorable bird.

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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

A whimbrel enjoying the sunset #birds

A whimbrel standing tall on a small rock with dark colored water in the background. It’s a medium sized shorebird with a long slightly curved bill.

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CosmicRay @bobful.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

I was adjusting the exposure to capture the rain falling from these impressive storm clouds when an eagle soared into the frame. #photography #birds #storm

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Janet Ng @janetngbio.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

A Plains Spadefoot Toad avoids awkward eye contact with me the best way it knows how - digging itself backwards into the sand. Ok, bye.

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SoCal Leslie @socalleslie.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Good morning from SoCal. Three sanderlings on the beach. 🪶

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Janet Ng @janetngbio.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Just a normal amount of leg, totally normal.

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Jack Maynard(he/him) @jhmsparky.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

The Greater Yellowlegs were out in force on Sauvie's today. #birding Portland, Oregon

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taenia @taenia.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Anyway, in extremely important news, did you know that baby sandpipers do the butt wiggles?

An adult and juvenile Spotted Sandpiper walking on a muddy lakeshore.

The adult is a brown shorebird with a white chest, an orange bill, and orange legs. It has small black spots across its chest and neck and a dark eye stripe. The baby is similar looking, but still has downy feathers around its head, neck and wings.

A Spotted Sandpiper walking on a muddy lakeshore.

This is a brown shorebird with a white chest, an orange bill, and orange legs. It has small black spots across its chest and neck and a dark eye stripe.

A juvenile Spotted Sandpiper walking through grass

This is a brown shorebird with a white chest and a grey-orange bill. Its head is pale brown and downy, with a prominent dark eye stripe.

A juvenile Spotted Sandpiper wading in shallow water.

This is a brown shorebird with a white chest, a grey-orange bill, and yellowish legs. Its head is pale brown and downy, with a prominent dark eye stripe.

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Janet Ng @janetngbio.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Pretty excited to come across some sundew in a fen. Lots in bloom around Churchill right now ❤️

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Janet Ng @janetngbio.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

These bird deterrents make great perches!

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HawkTales💙 @hawktales.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Juvenile Western Red-tail Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis calurus) perched in a pine tree. 🪶 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western... 👈 @griffithpark.bsky.social #redtail #hawks #raptors #conservation #wildlife #homagebluesky

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Janet Ng @janetngbio.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Red Knots returning from the Arctic. I don't usually see them at this spot during fall migration, so these four birds were on a lil adventure.

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Janet Ng @janetngbio.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

lots of Wilson's Phalaropes staging in southern Saskatchewan

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Janet Ng @janetngbio.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

oh cool, did you see 181 birds? each click actually represents 50 birds, so the flock was probably ~9000 strong. it's phalarope migration!

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Janet Ng @janetngbio.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

I call this one "Retreat of the Shorebird Biologists".

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Janet Ng @janetngbio.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

I didn't know that forest fire smoke could block out the sun. These are pics from yesterday from the train, between Le Pas and Thompson, Manitoba. 1st pic is from 5:30 pm, 2nd pic is 6 pm. For perspective, sundown here is 11 pm. The lights on the 2nd photo are from the train's headlights.

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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Red-shouldered hawk parents running a food delivery service for their nest. #birds #raptors

A red-shouldered hawk standing on a thick tree branch with a freshly caught vole or mouse hanging from its bill. It has a deep orange chest with white barring, gray colored face, and dark brown wings with white spots.

A red-shouldered hawk standing at the end of a broken branch with a vole in its bill, this is a separate catch from the previous photo.

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Janet Ng @janetngbio.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Nighttime shorebird work! Long, cold night, but great birds and great views Lots of Sanderlings, Semipalmated Sandpipers, Rex-knecked Phalaropes, and Stilt Sandpipers 🪶

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Janet Ng @janetngbio.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

After a week of rain, we finally got out for a few days of shorebird surveys. Don't worry, this isn't an ID challenge.

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Absolutely *thrilled* to come across a flock of American golden-plovers. These birds zoom through the prairies in the spring on their epic migration from the pampas of Argentina to the tundra in Canada and Alaska (~13,000 km). Imagine! They don't even look tired #birds

A group of six shorebirds standing in low grass beside a creek. They have black faces and chests, white strips from their forehead to shoulders and a mottled feather pattern on their back that looks as if they are covered in gold flakes.

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Bob Bell 🇨🇦 @thebirderbob.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Today is International Migratory Bird Day, so it seems appropriate to post this Blackburnian Warbler that was at our pond a few days ago. He spent considerable time doing some personal grooming. #birds #migration #warblers #Ancaster #HamOnt

A Blackburnian warbler on a horizontal branch with leaves coming out. His orange and black head is turned back to peck at feathers on his back, and his white and gray tail is fanned wide open, so that all you see is the tail feathers and his head.

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