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Christopher Witt

@msbbirds.bsky.social
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Prof & Curator @UNM, Museum of Southwestern Biology NM Wildlife Commissioner Studies: bird ecology, evolution, genetics, physiology, biogeography, & toxicology Enjoys: Birding, hunting, running Personal account, not representing UNM or State of NM

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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
You can take a boy out of Philly, but... mydialect.us
heat map of lower 48 states showing high dialectical similarity to the Philadelphia area
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Demography lesson.
Several dozen Lesser Black-backed Gulls lounge on the beach near the Cape May Point State Park, illustrating a variety of age-specific plumages; lighthouse in background. July 25, 2026.
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
This account posts eye-catching bird content for which i can be a sucker. But were all the posts AI generated? This one is just utter garbage, ornithological misinformation to an unacceptable degree
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
At the Reflecting Pool, and guys, this doesn’t look right
Griswald family swims in sewage pond, Vacation (2015)
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Use a sports analogy to tell me you don’t know anything about sports
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Stacey Abrams speaking on the 10 steps to authoritarianism — damn she is a POWERFUL speaker #NoKings #Albuquerque
Albuquerque No King protesters are fired up, with signs, and Stacey Abrams barely visible in the backAlbuquerque No King protesters are fired up, with signs and Stacey Abrams barely visible in back
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Post-copulatory bowing in urban Greater Roadrunners… recorded on the bike ride to No Kings, 3/28/2026
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Magdalena Mountains, New Mexico, with wild turkeys in foreground, cranes flying by in the distance
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Sandhill Cranes and Snow Geese flying to roost after sunset, Rio Grande valley, central New Mexico
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Not at all appropriate for kids (according to IMDB users 😂)
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Afternoon basking
Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) perched on a wooden fence, basking in the winter sun, well matched against a brown and gray background of leafless shrubs in the North Valley area of Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Someone explain why my 5th grade daughter suddenly loves football
6-7 score in nfl game
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
I think you are doing just fine
Screenshot reveals many unread emails and texts
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Mammatus clouds, but my 10-yr old called them “skeleton fingers” #NewMexico
Odd cumulonimbus raincloud over Albuquerque on 9/22/25, with bubble-like protrusions resembling a skeleton’s fingers, technically called mamma, mammatus, or mammatoculusOdd cumulonimbus raincloud over Albuquerque on 9/22/25, with bubble-like protrusions resembling a skeleton’s fingers, technically called mamma, mammatus, or mammatoculusOdd cumulonimbus raincloud over Albuquerque on 9/22/25, with bubble-like protrusions resembling a skeleton’s fingers, technically called mamma, mammatus, or mammatoculus
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Rare bird fails to move Overton window
From Western Birds, vol. 56, no. 3, 2025; a handheld Varied Bunting, Nevada’s first record, after hitting a window in Overton, Nevada, before its eventual release. Photo by Kayla Wolfe, July 4, 2023.
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Trainloads of these trucks are heading east across NM this afternoon
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Lightning illuminated night sky over flooded streets, Cape May, NJ
Lightning-illuminated night sky over flooded street as people look on
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Sandia Crest, New Mexico
American Robin in morning sun, June 2025
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Bill looks so short compared to this New Mexico Brown Creeper
Brown Creeper, angrily eyeing the camera, possibly threatening to do damage with its very long beak
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Look ma, no wings!
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Dapper urban roadrunner, keeping cool in the shade
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Hardworking Red-naped Sapsucker
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Hey Andy, btw, great to see u in the ABQ Journal this AM — an article that even got my 9-yr old’s attention — great work!!
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Google: Today is summer solstice. Google AI: Nope.
screenshot from phone showing that Google AI was mistakenly reporting that today was not the solstice. Today is the solstice. A disclaimer notes "AI responses may include mistakes." Indeed.
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
In fact, i visited an American Goshawk nest this morning in an area that is proposed to be sold off — good luck out there, baby goshawks
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
New paper on ecosystem-wide PFAS contamination at Holloman AFB, New Mexico authors.elsevier.com/c/1lAOb3Ao6B...
Winter evening at Holloman Lake, New Mexico
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
An afternoon among the piñon pines, Sandia Mountain foothills, New Mexico; still plenty of nuts from last year’s masting event
Sandia Mountains, granite cliff face, piñon pines with cones, a Woodhouse’s Scrub-JayA handful of piñon nuts, in their shells, harvested in May after a masting yearPiñon nuts in shell, with piñon trees and Sandia Mountains in backgroundAcmaeodera quadrivittatoides, a metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae; feeding on pollen; Sandia Mountains
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Maybe… but they found this news clipping on the bulletin board in Houston’s locker room
News article about furor over Duke closing herbarium
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
UNM students showing off MSB collections at Biology Research Day
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
In kids’ news…
Sunday New York Times Kids’ section editor’s note saying it should not be read by grownupsNews item alerting kids to existence of Giant Hummingbirds
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Tucson came out for AOC & Bernie, line >2.5 mi long, >50k ppl — inspiring
Crowds against TrumpLines for milesPeople with signs and flagsLines at Catalina High School
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Stand up for Science, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Protestors against federal science cuts holding signs at the entrance to NM State CapitalProtest signs at NM State CapitalProtest signs at NM State CapitalProtest signs at NM State Capital
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
What is he trying to say?
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Huh
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
My first time in the NM State Capitol and it’s a explicitly Christian rally — preaching “Biblical truth” — this is blatantly unconstitutional #establishmentclause
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Representing UNM Museums at the NM State Capital Roundhouse today, with Arif Khan (Art Museum Director) and Carla Sinopoli (Maxwell Museum of Anthropology Director) #UNMday
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Looks like LLM wrote the equal contributions statements🤭
Separate footnotes listing different sets of coauthors whose contributions were equal to those of E.S.
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
utter AI misinfo saying American Robin's 1st egg hatches a day after last egg was laid — in reality, hatching is synchronous for songbird clutches. There is no possible source for this 'information' but perhaps it's a likely sounding assemblage of words?
google AI being stupid
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Thank u Judith Wilde for explaining this particular level of university-president corruption and what to do about it TalkoftheTown: New Mexico must address WNMU's failures for the sake of students' futures www.abqjournal.com/opinion/arti...
Article about WNMU president and regents corruption
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