John (bird whisperer)

Horrible to think about yet perfectly descriptive.
RT @neobirds: Bird of the Day! Pink-footed Shearwater, or Fardela Blanca (Puffinus creatopus) by Claudio González R.: https://www.flickr.com/photos...
Copper-rumped Hummingbird in flight, Yerette Trinidad. - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
RT @may_gun: Just as they punish folks who were already conserving H2O, they've decided to punish those who've conserved energy. http://www.scpr.org/news...
RT @bostonglobe: New Hampshire state senator brings back fourth-graders’ failed hawk bill http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro... http://t.co/Q6t3DL78yc
RT @ourcarbon: Big #Oil pressured Oklahoma researchers to shut up about #fracking causing earthquakes. http://www.bloomberg.com/news... http://t.co/jNorJKs5dD
RT @wildlife_of_nyc: I say yes. MT @MSdHawks: Do they or don't they? @StJohnDivineNYC hawks coy about eggs in nest. http://morningsidehawks.blogspot.com/2015... http://t.co/6TWpQMpf9i
RT @birdingbev: Pie Chart: How Birders Spend Their Time. http://birdersconundrum.blogspot.com/2015...
There is a perception of great resistance to the pope in his own church. This is largely the product of noise. Extremists get more press coverage than blander types, and some Catholic bloggers have suggested that the pope is not truly Catholic. They are right to be in a panic. They are not used to having a pope who is a Christian. They call... - http://dendroica.tumblr.com/post...
RT @ericholthaus: Wow. Amid record-breaking heat, CA's snowpack is now just 6% of normal. Missing ~4,500,000,000,000 gal of water. http://t.co/Blj4iiutSi
RT @steverutt: Female Tufted Duck. Upperside and underside. http://t.co/c5LCrjID9h
RT @zoeschlanger: Head of the federal agency that investigates accidents at chemical plants has resigned amid mismanagement accusation http://www.scientificamerican.com/article...
Mild winters not fueling all pine beetle outbreaks in western United States http://www.sciencedaily.com/release...
Although winter warming has been occurring across the western United States for decades, it has only permitted mountain pine beetle outbreaks in regions where winters historically killed more than 50 percent of the beetles — primarily in the Middle Rockies (Idaho, Montana and Wyoming), the Blue Mountains in eastern Oregon and northern Colorado. In... - http://dendroica.tumblr.com/post...
AT&T today launched its gigabit fiber Internet service in parts of Cupertino, California, but the price isn’t as good as it is in cities where AT&T faces competition from Google Fiber. Google Fiber and AT&T’s U-verse with GigaPower compete head-to-head in Kansas City and Austin. In those cities, AT&T matches Google’s $70-per-month price for... - http://dendroica.tumblr.com/post...
Also, they charge a lot more if you want, you know, basic privacy. - Stephen Mack
Not every species will manage to adapt. But the larger and healthier and more diverse our bird populations are, the greater the chances that many species will survive, even thrive. To prevent extinctions in the future, it’s not enough to curb our carbon emissions. We also have to keep a whole lot of wild birds alive right now. We need to combat... - http://dendroica.tumblr.com/post...
RT @familiarwldrnss: Franzen asks, is climate change distracting from conservation? Bookmark for your #longreads, and tell me what u think http://www.newyorker.com/magazin...
I agree with the general point, but Franzen is so annoying. - John (bird whisperer)
That self-centeredness was part of what was so unappealing. - Jennifer Dittrich
Brownie (Miletus sp., Miletinae, Lycaenidae) - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
steepravine: Poppy Covered Ridge (Marin, California - 3/2015) - http://dendroica.tumblr.com/post...
The wildflowers in the desert are so nice. If we had more rain, there'd be more, but it's much better than last year when there was nothing. - Anika
My first Osprey of the year, seen this morning (photo by me) - http://dendroica.tumblr.com/post...
I saw my FOY Osprey at Donaldson Park this morning https://flic.kr/p/rSrJep
mokacahuete: Turdus migratorius : Merle d’Amérique ; American Robin ; Mirlo primavera, zorzal robín,  mirlo americano… taken in Urbana, ILWanderdrossel ;Roodborstlijster… Image gratuite sur Pixabay: http://pixabay.com/p-541163/ ** - http://dendroica.tumblr.com/post...
Turdus. - Eivind
RT @projsnowstorm: Baltimore Takes Manhattan http://wp.me/p5o2fu-v3
RT @simonbarneswild: England’s vultures http://www.simonbarnesauthor.co.uk/...
RT @wildlifenj: The @DukeFarmsFdn #EagleCam pair's second egg hatched around 7 AM this morning! Watch live: http://www.conservewildlifenj.org/educati... http://t.co/8m9OfxiBAV
RT @wildlifenj: Public to join in building Reeds Beach oyster reef http://www.shorenewstoday.com/snt... via @catamaranmedia
RT @projsnowstorm: North, South, East and West http://wp.me/p5o2fu-vK
RT @whitenjon: NJ's current policy strategy on #transportation summed up well this @meirrinde sub-hed: "Tolls, Not Taxes" http://www.njspotlight.com/stories...