I feel really bad for this dickcissel, as I believe the poor thing stunned itself by striking a window, but that did allow me to get pretty good photos of it. Window strikes are a pretty big issue on the A&M Galveston campus. I intends to do a writeup on that eventually as I have been collecting data.
I'm not positive but I believe this is a female or maybe a juvenile? For someone in an ornithology class I'm not very good with birds.

observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/320283992
ID source: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Dickcissel/id

#birds #bird #dickcissel #naturephotography #inaturalist #scicomm

Dickcissel (Spiza americana) at Afton State Park, June 2023

https://makertube.net/w/b5oyQxgfbWs1r8Ae2vyeyw

What in the name of all that is holy is a Dickcissel doing in Toronto in November? The seven thousand photographers who have been stalking it this week are all asking themselves that question.

#photography #birds #dickcissel

Saturday bliss: Birding with friends on a cool, blue August morning and seeing a lifer, a lovely female Dickcissel.

#birding #Dickcissel #FemaleBirds #SolaceInNature #creationstruck

As another mass exodus from Elmo's website is underway, here's another introduction and a reminder to repost to spread the love!

Me:
Make carbon-neutral room for wildlife, especially the #tinosaurs; NY->VA->PA->OK; 322 ppm; wholesome dad vibes; pro science and critical thinking; woke is a compliment; he/his; #BLM; views mine, obviously.

#Birds, #birbs, and #borbs all welcome here.

I don't care if you call them "seagulls".

I bring greetings from this #Dickcissel in particular: