#ebird

[snailkites]

NOW YOU CAN SEARCH SPECIFICALLY FOR FREAKS

[cha-melodius]

Gray Catbird by Kristy Brig, ML609429271

[crevicedwelling]

spent far too long laughing at this chaotic little guy. he is only ever either yelling or running around like a little freak

[proton-wobbler]

Do you have a spark bird story?

"A spark bird is a term used by the birding community for the bird that hooks someone into their passion for birding."

If you have a story to share, even if it's quite small, please feel free to share with the Spark Bird Project!

The Spark Bird Project

The Spark Bird Project is an ongoing community science initiative designed to gather and share the stories of people’s passion for birds. Re

Dr. Lodi-Smith was recently a seminar speaker in my department and had a wonderful talk about this project and the ways that finding joy in hobbies can impact self-perception and mental health across a lifetime. She really was a joy to have and this project is quite an interesting bridge between psychology and ornithology. I only felt it was right to share the link to her project with my bird themed audience lol.

Also-- even if you're not in the US, you can participate! Dr. Lodi-Smith expressed a desire to diversify the dataset and outside the US is a big part of that.

[syncarida]

[kelpology]

I can be in the car with the windows down and still hear a pine warbler, they’re one of my favorites <3

[patricianicoloso]

João-de-barro/Rufous Hornero

Furnarius rufus

[sparkbirdmusic]

I’ve seen more bird species this year than any previous year in my life (number on the left is how many I’d seen by this time in the year, number on the right is the total I saw in the full year)

2nd place is 2017, when I toured in Japan and Europe (I know, I need to come back)