Max Malmquist 🪶

Bird nerd & Engagement Manager for National Audubon Society's Saline Lakes Program. Everything shorebird, waterbird and water related. Posts are my own.

[Max Malmquist 🪶 @MMMTheBirder]

This morning, 100 volunteers + @USFWS & @UtahDWR staff surveyed all of Great Salt Lake, Utah Lake & Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge in Utah for #shorebirds! This is part of a regional shorebird survey program spearheaded by @audubonsociety and @PointBlueConSci 🧵. . .

[Audubon Society @audubonsociety]

Check out what it looks like to be a boots-on-the-ground volunteer surveyor for the Intermountain West Shorebird Surveys during fall’s peak migration at Great Salt Lake and Salton Sea: https://t.co/IDWhhBa9s6

[The Bird Union 🪶 @thebirdunion]

We are proud to announce that our membership voted UNANIMOUSLY to ratify a three-year contract, our union’s first.

More details to follow. We’re extremely grateful for all of the support you’ve shown us throughout the last 2.5 years of bargaining and escalations.

[The Bird Union 🪶 @thebirdunion]

After more than 2.5 years of bargaining and mounting a nationwide strike threat, we have come to a tentative agreement with Audubon management. The 3 year deal is a direct result of the dedication and hard work of our membership. We will proceed with a ratification vote.

[Audubon Society @audubonsociety]

A Lesser Yellowlegs was picked up by a Motus wildlife tracking station in Audubon's @CorkscrewSwamp Sanctuary in Florida in August. This very same bird was tagged by @AudubonAmericas and partners as part of a study in Colombia in April! https://t.co/Z4ihpc2wt2

[Audubon Society @audubonsociety]

For the first time in 30 years, a migratory bird census is being conducted across 700,000 acres of wetlands on Great Salt Lake to help decision makers more informedly protect this critical habitat. @Fox13 spoke to Audubon’s @MMMTheBirder about the count. https://t.co/V7HlQQDjlp

[Audubon Society @audubonsociety]

In the past 30 years shorebird habitats have changed dramatically—but have the shorebird populations that depend on them? Audubon and partners are counting shorebirds across more than 200 sites to find out. #BirdsNeedWater https://t.co/KXWnK5XJby

[Max Malmquist 🪶 @MMMTheBirder]

#UtesGameDay #GoUtes

[Karyn Stockdale @KarynStockdale]

Great Salt Lake will benefit from great precipitation this winter! But that doesn’t mean the water challenges are solved. #BirdsNeedWater #BirdsTellUs
https://t.co/dn9jiCkfqC

[Karyn Stockdale @KarynStockdale]

Much needed attention finally to unique ecosystems of Utah's Great Salt Lake, California's Mono Lake, Oregon's Lake Albert and other saline lakes!! #BirdsNeedWater #airquality https://t.co/3sxMtNrO68

[Audubon Society @audubonsociety]

3 decades have passed since the last comprehensive shorebird surveys were done: Now Audubon & partners—& hundreds of surveyors—are filling in these data gaps on vulnerable habitats. The results will guide water management across the West. #BirdsNeedWater https://t.co/iCXy5w6FJ9

[Max Malmquist 🪶 @MMMTheBirder]

First Utes Football game in over a decade with my brother in law. A family asked if we could switch seats so they could sit together - turned out to be an ex-Ravens offensive lineman and we got box seats with free food! Being nice pays off! #GoUtes!

[Karyn Stockdale @KarynStockdale]

3 decades have passed since the last comprehensive shorebird surveys were done: Now, ⁦@audubonsociety⁩ ⁦@PointBlueConSci⁩ and hundreds of surveyors help fill in important data gaps on vulnerable habitats
#BirdsNeedWater https://t.co/YUj00ukIJo

[Karyn Stockdale @KarynStockdale]

The Salton Sea is an integral part of the migratory journey of so many birds! #BirdsNeedWater https://t.co/DptnhfqlNg

[Karyn Stockdale @KarynStockdale]

Birds connect us. #BirdsNeedWater too.
https://t.co/XjTUgR8OHL

[Jim Robbins @JimRobbins19]

My latest, on the bar-tailed godwit's incredible journey and the unparalleled physiology that makes it possible. Their annual odyssey is underway as I write.

The Godwit’s Long, Long Nonstop Journey https://t.co/TjsGWhtO6p

[Max Malmquist 🪶 @MMMTheBirder]

Utah problems. . .😅

[Utah Daily Snow @WasatchSnow]

We can build the gondola and then use the tears of the anti-gondola crowd to fill the Great Salt Lake.

[Max Malmquist 🪶 @MMMTheBirder]

@BirdsEnright Great Salt Lake actually has more Wilson's Phalaropes than Red-necked that stage during migration! Wilson's migrate a bit earlier (peak #'s in July), but historical surveys had numbers of Wilson's exceeding 500,000, and ~240,000 Red-necked. You definitely should visit!

[Max Malmquist 🪶 @MMMTheBirder]

This morning, 100 volunteers + @USFWS & @UtahDWR staff surveyed all of Great Salt Lake, Utah Lake & Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge in Utah for #shorebirds! This is part of a regional shorebird survey program spearheaded by @audubonsociety and @PointBlueConSci 🧵. . .

[Max Malmquist 🪶 @MMMTheBirder]

If you want to join us for surveys next spring (April 24-30th), reach out! We need help making #shorebirdscount, and could use extra eyes to help us with tricky-to-spot shorebirds like this Baird's Sandpiper from this morning. #Science

[Max Malmquist 🪶 @MMMTheBirder]

This August 9th-22nd, volunteers and biologists across 11 western states will be counting shorebirds at ~100 wetland sites, incl. National Wildlife Refuges and state-managed lands. Surveys will continue over the next 3-5 years during peak shorebird #migration in spring & fall.