Stephen Christopher Nadler, birdfren 🐦

German-descended settler occupying land of the Delaware (Lenape) Tribe. Grateful this land has nurtured me. Hoping to learn without fear. Bird-watcher. He/him.

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"Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch."

James Baldwin, Nobody Knows My Name

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@lionel_trolling What a treasure. Is that a family heirloom?

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@Jesse_Brenneman Randy thinks he gets to decide who goes into the Best Buy? Well, I ban MYSELF from the Best Buy, until such time as we reach an “ALL DADS BEING ALLOWED TO GO IN, ALL DADS BEING ALLOWED TO GO OUT” basis!

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@Lorr333 Thanks!

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An adult Great Blue Heron at the Point this evening.

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@joshtpm https://t.co/M81MV0wVlw

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@MatthewSitman KYE and Unclear and Present Danger should do a cross-over where all four of you discuss The Apprentice.

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@MusserRyan @MatthewSitman What I want more is screen rotation for widescreen photo and video. It is one of the most basic features of smart phones, but Instagram doesn’t support it!

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@joshtpm The near crash was real, turns out, but it was LA councilman Nate Holden on board, not Willie Brown. Barbara Res was also on board, and wrote about it in her book. https://t.co/94rjMKjch2

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@MatthewSitman His 100th birthday!

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@iTridaG @ScrappyLew @VeoliaWaterNJ Thanks!

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@ScrappyLew @VeoliaWaterNJ Yes @VeoliaWaterNJ could you please clarify if there is a boil water advisory? Neighborhood friends have said so, but I see no such notice on your website or Twitter.

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@lionel_trolling If ancient Latin speakers actually called the kingfisher “alcyon” or “halcyon,” this is the species they would have been familiar with, the common kingfisher: https://t.co/BkH9IchbpD

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@lionel_trolling I first learned the word (h)alcyon from the scientific name of the belted kingfisher, Megaceryle alcyon.

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@lionel_trolling A great old episode of Nature https://t.co/13aPahJtmf

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@S_Insley_H So that’s what happened

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@S_Insley_H I still say “CliffsNotes”

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@KellieMeyerNews @mikeviqueira @LelandVittert @NewsNation The whistling sound after it took off from your head is made by their wings!

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@KellieMeyerNews @mikeviqueira @LelandVittert @NewsNation It was a mourning dove, our widespread native wild dove. They have adapted well to cities, at least those with green space adequate for them. https://t.co/Pi32TknEao

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@mondomascots CC: Sloth Committee Chair @senatorshoshana

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@woodlandbirder Yesterday I was watching the Green’s North American relative the Solitary Sandpiper, in Central Park. I had known they prefer fresh water habitats, but only just learned that they also, like the Green, nest in trees! (Though they don’t build their own, but use old songbird nests)