Mike

I like birds and photography.

[Mike @hyperlitebyerly]

The birds are SO close at Magee Marsh you can capture some pretty unique perspectives!

[Mike @hyperlitebyerly]

@guttenbirder22 Who’s number 1?

[Mike @hyperlitebyerly]

@evornithology My timeline is filled with disgusting political gobbledygook, yet I am regularly heartened by your steadfast postings of birds, reminding me that there are still things of beauty out there. Anyway, Twitter sucks and you are a soldier and you are appreciated good sir, carry on

[chris evans @notcapnamerica]

Americans watching Brazil put their corrupt former president in prison

[Mike @hyperlitebyerly]

@TheBirdist Really appreciate all your detailed checklist comments, I’ll be there Saturday and will be looking for some of the birds you saw!

[The Birdist @TheBirdist]

Never not insane to me that we almost lost dozens of bird species so we could make the stupidest hats in history

[Mike @hyperlitebyerly]

@TheBirdist Weird take but I’m for it

[Dan Carlin @HardcoreHistory]

I wonder how many Americans who consider themselves politically aware could pass a civics test about how our government is supposed to function. I wonder how many Americans who ostensibly talk about politics as part of how they make a living could. Our anti-education/anti-knowledge culture has come for our constitutional society. And people who consider themselves "patriotic" celebrate dismantling the very aspects of our Framer's work that those exquisite-minded guys were most proud of. Co-equal branches of govt and checks and balances. Not bugs...but this system's greatest features. We are a politically hypocritical society and this will cost us. Can you imagine if the Biden/Harris/Hillary Clinton crowd were doing and saying the sort of things Trump is saying now? How many of you Trump fans would be ready to take to the streets? "That's what the 2d Amendment is for Dan"...how many times have I been told that by the "defenders of our Constitution"? For 40 years you've been saying it to me! So...it's only a problem if THEY'RE doing it? One side gets a pass at assaulting the constitutional wall that protects us all, and the other doesn't? How many of you would say "they're only joking" or "don't worry, it's a negotiation position" if Kamala Harris said these things? Serious question. You'd be just fine with it? No big deal? And I'm sure the right-wing talker's ecosystem would be too? All of this is going to come back to bite us. All of it. We are shortsighted, propagandized, political hypocrites. And we simply refuse to apply the same standards to both sides.
And while I'm ranting: half of this problem is the fault of the Democratic Party. I've never seen such a toothless, feckless, directionless, passion-free group of poor political candidates in my life (and I was of voting age in the Mondale/Dukakis years). Only their most radical wing shows any passion or life at all...and that's the group that absolutely, positively can't win a general election.
When the great historian in the sky writes about this era the "other party" in a two-party system deserves a ton of the blame too. Everyone over 70 years old in that party should resign right now. What Trump is trying to do in our system now is exactly what the Founders designed safeguards to prevent. And that's why Trump is targeting the safeguards.

[Mike @hyperlitebyerly]

@baggins_bow Hey! I got him yesterday too! Lifer for me. I had just dried off from the CBC and had to trudge back out into the rain but worth it 🤘

[Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @IrishRainforest]

Killer kitties: a reminder that cats play a major role in wiping out wildlife. How?

By killing literally *billions* of native animals every year, driving numerous extinctions. 🌍

Cats are NOT 'part of nature'. If you must have one, keep it indoors.
https://t.co/z0sJ73MLhm

[Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astro_jaz]

there should be a national holiday where every city just turns the lights off for a little bit so people can go outside and really SEE the night sky

[McNeil @REFLOG18]

you guys

[Daniel Kramer @DKramer_]

As Lane Thomas' grand slam today reached the bleachers, the man who caught it immediately handed it to another fan seated in a wheelchair.

The two are cousins, bonded through a love for baseball and who’ve leaned on each other through recent heartache.

https://t.co/UQTl8QuxJ5

[MLB Network @MLBNetwork]

🔊 VOLUME UP 🔊

Lane Thomas got the Cleveland faithful on their feet with this homer.

[Cleveland Guardians @CleGuardians]

Bedlam.

#ForTheLand | #GuardsBall

[Mikel Jollett @Mikel_Jollett]

The Dow Jones is at the highest point in history.

Unemployment at its lowest level in 60 years.

Crime is down 26%.

Inflation down, wages up, and we are not at war.

Now let me just take a sip of water and see how the press is treating the President who achieved all that.

[Mike @hyperlitebyerly]

@baggins_bow

[Blue Ridge Wildlife Center @BRWildlifeCtr]

CW: death, animal suffering
We want to talk about the consequences of outdoor cats. In the next post will be a video of a bird that was caught by a cat that has no blood or obvious injury, but is very obviously struggling. It may be hard to see, but some of you need to see it 🧵

[Mike @hyperlitebyerly]

Eastern Wood-Pewee 😍

[Mike @hyperlitebyerly]

@baggins_bow BEST (U.S.):
Gull: Sabine’s
Warbler: Magnolia
Duck: Long Tailed
Hawk: Red Shouldered
Sparrow: White Crowned
Heron: Green
Corvid: Blue Jay
Woodpecker: Lewis’s
Finch: Gold
Flycatcher: Great Crested
Hummingbird: Broad Billed

[Mike @hyperlitebyerly]

Anybody know what's wrong with this little guy's feet? @evornithology