Mike Parr

President of American Bird Conservancy Tweeting on birds and bird conservation. Opinions are my own. Retweets don't imply endorsement.

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@JeffreyMWard Agree with Sedge Sparrow

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@yoavperlman @davlow Thanks. Awful either way.

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@yoavperlman @davlow Yoav, at least one of the birds at the front appears to have black breast markings like a Calandra or Bimac. Is that an artifact of the image?

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@OreillyReilly2 @griffiths_lyn @rafaelmitch Yep! I live in the U.S. and have only seen them a handful of times.

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@OreillyReilly2 I love that spot where the Laxa flows out of Myvatn

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Beautiful male Golden-winged Warbler at the “magic hedge” on Chicago’s lakefront this morning. Perhaps one of the birds ABC has been providing habitat for in Wisconsin to our north….

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@CleyBirds Steve, I dropped in to Cromer on a lightening trip to Norfolk in July and there were thousands of gulls feeding on what appeared to be Whitebait - huge shoals close to the beach. Lots of Med Gulls and at least one young Caspian among them.

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Well, FAA tried to sneak this through on a Friday afternoon. You pretty much know it’s a bad project when agencies do that.

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Updated statement on SpaceX launch to take place as soon as Monday in Boca Chica: https://t.co/YJ7u99hP2y

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@AlexPenn_1 @FI_Obs Cool. Surely you will eventually get a Wilson’s, Pintail, Swinhoe’s, or Latham’s!

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@CleyBirds Thanks. In the UK for a few days. Was contemplating it…

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@Georgia_Platt_ @FI_Obs Back in the 80s we saw a Great Snipe on Fair Isle. We expected it to be tough after getting a report but found it preening its tail on the edge of a peat cut. A Yellow-breasted Bunting flew in while we were watching it, then a Roller appeared nearby - all in about 10 mins.

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Shout out to Oregon Democrat @RonWyden for introducing this legislation. This should really get bipartisan support. Let’s see who is willing to stand up for birds. @ABCbirds

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We're feeling hopeful about U.S. grassland birds and their habitats, thx to legislation introduced by @RonWyden. Although half of our grassland birds have been lost since 1970, this legislation will help turn declines around by empowering land stewards. + https://t.co/R9v6sfXRnp

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@lukenashnature @RareBirdAlertUK @georgedunbar_ @danburt31 Nice! I saw the Radipole Lake bird back in the late 70s or early 80s. Jammed in on Ivory Gull at Chesil Beach same day. Hitched from Liverpool, nearly froze, had police dogs set on us after sleeping in a bus. Now I see PBGR on my way to work sometimes since I live in the U.S.! 😎

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Distant BOC shot of the White-winged Tern currently at the end of Big Stone Beach Road, Delaware. Foraging over the marsh on the south side of the road right before the beach parking area. Great bird!

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@CleyBirds Steve, I remember seeing one back in the late 70s or early 80s from the west bank over near the windmill. I think Enid was there. You may have been too. We all waited and it flew over at dusk as expected!

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Jacob Handel kicks off the Sustainable Forestry Initiative conference with a land acknowledgement ⁦@sfiprogram⁩ ⁦@EnvironmentalEd⁩

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@evornithology I thought the vireo sounded too whistly for Red-eyed and the tanager/grosbeak not burry enough for Scarlet Tanager.

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@evornithology What do you say Dan?

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@evornithology I’m going with White-breasted Nuthatch, Ovenbird, Blue-headed Vireo, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, and Black-capped Chickadee