Libby Keyes

Professor, bird surveyor, and bander in the Chicago region 🪶 she/her

[Libby Keyes @on_thelabel]

“Same, granted”

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What decemberists album is this

[Anne Hilborn @AnneWHilborn]

This made me wheeze

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Between AK and AZ last month I hit 400 life birds. I like to be surprised when I hit a big number, so getting a pair of elegant trogon feeding babies for the big number was pretty dang cool.

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Hey if you want to do a fun fruit fly experiment go birding all month in different states and leave a banana peel in your hot Chicago car, the fun part is trying to get them to out and the experiment is when do I lose my mind

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@elora_grahame Really like darn tough and smart wool for winter, but I’ve been using a pair of higher merino bombas brand socks this summer and I like them a lot for warmer weather

[Logan R Kline (she/her) @latlonglogan]

if you're ever trying to hack into an ecologist's email just find out the Latin name of their study species

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At least I squeezed in one survey before this rain started! Not looking great for anything else before the end of the month, but hopefully this ends the drought 🤞

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A white-lined Sphinx visiting tonight before the storms

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@MatthewSpoor @VortexOptics That’s why I own all vortex, they rock!

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And I thought my boots crapping out on me was bad, guess it’s finally time to test that warranty

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@4letterbird I’d be more hopeful if that was the only thing broken, but I’ve put these through the wringer, I think they’re more of a replace than a repair 😂

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@RyanFMandelbaum I sent that post to at least 3 people, it was a dumpster fire too good not to share

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@4letterbird Clark and pine!

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Two pairs of pied-billed grebes? In MY wetland?? It’s more likely than you think. (Didn’t realize the nest was there until I was almost on top of it, 15 feet away from a busy road and right in front of the only place I can put a kayak in, silly birds)

[Chicago Ornithological Society @chicago_birder]

Year two of our Big Marsh bird banding station has begun!

This weekend the team was out from just before dawn till midday, diligently collecting data on breeding birds and a handful of surprise late migrants as well.

**all birds handled with proper permits and training**

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The most absolute punkiest yellow warbler I’ve ever met, he 100% would have fought me

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When a dude looking like this says find another gate to use, you find another gate to use 😬

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Today was the first day of MAPS banding at governors state! We got lots of great birds, including these two great crested flycatchers in the same net as a pair of indigo buntings on the very last net check. Hairdos!!!