I unwittingly ended up living in the nexus of #🐦v🐟 #birdvfish #birdsvsfish My background is in🐦ecology and I am now working with🌊🐟(and still avidly birding) (anything I publish is my personal opinion and not necessarily the opinions or position of NJDEP)https://bsky.app/profile/birdv.fishhttps://bsky.app/profile/birdv.fish/post/3mkaacmb6ks2pI regret to inform you that it’s 5:37am decently light out and birds are pretty loud rn, and May is around the corner #getupitsgameday you can sleep in July🌅🦅🦆🦃🐦24 Apr 2026 09:41 +0000at://did:plc:aaetysffnsrt453f476um473/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkaacmb6ks2phttps://bsky.app/profile/birdv.fish/post/3mja7g24q7s2uBack in my Twitter days I used to do a #scicomm game called #namethatbirdsong it was a contest for coming up with onomatopoeia/soundalikes for fun/humorous ways of learning birdsong personalized to your imagination/memory and to encourage creativity. I prob won’t reboot here but would❤️to hear yours!11 Apr 2026 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:aaetysffnsrt453f476um473/app.bsky.feed.post/3mja7g24q7s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/birdv.fish/post/3mfmiekm4dc2kWanting to learn how to vibe code vs. destroying the environment with AI usage: the weird world of…actually, being a research ecologist🤔24 Feb 2026 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:aaetysffnsrt453f476um473/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfmiekm4dc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/birdv.fish/post/3md7tvme5a22xhttps://www.reddit.com/r/OptimistsUnite/comments/1ik55ua/the_ultimate_guide_to_calling_your_elected/25 Jan 2026 04:02 +0000at://did:plc:aaetysffnsrt453f476um473/app.bsky.feed.post/3md7tvme5a22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/birdv.fish/post/3md4d6abx2c2kworkaround for AGEPRO if you have restrictive capabilities on your work computer that make you use OneDrive (and Windows in general) open powershell and set your home path for the session: Set-Variable -Name HOME -Value "C:\Users\whatever" -Force ...then run the command line version of the program23 Jan 2026 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:aaetysffnsrt453f476um473/app.bsky.feed.post/3md4d6abx2c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/birdv.fish/post/3mbh2hkyou22s2026 1st bird of the year for me yesterday was a song sparrow that has been overwintering in my yard :)02 Jan 2026 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:aaetysffnsrt453f476um473/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbh2hkyou22shttps://bsky.app/profile/birdv.fish/post/3madxekhkns2jSEOW from Birds of World: "Clark (Clark 1975b) reported winter foraging activity began around 14:30 to 15:30 h, but it varied from year to year; early morning foraging also probable...evening departure from day roosts 28 min before to 24 min after sunset, with most (83.3%) departures after sunset."19 Dec 2025 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:aaetysffnsrt453f476um473/app.bsky.feed.post/3madxekhkns2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/birdv.fish/post/3m6ff4t6ngc2eChurch, Gabriella & Furness, Robert & Tyler, Glen & Gilbert, Lucy & Votier, Stephen. (2019). Change in the North Sea ecosystem from the 1970s to the 2010s: great skua diets reflect changing forage fish, seabirds, and fisheries. ICES Journal of Marine Science https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330221389_Change_in_the_North_Sea_ecosystem_from_the_1970s_to_the_2010s_great_skua_diets_reflect_changing_forage_fish_seabirds_and_fisheries https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330221389_Change_in_the_North_Sea_ecosystem_from_the_1970s_to_the_2010s_great_skua_diets_reflect_changing_forage_fish_seabirds_and_fisheries#fullTextFileContent24 Nov 2025 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:aaetysffnsrt453f476um473/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6ff4t6ngc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/birdv.fish/post/3m63kditdfs2cat my first meeting of the Mid-Atlantic chapter of @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social great conference so far! a perk is that there is 1 session, so everyone gets to see all the locally focused talks, and stakeholders/anglers/commercial sector are represented here too! nice to get everyone in the same room20 Nov 2025 19:55 +0000at://did:plc:aaetysffnsrt453f476um473/app.bsky.feed.post/3m63kditdfs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/birdv.fish/post/3ly6kywieas2fthank you again so much for covering this story Daniel! :) [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Sep 2025 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:aaetysffnsrt453f476um473/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly6kywieas2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/birdv.fish/post/3lwhkxhihic2owas so thrilled to be included, and have great memories of our day! many thanks to the host who followed us around for the day😄 [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Aug 2025 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:aaetysffnsrt453f476um473/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwhkxhihic2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/birdv.fish/post/3lvg4z5odkc2jI had a bumblebee already getting into the pollen in my garden at 6:49am, so this is my reminder to self to catch the insects when they are sluggish and easier to photograph🐝02 Aug 2025 12:09 +0000at://did:plc:aaetysffnsrt453f476um473/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvg4z5odkc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/birdv.fish/post/3lp57a6edws2iAs a first year employee of @dep.nj.gov I feel fortunate to be able to participate in the new (as of last year) program “the fish & wildlife experience.” Roughly monthly, we get to travel to a site to learn more about what a different bureau in our org does. I feel valued as an employee for this opp14 May 2025 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:aaetysffnsrt453f476um473/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp57a6edws2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/birdv.fish/post/3loya77ees22kwe had such a great day! thank you to everyone who was able to support us, via either donation or intel or just moral support😆this was my 1st year doing World Series of Birding with the Galbatrosses @audubon.org and hopefully we'll have more to come soon, i was so happy to be adopted/inducted!🐦🪶🦃🪹🦆🦢 [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2025 14:57 +0000at://did:plc:aaetysffnsrt453f476um473/app.bsky.feed.post/3loya77ees22khttps://bsky.app/profile/birdv.fish/post/3lmx6l55ohs2kgross but cool nature note (so I'll spare you the pics): found part of black duck carcass near my office. the crop was full of snail shells... from Birds of the World: "In coastal New Jersey, animal foods are most of diet (92%, n = 40); salt grass snails and killifish predominated (Costanzo 1988)."16 Apr 2025 18:05 +0000at://did:plc:aaetysffnsrt453f476um473/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmx6l55ohs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/birdv.fish/post/3llw2sijel22cevergreen; would like to revisit some of these stats 12 years later: https://blog.aba.org/2013/06/open-mic-the-field-glass-ceiling-women-mcdonald.html03 Apr 2025 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:aaetysffnsrt453f476um473/app.bsky.feed.post/3llw2sijel22chttps://bsky.app/profile/birdv.fish/post/3lk6wosdjks23Attending @cwaunion.bsky.social orientation today to learn more about local 1036, the branch for my workplace; also learning about all topics relevant to the union. This is the first unionized job I have held so lots of new(-ish) info!12 Mar 2025 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:aaetysffnsrt453f476um473/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk6wosdjks23https://bsky.app/profile/birdv.fish/post/3ljluortlh224Fisheries word of the day: demersal [adjective] - (chiefly of fish) living close to the floor of the sea or a lake. Source: Oxford English Dictionary #OED [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Mar 2025 01:53 +0000at://did:plc:aaetysffnsrt453f476um473/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljluortlh224