Birder, brewer, baseball fan. Long-time journalist and university communicator. My sites: www.jerseybirder.com and www.ballcaps.bloghttps://bsky.app/profile/danielxday.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielxday.bsky.social/post/3mvmzef4euk2mCatbird having a snack in 2024. #BirdOfTheDay #BirdsWithBerries 🪶16 Sep 2026 11:18 +0000at://did:plc:faauftvftxecj7mqoi2ajeyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvmzef4euk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielxday.bsky.social/post/3mvjg5f6kxs2dSwitching between Orioles-Mets and Yankees-Twins on TV while listening to Giants-Cardinals. This won’t last, but I am loving it. #MLB ⚾️ https://static.klipy.com/ii/e1b92bb53e0c9e442408bc677a56c789/02/c7/jg2guOBPTvsQHJ7AZ.gif?hh=332&ww=443&mp4=2AK6CmmvwWXKpUfFZ8y&webm=mKKF1boQrmzh4bt2HFL15 Sep 2026 00:56 +0000at://did:plc:faauftvftxecj7mqoi2ajeyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvjg5f6kxs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielxday.bsky.social/post/3mvj3sztehs2zHow about a little snack of upside-down frog? This green heron had such a treat this afternoon at the Millstone River Impoundment in Princeton. 🪶 #Birds #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography14 Sep 2026 21:52 +0000at://did:plc:faauftvftxecj7mqoi2ajeyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvj3sztehs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielxday.bsky.social/post/3mvicb7tfek2rTo say I'm pleased that former Princeton Tiger Scott Bandura was called up to the San Francisco Giants is an understatement. #MLB #SFGiants ⚾️ https://ballcaps.blog/2026/09/14/princetons-scott-bandura-makes-it-to-the-show/14 Sep 2026 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:faauftvftxecj7mqoi2ajeyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvicb7tfek2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielxday.bsky.social/post/3mvfr6czjxk2hEx-Princeton outfielder Scott Bandura called up to the #SFGiants! MLB https://share.google/jfUfXYJI4tC0GINkB13 Sep 2026 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:faauftvftxecj7mqoi2ajeyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfr6czjxk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielxday.bsky.social/post/3mvfnj2a7ks27For the #BirdoftheDay #AngryBird theme, here’s my favorite shot from last year: a female common yellowthroat expressing herself. 🪶13 Sep 2026 12:58 +0000at://did:plc:faauftvftxecj7mqoi2ajeyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfnj2a7ks27https://bsky.app/profile/danielxday.bsky.social/post/3mvfltafggk27It’s pouring rain at home this morning, so I’m not out with my camera and binoculars. Here’s a photo of a wood duck in eclipse plumage from yesterday. 🪶 #Birds13 Sep 2026 12:27 +0000at://did:plc:faauftvftxecj7mqoi2ajeyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfltafggk27https://bsky.app/profile/danielxday.bsky.social/post/3mvduvto2d22zNice surprise this morning at the Pole Farm: a camera-friendly dickcissel. 🪶 #Birds12 Sep 2026 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:faauftvftxecj7mqoi2ajeyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvduvto2d22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielxday.bsky.social/post/3mvduqn33is2zThis is Trump’s opening gambit. Next he’ll order a companion colossus. Of whom? One guess. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/arts/design/trump-smithsonian-washington-statue.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AlE.dMjq.PcSFZJvPKFW4&smid=nytcore-ios-share12 Sep 2026 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:faauftvftxecj7mqoi2ajeyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvduqn33is2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielxday.bsky.social/post/3mv5yn6tmj22mI won’t spend the money in Canada because it will cost me $5k in gas to get there. Trump’s Dubious Midterm Pitch: Keep Us in Power and Everyone Gets Cash https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/us/politics/trump-dividend-5000-dollar-checks.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AFE.7iJf.acuhJvIscwWT&smid=nytcore-ios-share10 Sep 2026 11:55 +0000at://did:plc:faauftvftxecj7mqoi2ajeyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv5yn6tmj22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielxday.bsky.social/post/3mv4kljlswk25Having a Molson XXX to support my Canadian friends. May the True North stay strong and free against the imbecile in the White House and his stupid, unnecessary, insulting, horrifying trade war. #beer 🇨🇦09 Sep 2026 22:11 +0000at://did:plc:faauftvftxecj7mqoi2ajeyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4kljlswk25https://bsky.app/profile/danielxday.bsky.social/post/3mv3syell5s26This red-tailed hawk was checking out the landscape at the Reed-Bryan Farm at Mercer Meadows this morning. The bird may have glanced at me and seemed unimpressed. 🪶 #Birds09 Sep 2026 15:09 +0000at://did:plc:faauftvftxecj7mqoi2ajeyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3syell5s26https://bsky.app/profile/danielxday.bsky.social/post/3mv3supqlp226I'm proud of and pleased with my old employer for taking this correct and sensible approach on Lake Ontario. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/09/09/ap-says-it-will-refer-lake-ontario-by-its-original-name-despite-trumps-order/09 Sep 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:faauftvftxecj7mqoi2ajeyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3supqlp226https://bsky.app/profile/danielxday.bsky.social/post/3muzrbup5os2rAin't she sweet? Here's a female Eastern towhee (head is brown, not the black of males) in a tree at the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm this morning. 🪶 #Birds08 Sep 2026 19:33 +0000at://did:plc:faauftvftxecj7mqoi2ajeyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzrbup5os2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielxday.bsky.social/post/3mux2se7vxc25Great blue heron this morning at Veterans Park in Hamilton. 🪶 #Birds #BirdoftheDay07 Sep 2026 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:faauftvftxecj7mqoi2ajeyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mux2se7vxc25https://bsky.app/profile/danielxday.bsky.social/post/3mux2kpb55225 [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Sep 2026 17:41 +0000at://did:plc:faauftvftxecj7mqoi2ajeyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mux2kpb55225https://bsky.app/profile/danielxday.bsky.social/post/3mux2jf2w4225If I hear the “offo-taco” ad on the MLB app one more time, I’m going to scream.07 Sep 2026 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:faauftvftxecj7mqoi2ajeyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mux2jf2w4225https://bsky.app/profile/danielxday.bsky.social/post/3muwmdluj4k2kI was lucky to catch this flighty white-eyed vireo for a moment this morning at Veterans Park in Hamilton, New Jersey. #Birds 🪶 #NaturePhotography07 Sep 2026 13:27 +0000at://did:plc:faauftvftxecj7mqoi2ajeyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwmdluj4k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/danielxday.bsky.social/post/3muuhkm5vqc2vThis red-bellied woodpecker was the only bird I was able to get today in Princeton. I managed to get soaked on a muddy, flooded trail. #Birds 🪶06 Sep 2026 16:56 +0000at://did:plc:faauftvftxecj7mqoi2ajeyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3muuhkm5vqc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielxday.bsky.social/post/3mus6z3nn4k2nHurray! We spotted our first Northern harrier of the season this morning at the Pole Farm. 🪶 #Birds05 Sep 2026 19:17 +0000at://did:plc:faauftvftxecj7mqoi2ajeyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mus6z3nn4k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielxday.bsky.social/post/3mupzyexmkk2nA Guinness to start Labor Day weekend. #Beer04 Sep 2026 22:42 +0000at://did:plc:faauftvftxecj7mqoi2ajeyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupzyexmkk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielxday.bsky.social/post/3mupyxcoe3c2nI finally got out to the Pole Farm late this afternoon, and this was on of two Eastern wood pewees that entertained me 🪶 #Birds04 Sep 2026 22:24 +0000at://did:plc:faauftvftxecj7mqoi2ajeyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupyxcoe3c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielxday.bsky.social/post/3muhumysuwc2uOne heck of a catch! [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Sep 2026 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:faauftvftxecj7mqoi2ajeyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhumysuwc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielxday.bsky.social/post/3muhilt5ikc2aWhat could possibly go wrong? [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Sep 2026 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:faauftvftxecj7mqoi2ajeyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhilt5ikc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/danielxday.bsky.social/post/3muhikrnqnk2aIt was a gray dawn here in Lawrenceville, NJ. I shot this American kestrel from a good distance at the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm. 🪶 #Birds01 Sep 2026 13:09 +0000at://did:plc:faauftvftxecj7mqoi2ajeyp/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhikrnqnk2a