Jeff Mann
@becausebirds
Birder since 2013. I enjoy bird photography, recording, programming, data, design, home lab, OLKB, and Charli xcx. bird website since 2014
LA has a population of Red-Crowned Amazon parrots. They are loud but invisible when in the green trees. 🪶 https://becausebirds.com/microblog/la-has-a-population-of-red-cro-ms6vvyiu
Spotted this juvenile Peregrine Falcon on a crane at Dockweiler Beach 🪶 https://becausebirds.com/microblog/spotted-this-juvenile-peregrin-ms6ltxvl
Proposal Design D of new Euro has a spectrogram of the bird sound, range, and feather shape as security details. 🤩 becausebirds.com/vote-for-coo... 🪶🔈
Here’s a survey for how new EU bank notes should look! Half of the design sets feature adorable birds. Choose one of those! 🪶 surveys.ecb.europa.eu/10b/banknote...
I got great views of a Cactus Wren on a Cenizo while passing through Phoenix, Arizona. She is the 8th kind of wren on my life list. So far I have: Bewick’s Wren House Wren Marsh Wren Carolina Wren Canyon Wren Eurasian Wren Sedge Wren Cactus Wren The Canyon Wren is the best wren on this list. 🪶
The grackles had a party at Whataburger in the blossoming Crepe Myrtle tree. This borb posture is called a ruff-out display. 🪶
I yelled “Happy Mother‘s Day” to this soon to be mother. She is sitting on her nest in a nearby field. 🪶
I listen to the local birds sing so much I can often tell which bird species the mockingbird is imitating. I edited together some of my recordings to compare the him to the original bird so you can see how similar it is. 🪶🎤
I had the privilege to take my friend and her bird-loving 7yo for birding this weekend. She loved hearing the birds sing with the parabolic mic. Listen to the birdsong and our cute dialog as she hears a White-eyed Vireo and Golden-cheeked Warbler. 🪶🔊
Tonight, February 26 Barn Swallow season has officially started! The big cold front just left central Texas. It's the fourth year this nest is being used. 💯 bird build quality. 🪶
My Nintendo Alarmo clock is officially jailbroken. Chain ⏰️ Thanks to: www.schuerewegen.tk/alarmo/
Let's ring in the New Year like a Cedar Waxwing by eating our weight in fermented berries. 🪶
Curiosity got the best of me. Merlin can ID bird butts. Technology is amazing. 🪶 #computervision
This morning, after 10 years of birding, I photographed a bird butthole. Here is the cloaca of a Bewick’s Wren! 🤣🫣🪶
Any Killdeer enjoyers? Been a huge fan of this bird for a while. I often hear them singing as they fly around dawn or dusk. Recorded this cutie with the parabolic mic on October 13. 🪶🔊
Look twice and you might spot an Anhinga slinking through the waters. Like cormorants, a lack of waterproofing require them to dry their wings in the sun. Recorded these cuties in Orlando on 11/23 with a Parabolic mic. 🪶🔊 #Birdsky #photography
Apparently, moor means a tract of open, uncultivated land. I love when the common or Latin names of birds give clues on where or what to look for. 🪶 #waterfowl
After a decade of birds I only recently started birding at dusk. I was immediately treated to a new song from a bird with a bizarre name. This is the Chuck-will’s-widow I recorded at Government Canyon this summer. 🪶🔊
Which titmouse is best? I took the Black-crested for granted without realizing it’s a Central Texas exclusive! 💅🏻🪶🔊 Plus, finally nabbed a recording of the Tufted in Florida last weekend.
With the tiny Bananaquit, I complete my photo collection of a bird trio that I feel could qualify as a Pokémon evolution set. Bananaquit > Social Flycatcher > Great Kiskadee 🪶🍌
New kind of crow just dropped. Spotted my first Fish Crow in Florida. 🪶🔊 Review: Travel-sized, cute noises, hangs with friends. Says “Uh-uh”. 10/10.
