Tr Tom
@heyteachertom.bsky.social
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Birds, books, bagels & beers. Elementary school teacher in Oregon
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Birds of the Pacific Northwest for Kids, out today! @timberpress.bsky.social
#birds #fieldguides #birdsofthepnwforkids
So lucky to find this Purple Martin nest in a cottonwood snag at the beach! #purplemartin #birding #birds
Summer reading pile 👀
#booksky #tbr #tbrpile
Cape May Warbler in Fields, Oregon! #capemaywarbler #oregonbirding #birds
My favorite time of year: when my yard fills up with Evening Grosbeak 😎
#eveninggrosbeak #birds #birding
Broad-billed Hummingbird 🤩
#birds #birding #hummingbird
Cooper’s Hawk perched on the side of a brush pile, hunting sparrows
#birds #birding
Book cover reveal!
l've been working on a field guide to the birds of the Pacific Northwest for kids, and I'm excited to share the cover design. The book will be available from @timberpress.bsky.social this fall. More info to come!
Astraea, by Kate Kruimink

Gorgeous, poetic historical fiction about a 19th century convict ship, carrying women and children to a penal colony. Perfect novella about liminal space, patriarchy and a little known history - quiet, atmospheric, yet somehow harrowing - I could not put it down.
#booksky
Yellow-eyed Junco in Madera Canyon, AZ yesterday.
It’s nice when the name makes sense!
Steller’s Jay portrait
#stellersjay #birds #birding
Everyone should read Hellions by Julia Elliott, out next month from @tinhouse.bsky.social (thanks for an earlier copy!)
11 short stories, each as engaging, imaginative and perfectly unexpected as the last. Elliott has an incredible way of shifting from the mundane to the magical. I loved this.
Wow thank you so much!
Western Bluebird in the rain
#westernbluebird #birds #birding
The moon on Thursday night!
#lunareclipse
A male Northern Harrier perched on a mulch pile

#northernharrier #birding #birds
Barn Owl! 👁️ 👁️

#barnowl #owls #birding #birds
Starting to play around with color!
Sorry, should’ve said: it’s a Barn Owl!
When you find this many pellets under one tree you keep looking until you find an owl. Then spend 20 minutes finding a better view.
Short-eared Owl taking off at golden hour 🌞
#shortearedowl #birds #birding #owls