Pam Chasek
@paminnyc.bsky.social
Professor at Manhattan University (College), bird photographer, environmentalist, Earth Negotiations Bulletin co-founder and editor, mother and New Yorker
Positive photo day 2106: In honor of the #WinterSolstice in the Northern Hemisphere, I hereby delare this week to be Yellow Bird Week to bring some light and brightness into our lives. Today's #bird 🪶 is a Yellow Warbler I saw in #CentralPark last spring. #birdphotography #naturephotography #NYC
December 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Positive photo day 2106: In honor of the #WinterSolstice in the Northern Hemisphere, I hereby delare this week to be Yellow Bird Week to bring some light and brightness into our lives. Today's #bird 🪶 is a Yellow Warbler I saw in #CentralPark last spring. #birdphotography #naturephotography #NYC
Positive photo day 2105: For the last day of Blue Bird Week, here are a pair of Eastern Bluebirds that I saw in #Vermont during my visit in August 2023. #birds 🪶 #birdphotography #travelphotography #wildlifephotography
December 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Positive photo day 2105: For the last day of Blue Bird Week, here are a pair of Eastern Bluebirds that I saw in #Vermont during my visit in August 2023. #birds 🪶 #birdphotography #travelphotography #wildlifephotography
Positive photo day 2104: Today's Blue Bird Week photo is one of the many Tree Swallows that come to Van Cortlandt Park to nest each spring. #birds 🪶 of the #Bronx #NYC #birdphotography @vcpalliance.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Positive photo day 2104: Today's Blue Bird Week photo is one of the many Tree Swallows that come to Van Cortlandt Park to nest each spring. #birds 🪶 of the #Bronx #NYC #birdphotography @vcpalliance.bsky.social
Positive photo day 2103: Blue Bird Week continues with a California Scrub Jay that I saw in Big Morango Canyon Preserve in January 2023. #birds 🪶 of #California #birdphotography #naturephotography #travelphotography
December 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Positive photo day 2103: Blue Bird Week continues with a California Scrub Jay that I saw in Big Morango Canyon Preserve in January 2023. #birds 🪶 of #California #birdphotography #naturephotography #travelphotography
Positive photo day 2102: Blue Bird Week continues with a Blue-footed Boobie I saw on San Cristóbal Island in the #Galápagos in 2018. #birds 🪶 #birdphotography #travelphotography #wildlifephotography
December 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Positive photo day 2102: Blue Bird Week continues with a Blue-footed Boobie I saw on San Cristóbal Island in the #Galápagos in 2018. #birds 🪶 #birdphotography #travelphotography #wildlifephotography
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📣 The Call for Papers for the 2026 Bath Conference on Earth System Governance is now open.
The main conference will be held from 8–10 September 2026, in the city of Bath.
Submission deadline: 15 January 2026
Learn more and submit your abstract: bit.ly/4s4Q5KX
@esgproject.bsky.social
The main conference will be held from 8–10 September 2026, in the city of Bath.
Submission deadline: 15 January 2026
Learn more and submit your abstract: bit.ly/4s4Q5KX
@esgproject.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 11:27 AM
📣 The Call for Papers for the 2026 Bath Conference on Earth System Governance is now open.
The main conference will be held from 8–10 September 2026, in the city of Bath.
Submission deadline: 15 January 2026
Learn more and submit your abstract: bit.ly/4s4Q5KX
@esgproject.bsky.social
The main conference will be held from 8–10 September 2026, in the city of Bath.
Submission deadline: 15 January 2026
Learn more and submit your abstract: bit.ly/4s4Q5KX
@esgproject.bsky.social
Positive photo day 2101: Blue Bird Week continues. Today's bird is a Western Bluebird from Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve in #LosAngeles in January 2023. #birds 🪶of #California #birdphotography #wildlifephotography
December 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Positive photo day 2101: Blue Bird Week continues. Today's bird is a Western Bluebird from Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve in #LosAngeles in January 2023. #birds 🪶of #California #birdphotography #wildlifephotography
Positive photo day 2100: Blue Bird Week continues with one of my favorite Great Blue Heron photos of 2025. This one was from March in Van Cortlandt Park. #birds 🪶of the #Bronx #NYC #birdphotography #herons @vcpalliance.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Positive photo day 2100: Blue Bird Week continues with one of my favorite Great Blue Heron photos of 2025. This one was from March in Van Cortlandt Park. #birds 🪶of the #Bronx #NYC #birdphotography #herons @vcpalliance.bsky.social
Positive photo day 2099: The sadness of two mass shootings, and the promise of #Hanukkah and fresh #snow ❄️make it a morning of mixed emotions. Amidst everything, I hearby declare this week Blue Bird Week, starting with a Blue Jay in the snow. #birds 🪶 #birdphotography #naturephotography
December 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Positive photo day 2099: The sadness of two mass shootings, and the promise of #Hanukkah and fresh #snow ❄️make it a morning of mixed emotions. Amidst everything, I hearby declare this week Blue Bird Week, starting with a Blue Jay in the snow. #birds 🪶 #birdphotography #naturephotography
Positive photo day 2098: As Red Bird Week concludes, here is a Red-shouldered Hawk from Van Cortlandt Park. Stay tuned for next week's theme. #birds 🪶of the #Bronx #NYC #birdphotography #hawks @vcpalliance.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Positive photo day 2098: As Red Bird Week concludes, here is a Red-shouldered Hawk from Van Cortlandt Park. Stay tuned for next week's theme. #birds 🪶of the #Bronx #NYC #birdphotography #hawks @vcpalliance.bsky.social
Positive photo day 2097: It's Friday and by the end of the day, hopefully, all my grades will be submitted & the Fall 2025 semester will be over. As Red Bird Week continues, here is a Redheadseen in Van Cortlandt Park in 2023. #birds 🪶of the #Bronx #NYC #ducks @vcpalliance.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Positive photo day 2097: It's Friday and by the end of the day, hopefully, all my grades will be submitted & the Fall 2025 semester will be over. As Red Bird Week continues, here is a Redheadseen in Van Cortlandt Park in 2023. #birds 🪶of the #Bronx #NYC #ducks @vcpalliance.bsky.social
Positive photo day 2096: Red Bird Week continues with a Red-breasted Nuthatch eating suet in Van Cortlandt Park last January. It may not be as "red" as the other birds this week but it counts. :) #birds 🪶of the #Bronx #NYC #birdphotography @vcpalliance.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Positive photo day 2096: Red Bird Week continues with a Red-breasted Nuthatch eating suet in Van Cortlandt Park last January. It may not be as "red" as the other birds this week but it counts. :) #birds 🪶of the #Bronx #NYC #birdphotography @vcpalliance.bsky.social
Hooray!!!!
GEP-9 wins the coveted Cover of the Year award from Cardiff Uni's School of Law & Politics!
Yay! @paminnyc.bsky.social & David Downie
Yay! @paminnyc.bsky.social & David Downie
December 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Hooray!!!!
Positive photo day 2095: So this week has become "red" week as all the photos I have shared from Van Cortlandt Park have had some red feathers. Today's bird is the Downy Woodpecker -- just a tiny bit of red, but it counts. #birds of the #Bronx #NYC #birdphotography @vcpalliance.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Positive photo day 2095: So this week has become "red" week as all the photos I have shared from Van Cortlandt Park have had some red feathers. Today's bird is the Downy Woodpecker -- just a tiny bit of red, but it counts. #birds of the #Bronx #NYC #birdphotography @vcpalliance.bsky.social
Positive photo day 2094: While I took this photo of a House Finch in January 2024 in Van Cortlandt Park, it well below freezing this morning so another puffy bird seemed appropriate. #birds 🪶of the #Bronx #NYC #birdphotography @vcpalliance.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Positive photo day 2094: While I took this photo of a House Finch in January 2024 in Van Cortlandt Park, it well below freezing this morning so another puffy bird seemed appropriate. #birds 🪶of the #Bronx #NYC #birdphotography @vcpalliance.bsky.social
Positive photo day 2093: A Northern Cardinal wearing its puffy coat on a cold morning in Van Cortlandt Park. #birds 🪶 of the #Bronx #NYC #birdphotography #winter @vcpalliance.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Positive photo day 2093: A Northern Cardinal wearing its puffy coat on a cold morning in Van Cortlandt Park. #birds 🪶 of the #Bronx #NYC #birdphotography #winter @vcpalliance.bsky.social
Positive photo day 2092: Red-bellied Woodpeckers are all over Van Cortlandt Park in the #winter. Here is one from January 2024 as I continue digging through the archives until I can go back to the park again. #birds 🪶of the #Bronx #NYC #birdphotography @vcpalliance.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Positive photo day 2092: Red-bellied Woodpeckers are all over Van Cortlandt Park in the #winter. Here is one from January 2024 as I continue digging through the archives until I can go back to the park again. #birds 🪶of the #Bronx #NYC #birdphotography @vcpalliance.bsky.social
Positive photo day 2091: I'm never sure if they are posing for the camera or, more likely, begging for food. I always have the former in Van Cortlandt Park but rarely the latter. No #birds 🪶today. Just #squirrels #wildlifephotography #Bronx #NYC @vcpalliance.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Positive photo day 2091: I'm never sure if they are posing for the camera or, more likely, begging for food. I always have the former in Van Cortlandt Park but rarely the latter. No #birds 🪶today. Just #squirrels #wildlifephotography #Bronx #NYC @vcpalliance.bsky.social
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Country progress on Land Degradation Neutrality (#LDN) programmes was the focus at @unccd.bsky.social #CRIC23
Panama showcased their Nature Pledge as an integrated planning, monitoring and financing model that breaks down silos of the three Rio Conventions
Read ➡️ enb.iisd.org/unccd-commit...
Panama showcased their Nature Pledge as an integrated planning, monitoring and financing model that breaks down silos of the three Rio Conventions
Read ➡️ enb.iisd.org/unccd-commit...
December 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Country progress on Land Degradation Neutrality (#LDN) programmes was the focus at @unccd.bsky.social #CRIC23
Panama showcased their Nature Pledge as an integrated planning, monitoring and financing model that breaks down silos of the three Rio Conventions
Read ➡️ enb.iisd.org/unccd-commit...
Panama showcased their Nature Pledge as an integrated planning, monitoring and financing model that breaks down silos of the three Rio Conventions
Read ➡️ enb.iisd.org/unccd-commit...
Positive photo day 2090: While Northern Shovelers don't mate for life, they stay together longer than most dabbling ducks. This pair was wintering in Van Cortlandt Park. #birds of the #Bronx #NYC #birdphotography @vcpalliance.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Positive photo day 2090: While Northern Shovelers don't mate for life, they stay together longer than most dabbling ducks. This pair was wintering in Van Cortlandt Park. #birds of the #Bronx #NYC #birdphotography @vcpalliance.bsky.social
Positive photo day 2089: One morning last December I was taking a photo of female Cardinal in Van Cortlandt Park when a White-throated Sparrow photobombed me. #birds 🪶of the #Bronx #NYC #birdphotography @vcpalliance.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Positive photo day 2089: One morning last December I was taking a photo of female Cardinal in Van Cortlandt Park when a White-throated Sparrow photobombed me. #birds 🪶of the #Bronx #NYC #birdphotography @vcpalliance.bsky.social
Positive photo day 2088: Portrait of a Song Sparrow. I found this one in November 2022 in Van Cortlandt Park -- yes, I'm digging deep into the archives while my wings are clipped. #birds of the #Bronx #NYC #birdphotography @vcpalliance.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Positive photo day 2088: Portrait of a Song Sparrow. I found this one in November 2022 in Van Cortlandt Park -- yes, I'm digging deep into the archives while my wings are clipped. #birds of the #Bronx #NYC #birdphotography @vcpalliance.bsky.social
Positive photo day 2087: As I continue to review my old photos, I found this male Green-winged Teal in #CentralPark from December 2023. The Green-winged Teal is special for being the smallest dabbling #duck in North America. #birds of #NYC #birdphotography #wildlifephotography
December 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Positive photo day 2087: As I continue to review my old photos, I found this male Green-winged Teal in #CentralPark from December 2023. The Green-winged Teal is special for being the smallest dabbling #duck in North America. #birds of #NYC #birdphotography #wildlifephotography
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As @unccd.bsky.social #CRIC23 “aims to be more than a review session,” delegates welcomed a stronger voice for science, more funding for #drought, targeted capacity-building programmes, and the first time the Gender Caucus would meet during a meeting of the CRIC
➡️ enb.iisd.org/unccd-commit...
➡️ enb.iisd.org/unccd-commit...
December 2, 2025 at 1:13 AM
As @unccd.bsky.social #CRIC23 “aims to be more than a review session,” delegates welcomed a stronger voice for science, more funding for #drought, targeted capacity-building programmes, and the first time the Gender Caucus would meet during a meeting of the CRIC
➡️ enb.iisd.org/unccd-commit...
➡️ enb.iisd.org/unccd-commit...
Positive photo day 2086: Did you know that in Cherokee mythology the Chickadee is associated with truth and knowledge? And that is your little fun fact and your little Black-capped Chickadee for the day. #birds 🪶of the #Bronx #NYC #birdphotography @vcpalliance.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Positive photo day 2086: Did you know that in Cherokee mythology the Chickadee is associated with truth and knowledge? And that is your little fun fact and your little Black-capped Chickadee for the day. #birds 🪶of the #Bronx #NYC #birdphotography @vcpalliance.bsky.social