Lily
@ldouglas14.bsky.social
biologist | birder | nerd | she/her
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Lily
@ldouglas14.bsky.social
· Nov 27
I suppose I’d better post something to show that I’m real. 😝 I’m a senior biologist with the US Fish & Wildlife Service and Treasurer of the Central Valley Bird Club. I don’t have a lot of time right now, but let’s see how this goes!
It’s been a struggle sorting through my photos from Botswana. So much is the context, the moment, the experience.
For now, perhaps you’ll enjoy an #antelope assortment?
For now, perhaps you’ll enjoy an #antelope assortment?
November 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
It’s been a struggle sorting through my photos from Botswana. So much is the context, the moment, the experience.
For now, perhaps you’ll enjoy an #antelope assortment?
For now, perhaps you’ll enjoy an #antelope assortment?
Central Valley #Birding Symposium field trip Home Is Where the Birds Are: Local Garden Tour. Three wonderful hosts shared how they provide habitat for wildlife. Stockton Garden Club habitat garden. René Reyes’ primarily native plantings. Frances Oliver’s variety of Salvia species and colors.
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Central Valley #Birding Symposium field trip Home Is Where the Birds Are: Local Garden Tour. Three wonderful hosts shared how they provide habitat for wildlife. Stockton Garden Club habitat garden. René Reyes’ primarily native plantings. Frances Oliver’s variety of Salvia species and colors.
I can’t even begin to describe my experience on safari for 16 days in Botswana, so please enjoy this taste while I process. 😅
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I can’t even begin to describe my experience on safari for 16 days in Botswana, so please enjoy this taste while I process. 😅
Friday Blue Jays and beams. 💙🇨🇦💜
October 25, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Friday Blue Jays and beams. 💙🇨🇦💜
At it again with At Ease Brewing and the Central Valley Bird Club! No Kings, only Kinglets. #birding #beer #birdsandbrews
October 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
At it again with At Ease Brewing and the Central Valley Bird Club! No Kings, only Kinglets. #birding #beer #birdsandbrews
Today was a good day to recharge. ❤️
October 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Today was a good day to recharge. ❤️
Brent and I thoroughly enjoyed the #Sacramento #Archive Crawl yesterday! We visited the Stanley Mosk #Library & Courts Building, the State Archives, and the Sacramento Room at the Central Library. We’ll definitely attend next year!
October 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Brent and I thoroughly enjoyed the #Sacramento #Archive Crawl yesterday! We visited the Stanley Mosk #Library & Courts Building, the State Archives, and the Sacramento Room at the Central Library. We’ll definitely attend next year!
Now hang on… I just saw a commercial for tires with a lady #birding and they showed a Black-throated Blue Warbler and I could swear the #bird song they played was actually a Black-throated Blue Warbler. Did I just see the most accurate commercial featuring a bird ever?! For tires?!
October 3, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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🪶 If you are able, you donate here: birdpop.org/pages/do...
We lost roughly $1 million in funding without warning. Projects cancelled included all of our bird monitoring work for the National Park Service & projects w/ the Bureau of Land Management on Gunnison's Sage-Grouse, Pinyon Jays & more. 1/4
We lost roughly $1 million in funding without warning. Projects cancelled included all of our bird monitoring work for the National Park Service & projects w/ the Bureau of Land Management on Gunnison's Sage-Grouse, Pinyon Jays & more. 1/4
October 2, 2025 at 12:11 AM
🪶 If you are able, you donate here: birdpop.org/pages/do...
We lost roughly $1 million in funding without warning. Projects cancelled included all of our bird monitoring work for the National Park Service & projects w/ the Bureau of Land Management on Gunnison's Sage-Grouse, Pinyon Jays & more. 1/4
We lost roughly $1 million in funding without warning. Projects cancelled included all of our bird monitoring work for the National Park Service & projects w/ the Bureau of Land Management on Gunnison's Sage-Grouse, Pinyon Jays & more. 1/4
Obligatory beaver statue selfie after presenting at American River College’s Intro to Ornithology class this morning. Thanks to the humidity for giving my hair quite the frizz. 😂🦫🦅
October 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Obligatory beaver statue selfie after presenting at American River College’s Intro to Ornithology class this morning. Thanks to the humidity for giving my hair quite the frizz. 😂🦫🦅
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There's a new guest post on the WOS blog! Konshau Duman writes about his discovery that White-throated Sparrows regularly mimic the chip calls of Golden-crowned Sparrows, opening up new questions about whether calls are learned. #ornithology wilsonsociety.org/2025/09/26/g...
September 30, 2025 at 8:02 PM
There's a new guest post on the WOS blog! Konshau Duman writes about his discovery that White-throated Sparrows regularly mimic the chip calls of Golden-crowned Sparrows, opening up new questions about whether calls are learned. #ornithology wilsonsociety.org/2025/09/26/g...
I love that a local #sushi restaurant prominently features #heron beakspear artwork alongside our CA Central Valley ricelands that provide both quality sushi #rice and heron habitat. I also love that I feel the need to share this with one of my absolutely favorite follows, @everyheron.bsky.social ❤️
September 30, 2025 at 5:17 AM
I love that a local #sushi restaurant prominently features #heron beakspear artwork alongside our CA Central Valley ricelands that provide both quality sushi #rice and heron habitat. I also love that I feel the need to share this with one of my absolutely favorite follows, @everyheron.bsky.social ❤️
A local festival about food but also with amazing music? Okay, #sacramento ❤️
September 29, 2025 at 4:41 AM
A local festival about food but also with amazing music? Okay, #sacramento ❤️
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I found this birding book along the side of the road on the Tamiami trail in the Everglades on 8/25/25. It is so well loved with sightings going back decades. If you're a birder (I am not) please spread the word and hep me find the owner so they can be reunited
September 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I found this birding book along the side of the road on the Tamiami trail in the Everglades on 8/25/25. It is so well loved with sightings going back decades. If you're a birder (I am not) please spread the word and hep me find the owner so they can be reunited
Why yes, we did just watch 2+ hours of a robot apocalypse puppet musical. How was your Sunday? 🤖🎶😂
August 18, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Why yes, we did just watch 2+ hours of a robot apocalypse puppet musical. How was your Sunday? 🤖🎶😂
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To be heard over roaring rivers, white-throated dippers swap from song to flashing their bright eyelids. New research reveals one of the clearest examples yet of animals switching between senses to communicate – showing how noisy environments can shape evolution: www.bi.mpg.de/news/2025-08...
August 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
To be heard over roaring rivers, white-throated dippers swap from song to flashing their bright eyelids. New research reveals one of the clearest examples yet of animals switching between senses to communicate – showing how noisy environments can shape evolution: www.bi.mpg.de/news/2025-08...
One more day of #birding before heading to the airport! The Five-Striped Sparrow now qualifies as a nemesis. 🥲 Guess I have to come back! Lifer Red-faced Warbler isn’t a bad consolation prize. 🥰 Also caught a Painted Redstart en déshabillé post-bath. 🤭
August 12, 2025 at 2:14 AM
One more day of #birding before heading to the airport! The Five-Striped Sparrow now qualifies as a nemesis. 🥲 Guess I have to come back! Lifer Red-faced Warbler isn’t a bad consolation prize. 🥰 Also caught a Painted Redstart en déshabillé post-bath. 🤭
Sparrows today at the #SEAZbirdfest in Box Canyon! Singing Black-throated and Botteri’s. Distant look at a singing Rufous-winged for a lifer! We finally turned a Turkey Vulture into a Zone-tailed Hawk. Sibling love at the Thick-billed Kingbird nest. Skunked by Five-striped Sparrow…twice. 🥲 #birding
August 10, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Sparrows today at the #SEAZbirdfest in Box Canyon! Singing Black-throated and Botteri’s. Distant look at a singing Rufous-winged for a lifer! We finally turned a Turkey Vulture into a Zone-tailed Hawk. Sibling love at the Thick-billed Kingbird nest. Skunked by Five-striped Sparrow…twice. 🥲 #birding
Night #birding last night in Madera Canyon with the #SEAZbirdfest. We had a great hummingbird show before sunset, with 8 species including this Rivoli’s. We heard both Whiskered Screech-Owl and Mexican Whip-poor-will! On the drive back our guide spotted a bebe western diamondback on the road. 🦉🐍❤️
August 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Night #birding last night in Madera Canyon with the #SEAZbirdfest. We had a great hummingbird show before sunset, with 8 species including this Rivoli’s. We heard both Whiskered Screech-Owl and Mexican Whip-poor-will! On the drive back our guide spotted a bebe western diamondback on the road. 🦉🐍❤️
Today was #birding close to the border at Walker Canyon and Pena Blanca Lake. Monsoon season has been dry and temps are warm, keeping the #bird activity down. Common Black Hawk was a nice year bird. And I always enjoy a Green Heron. #SEAZbirdfest
August 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Today was #birding close to the border at Walker Canyon and Pena Blanca Lake. Monsoon season has been dry and temps are warm, keeping the #bird activity down. Common Black Hawk was a nice year bird. And I always enjoy a Green Heron. #SEAZbirdfest