Punk-biologist
@punk-biologist.bsky.social
Biologist and author of The Nighthawk’s Evening. Maker of mostly wildlife art. Fan of early punk. She/her of Portland, Oregon. gretchennewberry.wordpress.com
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Check out my book! I share my story of becoming a biologist, the unusual birds I studied, and hope for the biodiversity crisis. “The Nighthawk’s Evening: Notes of a Field Biologist”. Photo: Roger Dietrich. Bird is being held with the legal permits. Flash photography of birds is not recommended.
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Thrilled that my MG adaptation of Loren Grush's The Six, about America's first women astronauts, is a SLJ Best Book of 2025:
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Best Nonfiction Middle to High School Books 2025 | SLJ Best Books
This year’s Best Nonfiction for Middle and High School students features true crime, an inclusive puberty book, sports titles, and lots of STEM.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Thrilled that my MG adaptation of Loren Grush's The Six, about America's first women astronauts, is a SLJ Best Book of 2025:
www.slj.com/story/best-n...
www.slj.com/story/best-n...
Good news! I’ll be giving a virtual nighthawk talk for the Olympia Bird Alliance 11/13/25, 7pm. Registration is here: southsoundbirds.org/event/novemb...
November 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Good news! I’ll be giving a virtual nighthawk talk for the Olympia Bird Alliance 11/13/25, 7pm. Registration is here: southsoundbirds.org/event/novemb...
Here’s a great story about the Chicago Nighthawk Project and the birds people have come to think of as their neighborhood birds:
blockclubchicago.org/2025/06/27/g...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/06/27/g...
'Goatsucker' Nighthawks Are Vanishing. These Chicagoans Are Trying To Find Out Why
Populations of common nighthawks, sometimes called goatsuckers, are dropping across North America. A group of volunteers wants to make Chicago a safe haven for the species.
blockclubchicago.org
June 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Here’s a great story about the Chicago Nighthawk Project and the birds people have come to think of as their neighborhood birds:
blockclubchicago.org/2025/06/27/g...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/06/27/g...
Favorite band/bird mashups?
Deep Purple Martin
Blue Oystercatcher Cult
I’ll see myself out.
Feel free to reply with your own.
Deep Purple Martin
Blue Oystercatcher Cult
I’ll see myself out.
Feel free to reply with your own.
March 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Favorite band/bird mashups?
Deep Purple Martin
Blue Oystercatcher Cult
I’ll see myself out.
Feel free to reply with your own.
Deep Purple Martin
Blue Oystercatcher Cult
I’ll see myself out.
Feel free to reply with your own.
Some thoughts from Will C De Man and my own (1 of 5):
March 15, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Some thoughts from Will C De Man and my own (1 of 5):
Welp! Spring is here.
Green winged teal
Swainson thrush
Yellow rumped warblers
Tree swallows tweeting high up in the cottonwoods. Don’t know why I’m surprised when they come back every spring.
My first bumblebee, cranefly and moths of the year, a treat for the swallows.
Scaups
Ruddy ducks
Green winged teal
Swainson thrush
Yellow rumped warblers
Tree swallows tweeting high up in the cottonwoods. Don’t know why I’m surprised when they come back every spring.
My first bumblebee, cranefly and moths of the year, a treat for the swallows.
Scaups
Ruddy ducks
March 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Welp! Spring is here.
Green winged teal
Swainson thrush
Yellow rumped warblers
Tree swallows tweeting high up in the cottonwoods. Don’t know why I’m surprised when they come back every spring.
My first bumblebee, cranefly and moths of the year, a treat for the swallows.
Scaups
Ruddy ducks
Green winged teal
Swainson thrush
Yellow rumped warblers
Tree swallows tweeting high up in the cottonwoods. Don’t know why I’m surprised when they come back every spring.
My first bumblebee, cranefly and moths of the year, a treat for the swallows.
Scaups
Ruddy ducks
To heat or not to heat a hummingbird feeder. Read more at my Feathered Reptile blog at gretchennewberry.wordpress.com/2025/02/14/t...
February 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
To heat or not to heat a hummingbird feeder. Read more at my Feathered Reptile blog at gretchennewberry.wordpress.com/2025/02/14/t...
A bit of backyard birding here in Portland where we don’t often get snow. The juncos leave pretty little animal tracks.
February 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A bit of backyard birding here in Portland where we don’t often get snow. The juncos leave pretty little animal tracks.
A bit of birding break from it all
February 12, 2025 at 4:50 AM
A bit of birding break from it all
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Authors if you see this, it’s a sign to post the first line of your book.
"Catastrophe is never convenient.”
"Catastrophe is never convenient.”
Authors if you see this, it’s a sign to post the first line of your book.
"Good news, Heaven," announces my dipshit husband. "I've made a new king of the mortals!"
"Good news, Heaven," announces my dipshit husband. "I've made a new king of the mortals!"
Authors if you see this, it’s a sign to post the first line of your book.
“Father told me I’m broken.” (The Bone Shard Daughter)
“Father told me I’m broken.” (The Bone Shard Daughter)
February 1, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Authors if you see this, it’s a sign to post the first line of your book.
"Catastrophe is never convenient.”
"Catastrophe is never convenient.”
What a wonderful take on a great eared nightjar! Now I wish all birds’ ears were this visible. ❤️❤️
Great eared nightjar
(Thanks to @punk-biologist.bsky.social for the suggestion!)
(Thanks to @punk-biologist.bsky.social for the suggestion!)
February 1, 2025 at 1:25 AM
What a wonderful take on a great eared nightjar! Now I wish all birds’ ears were this visible. ❤️❤️
ASMR of horses chewing hay in the Netherlands as a balm for this week’s anxiety.
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January 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
ASMR of horses chewing hay in the Netherlands as a balm for this week’s anxiety.
youtube.com/watch?v=pvNr...
youtube.com/watch?v=pvNr...
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January 28, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I would like to introduce my friend, Wendy! A wonderful writer of horror fiction and a great person to take to concerts! She can cut a rug!
Here's the cover of my upcoming horror novel GIRL IN THE CREEK, about a true crime writer's discovery of a dead body who refuses to stay dead.
Twin Peaks meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers, coming June 2024 from Tor Nightfire!
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Twin Peaks meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers, coming June 2024 from Tor Nightfire!
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
January 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I would like to introduce my friend, Wendy! A wonderful writer of horror fiction and a great person to take to concerts! She can cut a rug!
I saw Common Pauraques in Costa Rica last year. At night, I saw them flash their wings in a mating display. Like nighthawks they call loudly to each other from their territories over and over. During the day, I searched for nests with no luck. I’ll have to content myself with my imagination.
January 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I saw Common Pauraques in Costa Rica last year. At night, I saw them flash their wings in a mating display. Like nighthawks they call loudly to each other from their territories over and over. During the day, I searched for nests with no luck. I’ll have to content myself with my imagination.
Check out my book! I share my story of becoming a biologist, the unusual birds I studied, and hope for the biodiversity crisis. “The Nighthawk’s Evening: Notes of a Field Biologist”. Photo: Roger Dietrich. Bird is being held with the legal permits. Flash photography of birds is not recommended.
January 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Check out my book! I share my story of becoming a biologist, the unusual birds I studied, and hope for the biodiversity crisis. “The Nighthawk’s Evening: Notes of a Field Biologist”. Photo: Roger Dietrich. Bird is being held with the legal permits. Flash photography of birds is not recommended.