Russ Boland
@russboland.bsky.social
Birder, Sketcher, Travel Bug, Runner, Booze, Northumberland, 80's Cheese and Barnsley FC
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So far this year, over 19,000 people in 139 countries have read at least one WaderTales blog.
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The most popular of this year's blogs is "Making full use of tracking data".
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So far this year, over 19,000 people in 139 countries have read at least one WaderTales blog.
wadertales.wordpress.com/about/
The most popular of this year's blogs is "Making full use of tracking data".
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/m...
#ornithology
December 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Not everyone relies on AI ...
So far this year, over 19,000 people in 139 countries have read at least one WaderTales blog.
wadertales.wordpress.com/about/
The most popular of this year's blogs is "Making full use of tracking data".
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/m...
#ornithology
So far this year, over 19,000 people in 139 countries have read at least one WaderTales blog.
wadertales.wordpress.com/about/
The most popular of this year's blogs is "Making full use of tracking data".
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/m...
#ornithology
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#Birding #Beljarica, #Belgrade, a spacious flood retention basin of seasonally inundated riparian forests of willow and poplar, had a great observation of Black Woodpeckers, Great White Egret, 📷 White-tailed Eagle, Mistle Thrush, Meadow Pipit, Water Pipit, Hawfinch
🌳 #ForlandLeveObaleDunava NR 🌳
🌳 #ForlandLeveObaleDunava NR 🌳
December 3, 2025 at 8:33 AM
#Birding #Beljarica, #Belgrade, a spacious flood retention basin of seasonally inundated riparian forests of willow and poplar, had a great observation of Black Woodpeckers, Great White Egret, 📷 White-tailed Eagle, Mistle Thrush, Meadow Pipit, Water Pipit, Hawfinch
🌳 #ForlandLeveObaleDunava NR 🌳
🌳 #ForlandLeveObaleDunava NR 🌳
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#Colombia 🇨🇴 is one of those countries my dreams are made of, and Hilty’s "#Birds of Colombia" is a stunning book with beautiful artwork, authoritative, if concise texts and easy to navigate maps. Highly recommended!
▶️ 10000birds.com/hiltys-birds...
#birding
#lynxnaturebooks
#birdbooks
#fieldguides
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#birding
#lynxnaturebooks
#birdbooks
#fieldguides
Hilty’s Birds of Colombia field guide review
Birds of Colombia (Lynx and BirdLife International Field Guides) by Steven L. Hilty “Sadly, a few specimens, salvaged from these shipments, were so rare that they have never been found in the wild”…
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November 30, 2025 at 7:38 AM
#Colombia 🇨🇴 is one of those countries my dreams are made of, and Hilty’s "#Birds of Colombia" is a stunning book with beautiful artwork, authoritative, if concise texts and easy to navigate maps. Highly recommended!
▶️ 10000birds.com/hiltys-birds...
#birding
#lynxnaturebooks
#birdbooks
#fieldguides
▶️ 10000birds.com/hiltys-birds...
#birding
#lynxnaturebooks
#birdbooks
#fieldguides
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Those wild landscapes that I know, love and study: #birding #DeliblatoSands Reserve, 1hr east of #Belgrade
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM0e...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM0e...
CiROCCO Serbia Use Case - Deliblato Sands
YouTube video by CiROCCO EU Project
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November 28, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Those wild landscapes that I know, love and study: #birding #DeliblatoSands Reserve, 1hr east of #Belgrade
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM0e...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM0e...
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Earlier in the autumn a stunning Red-breasted Goose appeared along the north coast. It was a bit early to be considered a genuine vagrant, but it was a stunning looking bird. It was my first time to see the species anywhere, and I was glad to spend a bit of time sketching it.
November 28, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Earlier in the autumn a stunning Red-breasted Goose appeared along the north coast. It was a bit early to be considered a genuine vagrant, but it was a stunning looking bird. It was my first time to see the species anywhere, and I was glad to spend a bit of time sketching it.
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Late November #birding #DeliblatoSands Reserve, 1hr east of #Belgrade, #Serbia – 350 km2 of forest (40%), scrub (30%) and grassland (20%) in the largest inland dune system of Europe: Lesser Spotted, and Syrian Woodpecker, Mistle Thrush, Meadow Pipit, Hawfinch, Common Linnet, European Serin
November 27, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Late November #birding #DeliblatoSands Reserve, 1hr east of #Belgrade, #Serbia – 350 km2 of forest (40%), scrub (30%) and grassland (20%) in the largest inland dune system of Europe: Lesser Spotted, and Syrian Woodpecker, Mistle Thrush, Meadow Pipit, Hawfinch, Common Linnet, European Serin
Big gull studies for #SuperSeabirdSunday at Old Moor RSPB recently. Herrings (Inc a nice 'argentatus' candidate, Lesser and Great Black-backed Gulls. At the site's quietest times there's always the larids to sketch! Cheers
November 23, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Big gull studies for #SuperSeabirdSunday at Old Moor RSPB recently. Herrings (Inc a nice 'argentatus' candidate, Lesser and Great Black-backed Gulls. At the site's quietest times there's always the larids to sketch! Cheers
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#Birding #Morocco 510sp, 210 breeding in the country, 190sp/12days; regions: Atlas mountains #Ouarzazate (📷 #HôtelLeFintOuarzazate) and #BoumaleneDades; Sahara Erfoud temporary lake of #Merzouga & dunes of #ErgChebbi (📷 #MerzougaDesertGlamping); Agadir coast Souss & Massa estuaries; late Apr-May🌴🌴
November 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
#Birding #Morocco 510sp, 210 breeding in the country, 190sp/12days; regions: Atlas mountains #Ouarzazate (📷 #HôtelLeFintOuarzazate) and #BoumaleneDades; Sahara Erfoud temporary lake of #Merzouga & dunes of #ErgChebbi (📷 #MerzougaDesertGlamping); Agadir coast Souss & Massa estuaries; late Apr-May🌴🌴
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A small selection of the Christmas cards that are available on my website. You can see the full range at www.robertvaughanillustrations.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
A small selection of the Christmas cards that are available on my website. You can see the full range at www.robertvaughanillustrations.com
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November 18, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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#Birding #Panama: the #CanopyCamp in #Darien lowland rainforest, safari-style tents with wooden floors, beds, fans &private bathrooms: 250sp/5days: Harpy, & Crested Eagle, White-eared Conebill, Red-billed Scythebill, Royal Flycatcher, Pied Puffbird; five-hour-drive from Panama City; Sep to early Nov
November 18, 2025 at 9:54 AM
#Birding #Panama: the #CanopyCamp in #Darien lowland rainforest, safari-style tents with wooden floors, beds, fans &private bathrooms: 250sp/5days: Harpy, & Crested Eagle, White-eared Conebill, Red-billed Scythebill, Royal Flycatcher, Pied Puffbird; five-hour-drive from Panama City; Sep to early Nov
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#Birding the saline desert of #LittleRann which floods every monsoon, #Dasada, #Gujarat, #India: 250sp 🦩🦩🦩, MacQueen’s Bustard, Indian Courser, Long-legged Buzzard, Greater Hoopoe-Lark, Sykes’s Nightjar, Pallid Scops Owl, Variable Wheatear; #RannRiders Lodge, 2.5hrs by road from Ahmedabad ✈️; Dec-Feb
November 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
#Birding the saline desert of #LittleRann which floods every monsoon, #Dasada, #Gujarat, #India: 250sp 🦩🦩🦩, MacQueen’s Bustard, Indian Courser, Long-legged Buzzard, Greater Hoopoe-Lark, Sykes’s Nightjar, Pallid Scops Owl, Variable Wheatear; #RannRiders Lodge, 2.5hrs by road from Ahmedabad ✈️; Dec-Feb
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Each spring, shorebirds gather in Delaware Bay to feast on the eggs of horseshoe crabs. What happens when this food is not available?
Red Knot suffer more than flexible Ruddy Turnstones.
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Blog from 15 Nov 2019 🎂
Paper by Anna Tucker et al
#ConservationScience🌎
Red Knot suffer more than flexible Ruddy Turnstones.
wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/11/15/r...
Blog from 15 Nov 2019 🎂
Paper by Anna Tucker et al
#ConservationScience🌎
Red Knot pay the price for being fussy eaters!
In a fascinating comparison of weight gained by Red Knot and Ruddy Turnstone during spring migration in Delaware Bay, on America’s east-coast flyway, Anna Tucker and colleagues show that Knot are f…
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November 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Each spring, shorebirds gather in Delaware Bay to feast on the eggs of horseshoe crabs. What happens when this food is not available?
Red Knot suffer more than flexible Ruddy Turnstones.
wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/11/15/r...
Blog from 15 Nov 2019 🎂
Paper by Anna Tucker et al
#ConservationScience🌎
Red Knot suffer more than flexible Ruddy Turnstones.
wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/11/15/r...
Blog from 15 Nov 2019 🎂
Paper by Anna Tucker et al
#ConservationScience🌎
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White-tailed Eagles are becoming an increasingly regular sight in Donegal, and can almost be guaranteed at a few favoured locations. This was a rough study from a few years ago to help me age the birds I was seeing.
November 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM
White-tailed Eagles are becoming an increasingly regular sight in Donegal, and can almost be guaranteed at a few favoured locations. This was a rough study from a few years ago to help me age the birds I was seeing.
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I was glad to see the 2 Taiga Bean Geese last week at Dooey in West Donegal. Having managed brief views of 1 of the 9 Taiga's that had been at Inch, it was a great opportunity to be able to take in the structure and details.
A Pink-footed sleeping in a roadside field made for a much better subject.
A Pink-footed sleeping in a roadside field made for a much better subject.
November 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I was glad to see the 2 Taiga Bean Geese last week at Dooey in West Donegal. Having managed brief views of 1 of the 9 Taiga's that had been at Inch, it was a great opportunity to be able to take in the structure and details.
A Pink-footed sleeping in a roadside field made for a much better subject.
A Pink-footed sleeping in a roadside field made for a much better subject.
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#Birding tropical moist and dry deciduous forests of #Nagarahole Tiger Reserve, #India, 330sp: endemic Malabar Trogon, M. Grey Hornbill, M. Parakeet, White-bellied Woodpecker, Indian Pitta, the largest population of Asian Elephants; 📷 #KAAVSafariLodge @ #Kabini, 5hrs drive from #Bangalore ✈️; Oct-Mar
November 12, 2025 at 11:24 AM
#Birding tropical moist and dry deciduous forests of #Nagarahole Tiger Reserve, #India, 330sp: endemic Malabar Trogon, M. Grey Hornbill, M. Parakeet, White-bellied Woodpecker, Indian Pitta, the largest population of Asian Elephants; 📷 #KAAVSafariLodge @ #Kabini, 5hrs drive from #Bangalore ✈️; Oct-Mar
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f you have ever reported a colour-ringed Black-tailed Godwit, you have helped to establish connections that cross national and continental boundaries.
Here's how the Wash links to other sites.
Draw your local map using a ShinyApp:
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#UKbirding
Here's how the Wash links to other sites.
Draw your local map using a ShinyApp:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/h...
#UKbirding
November 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
f you have ever reported a colour-ringed Black-tailed Godwit, you have helped to establish connections that cross national and continental boundaries.
Here's how the Wash links to other sites.
Draw your local map using a ShinyApp:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/h...
#UKbirding
Here's how the Wash links to other sites.
Draw your local map using a ShinyApp:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/h...
#UKbirding
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A message of thanks and gratitude from the ABA's Executive Director, Wayne Klockner!
November 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A message of thanks and gratitude from the ABA's Executive Director, Wayne Klockner!
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If you have ever reported a colour-ringed Black-tailed Godwit, you have helped to establish connections that cross country and continental boundaries.
Here's how the Dee Estuary links to other sites.
Draw your local map using a ShinyApp:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/h...
#ornithology
Here's how the Dee Estuary links to other sites.
Draw your local map using a ShinyApp:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/h...
#ornithology
November 12, 2025 at 6:40 AM
If you have ever reported a colour-ringed Black-tailed Godwit, you have helped to establish connections that cross country and continental boundaries.
Here's how the Dee Estuary links to other sites.
Draw your local map using a ShinyApp:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/h...
#ornithology
Here's how the Dee Estuary links to other sites.
Draw your local map using a ShinyApp:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/h...
#ornithology
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#Birding #SadiriLodge, 550sp, in the foothill rainforest @ 900m asl, inside the #Madidi NP (1250sp) in the #Amazonia #Bolivia, 2hrs drive from #Rurrenabaque: Military & Red-Bellied Macaws, Yungas & Cinnamon-faced Tyrannulets, Sharpbill; Sep-Nov when many sp breed
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▶️ www.10000birds.com/birding-lodg...
November 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
#Birding #SadiriLodge, 550sp, in the foothill rainforest @ 900m asl, inside the #Madidi NP (1250sp) in the #Amazonia #Bolivia, 2hrs drive from #Rurrenabaque: Military & Red-Bellied Macaws, Yungas & Cinnamon-faced Tyrannulets, Sharpbill; Sep-Nov when many sp breed
▶️ www.10000birds.com/birding-lodg...
▶️ www.10000birds.com/birding-lodg...
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Longevity record!
Last night, @washwader.bsky.social recaught this Black-tailed Godwit, first caught and ringed 29 years ago.
The metal ring was wearing thin (and was replaced) but the bird is still going strong.
Blog about longevity of waders:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/w...
#ornithology
Last night, @washwader.bsky.social recaught this Black-tailed Godwit, first caught and ringed 29 years ago.
The metal ring was wearing thin (and was replaced) but the bird is still going strong.
Blog about longevity of waders:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/w...
#ornithology
November 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Longevity record!
Last night, @washwader.bsky.social recaught this Black-tailed Godwit, first caught and ringed 29 years ago.
The metal ring was wearing thin (and was replaced) but the bird is still going strong.
Blog about longevity of waders:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/w...
#ornithology
Last night, @washwader.bsky.social recaught this Black-tailed Godwit, first caught and ringed 29 years ago.
The metal ring was wearing thin (and was replaced) but the bird is still going strong.
Blog about longevity of waders:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/w...
#ornithology
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The Prairie Provinces: Winter 2024–2025 Regional Report is out! Highlights include large numbers of Great Gray, Northern Hawk, and Northern Saw-whet owls, plus an extraordinary Sage Thrasher.
Read the report here: www.aba.org/prairie-prov...
Read the report here: www.aba.org/prairie-prov...
Prairie Provinces: Winter 2024–2025 - American Birding Association
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November 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The Prairie Provinces: Winter 2024–2025 Regional Report is out! Highlights include large numbers of Great Gray, Northern Hawk, and Northern Saw-whet owls, plus an extraordinary Sage Thrasher.
Read the report here: www.aba.org/prairie-prov...
Read the report here: www.aba.org/prairie-prov...
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The 🪶Ring-billed Gull is certainly an #underrated bird, but then again, aren’t all gulls?
#BirdOfTheDay
#VermontBirds
#BirdOfTheDay
#VermontBirds
November 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The 🪶Ring-billed Gull is certainly an #underrated bird, but then again, aren’t all gulls?
#BirdOfTheDay
#VermontBirds
#BirdOfTheDay
#VermontBirds
