Stephanie Beilke

I overheard a woman saying the fake cobwebs she was putting up were “giving cotton candy” and I guess I should have said actually it’s giving bird death trap 💀

@JeffreyMWard I would totally do something like this but eBird actually has something in their rules telling people not to report dead birds!

I just saw an incidental ebird report for 1 species so I got curious. It gotta be like a rare or uncommon flyover or something right? 1 Rock Pigeon And the comment said “dead in the side of the road” Is this what we’re doing now?

is it a problem if i only make niche comics for birders

Today I watched this female Pileated Woodpecker employ a fascinating strategy to access a feeder she couldn’t perch on. Look at the tongue extension rapidly plucking seeds out, one lick at a time!

New York Times article documenting the huge reduction in bird Strikes at Chicago's McCormick Place with a window film put in place. No excuse for other buildings not to do the same thing nytimes.com/2025/05/20/cli…

They’re in love! 🖤🤍 (Male and female Black-and-white Warblers)

Happy #FemaleBirdDay! What female birds are people seeing today? I saw a female Baltimore Oriole!

A healthy Great Lakes ecosystem is critical to protecting the birds that we love. This week, we’re at the 2024 Great Lakes Conference, presented by @HealthyLakes, to delve into issues that impact the waters and communities across our region.

Bird Collective is all like “Celebrate sparrows in style” and I’m like “Don’t mind if I do”

One of the projects I manage! Looking forward to digging into the results in the next year.

Excited to share our new @Audubon_GL Marsh Bird Conservation Manager is now live! Do you love Great Lakes marsh birds, project management, and facilitation? Please apply or share this job post with someone you know! audubon.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Audubon/…

Bird Banding on the Fourth of July at Big Marsh Park with @chicago_birder.

🐣🐣🐣🥚 The day we have waited for, worked for has come! At this moment, 3 chicks have hatched and the parent plovers are still incubating the fourth egg. Our work continues as we continue to support Imani and Sea Rocket and their chicks. Thank you, as always, for your support.

I’m hearing kestrel begging calls from my back porch - sounds like my kestrel neighbors successfully fledged young this year!

We just need a little space right now… Just as Imani and Sea Rocket are adjusting to parenthood, so too must we adjust our reporting on Chicago Piping Plovers via our social media channels. 1/9 📸: Eden Essex (Sea Rocket and Imani, Montrose, Chicago, May 2024)

Yesterday I saw cliff swallows building nests, a beaver swimming in a pond, a least bittern, and many other amazing species. Was I in some far off locale away from people? No. I was walking distance from Downtown #Chicago at Nature Boardwalk @lincolnparkzoo 1/5 🧵

The correct answer is the female Black-necked Stilt has a brownish back whereas the male’s back is all black. Thanks everyone for playing and keep looking for female birds!

How do we know this bird is female?

As #FemaleBirdDay comes to a close, we have one more round of Sneaky Sexual Dimorphism! This time it’s the Black-necked Stilt!

Most votes said lack of a black mustache means a female Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) and that is correct!! Only the male has a mustache. This sex-specific trait is also visible in juvenile birds!