Paul Sweet

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What is the number..? Only 1% will succeed

@junconyc @t_hiraoka150415 Hi Junko. Let's talk about this next time you are in.

Can we safely assume this specimen (Alcedo atthis japonica) was from 伊是名島(Izenajima)? @t_hiraoka150415 @pablo_dulce

@dlpmj1026 That’s a Brant Daniel

Cackling goose near Randall’s island #birdcpp

More evidence that we have mismeasured the global extinction crisis since the Late Pleistocene: new study nature.com/articles/s4146… estimates we have lost 12% of all bird species, @guardianeco story: theguardian.com/environment/20… #Ornithology

@Team_eBird since updating iPhone iOS I’m unable to edit previously submitted checklists on the app. Clicking a checklist crashes the app. Is it me or a known bug?

@GarryBagnell Highly unlikely. The warblers found in Wales etc are long distance migrants that occur in northeastern North America. GT Grackle is essentially a non migratory species from the southwestern USA. We don’t even get them in NY

Just got back from a tiring 24 hourtrip from Wales. Only managed 3 hours sleep last night, but so pleased I went for the Great-tailed Grackle. Showed superbly, there is a chance this arrived in late September with the American Warbler invasion into Wales. #LoveAmericanVagrants

@acidforants Nice comparison

an american golden-plover and a black-bellied plover putting aside their differences and just chilling out on the beach together 🥲

@RyanFMandelbaum @anthro_andrew Muskrat!

@anthro_andrew it appears to be a proportionally smaller-headed rodent and doesn't look nearly a large as a nutria should those are 16oz soda bottles, not two liters. plus unless it's escaped from a wild animal market (not impossible, but i've never seen it before), nyc doesn't have nutria

did you know that new york city sits on a biodiversity hotspots? part of what made it so appealing to indigenous people and colonizers was its biodiversity. trying to build atop such a place basically guarantees human-animal interaction. like native muskrats in bodegas

A Ruddy Turnstone we sighted at Breezy Point in August was at least 12 years old!

Still spaces on my free @LinnaeanNY walk at Watch Hill, Fire Island, on Sunday. Looks like a good weekend for migration on the barrier beach, and who knows what Hurricane Lee will bring. Details here linnaeannewyork.org/events/2023-09…

@RaijunD Knew it would be this cut before even listening to it. Still have the MP3. That sax is 👌

Proverbial-god bless the Shazam app, letting me find a song I loved on a CD an Egyptian cabbie in nyc gave me early this century. No label, a disc he burned himself then thought I should have - I just hooked up a CD player to hear it. "Shukran", my friend. youtube.com/watch?v=woRE-y…

@nyc311 I had a tree planted in front of my house but it really needs a guard to stop dogs using the tree pit as a toilet. Does the city provide free or subsidized tree guards?

You can request that the Department of Parks and Recreation plant a new tree, free of charge, on the sidewalk in front of a home, apartment building, or business. 🌳 Learn more about street tree planting and request a new tree by visiting on.nyc.gov/TreePlanting.

pretty epic day birding with @elcwt @jcmcnamee @pablo_dulce @JenKepler for the @BklynBirdClub!! brooklyn has a lot of birds

Tomorrow I will be participating in the @BklynBirdClub Spring Birdathon. Please consider sponsoring me, details below. Choose team Smooth Like Bittern. We are raising funds to support this great project that protects these amazing little birds.

This paper calls for scientists to stop collecting specimens. Unfortunately, that will lead to greater taxonomic confusion and will make the research non-repeatable/invalid. Reimagining the future of natural history museums with compassionate collection dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa…

@Lucent508 Hi Gloria. Is this the bird from today at Swampy Pin Oak?

Piping Plover last night at Fort Tilden. Oystercatchers & Plovers are here….so were several dogs on the beach. Please leave your dogs at home as they are a very real threat to beach-nesting birds. Regulations state - no dogs on the beach after March 15. Thx! #protecttheplovers

It’s the time of year when I get really pissed off with irresponsible dog owners who watch with amusement as their off leash dogs chase Oystercatchers and Piping Plovers, preventing the birds from nesting.

@NYCountybirders @AMNH Full disclose the bird was first spotted by Liz Slote from my @amnh group

NY COUNTY RARE BIRD ALERT: Paul Sweet @pablo_dulce Ornithologist for @AMNH found an AMERICAN BITTERN high in a tree above Laupot Bridge in The Ramble of Central Park! Congratulations on his amazing find! See link to learn more: allaboutbirds.org/guide/American…

Eggscuse me? @thegridkid