Brandon Tate

Dear Friends, you can find me at @brandontate@mastodon.social

@ABA @ABA When will posters go on sale? I want to make sure I don't miss them before they sell out!

Belted Kingfisher incoming. Our Bird of the Year 2023

A special moment I shared with a kingfisher a couple years ago... twitter.com/BrandonKTate/s…

Guess what!! New @ABA #BirdOfTheYear just announced!

@__daniel____ Gulls, ducks, and hawks. Bring it on!

Good luck everyone! 🐦

Wisdom, the world’s oldest known wild bird, recently returned to Midway Atoll! The beloved Laysan albatross, or mōlī, is at least 71 years old. Biologists first identified and banded Wisdom in 1956 after she laid an egg, and the large seabirds aren’t known to breed before age 5.

It's time for my annual ABA Bird of the Year prediction! The announcement is happening in Nashville. Can we infer the bird will be a Tennessee native? Perhaps. I feel like it's time for the Belted Kingfisher to take the spotlight. Let's go, kingfishers! #BirdOfTheYear2023

Thank you, Georgia. We did it again.

@Saskajanet I would refuse to go outside

I’m putting together a library of chemistry focussed reading books for students. Here is the current selection, additional suggestions would be gratefully welcomed. #chemistrychat #asechat #scied #chemed

THE WHOOPING CRANE HATH DECIDED TO GRACE US WITH ITS PRESENCE. THIS 2,500-MILE ONE WAY FLIGHT MAY TAKE AS MANY AS 50 DAYS, BUT EXPERIENCED PAIRS MAY MAKE THE RETURN TRIP THIS SPRING IN AS LITTLE AS 10.

Sweater Weather❄️🌻🍁

I've been told I should tweet about my first-authored paper coming out but **not in a boring way** so here goes: 🔥A TARGETED SEARCH FOR MAIN BELT COMETS🔥 now on arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2211.01435 1/4

today, after i narrowly missed my subway, a woman came up to me and ask if i spoke spanish. i said yes and she asked me how to get to east harlem. i told her that we would be transferring at the same stop, so she should just stick with me. we sat down and started talking

@Chemjobber This is the less stable isomer.

Unusual valence

Happy All Hallows' Eve! ✨🌾

The kingfisher chicks begin hatching out one by one and their kingfisher mum is quick to tidy up as she goes along..🥚🐤🧹😍

@ilovemosss You might try the Nikon B600 or another Nikon point-and-shoot depending on your budget. With the AF Area Mode set to "center" they will quickly autofocus on the point in the center of the viewfinder.

I’ve used a Sony DSC HX400V which has a great zoom but I was wondering if there was anything smaller/lighter. I’m borrowing a tiny Cannon Powershot SX720 HS and a thrush was about 5 feet from me for at least a minute and I could not get the camera to focus through the branches.

What are your favorite small/lightweight superzoom or point and shoot #cameras for #birding?

Ok folks. It’s time we talked about eels. I’m a geologist but I recently learnt about eels and… wow. Since then, I’ve been greeting strangers with ‘DO YOU KNOW ABOUT EELS?!’ Well, consider yourself a stranger in my path. Strap in. It’s a 🧵 1/so many

Despite the steep decline last year, Maine’s Atlantic Puffins and Common Terns raised chicks at double the rate of last year. @DerrickZJackson visited several seabird nesting islands this year and described what he saw as a “breeding bonanza.” audubon.org/news/after-cli…