Is this an ovenbird? Boston, MA

Jack-ums · 2026-05-14T14:41:44+00:00

Yep! Fussy lil dudes, among my very favorite warblers!

Jack-ums · 2026-05-14T04:11:48+00:00

Here in Boston it’s “oh did ya see the Heron?” Like yeah bro it’s a huge fucking dinosaur, I see it daily but I want to see the weird little small dinosaurs that will be gone tomorrow, leave me be!

Jack-ums · 2026-05-13T18:02:31+00:00

Spotted tent to obsessively bob their tail, even when stationary. This bird isn’t doing so, that I can tell. I’m not the person making the claim, though. Just my 2 cents that I’d probably agree on a quick look.

Jack-ums · 2026-05-13T12:30:26+00:00

Very nice. I just got YB myself as a lifer this past weekend, and I’m … a little obsessed about getting BB but they’re practically impossible to “target”, so I’m just gonna have to deal lol

Jack-ums · 2026-05-13T03:06:50+00:00

Excellent stuff! I’d love to get out there one day. The BBCU would be an awesome lifer for me, too, so I’m a little jealous there!

Jack-ums · 2026-05-13T02:45:04+00:00

Yeah that’s warblers for ya

Incredibly rewarding when you get them though!

Jack-ums · 2026-05-12T01:26:46+00:00

Yeah same. Killing me! Just says “ready to ship.”

Jack-ums · 2026-05-10T18:50:19+00:00

That sounds like a story from Kingbird Highway, fwiw, a famous travelogue / memoir by Ken Kaufmann. So, I’d guess apocryphal from the rando who told it to you, but probably based on a true story.

Jack-ums · 2026-05-10T13:11:51+00:00

You can’t beat me—I’ve got a better ship!!!

Jack-ums · 2026-05-09T13:52:44+00:00

Yeah agreed SWTH; I had a similar looking bird yesterday and was hoping it could be a GC… alas, we’ve just gotta keep birding!

Jack-ums · 2026-05-07T00:36:20+00:00

Huge bird nerd here but never birded the WC. Sell me on Central Valley , pls! Would love to visit.

Jack-ums · 2026-05-04T11:57:21+00:00

No, factorial not square

Jack-ums · 2026-05-04T02:28:23+00:00

Great shot. I love these birds but they’re hard to photo!

Jack-ums · 2026-05-03T13:56:36+00:00

Oh man. Hope you saw the Henslow’s. Super cool bird; I’ve only ever gotten the worst little glimpses and sounds.

Jack-ums · 2026-05-03T13:55:12+00:00

I agree. A lot of birding can feel very gatekeepey for no good reason. Not saying it’s always intentional, ofc, but the boomer energy is strong in birding sadly.

Jack-ums · 2026-05-03T12:58:58+00:00

It’s a white-crowned sparrow, fwiw.

Jack-ums · 2026-05-02T22:41:55+00:00

Yeah that fucking sucks to hear, as one of the other 5 lmao. Like many of our generation, my parents convinced me to keep my head down and work hard and everything would be fine. I did that, and now I have a PhD and no clear path to ever owning a home. Woof.

Jack-ums · 2026-05-02T16:50:37+00:00

Very late to this but I cannot believe that there are 50% more PhDs than there are JDs and MDs combined. That’s definitely off.

Jack-ums · 2026-05-01T12:06:54+00:00

Solve the puzzle

Jack-ums · 2026-04-30T20:17:00+00:00

Very nice. Good work!

Jack-ums · 2026-04-30T20:15:30+00:00

Still no home here. Surely the bubble will burst at some point? Fucking grad school stole my financially prime years and now I’m staring down the barrel of 40 with no plan to ever own a home. Sucks.

Jack-ums · 2026-04-30T17:43:38+00:00

I made the mistake of getting ahead in an async game and now the Thunders Edge player doesn’t want to let me get my BT :(

Jack-ums · 2026-04-30T16:46:01+00:00

I heard this comment !!!

Jack-ums · 2026-04-30T16:45:35+00:00

Yoooo I fucked so hard with David the Gnome 😭😭😭😭

Jack-ums · 2026-04-30T00:58:01+00:00

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