When I'm not looking up for birds, I am looking at the ground to try to identify the plants, insects, and fungi that make up our ecosystem. No bugs, no birds! Virtually every bird species is 100% reliant on arthropods at some point of its lifecycle. (Also, bugs are cool in their own right.)

I am still learning a lot, so thanks to everyone who checks my IDs!

Based in Maryland. I typically don't bother uploading bird pics to iNaturalist, so catch them on eBird. https://ebird.org/profile/MTM5ODA3Mg/world