ChArtuso

@chartuso.bsky.social

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student of Anishinaabemowin, environmentalist, author (https://www.vidacom.ca/product-page/our-feathered-friends-a-bird-s-eye-view-of-canada), supporter of Indigenous-led conservation. I’ve photographed 4400 species of birds (167 species of owls).

gaakaabishiinh / Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio), gichi-ziibiing, adaawaang, anishinaabewakiing, C. Artuso.

This red Eastern Screech-owl apparently moulted most body feathers from July to early September, & was comical in appearance when in peak moult in late July. I made somewhat regular, super quick dawn checks of one of their regular roost sites to observe this. All photos are heavily cropped & lighting conditions vary.

The position will lead the management of the Indigenous Grasslands Stewardship and Knowledge Exchange Network collaboration between the kihci-okāwīmāw askiy Knowledge Centre and the Indigenous Kinship Circle (IKC). The IKC is a cross-boundary community of practice for Indigenous people and allies working to advance the wellbeing of communities across the Central Grasslands of Turtle Island. The position will focus on engagement and outreach, also ensuring the inclusion of IKC Mexican partners and US based IKC members are included as part of the collaborative conversations contributing to the success of the project.

The Indigenous Kinship Circle will give a symposium on November 19th entitled "Honoring the Wisdom of Indigenous Peoples and Our Relationships with Grasslands". You can register to attend here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdrthaYKXlA7KFnfH8TJ3RhjaCMq_tBUgoBWwWmeDQanED9tg/viewform

This presentation will discuss working to uphold Indigenous lifeways, sciences, cosmovisions, and knowledge exchange and mobilisation within the context of large-scale conservation efforts.

Gaakaabishiinh dash wiin “gaa-kaa-gaa-kaa-gaa-kaa” inwe (@Charles Grolla). Miish iinzan “mawinaans” ezhinaagozigwen (onzaam mawikaazo enwed), gonimaa iidog “waagobinwenh” (waagibiN: /waag-/ + /-we/?), “niningbinwenh” (niningibinigo: /nining-/ + /-we/?) igaye. Gichi-nitaa gaazonaadizo a’aw gaakaabishiinh, gaa-izhi-waabameg omaa nimazinaakizoning.
gaakaabishiinh; gaakaabshiish (https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu; pers. comm.)
waagbinwenh (https://dictionary.nishnaabemwin.atlas-ling.ca)
mwinaans (https://dictionary.nishnaabemwin.atlas-ling.ca)
niningibin'wenh (Freelang Ojibwe Dictionary);
Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio), photo © Christian Artuso mezinaakizwaad

boodawidoombe (https://ojibwe.net, Maya Chacby & students)
yooyoosha'sew (Maya chacby & students)
gaakaabishiinh (https://dictionary.nishnaabemwin.atlas-ling.ca)
kakabé (https://potawatomidictionary.com)
American Barn Owl (Tyto furcata), photo © Christian Artuso mezinaakizwaad

Boodawidoombe owiinizowin iinzan ezhi-dazhimigodogwen gaa-nitaa-gwiishkoshid geshkii-dibikak (dabishkoo “boodaadan” i’iw ikidowin). Miish “gaakaabishiinh” dash wiin, i’iw ikidowin, ezhi-aabajitoong ji-wiinigowaad anooj dinowa egaashiinyijig e-dadaataba'amaazowaad geshkii-dibikak. Miish giiwenh “gaakaa, gaakaa, gaakaa” enwewaagwen agiw.

miskogiigik (Binesi-Dibaajimowinan by Charles Grolla)
mishkwan-naniisi / miskwananiisi (Binesi-Dibaajimowinan by Charles Grolla, Freelang Ojibwe Dictionary)
memeskniniisi / memeskoniniisi (https://dictionary.nishnaabemwin.atlas-ling.ca, Maya Chacby & students)
gekek (Zach Rempel thesis, Wabaseemong Independant Nations)
noodiswe'esi (Nibinamak Bilingual checklist)
boonise (Freelang)

Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), photo © Christian Artuso mezinaakizwaad

East Asian Finless Porpoise (Neophocaena sunameri), 욕지섬 Yokji Island, 한국 South Korea, © C. Artuso

I would like to get back to my posts on birds in Anishinaabemowin, so I will end this series with one of the mammalian highlights, a small pod of East Asian Finless Porpoises seen from the ferry. When their back came out of the water they reminded me of a baby beluga, although much more muscular and a lot faster – a very cool cetacean indeed!

Yellow-billed Grosbeak (Eophona migratoria) & Japanese Grosbeak (Eophona personata), South Korea, © C. Artuso
The 2 finch species in East Asian genus Eophona (Greek εως dawn + φωνη sound, for their dawn song) are stunners. Yellow-billed nests in Korea, Japanese is a passage migrant. #birds

Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyanus), 우포늪 Upo neup, 한국 South Korea, © C. Artuso
The Azure-winged Magpie is one of many beautiful corvids of East Asia. We used to think this species had a VERY disjunct distribution (in the far east and far west of Eurasia), but now the Iberian Magpie has been separated from the Azure-winged Magpie, the two species remaining in a genus of their own. In South Korea, this species seems to have quite a patchy distribution, at least to me.
#birds #jay #jays #Corviidae #corvids #KoreanBirds #AsianBirds

Pacific Swift (Neophocaena sunameri), 욕지섬 Yokji Island, 한국 South Korea, © C. Artuso
Photographing swifts is always a challenge with old equipment. The Pacific Swift has a northern distribution, including Siberia, & overwinters as far south as Macquarie I. in subantarctic. #birds #swifts #Apodidae

Tiger Shrike (Lanius tigrinus), 욕지섬 Yokji Island, 한국 South Korea, © C. Artuso
Tiger Shrikes is another handsome shrike I first learned to love in Southeast Asia where they overwinter. I've included a scan of a slide I took at Gunung Panti in Johor, Malaysia many years ago #birds #asianbirds #shrikes

Bull-headed Shrike (Lanius bucephalus), 우포늪 Upo neup, 한국 South Korea, © C. Artuso
There are several shrike species in South Korea, including the handsome Bull-headed Shrike, who is quite similar to Brown Shrike.
#birds #shrikes #shrike #Laniidae #KoreanBirds #AsianBirds

Blue-and-white Flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana), 부산 Busan, 한국 South Korea, © C. Artuso

The beautiful Blue-and-white Flycatcher is another handsome Muscicapidae flycatcher who is relatively common in South Korea in the summer months and as a passage migrant. #birds #Asianbirds #birdphotogrpahy

Yellow-rumped Flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia), 우포늪 Upo neup, 한국 South Korea, © C. Artuso
A male Yellow-rumped Flycatcher gives the “flycatchers” a different vibe by robbing a spiderweb. The 35 Ficedula flycatchers are varied, some brightly coloured, others strikingly pied, some cryptic.
#birds

Asian Stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps), Busan, South Korea, © C. Artuso
Sharing a few more beautiful South Korean birds, this being the skulking Asian Stubtail from the Scotocercidae (bush-warbler family). The whole family is generally secretive but with a lot of character. They are found across the Afro-Asiatic tropics, extending a little into the termperate zones, with the Asian Stubtail being one of the northernmost family members. There are several nearly tailless family members (e.g. generera Urosphena, Tesia and the Neumann’s Warbler) who move through the dense understorey with impressive ease.

팔색조, ヤイロチョウ, 仙八色鸫, Fairy Pitta (Pitta nympha), 경상남도 Gyeongsangnam-do, 한국 South Korea, © C. Artuso

Despite their radiance, pittas (Pittidae) are skulkers & drive birders crazy. Fairy Pitta is migratory & considered globally Vulnerable. I heard their distinctive song before dawn & found 3.

따오기, トキ, 朱鹮, Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon), 우포늪 Upo neup, 한국 South Korea, © C. Artuso

maamakaadendaagwad enakamigak ji-ganawenimaawaad ashkaakamigokwen, gakina gidinawemaaganinaana', ji-ganawendamowaad i'iw gichi-mashkode gemaa
This work is just so amazing in caring for Motehr Earth and all our relatives, including the prairie biome (https://askiy.usask.ca/news/2025/indigenous-voices-lead-grasslands-conservation-efforts.php?fbclid=IwY2xjawLXNLtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFnbm1JbVNkU2x0T1VienlVAR48UPjD8HEvLXe7jFUdzxeD0Wm6VDP8lEd0lOA2wstdqzYE3qp6sCQJcHMDoA_aem_hAecPGCf4FyziHVqCcYCpQ)

giniw (https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu, many sources)
ginew (Zach Rempel thesis, Wabaseemong Independent Nations)
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), photo © Christian Artuso mezinaakizwaad
The spectacular Golden Eagle is usually called “giniw” (though sometimes other names might be used). This magnificent bird is also the surname of Manitoba’s current premier. Giniw is likely an old word and similar words occur in related languages, e.g. gëno in Boodawaadamii (Potawatomi), kihew or kihîw in Nêhiyawêwin, glu in Mi’gmawi’simk (Mi’gmaq language) and so on. #Anishinaabemowin

miijigwane / michiigigwane (Binesi-Dibaajimowinan by @Charles Grolla, Freelang Ojibwe Dictionary)
eshkimegwe / eshkmegwenh (Binesi-Dibaajimowinan, https://dictionary.nishnaabemwin.atlas-ling.ca)
biijigigwane / biijigigaane / biijigigoone (https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu, Zach Rempel thesis, Nibinamik bilingual checklist, others)
onooji-ginoozhewesi / noojiigiigoonweshi (Freelang Ojibwe Dictionary)
giigoonyikeshiinh / giigoonigekek (Freelang Ojibwe Dictionary, others)
ogiishkimanisii (Ernest McGregor Algonquin Lexicon, also means kingfisher)
migizi (Freelang Ojibwe Dictionary, commonly means Bald Eagle)
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), photo © Christian Artuso mezinaakizwaad #Anishinaabemowin #birds

wiinaange (https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu, many sources)
wiinaangesii (Ernest McGregor Algonquin Lexicon)
misaanzii (Ernest McGregor Algonquin Lexicon)
midadigidigwado (Nibinamik bilingual checklist)
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura), photo © Christian Artuso mezinaakizwaad

zhashagi / ashagi / shagi (https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu, many sources)
gichi-mooshka’osi (Maya Chacby and students)
modego’osi (Nibinamik bilingual checklist)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), Anishinaabewakiing, photo © Christian Artuso mezinaakizwaad (#birds in #Anishinaabemowin)

my eBook on the birds up here in so-called Canada is FINALLY available as an eBook. Some links below and other distributors will follow soon. The plan is to do a print run later.
• https://www.renaud-bray.com/Livre_Numerique_Produit.aspx?id=4418530&def=Our+Feathered+Friends%2cARTUSO%2c+CHRISTIAN%2c9781774610916
• or https://www.librairiesboyer.qc.ca/produit/arts/557306-our-feathered-friends.html
and in Europe:
• https://www.eyrolles.com/Loisirs/Livre/our-feathered-friends-9781774610909/
• or https://e.lavoisier.fr/produit/754746/9781774610916/our-feathered-friends

ganawaabamogiizisweshiinh (Freelang Ojibwe Dictionary)
waabnigiishwesiins (https://dictionary.nishnaabemwin.atlas-ling.ca)
ganawaʼbimogiʼzissisweshʼin (Maya Chacby and students)
Least Bittern (Botaurus exilis), photo © Christian Artuso
#Anishinaabemowin #Anishinaabe, #birds names series

mooshka’osi (https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu, https://dictionary.nishnaabemwin.atlas-ling.ca, many sources) mooshka’osiins (Zach Rempel thesis, Wabaseemong Independant Nations) oshesheshi (Maya Chacby & students) ozaawimodego’osi (Nibinamik Bilingual checklist) ganawaabimogiizisweshi (Freelang Ojibwe Dictionary) American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus), photo ©Christian Artuso mezinaakizwaad
#Anishinaabemowin #Anishinaabe, #birds names series

mooshka’osi (https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu, https://dictionary.nishnaabemwin.atlas-ling.ca, many sources) mooshka’osiins (Zach Rempel thesis, Wabaseemong Independant Nations) oshesheshi (Maya Chacby & students) ozaawimodego’osi (Nibinamik Bilingual checklist) ganawaabimogiizisweshi (Freelang Ojibwe Dictionary) American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus), photo ©Christian Artuso mezinaakizwaad
#Anishinaabemowin #Anishinaabe, #birds names series

azhede / zhede (https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu, many sources)
zhage (Zach Rempel thesis)
zhashagi (Nibinamik Bilingual checklist)
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos), © Christian Artuso #Anishinaabemowin #Anishinaabe, #birds names series

gaagaagiishib (https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu, many sources)
gaagaagiiwishib (Patricia Ningewance, Pocket Anishinaabemowin)
gaagaashib (Binesi-Dibaajimowinan)
Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum), Anishinaabewakiing, © Christian Artuso
#Anishinaabemowin #Anishinaabe, #birds names series

aashimaang (https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu, many sources)
Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata), Anishinaabewakiing, © Christian Artuso #Anishinaabemowin #Anishinaabe, #birds names series

maang / maag (many sources)
wemiigisigoo (Maya Chacaby & students)
Common Loon (Gavia immer), © Christian Artuso
#Anishinaabemowin #Anishinaabe, #birds names series

gayaashkoons (Zach Rempel thesis, Wabaseemong Independent Nations)
gyaashkshens (https://dictionary.nishnaabemwin.atlas-ling.ca, Freelang Ojibwe Dictionary)
gayaashiib (Nibinamik Bilingual checklist)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), © Christian Artuso mezinaakizwaad
#Anishinaabemowin #Anishinaabe, #birds names series

badashkanzhii (Freelang Ojibwe Dictionary)
bdashkanzhiinh (https://dictionary.nishnaabemwin.atlas-ling.ca)
gichi-badashkaanzhe (Maya Chacaby & students)
bagaskiingwe (Freelang Ojibwe Dictionary)
bejashkanzhii (McGregor’s Algonquin Lexicon)
jiichiishkishii (Zach Rempel thesis, Wabaseemong Independent Nations)
weyiko-nao (Maya Chacaby & students)
onoko-nanoo (Maya Chacaby & students)
American Woodcock (Scolopax minor), © Christian Artuso
#Anishinaabemowin #Anishinaabe, #birds names series

badashkanzhii (Freelang Ojibwe Dictionary)
bdashkanzhiinh (https://dictionary.nishnaabemwin.atlas-ling.ca)
gichi-badashkaanzhe (Maya Chacaby & students)
bagaskiingwe (Freelang Ojibwe Dictionary)
bejashkanzhii (McGregor’s Algonquin Lexicon)
jiichiishkishii (Zach Rempel thesis, Wabaseemong Independent Nations)
weyiko-nao (Maya Chacaby & students)
onoko-nanoo (Maya Chacaby & students)
American Woodcock (Scolopax minor), © Christian Artuso
#Anishinaabemowin #Anishinaabe, #birds names series

jiichiishkwenh (https://dictionary.nishnaabemwin.atlas-ling.ca)
jiichiishkwe (Myrle Ballard, pers. comm.)
bsijiishkwenh (https://dictionary.nishnaabemwin.atlas-ling.ca)
zhishootabisii (McGregor’s Algonquin Lexicon)
zhishootagosii (McGregor’s Algonquin Lexicon)
chil’loowe (Maya Chacby & students)
chowaask (Maya Chacby & students)
chehawis (Maya Chacby & students)
jooweshk (Maya Chacby & students)
chochopkoshisi (Nibinamik Bilingual checklist)
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus), photo © Christian Artuso mezinaakizwaad
#Anishinaabemowin #Anishinaabe, #birds names series

jiichiishkwenh (https://dictionary.nishnaabemwin.atlas-ling.ca)
bsijiishkwenh (https://dictionary.nishnaabemwin.atlas-ling.ca)
zhishootabisii (McGregor’s Algonquin Lexicon)
chowaask (Maya Chacby & students)
chochopkoshisi (Nibinamik Bilingual checklist)
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus), photo © Christian Artuso mezinaakizwaad
#Anishinaabemowin #Anishinaabe, #birds names series

Waabajijaak (Freelang Ojibwe dictionary, https://translateojibwe.com, many sources)
Whooping Crane (Grus americana), © Christian Artuso
#Anishinaabemowin #Anishinaabe, #birds names series

ajijaak (https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu, many sources)
jijaak (https://dictionary.nishnaabemwin.atlas-ling.ca)
ojijaak (Patricia Ningewance: Pocket Anishinaabemowin, many sources)
Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis), © Christian Artuso
#Anishinaabemowin #Anishinaabe, #birds names series

aajigade (https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu, many sources)
daajigade (https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu, many sources)
zhegaadenh (https://dictionary.nishnaabemwin.atlas-ling.ca)
gwiigwiishiwishiib (Pat Ningewance, Maya Chacby & students)
American Coot (Fulica americana), © Christian Artuso
#Anishinaabemowin #Anishinaabe, #birds names series

manoominikeshiinh (Binesi-Dibaajimowinan)
moosebineshii (Zach Rempel thesis)
moosebineshishi (Nibinamik Bilingual checklist, Maya Chacby & students)
Sora (Porzana carolina), © Christian Artuso
#Anishinaabemowin #Anishinaabe, #birds names series

#Anishinaabe #Anishinaabemowin #birds series:
biikokwaawesi (https://dictionary.nishnaabemwin.atlas-ling.ca)
biikogwaawesi (Maya Chacby & students)
biikwa’ogokwaawesi (Maya Chacby & students)
Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus), Anishinaabewakiing, © Christian Artuso

mashkodese (https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu, many sources)
miskodese (Anishinabe Kegonan Masinazowin Mazinahigan)
okikse (Anishinabe Kegonan Masinazowin Mazinahigan)
bine (Nibinamik Bilingual checklist)
Spruce Grouse (Falcipennis canadensis), © Christian Artuso
#Anishinaabe #Anishinaabemowin #birds Anishinaabe science

#birds #Anishinaabemowin #Anishinaabe, bird names/science:
aagask (https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu, many sources)
agadigig (Nibinamik Bilingual checklist)
Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus), © Christian Artuso

#Anishinaabe, #Anishinaabemowin bird names, bird science:
giinikooneshiib (Maya Chacby and students)
giinikoozheshiib (Nibinamik Bilingual checklist)
giinigojeshib (Freelang Ojibwe Dictionary)
memigojeshiib (Maya Chacby and students)
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus), © Christian Artuso

#Anishinaabe, #Anishinaabemowin bird names & bird science series:
gaawanzig (Maya Chacby and students)
gaawazig (Nibinamik Bilingual checklist)
gaawnzigoonh (https://dictionary.nishnaabemwin.atlas-ling.ca)
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator), Anishinaabewakiing, © Christian Artuso

#Anishinaabe, #Anishinaabemowin bird names and bird science series:
anzig (https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu, many sources)
azig (Nibinamik Bilingual checklist)
waabazika (Nibinamik Bilingual checklist)
gchi-gaawnzik (https://dictionary.nishnaabemwin.atlas-ling.ca)
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser), Anishinaabewakiing, photo © Christian Artuso

Anishinaabe, Anishinaabemowin bird names and bird science series:
I’iw ikidowin “dagwaagoshiib” dagwaagin wendaadak. A’aw dinowa zhiizhiib, owaziswani mikinaak minising ningaabii'anong, giiwedinong gaye, gaa-izhi-bagamiinod Anishinaabewakiing. Miish indawaaj dagwaagoshiib ezhinikaazod. Noongom anishinaabewaakiing ningaabii'anong owaziswani #birds #anishinaabemowin
dagwaagoshiib (Nibinamik Bilingual checklist, Zach Rempel thesis, Anishinabe Kegonan Masinazowin Mazinahigan)
gichi-dakwaagoshiib (Maya Chacby and students)
makakoshiib (Anishinabe Kegonan Masinazowin Mazinahigan)
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis), Anishinaabewakiing, © Christian Artuso

gwiingwiishi (https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu, many sources)
gwiingwiish (https://dictionary.nishnaabemwin.atlas-ling.ca)
gwiigwiishi (Anishinabe Kegonan Masinazowin Mazinahigan)
Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis), photo © Christian Artuso

Aapiji mino-bibooni-dibikaate-giizhigad gakina awiiya ndinawemaaganidog! //My relatives, very happy winter solstice (lit. “winter shining night day”) to everyone! #Anishinaabemowin

Anishinaabe, Anishinaabemowin bird names and bird science series:
makadeshiib (many sources)
makade-aninishiib (Maya Chacby & students; Nibinamik Bilingual checklist)
tokiji (Anishinabe Kegonan Masinazowin Mazinahigan)
aninishiib / ininishiib (Anishinabe Kegonan Masinazowin Mazinahigan)
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes), Anishinaabewakiing, © Christian Artuso

amikoshiib (Freelang Ojibwe Dictionary, +)
mitigoningwiishib (https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu)
mitigishiib (Zach Rempel thesis)
sii'moonh (https://dictionary.nishnaabemwin.atlas-ling.ca)
zii'amoonh (Freelang Ojibwe Dictionary, +)
bikwaakoshiib (McGregor Algonquin Lexicon)
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa), Anishinaabewakiing, Mikinaak Minising, © Christian Artuso

ininaabizi = Trumpeter Swan in #Anishinaabmemowin (Ojibwe), waabizii = swan

wewe = Snow Goose in Anishinaabemowin; birds, geese, waterfowl, goose flocks; Anishinaabemowin bird names series; various colour morphs (blue, intermediates, white)