Christopher Witt

@msbbirds.bsky.social

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Prof & Curator @UNM, Museum of Southwestern Biology NM Wildlife Commissioner Studies: bird ecology, evolution, genetics, physiology, biogeography, & toxicology Enjoys: Birding, hunting, running Personal account, not representing UNM or State of NM

Griswald family swims in sewage pond, Vacation (2015)
Albuquerque No King protesters are fired up, with signs, and Stacey Abrams barely visible in the back
Magdalena Mountains, New Mexico, with wild turkeys in foreground, cranes flying by in the distance
Sandhill Cranes and Snow Geese swirl and call as they head to roost after sunset at the Bernardo Wildlife Area, Socorro County, NM.
Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) perched on a wooden fence, basking in the winter sun, well matched against a brown and gray background of leafless shrubs in the North Valley area of Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
6-7 score in nfl game
Screenshot reveals many unread emails and texts
Odd cumulonimbus raincloud over Albuquerque on 9/22/25, with bubble-like protrusions resembling a skeleton’s fingers, technically called mamma, mammatus, or mammatoculus
From Western Birds, vol. 56, no. 3, 2025; a handheld Varied Bunting, Nevada’s first record, after hitting a window in Overton, Nevada, before its eventual release. Photo by Kayla Wolfe, July 4, 2023.
Lightning-illuminated night sky over flooded street as people look on
American Robin in morning sun, June 2025
Brown Creeper, angrily eyeing the camera, possibly threatening to do damage with its very long beak
screenshot from phone showing that Google AI was mistakenly reporting that today was not the solstice. Today is the solstice. A disclaimer notes "AI responses may include mistakes." Indeed.
Winter evening at Holloman Lake, New Mexico
Sandia Mountains, granite cliff face, piñon pines with cones, a Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay
News article about furor over Duke closing herbarium
Sunday New York Times Kids’ section editor’s note saying it should not be read by grownups
Crowds against Trump
Protestors against federal science cuts holding signs at the entrance to NM State Capital
Separate footnotes listing different sets of coauthors whose contributions were equal to those of E.S.
google AI being stupid
Article about WNMU president and regents corruption