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Joseph Belli

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CA-based wildlife biologist working with condors, reptiles & amphibians. Author, “The Diablo Diary" and "Beneath a Black and White Sky: A Year among Condors at Pinnacles National Park.

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I am running this 5K tomorrow and I’m soooo close to my goal of raising $5K for @hofoco.org.

Even if you can’t donate a repost would be 😍. We rescue millions of pounds of good food about to be wasted each year and get it to those who need it. Help the environment and help fight hunger 🤝

07.03.2026 03:02 👍 45 🔁 41 💬 5 📌 1
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Wolf at the Door A Wandering Wolf, Where Have You Gone Calvin Coolidge?, Road Trip to Redding, Suzanne Vega's Breakout

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My latest Substack: thoughts on California wolves, SOTU speech, a Road Trip to Redding (Part 1) and a live version of Suzanne Vega’s “Luka.”

05.03.2026 01:19 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

This would be the perfect Twitter response from the Texas GOP:

Blomi, Shlomi.

03.03.2026 21:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I hope it prevents his 80th birthday.

02.03.2026 22:41 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Man, you had me rushing to the Google Machine to see if Waylon Jennings actually covered a deep cut from Elton John’s Honky Chateau album!

28.02.2026 02:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

There are only two Pinnacles condors left from 2010– #317 and #340, and only five VWS birds (#168, #190, #209, #219, #470).

Good to hear from you!

22.02.2026 23:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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#330 Remembered Reflections on the Life of an Incredible Condor

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I’m on Substack!

My first post includes a tribute to condor #330, Trump’s gift to the coal industry, farewell to Chuck Negron, and a listen to Father John Misty.

22.02.2026 23:09 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

I’d rather it be the other way around, where he sparkled in his debut while others struggled.

Getting him right would be a huge positive development for the team’s future; having his career path lean toward Tyler Beede’s less so.

It could go either way.

22.02.2026 22:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Man, I didn’t think turtles could move any part of their anatomy so rapidly!

I wonder if WPT do this too?

22.02.2026 22:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

“Zack and Ian Make a Porno”

17.02.2026 22:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Southern alligator lizard takes refuge from the cold beneath a cover board.

Southern alligator lizard takes refuge from the cold beneath a cover board.

Southern alligator lizard beneath a cover board on a cold winter day.

16.02.2026 03:15 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The red blossoms of Warrior’s Plume next to soon-to-blossom Hound’s Tongue in a patch of chamise.

The red blossoms of Warrior’s Plume next to soon-to-blossom Hound’s Tongue in a patch of chamise.

So cool to see Warrior’s Plume blooming on the property; the only ones I’ve ever seen have been in this patch of dense chamise.
Note the soon-to-bloom Hound’s Tongue in the background.

16.02.2026 03:12 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Sounds like a great *bisqueness* plan!

I’ll show myself out now…..

13.02.2026 05:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’m green with envy. Still haven’t seen one at my place in 20 years here!

12.02.2026 03:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1

Oh Ben, they gotta put you in better company than that….you’re in the insomnia section.
On the bright side, at least you’re not adjacent to “The Art of the Deal.”

11.02.2026 17:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Mix of clouds and sunshine looking towards the Balconies formation in Pinnacles National Park.

Mix of clouds and sunshine looking towards the Balconies formation in Pinnacles National Park.

Gorgeous mix of clouds and sunshine looking towards the Balconies in Pinnacles National Park.

11.02.2026 05:18 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Giant frogs that swallow you whole with a quick flick of a long, extended tongue.

08.02.2026 16:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

They’re gonna need to make donuts on Mars…..

05.02.2026 00:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Wonder when they’re gonna stop rabies vaccination requirements for dogs….

01.02.2026 22:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

1. Chicken pot pie
2. My aunt’s clam dip/ruffles
3. Carnitas tacos
4. Toll house chocolate chip cookies
5. Flavor King pluots

That said, in the extremely unlikely event that I’m facing a capital punishment sentence, my last meal will be Olive Garden’s never-ending pasta bowl.

01.02.2026 04:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

All I want is an offense that doesn’t disappear by the all-star break.

Pretty much the story of the past four seasons.

01.02.2026 04:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Conservation Biology
Plant Communities of California
Fisheries Management (includes frogs!)
Holocaust Literature
Classical Piano

31.01.2026 17:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Conservation Biology
Plant Communities of California
Fisheries Management
Holocaust Literature
Piano (Classical)

31.01.2026 06:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Conservation Biology
Plant Communities of California
Fisheries Management
Holocaust Literature
Piano (Classical)

31.01.2026 03:50 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

What a joke!
They wanna entice writers with extensive commercial success with the kind of money you’d shell out for a neighborhood piano teacher.

Who the fuck would respond to this, especially knowing that AI has already ripped them off!

30.01.2026 21:17 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Not a turkey vulture, but hoping he’ll do…..

28.01.2026 05:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Bush lupine in bloom with dozens of purple blossoms on a gorgeous winter afternoon.

Bush lupine in bloom with dozens of purple blossoms on a gorgeous winter afternoon.

Bush lupine already in bloom, Pinnacles National Park.

28.01.2026 05:45 👍 35 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Can’t wait to watch the press conference……

26.01.2026 19:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The second biggest was that the lead that’s killing condors doesn’t come from ammunition (even though necropsies and radiographs say otherwise).

The NRA can take a flying fuck at the moon.

25.01.2026 06:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Exactly.

Miller is a bald-headed chicken-plucker who looks like Pauly Shore with his head shaved.

25.01.2026 06:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0