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Giving the effect of a street strewn with white petals ~- grape vines create this sun-dappled shade in the Calle Ciegos at the Bodega Gonzalez Byass winery, in Jerez, Spain

Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say “Send me” wherever we have a chance to make an impact.

How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him.

I'm right there with you.

Hard to believe the difference a few years makes and the profound impact on all of us that we no longer have a real president to lead us.

Love these, Steve!

Just thinking about what we could do with a billion dollars a day that doesn’t include bombing people.

GM Wendy! 🪶

Burrowing owl cautiously peeking out from their burrow.

Good morning! 🪶

WTF are they doing?
There is no bottom.

Balint to Noem: "You're the secretary of DHS -- for now. And you think you're immune from accountability. But I promise you this: one day he is not gonna be president anymore. And when that day comes, we will still be here. And in hearings like this, we are going to continue to prove your guilt."

Wild-born birds recruited to teach critically endangered regent honeyeaters their lost songs Researchers hope restoring the original song will improve breeding prospects for birds released into the wild

Wild-born birds recruited to teach critically endangered regent honeyeaters their lost songs.
#birds #GoodSouls

Love him 🪶

He can do bad all by himself unfortunately.

Ours have jumped .50 in less than a week. 😡

As far as I can tell, this is not even a word of standard English usage.

Their corruption and theft of taxpayer monies is staggering.
Millions of Americans are struggling to survive and this administration has zero damns to give.

Rescued pocket-sized owl turning heads in Mass. The little saw-whet owl is now receiving care “to get her tiny little self back in the air again,” wildlife rescuers said.

What a beautiful girl! 🦉

Woke up just like this.
GM Wendy! 🪶

Burrowing owl scowling from behind an embankment.

Good morning! 🪶

Checking on 1 day old #kakapo chick Waa-A3-2026 in Waa's nest on Pukenui/Anchor Island. We check the chicks twice in the first 4 days, and then less frequently as they get older. #kakapo2026 #conservation #parrots

Newly hatched Kakapo baby in a tiny blue weight satchel.

#Kākāpō chick Tiwhiri - A1 - 2026 in her weight satchel. Pic courtesy of Kakapo Recovery FB.
One of two siblings from Yasmine. 😍
#birds

Sleepy owl found resting among items on a New York antique store shelf Shoppers in upstate New York month turned up a rare find while perusing a local antique store this month: a live owl resting peacefully among items on a shelf.

Not all news is terrifying. 🦉

A small brown and gray Bewick's Wren with a distinct white eyebrow stripe, perched on a green plant bud with its head tilted slightly back.

A Bewick's Wren posing on a leaf bud.

#birds #nature #wrens

Oh hell yes!

Gordon the Goldcrest #BirdOfTheDay #Borb #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #EastCoastKin #Birding #birdsofbluesky #BirdPhotography

Joanne Bland, lifelong Civil Rights activist and founder of Selma's Foot Soldiers Park, dies Bland grew up in Selma and became involved in the Civil Rights Movement as a child foot soldier in the 1960s, participating in the historic Selma voting rights marches, including Bloody Sunday.

Joanne Bland, one of the youngest people to march on “Bloody Sunday,” has died. She was 72.

"By the time I was 11-years-old, I had been arrested at least 13 documented times”

A hepatic tanager standing on a metal pole of a birdfeeder next to a large mostly eaten piece of melon

A green honeycreeper standing on a metal pole to the right of a golden-hooded tanager. In the background is a large female great curassow. There are pieces of melon and watermelon hanging from the metal birdfeeder

A green honey creeper standing to the left of a female red-legged honeycreeper on a metal pole of a birdfeeder.

A green honeycreeper standing next to a mostly eaten piece of melon on a birdfeeder

A real party at the Costa Rican bird feeder! 🍉 🎉

Check the alt text for which one is which.
(Hepatic Tanager, Green Honeycreeper, Golden-hooded Tanager, Great Curassow, Red-legged Honeycreeper)
#birds #CostaRica

A white board showing totals of the 2026 kākāpō breeding season. Credit: Lydia Uddstrom

#kakapo breeding "fridge" update.
Good news: 9 chicks hatched, and 123 fertile eggs in total - including all three 4 year old females having fertile clutches!
Bad news: a few egg deaths in the last couple of days.
Kākāpō breeding seasons are a roller-coaster! #kakapo2026 📸: Lydia Uddstrom

Pete Hegseth walking up some stairs to board a plane. He's wearing a mid-blue suit, tan dress shoes, and navy socks with small USA flags on them. The suit is slightly too small, the pants slim, and the inseam is a bit too short.

A dapper brown horse wearing a three-piece gray checked suit with a white shirt and blue necktie. He also has a grey flat cap. His inseam is too short, but he looks happy.

this is what your inseam looks like

This just melts me. 😍
#kākāpō