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Working wildlife biologist living at the edge of nature. Naturalist. Macro photo fanatic. Intuitive birding by ear. Friend of pibbles! All original photos my own. Opinions my own.

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He’s either 100% ignorant, or doesn’t wanna know, or doesn’t care. When you’re a billionaire making oil deals, American servicemen and women are expendable.

10.03.2026 17:30 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A big fuzzy, yellow, black and orange bumblebee on a grape hyacinth.

A big fuzzy, yellow, black and orange bumblebee on a grape hyacinth.

Welcome Queen! A new queen bumblebee on one of her first forays. She’ll soon find a place to build a nest, often underground to start her new hive. (Hunt’s Bumblebee)

10.03.2026 01:33 👍 18 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Photo of a dark drunella mayfly larvae clinging to a submerged light colored rock in a clear stream.

Photo of a dark drunella mayfly larvae clinging to a submerged light colored rock in a clear stream.

Pretty lil drunella mayfly larvae seen while crossing the creek today♡♡♡♡♡♡ #AquaticMacroinvertebrates #Inverts #Nature #CreekTime 🌿

10.03.2026 01:23 👍 15 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

No commercial deep sea mining. #SaveTheEarth

10.03.2026 01:05 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Close-up of freshly emerging reddish oak leaves with light green margins, among many branches with bud-breaking leaves. Through the branches there is are blurred green hills.

Close-up of freshly emerging reddish oak leaves with light green margins, among many branches with bud-breaking leaves. Through the branches there is are blurred green hills.

Burst of California Black Oak (Quercus kelloggii) leaves, last week on Sonoma Mtn. 💚

Calscape plant info. here...
calscape.org/Quercus-kell...

#Trees #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🌱

09.03.2026 23:28 👍 84 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
two Redpolls in the air over a metal seed tray.  They are facing each other and the bird on the right is pinching the other bird with it's foot.  one of the tray hanging chains is on the left.

two Redpolls in the air over a metal seed tray. They are facing each other and the bird on the right is pinching the other bird with it's foot. one of the tray hanging chains is on the left.

Angry feet 😂 #birds

10.03.2026 00:23 👍 60 🔁 6 💬 3 📌 2

😂

09.03.2026 22:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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1. I adore paeonies, from the moment of their rather sinister looking emergence to seed set. This is a P. officinalis, Common Paeony, inherited in my tiny garden, and apparently indestructible. But each year it serves to remind me of those I have loved and lost.

09.03.2026 20:27 👍 21 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Let’s talk neonicotinoids. These deadly pesticides are so widespread that they are exposing native pollinators and birds to a lot of poison. They’re likely present in any big box retail that sells garden plants. Please use organic local garden shops who could really use your support. ASK them too!

09.03.2026 20:42 👍 23 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 1
A red-tailed hawk. Bright red tail, dark head, and dark primaries.

A red-tailed hawk. Bright red tail, dark head, and dark primaries.

A Red-tailed Hawk this afternoon.

09.03.2026 19:30 👍 13 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

I'm very much looking forward to reading this new book.

09.03.2026 19:21 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
A black bird against a cloudy sky.

A black bird against a cloudy sky.

A black bird against a cloudy sky.

A black bird against a cloudy sky.

Bird quiz! Which one is the crow and which one is the raven? Explain your reasoning. You can use a book or a digital field guide but you cannot use AI.

09.03.2026 19:26 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 5 📌 0
A bright yellow oriole with black wings and face and throat feathers is perched at a red feeder. The bird’s wings have a white bar.

A bright yellow oriole with black wings and face and throat feathers is perched at a red feeder. The bird’s wings have a white bar.

Due to the wind, I’m hearing the orioles more than seeing them, but this handsome guy did show up a few minutes ago.

Hooded orioles #birds SoCal

08.03.2026 22:44 👍 114 🔁 11 💬 6 📌 0
Los Lobos: Kiko Live - "Saint Behind The Glass"
Los Lobos: Kiko Live - "Saint Behind The Glass" YouTube video by ShoutFactoryMusic

Beautiful performance, musical escape. youtu.be/x0GxAbI1lh0?...

08.03.2026 05:53 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A Robin having a splashy bath in a lake.  The bird has an orange chest, brown wings and a white throat.  The bird is looking at the camera and there are water droplets in the air.

A Robin having a splashy bath in a lake. The bird has an orange chest, brown wings and a white throat. The bird is looking at the camera and there are water droplets in the air.

A Rusty Blackbird in the water near the shore.  The bird is rusty brown with brown and black wings.  The beak is open and there are water droplets in the air.

A Rusty Blackbird in the water near the shore. The bird is rusty brown with brown and black wings. The beak is open and there are water droplets in the air.

A Pipit in the water looking down at it's reflection.  The bird is mottled light and dark brown.  There is some black in the wings and on the tail feathers.

A Pipit in the water looking down at it's reflection. The bird is mottled light and dark brown. There is some black in the wings and on the tail feathers.

3 Bohemian Waxwings on a round green water bowl.  One is standing on a rock in the water and two are on the edge of the bowl.   The bird on the left is leaning forward with the wings open.

3 Bohemian Waxwings on a round green water bowl. One is standing on a rock in the water and two are on the edge of the bowl. The bird on the left is leaning forward with the wings open.

Robin, Rusty Blackbird, Pipit and Bohemian Waxwings for #BirdOfTheDay #StandingInWater

08.03.2026 04:40 👍 75 🔁 12 💬 5 📌 0

This describes me perfectly.

07.03.2026 21:40 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Step over ants, put worms back in the grass, rescue baby caterpillars, release spiders back into your garden, open windows for bees to fly home. They are all little souls that deserve a life too.

07.03.2026 21:39 👍 25 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1

Congratulations! They sometimes come through here in big flocks and they actually nest in wetlands throughout the western US.

07.03.2026 21:39 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Don’t mess with Soras!

07.03.2026 21:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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#Birdoftheday #standingwater #birds

Fighting Soras
Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve

07.03.2026 21:33 👍 19 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

You can even see a hint of their darker primaries hidden under the folded wings.

07.03.2026 21:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A shore bird white below and brown above a thickish bill and dark legs. It was very foggy on the beach.

A shore bird white below and brown above a thickish bill and dark legs. It was very foggy on the beach.

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🪶 ID help please, of possible. I saw this bird today on Top Sail Island NC. It was foggy and from afar at first I thought Am Oystercatcher but when I got closer I saw it was not. The thickish bill is throwing me off. Anyone have any suggestions?

07.03.2026 21:28 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 3 📌 0

Willet because of tall stature, big thick bill, grayish legs, and they like to forage in the surf like small sandpipers. They kind of appear like an oversized greater yellowlegs.

07.03.2026 21:34 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Willet!

07.03.2026 21:32 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A macro photo of a cream-colored crab spider clinging to the tip of a cream-colored flower petal, against a blue sky background. The spider is far left in the frame; in the lower right the flower shows dark red and greenish-yellow stripes toward the petals' centers.

A macro photo of a cream-colored crab spider clinging to the tip of a cream-colored flower petal, against a blue sky background. The spider is far left in the frame; in the lower right the flower shows dark red and greenish-yellow stripes toward the petals' centers.

Here is your Saturday Spider 🕷️

(A tiny crab spider waiting for meal delivery on a scale bud flower, Mojave Desert) #BugSky 🐙🌿📷

07.03.2026 19:47 👍 97 🔁 11 💬 5 📌 0
Soaring bald eagle with white head and white tail, dark wings, and dark body.

Soaring bald eagle with white head and white tail, dark wings, and dark body.

Bald Eagle over the house today.

07.03.2026 19:46 👍 16 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
My hand with pink nail polish holding a book called “Hawaiian Insects and their Kin” outside in front of a plumeria flower. There is a butterfly and spider on the cover.

My hand with pink nail polish holding a book called “Hawaiian Insects and their Kin” outside in front of a plumeria flower. There is a butterfly and spider on the cover.

I went to Hawai'i and all I got was this stupid book on insects 😏

07.03.2026 18:47 👍 75 🔁 6 💬 5 📌 0
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The theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #StandingInWater

Least Sandpipers have short legs so the water isn't very deep but everything is relative. Standing in the Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge #Alaska. Maybe on the way back? 🪶

07.03.2026 16:48 👍 44 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

She really is but oh so feisty!

07.03.2026 19:07 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Purple flowers with long red filaments and light orange anthers

Purple flowers with long red filaments and light orange anthers

Amorpha canescens, our Lead Plant, blooming at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refugee #nativeplants

#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to Sep. 7 🌿

Amorpha means ‘without form’ since this genus’ flowers have only one petal, unlike most "pea-shaped" flowers, missing the wing and keel petals.

07.03.2026 14:57 👍 95 🔁 9 💬 2 📌 0