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Had a few days in the French Alps following the LIM25 conference in Annecy - awesome to see giant glaciers, even if it's depressing how much they've dropped in recent decades. Our glaciers in California are very small and I haven't actually seen any of them yet! Mer de Glace, near Chamonix FR 📷

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Had a few days in the French Alps following the LIM25 conference in Annecy - awesome to see giant glaciers, even if it's depressing how much they've dropped in recent decades. Our glaciers in California are very small and I haven't actually seen any of them yet! Mer de Glace, near Chamonix FR 📷

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Jacarandas are in full bloom in Pasadena! Portra 160 film, FED-5 📷

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Female Tree Swallow. #treeswallow #tachycinetabicolor #birds 🪶

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Fog desert on the Magdalena Plain, Baja California Sur 📷

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Infinite caracara glitch discovered (Puerto San Carlos, Baja California Sur) 🪶counted at least 105 along this short road near the town dump!

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Magnificent Frigatebird (yes, that's its actual name) making a pass on the sewage pond just southwest of La Paz, Baja California Sur 🪶

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Magnificent Frigatebird (yes, that's its actual name) making a pass on the sewage pond just southwest of La Paz, Baja California Sur 🪶

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Cape Spiny-tailed Iguana chilling on the side of a harbor on the Baja California cape - these huge lizards are only found on the southern tip of Baja, from Cabo San Lucas up to some isolated populations in the Sierra de la Giganta #herps 📷

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Cape Spiny-tailed Iguana chilling on the side of a harbor on the Baja California cape - these huge lizards are only found on the southern tip of Baja, from Cabo San Lucas up to some isolated populations in the Sierra de la Giganta #herps 📷

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NEW POOL BEAR ALERT NEW POOL BEAR ALERT. it's not Patch. Never seen this big buddy before. If he returns he will get a permanent name.

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Is there an actual reason that mirrorless cameras don't either default to shutter closed when powered off, or include a mechanical "shade" to cover the sensor when you change lenses? Editing out unavoidable dust specks from the sky in all my landscape photos is truly driving me insane

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Cape Arboreal Spiny Lizard, found only in the mountains of the Baja California cape #herps

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Views of the Galiuro Mountains - threatened by foreign #copper mining - as seen from a bird's eye view. This is a winter view. With spring and monsoonal rains, these hills turn GREEN. Look at that #geology. Rare Sky Island ecosystem.

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My painting LOST COAST

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Today, this Solitary Sandpiper made more than just a #YYC pit stop, it reinforced a connection. After spending the winter along the coast of Colombia, it has flown northwards to find millions of mayflies emerging from the river -a critical meal needed to complete its globetrotting life cycle. #birds

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I was surprised to see a reasonable proposal from the Republican house about transitioning to a vehicle fee instead of gas tax (important for EVs), only to see these idiots want to add a $100/year extra fee on hybrids instead of heavy emotional support trucks www.politico.com/live-updates...

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I saw this gull in a dirt lot in Baja California, said out loud "huh this herring gull looks weirdly like a ring-billed gull", and moved on with the trip. Well, weeks later, I find out that this is very likely a Vega Gull from Siberia and only the 2nd ever reported in all of Mexico!! 🪶(see alt text)

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I saw this gull in a dirt lot in Baja California, said out loud "huh this herring gull looks weirdly like a ring-billed gull", and moved on with the trip. Well, weeks later, I find out that this is very likely a Vega Gull from Siberia and only the 2nd ever reported in all of Mexico!! 🪶(see alt text)

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View of the imposing El Virgen volcano, looming above one of its many lava fields in the remote middle of the Baja California peninsula 📷

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Little Blue Heron from Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur 🪶

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Little Blue Heron from Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur 🪶

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Willet getting into its breeding plumage! Refugio de Aves, Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur 🪶

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Most people bird the Salton Sea in the winter when the big goose&crane flocks are around - but a quick day trip yesterday to the sea yielded some Bronzed Cowbirds, a Mexican species that shows up in the Imperial valley only in warmer months and can't be found anywhere else in California! 🪶

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Willet getting into its breeding plumage! Refugio de Aves, Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur 🪶

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Most people bird the Salton Sea in the winter when the big goose&crane flocks are around - but a quick day trip yesterday to the sea yielded some Bronzed Cowbirds, a Mexican species that shows up in the Imperial valley only in warmer months and can't be found anywhere else in California! 🪶

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Xerarionta orcutti, the El Rosario Cactussnail, found only on the dry mesas surrounding El Rosario on the edge of the vast Baja California desert. Found this one estivating inside a dead agave and replaced best I could after photos. Last time these were collected seems to be the 50s 📷 #invertebrates

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BARROW’S GOLDENEYE: More waterfowl are arriving in Southcentral Alaska each day as spring migration ramps up. #birds #birding #ducks #nature #springtime

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Gray Thrasher, only found on the Baja California peninsula 🪶 📷

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Gray Thrasher, only found on the Baja California peninsula 🪶 📷

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𝗡𝗼, 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗞𝟮-𝟭𝟴𝗯'𝘀 𝗮𝘁𝗺𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲. K2-18b is back in the news, now with a bold claim that biosignature molecules (DMS and/or DMDS) have been 'detected at 3σ'. Most exoplanet astronomers are extremely sceptical about these claims, let's see why (1/n). 🔭🧪🪐 #exoplanet

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The Sierra Nevada Earth Atlas showcases California’s longest and tallest mountain range and its iconic geologic features. It represents the most current, complete, and largest-scale, range-wide syntheses of geoscience data. Learn more - www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/document...

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More Sword-billed Hummingbird from Hacienda el Bosque #Colombia #birds #hummingbirds #nature

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The Baja California desert in spring 📷

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The amazing Velvet-purple Coronet at @montezumalodge.bsky.social #Colombia I can't help myself when I'm around these hummingbirds. #birds #hummingbirds #nature 🌿

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