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Bird photographer hobbyist. Began birding to give my then 13-year-old child and I something in common. Twelve years later, I'm obsessed, and they could care less. All photos are my own unless otherwise noted. #exPost #exX
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when he sends citizens to foreign concentration camps, it’s no longer a slide to authoritarianism—it’s full blown fascism! 😔 this is not an administration, it’s a criminal regime in a hostile takeover of 🇺🇸 democracy. #FightFascism #TraitorTrump #DefendLiberty 🔔

@docgiani.bsky.social one of the many Hermit Thrush I photographed yesterday....

Happy Thursday friends... I've been looking for Hermit Thrush since mid-March to no avail. Yesterday, I found nine. NINE!!! Needless to say, I took more photos of them than anyone else. Here is my best shot of the day. #birds #ohbirding #nature #wildlife #HermitThrush #OttawaPark #LucasCounty

Happy Midweek friends, these Lesser Yellowlegs are here to greet you... #birds #ohbirding #wildlife #Naturephotography #HowardMarsh #LesserYellowlegs

Happy Tuesday friends... slow but surely the migrants are entering the area. Found on Sunday some newly arrived and extremely hungry Pectoral Sandpipers. #birds #ohbirding #wildlife #naturephotography #HowardMarsh #PectoralSandpipers

This is the energy we need!!! bsky.app/profile/acyn...

If you love your library, listen up…

MIT following Harvard's lead here

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Happy new week friends... Last week I walked over 40 miles looking for migrants and I finally found a Ruby-crowned Kinglet yesterday which happily surprised me. Excited for what else may find their way here soon... #birds #ohbirding #wildlife #Naturephotography

Our government is snatching up innocent people. This is NOT what America should be.👇

Fake account alert. This fake pretends to be a Black woman. It lifted its profile pic from a photography website from 8 years ago. Its purpose is to spread disinformation about #MarkCarney. #CdnDisinfo #StopPoilievre #FightFascism #ElbowsUp

Survival of the "fittest" has become survival of the folk afraid of vaccines and prone to propaganda.

Happy Sunday friends. According to birdcast.com, over 271,000 birds flew through my county in OH last night. Enjoy this Song Sparrow likely the last time for a while since lots more different birds are headed this way. Yay! #birds #ohbirding #wildlife #naturephotography

This is what Musk and DOGE have *actually* tried to do: -- Kill USAID (investigating Starlink) -- Kill CFPB (regulator for X to be payment app) -- Move $2.3 BILLION contract from Verizon to Starlink -- Force Social Security Administration to use X exclusively 100% CORRUPTION

Happy Saturday friends... Another FOY bird in breeding plumage, this Ruddy Duck male was hanging out with Red-breasted Mergansers all day-safety in numbers kind of way. Loved see his blue beak! #birds #ohbirding #wildlife #naturephotography

Happy #FeatheredFriday friends... just home from all day birding and what a good day I've had. Woke up to learn FIVE Common Loons came and replaced the one I photographed yesterday. This is a nonbreeding (child) showing off. #birds #ohbirding #wildlife #naturephotography #Loons

ICYMI: The Department of Energy sent an email instructing employees to gather information about government contractors’ dealings with law firm Jenner & Block—more than a week after Judge John Bates entered an order barring the Trump administration from doing so. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/ener...

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekNforNoise #WeekOforOodles Lesser Scaup, Estuary trail, Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge

@docgiani.bsky.social Red-breasted Mergansers stopping in to say hey!

Happy Thursday friends... at the same park I found the Common Loon, there were also a trio of female, Red-breasted Mergansers. While the males were nowhere to be seen, these lovely ladies gave me ample opportunities to photograph them. #birds #ohbirding #naturephotography #wildlife

It always boggles my mind that I, a journalist, am expressly forbidden from trading stocks, but members of Congress, with vastly greater knowledge of market-moving news, are allowed to profit by front-running markets, and so may profit by in essence stealing from the public they represent.

“A president ordering investigations of specific individuals whom he considers to be his political enemies is a remarkable breach of the traditional wall of separation between the White House and the Justice Department.” Trump wants to be a dictator. We must stop him.