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Before filling up the bird house, lift up the chimney and check for squirrels..✨

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Spring, but make it sinister.

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Are there any Barnacles enthusiasts over here? 🌿

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Yes we all need to fight. We also all need to live, to enjoy, to be silly, and to find joy in what we can. We can't afford to lose either end of the equation if at all possible.

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We rescued loads of stunned Brown Creepers this morning. Winter birds are still lingering, but our migratory friends are coming back! Call the Chicago Bird Collision Monitor hotline if you find a stunned or injured bird. ☎️773 988 1867

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I’ve got a joke about Orion, but it hits below the belt.

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Sunbathing Treecreeper. #birds #sundayvibes

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Some birds from last year 🕊️

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Not With Three Barrels He Can't.

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An unusual experience this afternoon. One of my neighbours posted about a bird hitting her window. It was this pied-billed grebe. Adorable little guy and when I came to check on him seemed perfectly fine. The problem is they can’t takeoff on land and there was no water around. 1/3 🌿🪶

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Here are 3 beautiful mantidflies that I saw last month! They are neither mantises nor flies; their larvae are parasitoids of spider eggs, and these adults appear to mimic wasps. Euclimacia rufocincta Tuberonotha sp. Euclimacia sp.

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these magnificent insects still need homes 🦋 find them in my shop today, and support a struggling queer artist 🪰✨ #ArtSky #ScienceArt #Nature #Science #Illustration #Insects #Bugs #ShopSmall #bsnm

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Setting aside the obvious skill/experience issue, the inhumanity of this is mind blowing. Human beings are not cogs in a machine. People have a right to meaning, self-fulfillment, life satisfaction beyond survival. They're not simply "assigned" to jobs to serve the whims of a useless billionaire.

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carrionwatchers. gouache on paper

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BREAKING: FDA Grants Fast Track Designation for Potential Bird Flu Vaccine The FDA granted fast track designation for a self-amplifying mRNA vaccine candidate (ARCT-2304) for active immunization to protect against influenza A H5N1 subtype, also known as bird flu.

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Oak trees mast (produce a large quantity of acorns) every 2-5 years, dropping so many that predators couldn't possibly eat them all and baby oaks have a better chance of surviving. The campus oaks have been feeding animals all winter long and there's still more than enough to go around!

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Viola odorata variation. Violas come in different colours but yellowish/white is quite rare. 🤍 #biodiversity #bloomscrolling #flowersonfriday

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Kill! Your! Lawn!

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I told my 6 yr old we should watch The Princess Bride. She thought the cover looked “boring.” I’m like, “But there’s a pirate! And a giant! There’s a princess and shrieking eels! There are rodents of unusual size!” Her: “nah, let’s watch something else.”

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I’m excited to announce my drawing Eight Blessings on the Wind was chosen to be a part of the Birds in Myth exhibit at the Birds of Vermont Museum! The exhibit runs from May 1st to October 31st. 🖤 birdsofvermont.org #art #natureart #myth #birdart #artist #artexhibit #birds

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A German experiment has found that people are likely to continue working full-time even if they receive no-strings-attached universal basic income payments.

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No lawmaker in Congress should be able to own, buy, and sell individual stocks. We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.

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Whenever I debunk pseudoscientific nonsense, some jabroni feels the need to say “you must be a lot of fun at parties!” First of all, I am a lot of fun at parties. Also, why is no one ever mad at the people who lied to them? Why are they only mad at the people who pointed out they were lied to?

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You can mute the #waspcam2025 hashtag if you want, but if you stick around it is fascinating to watch these paper wasps build their nest and raise kids throughout the summer. #invert

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Finally got around to drawing up one of my anti-capitalist sticker designs! 😁🍓 #EatTheRich #illustration #art

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Let's talk about hellbenders, the largest salamanders in North America. First off, they're pretty big: 1.5 to 2.5 kg (3.3 to 5.5 lb). Early colonists saw their undulating skin and wide mouths & thought of demons, but I prefer their other names: Snot otter Lasagna lizard Allegheny alligator

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Members of Congress should never be allowed to trade stocks. Period.

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There's a lot of Virginia Pennywort blooming in the woods right now. This plant has very little chlorophyll, and it's believed that it gets most of its nutrients from the underground fungi network instead of from photosynthesis. #Wildflowers #SpringEphemerals #WildflowerWednesday

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Round-lobed Hepatica was the first wildflower I saw this year, on Feb. 26. I think it's finished blooming now; haven't seen any in over a week. It's a tiny flower but easy to spot because the color is so vivid above the brown leaves. #WildflowerWednesday #SpringEphemerals #Wildflowers

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The whole family of great-horned owls in the nest looking around. You can only barely hear it but mom was calling out to dad in a nearby try and the end of the clip #birds #owls #raptors

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Rose-breasted Grosbeak looking well-rested and ready for spring. It amazes me that these little birds will be making the long flight back to the northeast US and Canada for the summer. San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica

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#WildFlowerWednesday coming up Amelanchier!

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