cranky owlet
@crankyowlet.bsky.social
AA Shock, AZ desert mudhand,
artist/owner at Three Star Owl Clay: Bring the Wild Inside, and Always Eat from Art!
Birds, toads, & other wildbois, especially owls
Sundevil fam 🌵 AZ/CA
All photos mine unless noted
IG @three.star.owl
FB @threestarowl
artist/owner at Three Star Owl Clay: Bring the Wild Inside, and Always Eat from Art!
Birds, toads, & other wildbois, especially owls
Sundevil fam 🌵 AZ/CA
All photos mine unless noted
IG @three.star.owl
FB @threestarowl
Been a bit of a while since I posted here. Please enjoy some new work: "Regal Horned Lizard with Small Passenger" effigy bowl. #pottersofbluesky #animalsculpture #threestarowl #ceramics
September 8, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Been a bit of a while since I posted here. Please enjoy some new work: "Regal Horned Lizard with Small Passenger" effigy bowl. #pottersofbluesky #animalsculpture #threestarowl #ceramics
A Cassin's vireo pauses to look at the camera in the middle of stocking up for the rest of its trip north. #birds #vireo #migration
May 7, 2025 at 4:18 AM
A Cassin's vireo pauses to look at the camera in the middle of stocking up for the rest of its trip north. #birds #vireo #migration
So very simple.
It's simple. Everyone in the US enjoys the protections of the Constitution - even visitors. So if someone commits a crime here, you give them due process here. You charge them here, try them here, and sentence them here. You don't deport them to an offshore torture prison.
March 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
So very simple.
Worm Blood Moon eclipse almost in totality, from my Arizona backyard last night. #eclipse #moon #bloodmoon #wormmoon
March 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Worm Blood Moon eclipse almost in totality, from my Arizona backyard last night. #eclipse #moon #bloodmoon #wormmoon
Sad news. raul Grijalva
will be missed.
will be missed.
Congressman Raul Grijalva has died. There's never been a truer, stronger, more visionary, more dedicated environmentalist in Congress.
We called him Macho G after Arizona's most famous jaguar, Macho B. He loved it.
Here's the last text I sent him. From @biologicaldiversity.org's staff retreat.
We called him Macho G after Arizona's most famous jaguar, Macho B. He loved it.
Here's the last text I sent him. From @biologicaldiversity.org's staff retreat.
March 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Sad news. raul Grijalva
will be missed.
will be missed.
Very small owl-and-dove bud vase fresh from Mesa Arts Center clay studio Δ10 soda kiln. Copper stain and soda atmosphere provided delightful unplanned mottling, including mysterious night-eyes.
#pottersofbluesky #animalsculpture #ceramics
#pottersofbluesky #animalsculpture #ceramics
March 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Very small owl-and-dove bud vase fresh from Mesa Arts Center clay studio Δ10 soda kiln. Copper stain and soda atmosphere provided delightful unplanned mottling, including mysterious night-eyes.
#pottersofbluesky #animalsculpture #ceramics
#pottersofbluesky #animalsculpture #ceramics
LOL
Even the asteroid doesn't want anything to do with us.
Asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer a threat to Earth, scientists say
Scientists have finally given the all-clear to Earth from a newly discovered asteroid. NASA and the European Space Agency said Tuesday that after two months of observations, scientists have almost ful...
apnews.com
February 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
LOL
Roadie is back for the third day, singing for love from the rooftop. Somehow he is both fluffy and spiky at the same time!
[This image started as a digiscoped photo, but my phone isn't really up to it, so I "arted up" so it looks more like painting].
#birds #greaterroadrunner #meepmeep
[This image started as a digiscoped photo, but my phone isn't really up to it, so I "arted up" so it looks more like painting].
#birds #greaterroadrunner #meepmeep
February 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Roadie is back for the third day, singing for love from the rooftop. Somehow he is both fluffy and spiky at the same time!
[This image started as a digiscoped photo, but my phone isn't really up to it, so I "arted up" so it looks more like painting].
#birds #greaterroadrunner #meepmeep
[This image started as a digiscoped photo, but my phone isn't really up to it, so I "arted up" so it looks more like painting].
#birds #greaterroadrunner #meepmeep
Sometimes this is the best shot you get, but I always love seeing a Roadie in the 'hood. This one was giving its wistful, down-sliding call from the neighbor's roof at midday. #birds #meepmeep #backofthecamerashot
February 20, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Sometimes this is the best shot you get, but I always love seeing a Roadie in the 'hood. This one was giving its wistful, down-sliding call from the neighbor's roof at midday. #birds #meepmeep #backofthecamerashot
Looooove these needlework petri dishes!
Elin Thomas, UK textile artist who uses embroidery/crochet to create unique work resembling petri dishes and bacteria spores #womensart
February 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Looooove these needlework petri dishes!
February 16, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Take your mind off all the turds, and concentrate on the birds! The Great Backyard Bird Count starts tomorrow, 14 Feb! (Well akshewally, 12:01am tonight):
Great Backyard Bird Count – Join us each February when the world comes together to watch, learn about, count, and celebrate birds.
Each year people from around the world come together to watch, learn about, count, and celebrate birds. Join us in February!
www.birdcount.org
February 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Take your mind off all the turds, and concentrate on the birds! The Great Backyard Bird Count starts tomorrow, 14 Feb! (Well akshewally, 12:01am tonight):
February 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Prehistoric #baby feeding vessels: marvellous feeding vessels in the shape of #animals from Vösensorf and Oberleis, Austria, dating 1200-800 BC.
Baby bottles in the shape of animals are common in late Bronze and early Iron Age Europe.
Photo: Wien Museum
🏺 #archaeology
Baby bottles in the shape of animals are common in late Bronze and early Iron Age Europe.
Photo: Wien Museum
🏺 #archaeology
February 7, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Prehistoric #baby feeding vessels: marvellous feeding vessels in the shape of #animals from Vösensorf and Oberleis, Austria, dating 1200-800 BC.
Baby bottles in the shape of animals are common in late Bronze and early Iron Age Europe.
Photo: Wien Museum
🏺 #archaeology
Baby bottles in the shape of animals are common in late Bronze and early Iron Age Europe.
Photo: Wien Museum
🏺 #archaeology
January 28, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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I just got one heck of a welcome home. Volume up, but not too high.
The wolves were singing tonight. A few seconds in you’ll hear the closest howling wolf I’ve ever heard. I couldn’t see it, but it might have been at the end of my driveway. I went right back inside after this. 😊🐺🦊
The wolves were singing tonight. A few seconds in you’ll hear the closest howling wolf I’ve ever heard. I couldn’t see it, but it might have been at the end of my driveway. I went right back inside after this. 😊🐺🦊
January 23, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I just got one heck of a welcome home. Volume up, but not too high.
The wolves were singing tonight. A few seconds in you’ll hear the closest howling wolf I’ve ever heard. I couldn’t see it, but it might have been at the end of my driveway. I went right back inside after this. 😊🐺🦊
The wolves were singing tonight. A few seconds in you’ll hear the closest howling wolf I’ve ever heard. I couldn’t see it, but it might have been at the end of my driveway. I went right back inside after this. 😊🐺🦊
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Hola geo-friends! Steve Reynolds & Julia Johnson's complete revision of Roadside Geology of Arizona is published, and I absolutely recommend it!
mountain-press.com/products/roa...
mountain-press.com/products/roa...
Roadside Geology of Arizona
Second Edition Available Now Stephen J. Reynolds and Julia K. Johnson Illustrated by Chelsea M. Feeney Nowhere in the country is the roadside geology better exposed than in the mountains and deserts o...
mountain-press.com
January 23, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Hola geo-friends! Steve Reynolds & Julia Johnson's complete revision of Roadside Geology of Arizona is published, and I absolutely recommend it!
mountain-press.com/products/roa...
mountain-press.com/products/roa...
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OMFG THIS IS GREAT!! @artcandee.bsky.social post this on Xitter
brilliant find!!
brilliant find!!
January 20, 2025 at 11:09 PM
OMFG THIS IS GREAT!! @artcandee.bsky.social post this on Xitter
brilliant find!!
brilliant find!!
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Eeeeeee!! What an adorkably silly face 🥰
Researchers found this baby king crab (Neolithodes agassizii) hitchhiking on a plastic bag in the Gulf of Mexico. They usually live at depths of 200–1,900 metres and grow up to 12 cm in size. 🧪🦑 🌿
What would you name this tiny crablet?
📹 NOAA Fisheries
Researchers found this baby king crab (Neolithodes agassizii) hitchhiking on a plastic bag in the Gulf of Mexico. They usually live at depths of 200–1,900 metres and grow up to 12 cm in size. 🧪🦑 🌿
What would you name this tiny crablet?
📹 NOAA Fisheries
January 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Eeeeeee!! What an adorkably silly face 🥰
Researchers found this baby king crab (Neolithodes agassizii) hitchhiking on a plastic bag in the Gulf of Mexico. They usually live at depths of 200–1,900 metres and grow up to 12 cm in size. 🧪🦑 🌿
What would you name this tiny crablet?
📹 NOAA Fisheries
Researchers found this baby king crab (Neolithodes agassizii) hitchhiking on a plastic bag in the Gulf of Mexico. They usually live at depths of 200–1,900 metres and grow up to 12 cm in size. 🧪🦑 🌿
What would you name this tiny crablet?
📹 NOAA Fisheries
"Stars and Stripes Blep" Jaguar, Sonoran mountain kingsnake, Montezuma quail (glazed stoneware clay and high temp wire, for the wall). Please read alt text on image for more details. #artshare
January 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
"Stars and Stripes Blep" Jaguar, Sonoran mountain kingsnake, Montezuma quail (glazed stoneware clay and high temp wire, for the wall). Please read alt text on image for more details. #artshare
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I'm looking for musicians, artists, writers, filmmakers, etc. who are passionate about translating science to a broader audience. The field is at the intersection of geoscience, paleo, climate, biology, and conservation. This is a funded opportunity. Tag your favorite STEAM folks, please!
January 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I'm looking for musicians, artists, writers, filmmakers, etc. who are passionate about translating science to a broader audience. The field is at the intersection of geoscience, paleo, climate, biology, and conservation. This is a funded opportunity. Tag your favorite STEAM folks, please!
Last night's Wolf Moon at the very moment of Mars' kiss. It's hard to see the tiny red dot is SO tiny at about 7 o'clock on the lower left edge of the Moon's belly. #occultation #moon #wolfmoon
January 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Last night's Wolf Moon at the very moment of Mars' kiss. It's hard to see the tiny red dot is SO tiny at about 7 o'clock on the lower left edge of the Moon's belly. #occultation #moon #wolfmoon