Richard Rachman
@ecologyofwander.bsky.social
Data Analyst and Botanist. New life back in the Californian desert. Gay, jewish, and I like writing poetry.
Anyone know any deer biologists that wanna buy a super old deer book? Antelope and Deer of North America
January 17, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Anyone know any deer biologists that wanna buy a super old deer book? Antelope and Deer of North America
Illumination
I get why Scorpions
Hide from the White Moonlight.
The Stars, Milkyway Band,
They vanish from viewshed.
Why come upside, out there,
When all the wonder's gone,
And the Sky is so bright,
It lacks the safety of
The Celestial Gods?
Who brings me nourishment
As my hope stays hidden?
I get why Scorpions
Hide from the White Moonlight.
The Stars, Milkyway Band,
They vanish from viewshed.
Why come upside, out there,
When all the wonder's gone,
And the Sky is so bright,
It lacks the safety of
The Celestial Gods?
Who brings me nourishment
As my hope stays hidden?
January 2, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Illumination
I get why Scorpions
Hide from the White Moonlight.
The Stars, Milkyway Band,
They vanish from viewshed.
Why come upside, out there,
When all the wonder's gone,
And the Sky is so bright,
It lacks the safety of
The Celestial Gods?
Who brings me nourishment
As my hope stays hidden?
I get why Scorpions
Hide from the White Moonlight.
The Stars, Milkyway Band,
They vanish from viewshed.
Why come upside, out there,
When all the wonder's gone,
And the Sky is so bright,
It lacks the safety of
The Celestial Gods?
Who brings me nourishment
As my hope stays hidden?
www.mingstudios.org/my-on-monday...
Podcast i was on reading my poetry. Its about 15 minutes long and mostly about birds.
Podcast i was on reading my poetry. Its about 15 minutes long and mostly about birds.
MY ON MONDAYS
EPISODE 197 11/17/2025
www.mingstudios.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:35 AM
www.mingstudios.org/my-on-monday...
Podcast i was on reading my poetry. Its about 15 minutes long and mostly about birds.
Podcast i was on reading my poetry. Its about 15 minutes long and mostly about birds.
Reposted by Richard Rachman
The Walton family surely does
“some people abuse SNAP” your soul is rotten
October 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The Walton family surely does
Annenberg* sorry I misspelled the rich persons name.
October 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Annenberg* sorry I misspelled the rich persons name.
I'm so sad, none of my observations of invasive plants that have quickly colonized the "fungi treated soil" from ontop of the Annenburg Wildlife Crossing have gone Research Grade 😢
October 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I'm so sad, none of my observations of invasive plants that have quickly colonized the "fungi treated soil" from ontop of the Annenburg Wildlife Crossing have gone Research Grade 😢
Made some friends while looking for pinyon pine nuts. Native bee and a jumping spider inside of pine cones.
October 4, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Made some friends while looking for pinyon pine nuts. Native bee and a jumping spider inside of pine cones.
I just sent earthworm specimens to a researcher in Canada from USA. I was told by FedEx that they weren't sending things to Canada. So I just did it through the US Postal Service. Did all the things, stated they were non commercial "insects" for science, filled out a customs form. Will they make it?
September 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I just sent earthworm specimens to a researcher in Canada from USA. I was told by FedEx that they weren't sending things to Canada. So I just did it through the US Postal Service. Did all the things, stated they were non commercial "insects" for science, filled out a customs form. Will they make it?
I'm also wondering if it impacts the endangered California dandelion, Taraxacum californicum, of which has habitat on the shores of Big Bear Lake. And thats not the only endangered plant in the area.
September 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I'm also wondering if it impacts the endangered California dandelion, Taraxacum californicum, of which has habitat on the shores of Big Bear Lake. And thats not the only endangered plant in the area.
Cause they are pretty and there's lots of them 🥺🦂
September 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Cause they are pretty and there's lots of them 🥺🦂
Scorpions are kind of like plants if you think about it, kind of.
September 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Scorpions are kind of like plants if you think about it, kind of.
These weird scorpions i found on some really neat boulders at a desert spring in Owens Valley. Identified to Stahnkeninae but not beyond that...
September 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
These weird scorpions i found on some really neat boulders at a desert spring in Owens Valley. Identified to Stahnkeninae but not beyond that...
You may want to list the salary or pay per hour on the document, though it does sound better than most other assistantships I've seen. BSU was about 30k a year and that wasn't for all PhD students, many recieved an abysmal 25k a year with barely any benefits.
August 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
You may want to list the salary or pay per hour on the document, though it does sound better than most other assistantships I've seen. BSU was about 30k a year and that wasn't for all PhD students, many recieved an abysmal 25k a year with barely any benefits.
I think a big part of that future needs to include water sovereignty, and getting water from sources that don't deplete outside ecosystems, like Owens Valley or the Colorado River.
August 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I think a big part of that future needs to include water sovereignty, and getting water from sources that don't deplete outside ecosystems, like Owens Valley or the Colorado River.
Sheep moth on a sagebrush, group of sage grouse eating sagebrush, friendship and Red Dead Redemption cosplaying.
August 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Sheep moth on a sagebrush, group of sage grouse eating sagebrush, friendship and Red Dead Redemption cosplaying.
Black light scorpion, tiger lily, white light scorpion.
August 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Black light scorpion, tiger lily, white light scorpion.
First monarch butterfly on iNatrualist from May 2025 to today in Bishop, CA. Seeming to nectar feed on some narrow leaf milkweed.
July 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM
First monarch butterfly on iNatrualist from May 2025 to today in Bishop, CA. Seeming to nectar feed on some narrow leaf milkweed.
Took my non biologist boyfriend scorpion hunting, this is Paruroctonus becki.
July 18, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Took my non biologist boyfriend scorpion hunting, this is Paruroctonus becki.
I got to talk with my coworkers about one of my favorite books, A Field Guide to Desert Holes, and how I own a copy in my personal library. Today was a good day.
July 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I got to talk with my coworkers about one of my favorite books, A Field Guide to Desert Holes, and how I own a copy in my personal library. Today was a good day.
Rattlesnake avoidance with this knucklehead of a golden retriever this weekend.
July 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Rattlesnake avoidance with this knucklehead of a golden retriever this weekend.
This tiny scorpion is found crawling on a large boulder with orange lichen.
July 8, 2025 at 5:23 AM
This tiny scorpion is found crawling on a large boulder with orange lichen.
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Community science and iNaturalist gone... wrong? She used iNaturalist to find the mushroom locations for her murders.
Community science and iNaturalist gone... wrong? She used iNaturalist to find the mushroom locations for her murders.
Erin Patterson verdict: Jury finds Australian cook guilty of murder with hidden death cap mushrooms | CNN
Erin Patterson, the Australian woman accused of killing three relatives with a meal of death cap mushrooms baked in a Beef Wellington lunch, has been found guilty of three counts of murder and the at...
edition.cnn.com
July 7, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Community science and iNaturalist gone... wrong? She used iNaturalist to find the mushroom locations for her murders.
Community science and iNaturalist gone... wrong? She used iNaturalist to find the mushroom locations for her murders.
Reposted by Richard Rachman
A global analysis shows consistent energy–diversity relationships across birds, mammals, amphibians & reptiles, resolving decades of ecological debate. Paper now out in @science.org : www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🌍🌐 #ecology #MetabolicTheory
July 4, 2025 at 6:04 AM
A global analysis shows consistent energy–diversity relationships across birds, mammals, amphibians & reptiles, resolving decades of ecological debate. Paper now out in @science.org : www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🌍🌐 #ecology #MetabolicTheory
I found a moth, probably western sphinx moth.
July 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I found a moth, probably western sphinx moth.