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Fernfan
@fernfan.bsky.social
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Pteridomaniac patriarchy-loathing anti-theistic cat lover who wants Black women to run EVERYTHING. Sorry we let them down as a nation, but I’m here to find hope and connection and effective resistance to the clustercuss to come (as well as cats and ferns!)
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fernfan.bsky.social
Now THIS is how to decorate for Halloween! Hope he has lots of cameras trained on his amazing display❤️👏👍
iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 24d
This is amazing. And it’s truly the stuff of nightmares.
October 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
fernfan.bsky.social
This was the first fern of spring that I learned to identify, and look where that led #pteridomania
All of our videos on the fern playlist are less than three minutes long, but they pack a lot of great information!
#ferns #cinnamonfern #fronds #frondfriends
watermancenter.bsky.social Waterman Conservation Education Center @watermancenter.bsky.social · Jun 16
The latest video in our fern playlist has dropped, and we had a lot of soggy-footed fun putting this together. In less than three minutes, anyone can feel confident identifying it!
#ferns #livingfossil #cinnamonferns #wetlandplants #frondfriends #fernfans

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Cinnamon Ferns
YouTube video by Waterman's STNY Nature
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June 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
fernfan.bsky.social
I call this "Between a Rock and a Hard Place" because this damselfly (bluet) is stuck to no fewer than three and possibly four Round-leaved sundews. I did feel bad for its fate!
#SundewSunday #sundews #damselflies #boglife #carnivorousplants
A bright blue damselfly (bluet) is hanging down in a bog of red sphagnum moss with its tail and wings stuck to the tentacles of multiple carnivorous sundew plants (Drosera rotundifolia)
June 15, 2025 at 11:31 PM
fernfan.bsky.social
I've decided that New York #ferns (Amauropelta noveboracensis) are Rococo little treasures in their tiny unfurling state. My partner says they remind him of illuminated manuscript art
#fernfriday #fiddleheadfriday #fiddleheads #newyorkfern
Two New York fern unfurling fronds Side view of unfurling New York fern frond New York fern fiddlehead Unfurling New York fern frond with aphid
May 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
fernfan.bsky.social
Long beech #ferns (Phegopteris connectilis) opening up from their caterpillar-like #fiddleheads in Broome County, NY. Any fern or #entomology experts who can identify the eggs on the fern to the right in the photo with two ferns?
#fiddleheadfriday #fernfriday
Long beech fern fiddlehead looking like a caterpillar on my fingertip Side view of Long beech fern fiddlehead Opening Long beech fern on left with opened fern on right that has two small yellow insect eggs on it Newly opened Long beech fern with Partridgeberry in background
May 3, 2025 at 12:50 AM
fernfan.bsky.social
I wasn’t that interested in Bracken #ferns before, but they turn out to be very cool when they’re #fiddleheads
watermancenter.bsky.social Waterman Conservation Education Center @watermancenter.bsky.social · Apr 29
Even some #ferns provide a sugar reward! The arrows here point to nectaries, which the #ants on these unfurling Bracken fern #fiddleheads are visiting

#mutualism #naturephotography #frondfriends #fernfans
Ants visiting nectary on Bracken fern fiddlehead Ant getting sugar reward from nectary on Bracken fern fiddlehead. Two arrows point to each nectary
April 29, 2025 at 2:13 AM
fernfan.bsky.social
I had only ever seen two of these before yesterday! They were obviously very happy to be there #fabulousfungi #naturephotography #mushrooms
watermancenter.bsky.social Waterman Conservation Education Center @watermancenter.bsky.social · Apr 19
So many Scarlet elfcups at Lime Hollow (near Cortland, NY) that we stopped taking pictures! #fungi #mushrooms #fabulousfungi #fungifriends #nature #hiking
Scarlet elfcup Pair of Scarlet elfcups Scarlet elfcups Pretty group of four Scarlet elfcups
April 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
fernfan.bsky.social
We’re at the time of year—finally!—when the ice is melted and you can’t NOT see interesting #wetlands critters❤️
#pondlife #ponds #wildlife #naturephotography #nature #hiking #birds #turtles
watermancenter.bsky.social Waterman Conservation Education Center @watermancenter.bsky.social · Mar 19
Swimming, fishing, flying, and basking life is in full view at Brick Pond in Owego, NY! #muskrats #greatblueheron #paintedturtles #turtles #wetlands #naturephotography #nature
Swimming muskrat at Brick Pond, Owego, NY Great blue heron in the shallow water’s edge at Brick Pond, Owego, NY Great blue heron flying over Brick Pond, Owego, NY A painted turtle climbing back onto its basking log at Brick Pond, Owego, NY
March 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
fernfan.bsky.social
I wish this didn’t apply today
dave-64.bsky.social Dave 🧢💙🔵🐾🐾 @dave-64.bsky.social · Mar 14
Theodor Geisel aka
Dr. Seuss, was the chief editorial cartoonist for a New York newspaper during the Second World War. Drawn over 80 years ago, yet still is relevant today.
March 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
fernfan.bsky.social
So many critters returning to the local #wetlands! This is one of our favorite spots ❤️
#muskratlove #ponds #ducks #wildgeese #beaverlodge
watermancenter.bsky.social Waterman Conservation Education Center @watermancenter.bsky.social · Mar 14
Our 3.5-minute video from last March highlights what you can see at an isolated wetland fully surrounded by a small town (Owego, NY) #ducks #geese #muskrats #wetlands #ponds #nature

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March at Brick Pond
YouTube video by Waterman's STNY Nature
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March 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
fernfan.bsky.social
You know it’s bad when the cartoonist feels like this
joncooper-us.bsky.social Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Mar 2
Cartoon by David Sipress.
March 3, 2025 at 1:16 AM
fernfan.bsky.social
Therapy
March 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
fernfan.bsky.social
Perfect summation
pattonoswalt.bsky.social Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · Feb 28
This scrum of pot-bellied, sunken-chested betas trying to bully an all-black clad badass Eastern European wasteland survivor while dressed like Men’s Wearhouse mannequins is peak cinema.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Feb 28
GLENN: Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.

ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
March 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
fernfan.bsky.social
Please share proudly
#StandWithUkraine
March 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
fernfan.bsky.social
I feel like this is the sea star of #ferns❤️
#frondfriends #hiking #lichens #mosses #gorges
February 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
fernfan.bsky.social
I missed this walk but got to see the photos at least #porcupines #nature #hiking
watermancenter.bsky.social Waterman Conservation Education Center @watermancenter.bsky.social · Feb 14
Porcupines spend a lot of time in the same trees in the winter. Look for chewed-off branches and cashew-shaped scat at the base of a tree—then look up! #nature #porcupines #hiking
Porcupine in tree Porcupine in tree
February 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
fernfan.bsky.social
Our new #fern video is here—enjoy, #fernfriends!
#fernfriday #ferns #fronds #nature
February 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
fernfan.bsky.social
I don’t care that these are common! To me they are some of the ferniest #ferns 😀
January 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
fernfan.bsky.social
We ❤️ winter reds
#winterwalks #nature
watermancenter.bsky.social Waterman Conservation Education Center @watermancenter.bsky.social · Jan 21
A touch of color for a chilly winter day: Winterberry (Ilex verticillata) #holly
#nature #hiking
Winterberry (Ilex verticillata), a kind of holly
January 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
fernfan.bsky.social
The foliose #lichen looks almost turquoise
#fungifriday
#fungi #hiking #nature #moss #fungifriends
watermancenter.bsky.social Waterman Conservation Education Center @watermancenter.bsky.social · Dec 20
A colorful log of Crowded parchment (Stereum complicatum) #fungi, foliose #lichens, and #moss for #fungifriday
#fungifriends
#nature
#forestfloor
Crowded parchment fungi (Stereum complicatum) on a log with moss and foliose lichens
December 21, 2024 at 1:35 AM
fernfan.bsky.social
Hey #fungifriends, anyone know the difference between Daldinia childiae (what iNaturalist came up with) and Daldinia concentrica for this? Seems to be King Alfred’s cakes or coal fungus #fungifriday #mushrooms
King Alfred’s cakes: Daldinia childiae or concentrica
December 20, 2024 at 4:06 PM
fernfan.bsky.social
I love his little feets 🤗 #tardigrades #microscopy #nature
December 17, 2024 at 1:45 PM
fernfan.bsky.social
Happy #mushroommonday, #fungifriends!
December 16, 2024 at 3:13 PM
fernfan.bsky.social
Happy #slimemoldsunday to #fungifriends everywhere!
December 15, 2024 at 2:11 PM
fernfan.bsky.social
Yesterday’s walk in the woods was rich with #lichens, #mosses, interesting #fungi and #ferns #nature #fungifriends
watermancenter.bsky.social Waterman Conservation Education Center @watermancenter.bsky.social · Dec 12
Bristly beard lichen (Usnea hirta) from a chilly winter walk. Because of its sensitivity, it can be used as a biomonitor of air pollution (particularly sulfur dioxide) #lichens #mosses #fungifriends #nature #hiking
Bristly beard lichen (Usnea hirta) growing on a dead tree branch
December 12, 2024 at 5:43 PM