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Fernfan
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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!)
Now THIS is how to decorate for Halloween! Hope he has lots of cameras trained on his amazing display❤️👏👍
This is amazing. And it’s truly the stuff of nightmares.
October 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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
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
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
June 15, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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
May 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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
May 3, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I wasn’t that interested in Bracken #ferns before, but they turn out to be very cool when they’re #fiddleheads
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
April 29, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I had only ever seen two of these before yesterday! They were obviously very happy to be there #fabulousfungi #naturephotography #mushrooms
So many Scarlet elfcups at Lime Hollow (near Cortland, NY) that we stopped taking pictures! #fungi #mushrooms #fabulousfungi #fungifriends #nature #hiking
April 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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
Swimming, fishing, flying, and basking life is in full view at Brick Pond in Owego, NY! #muskrats #greatblueheron #paintedturtles #turtles #wetlands #naturephotography #nature
March 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I wish this didn’t apply today
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
So many critters returning to the local #wetlands! This is one of our favorite spots ❤️
#muskratlove #ponds #ducks #wildgeese #beaverlodge
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
You know it’s bad when the cartoonist feels like this
Cartoon by David Sipress.
March 3, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Therapy
March 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Perfect summation
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.
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
Please share proudly
#StandWithUkraine
March 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I feel like this is the sea star of #ferns❤️
#frondfriends #hiking #lichens #mosses #gorges
February 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I missed this walk but got to see the photos at least #porcupines #nature #hiking
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
February 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Our new #fern video is here—enjoy, #fernfriends!
#fernfriday #ferns #fronds #nature
February 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I don’t care that these are common! To me they are some of the ferniest #ferns 😀
January 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
We ❤️ winter reds
#winterwalks #nature
A touch of color for a chilly winter day: Winterberry (Ilex verticillata) #holly
#nature #hiking
January 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The foliose #lichen looks almost turquoise
#fungifriday
#fungi #hiking #nature #moss #fungifriends
A colorful log of Crowded parchment (Stereum complicatum) #fungi, foliose #lichens, and #moss for #fungifriday
#fungifriends
#nature
#forestfloor
December 21, 2024 at 1:35 AM
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
December 20, 2024 at 4:06 PM
I love his little feets 🤗 #tardigrades #microscopy #nature
December 17, 2024 at 1:45 PM
December 16, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Happy #slimemoldsunday to #fungifriends everywhere!
December 15, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Yesterday’s walk in the woods was rich with #lichens, #mosses, interesting #fungi and #ferns #nature #fungifriends
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
December 12, 2024 at 5:43 PM