Lauren Harter
@lbharter.bsky.social
(Mostly) desert #bird biologist and all-around bird nerd. ⚽️ fan, gardener, organism enthusiast, houseplant mom, cat mom, actual human mom. Not in that order.
Opinions my own 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈💙
Opinions my own 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈💙
Time for new house rules: whoever gets the bay leaf has to make the next pot of gumbo
December 31, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Time for new house rules: whoever gets the bay leaf has to make the next pot of gumbo
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I started getting reports of an unseasonal Joshua tree bloom in the last few weeks, and looking over records on @inaturalist.bsky.social it's pretty widespread! So we're putting out the call for folks to record this "bonus bloom" and help us study it 🌿
lab.jbyoder.org/2025/12/10/w...
lab.jbyoder.org/2025/12/10/w...
Weird wet weather has Joshua trees flowering early — or late? Help the Yoder Lab map this “bonus bloom” to understand why
A flowering tree in Yucca Valley, CA, observed by iNaturalist contributor wanderingmojave on December 9. A tree with lots of flowers in Tehachapi, CA, observed by iNaturalist contributor tina9294 o…
lab.jbyoder.org
December 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I started getting reports of an unseasonal Joshua tree bloom in the last few weeks, and looking over records on @inaturalist.bsky.social it's pretty widespread! So we're putting out the call for folks to record this "bonus bloom" and help us study it 🌿
lab.jbyoder.org/2025/12/10/w...
lab.jbyoder.org/2025/12/10/w...
My 7000th observation on iNaturalist! I love iNat for encouraging me to pay attention to all the organisms, not just the feathered ones. Feathers are good too though. 🪶
#inaturalist
#inaturalist
June 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
My 7000th observation on iNaturalist! I love iNat for encouraging me to pay attention to all the organisms, not just the feathered ones. Feathers are good too though. 🪶
#inaturalist
#inaturalist
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#NoKingsProtest: Baton Rouge, LA @indivisbatonrouge.bsky.social @indivisible.org @velshimsnbc.bsky.social @msnbc.com @theweekendprime.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com @jenpsaki.msnbc.com @democratswin.bsky.social @occupydemocrats.bsky.social @theguardian.com @theatlantic.com
June 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
#NoKingsProtest: Baton Rouge, LA @indivisbatonrouge.bsky.social @indivisible.org @velshimsnbc.bsky.social @msnbc.com @theweekendprime.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com @jenpsaki.msnbc.com @democratswin.bsky.social @occupydemocrats.bsky.social @theguardian.com @theatlantic.com
Because who doesn't like pancakes?
Pancake pricklypear, Opuntia chlorotica, from central Arizona
#bloomscrolling #cactus
Pancake pricklypear, Opuntia chlorotica, from central Arizona
#bloomscrolling #cactus
June 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Because who doesn't like pancakes?
Pancake pricklypear, Opuntia chlorotica, from central Arizona
#bloomscrolling #cactus
Pancake pricklypear, Opuntia chlorotica, from central Arizona
#bloomscrolling #cactus
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Why is it so difficult to trust Typhlachirus?
Well, for one thing, eyes are usually the window to the sole.
Well, for one thing, eyes are usually the window to the sole.
June 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Why is it so difficult to trust Typhlachirus?
Well, for one thing, eyes are usually the window to the sole.
Well, for one thing, eyes are usually the window to the sole.
June 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This giant walkingstick looked like a zoo exhibit, just chilling on a dwarf palmetto outside Baton Rouge Louisiana. According to Wikipedia, the largest #insect in North America!
June 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This giant walkingstick looked like a zoo exhibit, just chilling on a dwarf palmetto outside Baton Rouge Louisiana. According to Wikipedia, the largest #insect in North America!
Violet-toothed polypore, because purple #mushrooms
June 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Violet-toothed polypore, because purple #mushrooms
A regal Mississippi Kite, daring dragonflies to fly above the treeline 🪶
June 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A regal Mississippi Kite, daring dragonflies to fly above the treeline 🪶
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Fight the Empire.
June 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Fight the Empire.
June 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
June 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Gov. Tim Walz is doubling down on trans rights — and criticizing members of his party who are retreating — at a time when the issue has become a political lightning rod nationally and back home in Minnesota.
Gov. Tim Walz backs transgender kids as Democrats grapple with debate over sports bans
The Minnesota Democrat has been critical of other members of his party who are retreating at a time when the issue has become a political lightning rod nationally and in Minnesota.
www.startribune.com
June 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Gov. Tim Walz is doubling down on trans rights — and criticizing members of his party who are retreating — at a time when the issue has become a political lightning rod nationally and back home in Minnesota.
Spent a lovely morning botanizing at Abita Creek Flatwoods Preserve and especially enjoyed the carnivorous plants. Here are two sundew species! #plants #naturalist
June 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Spent a lovely morning botanizing at Abita Creek Flatwoods Preserve and especially enjoyed the carnivorous plants. Here are two sundew species! #plants #naturalist
The aftermath of finding every chigger in Louisiana
May 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The aftermath of finding every chigger in Louisiana
Went for a hike at a local park yesterday, in part searching for dwarf sundew. It wasn’t easy but we found them! Hands and knees botanizing 🌱 #plants #naturalist
May 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Went for a hike at a local park yesterday, in part searching for dwarf sundew. It wasn’t easy but we found them! Hands and knees botanizing 🌱 #plants #naturalist
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The Trump administration just dropped an executive order, "Restoring Gold Standard Science" and there's lots to unpack. This EO reveals more about how the Administration will approach scientific integrity and science in regulatory contexts. Some initial thoughts. 🧵
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Restoring Gold Standard Science
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title 5, United
www.whitehouse.gov
May 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The Trump administration just dropped an executive order, "Restoring Gold Standard Science" and there's lots to unpack. This EO reveals more about how the Administration will approach scientific integrity and science in regulatory contexts. Some initial thoughts. 🧵
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
May 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Insights from a decade of using the Motus network to track boreal bird species from Observatoire d'oiseaux de Tadoussac, Québec to temperate and tropical wintering grounds | journal.afonet.org/v... | Journal of Field Ornithology | #ornithology 🪶
May 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Insights from a decade of using the Motus network to track boreal bird species from Observatoire d'oiseaux de Tadoussac, Québec to temperate and tropical wintering grounds | journal.afonet.org/v... | Journal of Field Ornithology | #ornithology 🪶
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Through decades of monitoring we have learned that the upper El Dorado and Piute valleys in far southern #Nevada are a stronghold for Bendire’s Thrashers in NV and LeConte’s Thrashers in the world.
#desertthrashers #conservation #birds
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#desertthrashers #conservation #birds
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April 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Through decades of monitoring we have learned that the upper El Dorado and Piute valleys in far southern #Nevada are a stronghold for Bendire’s Thrashers in NV and LeConte’s Thrashers in the world.
#desertthrashers #conservation #birds
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#desertthrashers #conservation #birds
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