Lauren Harter
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Lauren Harter
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(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 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💙
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
June 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Because who doesn't like pancakes?

Pancake pricklypear, Opuntia chlorotica, from central Arizona

#bloomscrolling #cactus
June 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Why is it so difficult to trust Typhlachirus?

Well, for one thing, eyes are usually the window to the sole.
June 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Post a bug that looks like AI but is actually real.

Saddleback caterpillar moth
#bugs
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
Violet-toothed polypore, because purple #mushrooms
June 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Louisiana turned out today! #NoKings Baton Rouge
June 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A regal Mississippi Kite, daring dragonflies to fly above the treeline 🪶
June 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Fight the Empire.
June 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
My Epiphyllum cactus is blooming 😍 what a beauty to wake up to

#cactus #flower
June 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Our shipment from the Princeton University Press 50% off sale came! 😍 This turned into a reading party, me with ferns, hubby with velvet ants, and child with fossil birds, all sharing interesting stuff every ~1.4 seconds

#books #nature
June 6, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Fewflower milkweed Asclepias lanceolata, a real stunner. #NativePlants #Louisiana #milkweed
June 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I saw a cecropia moth caterpillar for the first time and it was 100% Heimlich from A Bug’s Life #insects #pixar
June 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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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
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
The aftermath of finding every chigger in Louisiana
May 27, 2025 at 10:12 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
May 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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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...
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
My supervisor is really keeping a close eye on me today

#frog #WorkBuddy
May 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I don’t know why it’s called a beggar moth, but it sure is pretty. #moths
May 19, 2025 at 3:54 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
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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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April 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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I rescued a toad and a baby snapping turtle from the pool. I'm not sure they appreciate their new home down by the creek. 🐢🙂🐸
#toads #turtles #critters #nature #photography
May 18, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Fergie advises you to sleep in today

#cats
May 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM