Leah
@parawana.bsky.social
Biologist, naturalist and keen on a lot of things!
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Leah
@parawana.bsky.social
· Jan 26
Oodles of warm, fuzzy feelings seeing so many accounts and people that I got to “know” from my many years being the tweeter for the Victoria Natural History Society! Hi 👋🏽!
It has been a while since I have guffawed out loud watching a film! Listers vacillates between goofiness and incredible footage of birds. Have a watch!
LISTERS: A Glimpse Into Extreme Birdwatching
YouTube video by owen reiser
youtu.be
August 26, 2025 at 5:30 AM
It has been a while since I have guffawed out loud watching a film! Listers vacillates between goofiness and incredible footage of birds. Have a watch!
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#Baturday 🦇:
“Design for a Japanese Window” by W. H. Day (No. 753), from the Belcher Mosaic Glass Co. Catalogue, New York, USA, 1886.
Winterthur Museum Library archive.org/details/cata...
#Bats
“Design for a Japanese Window” by W. H. Day (No. 753), from the Belcher Mosaic Glass Co. Catalogue, New York, USA, 1886.
Winterthur Museum Library archive.org/details/cata...
#Bats
August 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
#Baturday 🦇:
“Design for a Japanese Window” by W. H. Day (No. 753), from the Belcher Mosaic Glass Co. Catalogue, New York, USA, 1886.
Winterthur Museum Library archive.org/details/cata...
#Bats
“Design for a Japanese Window” by W. H. Day (No. 753), from the Belcher Mosaic Glass Co. Catalogue, New York, USA, 1886.
Winterthur Museum Library archive.org/details/cata...
#Bats
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It’s INCOMPLETE time! We had to think hard for this one! As is clear from @nhcooper123.bsky.social ‘s expression in the thumbnail 🤣
m.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q9g...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q9g...
Are there really that many ants in the world? | The 'Perfect' Specimen Ep6
YouTube video by Natural History Museum
m.youtube.com
August 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
It’s INCOMPLETE time! We had to think hard for this one! As is clear from @nhcooper123.bsky.social ‘s expression in the thumbnail 🤣
m.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q9g...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q9g...
If you are ever in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in the spring, look up!! The Swainson’s Hawk migration is amazing to behold and Path 88 Productions are building a story to share to the world! Help them out.
Donate to Support the Cause of "Hawk Watch", organized by Path 88 Productions
WHY THIS CAUSE? The survival of Swainson’s hawks depends on local communities. T… Path 88 Productions needs your support for Support the Cause of "Hawk Watch"
www.gofundme.com
August 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
If you are ever in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in the spring, look up!! The Swainson’s Hawk migration is amazing to behold and Path 88 Productions are building a story to share to the world! Help them out.
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Im glad it wasn’t any worse. 🔥
I also hope the osprey was able to retrieve its barbecue. 🐟 🦅
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
I also hope the osprey was able to retrieve its barbecue. 🐟 🦅
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Osprey drops fish onto powerline, causing fire in Ashcroft, B.C.
Firefighters blamed “fowl play” on a landscape fire that burned a large patch of grass just outside the village of Ashcroft, B.C.
www.ctvnews.ca
August 1, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Im glad it wasn’t any worse. 🔥
I also hope the osprey was able to retrieve its barbecue. 🐟 🦅
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
I also hope the osprey was able to retrieve its barbecue. 🐟 🦅
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Who knew I wanted to go to Tokyo, specifically Shinjuku?! An entomological bar, so cool.
Entomologist flying high with insect-themed bar in Shinjuku | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
July 20, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Who knew I wanted to go to Tokyo, specifically Shinjuku?! An entomological bar, so cool.
I’ve lost count how many times I’ve seen the Bills (or Bill Hilly Band) Love love them and they are at Butchart Gardens tomorrow night (17 July) yay!! youtu.be/RvHDlEZphJs?...
Celebrating 25 years as a band (2022)
YouTube video by thebillsplaymusic
youtu.be
July 17, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I’ve lost count how many times I’ve seen the Bills (or Bill Hilly Band) Love love them and they are at Butchart Gardens tomorrow night (17 July) yay!! youtu.be/RvHDlEZphJs?...
Apparently it was a day for bathing.
July 6, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Apparently it was a day for bathing.
I had no idea!!? Very excited to photograph this “Frog-biting Mosquito” near Victoria and get it on @inaturalist.bsky.social
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Northern Frog-biting Mosquito (Culex territans)
Northern Frog-biting Mosquito from Goward Rd, Saanich, BC, CA on May 27, 2025 at 12:41 PM by Leah Ramsay
www.inaturalist.org
May 31, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I had no idea!!? Very excited to photograph this “Frog-biting Mosquito” near Victoria and get it on @inaturalist.bsky.social
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
I am in awe- this darner is a hooked rug! My sister, Connie Johnson is just finishing it off (edging).
#invertfest #sciart #hooking
#invertfest #sciart #hooking
April 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I am in awe- this darner is a hooked rug! My sister, Connie Johnson is just finishing it off (edging).
#invertfest #sciart #hooking
#invertfest #sciart #hooking
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Job alert- Curator of #Entomology at National Museums Northern Ireland with great colleagues and collections ce0568li.webitrent.com/ce0568li_web...
Job profile
ce0568li.webitrent.com
April 18, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Job alert- Curator of #Entomology at National Museums Northern Ireland with great colleagues and collections ce0568li.webitrent.com/ce0568li_web...
You mean where my marbles are stored!?
Anyone posted their deep purple Crown Royale bag yet..? 😁
April 12, 2025 at 2:33 AM
You mean where my marbles are stored!?
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Losing the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) would be an act of monumental neglect.
I made a video about what’s at risk, and how orgs like @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social and the American Alliance of Museums need us to help advocate for these critical places.
youtu.be/fYLC-KWy-Ks?...
I made a video about what’s at risk, and how orgs like @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social and the American Alliance of Museums need us to help advocate for these critical places.
youtu.be/fYLC-KWy-Ks?...
Trump is gutting museums and libraries.
YouTube video by thebrainscoop
youtu.be
April 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Losing the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) would be an act of monumental neglect.
I made a video about what’s at risk, and how orgs like @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social and the American Alliance of Museums need us to help advocate for these critical places.
youtu.be/fYLC-KWy-Ks?...
I made a video about what’s at risk, and how orgs like @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social and the American Alliance of Museums need us to help advocate for these critical places.
youtu.be/fYLC-KWy-Ks?...
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To my Canadian colleagues: you should know that a key component of what the US is doing right now involves purging scientists & research programs for ideological impurity & (illegally) reclaiming their funds.
If you don’t want a repeat of what happened down south here in Canada, PP is not your guy
If you don’t want a repeat of what happened down south here in Canada, PP is not your guy
“I think this is the first time a Cdn poli has crossed that line to officially say they want to interfere to control research topics. It could be a very terrible time for us.” Sound familiar?
In Cdn election, Poilievre vows to end ’woke ideology’ in science funding www.science.org/content/arti...
In Cdn election, Poilievre vows to end ’woke ideology’ in science funding www.science.org/content/arti...
In Canadian election, top Conservative candidate vows to end ’woke ideology’ in science funding
Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party is trying to topple Liberal government in 28 April election
www.science.org
April 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
To my Canadian colleagues: you should know that a key component of what the US is doing right now involves purging scientists & research programs for ideological impurity & (illegally) reclaiming their funds.
If you don’t want a repeat of what happened down south here in Canada, PP is not your guy
If you don’t want a repeat of what happened down south here in Canada, PP is not your guy
So so so fun. Disco Snails for all!!
This is EXACTLY what I needed today. Disco Snails! 🐌🪩🕺🐌🪩 www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAZB...
Vulfmon & Zachary Barker - Disco Snails (Official Video)
YouTube video by Vulf
www.youtube.com
April 10, 2025 at 12:44 AM
So so so fun. Disco Snails for all!!
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DYK that the SeaTube lets you watch and search underwater videos recorded by remotely operated vehicles and seafloor cameras? There is some fabulous footage of coral forests on the Bowie Seamount. Image is example from Ocean Networks Canada SeaTube website data.oceannetworks.ca/SeaTube
April 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
DYK that the SeaTube lets you watch and search underwater videos recorded by remotely operated vehicles and seafloor cameras? There is some fabulous footage of coral forests on the Bowie Seamount. Image is example from Ocean Networks Canada SeaTube website data.oceannetworks.ca/SeaTube
Tried another @hollyfrey.bsky.social Killer Cocktail! All in the name of prepping for a week of cocktail loving artists, I’m working my way through art heists. “BFF” was very calming and a much easier story to tell than “Tami’s Lament”!
April 6, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Tried another @hollyfrey.bsky.social Killer Cocktail! All in the name of prepping for a week of cocktail loving artists, I’m working my way through art heists. “BFF” was very calming and a much easier story to tell than “Tami’s Lament”!
April 6, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Thanks to the CRD for adding information and sort of barriers for keeping people from trampling the Viola primorsa at Bear Hill Regional Park.
April 6, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Thanks to the CRD for adding information and sort of barriers for keeping people from trampling the Viola primorsa at Bear Hill Regional Park.
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YOU DID IT! 517 acres of rare grasslands near Juniper Ridge has been protected forever, thanks to an extraordinary community effort.
April 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
YOU DID IT! 517 acres of rare grasslands near Juniper Ridge has been protected forever, thanks to an extraordinary community effort.
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March 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Pipit wants to know 1) who are you to judge? 2) what fun have you had this Saturday morning? and 3) Can I come roll on your carpet?
#corgi #corgicrew
#corgi #corgicrew
March 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Pipit wants to know 1) who are you to judge? 2) what fun have you had this Saturday morning? and 3) Can I come roll on your carpet?
#corgi #corgicrew
#corgi #corgicrew
Triple-dipple dare anyone to just read this without 1) singing it and 2) giggling out loud!!
Buddy, you're a bug, make a bug noise
Playing in the leaves, gonna be a bug man someday
You got mud on your face, carapace
Rolling your dung all over the place
Weevil, weevil, rock you!
Weevil, weevil, rock you!
Playing in the leaves, gonna be a bug man someday
You got mud on your face, carapace
Rolling your dung all over the place
Weevil, weevil, rock you!
Weevil, weevil, rock you!
⭐Weevil, Weevil, Rock You!⭐
A musical tribute to our beloved Curculionids who lately made it into the mainstream!
Now available as prints and other merch in my print shop!
LindZeamays.com/printshop
(link in bio)
Where no crawly is creepy
LindZeamays Illustration
LindZeamays.com
🐡🪲🕷️🌱🎨
A musical tribute to our beloved Curculionids who lately made it into the mainstream!
Now available as prints and other merch in my print shop!
LindZeamays.com/printshop
(link in bio)
Where no crawly is creepy
LindZeamays Illustration
LindZeamays.com
🐡🪲🕷️🌱🎨
March 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Triple-dipple dare anyone to just read this without 1) singing it and 2) giggling out loud!!