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tarichatgirl.bsky.social
Nicole Barys
@tarichatgirl.bsky.social
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Wildland fire practitioner - SRB(t)🔥
Herper and naturalist🐍🌲
Ecologist🌎
She/her 🏳️‍⚧️
MDNI 🔞
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kaletreeshop.bsky.social
Western Toad about in the rain 🌧️🌧️🌧️

Anaxyrus boreas

#toad #westerntoad #Anaxyrusboreas #herps
#Amphibians #nature #naturephotography #rain
November 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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somuchpingle.bsky.social
I like BlueSky, but there’s some work involved. 40+ fake accounts followed me today so I’ve been PHOOMing like a mfer. Goodbye, doomsday preppers and MAGA cryptocurrency-ers, so long bots barfing AI word salad. Adieu, Danica Patrick! 🤡 And good night to all you good people out there.
smoothdunk2.bsky.social Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · Jan 15
a comic about blocking
A 4 panel comic The first two panels are titled “Blocking someone on Twitter” Panel 1: Blue guy holding a door open. Red guy stands in the doorway Panel 2: Blue guy slams door on Red guy, however the door has large glass panels, so Red Guy can still keep watching Blue guy like an absolute pervert. The second two panels are titled “Blocking someone on Bluesky” Panel 3: The Blue guy is reaching down and picking up a large piece of machinery. The red guy watches him. Panel 4: The large piece of machinery is revealed to be a shoulder mounted nuclear cannon. Blue Guy uses the cannon to blast Red guy completely out of existence.
October 29, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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pikat.io
the children yearn for electro swing
October 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
tarichatgirl.bsky.social
In-situ of the smallest little rough skinned newt (Taricha granulosa) that was seen crawling over rocks on the banks of a creek.

#herps #naturephotography #fieldherping #wildlife #amphibians
A baby rough skinned newt is crawling over wet rocks along the bank of a creek. Fallen orange and brown big leaf maple leaves are scattered around.
October 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
tarichatgirl.bsky.social
A while since I last posted. Life's been crazy and I've been working to figure a lot of things out, as any well adjusted person might imagine. I got out the other day for some non-work herping and found a beautiful adult Salish garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis pickeringii).

#herps
An adult Salish garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis pickeringii) sits coiled, facing photo left. Red dots can be seen running along the snake, indicative of the regions interbreeding with Oregon red spotted garters and valley garters, as you move south away from the Salish Sea / Nisqually land.
October 24, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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cre8ivenaturalist.bsky.social
“Simus Slide”
Acrylic on canvas 16x12
#art #painting #hognosesnake #herpart #acrylic #nature
August 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
tarichatgirl.bsky.social
A great basin gopher snake (Pituophis catenifer deserticola) found in the Alvord Desert.

#herps #fieldherping #naturephotography
A great basin gopher snake sits coiled at the base of a small tree.
July 20, 2025 at 2:21 AM
tarichatgirl.bsky.social
A desert short horned lizard (Phrynosoma platyrhinos) from southeastern Oregon a few weeks ago, sitting and sunning on a rock.

#herps #fieldherping #naturephotography
A desert short horned lizard sitting in the sun, on a rock.
July 7, 2025 at 12:37 AM
tarichatgirl.bsky.social
Tahoma, as seen from an alpine lake, last summer.

#naturephotography #outdoors
Tahoma, otherwise known as Mount Rainier, rises above the Douglas Firs growing around an alpine lake
July 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
tarichatgirl.bsky.social
Another great basin collard lizard (Crotaphytus bicinctores) from a few weeks ago, this time found basking atop a rock in the Alvord Desert in southern Oregon.

#herps #fieldherping #naturephotography
A collard lizard sits atop a rock, catching some morning sunshine.
July 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
tarichatgirl.bsky.social
A long-nosed leopard lizard (Gambelia wislizenii) found alongside a road in the Alvord Desert the other week.

#herps #fieldherping #naturephotography
A female long-nosed leopard lizard with orange spots along her otherwise tan and yellow body, sits on a bed of desert sand.
July 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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tearsofthefallen.bsky.social
For those doing DIY HRT in the US. I just was shown this from a friend and it looks like DIY HRT is about to be under attack from the DOJ. The beginning of page 3 is where it is in this memo.

www.justice.gov/civil/media/...
June 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
tarichatgirl.bsky.social
A ground snake (Sonora semiannulata) flipped in the evening down in northern Nevada.

#herps #fieldherping #naturephotography
A ground snake sits loosely coiled on a granite rock. Orange spots and black bands cover the length of the back.
June 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
tarichatgirl.bsky.social
A great basin gopher snake (Pituophis catenifer deserticola) sheltering from predators under the shade of a creosote bush, somewhere in the Blackrock Desert.

#herps #fieldherping #naturephotography
A great basin gopher snake sits coiled in the shade of creosote bush
June 29, 2025 at 2:52 AM
tarichatgirl.bsky.social
A great basin collard lizard (Crotaphytus bicinctores) defends their rock from a big nasty human. This lizard was flipped under a rock while looking for ground snakes

#herps #fieldherping #naturephotography
A great basin collard lizard sits atop a rock, mouth agape, ready to lunge at the herper taking photos of them.
June 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
tarichatgirl.bsky.social
Milkshakes and gopher snakes with @wildwallacephoto.bsky.social in the Alvord Desert earlier this week
June 28, 2025 at 4:12 AM
tarichatgirl.bsky.social
A young north pacific rattlesnake found in the wake of birthing/hatching season in eastern Washington. Despite colder than average temperatures, there was a huge movement event with baby rattlesnakes and gopher snakes, about a month ago, in a rather concentrated area.

#herps
A baby north pacific rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus) sits coiled on some sand and rocks. The purpleish tongue is flicking out of the snake's mouth.
June 26, 2025 at 1:56 AM
tarichatgirl.bsky.social
Another Northwestern garter snake, this time extremely orange

#herps #naturephotography
A bright vibrant orange garter snake sits coiled on a big leaf maple leaf, with its neck extended.
June 26, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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relentlesspursuit.bsky.social
There is no such thing as an overreaction with what has now happened. This is the line in the sand.

Every red hat who supports killing Americans is a traitor.
The road to fascism is lined with people telling you to stop over reacting
June 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
tarichatgirl.bsky.social
I love seeing stuff like this from Florida. It gives me hope that maybe one day I'll feel safe to visit friends and family again.
miles-hentrup.bsky.social Miles Hentrup @miles-hentrup.bsky.social · Jun 14
This morning in Fort Myers, FL #NoKings
June 15, 2025 at 1:16 AM
tarichatgirl.bsky.social
Sky is gay. If you go outside you'll turn gay. Good luck homophobes, you'll need it. Happy pride month.

#pride
A rainbow ring encircles the sun from beneat the sun in frame. Smoke fades out the sky to a pale blue smokey color. Douglas fir and pine trees reach towards the sky from the bottom of frame.
June 12, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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juliaserano.bsky.social
better yet, consider unsubscribing from HBO/Max the week before her show comes out (& if you rejoin, wait until the HP season is over). it's not enough to *not* watch it – HBO needs to know it will hurt their bottom line if they continue producing it
junlper.beer onion person @junlper.beer · Jun 2
if you care about trans people, do not watch the new jk rowling show. don’t even hate watch it or you will be funding this new intentionally transphobic organization. we cannot allow hateful people take away more of our rights
June 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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serenariel.bsky.social
Happy Pride 🏳️‍🌈 #ffxiv
A person commenting saying “I like your gay pride shirt”. The shirt is a black tee with the final fantasy XIV logo
June 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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mikemelton.bsky.social
Incredible, Tim!
timdesousa.bsky.social Tim de Sousa @timdesousa.bsky.social · May 31
It happened again, Mike. Saw your photo of this good boy and had to paint him. It’s called ‘I’m only happy when it rains’.
A watercolour painting of a Resplendent Quetzal, from a reference photo by Mike Melton.
May 31, 2025 at 11:55 AM