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Hitomi Sonnet
@tiaraofosprey.bsky.social
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Environmental advocate & conservationist: Birds, Bats, Butterflies. Urban Beekeeper🐝 Protect #Biodiversity #BeatPlasticPollution #ActOnClimate! Love💕 Osprey, Travel & Photography
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tiaraofosprey.bsky.social
Three rare white-tailed eagles have gone missing across the UK - Police investigating. Satellite tags were reportedly cut off, raising serious concerns about illegal interference & the future of efforts to restore this once-extinct species. 🦅💔 #birds
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Police investigate after white-tailed eagles go missing across UK
Conservationists appeal to public for help after rare birds disappear in suspicious circumstances
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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birderk.bsky.social
Wisdom is grandma!! Read on to learn more! #birds #albatross
friendsofmidway.bsky.social Friends Of Midway Atoll (FOMA) @friendsofmidway.bsky.social · 5d
Wisdom’s legacy continues: Her 2011 chick N333 observed incubating own egg on Dec 6. #Birds

USFWS/FOMA ace Dan Rapp shows N333 nesting—possible through decades of banding & monitoring;
full history in comments.
Help sustain conservation & research.
friendsofmidway.org/double-your-...
December 16, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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davidho.bsky.social
Some good news.

“A wild beaver has been spotted in Norfolk for the first time since beavers were hunted to extinction in England at the beginning of the 16th century.”
‘No one knows where it came from’: first wild beaver spotted in Norfolk for 400 years
Cameras capture lone creature collecting materials for its lodge in riverside nature reserve
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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race2extinct.bsky.social
Most extinctions today are ‘dark extinctions’….species that vanish before they’re described, monitored, or counted.
No database can record what was never discovered.

Biology is not accounting, and absence of paperwork is not absence of extinction.
news.arizona.edu/news/extinct...
Extinction rates have slowed across many plant and animal groups, study shows
The first analysis of recent extinctions across plants and animals finds that, contrary to previous studies, the rate at which many groups of organisms have gone extinct has declined over the last 100...
news.arizona.edu
December 7, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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friendsofmidway.bsky.social
Wisdom’s mate joins
her!
🎼 #Reunited
USFWS staff spotted band EX25 on 11/25. No, he has not been named; we await that news.
So far we have a few photos and we'll share more as we receive them.
Here's to a successful egg laying and hatching season for these two!

Photos by Chris Forster.
#Birds
November 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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friendsofmidway.bsky.social
#Wisdom is back!
The world’s oldest known living banded bird, Mōlī (Laysan albatross) queen, has returned to Kuailhelani (Midway Atoll). #Birds
November 20, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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debjeffrey.bsky.social
Can you say "Overjoyed"? What a #bird She makes my heart soar!
According to USFWS Midway Atoll NWR (11/19/25 @ 2:15 pm CST.
“WISDOM: the queen returns” 😎
At an approximate age of 75, Wisdom the albatross returned this week to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge for the 2025/26 nesting season.
Pictures of Wisdom. According to USFWS Midway Atoll NWR (11/19/25 @ 2:15 pm CST. “WISDOM: the queen returns” At an approximate age of 75, Wisdom the albatross returned this week to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge for the 2025/26 nesting season.
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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evolvwing.bsky.social
🚨New paper! 🚨
@jasminealqassar.bsky.social led this work on the silk glands of the pantry moth.

These two long tubes inside the caterpillar continuously make a ton of silk
How does this special organ work?

www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
@cp-iscience.bsky.social

🧵THREAD🧵
November 16, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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andreuescriva.bsky.social
Lo del precio de los huevos es lo de menos. Qué desastre, qué horror.

La gripe aviar arrasa la mayor población de elefantes marinos del mundo: la mitad de las hembras ha desaparecido - elpais.com/ciencia/2025...
La gripe aviar arrasa la mayor población de elefantes marinos del mundo: la mitad de las hembras ha desaparecido
El Servicio Antártico Británico calcula que faltan más de 50.000 ejemplares en las playas, tras el repentino salto del virus desde las aves: “Es estremecedor”
elpais.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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wadertales.bsky.social
Longevity record!
Last night, @washwader.bsky.social recaught this Black-tailed Godwit, first caught and ringed 29 years ago.
The metal ring was wearing thin (and was replaced) but the bird is still going strong.
Blog about longevity of waders:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/w...
#ornithology
November 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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race2extinct.bsky.social
Genetic diversity is nature’s insurance policy. Snow leopards have almost none left. As the planet changes, evolution has no time to bail them out. Extinction isn’t a question of if, but when.

abcnews.go.com/US/survival-...
Survival of snow leopard populations 'precarious,' researchers say. Here's why
Survival of snow leopard populations could be "precarious" in the future due to the way the elusive mountain cats have evolved, scientists recently discovered.
abcnews.go.com
October 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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jonathanslaght.com
super cool study found human artifacts in Bearded vulture nests, incl. "weaponry like a crossbow bolt and wooden lance, decorated sheep leather, and parts of a slingshot....a shoe made from twigs and grass is ~675-years-old." link to paper: doi.org/10.1002/ecy..... www.popsci.com/environment/... 🧪🌍🦉
Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts
Crossbow bolts, sandals, slingshots, and more.
www.popsci.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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birderk.bsky.social
Birds be moving tonight! Over 300 million in the air right now!!
#birds #fall #migration
NEXRAD radar map showing birds and weather. BirdCast map showing 340.9 million birds in flight at 12:20am EDT on September 1, 2025.
September 1, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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davidho.bsky.social
The decline of osprey populations in the Chesapeake Bay is attributed to overfishing of menhaden, a key food source for the birds. But capitalists dispute that this is the cause, because menhaden is commercially valuable for fish oil, fish meal, agricultural feed, and as bait.
Osprey came back from the brink once. Now chicks are dying in nests, and some blame overfishing
The osprey is in decline in one of its key territories and some scientists blame overfishing of menhaden, an important food for the birds.
apnews.com
July 13, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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albertabats.bsky.social
🦇 #HappyBaturday! Once common, Little Brown Myotis in parts of their range, populations have dropped 90–95% due to white-nose syndrome. Bats with WNS have been found in Alberta. Recovery is slow, but bat houses can help! Get free plans & tips here: www.albertabats.ca/bathouses
#BatsNeedFriends
Image of a Little Brown Myotis on a branch. The bat has glossy brown fur on its back and lighter fur on the belly. Face, ears and wings are a dark brown. Text reads - Happy Baturday with a graphic of a bat in white. Logo Alberta Community Bat Program - WCS Canada albertabats.ca Image of bat by Jason Headley
July 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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davidho.bsky.social
If you think climate change has gotten worse during your lifetime, you're right and there's a good reason.

If you're Gen X like me, more than 3/4 of fossil fuel CO₂ emissions have occurred in your lifetime. Even if you're a Millennial, it's at least half.

📊: @neilrkaye.bsky.social
A horizontal bar chart titled "Percentage of Global fossil fuel emissions (since 1751) occurring in my lifetime." The chart shows how much of the total historical global fossil fuel emissions have occurred within the lifetime of individuals of different ages, from 5 to 100 years old. The vertical axis on the left lists ages in increments of 5 years, from age 5 at the top to age 100 at the bottom. The horizontal axis represents the percentage of fossil fuel emissions, marked in 10% increments from 10% to 90%. The black bars represent the proportion of fossil fuel emissions that have occurred during each age group's lifetime. The bars increase in length as the age increases, meaning older individuals have lived through a larger percentage of the cumulative emissions since 1751. Three specific age groups are highlighted with red bars and white text annotations: Age 30: "if you are 30 it is more than 50%" Age 50: "if you are 50 it is about 75%" Age 85: "if you are 85 it is about 90%" The source of the data is cited at the bottom: "CDIAC and globalcarbonproject.org." The graphic is credited to "@neilrkaye."
June 10, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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birderk.bsky.social
Tonight’s migration is a bit split by a front/storm system, but pretty heavy where it’s happening. Now is the popular time for birders to hit hotspots along the gulf.
#birds #spring #migration
BirdCast map showing approximately 165.6 million birds in flight at 12:00am EDT on April 20, 2025. NEXRAD radar reflectivity map showing birds and weather.
April 20, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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birderk.bsky.social
That’s a little more like it. East is still down, but the central river tonight is wider than it has been. Several hot spots throughout that corridor, too.
#birds #spring #migration 
BirdCast map showing approximately 175.3 million birds in flight at 12:30am EDT. NEXRAD radar reflectivity map showing birds and weather.
April 13, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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banditelli.org
Big turtle news: a sea turtle has been spotted in a river in Long Beach again. You can read about how they got there last time. laist.com/news/climate...
At Last, Some Good Wildlife News: Green Sea Turtles Are Thriving In The San Gabriel River
They were all but extinct. Now there are so many that scientists need your help tracking and studying them as they spread upriver.
laist.com
April 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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malachy.bsky.social
A Mars bar wrapper promoting the 1994 World Cup. A McChicken box from 1996.

One Bird Nest, 30 Years of Human Trash By @emilyanthes.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
One Bird Nest, 30 Years of Human Trash (Gift Article)
A coot’s nest reveals that what humans throw away doesn’t really go away.
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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unpopularscience.bsky.social
Obviously, colony collapses in bee farms impact agriculture.

However, native bees are 2-3X more effective as pollinators than honeybees.

Remember that media cycles on bee declines are driven by agribusiness interests.

The truth is far worse and hardly reported.

www.vox.com/down-to-eart...
Honey bees are not in peril. These bees are.
Want to save the bees? First, throw out most of what you know about them.
www.vox.com
April 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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tomkimmerer.bsky.social
"It’s a wonderful feeling to be surrounded by more trees than people." - Yo Yo Ma.

Antonio Stradivarius made Yo Yo Ma's cello* in 1712 using spruce from the Val di Fiemme forest in Italy. This important tonewood forest is now threatened by climate change.

*not the cello in the picture.
The Val di Fiemme spruce forest in Italy, north of Cremona. Tall, straight trees stand above bright green ground cover illuminated by the morning sun. A man stands in a distant clearing. Yo Yo Ma looking up at the sky with a satisfied, concentrated look on his face, playing a reddish cello. Behind him are trees and green ground cover illuminated by a late-day sun. Source: YoYoMa.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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climatologist49.bsky.social
Heard Island and McDonald Islands have seen a dramatic warming since 1940. The penguins there have enough to deal with even without the 10% tariffs just imposed on them.
April 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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arctomet.bsky.social
‘Uniquely human’ language capacity found in bonobos | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
‘Uniquely human’ language capacity found in bonobos
Study is the first to show an animal combining different calls to make new meanings
www.science.org
April 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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emeraldashborer.bsky.social
A recent study from Penn State University showed that several native and naturalized predators could be used to control invasive Spotted Lanternfly populations!🌎🧪🍁

Read more here: www.psu.edu/news/agricul...

#InvasiveSpecies #Entomology #Ecology
Natural insect predators may serve as allies in spotted lanternfly battle | Penn State University
Insect predators found in the U.S. could help keep spotted lanternfly populations in check while potentially reducing reliance on chemical control methods, according to a new study conducted by resear...
www.psu.edu
April 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM