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Carol Beasley
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Retired from health care quality organization. Conservation volunteer, native plant enthusiast, birdwatcher, childless cat lady (and Democrat, of course).
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#birdoftheday #short #birds 🪶
Can you believe this little fella with the stubby beak (and tail) is a woodpecker? One of the smallest—Olivaceous piculet. Costa Rica, March 2025.
Can you believe this little fella with the stubby beak is a woodpecker? One of the smallest—Olivaceous piculet. Costa Rica, March 2025.
January 16, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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#TwoSpecies, #TwosDay, #Birds 🪶
A Great Kiskadee dive bombs a Yellow-Headed Caracara. Costa Rica 3/2025
A Great Kiskadee dive bombs a Yellow-Headed Caracara. Costa Rica 3/2025
January 14, 2026 at 1:50 AM
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In honor of #speckles&spots day, red tailed hawk enjoying the sunbeams on a cold morning. Cambridge MA. #birds 🪶
View of a red tailed hawk sitting on a tree branch showing spotted breast feathers.
January 5, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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Preening Red-tailed Hawk, Cambridge MA
Preening Red-tailed Hawk, Cambridge MA.
December 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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It remains a mystery how the @nytimes.com comes up with its headlines. Today’s lead editorial had a headline so inane (and ungrammatical) I nearly skipped it. The actual piece has a much better headline and some punch. Why do they play the fool?…
Trumps Means Business. So Should We. Fight Like Our Democracy Depends on It.
May 1, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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#handsoff Boston. Too many marchers to fit on City Hall Plaza. All kind, patient, and determined!
April 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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April 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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@nytimes.com, will you never stop being a journalistic embarrassment?
April 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Little can take on big with enough guts and determination. Great Kiskadee has Yellow-headed Caracara backing off. A good lesson for our times? 🪶
#birds
#birdingCostaRica
A Great Kiskadee (small bird) attacks a Yellow-headed Caracara (a large predator bird) in Costa Rica, probably to protect its nest.
March 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Trying not to think about US politics on a birdwatching trip to southern Costa Rica. I much prefer the cuckoos here than the ones ruining our poor country. This one is a striped cuckoo. 🪶
#birds
#birdsofcostarica
#cuckoos
A striped cuckoo in southern Costa Rica.
March 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Airborne male bufflehead for #flyday
#birds
#massachusettsbirding
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March 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Even ordinary backyard birds console. Set up my trail cam to catch these city dwellers. Northern mockingbird, American robin, mourning doves.
#birds! 🪶
#bostonbirds
Northern mockingbird American robin Pair of mourning doves.
March 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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This week’s letter: TAKE BACK THE NARRATIVE
@warren.senate.gov
@markey.senate.gov
@pressley.house.gov
@schumer.senate.gov
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TAKE BACK THE NARRATIVE Democrats must create an inspiring and effective counter-narrative against Trump’s—one that reconnects us to our founding principles. The Trump administration is dismantling our Constitutional framework; already Congress has defaulted on its role as a check on presidential power, and the courts cannot be counted on to stand firm on the plain meaning of the Constitution or its own precedents. Republicans have a distorted view of what threatens America: advancement of black and other people of color, equal rights for women, inclusion of LGBTQ individuals, fairness to immigrants, support for labor unions, multiculturalism, free expression, and constructive global engagement. These are expressions of who we are, not threats. The real threats are concentration of power in the hands of a few wealthy kleptocrats, degradation of civil and privacy rights, a hollowed out federal government unable to protect its citizens from attacks, disasters, and pandemics, voter suppression, a chief executive immunized against most criminal accountability, and loss of America’s status as an advocate for democracy around the world. Democrats should call out this attack on our fundamental values for what it is, and promote a narrative that envisions a better, fairer, more freedom-loving future. I believe this approach can win elections and positions the party to enshrine “a new birth of freedom” in law and if possible the Constitution. We lack Congressional power at present but the mood of the people is increasingly on our side as evidenced by recent town halls in R and D districts pushing back on the Trump/Musk administration. Embrace the concerns of the people, amplify them, and be vocal in opposition. Thank you for your support of our democracy. Respectfully,
February 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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This week’s letter to Dem reps and DNC after the successful demonstration in Boston yesterday. JOIN US ON THE FRONT LINES.
#50501
@warren.senate.gov
@markey.senate.gov
@pressley.house.gov
@schumer.senate.gov
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Recommendations for Democratic officials to push back on Republican chaos, cruelty, and corruption. Recommendations for Democratic officials to push back on Republican chaos, cruelty, and corruption.
February 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Strong turnout in Boston despite bitter cold and wind. #5051movement, #bostonprotest
February 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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A magnificent snowy owl sighted 2/15, Plum Island MA. Photos taken with 600mm lens from a respectful distance and cropped. #addBirder
February 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Photo of a stop sign, the words "President Trump (crossed out) Musk, and an American flag.
February 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Democrats, TURN UP THE VOLUME
@warren.senate.gov @markey.senate.gov @pressley.house.gov @kenmartin.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
A plea for Democrats to amplify messages that Americans need to hear about the damage being done by the Trump administration. Dems should stop all text and email fundraising appeals and substitute more compelling messaging. The same approach could translate to billboards and other mass communication channels. Messages can be targeted locally and link to valid sources for additional information (including candidate web pages where applicable).
February 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Russ Vought must be stopped. Today's letter to elected reps and DNC chair.
@warren.senate.gov @markey.senate.gov @pressley.house.gov @govmaurahealey.bsky.social @kenmartin.bsky.social
Reasons to oppose Russell Vought as chair of the Office of Management and Budget, US federal government.
February 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Democrats need to make "good trouble." Today's letter to my elected reps.
DEMOCRATS NEED TO MAKE “GOOD TROUBLE” Letter expressing concern about the President’s recent unlawful actions and unsuitable cabinet nominees. Suggestions. 1. Encourage Senate and Congressional leaders and colleagues to stand firm in opposition. 2. Make more noise using the Democratic party’s communication resources. 3. Make clear what Dems offer the country, e.g. anti-corruption, economic fairness, secure rights for all.
January 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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In Trinidad last March. Ruby-topaz hummingbird.
December 23, 2024 at 7:12 PM