The camera decided to lighten up this image, but in person what it looked like in deep green shade was something very large and *white* fluttering up ahead on the path. Like a semi-transparent ghost.

Even if that plant hadn't been a mislabeled non-native, never buy milkweed from a big box store! Xerces found many pesticide residues in milkweed plants from retail nurseries - even in plants labeled as pollinator/wildlife friendly. xerces.org/press/harmfu...

I didn't hear about this project till after it happened, which surprised me because I'm in regular contact with so many Philly native plant advocates. Maybe more outreach to the Philly NP communities that already exist, like the FB groups, Pollinator Pathways, Wild Ones, etc. would help.

(By luck, the friend I was with volunteers with Bird Safe Philly, and we were concerned about that second bird sitting stock-still on the curb. In the end, another volunteer took the bird to the Schuylkill Center to be checked out and recuperate.)

I don't think people in this thread have grasped that measles is WAY more contagious than COVID. R0 for COVID is thought to be (median) 5.7 and for measles it's about 12-18. Measles has the level of contagiousness that was our worst fear about COVID when it started.

"Hello, we're ready for the check please"

How do you get a wire cage like that for a bird bath? Is it custom made, or is it repurposed from something else? I'm in need of protection for a bird bath!

I like my new glasses from Warby Parker just fine, but how many more pairs of prescription progressives ($$) does Warby Parker think I'm in the market for at the moment? "Get them in every color!" "Frames for every mood and every outfit!"

Or the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre