A RWBL Sitting on a Branch on a Branch of the Chicago River
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*Conka-lee!* (She/Her) 🏳️⚧️ from the swamps of Chicago
Bird memes for Icterid fiends
Pigeons please be my friends.
Free Palestine! 🇵🇸
Bird memes for Icterid fiends
Pigeons please be my friends.
Free Palestine! 🇵🇸
Gardening is such a fun and rewarding experience, perhaps "touch grass" is infact excellent advice after all.
July 22, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Gardening is such a fun and rewarding experience, perhaps "touch grass" is infact excellent advice after all.
F r e n c h F r i e s
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June 23, 2025 at 11:26 PM
F r e n c h F r i e s
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I often get asked to help with bird ID problems when the answer is: it's a female of a common species! Here's a poster celebrating the often-overlooked intricacies of female bird plumage. During June, proceeds from my shop sales go to @instbirdpop.bsky.social topatoco.com/collections/...
June 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I often get asked to help with bird ID problems when the answer is: it's a female of a common species! Here's a poster celebrating the often-overlooked intricacies of female bird plumage. During June, proceeds from my shop sales go to @instbirdpop.bsky.social topatoco.com/collections/...
On my HRT anniversary of all days I saw one of our (Chicago's) beautiful piping Plovers for the first time this year!
April 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
On my HRT anniversary of all days I saw one of our (Chicago's) beautiful piping Plovers for the first time this year!
Made a friend today at Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary, look at that fancy lady!
April 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Made a friend today at Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary, look at that fancy lady!
Didn't see any Woodcocks on my trip to the woods today, but I did find a cool deer skeleton scattered along the river bank. (I also saw deer that were not skeletons)
March 30, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Didn't see any Woodcocks on my trip to the woods today, but I did find a cool deer skeleton scattered along the river bank. (I also saw deer that were not skeletons)
Documentary about Red Winged Blackbird mating in the style of a Cold War thriller.
March 28, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Documentary about Red Winged Blackbird mating in the style of a Cold War thriller.
How hard do I need to *peent* to summon the American Woodcocks to my bedroom?
March 28, 2025 at 8:39 AM
How hard do I need to *peent* to summon the American Woodcocks to my bedroom?
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NEW: White House says the arrest and deportation of student activist & legal US resident, Mahmoud Khalil, is a blueprint for more.
The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law.
No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.
The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law.
No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.
March 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
NEW: White House says the arrest and deportation of student activist & legal US resident, Mahmoud Khalil, is a blueprint for more.
The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law.
No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.
The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law.
No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.
Killdeer, I don't even know deer!
(I heard so many of them today, and yet somehow I only got a glimpse of like 2 in flight)
(I heard so many of them today, and yet somehow I only got a glimpse of like 2 in flight)
March 11, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Killdeer, I don't even know deer!
(I heard so many of them today, and yet somehow I only got a glimpse of like 2 in flight)
(I heard so many of them today, and yet somehow I only got a glimpse of like 2 in flight)
Went to the beautiful Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary today, the chorus of "conkalee" was a delight to hear!
March 11, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Went to the beautiful Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary today, the chorus of "conkalee" was a delight to hear!
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Everyone needs to understand - every hospital withholding healthcare from trans children will do the same to trans adults as soon as the orders come down.
there are no liberal paradises. the only paradise we are awarded in this lifetime is one where every member of our community is seen, heard, and advocated for.
we must stand with trans kids and adults.
we must stand with trans kids and adults.
Children's Hospital L.A. stops initiating hormonal therapy for transgender patients under 19
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, a major provider of care for transgender youth, says it is pausing the initiation of hormonal therapy for gender-affirming care patients under 19.
www.latimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Everyone needs to understand - every hospital withholding healthcare from trans children will do the same to trans adults as soon as the orders come down.
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This is evil, and the fact almost fifty Democrats voted for this is simply unconscionable. "Minor crimes" here means NONVIOLENT crimes. No one should be deported for drug possession.
No human is illegal on stolen land. Abolish deportations.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/u...
No human is illegal on stolen land. Abolish deportations.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/u...
House Passes ‘Laken Riley Act’ to Deport Unauthorized Immigrants Charged With Minor Crimes
Forty-eight Democrats joined Republicans in supporting legislation that aims to deport more migrants charged with nonviolent crimes, a first salvo in a broader crackdown.
www.nytimes.com
January 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This is evil, and the fact almost fifty Democrats voted for this is simply unconscionable. "Minor crimes" here means NONVIOLENT crimes. No one should be deported for drug possession.
No human is illegal on stolen land. Abolish deportations.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/u...
No human is illegal on stolen land. Abolish deportations.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/u...
*peent*
January 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
*peent*
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Infuriating.
I try to remind myself that national politics aren’t the place to invest your focus.
But this entire administration has been the most feckless and complicit I can think of.
Catastrophically bad in so many ways.
Just infuriating.
I try to remind myself that national politics aren’t the place to invest your focus.
But this entire administration has been the most feckless and complicit I can think of.
Catastrophically bad in so many ways.
Just infuriating.
the democrats had the votes to block this. biden had the power to veto it. democrats would have had the power to uphold the veto. democrats chose not to do any of this and as a result, a democratic senate and a democratic president passed and signed the first anti-lgbtq federal law in decades.
January 1, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Infuriating.
I try to remind myself that national politics aren’t the place to invest your focus.
But this entire administration has been the most feckless and complicit I can think of.
Catastrophically bad in so many ways.
Just infuriating.
I try to remind myself that national politics aren’t the place to invest your focus.
But this entire administration has been the most feckless and complicit I can think of.
Catastrophically bad in so many ways.
Just infuriating.
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Feathered folks hanging around at Montrose Point in Chicago. There’s always some critters around there. At least that’s been my experience.
Dec 15, 2018
Dec 15, 2018
December 22, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Feathered folks hanging around at Montrose Point in Chicago. There’s always some critters around there. At least that’s been my experience.
Dec 15, 2018
Dec 15, 2018
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Stop Forcing A.I. into Fucking EVERYTHING!
December 24, 2024 at 3:11 AM
Stop Forcing A.I. into Fucking EVERYTHING!
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Please bring out your best photos of birds looking straight into the camera! Sometimes they look goofy, sometimes they look intense.
Here's a Tree Swallow's glare that makes me glad I'm not a bug.
#birds 🌿
Here's a Tree Swallow's glare that makes me glad I'm not a bug.
#birds 🌿
December 23, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Please bring out your best photos of birds looking straight into the camera! Sometimes they look goofy, sometimes they look intense.
Here's a Tree Swallow's glare that makes me glad I'm not a bug.
#birds 🌿
Here's a Tree Swallow's glare that makes me glad I'm not a bug.
#birds 🌿
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December 20, 2024 at 11:45 PM
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It's so cool that the guy who's going to be in charge of the entire US healthcare system thinks the water is turning the frogs gay and that's why trans kids exist
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Just a reminder that RFK Jr. says being trans is an effect of fluoride in water and vaccines.
www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cn...
www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cn...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeatedly suggested that chemicals in water are impacting sexuality of children | CNN Politics
Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a history of repeatedly sharing unfounded conspiracies that man-made chemicals in the environment could be making children gay or transgende...
www.google.com
December 17, 2024 at 2:52 AM
It's so cool that the guy who's going to be in charge of the entire US healthcare system thinks the water is turning the frogs gay and that's why trans kids exist
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
On the 8th day of Christmas, Chicago gave to me, like 12 or so Juncos in my berry tree.
December 17, 2024 at 2:24 PM
On the 8th day of Christmas, Chicago gave to me, like 12 or so Juncos in my berry tree.
"Conka-lee!"
December 17, 2024 at 2:16 PM
"Conka-lee!"
Petition to abolish the royal family, no bird has the divine right to be called king, nor shall they bear a crown. Looking at you Eastern "King"bird. (The belted kingfisher can keep its title though UIUC pride bby!)
December 15, 2024 at 7:58 AM
Petition to abolish the royal family, no bird has the divine right to be called king, nor shall they bear a crown. Looking at you Eastern "King"bird. (The belted kingfisher can keep its title though UIUC pride bby!)
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