Desertdarlene
@desertdarlene.bsky.social
Refugee from Twitter who likes birding, art, Star Wars, Thrawn, ducks, killdeer, hiking, traveling, and working at the library.
Mottled ducks that I saw on South Padre Island in Texas.
November 12, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Mottled ducks that I saw on South Padre Island in Texas.
They had the roof open at the San Diego Natural History Museum today.
August 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
They had the roof open at the San Diego Natural History Museum today.
I went to the San Diego Natural History Museum Today.
August 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I went to the San Diego Natural History Museum Today.
I just saw a female hummingbird try really hard to get Screamy's (my resident feeder guard) attention. He seemed uninterested.
July 26, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I just saw a female hummingbird try really hard to get Screamy's (my resident feeder guard) attention. He seemed uninterested.
Photos from Belle Isle, Detroit, last May.
July 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Photos from Belle Isle, Detroit, last May.
Photos from Kensington Metropark in Detroit last May.
July 19, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Photos from Kensington Metropark in Detroit last May.
Someone at my workplace put this on the bathroom door.
July 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Someone at my workplace put this on the bathroom door.
I can relate to this: youtu.be/bXo4zaIKecM?...
ADHD, Autism, OCD & Social Anxiety explained by ducks
YouTube video by diplomaduck
youtu.be
June 17, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I can relate to this: youtu.be/bXo4zaIKecM?...
I finally found some littles (ducklings) today. Kinda late in the season for them.
June 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I finally found some littles (ducklings) today. Kinda late in the season for them.
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Now we have lightning over by Grossmont Center. I hope it's a sign of a good monsoon season this year.
May 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Now we have lightning over by Grossmont Center. I hope it's a sign of a good monsoon season this year.
Thunder at my house near Lake Murray La Mesa.
May 31, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Thunder at my house near Lake Murray La Mesa.
A plane crashed into the military housing area in Tierrasanta this morning. You can't get into the ares right now. It demolished at least 1 townhome.
May 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A plane crashed into the military housing area in Tierrasanta this morning. You can't get into the ares right now. It demolished at least 1 townhome.
Does anyone notice how the comment section in MSN articles seems to be full of bots? They frequently delete "real people's" comments for no reason but allow the bots to say whatever they want.
May 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Does anyone notice how the comment section in MSN articles seems to be full of bots? They frequently delete "real people's" comments for no reason but allow the bots to say whatever they want.
Today I learned: If you meow at a catbird, it will meow back. Except for one. He took one look at me and decided I wasn't what he wanted and went away.
May 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Today I learned: If you meow at a catbird, it will meow back. Except for one. He took one look at me and decided I wasn't what he wanted and went away.
This is the music at the end of episode 3, but you really gotta see the scene.
April 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
This is the music at the end of episode 3, but you really gotta see the scene.
Has anyone seen a Kirtland's warbler in Michigan this year, yet? I'm wondering if it's worth looking for one while I am there next week. #birding
April 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Has anyone seen a Kirtland's warbler in Michigan this year, yet? I'm wondering if it's worth looking for one while I am there next week. #birding
I heard a quacking outside my window and looked out to see a duck. It might be one of the ones who were here a couple of years ago. That explains the big splatters of poop all over the place.
April 24, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I heard a quacking outside my window and looked out to see a duck. It might be one of the ones who were here a couple of years ago. That explains the big splatters of poop all over the place.
Someone zip-tied a shopping cart to someone's car at the Grossmont Walmart, lol.
I would have gotten a picture, but someone cut it free by the time I got out to see it.
I would have gotten a picture, but someone cut it free by the time I got out to see it.
April 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Someone zip-tied a shopping cart to someone's car at the Grossmont Walmart, lol.
I would have gotten a picture, but someone cut it free by the time I got out to see it.
I would have gotten a picture, but someone cut it free by the time I got out to see it.
Now they're saying 5.1 in Julian. They had a 3.5 yesterday.
April 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Now they're saying 5.1 in Julian. They had a 3.5 yesterday.