Tavi
@heron59.bsky.social
President of Friends of Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge.
Bald, not bare, eagles
White-plumed helmets flash like stars
Brazen in crisp air
White-plumed helmets flash like stars
Brazen in crisp air
November 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Bald, not bare, eagles
White-plumed helmets flash like stars
Brazen in crisp air
White-plumed helmets flash like stars
Brazen in crisp air
Inane strategy:
Klepto-parasitism —
By hook or by tariff
Klepto-parasitism —
By hook or by tariff
November 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Inane strategy:
Klepto-parasitism —
By hook or by tariff
Klepto-parasitism —
By hook or by tariff
Web of life’s strength lies
In countless threads that bind us —
Hang by one, we snap
In countless threads that bind us —
Hang by one, we snap
November 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Web of life’s strength lies
In countless threads that bind us —
Hang by one, we snap
In countless threads that bind us —
Hang by one, we snap
Faith in short supply,
Belief has been left behind;
Trust-busters rejoice
Belief has been left behind;
Trust-busters rejoice
October 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Faith in short supply,
Belief has been left behind;
Trust-busters rejoice
Belief has been left behind;
Trust-busters rejoice
Dainty jewelweed
Thrives in rich soil; indicates
A healthy wetland
Thrives in rich soil; indicates
A healthy wetland
September 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Dainty jewelweed
Thrives in rich soil; indicates
A healthy wetland
Thrives in rich soil; indicates
A healthy wetland
Ghosts in the machine
Haunt reality’s home with
Artificial thoughts
Haunt reality’s home with
Artificial thoughts
September 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Ghosts in the machine
Haunt reality’s home with
Artificial thoughts
Haunt reality’s home with
Artificial thoughts
Will end of U.S.
Be a gentle sunset, or
Nuclei colliding?
Be a gentle sunset, or
Nuclei colliding?
September 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Will end of U.S.
Be a gentle sunset, or
Nuclei colliding?
Be a gentle sunset, or
Nuclei colliding?
Snapping turtle soup;
Nature’s selection process
Takes no prisoners
Nature’s selection process
Takes no prisoners
September 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Snapping turtle soup;
Nature’s selection process
Takes no prisoners
Nature’s selection process
Takes no prisoners
Go, larva, go: Crawl
Toward metamorphosis,
Your flights of fancy
Toward metamorphosis,
Your flights of fancy
August 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Go, larva, go: Crawl
Toward metamorphosis,
Your flights of fancy
Toward metamorphosis,
Your flights of fancy
Fall’s drumbeat quickens
Sunshine fades much earlier
Get ready to chill
Sunshine fades much earlier
Get ready to chill
August 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Fall’s drumbeat quickens
Sunshine fades much earlier
Get ready to chill
Sunshine fades much earlier
Get ready to chill
What do you, swallow?
How much airspeed can you make
When you’re unladen?
How much airspeed can you make
When you’re unladen?
August 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
What do you, swallow?
How much airspeed can you make
When you’re unladen?
How much airspeed can you make
When you’re unladen?
Where will you run to,
What harbor will you seek when
It all goes pear shaped?
What harbor will you seek when
It all goes pear shaped?
August 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Where will you run to,
What harbor will you seek when
It all goes pear shaped?
What harbor will you seek when
It all goes pear shaped?
They say you should write what you know, and Scott McIntosh has pulled that off brilliantly in Basin 63 (available now on Kindle). Full disclosure: I used to work with Scott at the Rochester, NY, Democrat and Chronicle. I would happily read more of this if Scott has any further tales in mind.
August 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
They say you should write what you know, and Scott McIntosh has pulled that off brilliantly in Basin 63 (available now on Kindle). Full disclosure: I used to work with Scott at the Rochester, NY, Democrat and Chronicle. I would happily read more of this if Scott has any further tales in mind.
On life’s carousel,
There’s nothing quite like getting
A bunny side eye
There’s nothing quite like getting
A bunny side eye
July 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
On life’s carousel,
There’s nothing quite like getting
A bunny side eye
There’s nothing quite like getting
A bunny side eye
What the Founders meant by “pursuit of happiness” is not about ensuring you get to go out drinking on Friday nights. It’s about the constant search for becoming a more virtuous person. I guarantee you will find something meaningful in this book, regardless of your current political persuasions.
July 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
What the Founders meant by “pursuit of happiness” is not about ensuring you get to go out drinking on Friday nights. It’s about the constant search for becoming a more virtuous person. I guarantee you will find something meaningful in this book, regardless of your current political persuasions.
A first-time novel by an Aussie author that has some real muscle, bone and sinew to it. The plot is simple police procedural on the surface but soon gives way to a far more psychologically complex tale. Here’s hoping the world sees more from this gifted young writer.
June 28, 2025 at 11:05 PM
A first-time novel by an Aussie author that has some real muscle, bone and sinew to it. The plot is simple police procedural on the surface but soon gives way to a far more psychologically complex tale. Here’s hoping the world sees more from this gifted young writer.
Tree frog lollygags
On way home, stops for a drink
At watering hole
On way home, stops for a drink
At watering hole
June 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Tree frog lollygags
On way home, stops for a drink
At watering hole
On way home, stops for a drink
At watering hole
Don’t peons deserve
To be treated at least as
Well as peonies?
To be treated at least as
Well as peonies?
June 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Don’t peons deserve
To be treated at least as
Well as peonies?
To be treated at least as
Well as peonies?
Classy clematis
Climbs when it has some support,
Like many humans
Climbs when it has some support,
Like many humans
June 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Classy clematis
Climbs when it has some support,
Like many humans
Climbs when it has some support,
Like many humans
Stay still as you can
Then stay still some more so you
Can capture dinner
Then stay still some more so you
Can capture dinner
June 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Stay still as you can
Then stay still some more so you
Can capture dinner
Then stay still some more so you
Can capture dinner
Trees heavy with rain
A pregnant pause while nature
Lays new booby trap
A pregnant pause while nature
Lays new booby trap
June 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Trees heavy with rain
A pregnant pause while nature
Lays new booby trap
A pregnant pause while nature
Lays new booby trap
Charlie Stielow’s story detailed in this book is the granddaddy of Innocence Project-style cases — and was the catalyst for the science of ballistics identification. Moreover, it happened in Medina and other WNY venues. An important entry in the annals of criminal jurisprudence.
May 31, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Charlie Stielow’s story detailed in this book is the granddaddy of Innocence Project-style cases — and was the catalyst for the science of ballistics identification. Moreover, it happened in Medina and other WNY venues. An important entry in the annals of criminal jurisprudence.
Bleeding hearts all know
You cannot live a full life
Without empathy
You cannot live a full life
Without empathy
May 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Bleeding hearts all know
You cannot live a full life
Without empathy
You cannot live a full life
Without empathy
Petals bring pizzazz
To drab world gone loco; save
View to memory
To drab world gone loco; save
View to memory
May 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Petals bring pizzazz
To drab world gone loco; save
View to memory
To drab world gone loco; save
View to memory
Remember Arthur*
And thousands more who gave lives
In nation’s service
*Arthur Ames, Jr., Pat’s maternal uncle, killed by a sniper and buried in an unmarked grave in Burmese jungle, age 20.
And thousands more who gave lives
In nation’s service
*Arthur Ames, Jr., Pat’s maternal uncle, killed by a sniper and buried in an unmarked grave in Burmese jungle, age 20.
May 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Remember Arthur*
And thousands more who gave lives
In nation’s service
*Arthur Ames, Jr., Pat’s maternal uncle, killed by a sniper and buried in an unmarked grave in Burmese jungle, age 20.
And thousands more who gave lives
In nation’s service
*Arthur Ames, Jr., Pat’s maternal uncle, killed by a sniper and buried in an unmarked grave in Burmese jungle, age 20.