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tripping over tree roots in your local riparian corridor
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this user hates the spoliating hand of man
spawning szn
February 17, 2026 at 1:45 AM
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Early blooms means early rare plant hunting

Phacelia nashiana CA Rare Plant Rank 1B.2
Muilla coronata CA Rare Plant Rank 4.2
Erythranthe rhodopetra Ca Rare Plant Rank 1B.1
January 31, 2026 at 11:52 PM
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REV2SDAY 1/13/25 STREAM IS LIVE!

On Tuesday we play Rev2! Ladder begins at 730PM Pacific, Top 8 starts at 830PM!

twitch.tv/pattheflip

#rev2forev2
January 14, 2026 at 3:14 AM
uhhh a bit of a life update but i am a wildlife biologist now. if you want to unfollow me for working with v*rtebrates i understand 💔
January 14, 2026 at 12:34 AM
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A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach for the department.
Whistleblower drops 'largest ever' ICE leak to unmask agents: 'The last straw'
A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach for the department.The killing of 37-year-old mother Renee Nicole Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross last...
bit.ly
January 13, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91
October 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
seasonal boo-hooing PAUSED it’s tarantula time
October 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
summer to fall transition beating my ass
September 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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I can’t believe I caught this 🦋

Just before noon, I figured I better check again… the hangar bay was opening!

Little out of focus for a few seconds, but I got the focus back- apologies- I was so excited & shooting w/ the sun on my viewer.
September 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
i have this @ for a reason
September 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
i am going to drink 1 beer at resshoumania then take a nap in my car 👍
September 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
overpriced coastal farmers market grapes
August 26, 2025 at 3:46 AM
the perks of summer Rubus armeniacus surveys
August 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
arachnid found climbing on my pants (non-derogatory)
August 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Larva of sawfly or hachigata-habachi (Tenthredo sp., possibly T. matsumurai). It is rolled up in defensive pose with the rear-end raised up. Head is tucked underneath. I love spotted creatures…. Tokikubo, Komoro, Nagano #Invertebrate #Insects
ハチガタハバチの幼虫。長野県小諸市鴇久保 #虫
August 7, 2025 at 9:39 AM
guess who has a single bar of service
August 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Dedicated to bumblebees, who've within the past few years been the first insects to demonstrate "play" behavior, including rolling a tiny wood ball into a goal.
August 3, 2025 at 3:00 AM
think the girls might like the piece of driftwood i brought home from work
July 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
montana (1/?)
July 29, 2025 at 1:20 AM
July 13, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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Calochortus panamintensis
CA Rare Plant Rank 4.2
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Pinus longaeva
CA Rare Plant Rank 4.3
July 2, 2025 at 12:33 AM
peekaboo
July 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
nothing unique to say i just really like Asclepias and native pollinators
June 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
today i was paid to look for bugs
June 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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A female Western Gull was recorded riding 150km in a garbage truck from San Francisco to a compost facility in Central CA, probably to forage. TWICE. An innovator, an icon, a genius.

This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
June 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM