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Curlew scientist
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mushroom-screams.bsky.social
The Cat I live with

#cat #pet #snoot
Two sketches of a cat. The one on the left is in profile, has long whiskers, and is giving mad side eye. There’s an also a bit of a fish eye effect on it, so the ear turned towards the viewer is very big. The cat has some chest details, including a bell, and its paws are at a bit of an angle. Overall a very sassy vibe. The drawing on the right is a frontal view. It focuses on the face: airplane ears, big and kinda angy looking eyes, long whiskers, and a little nose and mouth. A bit of the chest is shown (same triangle detail and bell). One front paw is tucked under and the other is extended out.
October 14, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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corinanewsome.bsky.social
Join us for an emergency rally to save critical government services targeted for elimination!

The Ecosystems Mission Area of USGS, which most people have not heard of, contains the US’s bird banding lab, monitors dangerous diseases and pollutants, and much more!

www.mobilize.us/nwf/event/79...
A graphic featuring a monarch butterfly, cedar waxwing, rusty-patched bumblebee, and a pronghorn VIRTUAL RALLY FOR THE CORNERSTONE OF CONSERVATION SCIENGE For our science. For our futures. May 22 12 - 1 pm EST Hosted by National Wildlife Federation, co-sponsored by American Fisheries Society, Ecological Society of America, Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, Society for Conservation Biology North America, The Wildlife Society, Entomological Society of America, the America the Beautiful for All Coalition, American Bird Conservancy, and Atlanta Botanical Garden.
May 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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davidho.bsky.social
Two days remain to comment on the US FWS and NMFS rule change that undermines the Endangered Species Act (ESA). This proposal rescinds the definition of “harm,” limiting protections to actions that directly injure or kill listed species, leaving their habitats vulnerable. Please submit comments! 🧪
Rescinding the Definition of “Harm” Under the Endangered Species Act
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (collectively referred to as the Services or we) are proposing to rescind the regulatory definition of "harm" ...
www.federalregister.gov
May 17, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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biologicaldiversity.org
Calling all scientists! There's less than one week left to boost support to protect endangered species' habitat safeguards in the Endangered Species Act.

Sign on to the scientists' open sign-on letter here and please share: biodiv.us/4mojih5
Scientists' Letter in Opposition to Rescinding the Regulatory Definition of “Harm” in Endangered Species Act Regulations
May 19, 2025 Submitted via: https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/FWS-HQ-ES-2025-0034-0001 Public Comments Processing Attn: FWS-HQ-ES-2025-0034 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MS: PRB/3W 5275 Leesbu...
biodiv.us
May 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
mushroom-screams.bsky.social
Burrowing Owl
Oregon
April 2025

If all goes well, I get to hold one of these in a week (legally)!

#birds #birdwatching #wildlifephotography #nature
Burrowing owl (small brown owl speckled with white, has long legs, fierce yellow eyes, and white “eyebrows”) looking back towards the camera while perched on a gnarled tree branch rising that is from the right bottom corner of photo. Background is blurred green shrubs, yellow wildflowers, and brown and red and green grasses.
May 16, 2025 at 4:09 AM
mushroom-screams.bsky.social
How I feel

I have a series of pictures of this orange-crowned warbler looking like it’s disintegrating from bathing so hard. I find it very relatable.

#birds #birdwatching #nature #wildlifephotography
Small yellow bird (very blurry) with orange and black feathers on its head splashing in a birdbath
May 9, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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hankgreen.bsky.social
Your skeleton has around 25,000 calories.
May 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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kaseysnow.bsky.social
Oh yay, found it! Reposting so I don't lose it again.

Thinking of doing an Endangered Species art week in May around Endangered Species Day on the 16th. Anyone else?
nollthere.bsky.social Noll @nollthere.bsky.social · Jan 3
Thank you @blueappaloosa.bsky.social for the official hashtag for this #SciArt challenge, which will be #EndangArt !
1 art piece for an endangered species per month in 2025 with optional prompts.
Use alt text please, any style/medium/effort welcome, as long as it's human-made!
#ArtChallenge
Graphic that reads "#EndangArt, 12 month challenge, 1 endangered species art piece per month in 2025 with optional prompts." The prompts listed are: January, Arctic and Tundra. February, Un-charismatic. March, forest. April, reptile. May, shoreline and water. June, colorful. July, desert. August, invertebrate. September, bird. October, mammal. November, fish. December, positive news. The image contains faded, retro images of an orangutan and a colorful fruit pigeon.
April 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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highestbitter.bsky.social
First Trump admin gutted AmeriCorps NCCC, now cutting $400 million in grant program funding & vital services provided by AmeriCorps. For what? Tax cuts for billionaires! Contact your reps!

www.statecommissions.org/index.php?op...
ASC Statement on the Termination of AmeriCorps Grants
www.statecommissions.org
April 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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artemisaro.bsky.social
Stickers now available!

Exciting news - I’ve opened up a shop on ko-fi. If you’d like to buy a sticker of any of my art, you can go here to do so

ko-fi.com/artemisaro/shop

Here’s how some of them look!
Sticker of an inaccessible island rail on a wooden surface Sticker of a great eared nightjar on a wooden surface Sticker of a black throated accentor on a wooden surface Picture of a black billed magpie on a wooden surface
April 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
mushroom-screams.bsky.social
Pacific Wren. What a fluffball.

May 2024. California

#birds #borbs #wildlifephotography #nature #birdwatching
Very small, round brown bird with a bit of fluff in its beak and a slightly upturned tail perched near the end of a thick branch. Out of focus greens and browns and leaves form the background
April 25, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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michellehughes.bsky.social
Raising awareness for #curlew conservation. #WorldCurlewDay

@curlewaction.bsky.social

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Man sets off on Nidderdale walk dressed as a curlew
Matt Trevelyan made the Eurasian curlew costume out of polystyrene and bamboo.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 21, 2025 at 6:13 AM
mushroom-screams.bsky.social
Protect the endangered species act! The proposed changes would allow developers to destroy habitats that endangered species rely on, erasing years of progress and taking away more of our natural spaces. Please take a few minute to submit a public comment ASAP!
danaelkurd.bsky.social Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · Apr 21
My friend's student asks me to share:

The administration is trying to destroy the Endangered Species Act from within. Public commenting is basically the only way to thwart this rule before getting to court. If you have a few minutes to comment:

www.regulations.gov/commenton/FW...
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
April 24, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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zphotog7.bsky.social
SERIOUSLY READ AND SHARE!
April 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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kateammann.bsky.social
Corvids & backyard birdies🥰💕🌸
Illustrated poster of "corvidae" (corvids) featuring the following specimens: American crow, Black-billed magpie, Pied crow, Eurasian jay, Common Raven, Steller’s jay Illustration of 5 North American backyard birds. From left to right, top to bottom, female northern cardinal, mourning dove, blue jay, american robin, and an american goldfinch. They are each perched on a small branch, and rosy pink flowers surround them. The background is beige.
April 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
mushroom-screams.bsky.social
Juv male Vermillion Flycatcher:
From when I first started chasing locally rare birds. At the time, this was a lifer that I took multiple trips to find. (And then I moved to California and saw vermillions everywhere 😂)

Utah
Dec 2023

#birds #wildlifephotography #nature
Small brown bird with tiny bill, reddish crest, and patchy red belly perched on dried reed. Water and more reeds in the background
April 19, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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alextomlinson.com
(2022) Flat illustration of two pigeons touching beaks, a heart is formed in the negative space. Below them is a "low effort" nest with an egg in the middle.
April 16, 2025 at 12:43 PM
mushroom-screams.bsky.social
Old art:

I drew this years ago to represent a fun summer class on Catalina Island full of stargazing and bioluminescent plankton.

#art #summer #island #ocean
Young girl with short white hair wearing a dress made of ocean waves and night sky. She is smiling with eyes closed and one hand up and one hand hidden behind her dress.
April 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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artemisaro.bsky.social
Went to see @sparkbird.bsky.social in concert last night and caught feelings about this bird, the inaccessible island rail.

If you’re queer and/or like birds, you should listen to Sparkbird and cry about this bird with me

#art #birds #digitalart #wildlifeart #sparkbird
April 15, 2025 at 12:35 AM
mushroom-screams.bsky.social
Wip based on a Townsends solitaire

#wip #art #birds #nature
Side view of a woman with closed cropped dark grey hair in a long gray dress with trailing skirt and a transparent cape with hands in a prayer position. “Townsends solitaire” in corner. All lineart in red
April 8, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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secondlina.com
[ 🩵✨️ Little Light 🌟🩵 ]

Please read Crow Time on Webtoon.

🌟crow-time.com🌟
Page 1 of 3 of a comic about a crow adopting a little spark from the sky. Page 2 of 3 of a comic about a crow adopting a little spark from the sky. Page 3 of 3 of a comic about a crow adopting a little spark from the sky.
April 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
mushroom-screams.bsky.social
Pine Siskin in the sun

Seattle, WA
Nov 2024

#birds #nature #wildlifephotography #birdwatching
Pine Siskin (small brown bird with dark spot on chest and dark streaks on its breast) with one wing halfway lifted in a sunlit tangle of branches.
April 4, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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elntangle.bsky.social
Bottoms up. Megachile hertlei from Papua New Guinea, 1927. #bees #bugsky
A photo of a black and orange bee specimen on a corroded metal pin. The orange-tipped third body segment is arched upwards.
April 1, 2025 at 12:28 AM
mushroom-screams.bsky.social
Red-breasted Nuthatch. The cutest little patootie.

#birds #birdwatching #wildlifephotography #nature
Red-breasted nuthatch (small stubby bird with grey back, orange underside, and black and white striped face) pecking at the end of a branch. Framing it is a myriad of branches in varying degrees of focus.
April 1, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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aubryjoi.bsky.social
Things are tough, but so are you 💖

[ #cuteart #illustration #artshop ]
An art print of a slightly beat-up looking white cat with huge, watery angry eyes. They have a couple of bandages on them, one placed over a pink heart marking on their chest, and are in a defensive pose. Around them it says “things are tough, but so are you.”
March 30, 2025 at 11:48 PM