Navyraptor
@navyraptor.bsky.social
Cretaceous cool guy. Airline pilot, world traveler, bird nerd.
... Although I am sometimes a victim of my own ambition.
April 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
... Although I am sometimes a victim of my own ambition.
This mud and weed-infested plot is going to transform into a veritable garden of eden over the next few months
April 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This mud and weed-infested plot is going to transform into a veritable garden of eden over the next few months
It's been going around. I feel like in the airline industry it will be impossible to avoid.
March 24, 2025 at 1:56 AM
It's been going around. I feel like in the airline industry it will be impossible to avoid.
It's never easy to say goodbye.
Stevie stuck with us for nearly 19 years, through many moves and deployments. She was never one for cuddling, but was always there to greet me when I got home. She liked having her ears squeezed and playing with toys under rugs.
I'll miss you.
Stevie stuck with us for nearly 19 years, through many moves and deployments. She was never one for cuddling, but was always there to greet me when I got home. She liked having her ears squeezed and playing with toys under rugs.
I'll miss you.
March 12, 2025 at 9:31 AM
It's never easy to say goodbye.
Stevie stuck with us for nearly 19 years, through many moves and deployments. She was never one for cuddling, but was always there to greet me when I got home. She liked having her ears squeezed and playing with toys under rugs.
I'll miss you.
Stevie stuck with us for nearly 19 years, through many moves and deployments. She was never one for cuddling, but was always there to greet me when I got home. She liked having her ears squeezed and playing with toys under rugs.
I'll miss you.
I just really wonder, FAA, given everything that has happened in the last month, if playing silly word games is the best use of departmental resources.
February 11, 2025 at 6:01 AM
I just really wonder, FAA, given everything that has happened in the last month, if playing silly word games is the best use of departmental resources.
If I'm stealing anything it's going to be this one. Such a dapper gentleman!
February 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
If I'm stealing anything it's going to be this one. Such a dapper gentleman!
OK hotel. I like the dodo theme. But "Dodo contemplating its imminent murder at the hands of European sailors" is not exactly a restful bedroom scene.
February 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
OK hotel. I like the dodo theme. But "Dodo contemplating its imminent murder at the hands of European sailors" is not exactly a restful bedroom scene.
Honorable mention: this plant, of which only 5 exist, all cloned from a single remaining seed.
A wild feeling, to be within stomping distance of extinctifying an entire species.
A wild feeling, to be within stomping distance of extinctifying an entire species.
February 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Honorable mention: this plant, of which only 5 exist, all cloned from a single remaining seed.
A wild feeling, to be within stomping distance of extinctifying an entire species.
A wild feeling, to be within stomping distance of extinctifying an entire species.
PINK PIGEON CONFIRMED
There's only around 500 of these birds in the entire world.
(small caveat: found out if you want to see one, just go to the mountain where they release the captive bred ones. The whole flock pretty much hangs out around there. Lazy birds.)
There's only around 500 of these birds in the entire world.
(small caveat: found out if you want to see one, just go to the mountain where they release the captive bred ones. The whole flock pretty much hangs out around there. Lazy birds.)
February 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
PINK PIGEON CONFIRMED
There's only around 500 of these birds in the entire world.
(small caveat: found out if you want to see one, just go to the mountain where they release the captive bred ones. The whole flock pretty much hangs out around there. Lazy birds.)
There's only around 500 of these birds in the entire world.
(small caveat: found out if you want to see one, just go to the mountain where they release the captive bred ones. The whole flock pretty much hangs out around there. Lazy birds.)
Welcome to Build-a-Fuckin-Dragon workshop
January 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Welcome to Build-a-Fuckin-Dragon workshop
Nice hiking on the Columbia River Gorge yesterday.
I'm sure causing consternation by posting a golden eagle spotting on eBird in a spot where they are rarely seen.
I'm sure causing consternation by posting a golden eagle spotting on eBird in a spot where they are rarely seen.
January 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Nice hiking on the Columbia River Gorge yesterday.
I'm sure causing consternation by posting a golden eagle spotting on eBird in a spot where they are rarely seen.
I'm sure causing consternation by posting a golden eagle spotting on eBird in a spot where they are rarely seen.
*husband walks in*
"Don't ask."
*husband walks away*
"Don't ask."
*husband walks away*
January 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
*husband walks in*
"Don't ask."
*husband walks away*
"Don't ask."
*husband walks away*
If you've never seen St Elmo's Fire in action, here's an extremely strong event I experienced a few months ago!
December 30, 2024 at 9:12 PM
If you've never seen St Elmo's Fire in action, here's an extremely strong event I experienced a few months ago!
Cool physics of the day: the discharge of St Elmo's Fire across the laminated glass windscreen of the jet subtly changes the polarity in the glass along its path of travel. Even more than 30 minutes later, water still prefers to follow the path of the lightning.
December 30, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Cool physics of the day: the discharge of St Elmo's Fire across the laminated glass windscreen of the jet subtly changes the polarity in the glass along its path of travel. Even more than 30 minutes later, water still prefers to follow the path of the lightning.
50/50! Do I get a prize?
December 30, 2024 at 7:02 PM
50/50! Do I get a prize?
No, Clarice! We warned you not to go into the Gumdrop Forest, but you just didn't listen!
December 7, 2024 at 1:21 AM
No, Clarice! We warned you not to go into the Gumdrop Forest, but you just didn't listen!
Everyone ready for ~maximum cozy~?
December 5, 2024 at 5:56 AM
Everyone ready for ~maximum cozy~?
Happy Thanksgiving all my American friends! Hope you're enjoying the day with family and those close to you.
November 28, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Happy Thanksgiving all my American friends! Hope you're enjoying the day with family and those close to you.
Up at the crack of dawn in Waikiki, decided to walk down to the beach and watch the sun rise.
Was entirely not expecting the sun to rise as an 80% eclipse! Luckily a group of guys was out there with solar glasses to borrow. Sometimes you just straight up get lucky.
Was entirely not expecting the sun to rise as an 80% eclipse! Luckily a group of guys was out there with solar glasses to borrow. Sometimes you just straight up get lucky.
October 3, 2024 at 2:46 AM
Up at the crack of dawn in Waikiki, decided to walk down to the beach and watch the sun rise.
Was entirely not expecting the sun to rise as an 80% eclipse! Luckily a group of guys was out there with solar glasses to borrow. Sometimes you just straight up get lucky.
Was entirely not expecting the sun to rise as an 80% eclipse! Luckily a group of guys was out there with solar glasses to borrow. Sometimes you just straight up get lucky.
That wonderful time of year in the PNW when the entire yard becomes edible.
Have a raspberry cobbler, on the house!
Have a raspberry cobbler, on the house!
June 23, 2024 at 4:06 PM
That wonderful time of year in the PNW when the entire yard becomes edible.
Have a raspberry cobbler, on the house!
Have a raspberry cobbler, on the house!
Been in the PNW for two years now and finally saw my first banana slug!
May 21, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Been in the PNW for two years now and finally saw my first banana slug!
This office has the best views.
(34,000 feet over Michigan)
(34,000 feet over Michigan)
May 11, 2024 at 3:00 AM
This office has the best views.
(34,000 feet over Michigan)
(34,000 feet over Michigan)
Snow adds great contrast to geology that would otherwise be invisible. You might not see it in summer, but in winter this lava flow from Three Sisters, OR shows up clear as day. The actual eruption has been dated to 496 CE... Not all that ancient, comparatively. #aerialgeology
March 31, 2024 at 12:40 AM
Snow adds great contrast to geology that would otherwise be invisible. You might not see it in summer, but in winter this lava flow from Three Sisters, OR shows up clear as day. The actual eruption has been dated to 496 CE... Not all that ancient, comparatively. #aerialgeology