This year #bluewhales have been scarce off San Diego’s coast. #Dolphins, however, are here in abundance. Here’s a long-beaked dolphin pod I saw yesterday with #Gonewhalewatching. Saw three pods like this with 4 different species. Enjoy my haphazard, creative video angling.

Seems right.

At Brandywine Museum of Art outside Philadelphia, and got a kick out of this #NCWyeth painting, titled “Public Health and Morale” and commissioned by Bristol-Meyers Squibb in 1943.

Annual report by @wildanimalinitv.bsky.social just dropped, and the former consultant in me is a sucker for this back-of-the-envelope analysis highlighting the relative affordability of administering rabies vaccines to Texas #raccoons.

Admin banned move to paper straws, citing PFAS "forever chemical" concerns.

My guess is that a lot has to do with the similarity between the “bad” animal and the “good” animal. It probably strikes people as weird to kill a ton of owls to…save owls. Also, this debate may come at a moment when attitudes are changing. From the PNAS piece:

Would like to take this Earth Day to issue final warning to all birds with feather-covered beaks. Looks weird; cut it out. You’ve been warned. (Pictured: great eared nightjar; Great Potoo)

Hard to square canceling grants related to investigating forever chemicals with the MAHA movement & admin’s professed interest in a baby boom (reported in another NYT article today, in which the admin expressly called out environmental toxins as critical to plans to boost reproductive health).

Made it out to the Carlsbad flower fields this weekend, just in time for Easter!

I see your wisteria and raise you some San Diego wisteria.

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Here's a pic of a barred owl owlet because you're worth it.