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Lisa : Natural history infotainment performer (insects!s!s!!). Randomization stan. She/her most days
Pic: Gopher head. Banner: Damselfly on leaf
Pic: Gopher head. Banner: Damselfly on leaf
I thought this sounded familiar and I realized it was because I have a poster of it that I bought at a record store at the beach, of all places. Deranged moose thing was the selling point, of course
November 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I thought this sounded familiar and I realized it was because I have a poster of it that I bought at a record store at the beach, of all places. Deranged moose thing was the selling point, of course
I was sitting in my car when all these House Sparrows suddenly decided they were obsessed with the mirror— too funny
November 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I was sitting in my car when all these House Sparrows suddenly decided they were obsessed with the mirror— too funny
Autumn Meadowhawks still flying around in numbers at Occoquan Wildlife Refuge - even still mating! Crap phone photo as evidence
#dragonfly #invertebrates
#dragonfly #invertebrates
November 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Autumn Meadowhawks still flying around in numbers at Occoquan Wildlife Refuge - even still mating! Crap phone photo as evidence
#dragonfly #invertebrates
#dragonfly #invertebrates
Post a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org and warn your followers not to buy Starbucks for the duration of the strike 🪶! This goose and Wood Duck want to remind you that @politicsprose.bsky.social has much better coffee anyway
November 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Post a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org and warn your followers not to buy Starbucks for the duration of the strike 🪶! This goose and Wood Duck want to remind you that @politicsprose.bsky.social has much better coffee anyway
Two cool things that @peromyscus.bsky.social & I got to see at Pine Lake, Wheaton Regional Park today; 1) a Merlin, with the usual branch in the way; and 2) an Autumn Meadowhawk, that last hanger-on of local #dragonflies
#invertebrates
#invertebrates
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Two cool things that @peromyscus.bsky.social & I got to see at Pine Lake, Wheaton Regional Park today; 1) a Merlin, with the usual branch in the way; and 2) an Autumn Meadowhawk, that last hanger-on of local #dragonflies
#invertebrates
#invertebrates
Catalpa Sphinx moth caterpillar, in Sligo Crrek Park
I told it hey lil goober what are you doing out so late? Shouldn’t you be pupating or something? smh
I told it hey lil goober what are you doing out so late? Shouldn’t you be pupating or something? smh
October 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Catalpa Sphinx moth caterpillar, in Sligo Crrek Park
I told it hey lil goober what are you doing out so late? Shouldn’t you be pupating or something? smh
I told it hey lil goober what are you doing out so late? Shouldn’t you be pupating or something? smh
Going through some old notebooks from various trips and found this exquisite piece of bird art that I drew on the back of one of them after seeing a Great Tinamou in Costa Rica.
Truly inspiring
Truly inspiring
October 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Going through some old notebooks from various trips and found this exquisite piece of bird art that I drew on the back of one of them after seeing a Great Tinamou in Costa Rica.
Truly inspiring
Truly inspiring
Drawing #invertebrates helps me remember what they look like! So here's a sketchy sketch of an Ameletid mayfly larva for y'all
(Cropped off most of the only-comprehensible-to-me notes)
(Cropped off most of the only-comprehensible-to-me notes)
October 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Drawing #invertebrates helps me remember what they look like! So here's a sketchy sketch of an Ameletid mayfly larva for y'all
(Cropped off most of the only-comprehensible-to-me notes)
(Cropped off most of the only-comprehensible-to-me notes)
Age yourself with a film you saw in the cinema as a kid
(Yes, I recognize that this was an interesting choice for an 8-year-old, what can I say)
(Yes, I recognize that this was an interesting choice for an 8-year-old, what can I say)
September 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Age yourself with a film you saw in the cinema as a kid
(Yes, I recognize that this was an interesting choice for an 8-year-old, what can I say)
(Yes, I recognize that this was an interesting choice for an 8-year-old, what can I say)
If you see this, post a concert picture you took. (Swans)
September 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
If you see this, post a concert picture you took. (Swans)
Who wants to be Raptured when down here on Earth we have Skippers to keep us happy and confused, and distract us from birding.
Clouded Skipper from the Rock Creek Park Maintenance Yard, of all places.
Clouded Skipper from the Rock Creek Park Maintenance Yard, of all places.
September 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Who wants to be Raptured when down here on Earth we have Skippers to keep us happy and confused, and distract us from birding.
Clouded Skipper from the Rock Creek Park Maintenance Yard, of all places.
Clouded Skipper from the Rock Creek Park Maintenance Yard, of all places.
Sure! I love them. Their eggs are SO COOL (photo courtesy of NC State Extension website)
August 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Sure! I love them. Their eggs are SO COOL (photo courtesy of NC State Extension website)
What perfect album came out when you were 16?
August 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
What perfect album came out when you were 16?
August 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Of course you can have batteries and memory cards and all that and you can find a really good #dragonfly and then the damned thing refuses to land. (99.9% sure this is a Russet-tipped Clubtail)
August 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Of course you can have batteries and memory cards and all that and you can find a really good #dragonfly and then the damned thing refuses to land. (99.9% sure this is a Russet-tipped Clubtail)
Another day in the terrifyingly crime-ridden District of Columbia
August 14, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Another day in the terrifyingly crime-ridden District of Columbia
Post your last photo of DC to show what a hell-hole it is.
(a Luna Moth in Rock Creek Park)
(a Luna Moth in Rock Creek Park)
August 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Post your last photo of DC to show what a hell-hole it is.
(a Luna Moth in Rock Creek Park)
(a Luna Moth in Rock Creek Park)
Ha I wanted to know if the guy in the pink polo shirt who threw the sub at the cop on U street got away, and Google seems to think he's some kind of supernatural entity
August 12, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Ha I wanted to know if the guy in the pink polo shirt who threw the sub at the cop on U street got away, and Google seems to think he's some kind of supernatural entity
Happily, my 10th image is a quote from the Murderbot novel "Artificial Condition" by @marthawells.com ... seems pretty à propos to the overthrow of capitalism, or at least to recognizing what an alternative might feel like
August 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Happily, my 10th image is a quote from the Murderbot novel "Artificial Condition" by @marthawells.com ... seems pretty à propos to the overthrow of capitalism, or at least to recognizing what an alternative might feel like
Hey here's a crap phone photo of a Common Checkered-skipper from this morning! Didn't expect to see this guy; was a nice surprise
August 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Hey here's a crap phone photo of a Common Checkered-skipper from this morning! Didn't expect to see this guy; was a nice surprise
Here's a Variable Dancer #damselfly from Sligo Creek Park - love the purple, and it was cooperative enough to let me take its pic with my phone
August 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Here's a Variable Dancer #damselfly from Sligo Creek Park - love the purple, and it was cooperative enough to let me take its pic with my phone
This annual cicada was lying on the ground upside down, waving its legs around like a lil goober
#invertebrates
#invertebrates
August 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This annual cicada was lying on the ground upside down, waving its legs around like a lil goober
#invertebrates
#invertebrates