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Rick Derevan
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Sheltie dad. Bird and wildlife photographer. Reader of books. Retired appellate lawyer. Central Coast of California.
Never had a Wordle grid quite like this one. #wordle #frustrating
November 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Not my sign. Seen in San Luis Obispo, CA. #NoKings #SLO
October 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Small part of the crowd in San Luis Obispo, California. #nokings
October 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
@jamellebouie.net for example:
September 2, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Great Egret and Snowy Egret, Merced National Wildlife Refuge. #TwoSpeciesTuesday 🪶
August 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
No cheating post your Lock Screen.
July 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
What's not to like?
July 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Show me your forward-facing birds!

Juvenile Peregrine Falcon looking fierce. 🪶
June 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Our dogs with Paul Bunyan and Babe in Klamath, California.
May 20, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Here you go, California Quail with California poppies.
May 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Just posted this to Newsom before I saw your post.
May 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Bald Eagle, Atascadero Lake, Atascadero, California. #raptors #birds 🪶
May 4, 2025 at 6:53 AM
February 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Snowy Egret taking off. #birds 🪶
February 7, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Nature is a balm while Trump's horror show rages on. #birds 🪶
January 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
You likely have read this already, but in case not . . . 💙📚
January 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
More timeline cleanse, necessary because of you know who. #birds 🪶 Anna's Hummingbird eyeing fuschia flowers. Central Coast of California.
January 22, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Timeline cleanse, and boy do I need it now. Juvenile Brown Pelican, Central Coast of California. #birds 🪶
January 22, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Right-wing Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton disagrees with you:
January 20, 2025 at 1:33 AM
To grant an extension the president must certify there is substantial progress towards a divesture. He can't do that in good faith, so his executive order would break the law.
January 19, 2025 at 7:20 AM
It sort of does, but Trump could not invoke it in good faith. If the president certifies there is substantial progress towards a qualified divestiture—there isn't—he can give a one-time 90-day extension of the ban.
January 19, 2025 at 7:16 AM
When I click claim my free post, I get this:
January 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
For #ThrasherThursday, here's a Sage Thrasher in the Carrizo Plain National Monument, California. #birds 🪶
January 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
During the Carrizo Plain National Monument Christmas bird count a participant spotted this adorable Sagebrush Sparrow, normally found much further east. It stuck around for me to see it—lifer! #birds 🪶
January 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Spotted Towhee contemplating . . . something. 🪶 #birds
January 4, 2025 at 2:12 AM