Shauna
@shaunahaymond.bsky.social
I'd rather be outdoors - Wildlife Biologist - health and education should be free - get a library card - clean the air-playing my ukulele-she/her
“and this all follows from sympathy, a fundamental element of the social instincts. A man who possessed no trace of such instincts would be an unnatural monster.”
Darwin, The Descent of Man, Chapter IV
Darwin, The Descent of Man, Chapter IV
November 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
“and this all follows from sympathy, a fundamental element of the social instincts. A man who possessed no trace of such instincts would be an unnatural monster.”
Darwin, The Descent of Man, Chapter IV
Darwin, The Descent of Man, Chapter IV
My phone camera was able to pick up just a hint of the pink and green of the Northern Lights over Virginia tonight.
10 second exposure
10 second exposure
November 13, 2025 at 3:45 AM
My phone camera was able to pick up just a hint of the pink and green of the Northern Lights over Virginia tonight.
10 second exposure
10 second exposure
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A seeming bit of history tonight as Ghazala Hashmi becomes the first Asian American to win statewide office in Virginia - and the first Muslim woman to win statewide office *anywhere* in the United States.
November 5, 2025 at 12:46 AM
A seeming bit of history tonight as Ghazala Hashmi becomes the first Asian American to win statewide office in Virginia - and the first Muslim woman to win statewide office *anywhere* in the United States.
Novavax has been available in the US since 2022. How are pharmacists still not familiar with it? #GetBoosted #CovidIsntOver
October 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Novavax has been available in the US since 2022. How are pharmacists still not familiar with it? #GetBoosted #CovidIsntOver
Online recipes used to be fun. Now half of them are AI garbage missing major steps and written awkwardly. If it’s from 2025, I’m skipping it. #CookingFail
September 30, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Online recipes used to be fun. Now half of them are AI garbage missing major steps and written awkwardly. If it’s from 2025, I’m skipping it. #CookingFail
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Alrght everybody, get your Tin Can Telephones out. We need your help!
We reach new people by word of mouth. Send all your educator friends this pic! Teachers, librarians, scout troop leaders, etc! We offer our program for free, so we need help getting the word out without advertising $$.
We reach new people by word of mouth. Send all your educator friends this pic! Teachers, librarians, scout troop leaders, etc! We offer our program for free, so we need help getting the word out without advertising $$.
September 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Alrght everybody, get your Tin Can Telephones out. We need your help!
We reach new people by word of mouth. Send all your educator friends this pic! Teachers, librarians, scout troop leaders, etc! We offer our program for free, so we need help getting the word out without advertising $$.
We reach new people by word of mouth. Send all your educator friends this pic! Teachers, librarians, scout troop leaders, etc! We offer our program for free, so we need help getting the word out without advertising $$.
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This fall, @megstampede.bsky.social & I are collaborating to create a 2026 calendar!
Each month features a different animal, facts about them, & actions we can take to help them!
Sales will fund our '26 Native 🌱 Project
Order before 10/1 to get a free plant sticker!
www.etsy.com/listing/4366...
Each month features a different animal, facts about them, & actions we can take to help them!
Sales will fund our '26 Native 🌱 Project
Order before 10/1 to get a free plant sticker!
www.etsy.com/listing/4366...
September 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This fall, @megstampede.bsky.social & I are collaborating to create a 2026 calendar!
Each month features a different animal, facts about them, & actions we can take to help them!
Sales will fund our '26 Native 🌱 Project
Order before 10/1 to get a free plant sticker!
www.etsy.com/listing/4366...
Each month features a different animal, facts about them, & actions we can take to help them!
Sales will fund our '26 Native 🌱 Project
Order before 10/1 to get a free plant sticker!
www.etsy.com/listing/4366...
Lots of mushrooms popping up after all the rain.
September 22, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Lots of mushrooms popping up after all the rain.
I think the ectotherm crew is pranking the bird and mammal crew because I keep hearing/finding live crickets in the office but we don’t use live crickets in the bird and mammal diets. #animalkeeper #zoos
September 20, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I think the ectotherm crew is pranking the bird and mammal crew because I keep hearing/finding live crickets in the office but we don’t use live crickets in the bird and mammal diets. #animalkeeper #zoos
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Today is the 1st day of early voting in VA. Let’s do some flipping and make VA bluer. Let’s elect @abigailspanberger.com for Gov., give her a bluer house of delegates, elect Ghazala Hashmi for Lt Gov, & Jay Jones for AG. Make a plan to vote & go to iwillvote.com?state=VA to find your polling place!
September 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Today is the 1st day of early voting in VA. Let’s do some flipping and make VA bluer. Let’s elect @abigailspanberger.com for Gov., give her a bluer house of delegates, elect Ghazala Hashmi for Lt Gov, & Jay Jones for AG. Make a plan to vote & go to iwillvote.com?state=VA to find your polling place!
A new species for me- a short-tailed shrew, i think. It could be either the N. or S. species. Rare for mammals it has a venomous bite. Carnivorous. I found it scavenging around in seed the birds dropped, probably looking for worms and insects. It uses ultrasonic clicks to help it navigate. #mammals
September 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
A new species for me- a short-tailed shrew, i think. It could be either the N. or S. species. Rare for mammals it has a venomous bite. Carnivorous. I found it scavenging around in seed the birds dropped, probably looking for worms and insects. It uses ultrasonic clicks to help it navigate. #mammals
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How many species have been rediscovered? Which were surprising? What are the prospects for finding the remaining lost species? Learn more in a free webinar from @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social on Sept. 18 @ noon ET: birdsoftheworld.org/bow/news/sea.... #birds 🌎
Birds of the World - BOW Seminar: Lost & Found - The Race to Rediscover Lost Birds
Lost & Found – The Race to Rediscover Lost Birds Date/Time: 18 September 2025 – 12:00 pm ET Speakers: John Mittermeier (Search for Lost Birds Director) and Alex Berryman (Sr. Red List Officer, Birdlif...
birdsoftheworld.org
September 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
How many species have been rediscovered? Which were surprising? What are the prospects for finding the remaining lost species? Learn more in a free webinar from @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social on Sept. 18 @ noon ET: birdsoftheworld.org/bow/news/sea.... #birds 🌎
My teen is researching cryptid creatures of Ecuador/South America through books and articles for a high school psychology class, but we’re curious 🧐 Are there any local tales or stories they might be missing? Any insights would be amazing #Cryptozoology #Anthropology #FolkloreStudies #Ethnobiology
September 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
My teen is researching cryptid creatures of Ecuador/South America through books and articles for a high school psychology class, but we’re curious 🧐 Are there any local tales or stories they might be missing? Any insights would be amazing #Cryptozoology #Anthropology #FolkloreStudies #Ethnobiology
It’s finally happened. One of my kid’s childhood friends (who they are still friends with) is a student in the class I teach at the university. I hadn’t seen them since elementary school about 8 years ago but I immediately recognized them. #worldscollide #adjunct
August 31, 2025 at 1:54 PM
It’s finally happened. One of my kid’s childhood friends (who they are still friends with) is a student in the class I teach at the university. I hadn’t seen them since elementary school about 8 years ago but I immediately recognized them. #worldscollide #adjunct
Highlight of my day was relocating several hundred (thousand?) teeny tadpoles from a concrete watering hole to the wild. Swim free and grow strong legs little ones! #amphibians
August 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Highlight of my day was relocating several hundred (thousand?) teeny tadpoles from a concrete watering hole to the wild. Swim free and grow strong legs little ones! #amphibians
I’m in my early 50s, and It’s wild to think that no one had detected planets beyond our sun until I was in college. Now thousands are catalogued, with some potentially in the ‘habitable zone.’ #science is amazing.
August 25, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I’m in my early 50s, and It’s wild to think that no one had detected planets beyond our sun until I was in college. Now thousands are catalogued, with some potentially in the ‘habitable zone.’ #science is amazing.
Any minute now these beauties will have their wings and another generation will continue the migration to Mexico. #butterflies #MonarchButterfly #invertebrates #arthropods #pollinators
August 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Any minute now these beauties will have their wings and another generation will continue the migration to Mexico. #butterflies #MonarchButterfly #invertebrates #arthropods #pollinators
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Those endless waves of seagrass that cover the California coast might appear unremarkable—but they’re bastions of biodiversity that have both supported Indigenous culture and flourished under Native stewardship for centuries.
August 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Those endless waves of seagrass that cover the California coast might appear unremarkable—but they’re bastions of biodiversity that have both supported Indigenous culture and flourished under Native stewardship for centuries.
doing fieldwork on bats in the southwestern deserts often meant working in the middle of nowhere at night.
bears? fine. coyotes? fine. rattlesnakes? fine.
but headlights on a dirt road in the distance? terrifying.
animals are predictable. humans with unknown intentions are not.
#fieldwork
bears? fine. coyotes? fine. rattlesnakes? fine.
but headlights on a dirt road in the distance? terrifying.
animals are predictable. humans with unknown intentions are not.
#fieldwork
August 1, 2025 at 3:02 AM
doing fieldwork on bats in the southwestern deserts often meant working in the middle of nowhere at night.
bears? fine. coyotes? fine. rattlesnakes? fine.
but headlights on a dirt road in the distance? terrifying.
animals are predictable. humans with unknown intentions are not.
#fieldwork
bears? fine. coyotes? fine. rattlesnakes? fine.
but headlights on a dirt road in the distance? terrifying.
animals are predictable. humans with unknown intentions are not.
#fieldwork
Yellow aphids on milkweed in the garden. Where are the ladybugs?
July 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Yellow aphids on milkweed in the garden. Where are the ladybugs?
30 years ago before streaming music and podcasts existed I was often alone in the desert southwest doing wildlife field work, often in the middle of the night. NPR was the only signal I could get, and it kept me sane.
July 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
30 years ago before streaming music and podcasts existed I was often alone in the desert southwest doing wildlife field work, often in the middle of the night. NPR was the only signal I could get, and it kept me sane.
New set of wings #pollinators #butterflies
July 22, 2025 at 9:33 AM
New set of wings #pollinators #butterflies