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Shauna
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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
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
November 13, 2025 at 3:45 AM
November 8, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Moss? Idk. found on the ground in Virginia USA at St Mary’s Wilderness near the falls #nature
October 21, 2025 at 2:14 AM
This is an oldie that I found on my camera roll but still find it so calming. #nature #leaves
October 2, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Lots of mushrooms popping up after all the rain.
September 22, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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
Meanwhile, I can't even get one before it's pulled.
August 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
They’re here! #pollinators
August 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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
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
August 1, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Yellow aphids on milkweed in the garden. Where are the ladybugs?
July 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Fun find in the garden today -- Bird Nest Fungus! #fungi
July 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
New set of wings #pollinators #butterflies
July 22, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The monarch butterflies have been visiting. I haven’t seen any flying around the garden but they left me some treasures. #butterflies #nature
July 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
When I step out onto the deck and catch a whiff of fennel I know the caterpillars have been busy munching on the herbs #pollinators #backyardwildlife #butterflies
July 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
May 28, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Trail cam picked up this beauty of a brown thrasher. #birds
May 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The camera tipped over, so I missed the big moment when the goslings hatched but once the family moved out, I reset the camera to film the one non-viable egg. I figured something would come along for an easy snack. Sure enough on night two a determined little masked bandit showed up. #mammals #birds
April 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
So far 4 Canada goose goslings have been spotted out and about. Looks like there was one dud. #birds
April 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Brand new baby bluebirds born today with #4 hatching moments ago. I saw Momma bird eat the eggshell! she’s already busy bringing food back. We’ll see if #5 hatches too. Any ornithologists out there know why they eat the eggshell? For calcium or anti predator reasons or something else? #birds
April 21, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I caught a glimpse of the nest when mamma eastern bluebird left to grab a bite of food. There are 5 eggs! #birds
April 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
4 eggs now!
April 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Bluebird watch has begun. Check back in about 12 days #birds
April 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Spring is here so it’s time for Operation Gosling Watch. I didn’t want to disturb my friend on its nest so I’ll have to wait to check the trail cam. And I couldn’t get it to connect remotely so I’ll need to do some troubleshooting when she goes to feed. #birds
March 31, 2025 at 8:05 PM
My bracket is absolutely wrecked after last night. I was on the edge of my seat! The chaos continues tonight with the Elite Trait battles—who will claw, charge, or photosynthesize their way to victory? May the fittest eukaryote win!
#2025MMM #IfYou’reLearningYou’reWinning
March 27, 2025 at 12:47 PM