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Tim O'Connell
@tinosaurs.bsky.social
wildlife; birds; landscapes; 322 ppm; dad vibes; science; critical thinking; woke = compliment; views mine; don't care if you call them "seagulls".

Assoc. Prof. in NREM, OKState.
Past-President, Wilson Ornithological Society
https://timoconnell.wordpress.
My little sun-dog Nellie hopes you've had a wonderful day.

#dogsofBlueSky
#DogsAreStillGood
November 15, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I don't mean to brag, but...

I'm in the top 10 for both number of #observations and #species of prey items #cached by #LoggerheadShrike in the @inaturalist.bsky.social #project, #LarderLocker!

#biodiversity #oklahoma #wildlife #grasslands #birds #butcherbird #shrike #larder
November 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Happy #Halloween to all you nice people here on the #Bluesky.

Treat yourself to a great spooky movie today, and, look for a discounted #CouponDay to come see the attractions of my newest theme park off the coast of Costa Rica.

#MonsterHouse
#JurassicPark
October 31, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I make #ornithology content for my own enjoyment because there might be only 2 or 3 folks who would get something like this. If you're one of them, the correct reply would be "heh, nice." Also, we should hang out.

#EdSullivanShow
#TheDoors
#JimMorrison
#OxygenStress
#BarHeadedGoose
#Physiology
October 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
October 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Had an event in southeastern #Kansas this weekend. It was a great time with both established and budding #ornithologists.

Driving the backroads on the way home though, I noticed something sobering: massive fields of #corn #maize and #soybean going unharvested, presumably 'cause no markets.
September 29, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Had a beautiful experience yesterday on a field trip with our local #PayneCountyAudubonSociety. A #MississippiKite caught a #cidada and landed in a tree above our group. It plucked off a wing as it began feeding, and it slowly helicoptered down such that I caught it. #birding #Oklahoma #biodiversity
August 31, 2025 at 4:02 PM
In my #pollinator patches this weekend where an acre of #Bermudagrass #lawn used to be: #PassionflowerFleaBeetle (#lifer beetle!), Snow-on-the-mountain, and a #skipper #nectaring on #TallThistle.

Plant #natives for #biodiversity! (Or don't; just don't cut 'em when you mow.)
August 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
@npr.org reported that a Senator vowed to pursue "the most crippling sanctions" on Russia and I was like "THERE ARE MORE DAMAGING LEVELS OF SANCTIONS WE HAVEN'T EVENT TRIED?!!"

WTF are we doing? Are we trying to get Russia out of Ukraine, or not?

We had Putin on US soil and we let him go.
August 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...

Even if #Virginia #Giuffre was treated well during her time employed at Mar-a-Lago, Trump knew damn well that #Epstein and #Maxwell were grooming and trafficking her.

So... did Trump report this to the FBI? Call 911? All he did was ban Epstein from Mar-a-Lago?!
August 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
But powering Voyagers is kinda "object in motion stays in motion", right? Other than a bit of heat and occasional thruster boost I assume they don't need much.

A lunar base with life support, communications, science labs, etc. sounds like some kind of electric plant would be needed?
August 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Apologies to any #followers I might have accidentally deleted this week as I've been #purging spam and some non-mutuals.

Here's an image of a #RoughleafDogwood #Cornus #drummondi in fruit in my backyard. #AmericanRobins are gobbling them up as fast as they can #ripen.

#Oklahoma #biodiversity
July 31, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I've lived long enough to see many beginnings of the end, but this one (Kavanaugh's fake swearing in to the Supreme Court at the White House) might be most significant. The loss of the Third Branch meant that we could no longer depend on the highest court for independent rulings. Game over.
July 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Remember kids, it's okay to kink-shame someone for their #chiropractic #porn fetish... when it's #Oklahoma State #Superintendent of Public Instruction and he's running that porn on a TV in his office *during a meeting* of the Board. #50th in #education

nondoc.com/2025/07/25/b...
July 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I get that not everyone is a fan of #GreatTailedGrackle aka #WalmartGrackle aka "parking lot crows". They can be crop pests, their droppings befoul cars and parking lots, and a lot of folks are literally scared of #tinosaur flocks.

But c'mon. How can you not be entertained by these goobers?
July 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Enjoy this fallen log, and the Eastern Wood-Pewee in the background.

#biodiversity #succession #Carbon #forest #LishaKillPreserve #Niskayuna #NewYork #TheNatureConservancy
July 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
One of my favorite stops along my #BreedingBirdSurvey route in #Woods county, #Oklahoma is at this bridge. The #donkey hanging out beneath it was a new one!
#wildlife #survey #BBS #livestock
July 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Tempted as I am to never post again after hitting #666...

Here's a #Merlin snippet of bird song I recorded last week at #LishaKillNaturalArea in #Niskayuna, NY. The recording includes sounds from #EasternChipmunk, #RedSquirrel, #BlackCappedChickadee and... star of the show #BrownCreeper!
July 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
#Dickcissel is ambassador to the #GreatPlains.

As predicted, it's now mid-late July, and this sound has fallen silent here until next May.

#ornithology
#migration
#BreedingSeason
#grasslands
#biodiversity
#wildlife
#Oklahoma
July 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
July 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
#PurplePassionflower is a spectacular #native vine in the southeastern USA. Here in central #Oklahoma they do quite well. This is the #obligate host plant for the equally spectacular #GulfFritillary #butterfly.

Here's one I've grown from seed. #pollinator #biodiversity

buds -> blooms -> fruits!
July 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
One subtle and devious tactic to shut down discourse is to paint any interest in an expanded safety net as socialist, and then torpedo further down that slippery slope to Chavez's Venezuela.

But the so-called "Left" in the USA really just wants affordable health care, like in capitalist Denmark.
July 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
For the mainstream #Democrats out there, don't be afraid of the #progressives in your party. Despite all the navel-gazing since November, the answer has been staring you in the face the whole time.
June 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
June 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM