T. Michael Redmond
@tmr65.bsky.social
Born in Ireland 🇮🇪. Vocation: vision scientist; avocation: traveling natural history and landscapes, and art and architecture photographer. The vast majority of images I post are mine, others not are properly attributed. Dogfather. All opinions personal.
Very nice! I have gone to Argentina for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #CootsAndMoorhens with this Red Gartered Coot. Great diversity of Rallidae down there!
November 16, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Very nice! I have gone to Argentina for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #CootsAndMoorhens with this Red Gartered Coot. Great diversity of Rallidae down there!
For Alan’s #BirdOfTheDay theme here’s a #Paddling Northern Waterthrush in its ideal habitat.
November 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
For Alan’s #BirdOfTheDay theme here’s a #Paddling Northern Waterthrush in its ideal habitat.
I love Garron’s take on events!
November 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I love Garron’s take on events!
The Free State distillery/brewery tours are always better than Norn ones!!
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The Free State distillery/brewery tours are always better than Norn ones!!
Fast forward to the 2010s, the Bushmills tour is so boring that Sunday School classes visit it and not be in danger of an “occasion of sin”!
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Fast forward to the 2010s, the Bushmills tour is so boring that Sunday School classes visit it and not be in danger of an “occasion of sin”!
The Guinness tour has not suffered nearly as much from H&S as the Bushmills Distillery tour! I first saw Guinness as a 12yo on an “Educational Tour”. We were up in the mash tuns and all! In 1989 toured the still floor at Bushmills. My wife had to stick her head out a window to escape the EtOH fumes!
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The Guinness tour has not suffered nearly as much from H&S as the Bushmills Distillery tour! I first saw Guinness as a 12yo on an “Educational Tour”. We were up in the mash tuns and all! In 1989 toured the still floor at Bushmills. My wife had to stick her head out a window to escape the EtOH fumes!
Maryland is a “jumbo shrimp”, but with a population less than either NYC or Los Angeles. It is #18 in population, larger than 32 other states and the District of Columbia. That being said, it has NO special interests over a New York or a California.
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Maryland is a “jumbo shrimp”, but with a population less than either NYC or Los Angeles. It is #18 in population, larger than 32 other states and the District of Columbia. That being said, it has NO special interests over a New York or a California.
Thanks for this. As a grad student in 1981, I had the privilege of meeting 2 Nobelists: Watson and Han Krebs (shortly before he died). While I was impressed by the myth around Watson he came across as egotistical. Krebs, on the other hand, was humble and inspirational to us young wannabe scientists
November 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Thanks for this. As a grad student in 1981, I had the privilege of meeting 2 Nobelists: Watson and Han Krebs (shortly before he died). While I was impressed by the myth around Watson he came across as egotistical. Krebs, on the other hand, was humble and inspirational to us young wannabe scientists
Why were they at gas pumps with an electric car??!!
November 8, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Why were they at gas pumps with an electric car??!!
9 AM in Detroit, 8 AM in NYC
November 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
9 AM in Detroit, 8 AM in NYC
What will you think when the sunrise is as late as 8 AM in Detroit in December under permanent DST and kids are going to school in the dark? Day lengths in late December-early January are fixed at ~9 hours under either regime!
November 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
What will you think when the sunrise is as late as 8 AM in Detroit in December under permanent DST and kids are going to school in the dark? Day lengths in late December-early January are fixed at ~9 hours under either regime!
A retired colleague told me that its more accurate name is Medicare Disadvantage! Stay away from it!
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
A retired colleague told me that its more accurate name is Medicare Disadvantage! Stay away from it!
For #BirdOfTheDay #LunchTime theme I can offer this Atlantic Puffin bringing home the groceries.
November 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
For #BirdOfTheDay #LunchTime theme I can offer this Atlantic Puffin bringing home the groceries.
That was the America to which I immigrated. Sure, Reagan was president but he believed in the positive role immigration played in the US.
November 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
That was the America to which I immigrated. Sure, Reagan was president but he believed in the positive role immigration played in the US.
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
#BirdOfTheDay theme is any bird perched on a #Rock. I think that this image fits this (Razor)bill!
November 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
#BirdOfTheDay theme is any bird perched on a #Rock. I think that this image fits this (Razor)bill!