cranky ol’ Auncle Allie
@turtlesoup.bsky.social
Cartoonist, illustrator, fanperson. Budding professional science writer & hobby naturalist/nature photographer. They/them. http://linktr.ee/alliekleber
Expect lots of bird photos (and sometimes plants, bugs, etc).
GenAI is not welcome here.
Expect lots of bird photos (and sometimes plants, bugs, etc).
GenAI is not welcome here.
Do you know what kind of tree the wood was? It's probably a good idea to keep puppy away regardless, but those mushrooms have a lot of lookalikes and sometimes this info can help with a tricky ID.
November 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Do you know what kind of tree the wood was? It's probably a good idea to keep puppy away regardless, but those mushrooms have a lot of lookalikes and sometimes this info can help with a tricky ID.
Well, exactly. (Also hair and eye color are reasonably objective facts, but sex as a useful physical descriptor is much, much less so and prone to all kinds of abuses.)
November 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Well, exactly. (Also hair and eye color are reasonably objective facts, but sex as a useful physical descriptor is much, much less so and prone to all kinds of abuses.)
Alas, belleza, I'm spoken for tonight! Perhaps another time. 😘
October 31, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Alas, belleza, I'm spoken for tonight! Perhaps another time. 😘
I mean, they're pretty different from the red squirrels you get across the pond, I think? (The ones with the really tufted ears.) I keep a particular eye out for them, and even then I almost never see them, so I'm not surprised if you haven't!
October 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I mean, they're pretty different from the red squirrels you get across the pond, I think? (The ones with the really tufted ears.) I keep a particular eye out for them, and even then I almost never see them, so I'm not surprised if you haven't!
Yeah! We have them, but they're MUCH less abundant than their larger grey cousins. This is only the second one I've seen in Mass all year (and the other one was in Rockport).
They are VERY cranky little guys. This one yelled at me a lot and chased a grey squirrel three times its size.
They are VERY cranky little guys. This one yelled at me a lot and chased a grey squirrel three times its size.
October 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Yeah! We have them, but they're MUCH less abundant than their larger grey cousins. This is only the second one I've seen in Mass all year (and the other one was in Rockport).
They are VERY cranky little guys. This one yelled at me a lot and chased a grey squirrel three times its size.
They are VERY cranky little guys. This one yelled at me a lot and chased a grey squirrel three times its size.
WOW. That is genuinely quite impressive, bb.
October 30, 2025 at 2:38 AM
WOW. That is genuinely quite impressive, bb.
If you need a vent at some point, you have my number. Feel free to use it. ❤️
October 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
If you need a vent at some point, you have my number. Feel free to use it. ❤️