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Pam Owen - Wild Ideas
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Writer & photographer living in the foothills of the Appalachian Mts, Virginia. Write a nature column, "Wild Ideas." Dedicated conservationist. Comments welcome. 🚫Crypto, religious proselytizing, porn/cam girls 🚫DMs except from friends
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Pam Owen - Wild Ideas @wild-ideas.bsky.social · Feb 12
All photos are mine unless otherwise credited.
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The Appalachian Mts in Virginia are for their vibrant fall colors. This year, lack of rain meant the show wasn't as long and vibrant as usual. But this maple leaf brings a cheery spot of color to the forest floor.
#fall #nature #tree
A bright-red maple leaf among the leaf litter on the forest floor
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Arachnid heaven❤️❤️❤️
World's largest spiderweb hosting over 111,000 arachnids discovered
Researchers have documented what is believed to be the world's largest spiderweb inside Sulfur Cave on the Albanian-Greek border.
interestingengineering.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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World's First White Iberian Lynx Photographed
www.euronews.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Drawing i made of two friends.A maned wolf and a Red-crested cardinal.Living together in south America.

What do you think they are talking about?

This is the cardinal's song:
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#digitalart #art #addBirder #birds #wolf #sciart #naturalhistoryillustration #wildlifeart
Maned wolf and argentinian cardinal being friends
October 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Tywyllwch yn yr awyr

#starlings #murmuration #birds #birdlife #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #horror #halloween #sunset #pier #aberystwyth #ceredigion @rspbcymru.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Checked in on them this morning - can confirm, still bloody beautiful.
#tawnyfrogmouth #ausbirds #birds #wildoz
October 31, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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An adorable pair of great horned owls looks down at me #birdoftheday #owls #nature #photography #PNW #birds
October 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Good morning. #birds
October 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Europe's not the only place. This is a global problem. When I bird here in Virginia (USA), I'm hearing the silence for long stretches.
birdlifeeurope.bsky.social BirdLife Europe & Central Asia @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social · Oct 28
🚨 Across Europe, farmland that once echoed with birdsong and buzzing life is falling silent, poisoned by the overuse of harmful pesticides.

These chemicals contaminate soil and water, kill the insects that birds depend on, and weaken the ecosystems that make farming possible.
October 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Black-lored Babbler noisy social bird, East Africa lives in savannas, scrublands, and woodlands. Birds known for grey-brown plumage, dark lores and lots of loud chattering. #blackloredbabbler markscheflen.com #birdofuganda #birds #bird #lakebunyonyi #uganda #biodiversity
October 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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After a superbloom of mushrooms here (a couple dozen species covering 2 acres of oak-hickory forest floor) in the VA foothills of the Alleghenies last Oct., only a few emerged this fall. Weather is likely the reason: deluges of rain last Oct. & drought this fall. Nice to see this elderly Russala (?)
October 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Top of the morning to ya, BS 🤍
October 28, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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The Children's Tree 🖤
Saint Orso old #cemetery
#31DaysOfGraves
27 • tree
#ClassicMono
Black and white photo of the tree (I think it's an ash tree) in the area of ​​the old cemetery in Aosta reserved for children's burials. At the bottom of the photo, you can see some little angels on the gravestones.
October 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Morning #BlueSky ☕️ & welcome back to the Isle of Wight off the U.K. coast for this one. Have a fabulous day friends 😌 #Photography #EastCoastKin #PhotographyOfBlueSky
#CoastalPhotography #Ocean #Shoreline #UK #Photo
#TidesOutTuesday #ColorADay #BlueTue #RockinTuesday #AlphabetChallenge #WeekRForRock
Our pictures captures a serene view of a calm body of water meeting a sandy shore under an overcast sky on the Isle of Wight in just off the coast of the United Kingdom The photograph is divided into three distinct sections: the sky, the water, and the shoreline. The sky is heavily clouded with shades of grey and white, creating a somber and somewhat ominous atmosphere. Below the sky stretches the tranquil expanse of water, its surface gently rippling, reflecting the muted tones of the sky above. The colour of the water transitions from a deep teal in the distance to a lighter, more transparent hue near the shore. The shoreline is composed of sand and small pebbles, with several large rocks scattered along the edge where the water meets the land. The sand is damp, with small pools of water reflecting the sky and the surrounding landscape. The rocks vary in size and color, some with smooth surfaces, others more jagged and worn. The overall mood of the image is peaceful and contemplative, with a hint of melancholy due to the overcast sky and the muted colours. And finally, our picture is finished with a white border frame.
October 28, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Fun with rocks😁
The Moon That’s 2 Moons Stuck Together
YouTube video by SciShow
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October 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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I drawed a dinosaur.
#SciArt
An illustration of a large T. rex on a white background. The dinosaur has a mostly grey body with pale stripes and splotches, with earthy orange tones around its head and neck. “Tyrannosaurus was a bipedal carnivore with a massive skull balanced by a long, heavy tail. Relative to its large and powerful hind limbs, the forelimbs of Tyrannosaurus were short but unusually powerful for their size, and they had two clawed digits. The most complete specimen measures 12.3–12.4 m (40–41 ft) in length, but according to most modern estimates, Tyrannosaurus could have exceeded sizes of 13 m (43 ft) in length, 3.7–4 m (12–13 ft) in hip height, and 8.8 t (8.7 long tons; 9.7 short tons) in mass.” (Source: Wikipedia)
September 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Great news! Now let's see how fast Trump can screw this up.🤔
Hard-Fought Treaty to Protect Ocean Life Clears a Final Hurdle
www.nytimes.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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“With increased state presence, local communities should finally have the opportunity to engage as allies in the management, restoration and sustainable development of Mesoamerica’s largest national park,” says WCS’s Gabriela Ponce.

🌎 news.mongabay.com/2025/09/guat...
Guatemala closes oil field, increases security in Maya Biosphere Reserve
Officials in Guatemala have announced plans to occupy a recently closed oil field with the aim of increasing enforcement in protected areas badly hit by organized crime. The Xan oil field inside Lagun...
news.mongabay.com
September 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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One of the greatest mysteries on the planet may be solved... 🤔
#cats #science
Gold-covered hairballs may reveal why cats eat grass
Spiky projections on plant matter may act like “drain snakes,” helping felines dislodge wads of fur
www.science.org
September 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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From several years ago on the border of Shenandoah National Park, I found this beautiful Kentucky Flat Millipede. Two inches long and shy, it likes dark, damp places in for forest, helping break down rotting wood and leaves. It secretes cyanide compounds as a defense mechanism, so best left alone.
A 2-inch black, yellow, and orange millipede with yellow legs curling up as it searches for food in forest wet leaf matter. The head end of a 2-inch black, yellow, and orange millipede with yellow legs. A 2-inch black, yellow, and orange millipede with yellow legs completely curled up in rotting leaves on the forest floor.
August 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Rosie🌹

#photography #gsp #dog #cloud
July 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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It's a bit early for Halloween photos, but a nice bunch of Jack-o'-Lantern mushrooms just popped up.

Cool fact: they are bioluminescent (emit light) in the dark, as I've witnessed several times. The light is subtle but still an amazing phenomenon.
#nature #mushroom #fungi
A cluster of bright-orange mushrooms that just popped up in an oak-hickory forest
July 30, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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We know Trump is a pathological liar, but it's always nice to get the facts from someone who knows what they're talking about. A lot of good data in this NYT piece.
FACT FOCUS: Trump misrepresents facts about wind power during Cabinet meeting
President Donald Trump is taking on “green” energy initiatives, criticizing wind power particularly.
apnews.com
July 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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🐸🪷🌿🌊 / The Fool / gouache on hot press paper

Things have been so wild that I've missed posting about this! This painting lives at Valkarie Gallery as part of a group show Arcana: Painting the Fates with so much amazing work! If you're in Denver go check it out!

#art #illustration #tarot
Gouache painting in lush dark green and blue featuring a cross-section of a pond at night. A green harlequin-patterned frog with a hint of tadpole tail climbs half out of the water into the cattails, looking at the stars. In the darkness lurks a taloned heron foot. The water is full of tadpoles, pond weed, insect larvae, and frog eggs. A single bright mayfly hangs on a cattail leaf above the frog's head.
June 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM