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Any "extraordinarily brilliant person" would know his presidency is in free-fall after his disastrous decision to enter another endless war-of-choice in the Middle East & that on November 3rd accountability is coming for the most corrupt criminal Administration in U.S. History.
tick...tick...tick
Photo of a band tailed pigeon with a very dark mauve head and breast, cheek is even darker. Band is very pale. they are perched on a power line facing away from the camera with their head turned to the right in profile.
Photo of a Northern Band-tailed Pigeon their head is light gray with a hint of purple. head, cheek and breast are the same color. they are perched on a power line with their back to the camera and their head turned to the right in profile.
Once again I have at least one very different looking Band-tailed in the yard (L). Doesn't look like Northern ssp. (R) Should be P. f. monilis but def looks more like a more southern ssp.
Birds, man.
#birds #becurious
Photo by Kort Duce A female Cooper’s hawk perches over her catch—a female house finch taken while hunting along the riparian corridor of St. Vrain Creek in Longmont, Colorado. In this vertical color photograph, a large branch angles gently across the frame from lower left to lower right. The hawk stands over its prey, some of the finch’s feathers already plucked. Facing the camera, the hawk hunches over its meal with its head raised, its slightly open beak suggesting a recent bite. Sunlight from the left illuminates the scene, catching the bird’s intense red eyes. The background dissolves into a soft bokeh of green leaves and blue sky.
A female Cooper’s hawk perches over her catch—a female house finch taken while hunting along the riparian corridor of St. Vrain Creek in Longmont, Colorado.
#BirdsSeenln2026 #BirdOfTheDay #bird #birds #birdphotography #ECK #EastCoastKin #hawk #hawks #riparian #habitat
In February 1777, General George Washington ordered the first mass immunization campaign in American history by mandating that his troops be inoculated against smallpox. He protected the Continental Army from an epidemic that was deadlier than British forces.
249 years later, we have this idiot.
IT’S ELECTION DAY 📢
Virginia, stop Trump’s power grab, vote YES.
#VoteYesVirginiaToday
The Pentagon will stop requiring members of the military to get flu vaccines. Image Hegseth, wearing a blue suit, a tie and American flag pocket square, stands in front of an American flag. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that service members would no longer have to get flu vaccines.Credit...Pete Marovich for The New York Times The Pentagon will no longer require troops to get annual flu vaccines, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday, calling the policy an “absurd, overreaching” mandate.
George Washington LITERALLY would not have won the Revolutionary War had he not vaccinated the troops against smallpox.
Meanwhile, this idiot: www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...
A red-shouldered hawk perched in an evergreen tree
A different red-shouldered hawk (the mate of the other bird) perched in an evergreen tree
Mr. and Mrs. Red-Shouldered Hawk perched in a tree
#birds
Photo by Kort Duce A Cooper’s hawk perches along St. Vrain Creek in Longmont, Colorado. In this vertical color photograph, a large, dead tree branch cuts diagonally across the frame from lower left to lower right. Balanced on one leg, the hawk stands poised along the branch, much of its body cloaked in shadow. Its head and shoulders catch a beam of sunlight, illuminating the bird’s sharp features and setting its signature red eye aglow. Behind it, the riparian forest dissolves into a soft blur of greens and blues, where shimmering light forms delicate bokeh. It’s a striking, fleeting moment—quiet, watchful, and perfectly suspended in time.
A Cooper's hawk perches along St. Vrain Creek in Longmont, Colorado.
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Olive-bellied Sunbird is a small, energetic African songbird commonly found in forests, gardens, and woodland edges. #sunbirds markscheflen.com #BwindiImpenetrableforest #uganda #birds #birdphotography #biodiversity #conservationphotography #birdsseenin2026
A tired Great Horned Owlet and mom close by keeping watch
#birdsofprey #predatorbirds #raptors #birds #photography #audubon #nature #naturephotography #birdnerd #wildlife #natgeowild #bbcwildlife #bbcearth #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #blueskyartshow #planetbirds #bestbirdshots #lynzieflynn
A Great Blue Heron flares his tail feathers as he lands in the woods to hunt down sticks for the nest.
A red tailed hawk starting to take flight off a telephone pole with high voltage signage
Caught a red tailed hawk album cover today. 🪶
What a great shot!
A Great Blue Heron takes flight. It's wings are concave as it is lifting into flight.
I saw a nice Great Blue Heron yesterday. I kept clicking as he departed and got a shot where the wings are perfectly concave. Fun, fun click to get!
#birds #GreatBlueHeron
Great Horned Owl in Safety Harbor, Florida #birds
A photo of an American osprey (Pandion haliaetus carolinensis) perched on a lichen-covered branch in the sun against a clear blue sky, facing toward the left with its wings outstretched above it as though it is preparing to take flight. It is a large white raptor with dark brown on its upper wings and tail and a dark brown stripe on its face across its bright yellow eye. It has a small, dark gray hooked beak and a short crest on the back of its head, and large black talons on its feet.
Man, Sauvie Island is lousy with these things ain't it.
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All the family members 🪶
Bougainvillea plant.
Good morning!
There was a time when the president inspired pride instead of exhaustion. I miss that more than I can say.
Blue-winged Kookaburra
(Dacelo leachii)
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The blue-winged kookaburra is a co-operative breeder, a group being made up of a breeding pair and one or more helper birds that help raise the young. Breeding occurs once a year in late spring (September to December).
A male great horned owl sitting on a branch, leaning forward and letting out a call. The white patch under its face is puffed out.
Peregrine spotted on my morning commute
I will always pull over for a photo of a Peregrine Falcon (with prey) 🪶
Every one of us in danger from #ICELawlessness whether you are a citizen or not because these ICE & CBP thugs are sadistic monsters who care nothing about the rule of law & will brutally injure & even kill & then lie about it.
Are you willing to tell 3 friends about how Tucker Collins lost his eye?
Lori, a small, tan pup with a scruff of white on her chest, is held closely by a person in a black vet scrub. we can tell from Lori's expression she is a bit scared and not sure what to expect.
an x-ray image of Lori's lower torso shows her left hind femur has popped out of her hip socket, the result of being hit by a car.
another angle of Lori, who is lying down inside an exam pillow while her head and hind legs are handled by two vets.
This is Lori. She was wandering the streets as a stray when she was hit by a car. It caused her left hind femur to come fully out of her hip socket. She’s in severe discomfort and needs surgery followed by physical therapy to walk pain-free again. You can help her below ❤️🩹
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A curious Townsend’s Warbler with a bright yellow face and bold black markings perched on a curved green stem. Photographed in La Cañada Flintridge, California.
Bring on the warblers!
#birds #nature #wildlife #photography
My painting of dandelions
Photo by Kort Duce A great blue heron catches a bluegill in a pocket of open water surrounded by ice during the final winter light in Longmont, Colorado. In this vertical color photograph, the heron stands nearly body-deep in a small opening in the frozen pond near the shoreline. Shown in right profile, the bird's head feathers lift and curl as it wrestles with the fish. The last rays of sunlight strike the fish and the front of the heron, setting them aglow against a background of solid, frozen ice.
A great blue heron catches a bluegill in a pocket of open water surrounded by ice during the final winter light in Longmont, Colorado.
#FlyDay #BirdOfTheDay #FeederFriends #Waders #ECK #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #heron #herons #greatblueheron #greatblueherons
Three owlets at sunset
The Three Amigos! Great Horned Owlets in their human-made nest. 🪶
