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TMNT was right… 🐢 🐈‍⬛

Thanks! I picked them up at different times and then realized I had an accidental vibe 🦑🤿

I love that ink 🖋️!!

#newfountainpenday Impulse buy- new fountain pen 🖋️ Nahvular Nautilus Bronze Corydoras. I really enjoyed writing with my first Nautilus so added another. The blotter paper is from Esterbrook. My squid pen holder rounds out the theme! 🦑 🐬

#nahvularnautilus #Nahvular #fountainpen #travelersnotebook

1/ If Justice Barrett thinks we need to go back to what the Founding Fathers intended, I’ve got news for her. Their biggest concern was avoiding tyranny. So they created 3 branches of gov’t & divvied up the power the people (that’s us) were allowing the gov’t to use to create order for all of us.

Justice Jackson did not come to play today (Birthright citizenship/nationwide injunctions)

‼️Take Bold Action for Birds NOW: We’re 400 signatures away from 10,000 calling on Congress to protect migratory birds.

Up to 1 billion birds die each year from preventable causes. The MBTA has protected them for 100+ years — but it’s at risk.

🖊️Act now at this link:
act.abcbirds.org/a/take-actio...

She Won. They Didn't Just Change the Machines. They Rewired the Election. How Leonard Leo's 2021 sale of an electronics firm enabled tech giants to subvert the 2024 election.

She won.

Today I read two articles that includes the most important, fact backed (with links) material I’ve read in over a decade.

You must read this to understand how our election was rigged and stolen.

This Will Hold - Part 1 @thiswillhold.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...

Pg 1/11

Logo of a hoopoe’s top half. Inscription says Birders against Fascism

Thanks to @lowcarbonkev.bsky.social for the excellent graphic.

There don’t seem to be that many of us, but, you know, it’s the birding community, so manage your expectations. 🤣

A beautiful Emerald Tanager beneath a leafy umbrella in the rain. We saw some nice birds that day in spite of the weather. Costa Rica 🇨🇷 🪶

#birdphotography #birds #birding #costarica #costaricabirds #audubon #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #sonyrx10

I agree!

The wonderful Royal Flycatcher. This one was too busy hunting bugs to show off its spectacular crest. Panama 🇵🇦 🪶

#birdphotography #birds #birding #panama #panamabirds #audubon #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #sonyrx10

A gorgeous Flame-faced Tanager in the cloud forest mist. These tanagers have so many subtle and vivid colors in different light. Ecuador 🇪🇨 🪶

#birdphotography #birds #birding #ecuador #ecuadorbirds #audubon #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #sonyrx10

Nice pic. Love those molt transitions!

Earth is likely to cross a key climate threshold in two years A new World Meteorological Organization report spells the end of the world’s most famous climate goal.

Earth will warm 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels in just two years, new data shows. Irreversible tipping points — like the melting of Arctic ice sheets or the collapse of coral reefs — are closer at hand than previously believed.

New tenants 🪺 House Finches claimed my wreath. I gently moved it off the front door and hung it on a side pillar. She’s been on the nest all day 😊 🪶

#birds #birding #wildlife #coloradobirds #nests

Me too!

White-eared Ground-Sparrow. Happy to spot a few of these in a wonderful garden. Recent trip to Costa Rica 🇨🇷 🪶

#birdphotography #birds #birding #costarica #costaricabirds #audubon #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #sonyrx10

Lovely White-throated Mountain-gem (female). We were fortunate to see so many of these, but only the females. We didn’t spot a male at all. Recent trip to Costa Rica 🇨🇷 🪶

#birdphotography #birds #birding #costarica #costaricabirds #audubon #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #sonyrx10

We’re living through Trump’s conversion of the presidency into a global business operation—one in which family enrichment drives national policy. Foreign influence. Secret deals. Cryptocurrency grifts. Worse than just corruption, this is a blueprint for authoritarian kleptocracy.

A birding meme

Stolen from Birding Memes

My Mom died of cancer.
My grandparents died of cancer.
My best friend died of cancer.

Many of YOU, Democrats and Republicans, have friends and loved ones who died of cancer.

Cutting cancer research is evil AF, and we should ALL agree on that. If we can't, we're cooked.

Sooty-capped Chlorospingus, foraging in the shrubs along the river. Recent trip to Costa Rica 🇨🇷 🪶

#birdphotography #birds #birding #costarica #costaricabirds #audubon #naturephotography #rainforest #wildlifephotography #sonyrx

Wonderful story 🖋️

Cactus Wren with bug perched on angled post with decorative rocks wrapped in twine.

#wrensday Cactus Wren. Engaged in serious wren business: scolding passers-by, singing proudly and on the hunt for snacks.

#birds #birdphotogaphy #birding #birder #Sonyrx10 #Texasbirds #wren #wildlifephotography

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1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.

Yes... the world is watching this nightmare while we live it...

Millions of bees have died this year. It's "the worst bee loss in recorded history," one beekeeper says Bees play a key role in the U.S. food supply, and the mass deaths could jeopardize that.

The U.S. beekeeping industry is in crisis over the shocking and unexplained deaths of hundreds of millions of bees over the last eight months. https://cbsn.ws/429PUSq