Very excited to join the cadre of folks monitoring and imaging plankton with a #planktoscope . We’ll be sampling in the Chesapeake Bay to support an effort to predict algal blooms. #masternaturalist .

These little ones were silently judging my ability to fold a fitted sheet today. Another great volunteer shift at Austin Wildlife Rescue (taking pics is not allowed, so the images are from their insta acct) #masternaturalist #volunteeropportunities #lostpinesmasternaturalist

An Orange Belted Bumblebee Queen enjoying a flowering crab apple tree!
#photography #wildlifephotography #insects #bugs #bumblebees #bumblebeesinflight #bees #wisconsin #masternaturalist

An orange and black female Baltimore oriole with a mottled head sits on the branch of an apple tree.

Female Baltimore Oriole
#birds #photography #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #wisconsin #masternaturalist

A chunky blue winged warbler sits on a lichen covered dead branch looking at the camera over its shoulder.

Blue Winged Warbler #photography #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #wisconsin #masternaturalist

A black and white grosbeak with a striking red breast patch sits on the branch of a flowering crabapple tree.

Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
#photography #birds #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #wisconsin #masternaturalist

Chestnut Sided Warbler
#photography #birds #nature #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #Wisconsin #masternaturalist

Sometimes you encounter nature and go "oh, pretty" this was not one of those times...this was poke it with a stick time, and it spit at me...meet the deer vomit fungus. #centraltexasmycology #lostpinesmasternaturalists #fungusamongus #masternaturalist

Went through some phases at #lockhartstatepark #saveourparks #masternaturalist #lostpinesmasternaturalist #lovelyinlostpines

SXSW attendees aren't the only ones getting drunk this week. Cedar waxwings eat the fermented berries from yaupon trees resulting in some pretty embarrassing behaviors from being tipsy to falling off fences. #themoreyouknow #masternaturalist #lovelylostpines #lostpinesmasternaturalists

View from the back of a research vessel on Lake Superior

#BlueskyMonday
From aboard the research vessel on Lake Superior. As part of my #MasterNaturalist training, we got to participate in their ongoing fish population monitoring, what a thrill!
#Eastcoastkin #G+circle #photographersofbluesky

Special event to catalog unique species

Would you you like to participate in collection of insect and plant species on a vast Florida nature preserve?

#DelucaBioBlitz @UF @UF_IFAS #MasterNaturalist

Attended my 1st day of my 14 week course of becoming a master naturalist in my chapter in Texas. I’m super excited to see where this new path will lead me down. #masternaturalist #texasmasternaturalist #ecocareisselfcare

By the way though we are selling our part in the larger portion of the ranch, we still will own the part where the tree was. And we haven’t closed on the rest! Don’t mess with a #masternaturalist and her trees.

Signed up for a Wisconsin Master Naturalist training coming up in Sep 2025. I'm so excited! And curious how it differs from the Missouri Master Naturalist program.

#WImasternaturalist #MasterNaturalist #CitizenScientist #wisconsin #heckrodt

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A screenshot of a species report on sea lampreys. There is a photo of several in a tank. They are eek-like fish that have suction cup mouths with concentric circles of teeth. You can see three of them sucking the glass. In the screenshot, the photo caption says “I am so sorry for sharing this picture of sea lampreys”

I let you if I get scolded for this report where I use the phases “nightmare mouth” and “monster form” in the opening paragraph. #MasterNaturalist