Recent insects found in my yard and garden. The butterfly appeared after watering and tried drinking from puddles. The immature katydid was on a California poppy.

Go bag is ready, Watch Duty on my phone, following multiple scanner groups on Facebook, and own several fire extinguishers. I think there has been at least one fire each day for at least a week now throughout my county. I am dreading this 4th of July.

I found this on Facebook from a California page. Helpful info.

Washed ashore. #closeup #shell

Peony in morning light. #peony I bring this out every June, but every June I think of it.

In the last 2 days there has been about 10 different fires between my town, the town I work at, and the town my parents live in. One mower, one electrical, and some unknown. I am so sick of fire season already.

First wildfire of the season close to some family members. It looks like it will be put out quickly but it's only a few miles away from their home Reminder that Watch Duty is a great app and joining community and scanner groups if you're on Facebook are great ways to stay informed on local problems

Horseshoe Crab #horseshoecrab #crabs #crustaceans #marinebiology #art #animalart #animals

#Bugsky 🐙🌿 Shared with me by a fof in SoCal - this is a gynandromorph (both male & female) valley carpenter bee (Xylocopa sonorina). Females are black, males orange, so the extreme color dimorphism really stands out. Per Doug Yanega at UC Riverside, bee gynandromorphs he’s seen are mosaic instead—

Galaxy is huge and snuggly. 17 pounds of love. He is becoming much more of a cat now. Still awkward and his brain is made of marshmallow, but he is happy and enjoying life.

Random lily seen in a grocery store parking lot.

Photos from the Mother's Day trip to Wildlife Safari in Winston, OR 1/2 I only had my phone with me to take pictures and was the driver this time so less photos than I usually take but I still had many to go through.

Gorgeous Asiatic Lilies from a family members house.

Beautiful hanging basket of Calibrachoa at the same place the lilies were at. Last year there was other annual species in the basket and it wasn't as big or healthy. Everything died over winter except for this plant and it is doing fantastic.

A bunch of spiders! First 3 were found in my yard, the last one was found in the rear light of my old prius. 🕷🕸

My (mostly) macro photo flags - I try to make new ones every year. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Happy #mushroommonday afternoon Bluesky 🦋 #fungifriends. Doubled examples of various woodland Bolete mushrooms.

I know yall have seen many a posts with this photo, but I don’t think it’s enough so here yall go! Even the cosmos want you colorful pieces stars to exist! Thank you for being here, thank you for being you ✨ Credit: Rachel Lense from #NASA #Pride #PrideMonth #PrideMonth2026 #LGBTQIA

#MondayMist 📍Pennsylvania, USA

There are no words to describe the joy this brings. A Condor back in Oregon skies. Just a lot of gratitude for all the work from the Yurok Tribe, National Park Service, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's on the Northern California Condor Restoration Program. www.oregonlive.com/environment/...

IMPORTANT: For any artists/writers/etc etc, using Linktree to point people to their work, from 5 July, they'll be feeding all imagery you use on your landing page into DALL-E by OpenAI. I deleted my account this morning.

Roses before the rain. #bloomscrolling

🌈Happy Pride Month! June 1st is also my birthday and the birthday of my oldest dog. Here are some pride flags made from photos I've taken. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵 💖💜💙 💖💛💙

science and space travel are best done by people in love with the science not people in love with profit

Absolutely mind blowing conditions from this morning in the ancient Fanal Forest in Madeira.

Female birds with confusing names.

Some random photos of insects taken while doing yard work recently.

During Memorial Day Weekend I visited my Inlaws in Glide, OR where we had a memorial for a family friend that died recently. I saw a few birds around outside. I couldn't use Merlin much because a baby was there and making a lot of noise along with the other guests.

I hate when people that say keeping a cat inside is abuse. Its ridiculous and so wrong. Similar to the people that allow their dogs to wander off their property because "its natural/following their instincts" and get mad when they are taken to the shelter because someone thought it was a stray.

Kindness to wildlife is essential, as the biosphere comes under more and more stress. But also as more people seem to view animals as annoyances or just there to be a photographed or even to be insensate, inanimate. (Wildlife rescues are under extraordinary strain and deserve your support.)

The sky tonight is just gorgeous! Also had the pleasure to hear woodcocks going "Peent!"

Happy World Bee Day everyone!! 🤘🐝💛 Be kind and remember how important they are to our environment! #bee #bees #WorldBeeDay2026 #environment #BeeConservation #insects #bugs #SaveTheBees #BeeDay #BeeKind #Bumblebee #Nature #BeeAwareness

May 20 is World Bee Day. 🧪🐡🐝 There are ~20,000 different bee species in the world. Here in Ontario we have at least 400 native bees (none of which are the honeybees, which are from Europe). Bees are key to pollination. According to the UN nearly 90% of the world’s wild flowering plant species depend

I went to a different vet than usual with Sirius and I am so glad I did. Best vet experience is ever had. His heart and lungs are much better than earlier this year and and his tumor isn't effecting his quality of life like I thought. He is doing better, the vet said I took good care of him 🥹

They were so unbelievably adorable I could barely handle it. The boys Galaxy and Alucard cuddling in the large dog bed, and Valkyrie sleeping nearby. She usually doesn't hang around the other cats so this was unusual for her.

No, Colossal's resurrected nothing. They made designer dogs to look like Game of Thrones animal actors. And Colossal co-founder George Church? Friend of Epstein who kept the predator's genetic samples in his Harvard Medical School lab, which were pushed as priority for sequencing. Do. Not. Trust.

I went to Wildlife Safari in Winston, OR for Mother's Day with my mom. I took over 570 pictures on my phone and got pretty sunburnt but had a fantastic time. I also got bit by a goat, deer, and emu, and a tiger tried to pee on my car 🐅💦🚗 It was an interesting day

I visited my inlaws for Mother's Day. They had so many birds in the forest by their house. I actually got to see a Brown Creeper for the first time and a beautiful moth on their window.

From rules on drones to campground cancellation fees, here’s what’s new in state parks this season.

As the weather grows warmer the threat of dangerous cyanobacteria, aka blue-green algae, grows as well. Here is a link for Oregon advisories of possible cyanobacteria growth and areas to avoid. Stay safe and aware of your surroundings

For the first time I have seen a hummingbird visit my flowers 🥹 I'm so happy!

Sunrise at Glen Canyon…

Its so sweet how they interact, Galaxy is learning how to be a cat and Alucard has a buddy. *No audio

My favorite turkey tail photo. Photographed by me last year. #turkeytailmushrooms #mushrooms #photography #indiana

Moss-covered antlers in Southeast Alaska by photographer Michio Hoshino (1952-1996). Undated but from the 2007 book, Hoshino's Alaska. #alaskahistory #alaska

Flowers are nice

Patterns in plants I always see the patterns in things, and the textures and colour contrasts fascinate me. I tried to capture that in some photos of neighborhood plants #nature #photography #plants #flowers #patterns

The bluebells have finally arrived here this week. Just little pockets here and there with the best patch in woodland right next to the motorway! 🤷‍♂️ #AlphabetChallenge #WeekPForPurple #Photography #10MinutesFromHome #BloomScrolling #StunDay #EastCoastKin #Ireland

Sharing a beautiful spring rain moment ~ #stunday #bloomscrolling #eck #naturephotography #wildflowers #spring #springrain