For Alan's theme of #PrimaryColours for the #BirdoftheDay, I have one of each! A gorgeous Red-breasted Sapsucker; the bright yellow of a Horned Lark; and a brilliant Western Bluebird! All also appropriate for #SmallBirdSaturday. #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #WillametteValley #Oregon

It is logically impossible to believe that you are in God's small select group of chosen beloved and that everyone else is rightfully doomed to eternal torture without on some level not caring what happens to those other people. It's a genocide theology.

I’m now hearing up to 80 students. I’m sure those kids will be presented as threats somehow, but they’re little children with hopes and dreams and people who loved them and they're the exact people who are used tokenisitically in demands for regime change.

a new war in the Middle East, run from the criminal president’s Florida resort, sponsored by Polymarket and brought to you by the thoughtfulness and maturity of r/pol

Nearly half of all bird species are in decline. But new research shows that thoughtful and intentional urban conservation can create conditions where native birds and people thrive together.

Australia spends far more on activities that harm biodiversity than on protecting it, a new study finds. Researchers estimate A$26.3B in harmful subsidies — mostly fossil fuels and transport — versus less than A$0.8B for conservation. Reform is key, they say, to meeting global biodiversity targets.

It’d be cool if progressives didn’t point to fat people like “We can all agree this is a public policy failure…”

Need some good news? Kakapo, New Zealand's endangered flightless parrots, are having a great year. #ornithology

We’re seriously at the point where you can’t look past what supposed leaders are doing or what they’ve capitulated on or who they’ve failed to stand up for. If you fail this ethical and moral test you are not fit to serve and shouldn’t be trusted with power.

A Brown Pelican soars over the open ocean with #WideOpenWings for today's #BirdoftheDay! These beauties head north after breeding and so visit my part of the coast in the late summer into fall. #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #thepeoplescoast #Oregon

Trump has nominated former Rep. Steve Pearce to lead the Bureau of Land Management, where Pearce would be in charge of 245 million acres of #PublicLands. Urge your Senators to VOTE NO on Steve Pearce for BLM Director by calling them at 202-224-3121 and by clicking this link ➡️ biodiv.us/pearce

Meet Steve Pearce: The anti-public lands ideologue nominated to manage 245 million acres for the BLM. Steve Pearce thinks public lands should be exploited rather than preserved for future generations. ACT NOW! Tell your senators to vote NO on Pearce’s confirmation ➡️ https://loom.ly/grMxNN

1. Numerous transgender people in Kansas are reporting that the state has sent them a letter demanding the immediate surrender of drivers licenses. Those driving could be arrested, charged, and see privileges revoked. Subscribe to support our journalism. www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

every person who dedicated their time and energy to bring us from point A to point B here has blood on their hands that will never wash off they’re the ones who should be exiled from society instead of trans people

Transgender adults in Kansas have received letters ordering them to surrender their drivers licenses until they obtain a new one with a marker reflecting their sex assigned at birth. Their current licenses are now invalid. www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

I don't normally watch the State of the Union, but I'm *especially* not watching tonights. Because fuck that guy.

Despite being scavengers as much as hunters, Bald Eagles are always in a #PowerPose. They're massive, powerful birds. And just look at that beak! #BirdoftheDay #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #WillametteValley #Oregon

Did a little #Lichenography for #MacroMonday; my first attempt at macro lichen photography. Definitely room for improvement but I'm happy with the results! All of these images are in-camera focus stacks, taken inside against a white background. #Nature #Photography #Oregon

Attacks on NEPA—often disguised as progressive 'Abundance' rhetoric—have quietly served fossil fuel companies, Big Tech, and others that profit from exploiting people and land. These assaults, which accelerated under Trump, have gutted the foundational environmental protections Americans depend on.

Holy shit. The fossil-fuel industry wanted "permitting reform" (ie, gutting the National Environmental Policy Act) so badly that the Trump regime went ahead and did it illegally. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

This week, Republicans in Congress are trying to pass two bills — HR 4758 and HR 4626 — that would eliminate energy efficiency standards that saved American families $6,000 on their utility bills over the last decade.

For Rob's #BirdoftheDay theme of #RuffledFeathers, here's a male Red-winged Blackbird, it's breast feathers being ruffled by the wind. #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #Oregon

For Alan's #BirdoftheDay theme of #BirdsinTheirElement, here's an older photo of a Marsh Wren perched among the reeds. These noisy singers fill the marsh with their buzzing song in the spring. #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #Oregon

Turns out I have just the thing for the alternate theme of #cute for Alan's #BirdoftheDay today! They don't get much cuter than this absolute borb of a Spotted Towhee. #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #Oregon

Just to keep it straight ... It's Trump's Secretary of Homeland Security who's allegedly having a barely concealed affair with her married aide who tried to fire a Coast Guard pilot for not turning their luxury jet around mid-flight to go back and get her blankie ...

Went up to one of 3 local wildlife refuges, Baskett Slough, on Tuesday. Picked up a new #Lifer with a vagrant Ruff (sadly no photos) and also got more pictures of the @aba.org bird of the year, the lovely Horned Lark. #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #WillametteValley #Oregon

Here's a set of 4 for Rob's #BirdoftheDay theme of #BranchBirds, all taken on Tuesday in my local park! #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #WillametteValley #Oregon

We get a lot of questions about bumble bees, stings, and what to do when discovering a nest. So here are some answers from our experts! 🐝 We’d love to expand this FAQ in the future, so let us know what other questions you have about bumble bees!

An environmental scientist’s analysis reveals who will win and who will lose in the push to put federal land into private hands www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...

Cephalopods are an odd bunch, and that's saying something considering they are molluscs! #LetsChangeThat

"Colorado lost 26 percent of staff from the Interior and Agriculture departments, while New Mexico lost 22 percent and Nevada 19 percent." Trump is gutting public lands staffing and opening up millions of acres to drilling and mining. American public lands belong to the American people. Full stop.

Heat pumps are magic. Like, I know how they work, and mine still seems like magic.

I'm staying on this, since it's not breaking through enough. This is the stupidest, most dangerous thing Trump is doing. It affects the entire world and it's irreversible. #ClimateCrisis

Krystle Hickman is on a quest to document hundreds of species of native bees, which are under threat by climate change and habitat loss, some of it caused by the more recognizable and agriculturally valued honey bee — an invasive species.

The Project 2025 author is using millions of dollars in USAID money for his own security detail. It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children. Vought is a mass murderer.

"Warnings of ‘Permanent’ Damage to People and Planet as Trump EPA Set to Repeal Key Climate Rule" by @brettwilkins.bsky.social for @commondreams.org: www.commondreams.org/news/warning...

For today's #BirdoftheDay, I went for the alt theme of #Everyday bird. This noisy Steller's Jay and its friends and family are residents in my neighborhood park. #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #WillametteValley #Oregon

Once upon a time, Bald Eagles had fewer than 500 breeding pairs left in the wild. Now, they are a species of "least concern" by IUCN. Common enough that I see them nearly daily, and don't necessarily take time to appreciate them. But a group posed so nicely for me! #Nature #Birds #Oregon

if we do, in some grim future, give up and decide to cede the entire practice of reporting to LLMs generating stories from their inherently out-of-date training models, we will miss huge amounts of often exceedingly important information. to an extent that I believe would rapidly turn deadly.

Another two photos for today's #BirdoftheDay. The first one, a Belted Kingfisher, covers both #WaterBirds and #Blue, and with that second theme I couldn't help but post a fabulous Lazuli Bunting. #Birds #Nature #Photography #PNWBirding #Oregon

For the #BirdoftheDay theme of #OddCouples (two birds in one shot), here's a couple shots. See alt text for descriptions. #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #Oregon

States can step in to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, and automakers will likely keep trying to reduce emissions to remain competitive in the global market. In the meantime, more Americans will die from air pollution and climate change because of the Trump regime.

For a good #StareDown, there's nothing quite like an Owl. Like this Burrowing Owl, which seems to be giving me the most disdainful look it can manage. #BirdoftheDay #Nature #Photography #Birds #Owls #PNWBirding #WillametteValley #Oregon

The U.S. Senate is considering legislation this week, possibly as soon as tomorrow, that could overturn long-standing protections and open the door to copper-nickel mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, one of the most intact boreal ecosystems in the Lower 48.

A little late to the #BirdoftheDay party today, but the theme of #posted is timely, as I just captured this Prairie Falcon on a post in a farm field on Friday. When it took off, I discovered it was carrying rodent prey as well! #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #WillametteValley #Oregon

The agency’s plan would narrow water quality reviews and eliminate one of the few ways that tribes can their enforce treaty rights, shares Grist. buff.ly/7CAdxrz

This feels like such an almost photo; I like the composition and the pose I was able to capture, of two Horned Larks sparring in the air. But it was at the absolute edge of my lens' range, so it's much softer than I'd like. @aba.org #Nature #Photography #Birds #WillametteValley

Was over in the farmlands across the river again yesterday, one of my winter birding haunts. The fog had come down thick again, but I managed some decent raptor shots anyway! #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #WillametteValley #Oregon

For the #BirdoftheDay, I managed to capture this Spotted Towhee in a moment of #Serenity (a rare thing with Sparrows); possibly it is contemplating which apple to eat next. #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #WillametteValley #Oregon