From a few weeks ago, during our trip to Vancouver Island, on a tour with @eaglewingtours.bsky.social. Sound on for this one! Thanks to our naturalist guide for providing the narration. #Nature #Whales #Orca

I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”

This time of year, my garden has 2 crowning glories. One is my pollinator bed; a lot of work went into this, and I am so, so happy with how it's progressed. The second is the strawberry bed. What's shown here, 4 pints worth, is 80% of today's harvest! #Flowers #Bloomscrolling #Gardening

I had heard, over the years, that Lucas's wife had a major hand in editing Star Wars... But no idea she had as big of an impact as this thread lays out. We have lost an unheard of legend who created THE seminal work of modern sci-fi.

Friday night news dump: Trump just lifted restrictions on off-road vehicles on public lands, including in most national parks. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/c...

There's Still Time! The ABA's spring membership drive is coming to a close, but there’s still an opportunity to be part of what we’re building together at the American Birding Association. Every member makes a difference. ABA.org/membership

In the face of worsening #droughts, a key solution is improving #water efficiency and cutting waste. It doesn’t have to be complicated. In fact, many strategies are simple, proven, and available right now. Here are seven ways to start: pacinst.org/7-water-effi...

Political appointees should never - NEVER - have a damn thing to do with science funding approval.

US prepares to auction leases for seabed mining blocks in federal waters

Toronto Climate week starts Monday and the climate community has LOTS of work to do. The state of Canadian climate policy in Canada is worse than you think. 🧵

“Right to work” is a union-busting scam that lowers wages and empowers corporations. But right now, the North Carolina legislature is trying to enshrine “right to work” in the state constitution. Email your NC rep and tell them to say NO to S.B. 1082! https://bit.ly/4fc1DYO

Coral Reefs Are at a Tipping Point

For Alan's #BirdoftheDay, here's a shot of a Black Oystercatcher showing both the #Texture of its rocky seashore home and #Determination in hunting for food just out of the reach of the crashing waves. #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #thepeoplescoast #Oregon

The war in Iran is supercharging an ecological crisis in the Persian Gulf

For Rob's #BirdoftheDay theme of #Anatidae, it feels only appropriate to post my personal favorite duck, the Harlequin Duck! These beauties breed in high mountain rivers, but come visit our coastline in the winter. #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #thepeoplescoast #Oregon

The fate of mountain biodiversity in a warming world www.nature.com/articles/s44...

My opinion of NPR has been going steadily downhill during Trump 2 but this is fucking ridiculous. DHS was always an appeal to white supremacy. This was the same administration that brought us "freedom fries" for fucks sake!

Out picking mushrooms again today. We visit my in-laws ever Memorial Day weekend for morel season. Good day of picking, plus lots of wildflowers! #Nature #Photography #Flowers #Mushrooms #Oregon

This is a truly absurd and magnificent bird!

The U.S. just experienced its hottest 12 months on record www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

For nearly 100 years, four large dams on the Klamath River blocked salmon and steelhead trout from reaching more than 400 miles of habitat. 🐟 This World Fish Migration Day, enjoy this footage of their return to historic spawning habitat post-dam removal! 🎥 Swiftwater Films

Recently got back from a vacation to the beautiful Vancouver Island. We spent some time in Victoria, and while there visited the absolutely spectacular Butchart Gardens. The rhododendrons were at the peak of their bloom, and here's a sample of them! #Photography #Flowers #Gardens #Bloomscrolling

We're seeing a bunch of small fires pop up here in Northern California already, pretty much always attributable to human idiocy. 1) don't use campfires, use a propane stove and keep flammable material clear 2) be sure your tow chains can't drag on the road 3) don't throw lit cigs out the car

Meet Parrotfish! #LetsChangeThat

Public lands belong to the American people, not to polluters trying to exploit our treasured outdoor spaces for profit. Keep your hands off OUR LANDS.

In Victoria, BC on vacation, found this lovely yellow rhodie outside House of Boateng in Langford. Brunch there was pretty good too!

Meet the Courage Candidate for Oregon's 5th District! 🏛️ We are proud to introduce Zeva Rosenbaum, a grassroots champ running for Congress to bring working-class representation & real accountability to Washington, D.C. Zeva's campaign is built on a simple promise: For the people, not for profit.

Finally got around to processing some photos from last month, so here's a selection of #Ducks seen in Eastern #Oregon. See alt text for species and more info. #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding

It's #Subnautica2 Early Access Release Day! Meet our own earthly eldritch horror, Magnapinna. #LetsChangeThat

In eastern Indonesia, communities are reviving customary marine systems to fight destructive fishing and habitat loss. As shown in the film "Jejak Wallacea," these Indigenous-led patrols and seasonal closures are protecting species like thresher sharks and sea turtles. Hans Nicholas Jong reports.

For Alan's #BirdoftheDay theme of #FeatheredFemmes today, here's a female Brewer's Blackbird taken over the weekend in Central #Oregon. #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding

Remember Ursula K. Le Guin when someone next tells you to be “pragmatic.” When someone outright attacks your very mission & purpose. Because her insight applies equally to those of us in the NGO advocacy world. Much of our mission and very operations under immense threat. And yet here we stand.

The Trump administration today fully rescinded the Conservation and Landscape Health Rule, a.k.a. the Public Lands Rule.

Genuinely one of the scariest marine critters out there... Cone Snails. #LetsChangeThat

Bottom trawling in Europe may cost society up to €16 BILLION a year Not from fish—but from climate damage caused by disturbing carbon-rich seafloors 🌊💨 bit.ly/trawlingeurope

Mount Jefferson seen from Haystack Reservoir in Central Oregon, our campground for the weekend.

To my mind, it doesn't get much more #Photogenic than a Western Bluebird! I'm lucky enough to have them nesting in my backyard, which is where I got the photo of this striking male. #BirdoftheDay #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #WillametteValley

Absolutely nothing is sacred or worth protecting to Trump and his cruel and destructive administration.

Quick & bleak update from me for @mongabay.com - heavy metal contamination from Myanmar's mines has reached the Mekong River. Thai authorities found arsenic levels ~9 times higher than the safety limit in the Mekong's sediment, suggesting the flow of pollution is spreading through river systems.

Again this should inspire wall-to-wall media coverage for months. The crowning achievement of the Civil Rights Movement is dead. Black people just lost all of their remaining political power in the South. This is a monumental moment in American history that simply isn't being treated as such.

For the #BirdoftheDay theme of #InMotion, here's a White-breasted Nuthatch I caught in the act of climbing his way up a tree. This is actually a little unusual for Nuthatches, as they can usually be found going the other way, that is head-down. #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #Oregon

Because of course they fucking are. They're undoing even the small gains that have been made over the years. So tired of these assholes.

New How to Know the Birds column, by Ted Floyd! Across much of its vast range, the 2026 ABA Bird of the Year isn't particularly rare. In places, it can be fantastically abundant. Yet the species is generally unknown. Why is that? Read here: www.aba.org/how-to-know-...

“do you have the temperament to go through the federal government with a holy sword and cleanse it of evil” is basically the primary characteristic we need in the 2028 nominee whoever it is may or may not be able to do enough to forestall a snapback in 2032 but another moderate definitely won’t

The left is the only US political faction that grapples with the actual science of decarbonization and calls for the phaseout of fossil energy rather than an "all of the above" energy "abundance" that will never zero out emissions. 🧵

Yes, we need to figure out how to fix our grid, build transmission, get clean energy built and connected as quickly as humanly possible — but gutting environmental protections and the processes that allow communities to block fossil energy projects is just...not the way to do it. 16/n

Going with the Alt theme of #LowFlying for Alan's #BirdoftheDay today, here's a female Northern Harrier skimming low over the marsh. These birds will soar back and forth over open areas hunting for prey #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #WillametteValley #Nature

There is clearly a fundamental difference between people who think the Trump era is depressing but a blip and people who think it is a fundamental rupture in how our government is constituted.

This OG of natural wonder is nearly 100! 🐦‍⬛ 🐠 🐊 Over time as #climate, #biodiversity loss & habitat destruction became harder to ignore, his message has become more direct: Understanding nature is not just a matter of curiosity; it is the beginning of responsibility @mongabay.com's founder reports:

Comrade Trump continues his streak of destroying the American empire's grip on the world, hastening the renewables transition, de-dollarizing trade, and killing the world's suicidal habit of entrusting its digital life to America's defective, enshittified tech: pluralistic.net/2026/04/20/p... 1/