working today with a GIS layer of all ZIP codes, gives the US an interesting texture :)

Another winter walk in Spring Creek Canyon

It's always tragic when a Horse Grinder song is relevant to current events, this one is shockingly accurate right now: "Plutocratic Governments Terminate Foreign Leaders That Do Not Comply with the Desires of Multinational Corporations" horsegrinder.bandcamp.com/album/plutoc...

Wintery walk along Spring Creek near Bellefonte, PA

This gallery of almost all EU bee species high quality photos is quite impressive: pollinatoracademy.eu/images

I'm an advocate that dinosaurs were likely plump and fluffy (like birds) rather that smooth, sleek, and muscley (like lizards). Here's my guess of what Tyrannosaurus rex might look like, little arms totally obscured by floof.

Icy weather makes for a busy day at the bird feeders Blue jay Dark-eyed junco White-throated sparrow Downy woodpecker Carolina wren Northern cardinal Black-capped chickadee White-breasted nuthatch House sparrow Tufted titmouse Song sparrow All the winter classics ❄️

A few scenes from today's cold and snowy Christmas Bird Count. Red-breasted nuthatch, brown creeper, and cedar waxwings were highlights

Saddleback caterpillar from Belize, look but don't touch

#caturday ☘️

The Sherwin Williams corporation is surprisingly transparent about their omnicidal intentions

can you guess which two data points ended up having data entry errors :P

The colder the house the more tightly wrapped the sleeping fluff ball is

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Here, There and Everywhere: Widespread Non‐Native Plants in the World's Urban Ecosystems - Super fun project to collaborate on! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

"Never get so attached to a poem you forget truth that lacks lyricism" - Joanna Newsom from the song "En Gallop"

Lovely little mushroom growing in a high elevation tamarack forest, Yading National Park, China.

I did a radio interview on the Organic Gardener show on KDKA AM 1020, talking about wild be biodiversity, bee monitoring, helping bees with native plants, and our guide book to bees of Pennsylvania :)

Some Philadelphia scenes

Yesterday had views of mountains with fall colors and feeding pears to goats 🐐🍁

My costume for gig tonight is... I suppose... David Lee Goth 🤘💀🎸

I hope you enjoy this public domain reading owl :) www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-imag...

Saw these strange concrete deals next to a reservoir in central Pennsylvania, ideas on what they might be used for?

A wee native bee tiptoeing on a lupine flower last spring in Montana. Excellent pollen pants. 🐙🌿 #Bugsky

Challenge, does anyone work in a building with a name that has more syllables than this? Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building 14!

Challenge, does anyone work in a building with a name that has more syllables than this? Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building 14!

Big fan of this weevil's color scheme, pointy snoot, and huge feet! www.inaturalist.org/observations...

more pumpkin content

A few of my favorite pumpkin and gourd photos from the MASSIVE auction going on in Mifflinburg, PA More photos from the event here: photos.app.goo.gl/eBDM8GGVTgYc...

Yesterday I visited the "Largest Ornamentals & Pumpkin Auctions in the World" in Mifflinburg PA. 150+ photos of the different variety here: photos.app.goo.gl/eBDM8GGVTgYc...

Male carpenter bee hug

blue jay feathers are blue thanks to a microscopic physical structure the refracts blue light, more about how colors in feathers work: academy.allaboutbirds.org/how-birds-ma...

gigantic imperial moth caterpillar I spotted on a hike in the woods last week 😍

gigantic imperial moth caterpillar I spotted on a hike in the woods last week 😍

Cool lichen-covered rocks

this little book arrived today! would make a fantastic addition to a K-12 classroom library or a gift for bug-loving kiddos (and adults!).... extension.psu.edu/bees-of-penn...

“This book introduces us to the importance, beauty and private lives of Pennsylvania’s mostly unnoticed pollinators." -Muhlenberg College biology professor Marten Edwards A nice story about the guide to bees of Pennsylvania we recently released: www.lehighvalleynews.com/environment-...

Viceroy licking my shoes

Who can guess what im doing?

A morning view from my driveway with wildflower garden in foreground and fog shrouded Appalachian Mountain in background

Indigenous Americans learned to process maize in alkaline solution (called nixtamalization) which made niacin (vitamin B3) bioavailable. But when Europeans started relying on maize they didn't do that resulting in niacin deficiency and disease called pallagra en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixtama...

Most adorable goat scene I saw this week 🐐😍

"The frequency illusion (also known as the Baader–Meinhof phenomenon) is a cognitive bias in which a person notices a specific concept, word, or product more frequently after recently becoming aware of it." en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequen...

Short writeup about our bee guide :) www.psu.edu/news/agricul...

Occasionally doing peer review on scientific papers has a rewarding moment, when you see paper with your suggestions incorporated that made it better. But also sometimes you see a paper show up in a different journal with some or all of your suggestions ignored, very disappointing...

This month's #G3Journal cover features a male Bombus perplexus bee poised on a purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea). 🐝 Females of this species are generalist pollenivores that collect pollen from multiple plant families. 📸: @nashturley.bsky.social 1/2🧵⬇️