youtube.com/shorts/K7r2S... Friday 3 April 2026 and the bridge is fixed and Reifel is open and the birds have missed all the people! Turn your sound up! Listen to him purr! He is saying - where have you been? 😄 what a wonderful day - happy Easter everyone!

3/ Zonder de Amerikaanse veiligheidsparaplu zou Rusland bijvoorbeeld de Baltische staten aan kunnen vallen om de geloofwaardigheid van de NAVO te testen. Dan wordt Europa gedwongen om haar militaire autonomie te versnellen, een proces dat al bezig is, maar naar schatting minstens vijf jaar duurt.

We have hummingbabies! 😱🥹

Northern Flicker a large, ground-feeding #woodpecker found across North America. Unlike most woodpeckers, it often forages on the ground for ants & beetles. Photo Northwoods, Central Park, NYC #birdseenin2026 markscheflen.com #northernflickers #centralparknyc #springmigration #biodiversity #birds

Small arts organizations are struggling after federal arts and humanities grants were abruptly canceled. Our colleagues at @revealnews.org examine what got cut and where the money is going.

🪶 If you live in the western US, keep your ears peeled for flying crickets! Broad-tailed Hummingbirds are on the move & have already made it to Salt Lake City. Play the video to hear the trill that the male's wing tips make- it's often the best way to find these hummers.

🇧🇷Tucão 🌎Elaenia obscura Conservação: Pouco Preocupante O tucão é uma ave passeriforme da família Tyrannidae. Também conhecido por guaracava, guaracava-de-óculos, guracava, maria-tola e tonto. 📷 José Silvio Abras

lots of mayapple growing throughout the nature center! (at least, the parts where i can walk) #NativePlants #FLowerFriday

This wee Robin followed me for hours , Dunfermline Pittencrieff Park. Video here: youtu.be/YDc4sTEk4VQ #scotland #robin #birdphotography #naturephotography #cute

My favourite spot for sunrise photos of Edinburgh. :) Edina! Scotia's darling seat! All hail thy palaces and tow'rs, Where once, beneath a Monarch's feet, Sat Legislation's sov'reign pow'rs! (Robert Burns) #moody #urban #photography #Edinburgh #Scotland #robertburns

An Oriental Darter juggling with a fish. Photo uploaded to Birdingplaces by Arijit Banerjee. Birdingplaces.com is a free resource to find nice bird areas worldwide. Use it and share us! All areas are described in detail by local birders. #birds #birdphotography #aves #BirdoftheDay #OrientalDarter

All Trump had to do was keep the oil tap turned to max and crush all renewables….and he couldn’t even do the former. Now Trump selling off USA forests, Pharma etc to them. He is selling off your birthright America, all your assets. Land, water, infrastructure. ITS A BUST OUT WAKE UP

Grainstacks, Claude Monet 1890

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today from @alan678.bsky.social‬ is #weather a favourite shot in any weather we can see…..rain, wind, snow etc. The alt is #riverbank any bird capture on the banks of a waterway American Goldfinch #birdphotography #birds #goldfinch

Absolutely fantastic essay by @clairelwilmot.bsky.social. The complex psychological grip that powerful abusers get to employ over victims, is so entrenched and self-serving, we have a long long way to go before justice & accountability will become commonplace. #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinClass

Audio obtained by The Advocate reveals a New Mexico immigration judge pressing an Iranian man about his same-sex relationship. https://mrf.lu/67nz

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Apr EITM In an extraordinary act of civil disobedience, 40 faith leaders LGBTQ+ advocates staged a 3-hr sit in at Gov. Brad Little's office to protest Idaho's super-harsh new bathroom law with 9 ages 34 to 84 arrested and later released.

#uspoli important

Even the boletes!

Birds and Flowers - Muhammad Yusuf, Persia,/Iran 17th century

Alan's theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #Weather but I will be contributing pics that I took whilst floating down a river in Jamaica last month. #SnowyEgret #LittleBlueHeron #GreenHeron

I have to hand it to Ruri Rocks for nailing how a grad student's workstation looks like

Physaria bellii, our endemic Front Range Twinpod, blooming today in north Boulder #nativeplants 🌿 You can clearly see the tetradynamous stamens in these flowers which are characteristic of most mustard family members, four long plus two short stamens. 🧐

Gold Lion, Georgia, 2300-2000 BCE 4.1 x 2.1 x 2.5 cm

buy only from mom and pop stores, indy authors, indy artists(people who draw and paint pictures), indy musicians and other small businesses

🕊️ goedemorgen, 🎶 het is druk in de tuin van het vakantiehuisje 💛🖤 fijne dag ✨ #koolmees #greattit #vogels #birds #natuur #nature

!! Wow, NPR article highlighting botanist @naomibot.bsky.social !!

He is vile and horrifying. A nightmare I would like to wake up from. Vote every republican out of office this year and let’s impeach him!!

So many of the males around here are coded with red. House finch, downy woodpecker, cardinal. Also hairy woodpecker, not included here.

Gray Hawk, Tucson AZ #birds #birding #wildlife #tucson #arizona #photography 🪶📷

The Phantom Of The North... Early morning. Orion The Great Grey Owl, settling in for a nap, after a successful night of hunting. He is found in the Boreal Forests of the Great White North. Extremely handsome. 🦉📸🇨🇦 #GreatGreyOwl #Birds #Raptor #Owls #Photography #Wildlife #Sony #OntarioParks #Canada

"What the HELL is that?!" Why, its a #ruffedgrouse in the garden, where the turkey was scratching earlier. #animals #birds #redsquirrel #grouse #gardens #birding

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A reddish egret on the hunt at Merritt Island NWR, Florida. #reddishegret #birds #birdphotography

American White Pelicans Mead Wildlife Area #Birds #Wisconsin

Meryl Streep: The SAVE America Act will make it harder for women who have changed their names to vote She’s right. Text SAVE to 63033 to tell your senators to vote no on the SAVE America Act.

this is the chaplain btw. wonder why he was fired.

it’s not surprising exactly but it is still shocking just how fast we’ve moved from “woke was excessive” framing to open and explicit white male supremacy

Happy Friday to all. Hope you have a relaxing weekend 🌞🌿☺️

#StillDoinCDs Sugar was a 3-piece put together by Bob Mould after some solo years. The hard-hitting alt-grunge-punk album Copper Blue (1992) made #10 in the UK but didn’t chart in the US! My copy is an unmarketed 2-disc promotional item that includes a Hüsker Dü (previous band) & solo digest.

I love this kid and I wish more Americans were like him ❤️🤍💙

“Kittleson, an American citizen who has spent years in Italy and is currently based in Rome, is known for her courageous reporting from war zones in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria. Kittleson has no known agenda and has contributed to numerous publications, including Al-Monitor.”

Another new Ukraine thread, as another new month begins. No April Fools here (I'll leave that to unintentional stupidity from the White House) New donations have almost dried up, so if you like what I do and can afford it, please send a coffee, thanks ko-fi.com/twmcltd

♥️ op een mooie avond! 🌠 #nature today 💚🦋 🪶 #Natuur #birds #vogels #garden #photography #insects #butterflies

clearly not everyone is tired of all the snow🤨😂 #birds

Trump just cut a midterm ad for every Democrat in America. bsky.app/profile/fact...

Nicole Gasparini, Tulane U is the recipient of the CSDMS 2026 Distinguished Career Award! She's recognized for her deep & sustained contributions to analysis & understanding of geomorphic systems through use of novel & innovative numerical modeling. Citation: csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/CSDMS_l...

PIT BOSS 🪶

It's like watching an 80 year old man give a 4th grade book report.