New episode of Ten Birding Questions is live! I had an amazing time talking to @jessinthewild.bsky.social about birds and her career in a wildlife rehab center. Give us a listen and enjoy! billbowbaggins.substack.com/p/ten-birdin... #birds #birding #naturewriting 🪶

Amazing podcast interview by my husband @billbowbaggins.bsky.social with @jessinthewild.bsky.social on all the ups and downs of rescuing birds and other animals, why you should wash your bird feeders, and why native gardens are the way to go. #Birding billbowbaggins.substack.com/p/ten-birdin...

This is it guys, I’ve done it, the best photo I could get, I think I can finally rest. Do you know who our beautiful friend is?

While it may be difficult to think about, proper disposal of euthanized animals, including pets & livestock, is imperative to keeping wildlife, pets, AND people safe! If you work in vetmed, animal shelters, with livestock, or at landfills, please make sure you’re following disposal guidelines!

BABE WAKE UP THE GROUNDHOGS ARE OUT

This World Wildlife Day, we want you to know that your hope, fight, and care still matter to 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 of species around the world. 🌎🐾🌳 Let these released patients be the proof you need to keep going. 💪⁣ #WorldWildlifeDay #WildlifeRehab #Conservation #Wildlife #AnimalLovers

Important information here about what we’re seeing re: Bird Flu!

Not many wildlife centers on BlueSky yet, love seeing them start to trickle in!

Some of my good friends doing the lords work are here on BlueSky! Make sure you guys get over there and follow them!

If your screen brightness is low on your phone I’m sorry you can’t see half of these Washington birds

What’s the best kind of pasta and why is it gnocchi

You guys ever think that hundreds of thousands of years from now, after the After Times, our ancestors are going to uncover all of our pokemon art & items & think these creatures actually existed?

A few more amazing California birds - can you name them?

There’s a bird in this photo - can you find it? Bonus points if you know the species - location is Escondido, CA

Every new Jay species I meet is my new favorite Jay species. Absolutely zero object (read: Jay) permanence going on for me. California Scrub Jay

It’s officially beanie and neck gaiter szn 🤌🏼

Love how dating makes my nervous system think I’m being hunted for sport

Can you find the bird in this photo? And for bonus points can you ID it?

Europeans are really gonna look me in the eye and tell me golden crowned kinglets and goldcrests are two different species? Suspicious, innit

Gathering a bouquet for my friend (an injured Cedar Waxwing)

Just a reminder if I see you throw a cigarette out of your car it’s on fucking sight

Man why are trains so cool

I just drank an entire iced coffee when normally it takes me two days to finish one I am about to be FUBAR (shaky and annoying)

Hello again Los Angeles ❤️

Me a month ago looking at a 6am flight: ☺️ Me two days before my 6am flight: 🫥

Went birding today and was surprised to find turtles and snakes (a box turtle and a northern watersnake) out and about…in November 😬

Haha yeah no sorry my bad, I just believed what you said haha

4 weeks of leaf change, the last week is the most dramatic. If you’re in VA, we are AT if not just a bit beyond peak. Get outside

Starting to get that itch again (the desire to eat nothing for dinner except charcuteries)

Why touch grass when you can touch dead leaves instead

Popping a raw pillsbury halloween sugar cookie like it’s a fucking adderall to get me going for chores

I have a passion for interior design (Blue Jay in a federally licensed facility for wildlife rehabilitation)

It’s the most wonderful time of the year (sweater weather)

I need him

Eating crabs is just like giving a dog their dinner in a puzzle toy

Canada, meanwhile, has no high-speed rail at all, despite fully half the population already obligingly arranging itself IN A STRAIGHT LINE en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_...

bluesky's engineering team waking up in the middle of the night to pager alerts

Ok but am I gonna get hounded if I use RT on here? I’m sorry that’s the proper vocab use

I am asking once again, why do mortgages need their own police

Two pictures that belong together

My sweet child

Hey, have you found all your friends on here? Got people you think NEED to be seen by others? Pls tag them im trying to regrow what we had 🥲

It’s Second Squirrel Season for many places right now so please save this flow chart for if you find a baby squirrel!

It's that time of year!! Time to help @skypeascientist.bsky.social by telling every teacher, librarian, troop leader, etc you know that Fall enrollment is OPEN! Get matched with a scientist for a Q&A! http://bit.ly/EnrollFall2023 We rely on word of mouth, so this action is critical for us!

it should display this when you sign up for bsky

Another fact about opossums - while they’re not considered a rabies vector species, they CAN get rabies - it’s a common myth that they’re immune! This is why it’s so important not to handle wildlife with bare hands, but to also get them to a professional ASAP rather than attempt care yourself

Bluesky has the funniest opportunity rn to change their logo to a bird and rebrand as Twitter.

This is 2 weeks after their original photo 🥺