For #BirdOfTheDay here are ducks cavorting on the grass outside a local office building. (theme today is #Grassland)

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsWideOpen Gulls flying over Cannon Beach, OR

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Mary Elizabeth Price was born in West Virginia and raised on a farm in Solebury, PA, on the outskirts of New Hope. She studied at the Pennsylvania School of Industrial Arts and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. She used gold and silver leaf in this painting. Beautiful. #AntiquesRoadshow

Neo-Expressionism was a late 1970s and 1980s art movement that revived raw, emotional painting. 🤔 #Antiquesroadshow

Quite a find! #AntiquesRoadshow

I don’t really “get” abstract art. 🫤 But I appreciate the color and design. #AntiquesRoadshow

I’m going with the #birdoftheday alt theme #feeders so here is a blue jay visiting the feeder in the backyard at our old house.

#BirdOfTheDay #RuffledFeathers and #songbirds. The distinctive song of the red winged blackbird is heard frequently in our area.

Beautiful morning walk on a local trail. Lots of these wildflowers around (dame’s violet according to my phone). #FlowerReport

I too will miss most of #AT40 as we head to Morgantown, WVA for our nephew’s graduation from WVU! 💙💛💙💛💙💛 He is also a new US Marine ( gets his commission Monday) 🇺🇸 🫡

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WaterDroplets, any bird capture with splashes of water. So here is a snowy egret seen in the waves of gulf coast Florida. #birds

Evening sky tonight. #Goodnight

Alan’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #CormorantOrHeron So here is a blue heron gliding over the gulf in Florida.

Poppies from my Mom’s garden. #FlowersOnFriday #FlowerReport

In bloom in the garden mid May, incl. cerinthe, cow parsley and a salmon-coloured geum which I love. As ever zoom in to the botanical details if you're strung out as plant fractals have been shown to dial down stress significantly. No tiny owl hidden in this 📷 but would you like more of those?🦉🌿

the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #WadersOuttaWater So here is a blue heron strolling on a pier in gulf coast Florida.

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The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #FeatheredFemmes, captures featuring the beauty of any female bird. The alt is #Funnies, any comical capture of a bird. These bald eagles ( one, possibly the female, appears to be talking in the ear of the other😊) were seen at the National Aviary here in Pittsburgh, PA.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LinedUp, 3 or more birds in a line. The royal terns, lined up- seen on our morning beach walk in gulf coast Florida.

#NursesDay 🩵

#RaiseIt 🏴‍☠️ 🖤💛

Lovely walk on a local trail yesterday. And another blue sky today! #nature

IDSA CEO Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH, FIDSA, warns that large-scale funding and workforce cuts to public health, global health and for scientific research have left the U.S. unprepared for disease threats. Watch our full media briefing on #hantavirus: https://bit.ly/4da42jN

As infectious diseases spread into new regions, stronger surveillance and research are critical to responding to emerging threats. IDSA CEO Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH, FIDSA, discusses the bigger picture behind the recent hantavirus outbreak: https://bit.ly/4da42jN

In the #AntiquesRoadshow feedback booth an interesting time piece of the WWII era.

Artwork made by prisoners, of folded paper (and soap and water). Golden Venture paper sculptures. #AntiquesRoadshow

Wow- 50 grams of gold! Beautiful bracelets. Worth about $10,000 today. #AntiquesRoadshow

#BirdOfTheDay- Any bird with an intense gaze. This ring billed gully likely has his gaze on someone’s snack.

“The two passengers are traveling in the plane’s biocontainment units” www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

Happy #SundayYellow Lovely Lantana 💛🍃💛🍃💛🍃💛🍃💛 #SoCal #FlowerReport #bloomscrolling #Spring #flowers Happy #MothersDay

#BirdOfTheDay theme, #Raptors (any of the birds of prey). So here is an osprey seen in gulf coast Florida last winter.

Happy #MothersDay to all who nurture others. Enjoy these #orchids (seen at Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh,PA. #FlowerReport

To continue today’s #BirdOfTheDay #EFGH (birds who have any of these letters at the beginning of any part of their name.) One of my favorites- Eastern Bluebird seen at a nearby park.

It's not just Bluebirds that can deliver happiness. Indigo Bunting #BirdOfTheDay #photogenic #ECK #FlyDay #birds #nature #wildlife #photograhpy

Rob is on a birding trip folks so #BirdOfTheDay might be a bit later than normal. I’m off to walk Sam. Take care of yourselves and those you hold dear. We are not living a rehearsal. It’s a one and done. See you all later. Here’s a Robin from yesterday. #birds #photography #ECK #ForJanet

Sheyna Patel developed a hydrogel that removes more than 93% of PET microplastics from water. The material acts like a molecular sponge and could degrade waste using sunlight to help fight environmental pollution.

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Look who had a bath/ grooming today at Pet Smart! She was a very good girl. 🐕‍🦺🩷 #dogs

Theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #black so here are two cormorants seen in a visit to gulf coast Florida.

happy bday Danish philosopher/writer Søren Kierkegaard, b.1813. “There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.” “The most common form of despair is not being who you are.”

Per Alan, the #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Dappled (any birds with dapples on their plumage.) I think this Cooper’s hawk, sitting on a fence, has some dapples 😊. This was in the backyard of our longtime family home ( we just moved last month).

Congrats to Julie K. Brown! She was awarded a #Pulitzer Prize special citation today for her groundbreaking reporting in 2017 & 2018 for the Miami Herald exposing Jeffrey Epstein's systematic abuse of young women and the justice system & powerful network of associates that protected him for years.

Too bad today’s #MLB pitchers ( with exception of Ohtani) won’t ever get that opportunity. #Baseball

Late morning “date” with my hubby. Nine holes then lunch. Weather, perfect. ❤️ #bluesky here ( for a change) 😆

#Wildflowers #FlowerReport Lilies of the Valley and violets

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My grandson picked these flowers and “put them in water” to keep them fresh. 🥰#FlowerReport #BloomScrolling