Baby, it’s cold outside! 🥶 Windy, too. -33F/-36C, wind chill -66F/-54C. Northwoods living at its finest. 😉 #minnesota #polarvortex

This would be perfect for trail cameras. A lower-cost way to take high quality photos/videos of animals at night without spooking the animals. Btw, the snake photo is AI-generated. There are real snakes that can turn blue, but this isn’t one of them.

Emerald Spreadwing damselfly. Birds, bugs, fish, whatever - let’s see some #NewYearsEveIridescence #insects #inverts #nature #minnesota

My little orange cat going face to face with a bobcat. #caturday #minnesota #bobcat

“Hey, where’s our food? You’re supposed to feed us, not the birds!” #deer #mammals #nature #minnesota

ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

They’re counting on exhaustion to win. We’re betting on discipline. #Holdfast The coup doesn’t need victory. It just needs us to quit. We don’t. #Holdfast America doesn’t fall because villains rise. It falls when defenders stop holding the line. #Holdfast👇👇👇 www.jackhopkinsnow.com

Wonderful northern lights display tonight! Could see the folded curtain effect as well as the colors and constant motion. Funny, it’s actually harder (at least for me) to photograph them when they fill the sky than when they’re just on the horizon. #aurora #northernlights #minnesota

An American Tree Sparrow took a bath in a puddle on top of my wood pile last week. 🙂 (Not this week, though; there is ice and snow there now.) #birds #minnesota #nature

We will not let Minnesotans go hungry.

I had no idea #Iceland was mosquito-free until now. Wonder if this is climate change related. Anyway, as a #Minnesota north woods resident, part of me feels sympathy for Icelanders and part of me can’t help laughing. #insects #nature #climate

this is like the inflatable frogs of comments threads.

Was not prepared for the number of Ford F-150s honking in solidarity ✊ w No Kings marchers today. Never assume you know someone’s politics.

Love this! #nokings #minneapolis #minnesota

LOL, yes! Sigh of relief. #introvert

The northern lights were so bright last night that they woke me up! I went outside and snapped some pictures around midnight. #northernlights #aurora #minnesota

You have entered The Twilight Zone. 🎶 Doo, doo, doo, doo…

Oh, how cool. 🙂👍

Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life: 1. Curling up in bed with a cat. 2. Riding a bicycle. 3. Listening to a chorus of frogs at a pond. 4. Savoring a good cup of coffee. 5. Seeing the Milky Way and innumerable stars in a totally dark sky.

Over the weekend, the “sandwich thrower” posters went up all over DC. Instant icon of resistance. A remix of Banksy’s mural: not a Molotov, not a rock, but something just as disruptive, a hoagie hurled with defiance.

Saw this animal & wondered what it was! Clearly a chipmunk, but not the Eastern Chipmunk I’m used to. It’s smaller & has very closely spaced stripes on its head & back. Turns out it’s a Least Chipmunk. A species I didn’t know existed, let alone that it’s found in NE Minn. 🦊 🐿️ #wildlife #minnesota

This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered

“There’s a school of thought that you can just put a fence around a forest and keep people out, and it will be protected, which is a very old-school view, a very colonial view. It comes from this idea that we came to a land that was ‘empty’ and there for the taking.”

A beautiful bird to bring a smile to your face. 🙂

Introverts are the best. They’re thoughtful, calming, and real. No need for small talk or drama. Just genuine vibes, deep convos, and peaceful energy. Honestly, they’re the kind of people the world needs more of.

Currently experiencing low-grade metamorphism in Geneva. Just me, not the rocks ☀️🥵 #IAVCEI2025 #MeltRocksNotPeople

We are sad to announce the passing of Thomas W. Donnelly, known to all as “Nick”, on 7 May 2025. www.pressconnects.com/obituaries/pnys1174268. Please submit remembrances & photos for the next issue of ARGIA. Send your contributions to [email protected] no later than 20 August.

Always have to leave out fresh water for the wildlife ☺️

Such a treat to get a good look at a Marsh Wren and hear its song! Beautiful.

The day started with tragedy with political violence in MN and instead of being scared, neighbors SHOWED UP to stand together at No Kings Twin Cities. We packed the Capitol Mall all the way to the Cathedral. Estimate 80,000+ right now. So proud of our state. #nokings #indivisible

Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed. Sen. John Hoffman and his wife survived surgery and are still alive. The gunman is at large, on foot. Police searched his vehicle and found a political manifesto with a list of legislators and other officials that he was targeting.

Two MN state legislators were shot in their homes last night by a gunman posing as a police officer. #minnesota #guncrime www.mncrime.com/latest/gunma...

It’s 1:00 am and the sky seems unnaturally bright. Partly because it’s midsummer and partly because the northern lights are covering the whole sky! In the first photo you can just barely see the (normally bright) stars of the Big Dipper. #auroraborealis #minnesota #nature

There are hundreds of dragonflies in my yard, especially this species: Chalk-fronted Corporal (Ladona julia). #dragonfly #minnesota #inverts

This is probably behind a paywall but it’s such cool research! I love it when math and crafts cross paths. 🧶🧪

What a fantastic (and true) story! There is at least one geologic phenomenon in there that I’d never even heard of. 😮

I was thrilled to see a Sora at the fen/pond on my property this week. It was acting like it might even nest here. 🙂 #birds #wildlife #minnesota #wetland

Snowmelt pond on my property in mist and rain on Monday, April 28th. There were about 20 mallard ducks back there, quacking up a storm. The frogs should start calling any minute now. #borealforest #minnesota #nature

Interesting that if you shop at Whole Foods, a lot of money is spent making it feel like a place that respects workers and embraces progressive values, but it is not. Costco just feels like a warehouse but they treat their workers pretty well and has rejected anti-DEI BS

We should call our resistance The Beautiful Movement. 'America the Beautiful' will be our anthem. It is very hard to demonize 5,000 people singing 'America the Beautiful' in unison. Indeed, this singing will bring tears, grow our movement. Let us counter their darkness with our American beauty. ❤️🗽

A coyote studying my kitchen patio and sliding glass door from a distance of about 20ft/6m. #mammals #minnesota #wildlife #nature

Moon rise over Lake of the Woods. #canada #nature #boreal

Today, I got to teach someone what a #salamander is by describing it as “if a #frog and a #lizard had a baby.” They understood immediately! #herps 🦎🐸

Good morning! 10"/25cm of new snow. #Spring in #Minnesota.

I am buzzing with excitement just back from another trip to see this spectacle! There is something profound about the great Sandhill Crane migration at the Platte River. Each morning is like tuning in live to nature’s crescendo—soft purrs in low light transform into a booming, prehistoric orchestra.

This is incredible! I love the way it flows so naturally.

Wow, that is one gorgeous salamander!

A few minutes ago I was thinking, "Wouldn't it be great if Canadians and Americans held a rally at the border?" I opened the news and found somebody beat me to it!

Canada Lynx Lynx canadensis Taking a small pause to display big paws #Caturday #Nature #Canada #Photography #mammals #bigcats #wildlife #winter

So it's not just humans who get stressed out and irritable by traffic. Birds can't stand it, either. #birds