Ivory-billed Woodpecker evidence:

techcrunch.com/2025/08/14/l... The corporation formerly known as Facebook is genuinely evil and a blight on civilization. This only scratches the surface of the harm Zuckerberg has done. If I could push a button that wiped all of its "products" from existence, I would do it without hesitation.

Very rare Bar-tailed Godwit at the Ballona saltmarsh near the LAX airport! This is the first one in southern california since I started birding, and they typically cross the entire Pacific from Russia to Australia and NZ in one shot. This one instead encountered an Accidentes billboard 🪶

The islands off of southern California are a hotspot for snail diversity, with 5 endemic species just on Catalina island alone. This Catalina cactussnail - the most common of the 5, widespread on the island - is spending the summer attached to a prickly pear cactus pad 📷

The islands off of southern California are a hotspot for snail diversity, with 5 endemic species just on Catalina island alone. This Catalina cactussnail - the most common of the 5, widespread on the island - is spending the summer attached to a prickly pear cactus pad 📷

First Milky Way photo of the season! Northern tip of Catalina Island, offshore from Los Angeles 📷🔭

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ALL CAPS THIS IS CATASTROPHIC FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND ASTROPHYSICS ... GLOBALLY CATASTROPHIC, NOT JUST FOR AMERICANS 🔭🧪 www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

Lesser Nighthawk takes flight over the Volcanic Tablelands outside Bishop, CA. This is one of the few places where you can find both Common and Lesser Nighthawk! 🪶📷

Wooooowwwie wow wow. Kilauea going all out at the moment. www.youtube.com/live/fiyttmA...

Lesser Nighthawk takes flight over the Volcanic Tablelands outside Bishop, CA. This is one of the few places where you can find both Common and Lesser Nighthawk! 🪶📷

This season, the Palos Verdes Peninsula saw two successful Peregrine Falcon nests, each producing three fledglings. Awesome to see this species thriving here! #birds #bird #nature #wildlife #naturalist #photography

Tule Elk sticking above the marsh grasses near the Owens river delta in the northwestern Mojave Desert #mammals

Skittish but spectacularly colored, Baja blue rock lizards only live in the cape region at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula 🦎

Skittish but spectacularly colored, Baja blue rock lizards only live in the cape region at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula 🦎

A big, fluffy Alpine Marmot in the French Alps #mammals 📷

Great Blue Heron with a bad hair day 🪶

Public land sales have been removed from the budget bill!!! This is fantastic news for conservation and anyone who enjoys the outdoors in the US, and also proof that calling/emailing your reps absolutely works in large numbers worksfornature.org/article/publ...

A big, fluffy Alpine Marmot in the French Alps #mammals 📷

Millions of acres of public lands are eligible for sale in the Senate budget reconciliation package (as of 6-14). This would be the largest public lands sell-off in US history, and would bypass traditional safeguards such as public hearings & environmental reviews. 1/x map: tinyurl.com/Lands4SaleMap

Eurasian Blackbird scoring an early-morning snack | Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France 🪶📷

Eurasian Blackbird scoring an early-morning snack | Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France 🪶📷

The Trona pinnacles, >150ft high and deep in the Mojave desert, are all that's left of ancient underwater springs when this entire valley was under 100s of feet of water during the last ice age. A popular filming spot - if you've watched something that needs an alien planet, you may have seen these

This is a popular recreation area and free to access for all Americans - and if Utah's biggest asshole Sen. Mike Lee gets his way it will be potentially up for sale. Contact your senators/reps and demand they remove any and all public land sales from the proposed budget bill shorturl.at/6Uerk

This is a popular recreation area and free to access for all Americans - and if Utah's biggest asshole Sen. Mike Lee gets his way it will be potentially up for sale. Contact your senators/reps and demand they remove any and all public land sales from the proposed budget bill shorturl.at/6Uerk

The Trona pinnacles, >150ft high and deep in the Mojave desert, are all that's left of ancient underwater springs when this entire valley was under 100s of feet of water during the last ice age. A popular filming spot - if you've watched something that needs an alien planet, you may have seen these

This is not about the merits of Iran’s nuclear program. No president has the authority to bomb another country that does not pose an imminent threat to the US without the approval of Congress. This is an unambiguous impeachable offense.

Wildflowers above the treeline above Aosta Valley, Italy 📷

Our public lands are not for sale! To do list: Call your senators!

This would be the largest public lands sell-off in modern U.S. history and it's happening with no hearings, no debate, and no public input. See what public lands would be available for sale: www.wilderness.org/articles/med...

Had a few days in the French Alps following the LIM25 conference in Annecy - awesome to see giant glaciers, even if it's depressing how much they've dropped in recent decades. Our glaciers in California are very small and I haven't actually seen any of them yet! Mer de Glace, near Chamonix FR 📷

Had a few days in the French Alps following the LIM25 conference in Annecy - awesome to see giant glaciers, even if it's depressing how much they've dropped in recent decades. Our glaciers in California are very small and I haven't actually seen any of them yet! Mer de Glace, near Chamonix FR 📷

Jacarandas are in full bloom in Pasadena! Portra 160 film, FED-5 📷

Female Tree Swallow. #treeswallow #tachycinetabicolor #birds 🪶

Fog desert on the Magdalena Plain, Baja California Sur 📷

Infinite caracara glitch discovered (Puerto San Carlos, Baja California Sur) 🪶counted at least 105 along this short road near the town dump!

Magnificent Frigatebird (yes, that's its actual name) making a pass on the sewage pond just southwest of La Paz, Baja California Sur 🪶

Magnificent Frigatebird (yes, that's its actual name) making a pass on the sewage pond just southwest of La Paz, Baja California Sur 🪶

Cape Spiny-tailed Iguana chilling on the side of a harbor on the Baja California cape - these huge lizards are only found on the southern tip of Baja, from Cabo San Lucas up to some isolated populations in the Sierra de la Giganta #herps 📷

Cape Spiny-tailed Iguana chilling on the side of a harbor on the Baja California cape - these huge lizards are only found on the southern tip of Baja, from Cabo San Lucas up to some isolated populations in the Sierra de la Giganta #herps 📷

NEW POOL BEAR ALERT NEW POOL BEAR ALERT. it's not Patch. Never seen this big buddy before. If he returns he will get a permanent name.

Is there an actual reason that mirrorless cameras don't either default to shutter closed when powered off, or include a mechanical "shade" to cover the sensor when you change lenses? Editing out unavoidable dust specks from the sky in all my landscape photos is truly driving me insane

Cape Arboreal Spiny Lizard, found only in the mountains of the Baja California cape #herps

Views of the Galiuro Mountains - threatened by foreign #copper mining - as seen from a bird's eye view. This is a winter view. With spring and monsoonal rains, these hills turn GREEN. Look at that #geology. Rare Sky Island ecosystem.

Cutting 20% of FEMA’s full-time staff means slower disaster response, fewer resources, and more lives at risk. In the face of rising climate emergencies, this move puts many communities in danger. www.audacy.com/knxnews/news...

NASA’s science programs are facing what experts are calling an “extinction-level event” under Trump’s proposed budget. From climate monitoring to planetary research, entire fields of discovery are on the chopping block. eos.org/research-and...

My painting LOST COAST

Today, this Solitary Sandpiper made more than just a #YYC pit stop, it reinforced a connection. After spending the winter along the coast of Colombia, it has flown northwards to find millions of mayflies emerging from the river -a critical meal needed to complete its globetrotting life cycle. #birds

I was surprised to see a reasonable proposal from the Republican house about transitioning to a vehicle fee instead of gas tax (important for EVs), only to see these idiots want to add a $100/year extra fee on hybrids instead of heavy emotional support trucks www.politico.com/live-updates...

I saw this gull in a dirt lot in Baja California, said out loud "huh this herring gull looks weirdly like a ring-billed gull", and moved on with the trip. Well, weeks later, I find out that this is very likely a Vega Gull from Siberia and only the 2nd ever reported in all of Mexico!! 🪶(see alt text)