The #rapture is here

Holy moly! What a finish. apnews.com/article/rams...

Trump and his movement have created an atmosphere of fear that many, many others down the right-wing food chain zealously enforce. Teachers are losing their jobs. Soldiers are facing discipline. And it sure isn’t Trump firing them. trib.al/ReNyvtJ

This Savannah sparrow was looking sharp under the morning sun at the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm today in Lawrence Township, New Jersey. #Birds 🪶

It's always a thrill to see a pileated woodpecker, a bird that always transports me to pre-historic times when dinosaurs and pterodactyles abounded. 🪶 #Birds

I was surprised to look up and see this natty Swainson's thrush this morning at the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm. #birds 🪶

Outrageous, one further step in the march to dictatorship. wapo.st/4nCO854

Good read on the plight of modern media, all of it electronic or online. Newspapers aren't a factor, which shows how far that industry has fallen out of influence, sad to say. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/o...

ABC cancels Kimmel, I cancel ESPN.

Terrific multimedia piece on the David Bowie archive. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

A white-tailed deer welcomed me to the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm this morning. I was just a few feet from her before she snuck off into the tall grasses. #NaturePhotography

I stumbled onto The Nine in Princeton U’s digital library. It’s a great read on the French Resistance against the Nazis and nine brave women who escaped their murderous clutches. #books 📕

Cute Northern house wren straddling tree branches at the Pole Farm this morning, Lawrence Township, New Jersey. #Birds

Kohl’s credit card customer support line is now handled by a guy’s voice, likely computer generated. I miss the classic #Wisconsin accent lady recording they had, aina hey.

Chickadee -- black-capped or Carolina? I can't tell -- at the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm this morning. 🪶 #Birds

I hit the gym instead of the trails this morning, so here's hairy woodpecker from my visit yesterday to the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm. 🪶 #Birds #NaturePhotography

Schwarbomb! No. 50. Wow. #RingTheBell

Damn fine win by the Fightin’ Phils tonight over the Mets. #RingTheBell

It’s always a treat to see a bald eagle. I saw this one take flight. 🪶 #Birds #NaturePhotography

I'm old enough to remember when polio put my friends into iron lungs. We dutifully lined up at school to get vaccinated. We eradicated the disease. We protected the common good and saved lives. What RFK Jr. is doing to public health in America is a disgrace.

For #SparrowSunday, a juvenile White-crowned #Sparrow on a fence! #birds #photography

House FINCH, dammit. Where was my brain? #Birds

When it comes to #Habs heros, our fathers heros were Legendary. RIP Ken Dryden I hope today's #Habs get to rise to the summit as Mr Dryden had.

House sparrows are common and plentiful. Yet they have a beauty of their own that shows in this female I photographed today at the Roger’s Preserve in Princeton. 🪶 #Birds

Hey, New Jersey. What up?

Common yellowthroats aren't singing as much as they do in spring but they still manage to brighten the landscape, even on a cloudy day. 🪶 #Birds

It was party time for bobolinks this morning at the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm. Here's one of the dozen or so I saw. #Birds 🪶

MADAness in Florida. Make Americans Dead Again. #Vaccines

RIP

A Northern cardinal has a bit of breakfast at the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm this morning. #Birds 🪶

Ice cubes in beer: is this popular pub order atrocious – or ingenious?

My second Labor Day outing was at Veterans Park in Hamilton, NJ, a good spot for waterfowl frequenting its manmade lake. #Birds 🪶

This Eastern kingbird was lording it over the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm this morning. Happy Labor Day, everyone. #Birds

Got back to a nearby lake today to enjoy nature and some calm. I sat on a bench near the waters edge to enjoy the scenery when I heard a loud noise to my left. Here was this heron sitting in the tall grasses near me. Glad I had my camera with me. 🪶#birdwatching #birds #photography #wildlife

The Eastern wood-pewees are pee-ah-weeing away in my part of New Jersey. Here's one that was sitting up pretty at the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm this morning. #Birds 🪶

The feathers on this male scarlet tanager, which I spotted at the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm this morning, are starting to switch to winter plumage. I'd not seen this pattern before. 🪶 #Birds

Back at the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm this morning, I caught this female American redstart taking off from a tree. Warblers move quickly, and I consider myself lucky to have gotten the shot. #Birds 🪶

Bluesky > X

The fun would be watching Chump's reaction to it. 🤯 #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files

Excellent question.

The administration has clearly embraced the strategic cultivation of uncertainty and ignorance.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/o...

After wearing powder blues last night, the Phillies will don their City Connects Friday vs. the Braves. Stay up to date on the Phillies' uniform schedule using our tracker! onpattison.com/news/2025/au...

I’ve been traveling the last several days, and catching this ruby-throated humming bird in cardinal flowers at Acadia National Park in Maine was one of the highlights. #Birds

Tonight’s Jhoan Durán entrance at Citizens Bank Park

I love the MLB app on my iPhone, but if I hear one more “offo-taco” commercial I may sue for psychological torture.

Rainy and cloudy at home today, so here’s an indigo bunting from yesterday to brighten things. #Birds

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The morning sun gave this Northern cardinal a glow-up today at the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm. 🪶 #Birds

Surprise! This green-winged teal was hanging out among the mallards at Colonial Lake today in Lawrence Township, NJ. 🪶 #Birds