A cute little male Dark-eyed Junco on a branch for #SparrowSunday! #birds #photography #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin

Dig a duck a day, to borrow a phrase from my Pacific Northwest years. This drake mallard was near the Carnegie Lake dam this afternoon. #Birds

Next up: federal government to declare that the sun revolves around the earth, which is flat. SMH at the idiocracy. wapo.st/4qusAc1

Worth a read. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/o...

Will I understand this Super Bowl if I haven’t seen the first fifty-nine

This #SuperbOwl visited the Pole Farm two years back. I thought I’d trot it out in lieu of today’s festivities.

A Northern flicker paid us a call at home today. What a sight! #Birds 🪶

RIP Sonny, an all-time great whom I got to see play in Cleveland during his heyday. Post story includes this great quote from him regarding his trade from the Eagles to the 'Skins: “When I left Philadelphia, all the bartenders wore black armbands.” wapo.st/4qgZaxV

RIP, Mickey. He was a good one.

Fascinating walk through American musical tastes. My only disappointment — and it’s a losing battle — was that the BeeGees’ “Stayin’ Alive” was the 70s pick, not Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water.” But that’s just me.

Brilliant

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From from from from from from from. That’s to replace the missing preposition the last seven posts I’ve seen in people saying someone “graduated college” or “graduated high school.” I’m in a frompy mood. #grammar.

Saw my first horned larks today on farmland in Bucks County PA. Awesome birds. This one was part of a big flock. 🪶 #Birds

I cry every time I see or hear this song. I can't get through it on guitar. RIP, Catherine.

I haven’t been able to get out birding for days, so here’s a song sparrow I shot in my yard three years ago. #Birds 🪶

We may be stuck with Trump as president for a while, but Bruce will always be THE BOSS.

Also: Wounded Knee to be rebranded as "a day of love." SMH wapo.st/4t9mYXp

The #SFGiants fan in me is happy, but the #Phillies side of my brain is disappointed.

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

Nice to see somebody waving a Wazzu banner in the end zone upper deck at whatever they call this newfangled Seattle stadium. #Seahawks

Monty Python can’t solve the world’s problems, but it can help you forget about them for a bit.

Please share. 💔

What a terrible day in America. This madness must end.

I'd not seen the video before, and it's fantastic. Also, the bass work is phenomenal.

It's never good when the forecast looks like it belongs at a Grateful Dead show

Quo usque tandem abutere, Trumpe, patientia nostra? media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2l...

It has taken 250 years, but now Europe can put a face to the phrase "ugly American."

My governor. 👍👍👍

My thoughts on the current U.S. administration, expressed eloquently by the Rock River school marm. youtu.be/J2OrRVQr1e4?...

Blue jay way up in a tree on a glorious, sunny winter morning in Lawrence Township, New Jersey. 🪶 #birds

Eagles are out. Niners are out. I’m all in on Chicago.

Sad news. RIP, Wilbur.

Wink wink, nudge nudge. Classic Monty Python. And Now for Something Different.

BREAKING: The Los Angeles Dodgers have purchased the Tampa Bay Rays and traded the entire organization to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for RHP Paul Skenes

This does not bode well.

Hearing the Dinky train heading from Princeton to Princeton Junction, a flock of common mergansers took flight from Lake Carnegie. We have a bumper crop of mergansers in town. 😀 🪶 #Birds

Reminds me of a sign that hung on the wall of the Sacramento AP bureau: The beatings will continue until the morale improves.”

The #Eagles didn’t get it done. Drat. Congrats to the Niners.

With the tufted titmouse at eye level and perched sideways on the tree, this photo gives the illusion of an overhead shot. #Birds #NaturePhotography

This American tree sparrow was nestled in the branches, and I was relieved to get a few frames in focus. Aren’t the feathers exquisite? 🪶 #Birds

The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred. It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become

Inauspicious start for the Ducks.

I took photos of just one bird this morning at the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm, this Cooper's hawk that was in a tree near the parking lot. He (she?) didn't seem to mind my passing by. 🪶 #Birds

Per Rob: Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BlackAndWhite, any bird that is mainly B&W, and the Alt theme is #Finches. A male Hooded Merganser #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

The First Amendment has always been my favorite from the Bill of Rights. The 25th has surged into second place.

Wasn’t sure I’d like Spinal Tap 2 as much as the original, but a couple minutes in, I’m hooked. First laugh: promo for Passover on Ice. And Nina Conti (sans Monkey)!

Gotta wonder what effect recent events are having on the supply of Venezuelan beaver cheese. youtu.be/Hz1JWzyvv8A?...