Everyone masks, gets anxiety, and burns out, but there's a very specific autistic experience of masking for survival, getting extreme anxiety from the masking but it also never quite being enough, and that leading to extreme burnout... that nonautistic people will never fully understand.

Hello my traveling friends! A little something different - this is from a Utah road trip. Absolutely otherworldly beautiful landscapes. This is Monument Valley, with the iconic East and West Mittens as well as Merrick Butte. #monumentvalley #utah #landscapephotography #desert #navajo

In my last post I explained that to be diagnosed autistic/ADHD/OCD a person must be meaningfully impaired by their brain wiring when doing critical life activities. In other words, they can't do important life activities without support...

Hello my wonderful bird friends! Here is a Red-tailed Hawk on a mission. Taken in the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge in California. #WestCoastPhotography #birds #birding #birdphotography #photography #naturephotography #Raptors #birdsofprey #redtailedhawk #hawks

A very quick #SundayFishSketch of the dwarf topminnow (much better name than "least killifish")

We need to come up with better names for neurodivergent and mental disorders, because I guarantee people wouldn't call it fake if we called ADHD something like "dopamine deficiency syndrome," or depression "serotonin reuptake disorder" or whatever. It's exhausting.

Owlet trying to give herself a pedicure on a windy day.🪶

Hello my wonderful bird friends! Todays #BirdOfTheDay theme is Pairs Of The Same Birds, aka a #DailyDouble on #TwosDay. Here are two baby Herring Gulls from a pier on San Francisco bay. #Gulls #WestCoastPhotography #birds #birding #birdphotography #photography #naturephotography

Hello my wonderful bird friends. Here is an elegant Turkey Vulture soaring overhead. #BirdOfTheDay #Flying #WestCoastPhotography #birds #birding #birdphotography #photography #naturephotography

Have you ever observed this behavior 🤔🐦? Kleptoparasitism is quite common among seabirds 🌊🐧. It involves harassing 🚨 another bird to make it drop or regurgitate 🤮 its food 🍴🐟… so the thief can snatch it 🏴‍☠️. #sciart #bird #ArcticSkua #Kleptoparasitism #WildlifeArt #SeabirdArt #NaturePoster

Hello my bird friends. For #SideEye #BirdOfTheDay, here's a Brandt's Cormorant from San Francisco Bay. #birds #birding #cormorants #birdphotography #photography #naturephotography

Hello my wonderful bird friends - here is a Song Sparrow deciding what to sing next. Taken in San Rafael, CA. #birds #birding #birdphotography #photography #naturephotography

Hello my wonderful bird friends - here is a Red tailed Hawk at the top of a telephone pole, looking fierce! #birds #birding #birdphotography #photography #naturephotography

For the #BirdoftheDay theme today; #longnecks, here's a Great Egret doing its best sidewinder pose. Taken at Bodega Bay, CA.#birds #birding #birdphotography #photography #naturephotography

Hello my dear bird friends! Here is a Black-crowned Night Heron flying over the marsh in Palo Alto, CA #birds #birding #birdphotography #photography #naturephotography

Recently, my book THEY CALLED US ENEMY was banned – again – in Tennessee. Book bans are out of control. Huge parts of American history are being restricted. To join me in standing up for the freedom to read, go to pen.org/action. @penamerica.bsky.social @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com

Hello my wonderful bird-loving friends! Here is a Willet, taken at Monterey CA #birds #birding #birdphotography #photography #naturephotography

Hello my friends, Here is a Northern Spotted Owl looking very thoughtful. #birds #birding #birdphotography #photography #naturephotography

Greetings my friends, Here is a White-crowned Sparrow singing his heart out. #birds #birding #birdphotography #photography #naturephotography

Hello my dear friends, Here is a Greater Scaup female from Sausalito CA #birds #birding #birdphotography #photography #naturephotography

What a surprise to come upon this Northern Saw-Whet Owl in a park in Toronto, Canada. This was the 1st owl we had ever seen in the wild. Since this sighting,we have sighted over 800 species of birds & 12 species of owls. #birds #nature #owls #birding #birdphotography frametoframe.ca/northern-saw...

Black-footed Albatross, offshore from Half-moon Bay in California. #albatross #birds #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography

Looks like I missed the official Albatross day, so here's a Black-browed Albatross, taken crossing the Drake Passage in 2016. #birds #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography

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Greetings my friends! Here is a Rufous-tailed Hummingbird from Costa Rica. Beautiful! #birds #birding #birdphotography #photography #naturephotography

Whether it's breaking news or asking what's for dinner. You're getting the same look from me.

Greetings bird lovers here's a Brown Pelican from Jenner, CA. #birds #birding #birdphotography #photography #naturephotography

Family includes everyone! ❤️

This is how non Natives view him. “He’s bonafide!!” Yeah, a bonafide fraud. He doesn’t speak for all Indigenous People but he sure believes he does. I will keep saying this: if you follow that fraud, unfollow me.

Marsh Wren, San Rafael CA #bird #birds #birdphotography #birdcaptures #birdwatching #photography #naturephotography #nature #birding #Ornithology

I also take photos of other flying critters, like this Blue-eyed Darner.

Steller's Jay, Donner Lake, California

Common Merganser, Lake Tahoe California

Birds give me joy. Long-billed Curlew, Bodega Bay California