Muskrats are cute wetland mammals that build burrows in the banks of ponds and streams. They have webbed hind feet for swimming and can stay under water for over 10 minutes. 🦊

Be feisty (red-breasted nuthatch) #birds

Another stick in the nest... Roseate Spoonbill #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings

Trying my best to embody this heron: snack on hand, hair blowing in the wind, flourishing 🪶

Good morning, #Bluesky!! Have a great day. Follow @mclellandphotography.com #ThrowbackWednesday #WhiteBreastedNuthatch #Nuthatches #Ottawa #Ontario #Birds #BirdPhotography #Birding #Nature #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Photography #BeKindToNature #ProtectWildlife #GoingToTheBirds 💙🦋

I feel some of you need this as much as I did. Remember it takes heat and tempering to make a great steel.

Northern Flickers used to be a photography nemesis bird until one winter a pair of boys found the cafe. Now they bring lady flickers around and even the kids during the summer.

Happy weekend! This is one of two Little Grebes that I watched fishing on Thursday. Maybe it was the cold weather, but I’ve never seen them eat so much! 💙 #birds #photography #wildlife

Richard Dawkins, Stephen Fry, JK Rowling… It’s a shame that a lot of people who I used to admire are turning out to be transphobic pieces of shit. They all seem to be “progressive for the 00s and haven’t grown as people since”.

Flying into Sunday like… 🪶🌵☀️

Here's a Great Blue Heron demonstrating the flexibility of their long neck while preening its neck feathers. #birds #GreatBlueHeron #Herons #ArdeaHerodias

Crow profile (2021) Another corvid portrait and another opportunity to appreciate these intelligent creatures #ArtAdventCalendar #birds #photography

Fantastic views of a Stonechat pair this afternoon, this is the male hanging on a dried reed at #ElHondo. #birds Having so much fun with my new lens!!

Nobody ever planted a tree in this photo. It was a working gravel pit 30 years ago. We need to get over our obsession with planting trees and let nature do the job. The results are just SO much better. It's also about realising we are not, in fact, central to everything. 🌍

If it helps with your anxiety at all, four fifths of all animals are nematodes.

See a Junco, post a Junco. #birds

The Dracula parrot is a real goth among birds, and its frightening beauty is mesmerizing ❤️🖤✨

Oooh lucky you! A Great Spotted Woodpecker just landed in your feed. 😍

Frigatebirds are aerial masters of the sky, able to swipe fish from other birds and snatch fish from the surface of the ocean! They stay aloft for weeks, but their feathers are not waterproof so they avoid getting wet. They also have tiny feet and if they end up in the water, they can drown. 1/4

🤍The most beautiful component to wisdom is the ability to share it. If you allow your ego to dictate how the wisdom is shared, the purpose has been defeated. Walk with grace!

Maneuvers Monday. A great egret is perched on a branch and is preening it’s wing. The bird is well hidden behind the wing. #birds #photography #GreatEgret

Great Blue Heron preening on a snag. #birds

As I have somehow surpassed 7k followers on here I thought it might be nice to do a giveaway: All 7 of my books to one lovely winner. Just share and like to be in with a chance! 😁📚

Whee!! Happy Friyay, everyone! #birds #wildlifephotography #naturephotography

Audiobooks count as reading. Audiobooks count as reading. Audiobooks count as reading. Audiobooks count as reading. Audiobooks count as reading. Audiobooks count as reading. Audiobooks count as reading.

When talking about climate change I’ve started to incorporate a quick physical explanation on the basics before getting into it, like “CO2, a molecule that absorbs heat like a black t-shirt,…” or “carbon dioxide, which is opaque to infrared light,…”

On this day in 2002, 22 years ago, Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire were first released. These games started the third generation and introduced 135 new Pokémon. It told the story of you stopping Team Aqua or Team Magma serebii.net/rubysapphire/

Ruddy turnstones waiting for the tide to go down. #birds

Let’s band together for books, shall we?

Wings and feet with a Puffin attached! 😀😁🐦 #Birds 🪶

Andrew Tate got banned from Bluesky in less than one day. Another reason things are so much better here than Twitter.

The fastest way to spend hours doing nothing? ‘I’ll just read one more chapter.’ 💙📚 #books #bookchat #booksky

Who’s down with this? ✋🏽

Today’s #AutumnArrivalSpotlight is the Scaup, the UK’s rarest breeding duck! 🦆 Numbers build in winter as birds arrive from Iceland and Scandinavia, gracing our coastal waters. Look for their striking plumage and rounded heads as they dive in search of mussels & crustaceans.

Remember to raise GOOD TROUBLE where you can. Local, regional, state and federal. Also share on platforms. Message, call, BITCH when you see injustice!! We don't storm the capital or shit on walls. We use our brains and find solutions! When we fight, we win!

START CARING ABOUT TRANS PEOPLE WHEN WE ARE ALIVE TOO

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Could be us

Happy LGBTQ+ in STEM day!

People are posting their bios to find moots. Figured I will too! Computer scientist 💻 Trans, bi, poly 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Autistic 🌈 Book nerd 📖 Bird watcher 🦢 Amateur painter & writer 🎨✍🏻 Liberal ✌🏻

You ever read a book, finish it, and just want to sob? Just finished a book with the most gut wrenching ending and now I don’t know what to do except stare at a wall or sleep 😭

If you find yourself wondering if a new book will solve all your problems today, the answer is yes

Puffins, Kittiwakes, Razorbills—the UK’s decision to end sandeel fishing was a hard-won lifeline for our struggling seabirds. The EU’s move to challenge it risks undoing that progress. 🚨 We urge the Commission to support, not undermine, this key step for marine biodiversity.