8.5 years rescuing these wonderful raptors, and every word of this. Every.Single.Word. www.annapoliscreative.com/editorial-os... #osprey

A horseshoe crab thought it wanted to join our seining activity today. I showed it to the school kids, then took it downstream where it could safely crawl up on the beach and do it's thing. #horseshoecrab

Owlvira and I celebrated a fellow raptor rescuer's birthday today. ##barnowl #raptorrescue Image courtesy of Annapolis Creative

Yesterday, I went to our garden to pick some lettuce and strawberries. Then, I saw these two beauties having a tender moment, so I let them be. Black rat snakes are common in the Chesapeake Bay region. They eat mice, rats and moles. #blackratsnake Learn more: www.chesapeakebay.net/.../entry/bl...

Birds of prey! I work at the Virginia Renaissance Festival with Knightwings Birds of Prey. This is Zuul, a Tyrant Hawk Eagle. They are native to South America. #birdsofprey

Earlier this week, we partnered with a winery to talk about organic pest control - Barn Owls. #barnowl

I'm at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for a fellow veteran and raptor rescuer. The American Red Cross lady's name is Mama Bear. 😁

Yesterday, we didn't have very many people at an event, but those who were there had a close up experience, an ask-us-anything-you-want-to-know-about-raptors session they'll never forget. Owlvira was on her game, posing for photos and accepting compliments on her beauty. #barnowl #raptoreducation

You try to get stuff done, but your furry office assistant is staring daggers at you because there are no snacks...😆

Our friendly neighborhood Bald Eagle normally either flies overhead or perches across the creek, high up in a tree. They took off after about 20 minutes. (Image courtesy of Karen McDonald) #baldeagle

First time shoveling a path in the snow with mice in my pocket to feed the American Kestrel. #snowmageddon2026 #americankestrel

Current situation here in Maryland. Icy rain is now falling as well.

The calm before Snowmageddon 2026. Mid 50's, light breeze, warm sunshine and Owlvira on walkabout, listening to a flock of crows across the road absolutely raise hell about something. #barnowl #snowmageddon2026

Trying to trap an adult Coopers hawk in a Home Depot and get her back out. She hit the trap and flew off. To be continued.

Owlvira says be safe this New Year's eve and don't give up hope for 2026. We'll get through this. #barnowl #newyears

This is how we do an Advent calendar in this house. #adventcalendar #christmas

I don't have a separate account, but I am the VP of Maryland Raptor Conservancy, a raptor education nonprofit here in Maryland offering bird of prey programs and events. Meet the crew and see their wishes for your holiday season: ⤵️

Snow on branches. #snow

Sunrise on the Chesapeake Bay. #chesapeakebay

Climbed four fences in the dark to rescue this thin, weak GHOW. It will go to Phoenix Wildlife Center near Towson MD for treatment. ##greathornedowl

Buster Wigglebottoms, the First of His Name on this Caturday. #caturday

Goofball ain't right, but is really cute. Not quite 6 months old. #barnowl

1981, Soldier of the Quarter, Fort Eustis, VA #veteransday

1/ Exciting news! I have my federal and state raptor education permits and can now do raptor education programs, presentations and events here in Maryland! 🥳 I am the co-founder of the Maryland Raptor Conservancy. marylandraptorconservancy.org

High tide on the creek earlier today.

Here is goofy, making the cutest hawk face ever at the end of the video. #redtailedhawk

I renested an almost-fledgling RTHA back in June, and today the finder sent me this picture of it. I know it's the baby bc we always put the silver federal band on the left leg. I'm so happy to see it thriving. #redtailedhawk

Owlvira's first program today is a meet and greet at a farm and garden center for Phoenix Wildlife Center. #barnowl #birdsofprey #owls #raptors

Two Barn owls toe dusting - a defensive posture that means you better stop now. Ayala and Gesa.

Here are the raptors I worked with at the Maryland Renaissance Festival this year. #marylandrenaissancefestival A 🧵

Every storm has an expiration date- heard at the 2025 Maryland Women's Small Business Celebration.

Tyrant hawk eagle Zuule. He is a sweet bird. Love him.

Barn Owl that is 5 months old. She is awesome.

What you see when Our Lady of Doom is coming for you...😁

I brew my own hard cider. I use my own cultivated yeast with Granny Smith apples and organic apple juice. This batch started with 5 gallons that cost $70 and yielded >4 gallons @ 7.72 ABV. It's dry as hell and I love it.

CALLING ALL VIRGIN ISLANDS WOMEN VETERANS 📣 The USVI Office of Veterans Affairs is calling all Virgin Islands women who have previously served or currently serve in the U.S. Armed Forces to register their service to be honored in the Military Women’s Memorial in Washington, D.C. Learn more:

We’ve got a new video series out now! Wild Birds Revealed slows down the fascinating behaviors of wild birds, giving us a glimpse of their nuanced flight, fishing, diving, and nesting skills. Watch Episode One, all about Ospreys, here: hubs.la/Q03CnKWX0

Male American Kestrel can't eat fast enough. #birdofprey #americankestrel

June 28, 2025

High heat, humidity and raptor rescuers hanging with the STAH Luna the Barred Owl. ##barredowl #raptorrescue

OK, all of my SEO colleagues - for those of you who use Screaming Frog, are you using it to extract embeddings from the page content and semantic embeddings, and if so, are you doing Python magic to convert the strings to numbers to do data visualization? 1/2 #screamingfrog

osprey banding today at Paxtuxent River Park, MD. My yearly obligatory picture. #osprey #ospreybanding

U.S. Army veteran here. The shit show that my fellow soldiers had to endure was embarrassing and tasteless. What an insult to our oldest military organization. I weep.

Aaaaaaand just spent more than an hour beating my head against a wall trying to figure out why Chrome stopped working on my desktop, but behaved normally on phone/tablet. It's the extensions, stupid. The Chrome extensions. SMMFH #googlechrome

Did a raptor program at the Nature Forward Woodend After Dark gala last night. Luna the Barred Owl was an excellent ambassador helping us share facts and information about all of our native DMV raptors. #barredowl

One of my most important posts ever: SEO isn’t dead. But the search pipeline has changed. You don’t need to rank; you need to be retrieved, fused, and reasoned over by GenAI systems. This is the new stack. Tactical guide + visuals + what to do next: duaneforresterdecodes.substack.com/p/search-wit...

Guy sitting underneath an overpass on the Maryland ICC west bound playing drums with a full set. Can't make this up. #drumpractice

I'm working the #virginiarenaissancefestival tomorrow. In the hotel lobby, ran across Maryland rennies. Was I surprised? No! We recognized each other and had a great time chatting.

His kitty cave