Happy Flower Friday Bluesky! Smooth Elephant’s Foot (Elephantopus Nudatus) from Nags Head Woods Preserve in Kill Devil Hills, NC; 10/10/2025 #FlowerFriday#Flowers#Plants#OBX#OuterBanks#Wildlife#Nature#NC

Happy Moth Monday Bluesky! Burdock Borer Moth (papaipema cataphracta) from a night of mothing last Wednesday. #Moth#MothMonday#Bugs#Insects#Wildlife#Nature

Happy FRUIT Friday Bluesky! I tried my first ever Common Pawpaw (Asimina tribola) fruit this past weekend; it was delicious! #Fruits#FruitFriday#Trees#Plants#Wildlife#Nature

Happy Moth Monday Bluesky! Little White Lichen Moth (Clemensia albata) on Common Hackberry (Celtis occudentalis) from Kaw River State Park, Topeka, KS; 9/14/2025 #Moths#MothMonday#StateParks#Wildlife#Nature#Kansas#Trees

Happy Flower Friday Bluesky! Leavenworth’s Eryngo (Eryngium leavenworthii) from Greenwood Co., KS; 9/6/2025 #Flowers#FlowerFriday#Kansas#Wildlife#Nature

Happy Flower Friday Bluesky! Bush morning glory (Ipomoea leptophylla) from AOK’s Hutton Ranch Nature Sanctuary along the Niobrara River in NE; 8/16/2025 #FlowerFriday#Flowers#Wildlife#Nature#Nebraska#Niobrara

Happy Mammal Monday Bluesky! This American Marten (Martes Americana) was seen at the pond by my office in Lenexa, KS on 8/8. Apologies for the poor video quality 😅 #MammalMonday#UrbanWildlife#Wildlife#Weasels#Mammals#Nature

Happy Flower Friday Bluesky! Giant Blue Sage (Salvia azurea) is starting to bloom in my garden! #Flowers#FlowerFriday#NativePlants#Garden#Kansas

Happy Turtle Tuesday Bluesky! Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata) at Quivira National Wildlife Refuge on 8/2/2025. I helped her to the grassy edge she was heading after taking this pic. #Turtles#TurtleTuesday#Quivira#NationalWildlifeRefuge#Parks#Kansas#Wildlife#Nature

Happy Flower Friday Bluesky! Spring Ladies’ Tresses (Spiranthes vernalis) at Grant-Bradbury Prairie Preserve in Topeka, KS; 7/13/2025 #FlowerFriday#Flowers#Nature#Orchads#Wildlife#Kansas#Prairie

Happy Flower Friday Bluesky! Purple Prairie Clover (Dales purpurea) at MacLennan Park, Topeka, KS in June. #FlowerFriday#Flowers#Plants#Kansas#Wildlife#Nature

“The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus. Seems appropriate. #StatueofLiberty#Immigrants#FuckICE#

Happy Flower Friday Bluesky! This week’s flower is Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) with special guests Regal Fritillary (Speyeria idalia) from the National Tallgrass Prairie Preserve near Strong City, KS. #FlowerFriday#Flowers#Wildlife#Butterfly#Plants#Prairie#Wildlife#Nature#Kansas

Down court! Down king!

The senate’s version of the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" reintroduces provisions that enable the largest sale of national public land in history. Public backlash to the House version of this selloff worked. Our immediate action is required. Contact your senators. More: http://bit.ly/4kaQer0

Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) on Eastern Gamagrass (Tripsacum dactyloides) at MacLennan Park , Topeka, KS; 6/16/2025 #Butterfly#Grasses#Wildlife#Nature#Kansas

No Kings protest at the KS State Capitol in Topeka, KS. #NoKings#Kansas#FuckICE

Regular liberal people must come to understand that there is no way you can appease Nazis and especially that there is no way that you can shrink yourself so they won't hurt you. Their main goal is to hurt you.

Happy Flower Friday Bluesky! Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) is a cool holarctic plant that is native to the Great Plains. Pic was taken at Mt. Mitchell Heritage Prairie in Wabaunsee Co., KS; May 2025. #FlowerFriday#Flowers#Wildlife#Prairie#Kansas

We see what they’re doing. They’re baiting us, trying to provoke violence to justify a crackdown. Don’t give them the footage they want. Every broken window becomes propaganda in their hands. Stay sharp. Stay united. We’re here to fight for justice, not feed their narrative.

Happy National Prairie Day from the Flint Hills of Wabaunsee Co. KS! #Prairie#FlintHills#NationalPrairieDay#Kansas

Happy Flower Friday Bluesky! Catclaw Briar (Mimosa nuttalli) from Mt. Mitchell Heritage Prairie in the Flint Hills of KS. #FlowerFriday#Flowers#FlintHills#Prairie#Kansas#Wildlife#Nature

Happy Flower Friday Bluesky! Missouri Evening Primrose (Oenthera macrocarpa) from Mt. Mitchell Heritage Prairie in the Flint Hills of KS; May 2025 #FlowerFriday#Flowers#Nature#Wildlife##FlintHills#Prairie#Kansas

Wow. That’s all I can say without getting booted off Bluesky.

A group of Quakers are marching more than 300 miles to demonstrate against the Trump administration's crackdown on immigrants. Organizers of the march say their protest seeks to show solidarity with migrants and other groups that are being targeted by the administration.

Happy Flower Friday Bluesky! Green Milkweed (Asclepias viridis) from MacLennan Park in Topeka, KS; 5/11/2025 #FlowerFriday#Flowers#Milkweed#Plants#Wildlife#Kansas

Abandoned homestead in Stanton Co., KS; 5/3/2025 #Kansas#Homestead#History

Happy Flower Friday Bluesky! Delphinium tricorne (Dwarf Larkspur, I think…) at Kaw River State Park in Topeka, KS. Photo taken on May Day, 2025. #FlowerFriday#Flowers#Nature#Photography#Wildlife#Kansas

Despite promises of cuts from Trump and Elon, the U.S. spent about $220 billion more in the first 100 days than it did last year. We’re spending far more and getting far less. So where is all the money going?

Happy Flower Friday Bluesky! Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata) is blooming and abundant at Kaw River State Park in Topeka, KS. #FlowerFriday#Flowers#Plants#Nature#Wildlife

Two headlines in the New York Times today.

Please go to this link to leave your comments as to why the modification of “harm” under ESA would be a disaster: www.regulations.gov/document/FWS... #ESA#Wildlife#endangered#protect#resist#nature

Not high quality, but this is video of a Greater x Lesser Prairie Chicken at a Lesser PC Lek last week. Filmed while I was in a blind and volunteering for AOKs Lek Trek Prairie Chicken Festival. Western KS is the only place you can see GPC and LPC in the same Lek. #Wildlife#Nature#Chicken#Kansas

Had a great time last week as a volunteer for Audubon of Kansas Lek Trek Prairie Chicken Festival. Part of my duties was helping to lead a group to AOK’s Hutton Ranch to see Sharp-tailed Grouse. Video is from Hutton’s site manager, Amy Meyer (I’m in the blind). #Nature#Wildlife#Bird#Kansas#Nebraska

Happy Flower Friday Bluesky! If you live in the eastern United States, you’re probably noticing the blooming Eastern Redbud Trees (Cercus canadensis) right now. This one was seen at Kaw River State Park in March 2025. #FlowerFriday #Flowers #Nature #Wildlife

Breaking now: Ministry of Economics reporting the tariffs have not caused significant changes to our trading volumes

Happy Flower Friday Bluesky! Wavyleaf Thistle (Cirsium undulatum) from Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve circa June 2024 #FlowerFriday#Flowers#Plants#Nature

Happy Flower Friday Bluesky! Prairie Rose (Rosa arkansana) from Sheyenne National Grassland in ND circa August 2024. #FlowerFriday#Flowers#Nature

Happy World Frog Day! Here is a Rio Grande Leopard Frog from Sabal Palm Sanctuary near Brownsville, TX circa February 2025 #WorldFrogDay#Frogs#Nature

Happy Flower Friday Bluesky! Here is one of my favorites, Giant Blue Sage (Salvia azurea) from last September at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. #Nature#Flowers#FlowerFriday#Plants

The silence is deafening: National parks' popularity is typically celebrated by administrations. Yet this administration, with all the damage they've inflicted on parks & staff, ordered no public announcement of this year's record-breaking visitation data. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/c...

Imagine this: On the evening of March 8, you and your spouse unlock the door to your apartment building. As you step inside, two men—not in uniform—push their way in behind you. They tell you your visa has been revoked and that they are there to deport you.

Happy Mammal Monday Bluesky! Here is a pic of the seemingly omnipresent tree ra..I mean, Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) taken in Gage Park, Topeka, KS #Nature#Wildlife#Mammals

1. Today, powerful speeches from trans representatives in Montana SJ Howell and Zooey Zephyr flipped 29 Republicans, killing anti-trans bills. While some Dems like Newsom abandon trans people, these reps show the power of representation. Watch their speech. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus) at Falcon State Park, Starr Co., TX; 2/20/2025 #Birds#Birding#Nature

Tomorrow, February 28, let’s disrupt the status quo by spending ONLY at businesses that uplift our communities. That means: 🚫 No gas from corporate giants 🚫 No fast food chains 🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)

America’s public lands don’t belong to billionaires or energy companies. They belong to us. Stop by the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve this Saturday to show support for public lands and those who protect them everyday. #Parks#Resist

Happy Mammal Monday Bluesky! This is a Collared Peccary (Dicotyles tajacu) or Javelina I saw at Aransas NWR on 2/17/25. They are smaller and cutter than I expected.