"as many as 400,000 poor and disabled people and indigent older people across the United States could have their support cut or eliminated" 😞 www.propublica.org/article/trum...

I don't understand why I never find a tree swallow on a tree. But I will take a photogenic and cooperative tree swallow any day. #birds

Unmistakably a great horned owl #birds #owls

A yellow rumped warbler in flight is like a choir conductor! #birds

My first black-and-white warbler of 2026! So pretty #warblers #birds

Using a zoom lens to photograph a barred owl when it suddenly took flight was quite an experience. It's much further away than it looked, and out of many photos only one wasn't blurry. #birds #owls

And then there were two... #turtle

Here is a hooting barred owl #birds #owls @kimberwitch.bsky.social There were two of them!

Tulip season is almost over before it begins! #flowers #tulips

Lilac season #flowers

A killdeer is easy to miss when it's quiet. #birds #shorebirds

The orange-crowned warbler doesn't really show its orange crown. #birds #warblers

There is also my neighborhood's barred owl taking a mid-day nap :) @kimberwitch.bsky.social #birds #owls

I hope this is a Savannah sparrow? #birds #sparrows

Surprise! A great horned owl in the forest! @kimberwitch.bsky.social #birds #owls

The northern parulas were singing loudly in the forest. They were way up high in the tree and were very sneaky. This is the best I could do. They are one of my favorite warblers! #birds #warblers

A singing Eastern Towhee #birds

A greater yellowlegs! #birds #shorebirds

Yellow rumped warblers are everywhere! Spring is here! #birds

A tiny smidge of ruby red on this tiny ruby crowned kinglet hiding among a bunch of yellow rumped warblers. #birds

Didn't someone else just report on a similar trend in UT last week? The general public needs to know not everyone gets Medicare, and Medicare only covers a short stint at a nursing home. If you run out of money and can't get on Medicaid quickly enough, well :(

www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti... San Francisco sounds like a very dangerous city for pedestrians. How many times has this happened already?

youtube.com/shorts/npeyF... It's National ASL Day!

www.npr.org/2026/04/15/n... Where is the money going if not for the people? :-/

Will California wake up? At least one of the remaining Dems cheated on his ex-wife, and at least one allegedly treated her staff poorly. Meanwhile, hardworking good people are polling at 1%?!

Nursing homes are supposed to find a safe destination for residents discharging out of their care. But officials have noticed an increasing number of older adults discharged into homelessness.

This golden crowned kinglet is playing hard to get #birds

This week in spring we've had snow, hail, ice, thunderstorm storms, sunshine, high of 80+, high winds, and risk of tornadoes. A bit of a miracle the tulips are still standing. #tulips

Another look at the belted kingfisher flying under a cloudy sky. This photo is heavily cropped (50%). I was excited to see how the wingspan turned out. #birds

A belted kingfisher is looking at you #birds

Before sunset, the barred owl is watching me @kimberwitch.bsky.social #birds

The hungry red panda at the Prospect Park Zoo? Adorable. The HungryPanda delivery app scamming small businesses? Not adorable. So they will be paying $580,000 back. We'll keep pursuing companies that take advantage of New Yorkers, and we'll keep asking if we can pet a red panda just for a second.

This is really not the best great blue heron photo of mine but if you look at the whole image you'll see the belted kingfisher #birds

apnews.com/article/car-... You mean I am not weird?

Cute

Hooded merganser! A lifer for me. There were 8 of them altogether! #birds

My first photographed yellow-rumped warbler of 2026! #birds #warbler

"Sing out, Louise!" I mean, Carolina wren #birds

Are you sure you like ruby-crowned kinglet more than golden-crowned kinglet? #birds

I did get a pretty good look at the barred owl yesterday @kimberwitch.bsky.social :) It didn't seem like a full grown owl, but I wasn't sure. #birds

Which one do you like more: Ruby-crowned kinglet or golden-crowned kinglet?

Meet my friend, the ruby-crowned kinglet. It's tiny and constantly on the move. It took me a very long time to finally get a decent look at it on this chilly, cloudy, and windy Easter Saturday morning. #birds

Happy h-owl-iday weekend! @kimberwitch.bsky.social

Look for the bare necessities... 🐻 pix11.com/news/local-n...

p.s. Wong's Chinese name was 黄金德. Wong was his last name, not Ark. Kim Ark was his first name. zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E7%BE...

Listen to @banditelli.org Go find some duckling today.

Cats

Any rec for hats with bug netting or other strategies to keep the bugs from flying into my face when I go birding? It's getting warmer and the bugs are bad. :-/

A chubby little white-breasted nuthatch is soaking up the morning sun. #birds