ADHD is fun 1. Lose my phone somewhere in the house 2. Try to use Google's "find my device" to make the damn thing ring 3. 2FA insists that I must use my (misplaced) device to verify my identity 4. Finally get it to agree to send a code to my email 5. Requests 2FA via the phone to log into email

goth swallow my beloved

Drama at the Purple Martin gourds! I do not think the Tree Swallows are going to win this one.

I love the sock.

Sometimes I wonder if I truly need to take more photos of Great Blue Herons It turns out that, yes, I absolutely do

My problematic fave

stop yelling at me

1. These are the tiniest ducklings I have ever seen 2. My method of duckling identification is to look at the adult they're following and make assumptions, but I did not see a parent with these 3. The very yellow duckling makes me think that these are Mallards with some domestic ancestry

A spotted pardalote collecting nesting material at Spring Gully Conservation Park, South Australia. Tree is a red stringybark (Eucalyptus macrorhyncha).

kale, cabbage, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower and kohlrabi

I know this is not the clearest angle (they are rails, ok) but here's a cozy baby Virginia Rail tucked into its parent's fluff

I’m so sorry, Juniper www.them.us/story/slain-...

there were baby Virginia Rails it was worth it

Getting your measles vaccination is important but I think it's a little shitty to frame this around international visitors coming for the World Cup when the state has already reported three times the number of measles cases we saw in 2025, and an outbreak in *checks notes* Kittitas County.

I am feeling profoundly unmotivated to go birding today, someone please give me gentle encouragement

IMPORTANT: There are currently eepy baby beavers on the Cowlitz kit cam

So, about trans Achilles... "When Achilles was nine years old, Calchas declared that Troy could not be taken without him; so Thetis, foreseeing that it was fated he should perish if he went to the war, disguised him in female garb and entrusted him as a maiden to Lycomedes."

Let's all admire River

Here is our April 2026 Salish Sea killer whale sightings map, compiling orca reports from across the region. We confirmed the presence of Bigg's every single day in the month of April for the 7th time in the last 10 years! Read our full summary here: www.orcabehaviorinstitute.org/sightings-ma...

when did my nephew get old enough to text me memes I am unprepared for this

So far he's doing great

So when I make coffee for two, usually one pourover is done before the other one, at which point I make Double Coffee for whoever's cup was going slower Is this completely unhinged?

Why does the hat man (Wilson's warbler) hate my spine (ow my neck)?

Anyone want to venture an opinion on this gull? Seattle, today

Getting hantavirus while bird-watching at a landfill is absolutely something I would do.

I realize that I should probably advocate for myself more when it comes to my pelvic pain, but I'll also admit that I just straight up don't trust the entire gynecological specialty any more.

Having an IUD inserted was hands-down the most painful experience of my life. It left me shaking and vomiting on a bathroom floor. ‪

Everybody gets a goal!

It was gloomy morning, but I checked out one of our local urban marshes anyway! A mallard pair had it all to themselves until a pair of Willets showed up! The sun just peeked out a bit when this Willet decided to forage in the shallows near the shore! #Birds #photography 🪶

Yessss I have infected my partner with my enthusiasm for the floating bridges

Hutton’s Vireo! This individual an active foraging parent for a fledgling The fledgling was too quick this time! But this parent vireo with its big head is just tooo darn cute! 🥰 📷🌿🪶

Does anyone know if crows have been shown to recognize individuals of other species besides humans?

Huh. My apartment complex just hand delivered a rent renewal offer. Five months early. With a proposed rent increase of $6/month. For context, I was expecting several hundred. Hmmm.

Just made plans to go car camping with the dog next weekend. This will be a first for him, so we're keeping it short and relatively close to home. Hopefully it's a good experience and we can do more & longer trips (maybe even backpacking? the dream)

Interested in birding but don’t know where to start? Join us for one of our free Neighborhood Bird Outings. Guided birding at a park near you, suitable for all skill levels and welcome to all!

I was birding the waterfront yesterday and I met a couple of birders from Minnesota. It wasn't a great day, but there was a nice raft of Surf Scoters on the water, so I shared those with them. Friends, we all need to immediately adopt the Minnesota pronunciation of "scoter."

April 2026 birding stats: - 33 checklists - 99 species (184 total for the year) - 95 photos

Attempting a difficult throw, the Franklin’s Gull pairs team falters! Bird Ice Capades drama #birds

Lovely to see some autumn colour and some of our first orchids of the season flowering in the Perth Hills today 💜💛 #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist IDs in ALT

I’m going to call this Moon Joy. I started this during the Artemis 2 mission & while listening to the audiobook of Project Hail Mary. It was a bright spot (#carroll 🥹) during a sad time. #crosstitch #xstitch #crafting

I am so angry; my apartment complex is forcing us to use a smart lock system that stores data on when I exit end enter my own home for TWO years, and they're implementing this change on a time scale where I can't reasonably move out before it's forced on me.

I love how buying any new piece of technology means spending 347 hours removing shit you didn't need and never asked for

I returned the phone with the world's worst screen and got a different model. Black and grey are now different! It's very exciting.

"It is also trained using data partnerships with [...] the Cornell Lab of Ornithology [...]" @cornellbirds.bsky.social I was under the impression that Macaulay Library assets were licensed for education, research, and training Merlin. Can you clarify what datasets were used for this "artwork"?

The new phone has super washed out screen colors and I can't fix it so all my photos look like absolute trash 🙃

mercilessly ripping the bloatware out of this thing feels so good

After eight years of service, I finally had to get a new phone. I'm annoyed about this. Was really hoping it would make it to the decade mark.

Saw my first wildflowers of the year. Round-lobed Hepatica along the North Country Trail in Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge. #nature #flower #wildflower #PhotographersUnited

1. This is delightful 2. Their B-roll shows Australian Silver Gulls, a species that would be very lost in Belgium

📝We recently released findings from the Neighborhood Bird Project, a 20 year community science project. The report, “Fewer and Fewer,” shows significant changes in urban bird groups and provides suggestions for conservation and management efforts. Take a look: birdsconnectsea.org/wp-content/u...