I'm fine with it

"Verify your age" I remember meeting my mom at the airline gate as she exited her flight.

Symmetry is temporary, prominence is forever* *don't ask about Mount Mazama

Beach day! I wasn't going to bird, but we were joined by Western sandpipers, so... there is a beach day ebird checklist

God I love how gross Kara was allowed to be in Supergirl.

Um. Is it still considered macrophotography when you photograph a bird with a macro lens?.. If you look closely you'll see that she is guarding a ping-pong ball that some players left behind. Don't worry, Patricia - I'm sure those players are coming back! (what? what do you mean it's not a ball)

I finally have a work proposal for a thing I championed and really believe in and now no one at my company can review the dang technical solution 😅 very stress

Running late for important hummingbird errands

Henry Cavill and Jason Momoa at the Suicide Squad Premiere

You can't sit with us.

My partner is trying to be supportive of me learning Finnish but the selection of Finnish language books is pretty lacking in the stores around here, so he bought me a road map of Finland instead 😂♥️🇫🇮

So excited to announce the return of the pop-up aquarium in downtown Anacortes! Please help us get the word out! Free Aquarium Sunday, July 26th 12-4 PM The Patio at Dockside Dogs 501 Commercial Ave Anacortes, WA Illustration by @invertebabe.bsky.social 🐙🦑

Hello & welcome to Week 4 of: #HaleakalāSilverswordWatch! 👀 YA can't miss it now! One of the #Haleakalā silversword plants near the summit of Volcano 🌋 ...IS SERIOUSLY BLOOMING. 🌼🌸 A once in a lifetime (for the plant) event! ⏳ The flower stalk is 45" high as of yesterday & it shot up 14" in a week!

Buck up, US fans. The women’s World Cup is less than a year away.

I had to give my cat her meds solo last night because my partner is out of town It turns out that jabbing yourself with an 18g needle really sucks and I've been deeply underestimating how cool she's been about the whole thing

Good morning 🌵🌥️

I've had people crop and reprocess my photos and then share the results with me, as though I should be wildly flattered that they think my work sucks.

The thing that annoys me most about the blatant corruption around lifting Balogun's suspension is the bit where it really undermines how graceful and sportsmanlike he was about the whole thing.

Golden Orb-Weaver (Nephila plumipes) female. And that oh so tiny spider just at the tip of her most vertical leg, that's hubby. He likes big butts... #ECK #MacroMonday #Photography #Nikon #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Spiders #Insects #Nature #Wildlife

Has anyone following me ever birded Utqiagvik? I would really like to plan a trip targeting Ross's Gulls.

I never get darner photographs! They're always zooming away at twenty zillion miles an hour. (Blue-eyed Darner, I think, but I could use ID help)

This Mallard family considered swimming into the mergansers' little cove, but merg-momma hissed at them until they moved on.

The merglings eventually gave up the quest to reach Mom and formed a cuddle puddle on a much more accessible log.

The little guys were having a hell of a time getting up this log to join Mom

I have a really good idea for a buddy comedy

I have to pick up my partner from the train station on Monday evening The train station that is six blocks from the stadium where there's a Team USA game scheduled for 5 pm Fuuuuuuuuuuck

Discovering the county list of top 100 ebirders was a mistake. I've never met you, #56 (number of checklists), but you better watch your back, I'm coming for you.

Some fireworks for y'all

I'm so glad that goldfinches love thistles; it's a very photogenic arrangement

local sparrow singlehandedly devastates insect population

"Come on Gary, it's coming in, quick....1, 2, 3 JUMP!" 🌊 😁 Just a couple of gull-friends hanging out and having some fun on the beach'! One for #BirdOfTheDay #WildMotion 🐦 📷 🪶 Wishing everyone a great weekend 🕊️👋 #Birds #UKWildlife #BirdPhotography #Nature #Photography #ECK

I'm pretty sure Canada Jays can hear the sound of a granola bar wrapper from miles away

One of my top places to go shorebirding* tbh *the diversity and numbers aren't actually great

Spottie flyby

itty bitty alpine rock garden

which is the superior mountain heather: pink or white?

Sitka Valerian is an exceptionally tall flower

So I'm pretty sure this is Mountain Paintbrush but, uh ... why is it white?

Spent seven hours hiking at Rainier NPS yesterday so obviously I found my very favorite flower ... right next to the parking lot (and nowhere else)

They've given me eight solid years, but I think that my poor hiking boots need to be retired, mostly on accound of the giant holes in them. Who makes good hiking boots these days? Preferably something waterproof with ankle support.

next time I decide to chase a rarity, someone remind me to check if it's located in the middle of the swamp woods at the intersection of two semi-extant deer trails so that I can pack extra socks

The herons at Marymoor are growing up. 🥹 For the first time in months, my high count was for a different species because the babies are all fledging and learning to be grown up herons.

Vote pīwakawaka!

Heraldic device of Eärendil to match the crest of Luthien I did a while back. Pattern mine, based on Tolkien's illustration

I'm so glad I'm the go-to relative when my niblings and young cousins need pictures of banana slugs

Can anyone identify this feather my mom found? Colorado, USA, about 10" long

Spiny-cheeked honeyeater. Gluepot Reserve, South Australia. #birdsseenin2026

🐟 🐟 Mon, Jun 29 Yesterday the T65As held presence in Hood Canal, the T46Bs came in, a humpback fed the day away in the "Possession Triangle", & at least 1 gray did the same around Whidbey. 🧚 Magical place we live! 👀 who today brings. 📷 Humpback Graphite lunge feeding. By Jason Cook 6/26. #psws

Evidence that I saw the world's best* shorebird *yes it is a contest, yes there is an objective winner; the only contender I am willing to consider is the wrybill

Bee-eatin'