Antheraea polyphemus, our Polyphemus Moth, seen along the Yampa today 🌿😎

Prehistoric-sounding crane calling in the sagebrush. Is this a Sandhill Crane? I didn’t want to get closer in case it had a nest. 🌿🤗

Oh no…. I am waiting for the reflecting pool in DC to fill with frogs

Close up of that face of the Common Snapping turtle. #CommonSnapper

Keeping this link handy. #Ivax2protect medlineplus.gov/ency/article...

40-45% of households owe NO Federal taxes due to low income, half of workers have no retirement plan at work. Pensions are disappearing. If this is you, you need to follow SCEPA, and insist that Congress strengthens social security for lower income workers. @scepa-economics.bsky.social

Big, big news for those who are immunocompromised, who have chronic illnesses, and have been exposed to Covid 19: a new Rx was quickly approved by FDA that prevents Developing Covid, most of the time: #covid19

Fact.

So proud of this team! @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social, @miamaldonado.bsky.social and @shaanthx.bsky.social do great work covering #orleg and #orpol day in and day out.

🪴🌱🍅 The Dry Farming Institute studies growing food with less water. Interesting links below: dryfarming.org/dry-farming-... Links from Oregon State U extension: smallfarms.oregonstate.edu/smallfarms/o... Oregon farms (some near Portland) growing "dry": dryfarming.org/dry-farmed-p...

A trip out in the afternoon heat to my local steppe proved to be magical. My closest ever encounter with this stunning Pin-tailed Sandgrouse. It just sat peacefully by my car thinking I could not see it. Just wow. #birds #birdoftheday #birdsseenin2026 #birdphotography #birding

Today's #BirdOfTheDay ALT theme is #DappledLight. I made so many images of this beautiful black crowned night heron on a beautiful morning in our local wildlife refuge. Here's a soft one. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #ECK #birds #Nikon #Z8 #herons #sunrise

Free gift article: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...

This dog looks like he just bought me a drink from across the bar…

Free gift article: journalist Scott Pelley of 60 Minutes, stands up for accurate investigative news, and apparently, so do some NYT writers (once again). www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/b...

They spend millions of dollars a year needlessly killing coyotes and foxes and raccoons but they can't imagine offsetting $700k in lamb losses for golden eagles? Levy it from wind farms or oil and gas producers and leave the birds alone.

Hello All. The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #FirstWingbeat, so here's a puffin paterring across the sea during take-off. #Bird #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #nature #EastCoastKind #Puffin

🌱🪴 I start beans inside and transplant, so slugs and squirrels don’t chomp plants down (same for sunflowers). Also cut off bottom of a pot, sink into the soil and surround with black plastic with watering slits, too. Dislike plastic but it works and I obviously reuse it for eons! #gardening

New name for customer service: AI interrogation

My heart was stolen by a bubbly Ruddy Duck (not bubbling in image) 🪶

When insurance coverage for her husband’s lifesaving care was denied, Teressa didn’t stand down. She fought back and won. She found the secret to winning buried deep in her insurance coverage booklet. Listen to her story on "Paper Trail": www.propublica.org/podcast/heal...

The gist: without a huge increase in the number of doctors to pursue these new signs of cancer, the whole system will get jammed up. People who actually HAVE signs or confirmed cancers will wait longer for treatment. Build capacity before opening new floodgates!

Moonlight sonata. I took one of my favorite photos last night. While looking for a scissortail, this eastern meadowlark perched itself atop a nearby tree and sang a beautiful song just long enough for me to position it directly in front of the nearly-full Moon. #Photography #BirdOfTheDay #Birds

“What OMB is proposing is not a reform of grants management,” Elizabeth Ginexi, a former program officer at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), writes in a Substack post. “It is a vehicle for complete political control of science … ” www.science.org/content/arti...

A tōrea pango (variable oystercatcher). I really struggle to capture these guys well. Their dark plumage doesn’t help but the main problem is they never bloody cooperate! 🪶🇳🇿

🪴🌱 Yippee, finally ID’d a plant I’ve seen growing wild, in the sometimes soggy zone near a pond in the woods (those are all scientific terms 😁). Pacific Ninebark. Oregon Flora is a project of Oregon State University, takes a while but found it there. oregonflora.org/taxa/garden....

6 foods that help with better sleep. time.com/article/2026...

Just read this thing and laugh your koester off. Truth!

Contra Costa County warns consumers to contact them immediately if they bought grapevines from a number of Costco locations after April 21.

Oregon wildlife officials will lift the bag limit for harvesting rainbow trout and bass at three eastern Oregon reservoirs that are likely to go dry this summer, likely killing tens of thousands of fish: tinyurl.com/337uv7rw

So much I want to say about the new episode of Paper Trail, "How to Fight a Health Insurance Denial With a Little-Known Tool." 1. It features one of the best healthcare reporters out there, my friend @deldeib.bsky.social. 2. At one point I say, "This could happen to anyone" and I really meant it.

Oregonians using SNAP benefits most frequently employed by big retailers, including grocery stores. Read down the article and see quote from Amazon: FYI Amazon, you can raise employee wages yourselves, instead of hiding behind Federal minimum wage! oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/05/28/o...

This entire administration is an exercise in discovering why you need government and then scrambling to assemble an arm while cutting off another leg.

We had no wind overnight, so I was right back out on the water this morning. Great way to start the day. 🌿

When you donate to World Central Kitchen, your bucks will help whomever needs food right now--due to natural disasters, local evacuations for any reason, displacement, fires, floods or war. No politics, just help for hungry people, in a hurry. wck.org

YAY, roll out that puppy ASAP, Stanford! Follow Chise for updates on all things vaccine @sailorrooscout.bsky.social

okay, this was good

Hmmm...fund my roads, but not everyone's roads? Interesting analysis of recent tax measures that passed, or not, by Report for America interns at OPB, via Oregon Capitol Chronicle: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/05/22/d...

Questions about Ebola? And the U.S. response? Answers here from @craigspencer.bsky.social who can speak first-hand about his experiences as a healer -- and as a patient www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr0P...

I spend a lot of time answering Ebola questions for media, elected officials, and family. So I wrote up some quick thoughts on where this outbreak stands, and what to pay attention to in the days and weeks ahead. craigaspencer.substack.com/p/ebola-upda...

🌿🌱 This book is helpful for those with a new home, or who want to welcome native bees, birds and other critters. Some plants suggested are PNW fire hazards (arborvitae, tall grasses) and others may stir up allergies (Goldenrod). Book is focused on East coast especially. #gardening

Down by the beaver holes and beneath the high water mark during winter flooding, lots of creeping buttercup running along, waiting to be enjoyed: #nature #wildflowers

Memorial Day is a day to remember the men and women who gave everything for this country. To their families across Arizona and the nation, their sacrifice lives on. We are grateful — and we will never forget.

On Memorial Day, we honor all of our servicemembers who made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our freedom. We hold in our hearts their families and loved ones.

Today, we pause to remember the Americans who laid down their lives in service to our nation. May we always honor their legacy and support the loved ones they left behind.

🌱🪴 So what’s your favorite non-Rx treatment for back pain? Asking for a (gardener) friend 😎