This is the stuff I’m here for 😂😂😂

Northern Lights on an early winter's night. #Scape #EastCoastKin #Manitoba #NorthernLights #Aurora

#birds&berries #birdsofFrontRange #BirdOfTheDay Cedar Waxwing going for the perfect dried crabapple!

#BirdOfTheDay #blackandwhite sort of. #birdsofFrontRange #iNat Met a man over from England on the trail today, here for a funeral but birding to relieve the stress. He was very excited when we showed him a pair of Bald Eagles. Glad we could lift his spirits a bit.

#Science strives to understand how things work, and to devise useful applications from that understanding, based on the best available evidence and information. It has to modify conclusions and models based on better information. If you want stability and comfort, then that’s the role of religion

#BirdOfTheDay #BackyardBirds This male towhee lives in the blue spruce in our front yard. He's a bit of a bully at the feeder, scaring all the smaller birds away when he wants a treat. Luckily, he prefers scratching in the dirt below it.

Congratulations to this month's Featured Illustrator Z.B. Asterplume. In this interview, Z.B. shares her creative path as an SCBWI Success Story. Watch the interview here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7KI... Learn more about Z.B. Asterplume’s work at asterplume.com. IG: @z.b.asterplume

Yes!!! Love seeing fellow Coloradan, Z.B. Asterplume, as the featured illustrator. It's the best seeing others succeed in your SCBWI region after such hard work!

#BirdOfTheDay #Poecile #iNat #birdsofFrontRange Mountain Chickadee from foothills west of Denver, CO. May 2014

Climate change reshuffles plant communities in unexpected ways. RMBL found warming and cooling change which species appear, but not how related they are. 👉 Species counts don’t tell the full story. #RMBL #ClimateChange #PlantScience Read more here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#OpenBeak #BirdOfTheDay #iNat American Dipper tossing a morsel into its mouth, getting a head start on #TongueOutTuesday.

I'm hosting a four-part webinar series for @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social designed for children's book authors and illustrators who are ready to move from stuck to submission-ready. Presenters include: Melissa Stewart, Alan Barillaro, Corinna Luyken, and Erin Entrada Kelly: www.scbwi.org/events/rmc-2...

The Publishing Path webinar series hosted by SCBWI Rocky Mountain Chapter. “The Publishing Path is a four-part webinar series designed to transform your children's book writing and illustration from stuck to submission-ready.” #kidlit www.scbwi.org/events/rmc-2...

Today marks the start of Black History Month. At Dogs on Call, we celebrate the diverse community of patients, staff, and handlers who make our program strong. Unity and compassion are at the heart of everything we do. ❤️🖤💚

Peter Cadaver gets a physical in today's #comicstrip. #PeterCadaver #KidLitSundayScaries

#BirdOfTheDay #ducks #birdsofFrontRange #plumescrolling Female gadwall strains for food in a fast moving creek, while the male shows off the comb on his bill that lets them filter out goodies in the water. Did not know that about dabbler ducks before these photos.😉

#favoriteofthemonth #BirdOfTheDay #birdsofFrontRange American Robin about to go for the last berry on the shrub.

Only 40 seats for this in-person event!

#eyecontact #BirdOfTheDay #birdsofFrontRange #plumescrolling From September 2025 Female/juvenile American Goldfinch on sunflower head.

The Front Range of Colorado didn't get hit with the deep cold and heavy snow that the eastern part of the country did this week. But we did get ice bells. And birds. #iNat #BirdsofFrontRange #Owls #ducks #dipper

"I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong." — Leo Rosten

Thank you to @loridegman.bsky.social for sharing this. 💔

The. Stories. Continue. "What stayed with Amundson most, she said, was not the adrenaline of the moment but the realization that came while she was holding the agent’s head in her hands and keeping his airway open. 'I was hit so hard with the fact that this man would not do this for me,' she said."

For #KidLit writers: Scholarship applications have opened at @boydsmills.bsky.social. If you haven't been to a retreat at the Highlights Foundation (now Boyds Mills), they are transformational! Deadline 2/9. boydsmills.org/apply-for-a-...

#BirdOfTheDay #owls #plumescrolling From November 2025 A Great Horned Owl gets some #shuteye on a cottonwood branch stretched out over the creek. Did not care that lots of people were passing by, which was fair, because the didn't even see it.

#birdoftheday #singing #birdsofFrontRange #plumescrolling #birdsofBluesky #iNat Spotted towhee. May 2009.

#feedingtime #BirdOfTheDay March 2025 A cedar waxwing eating chokecherries.

Thanks Cristy for the kind review! Help me kick off the new year on the right foot by dropping a review on Amazon for me too!

Ducks! Ducks are more interesting than I first thought ...

Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” – MLK. 🕊️ Today we honor his legacy of service. Our therapy dog teams serve with their whole hearts, bringing comfort where it is needed most.

#birds #iNat #plumescrolling #birdsofFrontRange Female Common Goldeneye. Did not know that ducks could have a resting bitch face...

Set up and ready to sign books at @bnloveland. I’ll be here until noon!

Buddy looking like royalty today with the wind blowing their crest up :3 👑 #stellersjay #birds

Eurasian Eagle Owl, yes my picture from a while ago but! I saw another on a guided bird trip just before Christmas, mega thanks Mark!! I cannot describe how exciting it was 🪶 #birds #owls #eagleowl

#Librarians— if you are looking for a great #Kidlit read-aloud about #birds, Olga Ptashnik’s FLY LIKE A BIRD, published by @ebyrbooks.bsky.social, is a gentle conversation exploring the ways birds fly—and being true to yourself. Learn more at 10,000 Birds. www.10000birds.com/fly-like-a-b...

#BirdOfTheDay #birdsofFrontRange #plumescrolling #iNat Coopers Hawk taking off from backyard fence. From May 2025.

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#LongBeaks #birdsofFrontRange #plumescrolling #birdsofBluesky Female kingfisher from 2024. She generously held still long enough for me to take her picture.

#tongueoutTuesday #dogsofbluesky #corgisofbluesky #corgicrew Zoe's had such a hard day of chasing squirrels that she can'thold her tongue in while she naps.

Thanks for sharing, @ladyofart123.bsky.social 🥰

#BirdInFlight #birdoftheday #birdsofFrontRange Calliope Hummingbird flies between branches of agastache. From August 2025.

#BirdOfTheDay #natural #birdsofFrontRange Female American Goldfinch eating seeds from a dried penstamen (?) Stalk.

In today's Peter Cadaver #comicstrip, Francie's mom attempts to exercise her "parental rights." An example of how "soft censorship" works. #PeterCadaver #KidLitSundayScaries #HappyNewYear @authorsagainstbookbans

Cover reveal for Get a Clue: How to Plot, Write, and Sell Your MG or YA Mystery...! I know, it's exciting. Link: fleurbradleyauthor.substack.com/p/cover-reve...

#Feathers&Form is the theme for #BirdoftheDay and this Say’s Phoebe came to mind. Near Pyramid Lake, Nevada

#PetTherapyDogs #dogsofbluesky Both dogs passed their pet therapy behavioral screenings with flying colors! And Zoe expects treats now, please.

Our Holiday Light Recycling Initiative is back through January 31. Bring your old string lights to the collection bin located next to the Boettcher Welcome Center (to the right of the sliding doors), and we’ll make sure they’re recycled properly.

#BlackandWhite #BirdOfTheDay #magpie #BirdsoftheFrontRange A magpie with several male pine cones in its beak. From June 2025.

#BirdOfTheDay #snowy Magpie. From December 2022 - you know, back when we had snow.