Female Rose-breasted Grossbeak in our local park this morning #birds

Mamdani has demonstrated something that Democrats have largely forgotten. You can't just do good things for voters and expect to be rewarded for it. You have to tell them about it, over and over again. You have to advertise your work in office just as much as you did on the campaign to win it.

Northern (yellow-shafted) Flicker #birds

Swainson’s thrush #birds

Green Heron and Common Yellowthroat #birds

Evening Bullfrog

Pileated Woodpecker from the other day #birds

“Blue” #birds from yesterday—Indigo Bunting + Blue Grossbeak

I wonder if James Comey now regrets using Hillary and her emails to subvert an election?

A few birds from past couple days—Hermit thrush, Black-and-White warbler, and Yellow-rumped warbler #birds

Pileated woodpecker in our local park #birds

Solitary Sandpiper #birds

American Bittern — sort of like a painting #birds

A basket full of Great Horned Owl 🦉 owlets and mom standing by with a watchful eye #birds (Basket improvised by a rehabilitator after nest fell apart.)

Common Five-lined Skink #reptiles

Greater Yellowlegs taking a bath #birds

#DONAKD!

Didn't bend, didn't cower, didn't even feel the need to stand next to Trump grinning awkwardly like it was normal. And now he's emerged unscathed with his job and his dignity intact and his reputation even stronger than before. Huh. Seems like this could be a model for others in power.

This photo should be on the front page of every single newspaper in America today.

Caught Cowbird rolling this egg down our walkway. Found N. Cardinal nest in boxwoods nearby with chicks already (no other eggs visible). I’m assuming this is another Cardinal egg that hadn’t hatched yet, but maybe it’s Cowbird egg that was “too late” for leaving in this nest??? 🤷‍♂️🤔 #birds

Now get out and vote in the midterms like your life depends on it, because it does. #NoKings

They started a war of choice for absolutely no reason, with no real strategy and no real preparation, and the end result will be a global situation that is, in every single way, worse than what it was when they started.

Trump wants you to believe he’s more powerful than he is - and that you have less power than you do. Tomorrow, millions of Americans will gather to remind one another where power actually resides in this democracy: with us, the people.

Hooded Mergansers #birds

So, I’ll not be watching @nationals.com on TV this season unless I pay @verizonofficial.bsky.social + the Nats for the privilege. Nothing like a little fan appreciation.

Nearly twice as old as the dinosaurs, horseshoe crabs have been crawling ashore for over 450 million years. Sadly, their populations have plummeted by more than 70% in recent decades. So we just announced our intent to sue the federal government for denying them #ESA protections. bit.ly/41quLDj

Pied-billed Grebe

Some #birds from yesterday

Some backyard Spring wildflowers #plants #plantnatives

h/t to @adammockler.com for pointing out this gem from 2016.

Belted Kinfisher from this morning #birds

Continuing with #birds of Australia 🇦🇺

The SAVE Act is voter suppression—not security. It would purge millions, especially married women with name changes, low-income voters without passports, and more. Tell Your Senators: Vote NO to protect our democracy!

Some more #birds of Australia (and some #bats 😉)

This is everything

To lose one strait controlling the global oil supply may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness. - Oscar Wilde

Back to birds of Australia 🇦🇺

Aruba Whiptail #lizards #reptiles

WTH @democrats.senate.gov are any of you doing voting for any of these nominees at this point? Looking at you @markwarner.bsky.social especially 🤨😖🤦

Purple Gallinule from Aruba 🇦🇼 #birds

Great Horned Owl from this morning #birds

Burrowing owls in Aruba 🇦🇼 i know how he feels 😉 #birds

Good thing some US colleges are closing their Religious Studies departments—definitively not “useful” at all or an area of expertise that might be relevant for understanding our present…

During his first public comments since starting a war with Iran, Donald Trump goes on a tangent about the drapes he picked for the White House and how his wife wished the "very very beautiful" ballroom would get finished soon because she can't stand the sound of piledrivers outside.

Crow: "Friday night, Trump filmed this tough video where he talked about the cost of war & how hard it's gonna be & how we're gonna lose troops, then he literally went behind the curtain & hosted a million dollar a plate dinner & dance party at Mar-a-Lago. That tells you everything you need to know"

Any thoughts on best places for #birding in Aruba 🇦🇼?

"The president has no authority to nationalize elections, to take over elections, to regulate them in any way. The Constitution is clear that it is the states and Congress who set the rules governing elections.” - @wendyweiser.bsky.social tells Wolf Blitzer on @cnn.com

More birds of Australia 🇦🇺