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@birdturntable.bsky.social
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Artist, Birder, Baba, Fellow

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Birdturntable @birdturntable.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Cut my 14 gal cube in half to make this 7 gallon, Walstad method, desktop tank with a little water feature. It's only the first day so looking forward to seeing how it develops. Any suggestions for fast growing plants that work well in a relatively short tank (apart from floaters)?
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Birdturntable @birdturntable.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hillstream Loaches are amazing. Thrilled to have a trio of them in the new aquarium.
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Birdturntable @birdturntable.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Just returned from a week in Northern Colombia. More to come.
A portrait of a sleeping sloth with one arm clutching the branch above their head. They appear content and almost smiling.
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Birdturntable @birdturntable.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
A Osprey carrying a fish which is only visible ventrally. The red of the gills stands out against the monochromatic palette of the photo.
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Birdturntable @birdturntable.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
A lovely encounter with an Osprey hunting at dusk at Lake Washington, Seattle. 🪶 #birds
After just emerging from the water an Osprey looks determined, their bright yellow eye fixed on the distance as their talons grasp a large wriggling fish (largemouth bass?). The bird’s plumage is tinted by the yellow light of the setting sun and the water is a cool grey blue hue, highlighting the shocking transition the fish must be experiencing as they are plucked into the evening air. An osprey flies right to left clutching a newly caught fish that is turned so we can only see the underside. The red gills are visible and the fish takes on a subtle s-curve, graceful in death. A moment that happens every day, one life for another, predation as a mechanism for sustaining life and natural systems.
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ryan @ryanfm.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Join me in Colombia for @jerthorp.bsky.social's Living in Data Retreats!! 5 days in the jungle with a group of curious people, exploring and making collaborative art. It'll be incredible!!! Week 1 is Jer + @birdturntable.bsky.social Week 2 is Jer + me www.jerthorp.me/lid-retreat-...
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Living in Data Rainforest Retreat: 2026
Spend five days in the lush and bird-filled jungle of Santa Marta, Colombia with Jer Thorp and a small group of curious bird + data + art enthusiasts. We'll wander the forest with local guides, learn ...
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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Mark the end of the summer with an adventure that'll change your brain. Join me and MacAurthur Fellow Walter Kitundu for five days in the Colombian rainforest. Learn new skills and approaches, visit indigenous communities, and make collaborative artwork! www.jerthorp.me/lid-retreat-...
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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I've re-named by rainforest retreats to make it a bit more clear that they're open to anyone. 9 spots left for the two cohorts in September. "Traveling to Colombia with Jer was a magical experience I’ll never forget." - Matt R. "My trip with Jer was absolutely life changing." - Hope F.
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Living in Data Rainforest Retreat: 2026
Spend five days in the lush and bird-filled jungle of Santa Marta, Colombia with Jer Thorp and a small group of curious bird + data + art enthusiasts. We'll wander the forest with local guides, learn ...
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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.eurosky.social · 28/06/2026
I don't want to hear another word about how much white European visitors are enjoying ranch dressing while team officials, Africa's top referee, and now one of the world's most celebrated fans are turned away from the World Cup. The USA is an utterly unfit host — it's as simple as that
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DR Congo superfan denied US visa to support team at World Cup
Michel Kuka Mboladinga is iconic for his motionless tribute at DRC games, but a US World Cup repeat has been denied.
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Birdturntable @birdturntable.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
If you had a trillion dollars and spent half a million dollars a day. You’d get an overdraft notice 5480 years from now. Except that your money makes money by existing, so even spending at that rate your account balance would increase.
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Birdturntable @birdturntable.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Racist trillionaire is an unsurprising word pairing.
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Birdturntable @birdturntable.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Sparrows in my yard acting strangely. I looked up to see a bird waaaaay up in the sky looking like a chimney swift. Until they came to a stop in the sky and then plummeted into a stoop! Legs extended just as the female kestrel disappeared behind a neighbors house only to emerge empty taloned.
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Birdturntable @birdturntable.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Putting the gory into allegory. A Bald Eagle on a not so fresh roadkill raccoon. Northern Iowa.
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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Let's GOOOOOOOOO! Spots are filling up fast for my retreats in Colombia this September. We'll spend five days immersing ourselves in nature, visiting indigenous communities and making things together. Use the code DUET for $200 off registration for two or more. www.jerthorp.me/btb-retreat-... 🪶📊
Change your Brain. Bring a Friend.

Spend five days in the lush and bird-filled jungle of Santa Marta, Colombia with Jer Thorp and a small group of curious bird + data + art enthusiasts.

We'll wander the forest with local guides, learn new skills and approaches, visit indigenous communities, and collaboratively author projects deeply connected to this remarkable place.  Use the code DUET for $200 off registration for two or more.
A customer testimonial graphic with a semi-transparent brown overlay on a background image of Colombian nature and wildlife. The text quotes Clara H., who describes a "magical experience" traveling to Colombia with a guide named Jer and local guides, highlighting bird, sloth, and monkey sightings, learning, making friends, and eating delicious food.Alt: A text testimonial from Matt R. about a creative retreat, set against a background of bright pink, needle-like flowers. The text praises five days of immersion in ecology and creative collaboration, noting that the daily provocations by Jer sparked six new projects and twelve new collaborations.An image featuring a testimonial text box set against a lush background of large, green banana leaves. The text block, enclosed in a dark green translucent rectangle, reads:"My trip with Jer was absolutely life changing. He cultivates such an amazing space for learning and creativity, while also having time to just relax. Every place we went was picked out with thought and care. The local accommodations and guides were incredibly kind and welcoming. It was a trip I will never forget and cannot recommend enough!" -Hope F.
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Birdturntable @birdturntable.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Rose-breasted Grosbeak in the canopy. #birds 🪶
A Grosbeak in flight in the tree canopy. Green maple leaves against a distant blue sky and a show-stopping bird with pink axillary, or underarm 🤣 feathers soaring through the frame from left to right.
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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
For the first cohort, Sept. 4th - 9th, my co-facilitator will be Walter Kitundu, a person whose work I've admired for a decade. Walter is a phenomenal artist mixing performance and sculpture into a practice that speaks about place, nature and community. kitundu.com
Portrait of Walter KitunduWalter Kitundu's Ocean Edge DeviceWalter Kitundu in a kayak
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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
For my inaugural BtB Retreat last year, I was lucky to have the writer and naturalist extraordinaire @ryanfm.bsky.social as my co-facilitator. I'm happy to say that Ryan will be back in Colombia in 2026, for our 2nd cohort, running Sept. 11 - 16th. www.jerthorp.me/btb-retreat-... ❤️🪶🐛🌿
Portrait of Ryan Mandelbaum
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Birdturntable @birdturntable.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I’ll be co-facilitating the first week of this with @jerthorp.bsky.social who invited me along! I’m beyond excited to think and imagine with this group, and receive the gifts the surroundings will offer during our time there.
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Birdturntable @birdturntable.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
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Birdturntable @birdturntable.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Eastern Red Bat in the neighbor’s tree.
A tiny but chunky reddish brown bat with cute little black eyes hangs upside down with their wings tucked under their chin. They are in an evergreen with dappled light in the background.
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Birdturntable @birdturntable.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Rainbow generating waves. Point Reyes, CA
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Birdturntable @birdturntable.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Jeffries is incapable of meeting the moment.
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Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) @mndot.mn.gov · 22/01/2026
Check out this eagle-eyed traffic reporter! We spotted this beauty perched over I-35W in Minneapolis 🦅 Want to see road conditions, traffic impacts and some more wildlife? Explore our cameras on 511mn.org today.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 22/01/2026
One of the 50 people that ICE kidnapped today is a mother from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who has a pending asylum application and no criminal record It’s an ethnic cleansing campaign. Pure and simple. www.instagram.com/p/DTyFTp8E9k...
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mainemonitor on Instagram: "ICE told Fox News that it had arrested 50 people in Maine on Tuesday, out of 1,400 targets in the state. Patricia Hyde, ICE deputy …"
ICE told Fox News that it had arrested 50 people in Maine on Tuesday, out of 1,400 targets in the state. Patricia Hyde, ICE deputy assistant director, said the agency was arresting people who had committed crimes of sexual assault, drug trafficking, driving under the influence and assault, who came from Senegal, Honduras, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Guatemala.“You name it; they’re on the target list,” Hyde said.Videos and reports of ICE arrests in Portland and the surrounding area began circulating on social media on Tuesday. The Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition, an advocacy group that runs a hotline to track federal immigration enforcement activities in the state, received nearly 1,000 calls on Tuesday, according to a spokesperson.Read more for free at the link in our bio.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/01/2026
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter. I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
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Bill Emory (he/him) @oldmanemory.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
More than 5,000 people here in Powderhorn Park protesting ICE’s occupation of Minneapolis. #FuckICE #iceout #mpls #FuckTrump
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Birdturntable @birdturntable.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Translation: Have you not learned that we can kill you without consequence?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/01/2026
We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.
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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 08/01/2026
School has been cancelled tomorrow and Friday across the city of Minneapolis, because our federal government has made it unsafe for children here.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
MAGA and Donald Trump want Americans to literally reject the evidence of their eyes and ears. The way they shamelessly lie to us should infuriate everyone, including their voters. We have the video of January 6th. We have the video of an ICE agent murdering a woman in cold blood in Minneapolis.
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Birdturntable @birdturntable.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
The squirrel has inspired others!
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Birdturntable @birdturntable.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Hope to see my first this year!
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Birdturntable @birdturntable.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Golden Eagle 🪶
A close up photo of a Golden Eagle peering over her shoulder. The golden nape feathers are visible. The background is a rich blue skyA golden eagle in flight from left to right. Her wings are down so we see the dorsal feathers. She is flying past rolling tan farmland and a light blue sky.
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Birdturntable @birdturntable.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Stellar Oak in Browns Valley, CA. Yes, there’s a hawk in the tree too.
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Birdturntable @birdturntable.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Racist in chief
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/12/2025
credit to NYT for not sanewashing the appalling bigotry we saw today in the WH "Even for Mr. Trump — who has a long history of insulting Black people, particularly those from African countries — his outburst was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry."
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Trump Administration Live Updates: President Calls Somalis ‘Garbage’ in Anti-Immigrant Tirade
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Birdturntable @birdturntable.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Female Belted Kingfisher🪶
A ventral view of a female belted kingfisher with her wings spread showing the bright white undersides and rusty wingpits and belt. Her tail is a dazzling array of black and white patterning and she has a fish grasped in her bill. A belted kingfisher flying away with her wings held down showing the gorgeous slate blue of her back and shoulders. She has a freshly caught fish in her bill. The background is fairly dark but speckled with sunlit drops of water flying off the kingfisher.
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Birdturntable @birdturntable.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Just sit down somewhere and play this loud today. Thank me later. youtu.be/oK1Jl8tLzls?...
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The Beautiful Ones
YouTube video by Prince - Topic
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Alaska Raptor Center @raptororg.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Meet our newest patient here at the Alaska Raptor Center, a Northern Pygmy Owl named King Owlbert by his rescuers. Owlbert arrived with a drooping wing, making flight difficult. We’ve given him a supportive wing wrap, plenty of tasty mice, and time to heal. #small #owls #adorable
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Birdturntable @birdturntable.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Swainson’s Hawk mama telling me to f*ck off cause I parked too close to her grown ass kids. The kids had fledged but she was still the authority figure. Klamath Basin. And yes, I heeded the message and f*cked right off.
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Birdturntable @birdturntable.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Merlin stoop! 🪶
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Birdturntable @birdturntable.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Night Hunter. Red-tailed Hawk. 🪶 stay safe out there tonight.
A hawk leaps into the night air illuminated by a flash from below. Darkened tree branches can be seen in the background.
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Birdturntable @birdturntable.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Another angle on this morning’s altercation. 🪶
A Cooper’s seen hawk seen from the back with wings flared over a lunging squirrel. The squirrel is lunging AT the hawk to defend themselves.
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Birdturntable @birdturntable.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Morning drama in the neighborhood! A young Cooper’s Hawk decides to test a Gray Squirrel and a stalemate ensues. 🪶
A Cooper’s hawk descends on a squirrel who is reared up on their hind legs, moth agape, reaching toward the hawk in an aggressive defensive posture. This is happening in someone’s lawn.
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Birdturntable @birdturntable.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
A richly colored red-tailed Hawk rises into the sky on outstretched wings in front of distant, wind-gnarled cypress trees barely visible through the dense fog.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 23/10/2025
Breaking News: The U.S. will allow oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, one of the largest remaining tracts of pristine wilderness in the country. nyti.ms/3WhrQui
An aerial view of a snow-covered, frozen landscape. A headline reads: "Trump Opens Pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to Oil Drilling." Photo by Katie Orlinsky for The New York Times.
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Birdturntable @birdturntable.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
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Mantis
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Birdturntable @birdturntable.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
One life fuels another. Predation is a special thing to witness. This is one way energy flows through the natural world. #birds
A Cooper’s hawk prepares to eat a house sparrow by lifting the sparrow up by her right leg. The scene takes place on thick branch in a Honey locust tree. The composition suggests a circle as the hawk looks down toward the sparrow while the sparrow’s head is upturned facing the hawk.
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