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RASC Calgary Centre @calgaryrasc.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Are we the coolest gang of astronomers in the Dinosaur Provincial Park badlands tonight? Yes. Yes, we are. #astronomy #outreach

A group of astronomers with their telescopes are ready for tonight’s outreach event in concert (literally) with a string trio in the normally closed part of the badlands in Dinosaur Provincial Park.

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Calgary Urban Species Response Team @calgaryresponse.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Thank you Roland of @calgaryrasc.bsky.social and @bfccalgary.bsky.social for speaking on the importance of treating glass effectively with products like Feather Friendly or Acopian BirdSavers. #LightsOut for the birds, Calgary!

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Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I want wetlands that protect communities from floods instead of being paved over. I want whales in healthy oceans, old-growth trees that outlive us, and night skies where the stars are brighter than the city lights.

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Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

May the Earth find its way back to balance, and may we remember that we are not separate from nature; we are part of its story, its cycle, and its path to healing.

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Peaceful Forest Waterfall Scene

ALT: Peaceful Forest Waterfall Scene

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Pigeons are pretty #birds 🌿

A bird with a gray head, purplish throat and round orange eye looks down at the camera rather judgmentally.

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Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

What some call "unused land" is often the last safe haven for countless living creatures. Wetlands are not empty spaces waiting to be developed. They are nurseries for birds, natural water filters, flood defenses, and wildlife habitats that cannot be replaced once lost.

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Suzanne Daley @suzannedaley.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Of course!!! 🌲🦎🌿 #greenwitch #nature #forest #trees #plants #animism #peace

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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

South Korea built solar panels over highway medians and turned the space underneath into protected bike lanes. Clean energy + safe cycling, using infrastructure that already exists.

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Peter Nguyen @dptbirder.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Knowing their peril, I’ve searched up and down California for native bees Very specifically green native bees They seem so magical and distant to me, like a creature from some odd world I’ll never be able to find Until this summer… on native Lupine Green Small-Mason 📷🌿🐝

Green small mason on a lupine flower bud

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Calgary Urban Species Response Team @calgaryresponse.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Bio blitz in #Wales. Always seek such events whenever traveling. What a wonderful way to support conservation, meet great local people, and learn about biodiversity everywhere you go. Who knows? Maybe your observations will contribute to conserving the area you're visiting?

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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The Dutch infrastructure authority completed a systematic assessment in 2023 identifying 420 kilometres of barriers oriented within 45 degrees of south-facing, suitable for bifacial #solarpanel installation without structural modification or planning procedures beyond normal road authority approval

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 30/06/2026

A massive logging project was just approved in Montana's Bitterroot #NationalForest — right in the heart of grizzly bear habitat. We're taking legal action to stop it, and we need your help. Please help support our fight to stop this destruction. All gifts will be matched! ➡️ bit.ly/4v21Kdx

An adult grizzly bear and cub stand close to the camera, looking to the right of the camera. White text above their heads reads: "A massive logging project in Montana is threatening their home".

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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Running Chipping Sparrow - no feet touching the ground! 🪶

Chestnut cap on small sparrow in such a hurry their feet are not touching the ground

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 09/06/2026

"We live in a time of cosmic tragedy, when heedless human expansion has pushed many of the planet’s lives beyond bearing. As ecosystems unravel, so do the cultures that depend on them..." writes Kathleen Dean Moore for @therevelator.org. ⬇️

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When the Butterflies Come Home Again • The Revelator

A philosopher tells an environmental success story that speaks to the moral necessity of ongoing work for wild beings.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 05/06/2026

Public lands belong to us all — but especially to the wild species who call these lands home. It's more important than ever to protect these precious places, and Congress can do it. Urge your legislators to protect public lands and oppose any attempts to sell them off: biodiv.us/3PNBGVb

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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

"The @calgaryclimatehub.ca has launched a campaign aimed at expanding access to plug-in solar units, aka balcony solar. The initiative serves renters and condo residents who have historically had fewer opportunities than homeowners to participate in small-scale renewable energy generation."

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Calgary Coalition Aims to Clear Path for Balcony Solar Adoption in Canada

As balcony solar systems gain traction across Europe and parts of the United States, a Calgary-based coalition is pushing for regulatory changes to make small, plug-in solar systems easier to adopt in...

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 29/05/2026

Limiting vessel speeds in key whale habitat to below 10 knots (roughly 11.5 miles per hour) is a tried-and-true way to reduce tragic whale deaths and injuries. Take action: Urge NOAA Fisheries and the U.S. Coast Guard to require vessel speed limits where whales are most likely to be. ⬇️

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Speak Up for Whale-Safe Ship Speeds

Whales are dying along the West Coast — often because of ship strikes. Join the call for whale-safe ship speeds: Urge NOAA Fisheries and the U.S. Coast Guard to require vessel speed limits where whale...

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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 11/05/2026

THAT'S RIGHT, MOTHERFUCKERS, I WON A WEBBY AWARD. Here's my 5-word speech. #webbys

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 07/05/2026

Critically endangered Asian giant tortoises are getting a boost from villagers local to where they live. It's a hopeful example of a community banding together to help save a species. Learn more about it at @therevelator.org ⬇️

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‘Tortoise Guardians’ Protect Rare Giants • The Revelator

“They are like our children now,” says one of the villagers helping to save critically endangered Asian giant tortoises.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Four years ago today, my book #WhySharksMatter became the number one bestselling new release in natural history on Amazon…passing Jane Goodall’s “Hope” I’ll always be grateful to you nerds for your support!

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Calgary Urban Species Response Team @calgaryresponse.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Why is a 2" gap max on anti-collision markings so important? (Or 4" max for parachords?) Because birds are maneuverable, incredibly fast and "shrink" to fly rapidly through narrow passages like between branches. Only, that space between the hawk stickers isn't space. It's glass. And it kills.

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Sparred4Life @sparred4life.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Don't forget too that the bulk of national parks are also sacred sites to the native people from that area. Stolen land should not be a profit machine for big business.

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occupystephanie @occupystephanie.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

And migrating birds who navigate by the stars.

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Jim Fry @jimfryri.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Not to mention birds, insects and other wildlife.

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Calgary Urban Species Response Team @calgaryresponse.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Support your local independent bookstore AND your library! Which is your favourite independent bookstore and library? @cmcalgary.bsky.social

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RASC Calgary Centre @calgaryrasc.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

A continuous string of migratory #bird flocks headed northwest from east of Edmonton to Barrhead this afternoon as seen on weather radar. @fisherspeaks.bsky.social @calgaryresponse.bsky.social

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Alberta Community Bat Program/Western Bat Program 🦇 @albertabats.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

I think there was about 350 or so people who came out to "Star Night" at Fish Creek Provincial Park in #YYC! A bunch of our favourite conservation partners were out there too - advocating for wildlife and Dark Skies! 🌠🔭🦇

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Alberta Community Bat Program/Western Bat Program 🦇 @albertabats.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

🦇🌎A LOT of bats use trees for roosting but there are also many species that use rock outcrops, &cracks in cliffs as places to call home. Not all bat bios are rock climbers! (some are) so we get really excited when skilled climbers get on the bat conservation bandwagon. wildlife.org/rock-climber...

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Rock climbers collaborate with bat biologists to find roosts

Researchers are finding creative ways to improve knowledge about flying mammals

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RASC Calgary Centre @calgaryrasc.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

LOVING THE MOON HYPE, CALGARY? Come hang out with us to learn about the human fascination with the Moon on Saturday, April 18! 🎶🌖 Details about our fundraiser below! #yyc #yycevents

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 06/04/2026

We just filed an emergency legal motion today alongside Alaska Wildlife Alliance seeking to prevent the state from killing an unlimited number of brown and black bears across roughly 40,000 square miles in southwest #Alaska this summer. More info: biodiv.us/48y8reW

A black bear and a cub stand on moss-covered rocks in a lush green forest. A quote overlay readss: "I really want to see the Mulchatna caribou herd grow and thrive, but this unscientific and cruel approach of killing every bear in sight across southwest Alaska can’t be the way forward.” It is attributed to Cooper Freeman, Alaska director.

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Alberta Community Bat Program/Western Bat Program 🦇 @albertabats.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Fun bat fact 🦇🩹: Bats are super-speed healers! Small holes in their wings can fully close in just 7–14 days. But timing matters- injuries before hibernation heal much more slowly, and may not fully recover while their bodies are in low-power mode. #TheMoreYouKnow

Speed Healing - fun fact - bats have the ability to rapidly heal wounds within 7-14 days during the active parts of their annual cycle. It's really quite remarkable. Happy Baturday WCS Canada Alberta Community Bat Program albertabats.ca Image of a wing showing several healed scars.

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RASC Calgary Centre @calgaryrasc.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

We had the honour of formally presenting our 2025 Peter Sim Public Education and Corporate Awards to the winners yesterday! Thank you to Dr. Stephen Jeans and @mountroyalu.bsky.social for their extraordinary astronomy outreach efforts! Read the Story here: www.mtroyal.ca/AboutMountRo...

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Celebrating the night sky | MRU

MRU and professor receive astronomy outreach awards

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RASC Calgary Centre @calgaryrasc.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

If you want to do more than a symbolic gesture, consider leaving your outdoor lights off and minimizing your indoor lighting (close curtains!) overnight during the spring #bird migration period, typically to the end of May. @calgaryresponse.bsky.social @safewingsottawa.bsky.social

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Alberta Community Bat Program/Western Bat Program 🦇 @albertabats.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

#FridayFieldWork Post a photo from the field! Here is our team in the lower mainland processing bats for the probiotics project. Captured bats are swabbed, measured & some are PIT-tagged then released. This is the summer "night-life" of a bat biologist (or volunteer)! 🦇 We'll soon be back at it!

Volunteers and staff processing bats at Lost Lagoon in YVR. Seated at a long table with lights and equipment, biologists inspect, swab and measure bats while others record the data. Scene is at night with the reflection of the Vancouver skyline in the lagoon. Photo by Maleen Mund.

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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

"Think about it: A single strike on power infrastructure doesn't just 'punish a regime.' It punishes grandmothers on dialysis, premature infants in incubators, and families in the dark. Innocent children will suffer. This crosses into collective punishment

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Allan @allanrst.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I oppose the amendment to rezone the Kelowna Springs Golf Course for industrial use. Key issues: Conflicts with Kelowna's climate strategy Increased flood risks Loss of 600 trees Essential green space Let’s protect our environment! Please contact Kelowna Council & say no!

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

It's kind of obvious that the #UCPGovernment DOESN'T WANT feedback on the #AllSeasonResort Proposals. And if you phone the number on the Government's own ASR web page (403-375-5722), that number isn't in service.

A copy of the Public Notice for the Fortress All Season Resort, with the address to provide written feedback highlighted.

A "Return to Sender" envelope showing the address crossed out and "Moved/Unknown" on the sticker.

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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 19/03/2026

An international research team including Japan's Yamashina Institute for Ornithology said that it has discovered a new bird species in the Tokara Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture.

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New bird species found in Japan for first time in 45 years

The Tokara leaf warbler, or Phylloscopus tokaraensis, is the first bird species to be given a scientific name in Japan since 1981.

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