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Kathy Degner @calikatbird.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

@tessahill.bsky.social Tessa! I lost track of you in the great Twitter migration and my sporadic BlueSky and IG posting. Glad to reconnect. Look what I found at my favorite bookstore! I'm so excited to read it.😀🌊💙

Image shows the book At Every Depth by Tessa Hill and Eric Simons.

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Kathy Degner @calikatbird.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

My life is organized chaos, lol. When I get too organized I can’t find a thing!😂

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Kathy Degner @calikatbird.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Just another day on my patio with Wile E....

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Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 04/09/2025

Join ONC at the Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea for a live Ship2Shore video call w/ scientists at-sea during the Northeast Pacific Deep-sea Exploration Project: Seamounts + Mapping expedition! 🗓️ Sept 11 🕐 1-2pm 🔗 bit.ly/ONCevents Photo by Toby Hall, Fisheries and Oceans Canada. #YYJevents

Two women stand inside a vessel with flags behind them, one holding a microphone and the other holding a round device near a ring light.

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Kathy Degner @calikatbird.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Welcome aboard from a 2018 Camp Ocean Pines CalNat grad!

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Kathy Degner @calikatbird.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

I'm on a mission to get @altusfs.bsky.social to bring #WoodsyOwl out of retirement. I was tabling for Pasadena Audubon at the LA Zoo #EarthDay event over the weekend & it was soul crushing to see how few knew who Woodsy is/was. A staple of my childhood! #GiveAHootDontPollute

Photo shows a blue plush earth from Celestial Buddies with a brown plush Woodsy Owl for Earth Day.

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Kathy Degner @calikatbird.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

One of my faves from today's lesson with second graders. @rosemarymosco.com I thought you'd appreciate this one.😉❤️ #birds #stem

photo of a drawing of a pigeon made by a second grader.

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Kathy Degner @calikatbird.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

It's the only penguin I had available...he's standing in solidarity with the Rockhoppers.🐧

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Kathy Degner @calikatbird.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

This urchin seen yesterday at 4200m on an #Okeanos shakedown dive could be a new character in the scrubbing bubbles lineup. #ocean #oceanexploration

blue scrubbing bubbles bathroom cleaner character with big eyes and a smile.

pinkish-purple colored sea urchin with a face drawn on it to look like one of the scrubbing bubbles bathroom cleaner characters.

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Kathy Degner @calikatbird.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

@airseaheritage.bsky.social Happy Birthday, Russ! 🥳 Hope you enjoyed your present! 😉 #LST884 #shipwreck #Okeanos

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Kathy Degner @calikatbird.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Failing to see the problem here. 😉😁

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Kathy Degner @calikatbird.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

It's Valentine's Day...that means it's time to once again bring out Albie's #ScienceValentine message. #birds #marinelife

Photo shows a stuffed baby Albatross tangled in trash with a blue heart Valentine message about plastic pollution.

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Dr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Glass squids (Cranchiidae) are nearly invisible, with bodies made mostly of water and light-reflecting cells. They float through the ocean looking like ghostly space invaders—all vibes, no solid structure. Photo from @mbarinews.bsky.social more info at www.mbari.org/animal/glass... #marinelife

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Kathy Degner @calikatbird.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Which is why I’m really hoping this respiratory infection I have is just a fluke and not smoke and ash infiltrating my Covid damaged lungs.😬

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Kathy Degner @calikatbird.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

100%! But trying to get the masses to understand that is a never ending battle.😬

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Kathy Degner @calikatbird.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

#OOTD #otteroftheday #marinelife Check out my chompers! DYK that sea otters have the same number of teeth as humans? 32! 🦦

Photo shows a sea otter in the water with its mouth wide open, showing all its teeth.

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Kathy Degner @calikatbird.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

You're welcome! Also Estero Bluffs, north of Cayucos, several trailhead parking areas, can be good for raptors on the trails out to the bluffs. And if you're in MB I'd be remiss if I didn't tell you to stop at T Pier on the Embarcadero by the Great American Fish Co, several mom and pup otters lately

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Kathy Degner @calikatbird.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Whoops! Hit reply too soon! The Marina Boardwalk (better at high tide), Morro Bay, just past the Natural History Museum (right turn into Marina entrance, then left all the way to the end of the parking lot). Good eats at Bayside Cafe at other end of the lot, a local fave.

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Kathy Degner @calikatbird.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Sweet Springs Nature Preserve, Los Osos Elfin Forest, Los Osos Montana de Oro (the bluff trail is my fave but campground can be birdy too), Los Osos Morro Rock I've gotten good birds occasionally up at the Elephant Seals...and the big males should be in now, San Simeon

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Kathy Degner @calikatbird.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Oops used the wrong photo. 🙄😆

Small Christmas tree with ocean themed ornaments and a sea star on top.

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Kathy Degner @calikatbird.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

I changed the exposure on the first one, it looks funky but you can see the ornaments a little better and my coral wreath.

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Kathy Degner @calikatbird.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Highly recommend The Backyard Bird Chronicles by renowned author @amytan.bsky.social. It even includes her own original sketches. Also was chosen as Barnes & Noble's gift book of the year! Perfect for a book and bird lover, it's beautiful.

photo is the cover of Amy Tan's The Backyard Bird Chronicles, featuring 4 birds.

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Kathy Degner @calikatbird.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

I have a whole tree dedicated (mostly) to the ocean! Nautilus, jellyfish, sea stars, crabs, shrimp, bivalves, octos, squid, rays, sharks, whales, dolphins, manatees, otters, seabirds, fish...😀

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Kathy Degner @calikatbird.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I forgot yesterday's #OOTD #otteroftheday. Since I'm in the process of decorating my home, you may get a bonus otter today. These guys didn't want to be put away to make room for Christmas decor, so they found some props.😂🦦 #marinelife

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Kathy Degner @calikatbird.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Bird tree....well, one of them. This one includes the ornaments my friend made to commemorate my first ever Snowy Owl sighting...in Southern California! #birds #Christmas #birbs

Photo shows a small Christmas tree decorated with many different kinds of bird ornaments and a plush snowman on the right.

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Kathy Degner @calikatbird.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Don't forget, tomorrow is the start of #Whamaggedon! I'm going to have to give up listening to 80s on 8 for the month if I want to have a prayer of making it to Christmas. I've only succeeded once. Grocery stores are the devil!😂 Good luck!

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Kathy Degner @calikatbird.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Some day I'm going to get arrested in HomeGoods...😂

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Kathy Degner @calikatbird.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Aaaaahaaaahaaaahaaaahaaa! The googly eyes!!! These are my people.👀🤣🤣🤣

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Kathy Degner @calikatbird.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Added some accoutrements to my old wreath so it would match my new door mat. Might need to add a few more. #TargetBirds #birds

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Kathy Degner @calikatbird.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Yeah, I was thinking that might be the case since we would win America's Birdiest County almost every year. And probably not enough data for just Pasadena or our CBC circle.

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Kathy Degner @calikatbird.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

These are amazing! Hoping to see LA county in there soon.

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💜 Foxe @qtfoxe.art · 28/11/2024

Kittybranch! Or are they a fried egg? I REALLY love this little guy 🧡🐆 They're called Goniobranchus Gleniei and they're today's #Nudivember spotlight! #art #nudibranch #sciart #marinelife #cuteart

A digital painting of a playful goniobranchus gleniei nudibranch, looking as if they're about to pounce on a feather teaser cat toy. Their body, which has a yellow-white outer rim and an orange, leopard-spotted inner part, looks a lot like a fried egg. They have a dark purple-black rim around the orange, the same colour as their spots, some of which are heart shaped. Their orange-yellow gills are streaked with white and appear to be waving back and forth like a cat's tail. They have a '3' shaped mouth, no visible eyes, and a small blush. Their rhinopores are orange and fluffy-looking. It's unknown how this little guy could possibly pounce given their lack of legs, but they're going to give it their best shot.

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Jen Cross @jencross.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

For anyone having a rough time today or are dealing with difficult relatives I offer you an #EmotionalSupportSpood

A small brown jumping spider with two large forward facing eyes. The eyes are rimmed with orange hairs and the spider is standing on a leaf.

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Kathy Degner @calikatbird.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

That spooder is ridiculously adorkable!!!😍

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Kathy Degner @calikatbird.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

This still haunts me, found by @roposrov.bsky.social with #NEPDEP back in August. HUGE net, just rolling around on the sea floor collecting everything in its path.😬 #marinedebris #fishinggear

photo shows a large tangled trawl net full of deep sea life rolling around the sea floor.

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Kathy Degner @calikatbird.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

It's a Thanksgiving miracle! Wisdom, the oldest known wild living bird (~74) has returned to Midway Atoll once again! Happy dance time for this amazing Laysan Albatross, who was the inspiration for my California Naturalist capstone project back in 2018.❤️ 😀 #birds

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Kathy Degner @calikatbird.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Unlike Bigfoot, there actually is photographic proof of the lesser known but equally elusive Crotter. #OOTD #otteroftheday #marinelife

Photo shows a sea otter with a crab shell covering its face, creating a new species, the Crotter.

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Kathy Degner @calikatbird.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I dunno....it's a bit disturbing. Come to think of it, they're all disturbing. 😆 On that note, I do have a meowshroom...😁😼🍄

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