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Dr. Tara A. Nitka 🦅

@ewenthel.bsky.social
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Computational chemist | Feminist | Cellist | Owl enthusiast | Book eagle | Hockey nut | Baseball nerd

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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 20h
Good morning! 🪶
Family of four burrowing owls peeking out from behind a wall.
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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Good morning! 🪶
Two burrowing owls peeking out from behind a wall.
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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Good morning! 🪶
Angry burrowing owl couple glaring out from inside their cave.
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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The theme for #birdoftheday is #blackandred so here's my contribution. 🪶
Red-winged blackbird coming in for a landing
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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Good morning! 🪶
Burrowing owl wondering whether to get out of bed.
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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Good morning! 🪶
Burrowing owl with dilated pupils looking at the camera while standing on one leg.
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Dr. Tara A. Nitka 🦅 @ewenthel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
They are adorable and perfectly named!
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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Good morning! 🪶
Burrowing owlet about to pounce on a dirt mound.
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So this is nice. But does not of course address the issue that the band raises - you can’t make a living anymore just by being extremely talented and really really successful at making art. Unless you have a rich patron.
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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Good morning! 🪶
Three disappointed burrowing owls looking out of their bunker.
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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Good morning! 🪶
Burrowing owl angrily peeking out of her burrow.
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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Good morning! 🪶
Burrowing owl standing tall in front of his burrow entrance.
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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Northern Fulmar for today's #BirdofTheDay theme, birds beginning with #EFG 🪶
Gray northern fulmar running on the water to take off
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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere.
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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Good morning! 🪶
Burrowing owl peeking out of the tunnel to her man-made burrow.
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Dr. Tara A. Nitka 🦅 @ewenthel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
They were! I hope so too.
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Dr. Tara A. Nitka 🦅 @ewenthel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I love them so much! 🥰🦉
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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Good morning! 🪶
Burrowing owl standing in the entrance to his man-made burrow with a crushed can of Bud Light next to him.
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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Daily bunny no.3454 loses another one
A bunny with a fishing rod is reeling in a fish, but a seagull steals it from him in midair, dragging the fish along with the line. Another bunny, a fishing buddy, as suffered the same fate, and is climbing out of the water having not let go of their fishing line and been pulled in. Other seagulls on the dock nearby enjoy their pilfered fishes.
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Dr. Tara A. Nitka 🦅 @ewenthel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
😍
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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Good morning! 🪶
Backlit burrowing owl at sunrise.
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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Good morning! 🪶
Four burrowing owlets playing.  One is about to jump into the burrow.
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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Daily bunny no.3452 can hear the bustle of the city
A bunny stands outside their thatched roof hut, observing a small cabbage patch. Birds are nearby. Their cottage is built against the side of a stone wall, on the other side of which is an old-fashioned city where city-dwelling bunnies roam
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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good morning! 🪶
Burrowing owl sitting on his butt with his feet out in front of him.
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I wrote about right wing sex positivity, and how the Republican Party’s shift from Christian slut shaming to pornographic vulgarity is less of a big shift than it may seem. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Good morning! 🪶
Three burrowing owls at their burrow.  One is standing, looking up at the sky, the other two are crouched down, looking at the camera.
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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Good morning! 🪶
Burrowing owl couple glaring at the camera.
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ScaryDeath Hastings 🎃 @mbhastings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
From a few weeks ago in Maasai Mara
Kestral bird in a bush
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Dude thinks he's appealing to "moderates" (really just a handful of right-wing podcasters) and can't stop printing out receipts that say "Gavin ain't got that dog in him." His veto may as well have been sent from another planet where Republicans don't instantly breach every supposed norm.
While I share the author's views on the importance of protecting these important healthcare services, extradition is an exclusively executive function. When discretionary, that discretion is appropriately placed with the Governor. I am troubled by the precedent that would be set if an outgoing administration agreed with the Legislature to erode the executive authority of an incoming Governor based on their shared policy preferences, regardless of how righteous and well-intended those actions may be.
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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This kestrel was so tall, for a second I thought she was a prairie falcon! 🪶
Female American kestrel perched on a power pole, looking very long.
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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Good morning! 🪶
Burrowing owl peeking out of her burrow, not ready to face the week.
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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Daily bunny no.3348 finds a creature out of time
Four bunnies encounter a microraptor, a small dinosaur with colorful feathers. They are standing around the microraptor, who regards them with a curious bird-like grin
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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Good morning! 🪶
Very serious young burrowing owl wants to speak to the manager.
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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Good morning! 🪶
Burrowing owlet standing at the burrow entrance while his sibling peeks out from behind.
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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Good morning! 🪶
Burrowing owl stepping into the weekend.
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 18/09/2026
Humaning.
A four-panel comic. In panel 1, a Northern Cardinal and American Goldfinch perch above a busy crowd in a city, looking down. The cardinal says "It's a nice day to go humaning." The goldfinch says "Just look at them. Majestic." In panel 2, a close-up of the two birds. The cardinal says "Nobody tells you that you'll reach a certain age and suddenly get into humaning. I hit 3 years old, and then bam."The birds are looking out over the crowd scene. In panel 3, the cardinal says "Their calls sound funny to us, but each one has a unique meaning." Below, people are saying various things: "I'm tired." "Where's my phone?" "I'd murder a burrito." In panel 4, the birds look down excitedly at a man walking by. The cardinal says "Wait, is that a guy who got dressed in the dark and put his shirt on inside out and backwards?" And the goldfinch exclaims, "Holy... that's a lifer!"
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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Daily bunny no.3445 takes an afternoon nap
A bunny lies on the floor of a barebones apartment, asleep. Their workspace consists of a laptop in the center of the room, and a cat is lying on the laptop, also asleep. The only other things in the room are a pair of slippers, an smartphone and an empty coffee mug.
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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Good morning! 🪶
Burrowing owl standing outside the cave-like entrance to her burrow.  Inside the cave another burrowing owl is glaring out at the camera.
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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Daily bunny no.3444 practiced their scales
A small bunny stands on a piano bench by a small piano. She reaches their paws up to the keys, which she can just barely reach. A teacher bunny, wearing glasses, holds a book of sheet music open from the top of the piano
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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Good morning! 🪶
Burrowing owl pair peeking out from behind a mound of dirt.
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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Good morning! 🪶
Burrowing owl couple at their burrow-- the male is standing outside the burrow and the female is in front of him just peeking out.
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Dr. Tara A. Nitka 🦅 @ewenthel.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
ME TOO 😍
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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Good morning! 🪶
Puffed up, gloomy owl standing on one leg inside a drain pipe. His body almost fills the whole end of the pipe.
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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Good morning! 🪶
Burrowing owl crouched next to the giant entrance to his burrow on the side of an embankment.
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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Good morning! 🪶
Burrowing owl pair-- one is perched on a pile of sticks and his mate is on the ground.  Both are glaring at the camera.
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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Daily bunny no.3439 gives a wake-up call
Two bunnies look over the side of an old bridge at twilight. Underneath them, clinging to the underside of the bridge, a bunch of bats have just awakened, and one spreads its wings. It is just after sunset.
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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Good morning! 🪶
Two burrowing owls on a rusted metal railing—one perched alert with bright yellow eyes, the other launching with wings fully extended against a soft blue-gray sky.
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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Daily bunny no.3438 gets a bite
A bunny and a small bear catch fish in a stream. They have both caught salmon in classic bear fashion, with their mouths. It is a wooded scene in summer
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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Good morning! 🪶
Three burrowing owls perched on sandy ground near a burrow, alert with bright yellow eyes—one facing the camera, one turned sideways, and one partially crouched.
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Dr. Tara A. Nitka 🦅 @ewenthel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I love frogmouths. I am also pretty sure they are actually muppets. 😅
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