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@live-and-learn.bsky.social
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Always curious. Mostly listening. Believer in science. Occasional mediocre nature photos captured on my phone, and reposts that catch my eye. Excluding reposts, if I post a photo, I took it.

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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 1h
So cute!
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 1h
Thank you AB
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 2h
Sharing another photo of last month's magical barred owl encounter for Atlantic Birding's alt #birdoftheday theme of #lookingup - in this case at chattering squirrels out of frame. #nature #birds #ECK #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky
Barred owl on branch looks up at something out of frame in a dim green forest light
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 2h
Awww what a cutie
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Heather Physioc / HP Conservation @heatherphysioc.bsky.social · 23h
Top-down conservation failed critically endangered Bali starlings; community-led customary law saved them. Indigenous-led conservation improved anti-poaching compliance and transformed former trappers into guardians. Read it at @mongabay.com: news.mongabay.com/2025/10/indi... #IndigenousPeoplesDay
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Indigenous-led protections spark Bali starling’s recovery in the wild
NUSA PENIDA, Indonesia — Two young conservation workers rattle up on a motorbike and dismount at the edge of a coconut grove. Picking through husks, fallen fronds and stray plastic bottles, they scan ...
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 9h
Lovely. I accept this smol friend.
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 9h
Cutie. Western fence lizards seem skilled at getting all up in people's patio business.
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 15h
Thank you for the kind words and repost, Rob.
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 23h
Thank you, Peter
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 23h
Beautiful phot of a beautiful bird. I'm a bit sad we don't have chaffinches where I live.
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 23h
I love this sound too ❤️
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Birding Fella 🐦🇺🇦🐦 @birdingfella.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
USA friends: please speak up for wildlife by opposing Trump's plan to open up more forests for logging by repealing the roadless rule. Keeping this rule in place is extremely important for saving our #birds and other wildlife!
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The Rollback of the Roadless Rule Puts Birds at Risk - American Bird Conservancy
The Roadless Rule conserves millions of forested acres for a quarter of all Endangered animals in the U.S. Submit a comment to prevent its rollback.
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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Good news: A record year for the piping plover at Sleeping Bear Dunes! 99 pairs established 101 nests in the Great Lakes in 2026, up from 88 pairs in 2025, the largest increase in 20 years. There were only 17 breeding pairs when the Great Lakes piping plover was listed as endangered in 1986. 🪶 🌿
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2026 Piping Plover Success at Sleeping Bear Dunes — Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes
Great Lakes piping plovers are making progress toward recovery. Learn how Sleeping Bear Dunes conservation efforts helped 32 pairs fledge 60 wild-born chicks in 2026.
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 23h
Sandhill cranes migrating north like they have for millions of years are one of my favorite things about autumn. You hear their unmistakable calls, rush out to look overhead, and there they are. #nature #birds #magic
Tiny dark shapes of lines of migrating birds against a cloudy sky with a spot of sun glowing through
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
#coloraday #pinkmon #bloomscrolling #flowers
Bright pink and red begonia blossom in the rain
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Happy Monday. Here are harlequin ducks barely sharing a log at Drayton Harbor for Rob's #birdoftheday theme, #Brown, any bird with brown in its plumage, or alt theme of #Blue in its plumage. These had some of both. After this shot, the one on the end got kicked off.
Three harlequin ducks with brown, blue, black, and white feathers lined up on a.log in the water
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The NIH proposal to conceal reviewer scores from program officers, investigators, and advisory councils is ill-conceived, introduces disproportionate weight to small percentile differences, diminishes the role of scientific peer review, and should be withdrawn in its entirety. a 🧵
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What is NIH Leadership Trying to Hide from Researchers & the Public?
A NIH proposal to conceal reviewer rankings of investigator-initiated research grants is ripe for misuse & demands a collective response (by October 13).
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Amber Ying 應 緣 @amberying.com · 05/10/2026
There’s an update at the link that if the museum can raise enough money, they can stay open for another year. Click the link in the OP to learn more or donate here: foundation.fhsu.edu/save-sternbe...
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Save Sternberg - Fort Hays State University Foundation
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Wishing this huge wall of moss was our bedroom wall! Love all the green when we visit the PNW, especially the moss. #scapes #nature #moss #mossfriends
Green moss covers a tall stone wall
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Beautiful portrait. So handsome
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#fungifriday #fungifriends #mushrooms #mycology #nature #fungi #biology #photography Chunky fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) mushroom looking ready for a fairytale
Red mushroom with white spots by a lichen-covered stick on the forest floor
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
They really are. So mysterious, and so much better at staying up late than I am!
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thank you! 🙏
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Just lovely!
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wow, you're right. We've found ourselves a very well-dressed owl here!
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thank you! 🙏
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ha, you're right. So stylish
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I love a good mossy rock, especially one with wild hair. #moss #nature #landscapes
Mossy large rock sprouting ferns
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
@franceflo.bsky.social thank you! And yes, so exciting! I get all mushy inside when I see one up close :) This one was not worried at all about us passing by.
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If I had an edit button: *this barred owl
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#fungifriends #mushrooms #mycology #nature #fungi #biology #photography So fun to see fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) on the forest floor.
Orange mushroom with white spots glows on the forest floor
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Rob chose #BestOfTheMonth as #BirdOfTheDay theme; your best shot for September. Trading glances with his barred owl along the trail was my favorite birding moment this month. #birdphotography #ECK #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky
Barred owl gazes at the viewer from a branch
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Lovely jay, and that's a great point about functional art
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Me? Just having a snack in my maple tree. Why do you ask? #squirrelsunday #nature
Squirrel holding maple seeds peers at photographer from a branch, looking inconvenienced
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
😃
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I love him
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Thank you! :) We got to be in the right place at the right time to enjoy the rainbow while we drove down a canyon yesterday. Best drive home ever.
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Good morning! A mountain rainbow for #stunday - #nature #landscapes
A rainbow glows above a sunlit mountainside with a stormy sky behind it
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 10/09/2026
Migratory birds require a borderless safety net, but critical gaps in scientific knowledge hamper flyway conservation. In an interview ahead of the Global Flyways Summit, BirdLife Africa’s Alex Ngari explains how missing data threatens species amid climate change. Story by Wilson Odhiambo.
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‘Birds know no borders’: Interview with BirdLife Africa’s Alex Ngari
Every year, twice a year, millions of birds belonging to hundreds of species fly between breeding grounds in Europe and Asia and their non-breeding habitats in Africa. Scientists have surprisingly…
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 11/09/2026
In Ecuador’s Amazon, Indigenous lands without formal contracts saw the highest long-term gains in forest greenness, performing as well as state-protected areas. The findings highlight local community management as key to long-term forest resilience. @aimeegabay.bsky.social reports for #Mongabay.
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Indigenous territories maintain Amazon forest just as well as protected areas, study finds
A new study has found that in Ecuador’s Amazon, Indigenous territories without formal conservation contracts maintained forest conditions just as well as formal protected areas. Ecuador has three…
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Legs for days! Lovely picture:)
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
My favorite sky color: alpenglow
Pink glows in the clouds at sunset with treetops below
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Our senior citizen peach tree produced exactly one peach this summer. It was sweet, soft, and delicious!
One round orange and yellow fuzzy peach in a countertop
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
How wonderful. And what a great capture. Congratulations - well deserved!
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A bombshell whistleblower report warns of serious flaws in the rush by the U.S. Postal Service to implement President Donald Trump’s anti-mail voting order before November, including the potential for thousands of ballots to be rejected due to a single error. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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‘Unforgiving’ new USPS portal could reject 10,000 mail ballots due to a single error, whistleblower warns
An anonymous whistleblower warned how "potentially millions" of voters could be disenfranchised under a rushed USPS portal.
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Adorable portrait of one of the most magical birds;
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Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #BirdsUpClose Here's a male Snowcap Hummingbird at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #hummingbirds #birds #nature
A small hummingbird with a bright white cap and dark iridescent purple-red plumage perches on a thin branch against a soft green background.
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Love this. I'll never get tired of your snowcap pictures.
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Squeezing in a #birdoftheday before Sunday ends. @atlanticbirding.bsky.social selected today's theme - #Parenting: nesting feeding etc. Here is the merganser family we watched grow up this summer. Mom did a great job. Some are bigger than her now. But they still follow her in a row.
Mergansers with red heads swim in a group in green ti red water.
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Blanket flowers give such nice pops of color on the trails this time of year. #bloomscrolling #wildflowers #nature
Closeup of flower with red center and yellow edges
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