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The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation @xercessociety.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Welcome to our new #PlantsForMonarchs tool! Browse native plants by location, filter by plant type, growing conditions, & more, and find local or online suppliers that have those plants for sale! 🦋🌼👀 ➡️ plantsformonarchs.org

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Diane Matsakis @marshcottage.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

It’s much too early for nesting, this pileated woodpecker is preparing for the coming storm, by building a winter roost to shelter in. #comingstorm #winterstorm #snowstorm #shelterfromthestorm #staywarm #snowandice #winterwildlife #beprepared #naturewatch #winterwatch

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Diane Matsakis @marshcottage.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

It’s too early for nesting, this pileated woodpecker must be sensing the coming storm and building a roost to shelter in. #woodpecker #winterroost #comingstorm #snowstorm #winterwildlife

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Diane Matsakis @marshcottage.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Some timelapse of the Boxing Day storm before the snow started to taper off. ❄️❄️❄️

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Diane Matsakis @marshcottage.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Turkey tail mushrooms for Thanksgiving!

colourful striped rosette mushrooms that look like a turkeys tail

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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

It would be important to include meat and dairy in the campaign: the industry doesn't just emit a significant amount of greenhouse gases but it also impacts the environment, animal lives and human health in many other ways www.theguardian.com/environment/... @andrewsimms.bsky.social

theguardian.com

Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds

Sentient Media reveals less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as source of carbon emissions

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Diane Matsakis @marshcottage.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Not sure if our little raccoon friend here lost its tail in a fight, or if it was born that way - apparently it can be a genetic trait. Either way, he or she seems to get along fine without it.

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Becca Dzombak @rdzombak.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

The USGS ecosystems research program doesn't just study wildlife. Its researchers work on rangelands and forests, fisheries and aquaculture, and critically, wildfire. Trump's proposed budget eliminates this program entirely, allocating $0 for 2026. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/c...

nytimes.com

Trump’s Proposed Budget Would Cut a Major Ecology Program

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Diane Matsakis @marshcottage.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Nest building is going well for this little chickadee - she’s very fastidious! #nestingseason #chickadee #nestcamera #birdlife

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 11/04/2025

Signs of spring, ranked.

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Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Anyway if you wanna know how this administration *actually* feels about carnivore conservation, you should probably read my recent @vox.com story about the potential torpedoing of the Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program. www.vox.com/down-to-eart...

vox.com

Less than 20 red wolves remain in the wild. We had a plan to save them.

Then Trump got in the way.

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Diane Matsakis @marshcottage.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Something calming to escape the madness. A roll cloud (volutus) at RSPB Bempton Cliffs. #RSPBBemptonCliffs #rollcloud #volutus #serenesky #BemptonCliffs #chalkcliffs

Photo of a roll cloud (a long tube shape) above the sea, following the chalk cliffs at Bempton in Yorkshire. There is sunlight on the water but the sun itself is mostly hidden by other clouds.

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Diane Matsakis @marshcottage.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

The beauty of a male red-winged blackbird often gets overlooked, as they are seen as common. I'm filled with joy when I see one. Those striking epaulettes, wow! I love their calls too - always reminds me of spring. #InternationalBirdDay #BirdoftheDay #blackbird #redwing #birdlife #soakupthesun

North American red-winged blackbirds, perched on a log in a pond, wings outstretched, soaking up the sun.

North American red-winged blackbirds, perched on a log in a pond, with its beak open

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Appeal Court *very slightly* reduces sentences on some of the 16 peaceful climate protesters, jailed for total of 41 years. This isn’t justice. People desperate for climate action to save lives treated like organised criminals, while big oil & gas get away with ecocide @defendourjuries.bsky.social

bbc.co.uk

Just Stop Oil: Co-founder's sentence reduced in Court of Appeal

Sixteen climate protesters were jailed last year for their roles in Just Stop Oil demonstrations.

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Diane Matsakis @marshcottage.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Trying to find ways to distract myself from the news and I came across this time-lapse video from a snowstorm a few years back. Sadly my battery died and so I didn't record the full amount, but the snow continued until the next day. #distraction #timelapse #snowstorm

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Diane Matsakis @marshcottage.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

All art fails when trying to capture the Grand Canyon and there are simply no words to describe it. A visceral experienced, once encountered, it is never forgotten. #NationalParks #AltNationalParks #GrandCanyon #Resist #Publiclands #Thislandismylandthislandisyourland

Photo of a woman (me) walking a trail in the Grand Canyon. I have my arm raised and my hand is shielding my eyes from the setting sunlight. I am looking across into the distance towards the other side of the canyon

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Diane Matsakis @marshcottage.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

It’s the hungry season and here’s the first coyote I’ve ever caught on camera. We had rain a few days ago that then froze on top of snow. Listen to the ice cracking as the coyotes paws fall through to the snow below. #coyote #winterwildlife #trailcam

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Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies @caryinstitute.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Cary senior scientist Richard Ostfeld in @gristnews.bsky.social “Somehow science and scientists, information and facts, are perceived as the enemy. The casualties of all this, in addition to the scientists, are the American people.” grist.org/science/trum...

grist.org

Trump's funding freeze is wreaking havoc on climate science

Federal dollars have bankrolled some of humanity's biggest breakthroughs.

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Diane Matsakis @marshcottage.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Our hardy red fox friend was the only one to brave the snow storm last night 🦊 #foxoftheday #fox #redfox #snowfox #foxlove #foxfriend

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Diane Matsakis @marshcottage.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Lovely footage of my fox friend in the early hours today. #fox #foxoftheday #foxlove #foxinthegarden

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Diane Matsakis @marshcottage.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

The frozen Hudson or Muhheakanruck/Mahicantuck as the estuary was originally known along this stretch - "river that flows two ways" #muhheakantuck #mahicantuck #hudsonriver #frozenwater #riverinwinter #riverthatflowstwoways #riverscape #estuary

Photograph of the frozen estuary near Poughkeepsie as viewed through a glass orb.

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Diane Matsakis @marshcottage.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

And the winner is......Ian Wood! ♥️

Photo of an ambling Eurasian badger that appears to glance up at a badger graffiti on a quiet road in St Leonards-on-Sea, England UK. The photograph won Ian Wood, Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Our coalition is a peaceful resistance—a group of tree-huggers dedicated to keeping Americans informed.

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Diane Matsakis @marshcottage.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

On this World Wetlands Day, I'm thinking of warmer months when the little piece of heaven that I am protecting is in all its glory #worldwetlandsday2025 #wetlands

An assortment of riparian plants, native to North America.

American green frog resting in the pond amongst the tall stacks of aquatic plants.

A mass of green riparian plants. Tall cattails and bushy button bush.

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Diane Matsakis @marshcottage.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Timelapse of a snow storm - till the battery ran out ❄️

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Diane Matsakis @marshcottage.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Did you know blue pigment is quite rare in nature? Although my jay friend here this morning appears to have blue feathers, the melanin in them is actually brown. We perceive it as blue because of a phenomenon called light scattering. Light scattering is similar to the effects of a prism.🪶

Close-up photograph of an American blue jay perched on a branch. It has its back to us and all the various shades of blue - especially in the wing tips and tail feathers - are shimmering in the morning sunlight.

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Diane Matsakis @marshcottage.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Most coffee is grown on sun-grown farms that clear the land remove the forest canopy and all the resources migratory birds depend on for survival in winter. Shade-grown coffee farms preserve this ecosystem. Look for Bird Friendly® certification! Learn more at birdfriendly.si.edu #DrinkBirdFriendly

A poster that reads 'Your Coffee is Stronger Than You Think' There is an image of a yellow warbler resting on a coffee tree branch and a cup of coffee behind it, in the top right corner.

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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 26/01/2025

Wolves are essential

Black wolf trotting out of the forest into a field of summer grass

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