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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

BARN OWL ENCOUNTER! He dove and caught a little mouse, then swung around to show it off to me! 6:20 AM today, Pacific Highlands Ranch

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Center for Academic Research & Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA) @anthropogeny.org · 15/09/2026

Congratulations to Ajit and Nissi Varki for being awarded the President’s Innovator Award for 2026 by the Society for Glycobiology! You can find their CARTA profiles here: carta.anthropogeny.org/users/ajit-v... carta.anthropogeny.org/users/nissi-...

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Waddled all the way up to me this morning and requested a "boop" on the end of his bill. Seemed silly and pointless, but I obliged. Free-ranging mallard/domestic mix Carmel Valley, Palacio Del Mar San Diego, 7:00 AM #Ducks

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Red-tailed #Hawk 8:30 AM today, Torrey Highlands Beautiful #SanDiego (1 of 3)

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A very good-natured coyote with whom I just shared a smile (at a mutually respectful distance) Gonzalez Canyon, Sept 16 6:58 pm Pacific Highlands Ranch, San Diego #coyote #nature

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The cats graciously put on a magic show for us last night. I figured out how they did most of the tricks, but I didn’t say anything, because that would have been rude.

Two cats on a platformed tower. One is on the lower level, head hidden behind the middle section. The second is on the top tier with only their head showing.

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Great Horned Owl Gonzalez Canyon Pacific Highlands Ranch 7:10 pm this evening #owl #nature #sandiego #birds

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

FOUR Calling Birds THREE French Hens TWO Turtle Doves ONE Partridge (in a pear tree) How about 4️⃣ + 3️⃣ + 2️⃣ + 1️⃣ = 🔟 California Quail in our backyard right now. #SanDiego #StateBird

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Gonzalez Canyon 7:40 pm a short walk from home. Living in a postcard. #SanDiego #Sunset

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Here's an Anna's #Hummingbird I saw in the canyon at sunrise this morning. Videos in thread.

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

COYOTE TERRITORY Encountered this gorgeous canine at 6:15 AM this morning in Deer Canyon, Pacific Highlands Ranch. After passing close he caught my scent trail where I had just walked moments earlier, then made a very familiar claim that this is his territory! #Coyote #SanDiego #Nature

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

While my hair is hanging in there, I'm of the age where my social media feeds get targeted ads for hair loss products, e.g. Amazon's #1 bestselling "Nutrafol" As I study host-pathogen interactions, I wondered what other immune cell-themed grooming products might be envisioned .. Any other ideas?

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Beautiful Black-Crowned Night Herons of varying ages this morning at Lindo Lake County Park, Lakeside CA (San Diego County) #Nature #Birds #SanDiego #Heron

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛ A family of common ravens on the top branches of a cypress tree this morning @ Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego Ravens are among the few non-human animals that have demonstrated future planning and remarkably sophisticated social cognition

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

A #ROADRUNNER I came across this AM It's the world's fastest bird also capable of flight: top ground speed = to that of Usain Bolt The "racing stripe" on its cheek with a vivid mix of dark blue, white, and bright red-orange is actually a patch of bare, featherless skin rather than colored feathers

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

LOST DOG IN PACIFIC HIGHLANDS RANCH. Barking to get my attention. No collar. Cute ears. Does anybody know the owner?

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

"𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘯" #sirisaacnewton #thirdlawofmotion #heron #nature #birds #sandiego

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Pier, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla Shores Beach, Sunset on the 4th of July. @scrippsocean.bsky.social @ucsandiego.bsky.social @lajollaca.bsky.social

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

neutrophils are all smiles and giggles until they degranulate a toxic brew of oxidants and proteolytic enzymes on you

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Should have stayed under the rock! 🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞 I got super lucky with this iPhone capture this morning in Carmel Valley. I've always enjoyed being invited to a good Louisiana Crawfish Boil or Kräftskiva (Swedish Crayfish Party). This great blue heron catches and swallows a huge one for his breakfast.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Technically, they’re Remains now.

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Microbiology in the News 🔬 𝘚𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘮𝘶𝘴, a colonial green alga, forming its characteristic chain of photosynthetic cells. These tiny organisms help fuel aquatic food webs and oxygen production. Under the right conditions, however, dense blooms can contribute to a “green pool” problem. #Reflections

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

up and down and up and down like a rollercoaster — who knows what the weather will hold tomorrow?!?! #sandiego

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

EARLY MORNING FUNTIME! 🐾 A 2:20 uninterrupted clip of two coyote pups play wrestling that I caught with my iPhone this morning while out getting some exercise. Deer Canyon, Pacific Highlands Ranch, San Diego, 5:25 AM #Nature #SanDiego #Coyote

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

happy pride month from the bacteria in the clinical microbiology lab

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

#Coyotes #SanDiego #Nature Curious Baby Coyotes on a trail near my home in Pacific Highlands Ranch this AM

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Ornamental Koi Carp at Expo Aquarium, Daejeon, Korea 🇰🇷 #Fish #Korea #Colorful #Fun

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Hiking near Donghaksa in Gyeryongsan National Park, Korea, I came across this GIANT ASIAN CENTIPEDE (Scolopendra subspinipes), a species can grow 8 to 10+ inches long. It is an APEX PREDATOR that feeds on insects, spiders, and scorpions, as well as small vertebrates like lizards, frogs, and mice.

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Visit to Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB) in Daejeon, Korea 🇰🇷 as part of their International Scientific Advisory Committee. Outstanding research, great trainees, and legendary hospitality.

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

If a Belgian (or half-Belgian in my case) sees Moules Frites on the restaurant menu, well, you stop right there. If a Infectious Diseases specialist sees a Penicillin on the bar menu, well, you also stop right there. (Sardine, Madison, Wisconsin)

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Annual Perlman Symposium on Antibiotic Discovery & Development at the University of Wisconsin. With fellow invited speakers Kim Davis (Johns Hopkins), Kendra Rumbaugh (Texas Tech) + our host, MMI Department Chair Vanessa Sperandio. Madison is a beautiful college town with great faculty and students!

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Great Blue Heron let me approach to within 10 feet today on my walk around the neighborhood this AM. Extraordinarily beautiful (and calm) bird.

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

PUFFER JACKET A red-shouldered hawk puffing out its contour feathers to keep warm on a chilly mornings like today—raising the feathers, it creates an insulating layer of air between its skin and the cold outside—the hawk's body heat warms the trapped air, functioning like an efficient down jacket

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

The Western fence lizards (𝘚𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴) in our neighborhood change their color from nearly jet black to tan across the day—not for camouflage but for thermoregulation—absorbing more heat in the cold morning and reflecting it away when the sun is hot. #SanDiego #Lizard

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Exploring the forest in Breckenridge, CO after a spring snowfall, I was so lucky to come across this American pine marten (Martes americana)—a small, agile member of the weasel family who lives in mature coniferous forests. Great personality! More photos below. #Nature #PineMarten #Animals

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

UCLA campus early Monday morning before the students arrive Visiting to meet with early career child health researchers

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Doves 🕊️🕊️ are an international symbol of peace ☮️ But even the squirrel 🐿️, though nimble and crafty, knows not to challenge their bird-feeder supremacy, should one triumphantly ascend the green throne of valor #SanDiego #Nature #Birds #Squirrel

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

"WAKE UP! Here's what I think ..." Red-shouldered hawk, 6:30 AM near my home in Pacific Highlands Ranch #SanDiego #Nature #BirdsOfPrey

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Police tape this morning two blocks from our home where, early yesterday evening, a 12-year-old boy tragically suffered life-threatening head injuries with brain hemorrhage after the e-bike he was riding collided with a Tesla.

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Black-Crowned Night Herons Two stocky little fishermen I met here in Paradise Point, Mission Bay #SanDiego #Birds #Nature #Heron

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Condominium Life Barn swallows (𝘏𝘪𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘰 𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢) in their mud housing complex that spans the full length of the east face of San Dieguito River underpass on the Interstate 5 Freeway in Del Mar. Each cup-shaped nest, built by both parents, uses about 1,000 mud pellets mixed with grass and saliva.

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Remarkable paper @natcomms.nature.com reports ancient DNA recovered from a Bolivian mummy (1283–1383 AD) reveals pre-contact group A Streptococcus in the Americas Near-complete genome, M protein, SLS, capsule virulence factors intact, but no pyrogenic exotoxin phages www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Jay Bhattacharya has ordered that a paper showing the effectiveness of COVID19 vaccines in preventing severe disease and hospitalization be suppressed and hidden. This man has been crying nonstop about political censorship for 6 years. But he’s the one who is actually doing it.

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

BEAUTIFUL #SANDIEGO Perfect lighting this morning for a very friendly and serene GREAT BLUE #HERON #Nature #Birds

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Quail are the LOUDEST flyers— sometimes scares me like a machine gun as they take off from a bush next to me on the trail The high-speed takeoff is called a "flush response"—a sudden, vertical panicked burst causing a loud fluttering sound meant to startle threats, allowing the quail to flee (🔊 on)

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

baby great horned owl in the predawn light, venturing out of the nest, practicing its head bob, proud mom hooting in the background beautiful San Diego, California

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

a great blue heron hopping, wading, then swimming like a swan beautiful San Diego, California

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