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Leah @parawana.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

It has been a while since I have guffawed out loud watching a film! Listers vacillates between goofiness and incredible footage of birds. Have a watch!

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LISTERS: A Glimpse Into Extreme Birdwatching

YouTube video by owen reiser

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Animal Aspects (Art History Animalia) @animal-aspects.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

#Baturday 🦇: “Design for a Japanese Window” by W. H. Day (No. 753), from the Belcher Mosaic Glass Co. Catalogue, New York, USA, 1886. Winterthur Museum Library archive.org/details/cata... #Bats

color book plate in landscape orientation, illustration from a vintage mosaic glass company catalog, design for a “Japanese window” featuring a pair of large brown bats flying in a nocturnal tropical landscape with dark blue sky, swirly clouds, mountain, bamboo, leafy vegetation, red flowering bushes, yellow flowers, brick ground
title, designer name, catalog number written in bottom margin

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The Perfect Specimen @perfect-specimen.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

It’s INCOMPLETE time! We had to think hard for this one! As is clear from @nhcooper123.bsky.social ‘s expression in the thumbnail 🤣 m.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q9g...

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Are there really that many ants in the world? | The 'Perfect' Specimen Ep6

YouTube video by Natural History Museum

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Leah @parawana.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

If you are ever in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in the spring, look up!! The Swainson’s Hawk migration is amazing to behold and Path 88 Productions are building a story to share to the world! Help them out.

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Donate to Support the Cause of "Hawk Watch", organized by Path 88 Productions

WHY THIS CAUSE? The survival of Swainson’s hawks depends on local communities. T… Path 88 Productions needs your support for Support the Cause of "Hawk Watch"

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Leah @parawana.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

A couple of stickers with Dave Fraser’s art that will be in an animal alphabet book. Stickers will be on sale at the Horticultural Centre of the Pacific Art and Music in the gardens, Aug 9 and 10th. There are 9 random letters stickerized. #sciart #alphabet

A painting of an aye-aye reaching out with “A is for Aye-aye” written on one corner. It is a sticker.

A painting of a geoduck (west coast bivalve) with “G is for Geoduck” written on it.

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Leah @parawana.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Who knew I wanted to go to Tokyo, specifically Shinjuku?! An entomological bar, so cool.

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Leah @parawana.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

I’ve lost count how many times I’ve seen the Bills (or Bill Hilly Band) Love love them and they are at Butchart Gardens tomorrow night (17 July) yay!! youtu.be/RvHDlEZphJs?...

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Celebrating 25 years as a band (2022)

YouTube video by thebillsplaymusic

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Leah @parawana.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Apparently it was a day for bathing.

A wet American Robin giving me the side eye.

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Leah @parawana.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

I am in awe- this darner is a hooked rug! My sister, Connie Johnson is just finishing it off (edging). #invertfest #sciart #hooking

A wool, hooked rug that depicts a blue darner (dragonfly) sitting on a patch of mud. The artwork was done by Connie Johnson.

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Nigel Monaghan @nigelmonaghan-nh.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Job alert- Curator of #Entomology at National Museums Northern Ireland with great colleagues and collections ce0568li.webitrent.com/ce0568li_web...

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Job profile

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Leah @parawana.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

You mean where my marbles are stored!?

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Emily Graslie @ehmee.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Losing the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) would be an act of monumental neglect. I made a video about what’s at risk, and how orgs like @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social and the American Alliance of Museums need us to help advocate for these critical places. youtu.be/fYLC-KWy-Ks?...

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Trump is gutting museums and libraries.

YouTube video by thebrainscoop

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

To my Canadian colleagues: you should know that a key component of what the US is doing right now involves purging scientists & research programs for ideological impurity & (illegally) reclaiming their funds. If you don’t want a repeat of what happened down south here in Canada, PP is not your guy

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Leah @parawana.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

So so so fun. Disco Snails for all!!

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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

DYK that the SeaTube lets you watch and search underwater videos recorded by remotely operated vehicles and seafloor cameras? There is some fabulous footage of coral forests on the Bowie Seamount. Image is example from Ocean Networks Canada SeaTube website data.oceannetworks.ca/SeaTube

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Leah @parawana.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Tried another @hollyfrey.bsky.social Killer Cocktail! All in the name of prepping for a week of cocktail loving artists, I’m working my way through art heists. “BFF” was very calming and a much easier story to tell than “Tami’s Lament”!

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Leah @parawana.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Yup, dog on a log is still a thing. Or at least Pipit thinks so! #corgi

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Leah @parawana.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Thanks to the CRD for adding information and sort of barriers for keeping people from trampling the Viola primorsa at Bear Hill Regional Park.

A trail through a Garry Oak Forest with a rope fence and a sign requesting people to stay on the trail to avoid trampling a violet and an aster—both of which are rare.

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BC Parks Foundation @bcparksfoundation.ca · 03/04/2025

YOU DID IT! 517 acres of rare grasslands near Juniper Ridge has been protected forever, thanks to an extraordinary community effort.

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Royal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

🔎 Stumped by an insect you’ve spotted? Our experts can help identify them for you. Just fill in our form and we'll tell you more! 🔗 buff.ly/YWKUr3d #AskAnEntomologist #Entomology #Insects #AskAnExpert #InsectIdentification

Advertising for the RES' free insect identification service, featuring a Cuckoo wasp Holopyga generosa curled up in a Wild carrot flower to hide from the rain (c) Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, age 17 2024

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Leah @parawana.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

This old compilation of a few fuzzy moth faces is prompting me to get the lights out! The time is nigh. #moths #noctuid

Four fuzzy moth faces. Mostly tans, grey and browns and some with fern like antennas. One reminds me of a bison with white horns.

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Leah @parawana.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Pipit wants to know 1) who are you to judge? 2) what fun have you had this Saturday morning? and 3) Can I come roll on your carpet? #corgi #corgicrew

A very mucky, muddy Welsh tri-coloured corgi looking very pleased with herself.

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Leah @parawana.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Triple-dipple dare anyone to just read this without 1) singing it and 2) giggling out loud!!

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Leah @parawana.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Todays dog an a log had a swim first. A tad damp. #corgi #corgicrew

A Welsh corgi (white, tan, black) sitting on a log. She is wet!

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 28/03/2025

A recent video from the Ze Frank YouTube series explores how camels physically evolved to thrive in the desert. Try to spot the footage from former Hakai Magazine editor Shanna Baker’s feature on the unique kharai camel. Read her piece🔗 tinyurl.com/499zheb4 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc0Z...

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True Facts: How Camels Conquered the Desert

YouTube video by Ze Frank

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BC Parks Foundation @bcparksfoundation.ca · 27/03/2025

Thanks to an extraordinary community effort, the final 37 hectares of Puntledge Forest are now protected forever. This 100-hectare biodiversity treasure was previously at risk of logging, and now the forest can continue to mature into old growth. 🌲 Learn more: bcparksfoundation.ca/puntledge-forest

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Leah @parawana.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Spoiler alert—YES, archives do matter! (but still read the article!!)

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Leah @parawana.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Gotta love this guy! My bias be bugs-but he also has some hard hitting current events type topics. Jesse was the recipient of the 2025 John Prine Songwriter Fellowship 👍🏼. #entomology #bugs #invertebrates

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Richard Cannings @dickcannings.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Important post 👇

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Leah @parawana.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

How it started. And where we are. Dog on a log started as a pup and has carried on —5 years so far as a walk tradition. Enjoy! (There may be more 😊) #corgi #welshcorgi

A young tri-coloured Welsh corgi sitting on a stump.

An adult tr-coloured Welsh corgi sitting on a log with head turned, looking off to her left.

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Pacific Whale Watch Association @pacificwhalewatchassociation.com · 25/03/2025

NEW MOM ALERT: A new calf has been born to Bigg's killer whale T046B3 "Sedna", a descendant of one of the last whales to be captured (and fortunately released) in the Salish Sea. It is the 14-year-old's first known calf. 🥳 www.pacificwhalewatchassociation.com/media/2025/3...

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New Calf Born to Descendant of Last Orca Captured in Salish Sea — Pacific Whale Watch Association

New Calf Born to Descendant of Last Orca Captured in Salish Sea Baby Boom Continues for Local Bigg’s Killer Whales SEATTLE, WA & VICTORIA, BC - March 25, 2025 - The Pacific Whale Watch Asso...

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Leah @parawana.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

A beautiful documentary about hummingbirds in a backyard and a guy that films them. That guy-Eric Pittman will be presenting at Victoria Natural History Society’s Birders night, 26 March. Details on VNHS website. In-person or Zoom.

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The Bird in My Backyard [Hummingbird Documentary] — Ryan Wilkes

The Bird in My Backyard follows citizen scientist, Eric Pittman, as he documents the journeys of two female Anna’s hummingbirds as they attempt to raise their young in his urban garden. It’s a story a...

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Leah @parawana.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Does anyone else get a total nerdy rush when you check your @inaturalist.bsky.social mail in the morning and there is an identification of a cool something that has sat there for ages?

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Leah @parawana.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Pipit on a log. Maybe she gets treats when this happens?! #corgi

A tri-coloured corgi (brown, black, white) standing on a log. As she does. A lot. There are green ferns behind her.

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 24/03/2025

Polymorphism: my latest Birdword comic for Cornell Lab. www.allaboutbirds.org/news/birdwor...

A three panel comic. In panel 1, there's a torn piece of paper with a definition: Polymorphism: noun. When one species contains two or more types of individuals (morphs) that differ by color or other physical characteristics unrelated to sex, age, locality, or season. In panel 2, there are red-tailed hawk morphs (calurus subspecies): light, dark, and intermediate. Note: these fall on a spectrum. In panel 3, there are red-tailed hawk morphs that I wish existed: blue-footed, red-winged, pileated (with a woodpecker head), bioluminescent, pocket-sized, vulturine (with a bare head) and resplendent (with green quetzal feathers and a very long tail).

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Leah @parawana.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Things I discovered during a @sfearingmusic.bsky.social show! Sidney, BC has a radio station. So far I’ve listened to streaming smooooth oldies and right now an eclectic mix of music. Mostly aimed at the Sidney demographic 😃. Very fun. Check it out. #localradio #sidneybc

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Home

Home Page of Radio Sidney

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Leah @parawana.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

So true and so well captured. Yup, gotta work on the Scotch Broom, ivy and blackberry here, cheatgrass in the interior, but still love those places.

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Aerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Today is a great day to support high-quality journalism. ✅ Tell your MP & MLA that you value & support the CBC. ✅ Subscribe *and donate* to independent media. I’ll put links to some lists in next post. ✅ Email a reporter or editor saying that you liked __ story and want more! #CdnMedia

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Leah @parawana.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Trying to decide on who to feature on #WorldFrogDay ! How about a snazzy Harlequin Tree Frog from the Dann Valley on Borneo?

A wee red and brown blotchy frog (Harlequin Tree Frog) on a big green leaf.

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Leah @parawana.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Having so much fun with Killer Cocktails- @hollyfrey.bsky.social and @mariatrimarchi.bsky.social book with cocktails based on criminals from the past century! Planning libations for a family art week using art heist inspired cocktails. Who knew?! Thanks!

Computer screen showing Picasso’s painting Dove with Green Peas and a cocktail inspired by the painting.

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Nancy 🪲SciBugs🪲 Miorelli @scibugs.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Here we go ... termites are cockroaches. Surprise youtu.be/QmZ2182m0ao?...

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Taxonomy 101: Blattodea & "Isoptera"

YouTube video by SciBugs

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BC Parks Foundation @bcparksfoundation.ca · 18/03/2025

We're looking for volunteers to help us to map Scotch Broom, an invasive species, at Goldstream Park. This mapping will guide us and BC Parks in planning its removal in a second phase in spring, as well as track the management over time.

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Krista Koeller @kristalerista.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

-Don’t touch birds -really don’t touch dead birds -call rehabbers about sick birds -bird feeders can stay up (unless you have chickens)

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Leah @parawana.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

You fish people! I’m reading (sort of) a phd thesis by Ben Schultz (U of Guelph), doing my usual muttering about fish bios and their obsession with DNA when I hit this beautiful piece of fibre art! Oops, I mean plot showing chromosome links between the 2 dace studied. #sciart #chromosomes #fish

A colourful circle plot that shows syntenic links between chromosomes of two dace. It looks like embroidery threads of many colours arced across the circle. There are the two dace studied and represented on either side of the circle.

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Syd Cannings @sydcannings1.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Dragonflies are warmth-loving creatures that need hot sun and warm water to thrive... why does the Treeline Emerald only live in areas of widespread permafrost? My brother Rob and I talk about my favourite dragonfly at: www.dragonflysocietyamericas.org/en/blog/2025...

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Species of the Month — Dragonfly Society of the Americas

March Species of the Month: Treeline Emerald ( Somatochlora sahlbergi ) DSA’s March “Species of the Month” is the Treeline Emerald ( Somatochlora sahlbergi ) in the family Corduliidae, the Emera...

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Leah @parawana.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

This is next level—the photo, the patience, the fact it is a fairly common critter around here. Wow!!

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Leah @parawana.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

See you in Sidney tomorrow night!!

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The Waterbird Society @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Out now in the Waterbirds journal: In Memoriam for Dr. Keith A. Hobson (July 10,1954 to October 2, 2024 ), a much-missed member of the ornithological community and former editor of this journal bioone.org/journals/wat...

Dr. Keith A. Hobson, an older man with a white beard, paddles a canoe along a scenic river

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