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Rex Beard @rexbeard.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Dawn in Cheyenne, WY and the Great horned owls are hooting away! They want you to listen the Dispatches from the Forest Podcast! #Dispatchesfromtheforest #naturenerd #feralfriends #owls #podcast #birds

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Rex Beard @rexbeard.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Pickett suggests taking a deep breath and a nap in the sun.

A black and white cat lying on a rug on her back in a the sun.

Close up of a black and white cat’s face as she lies in a sunbeam on her back

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Rex Beard @rexbeard.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Best guess is that it has mange so definitely not healthy. But like I said, that posture, the feet, apparent size and head shape all indicate raccoon. I’d stake my reputation as an Interpretive Nature Guide and educator in it.

A screenshot of a raccoon with mange from a video next to a picture of a healthy raccoon in a similar pose

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Rex Beard @rexbeard.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Late in the season - we’ve had plenty of below freezing nights (as low as 20° F) and even a couple of snows, but this Morning Glory Plume Moth was hanging out on the back door the other night when it was milder. #Dispatchesfromtheforest #moth #invertebrate #nature #naturenerd #podcast

A moth that looks like a capital “T”: The morning glory plume moth on a window

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Rex Beard @rexbeard.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Yes I know I spelled it wrong in the video (sorry!). But check out the colors in this Steller’s Jay - a Corvid related to the Blue Jay. #dispatchesfromtheforest #naturenerd #feralfriends #podcast #corvid #nature

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Rex Beard @rexbeard.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

One of my resident magpies has a lot to say. If you don’t speak magpie, let me translate - he says “Listen to the Dispatches from the Forest Podcast!” #dispatchesfromtheforest #naturenerd #feralfriends #podcast #magpie

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Rex Beard @rexbeard.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

I was at the game Tuesday night and shared a tender moment with Todd McLellan.

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Rex Beard @rexbeard.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Spotted this muskrat on the equinox - not super common to see here in Wyoming! #dispatchesfromtheforest #podcast #muskrat

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Rex Beard @rexbeard.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

The Wings did not win on fightaversary eve, but Wings head coach Todd McLellan and I shared an intimate moment during the game (even if he didn’t know it)

A cartoon turtle holding a hockey stick with its head in its shell and the words “Detroit Turtle Day Established March 26, 1997” commemorating the day Mario Lemieux of the Colorado Avalanche got an epic beat down.

Detroit Redwings head coach Todd McLellan with his hand on the glass behind the bench with my left hand touching the opposite side of the glass

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Rex Beard @rexbeard.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Happy #caturday from Picket. Stretching out to nap in a sunbeam is good for your mental health.

Picket - a black and white cat - stretching out on her back in a sunbeam.

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Rex Beard @rexbeard.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Picket says “Draw me like one of your French girls.”

A photo of a black and white cat (whose name is Pickett) lying in a chair with one of her back legs up on the armrest.

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Rex Beard @rexbeard.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Our 8yo neighbor came by with gifts for us: crosses he colored, 1 for each of us. Blue for me, pink for my wife, purple for my 14yo daughter and this one for my 17yo trans son. We’re atheists and I’m pretty sure he really doesn’t understand 17yo’s gender, but I love him for it.

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Rex Beard @rexbeard.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

My winter happy place: The winter trails in Medicine Bow National Forest. When the world seems like too much to handle, this is place I go to inhale; exhale; inhale; exhale. Calm my mind and soothe my spirit. #dispatchesfromtheforest

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Rex Beard @rexbeard.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Today’s (largely) gravel ride north of Cheyenne, WY. Temps in the high 20’s but a NW wind also in the 20’s made the windchill single digits and added a degree of difficulty. #dispatchesfromtheforest #naturenerd #gravel #coldkidsclub

A bike leans against barb wire fence next to a gravel road. The ground is dusted in snow and the road disappears in the distance under a blue sky and puffy white clouds.

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Rex Beard @rexbeard.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

A.C.M.E.: All Coyote Myths Exposed! The first Dispatches from the Forest webinar! Registration is just $5. To register, pay the $5 fee via PayPal using Dispatchesfromtheforest@gmail.com or via Cash App using the cash tag ForestNerd. Then just shoot me an email and let me know you’ve paid!

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Rex Beard @rexbeard.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

May you sleep as deeply and without care as Loki. (Turn up the sound to truly appreciate the depth of his slumber)

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Rex Beard @rexbeard.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Took a hike the other day in a place few people in my area know about, let alone go. The mountain lion tracks definitely made me VERY aware of that fact. #dispatchesfromtheforest Check out the Dispatches from the Forest Podcast

A snow-covered trail in a rocky area of Wyoming.

A snow and ice covered creek in the woods.

A mountain lion track in the snow with a glove next to it for size comparison

A snow covered aspen grove with a rocky hill in the background

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Rex Beard @rexbeard.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Not quite sure how something made a single perfect wing mark in our recent dusting of snow. #dispatchesfromtheforest

A perfect wing-shaped mark in a dusting of snow.

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Rex Beard @rexbeard.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Who-who who-who-who’s ready for the weekend? Volume up to hear my local Great horned owl greeting the sunrise. Check out the Dispatches from the Forest Podcast! #dispatchesfromtheforest

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Rex Beard @rexbeard.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Found this unfortunately road-killed gray partridge yesterday just north of Cheyenne, WY. What’s interesting is that Cheyenne is a bit outside their known range. Check out the Dispatches from the Forest Podcast! #dispatchesfromtheforest

A deceased gray partridge. This is an ex-partridge.

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Rex Beard @rexbeard.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

I don’t often run (my knees prefer it if I ride a bike) but when I so I prefer to run in the woods. (Rock Cut State Park, Rockford, IL)

A trail crossing a stream in woods in the Fall. There are very few leaves on the trees.

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Rex Beard @rexbeard.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Here’s a great book about pigeons.

The cover of a book titled “A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching”

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Rex Beard @rexbeard.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Cat faced Orb Weaver and her gentleman caller. I made it a point to say goodnight to her every night this summer.

Male and female cat-faced orb weaver spiders. Facing each other vertically with front legs touching

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Rex Beard @rexbeard.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Hard to capture the true sense of space in a photo. This is from the Cheyenne Rim Trail at Soapstone Prairie Natural Area near Wellington, CO. The valley floor is about 1000’ below. #dispatchesfromtheforest

A sweeping view of Red Mountain Open Space from the Cheyenne Rim Trail

A view of Red Mountain Open Space in Colorado from the top of a ridge.

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Rex Beard @rexbeard.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

This little guy was torn between letting me boop the snoot or giving me a little stabby-stabby. Fortunately there was a fence between us or I might have risked the pincushioning. Check out the Dispatches from the Forest Podcast! #Dispatchesfromtheforest

A photo of small black porcupine facing mostly towards the photographer- clearly wanting some snoot-boops.

A photo of a small black porcupine facing mostly away from the camera showing his most poky posterior

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Rex Beard @rexbeard.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

“I go to nature to be soothed and healed and to have my senses put in order” — James Burroughs

A partially snow covered trail through a rocky area

A stream flowing from a hidden waterfall in a rocky cave

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Rex Beard @rexbeard.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Finding places like this is what’s keeping me sane.

A trail past a striated red rock formation

A trail across an open landscape with hills in the distance

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Rex Beard @rexbeard.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Full disclosure, I stole this.

Picture of a crow with the text “be the crow you want to see in the world. Collect shiny things, hop happily down the street for no apparent reason, scream loudly when you see your friends.”

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Rex Beard @rexbeard.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

I mean does this count? It’s in a tree…

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Rex Beard @rexbeard.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Screenshot from the Wunderground app near Cheyenne, WY. I think somebody’s weather station is broken - either that or they opened a portal (note: there are no hot springs around here)

Screen shot of a weather app showing temperatures around Cheyenne, Wyoming. Most are on the high teens/low 20’s (Fahrenheit) but 1 reads 119.

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Rex Beard @rexbeard.bsky.social · 27/10/2024

Katarina, a cat-faced orb weaver with the largest of her gentleman callers (Theodore). She’s gone now (adults don’t overwinter) but hopefully she left an egg sac. Check out the Dispatches from the Forest Podcast! #spider #catfacedorbweaver #nature #podcast

Both a female and a male cat faced orb weaver spider.

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Rex Beard @rexbeard.bsky.social · 12/05/2024

The aurora just north of Cheyenne, WY

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Rex Beard @rexbeard.bsky.social · 28/04/2024

Red admiral butterfly - first butterfly I’ve seen this spring in Wyoming. #invertefest

Red Admiral butterfly with it’s wings folded

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Rex Beard @rexbeard.bsky.social · 27/04/2024

When I started DuoLingo to learn Swedish I figured I’d learn phrases that would be useful if I should ever visit Sweden. I’m starting to worry that Sweden might be in trouble.

Screenshot of a DuoLingo translation of a Swedish sentence. The translation reads “why is there a Norwegian architect lying in my bed?”

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Rex Beard @rexbeard.bsky.social · 23/04/2024

Saw this beautiful coyote the other day and he was kind enough to pose for me. #coyote #wildlife #earthday

A coyote standing on a hill covered in brown grass with blue sky in the background

A coyote standing on a hill covered in brown grass with blue sky and gray clouds in the background. The grass is illuminated by the sun and contrasts sharply with the clouds.

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Rex Beard @rexbeard.bsky.social · 21/04/2024

Trying to get better about posting things on my social medias. We had American White Pelicans show up here in Wyoming a few weeks ago - apparently this is part of their breeding ground - who knew? Still have 6 hanging around so I’m hoping for chicks! #birds #pelicans

A group of 8 American White Pelicans on a small body of water with some houses in the background

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Rex Beard @rexbeard.bsky.social · 24/01/2024

I’ve got Swedish heritage and have always wanted to visit Sweden. I stated learning Swedish with DuoLingo and after getting this phrase repeatedly I want to go more than ever! Clearly this is a common phrase in Sweden!