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iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A well-known common name for this animal is a Least Weasel (Mustela nivalis). We think it's the most weasel one could be.

A brown and white weasel stares directly into the camera.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

The Tufted ground squirrel (Rheithrosciurus macrotis) is a riddle wrapped in an enigma wrapped in floof. Let's start with the *FLOOF* & talk about why they're called "VAMPIRE SQUIRRELS" last. They have the largest tail: body size ratio of any mammal on Earth: the tail is *130%* the size the body.

Taken from "Critter Science" blog: A squirrel with dark coloration, just an amazingly large tail, and long tufted ears that point slightly backwards. Along the long-thin body are orange, white and black striping. The tail looks almost exactly like one of those dust-trapping dusters.

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SciAnts Media @sciantsmedia.com · 05/10/2026

SciAnts stream schedule for week is live! Science fun for our amazing community with news, art, IRL, games and mor Week of 10/05/26 Hope to see you there! #scicomm #stem #twitchpartner #twitch #twitchambassador #live #twitchtv #sciants #Science twitch.tv/sciants_stre...

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Hamilton Naturalists' Club @hamiltonnature.org · 03/10/2026

2026 Annual General Meeting HNC members and the public are invited to attend our annual general meeting. Official business to be followed by short presentations highlighting HNC projects and initiatives. 📅 Mon Oct 19, 2026 | 7:30 - 9 PM 📍 170 Dundurn St S #HamOnt 🔗 Livestream: buff.ly/libjr2i

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Lauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

For a C.S., a juvenile European Herring Gull! I can hear this pic. Thank you for your #Waymakers donation! 🪶🎨 #SciArt #BirdArt We're down to the last day for donations, don't miss out! Every dollar goes to helping immigrant kids in the US! Donate here: youngcenter.donordrive.com/campaigns/Bi...

Illustration of a set of European Herring Gulls lined up in front of a gray sea. All of the adults are blurred, either close to or far from the "camera", leaving a juvenile in focus with its beak open to the sky as it calls out. The adults are snowy white and pale gray with bright yellow bills, but the juvenile has a black bill, mottled pale gray head and breast, and extensive brown-gray mottling all over the wings and back.

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 26/09/2026

Working with dates & time in coding is full of wonders 😂

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chirping bird @chrpngbrd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

this is incredibly fascinating and the implications this has for treating neurological diseases like ALS is enormous. two minute read. amazing stuff. med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...

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Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research finds

Stanford Health Care delivers the highest levels of care and compassion. SHC treats cancer, heart disease, brain disorders, primary care issues, and many more.

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Marc Anderson @wildambience.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I've just released a new soundscape album "Australia: Outback Dawn" recorded in spring in Paroo-Darling NP, NSW which was alive with stunning wildflowers and plenty of birdlife after recent rain. Link to album page in comments. #soundscape #fieldrecording #biodiversity

Album cover showing an outback scene from Paroo-Darling National Park, New South Wales with vibrant wildflowers and rich, red soil.

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Hamilton Naturalists' Club @hamiltonnature.org · 16/09/2026

The HNC is hiring a Social Media Storyteller (6 month part-time contract with possibility of renewal). Applications are due 11:59 PM October 9, 2026. Learn more: buff.ly/xqRzd9j

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Hamilton Naturalists' Club @hamiltonnature.org · 14/09/2026

TONIGHT! Discovery of a New Insect Species on Red Mulberry in Hamilton Serina Tourangeau will share the journey from first observation to writing the species description paper with no prior exp.! 📅 Mon Sept 14, 2026 | 7:30 - 9 PM 📍 170 Dundurn St S #HamOnt 🔗 Livestream: buff.ly/libjr2i

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Trevor Heywood @metroscapes.ca · 07/09/2026

Moneris, the Canadian system used to process 5 billion of transactions annually for 325,000 points of sale, is being sold by the owners (RBC and BMO) to a US private equity firm. I don't think this protects Canadian digital sovereignty. I signed a petition for Ottawa to intervene, and you can too.

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Petition e-7712 - Petitions

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 03/09/2026

Common Gallinule, found along the closed section of road at Safari Road, Flamborough Ontario. #HamOnt #birds #CommonGallinule #iNaturalist www.inaturalist.org/observations...

A large black bird with a red face and yellow beak alongside some water.

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Rafferty Baker @rafferty.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

There are a couple great permanent CBC B.C. reporter jobs posted right now. One is based in Surrey, the other in Victoria: cbcrc.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CBC_Ra... cbcrc.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CBC_Ra...

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Reporter/Editor

Position Title: Reporter/Editor Status of Employment: Permanent Position Language Requirement: English Language Skills: English (First Official Language), English (Reading), English (Speaking), Englis...

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xChristine @xchristine.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Behold! Part 2! Watch, Like, Subscribe! 💛❤️🖤 If you're wondering why it's so long... that's what she said 😂 youtu.be/TAEpnxIPKe0?...

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My 2026 European Trip - Part 2: Germany

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Kate Armstrong @brainchain.ca · 22/08/2026

Also - please join me if you will in flooding Bluesky with Canadian culture. Music, art, film, TV. Let’s show the vibrancy of this place I’m proud to call home.

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Songbirding @songbirding.com · 24/08/2026

🎶🐦 Another Songbirding episode is out now! S7E26: Barrier Lake, Part 2

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Barrier Lake, Part 2

I’m at the top of Prairie View, a broad vista overlooking Barrier Lake....

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

These episodes are wonderfully soothing and peaceful. So many good bird sounds #birds 🌿

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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The difference in utility between the use of ML to tackle big data problems that would otherwise be intractable & the use of LLMs to produce pointless slop is so large they cannot both be usefully described as “AI“. The first is making real progress, the second is dragging us towards the abyss.

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Does your timeline need some peace and beauty plus humor and cool info? And absolutely no AI? Click below! (Apparently Bluesky will now notify accounts if they’re followed through a Starter Pack. So let’s test this out!)

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 10/08/2026

v1.130 is live! Want to follow someone for their posts but not their reposts? Now you can — turn on "Hide reposts in feeds" for any account you follow.

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 10/08/2026

We also added thread numbering: Posts in a thread are numbered automatically, so you don't have to do it yourself. You can turn this on in Settings → Beta Features.

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

for the first time in two and a half years, a new note was played in this organ performance today!

Organ²/ASLSP (As Slow as Possible) is a musical piece by John Cage.[1]

An organ in St. Burchardi church in Halberstadt in 2001 began a performance that is due to end in 2640. This makes it the longest running non-computerized piece currently being performed.

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 28/07/2026

I also grew up with the idea that birdwatching was something one had to travel to specific destinations and have a tour guide to do I still observed and knew the birds really well, but growing up in a rural area with no real birder connections, I didn't know local birding was a thing

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 24/07/2026

It bothers me that I heard two pronunciations in my head when reading this with no effort at all

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 23/07/2026

I get these daily now, but never this long! 😮 And not once have they ever not been obvious and full of mistakes

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Hamilton Naturalists' Club @hamiltonnature.org · 18/07/2026

Are you ready for the Big Backyard BioBlitz? From July 27 - August 3, 2026 you can participate in the Nature Conservancy of Canada's bioblitz - explore the natural world in a fun way with family and friends while helping scientists and conservation professionals. Learn more >> buff.ly/aqv7meo

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 15/07/2026

I do imagine that its hard to thread the needle on this one. It's an important project but once someone with a particular audience decides its part of a larger culture war it could lead to a lot of harm to the people & orgs that are trying to conserve & help birds.

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 15/07/2026

I was wondering if things were stalled. English Common Bird Names Pilot Project finally issued an update, its been over a year now I think? Short version is, still meeting, still doing things, but trying figure out how to not attract "unhelpful attention". aos.informz.net/informzdatas...

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 14/07/2026

Haha makes it look like that goldfinch is huge!

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Hamilton Naturalists' Club @hamiltonnature.org · 12/07/2026

Family Nature Walk 🔍️ Join Carolyn Zanchetta for a kid-focused exploration around Princess Point! We'll look at summer blooms, weird bugs, fascinating lichen, and whatever else catches our eye. 📅 Sun July 19, 2026 | 9:30 - 11 AM 📍 335 Longwood Rd N #HamOnt 🔗 RSVP: buff.ly/PmPvN2O

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Hamilton Naturalists' Club @hamiltonnature.org · 11/07/2026

Falcon Update 🚀 All four chicks - Vincent, Saltfleet, Dalewood, Corktown - have successfully fledged this year! Thank you to all the volunteers who watched over the chicks as they learned to fly and most importantly were able to respond when two needed a helping hand.

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 11/07/2026

Though I did once observe a juvenile cowbird hanging out with a family of Northern Flickers, foraging for ants. Never could figure out if maybe it was part of the family.

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 11/07/2026

This was the first I've seen of a cowbird being fed by something its own size more or less! Baltimore Oriole female feeding a fledged Brown-headed Cowbird. Chippewa Trail, near Caledonia, Ontario. #birding #birds #BaltimoreOriole #BrownHeadedCowbird

An oriole female feeding a juvenile cowbird.

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Lauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

For #BirdOfTheDay, I actually don't have many birds perched on rocks I can show... How about a bird perched in front of the #Rocky Mountains! This singing Townsend's Warbler was done for the latest season of @songbirding.com , go have a listen. #BirdArt #SciArt 🪶

Digital illustration of a singing male Townsend's Warbler perched high at the very tip of a conifer. He is colored in bold yellow, black, and white, with his beak open in song, and stands out bright and colorful against the cool blue sky and the jagged slopes of the Rocky Mountains in the background.

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Latest episode of The Warblers podcast. Evening Grosbeak? Bonus birds? Yes, please! 👉 www.birdscanada.org/warblerspodc...

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iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Pirate spiders (family Mimetidae) hunt other spiders. Many species slip onto a neighbor's web and pluck at the silk, imitating the movements of a trapped insect or a courting mate to lure the resident close ...

A pirate spider with a patterned cream, black, and red abdomen and long, reddish-banded legs, resting on a green leaf.

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SciAnts Media @sciantsmedia.com · 06/07/2026

The line between what is a species and what is not is becoming blurrier and blurrier. #evolution #biology #genetics #speciation #science

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 03/07/2026

Hermit Thrush at the treeline at Rae Glacier Trail, Kananaskis Country, Alberta. #HermitThrush #birding #birds

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Jennie Duberstein (she/her) @canicas.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I don’t know why I always forget about BlueSky, but this recording from April is one of my favorite podcast episodes I have ever recorded - if you want to be wowed by guano and tickled by misidentification stories, look no further.

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