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Pam Owen - Wild Ideas @wild-ideas.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Great shots of a wasp that doesn't like anyone competing for food. Kudos to Dr. Drummond for catching her while she's fending off Bald-faced Hornets, who also protect food and nests and have a nasty sting.👏 #invertebrates #insects

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Pam Owen - Wild Ideas @wild-ideas.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Nice shot! Can't wait! So far, just Rue-anemone and Common Blue Violets are blooming up here in Virginia at 1300 feet in a dry oak-hickory forest, but other native plants are budding. Hope to get down to a park in the Shenandoah Valley soon to see spring advancing there.

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Pam Owen - Wild Ideas @wild-ideas.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Lovely shot. So nice to have a contrasting background for this gorgeous male. I live in a forest, so rarely even get an opportunity to see out few buntings is such bright light. Kudos for catching the moment just right! 👍

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Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

A male Indigo Bunting sings over a field of yellow flowers.

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Pam Owen - Wild Ideas @wild-ideas.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Our resident chipmunk has no problem with the new squirrel-proof feeder. #nature #chipmunk #Virginia #feeder

A collage of a chipmunk in feeder with pouches full of seed and the chipmunk jumping from the feeder.

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Pam Owen - Wild Ideas @wild-ideas.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

An apt view of humans vs. aliens by deGrasse Tyson👍 www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/o...

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Opinion | Neil deGrasse Tyson: Give Us the Aliens

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Pam Owen - Wild Ideas @wild-ideas.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

The males are so beautiful this time of year when they molt into their bright breeding colors. Lovely shot!

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Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

A male American Goldfinch in flowering Crabapple tree, pausing for a moment before singing his cheerful song.

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Pam Owen - Wild Ideas @wild-ideas.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I'm hearing one lately but have yet to see it. Most of the spring warblers that come to our property, in Virginia in an oak-hickory forest near the Allegheny Mts, pass through. A few do stay but not this one.🥲

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DTL @dtl.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Yellow warblers are real, man 🪶

A bright yellow songbird with orange stripes on its chest. Perched in a budding bush
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Pam Owen - Wild Ideas @wild-ideas.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Great shot! I'll counter with a White-Breasted Nuthatch taking some of a wad of dog hair (my collie's) from a supply I collect every year at shedding time and that I put out in the spring when some of our cavity-dwellers - nuthatches, chickadees and Tufted Titmice - take it to line their nests.

Small bird with some dog hair in its beak with the wad it came from nearby

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Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

A Black-capped Chickadee excavating a nest cavity. Chickadees often choose dead snags and stumps as the soft wood is easier to remove. They also will nest in old Downy Woodpecker nest cavities and in nest boxes.

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Pam Owen - Wild Ideas @wild-ideas.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Wonderful shot, with great info. I love these buzzy Hymenopteran pollinators.

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Pam Owen - Wild Ideas @wild-ideas.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

First mushrooms to emerge up here where I live, in the Allegheny foothills of Virginia. My guess is Golden-haired Inkcap (Parasola suricoma), but don't rely on that.😁 #fungi #spring #Virginia, #mushroom

Tiny brown, pleated mushrooms in a half circle

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Pam Owen - Wild Ideas @wild-ideas.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

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Pam Owen - Wild Ideas @wild-ideas.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

More and more, scientists are finding evidence that organisms (including us) evolved earlier than we thought. Science itself is evolving through better technology and continuing studies. Change is the only constant in nature, which makes it all the more exciting. apnews.com/article/foss...

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How we came to be: Scientists get first look at the evolution of early complex animals

Scientists have discovered fossils in China that reveal a crucial transition from simple to complex life on Earth.

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Pam Owen - Wild Ideas @wild-ideas.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

My mother and I went to the Kennedy Center often, when I was a kid and then an adult. My mother is no longer alive, but she would have been furious over this shit show of narcissism. I hope someone finds the most demeaning way to get rid of his name everywhere! Resist!👊

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

This is an excellent summary of current circumstances Kyle Kulinski: “A sundowning president with Alzheimer’s who’s a malignant narcissist is dragging us into WWIII, committing war crimes on a daily basis and crashing the global economy, and nobody is actually grabbing the steering wheel.”

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Human Rights Index 💙 @humanrightsindex.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

🔊🔊😂

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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Accountability brings consequences. And consequences are the only language corruption understands. Money and political power do not outrank the Constitution. They just need a wake up call and it’s coming at the midterms.👇

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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Humpback whales perform an incredible bubble feeding spectacle right in front of a lodge in Canada. Witnessing this behavior is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

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Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

An Eastern Screech Owl (red morph) taking a snooze in the sunshine. Photo is heavily cropped and the owl has since moved on (a raccoon is now hanging out in the tree hollow.)

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Wilder Ideas @wilderideas.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

I was unaware but not surprised that car safety, as in medicine, research has been aimed primarily at male models. While medicine has slowly started recognizing that we are physically not like men, the car companies are still trying to actively ignore women. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/o...

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Opinion | Buckle Up, Women. Cars Still Aren’t Built for You.

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Pam Owen - Wild Ideas @wild-ideas.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Seems like every day scientists are pushing back the dates of evolutionary and cultural progress in humans. No surprise that they're finding the relationship of humans with dogs goes back further than was supposed. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/s...

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Humans Had Dogs Before They Had Farming, Ancient DNA Confirms

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Pam Owen - Wild Ideas @wild-ideas.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

With all the crap going on around us, and a particularly cold winter here in Virginia, I found great joy today in seeing the first spring wildflower blooming here at Redbud Glen, in the foothills of the Allegheny Mts: a tiny Rue-anemone. #wildflower #spring #nature #Virginia

A lovely, tiny, pink, seven-petaled Rue-anemone wildflower blooming on the forest floor

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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Winging it One of my first attempts at bird photography last week. I got all the settings wrong & the colors were weird, so b&w to the rescue. Apple says this is a ruby-crowned kinglet. #BirdOfTheDay #WingsOpenNotFlying #EastCoastKin #birds #SensoryArt #animals #ArtYear #Photography #ClassicMono

A soft, vintage-looking black & white photo of a small bird perched on a thin branch of a tree with small white blossoms. It's looking up at an awkward angle and has one wing open and the other is slightly open.

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AlinaHagen 🌊🎨📸 🥾 @alinagrafik.eurosky.social · 11/03/2026

#WackyWednesdayArt #ColorADay #RedWed Because who doesn't drive around with a life-size Homer Simpson in the back of your red, classic pickup truck? #EastCoastKin #HomerSimpson #ChevyPickupTruck #ClassicCars

An old, red Chevrolet pickup with a white cab is driving down a busy street with a life-sized figure of Homer Simpson sitting on a laundry basket strapped to the bed of the truck. The perspective of the shot is from above. I was standing on a balcony and saw this truck drive by. Pasadena, California

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Brymo @brymo.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Blueberry blossoms are back! #photography #art #bloomscoll #flowers

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Pam Owen - Wild Ideas @wild-ideas.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

The RBN is smaller, slimmer, quicker, and calls in a bit higher pitch. Both species are bold and often come to our feeders. The WBNs nest here and train their young in how to get food from feeders. Both species will often cache food (such as sunflower seeds, in the hull) in tree-bark fissures.

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Pam Owen - Wild Ideas @wild-ideas.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

One of my favorite winter birds here in the mountains of Virginia is the Red-breasted Nuthatch (first photo). The second photo is of a male White-breasted Nuthatch being begged for food from one of his chicks. 🧵 #birds #Virginia #nature

Perched on a branch: "Compact bird with a very short tail, almost no neck, and a sharp bill. Sharply marked with a black crown, white eyebrow, and black eyeline. Blue-gray above and rusty below," as described by AllAboutBirds.org

Adult male bird facing down and clinging to the trunk of a tree, with one of its chicks below him, begging for food. As described by AllAboutBirds.org, this male is compact, no-necked and short-tailed, with a long, sharply pointed bill, blue-gray above with white belly and
rusty spots near its rear.

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Here is a picture of a baby otter for no good reason.

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

I never though I would enjoy the sounds of eating....

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

One of the joys of #MacroPhotography is seeing the beauty in the tiny things that would normally be overlooked. Many of the moths I meet are very small, and some have tiny details like the iridescence of this Orange Spotted Flower #moth, Syngamia florella. #invertefest #Mothmas

A photo of a black, yellow, and orange moth resting on light blue painted wood. The moth has a yellow head with black round eyes. Black markings descend from the head to the top of the abdomen, with bright yellow scales trailing on either side of the center. The wings are a metallic orange marked with large yellow spots. The abdomen is bright orange with tiny iridescent scales along the edges of the segments.

A close up of the moth's abdomen and the bright orange and the iridescent blue scales.

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Happy #SnooterDay from the Palmetto #Weevil, Rhynchophorus cruentatus, North America's largest weevil species. This handsome fellow is a native of Florida who has spread through the South East and as its name suggests, noms heavily on Palms. #Insects #Beetles #MacroPhotography #invertebrates

A photo of a 2.5 cm long red weevil resting on a ruler. The weevil has black spots on its elytra and an impressive snoot.

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Pam Owen - Wild Ideas @wild-ideas.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Interesting article. More scientific studies almost always bring as more questions than answers. We live in an incredibly complex world, with all its glory and pain.

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Why Some Doctors Say There Are Cancers That Shouldn’t Be Treated

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Pam Owen - Wild Ideas @wild-ideas.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

The Appalachian Mts in Virginia are for their vibrant fall colors. This year, lack of rain meant the show wasn't as long and vibrant as usual. But this maple leaf brings a cheery spot of color to the forest floor. #fall #nature #tree

A bright-red maple leaf among the leaf litter on the forest floor

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Pam Owen - Wild Ideas @wild-ideas.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

World's First White Iberian Lynx Photographed

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Chris @leftychris.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Checked in on them this morning - can confirm, still bloody beautiful. #tawnyfrogmouth #ausbirds #birds #wildoz

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