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hi hello

[ewzzy]

[kateammann]

Blackburnian warbler, magnolia warbler, and black-and-white warbler 🖤

[drachenmagier]

scanned. :)

[urgetocreate]

Victo Ngai (Hong Kong/American, b.1988), The Day, 2012

[pixelartjourney]

Cozy Library, made for Pixyls. You can get it as a physical craft by number kit here

[taylornprice]

foraging finds

[dinchenix]

And the first flowers of spring danced in the soft breeze that rippled through the valley, content following their own rhythm. They soon will be followed by blooming colors all around. (3/3)

[corrodedparadox]

Salmon Cycle

July’s print for print club!

[catchymemes]

[waterloggedgarden]

someone could probably say something pretty about fossils, constellations, and stars in the sky

[karl-von-moor-official]

poem inspired by this rock and also by @two-bees-poetry

[tofublock]

spirited feast! 🍱

[drizzledrawings]

☆tiger☆

[crowboy-bebop]

unauthorized fucking thing!!!!!!

(warning: loud chirping throughout)

source: hellgate osprey cam

[curlicuecal]

[aetherograph]

More context:

the first osprey is the father, the one that comes later is the mother.

ospreys are not eagles, they're ospreys

ospreys only eat fish, that's why they don't register this starling as possible food

the starling got home safely

the starling was not trying to eat the eggs, it was mostly curious and you can see it trying to hop under the osprey every time the osprey tries to sit down again--this is because the starling is still a baby and has the instinct to get under an adult for warmth, even though it mostly has its feathers. this scares the osprey because that is a Foreign Creature near its eggs.

at the end of the video you can see the ospreys starting to turn the eggs. birds do this so the yolk and/or embryo don't stick to the shell of the egg, which is bad for the egg's health.

ospreys have eyes adapted to seeing beneath the surface of the water!

[briarofthewoods]

A Weed by Any Other Name

Patreon & ko-fi

Monarch butterflies rely on common milkweed as a food source for their larvae, so I try to keep an eye out for any growing in the Woods. A few times this spring I spotted what I thought was milkweed, only to find on closer inspection that it was a related but very different plant. As it turns out, the lesser known common dogbane is a really useful plant with some interesting properties.

I'm providing a link to this research paper I used for reference on phytoremediation. The process involves some really cool science and it's something I hope gets more attention and funding.

[briarofthewoods]

It happens every year! I will inevitably find myself playing a game of "Is This Actually Milkweed or Hemp Dogbane?"

It's pretty easy for me to ID at this stage, but a couple weeks ago I was really second-guessing my knowledge. Correct ID's below the cut!

Milkweed on the left and hemp dogbane on the right.

[taylornprice]

new prints available!

[usik-paleo-illust]

Dinosaurs of Korea🇰🇷

[pennaraptor]

emotional responses are deeply evolutionarily advantageous in any animals that are making complex decisions and behaviors (in many vertebrates, say) because they act as a reinforcer for a behavior. a bird taking a vigorous bath in a puddle is probably happy because if that behavior didnt elicit a positive feeling they wouldn't do it (it is dangerous to be on the ground and wet!). if an animal can feel fear, which i think is a less contested assertion to make, then it can certainly feel the opposite, that is, happy.

[pennaraptor]

Bernd Heinrich in his book Nesting Season

[loveridden1999]

top 3 hobbies for young adults:

1. borrowing misery from future

2. carrying grief of the past

3. agonizing over the present