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Feather from a scrub jay that unfortunately met a Cooper’s hawk in my yard. A reminder that much beauty comes with pain. https://www.instagram.com/p/CCy8Y79AR6U/?igshid=da90rurx99n1

This is such a beautifully written piece about such a messy reality - being a woman and being Black, Indigenous, or another person of color - I definitely had some flashbacks, and a stab of guilt and loss, while reading.

I got this from the Science in Color Facebook feed. Please read it, and please follow Science in Color!

#surviving science #Bipoc in stem

Can’t sleep, so was exploring old pictures - I love how sometimes I will try to take pictures of plants and end up with interesting insects in the shot. I also love how I will sometimes find bugs and realize that the plants are interesting, too!

#nature #nature photography

Right now, I’m interested in lizards and birds...while sheltering at home, my father and I have been talking about monsters, like those in the movies he’s been watching, and I’ve been daydreaming about dinosaurs because of this. As a kid, I always thought of lizards when imagining what was left of dinosaurs - as an adult, I was delighted to learn that birds are what we think are the descendants of these fascinating animals! I really want to know how developed their feathers were...

This is a lizard I spotted at Cosumnes - one of my favorite places to watch wildlife of all sizes.

#western fence lizard #nature photography #cosumnes river wildlife preserve #memories

Join Gross Science to learn about this parasite

I LOOOOOOVE this video and I am sharing it with EVERYONE today.

It’s about a tongue-eating isopod. This one is a fish parasite. The details are amazing.

#PBS #Gross Science #brain break #surviving science

This is just for fun. It’s a GIANT carrot I bought at a farmers’ market two years ago.

#carrot #farmers market #brain break

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When you’re sheltered in place Without much personal space That’s a moray

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Awwwww!

#stayhome #science is cool #ocean life #eels

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It be like that sometimes

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Especially if you’re young or new to science during this COVID-19 pandemic: it’s okay to make mistakes. Science is all about making mistakes. Just correct yourself and keep moving - right now, lots of people are excited to share their thoughts and ideas, and lots of people are trying to profit off of the panic.

Stay calm - think carefully - check your sources or check for agreement - find an expert or two you trust - question everything. <3

#surviving science #fact checking

I miss walking in nature, since I am determined to #stayhome - here’s a picture I got just after the sun came up at a local nature center.

#stayhome #effie yeaw #nature photography

136.2k Likes, 2,004 Comments - Juan Delcan, Valentina (@juan_delcan) on Instagram: “Safety Match . . . . . . #Safetyfirst #yomequedoencasa #safetymatch #frenarlacurva…”

Super helpful way to make “social distancing” a more real term. Mostly, don’t breathe on someone. And please don’t spit on anyone. But this virus infects the lungs (and maybe other mucus membranes; we’re still learning, and some of what we think we know today may be wrong or outdated tomorrow) - the entire “point” of life is that it reproduces, and this virus needs new humans to reproduce. If you’re at least six feet/two meters away from someone, you’re less likely to do anything that lets the virus get to them alive.

But seriously, world, if you’re not needed for food or medical stuff or trash (which I think counts as medical) - #stayhome

#alone together #covid_19 #social distancing

Ants on a fallen log in the riparian habitat along a trail I like

#science is cool #cosumnes river wildlife preserve #bringing outdoors in

A great egret - yellow bill pointed right, white feathers ruffled along the body filling the left of the photo. In the near background, American coots - small black ducks with white bills - walk in the grass. Grey water of a flooded field is in the far background.

This is how I feel today. Hope you feel better!

#surviving science #science is cool #cosumnes river wildlife preserve #nature photography

Friends, this video about floored me as I took it. An egret was walking, then paused in what I recognize as “about to strike” position. I started taking pictures. Then I realized that it hadn’t caught a frog, fish, or crawfish, like I’ve seen before - it had caught a rodent. Most likely a vole, but I’m not totally sure. I quickly flipped the camera to video mode, and you can watch what happened next!

#egret #birding #science is cool #nature #nature is wild #cosumnes river wildlife preserve

Cosumnes River Wildlife Preserve - ducks, geese, blackbirds in frame

#spring birds #science is cool

Happy Pi Day 2020!

#PiDay #science is cool #Pie

Spring is coming to my part of CA. My nose is getting stuffy because of the pollen, but the beauty is #worthIt

#science is pretty #nature photography #nature center #effie yeaw

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