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@megarnson.bsky.social

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Seattle-area science communicator. I work with govt environmental scientists to make their work more accessible, usable, and enduring. Really into birds, books, baseball, and baking.

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MG @megarnson.bsky.social · 13h

Either way, they're brewing something

MG @megarnson.bsky.social · 13h

Realism is my passion, Tommy. And birds.

MG @megarnson.bsky.social · 13h

This calendar has become an annual gift to me from my spouse. It hangs by the front door and brings joy to all who gaze upon the supple limbs of each month's featured bird. There's a large sealed envelope in our closet right now and I know the 2026 calendar awaits.

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MG @megarnson.bsky.social · 13h

✅ DONE

The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 13h

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MG @megarnson.bsky.social · 3d

Same. I keep saying I'm done after this batter but now I think I'm too tired to get up and go to bed.

MG @megarnson.bsky.social · 3d

Maybe just the angle of perspective, but.. do they prefer particular orientations in the water or certain limbs for different actions? Like right or left handedness, but five ways?

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MG @megarnson.bsky.social · 4d

Never too young to join an aquatic coven! My 6yo daughter wants to join her grandma's, too 🧙

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MG @megarnson.bsky.social · 4d

Quality PNW afternoon. Went to look for salmon with my daughter at Longfellow Creek in West Seattle. We saw a couple of fish, talked about beavers and 6PPDQ (she was captivated by one of my related work projects last spring), and snooped under a very low bridge to scope out these tracks...

Animal tracks in the mud under shallow water, beneath a low bridge. Beaver? River otter? Raccoon?

MG @megarnson.bsky.social · 4d

My mom and her friends do this in kayaks in their small Oregon coast town each year!

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MG @megarnson.bsky.social · 5d

I walked out the back door and narrowly avoided a falling Douglas fir branch. I'll wait until tomorrow to survey the damage...

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MG @megarnson.bsky.social · 5d

You're better off with the power outage...

MG @megarnson.bsky.social · 5d

It did! First to a perch at least 30 feet up, then moving between even higher branches. Turns out this one and its sibling had made a habit of this behavior, to the chagrin of naturalists who were monitoring them in this busy park. As far as I know they fledged successfully!

MG @megarnson.bsky.social · 6d

And here's that big baby barred owl on the ground, not for the first time I later learned. I still can't believe I didn't have my camera... #birds

A fluffy owl chick stands on a forest floor and stares at the camera

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MG @megarnson.bsky.social · 6d

Can I interest you in a baby barred owl scaling a redwood with its claws and beak as a parent watches? It didn't know it couldn't fly yet and fluttered down right in front of us before quickly heading back up. It was amazing to watch with my own kiddos. #birds

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MG @megarnson.bsky.social · 10d

Like, yes Pearl Jam, great. But also, where's Metric or Broken Social Scene? Holy F*ck? I can root for the M's while enjoying music from across the border.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 10d

meme with a dog and a werewolf

dog= mariners with runners on base

werewolf= mariners with bases empty

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MG @megarnson.bsky.social · 10d

I'm so stressed and they keep losing when I'm wearing my favorite M's shirts so I'm eschewing all gear tonight

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 13d

The Bread Carrier, by Pablo Picasso, 1905

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MG @megarnson.bsky.social · 13d

Hahahaha Geno really putting the OMG in GOMs

MG @megarnson.bsky.social · 14d

I just sad laughed so loud

MG @megarnson.bsky.social · 15d

Just found this cute note in a book my daughter brought home from the library 😻 When I translated it, she wanted to take credit and then immediately confessed she doesn't know Spanish yet.

#HolaMamáTeAmo #HiMomILoveYou

MG @megarnson.bsky.social · 17d

OMG sitting at a sports bar watching your team winning in the middle of a Monday is THE BEST #goms

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · Sep 29

Spooky season approaches, so I'm going to repost some of my Halloween comics from years past.

A four panel comic called Happy Halloween From The Birds. In panel 1, a pileated woodpecker has pecked its huge gaping rectangular holes in a pumpkin. In panel 2, a yellow-bellied sapsucker has pecked a face using its standard rows of small holes. In panel 3, a satin bowerbird has carved a pumpkin into a bower and placed its favorite blue candies all around it. In panel 4, a loggerhead shrike has impaled mini pumpkins on a fence's metal spikes and is saying "fight me."

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MG @megarnson.bsky.social · Sep 29

Right in the perfect middle of the baseball / photography Venn diagram

Jordan! @jordanjamboree.bsky.social · Sep 28

Wife brought her 100 year old film camera to that pirates game from a few weeks ago and she got this shot that's just perfect

A black and white photo of a baseball game, you can see that it is mid pitch with a pirate at bat

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Unbiased Science @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social · Sep 8

We teamed up with Society of Behavioral Medicine to share how all of us—scientists, health professionals, and the public—can help combat misinformation 🧠.

This post highlights their toolkit with 10 practical tips to help identify and prevent the spread of misinformation.

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