Nick Mustoe
@nickmustoe.bsky.social
Interested in all things public lands and forestry. Avid reader on the topic of wildfire. Wildlife observer. Liverpool fan. Opinions I present here are in a personal capacity.
🎯 Dolores, CO
🎯 Dolores, CO
Unimaginably old and cool.
Adult Mammoths had one natural enemy–Neanderthals. This Neanderthal scraper in our collection was used for preparing large mammoth hides. The Mousterian style of manufacture reveals it to be 120,000-200,000 years old.
December 1, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Unimaginably old and cool.
Welcome to the day after Thanksgiving. It is a lot like Thanksgiving, but this time you're eating your favorite foods microwaved and out of a bowl.
November 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Welcome to the day after Thanksgiving. It is a lot like Thanksgiving, but this time you're eating your favorite foods microwaved and out of a bowl.
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A section of petrified wood from the late Triassic, about 225 million years ago. This fallen tree was buried in wet mud and volcanic ash. Silica minerals like clear quartz, purple amethyst, and yellow citrine gradually replaced the organic parts. Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, 06 Mar 2010.
November 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
A section of petrified wood from the late Triassic, about 225 million years ago. This fallen tree was buried in wet mud and volcanic ash. Silica minerals like clear quartz, purple amethyst, and yellow citrine gradually replaced the organic parts. Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, 06 Mar 2010.
I held off on building a new computer for years because of the crypto run on video cards. As it ends up, I built after that spike and before ram prices took off.
November 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I held off on building a new computer for years because of the crypto run on video cards. As it ends up, I built after that spike and before ram prices took off.
I fear that a grocery store playing I'll Be Home for Christmas on underpowered speakers with an echo is more dystopian than originally intended.
November 26, 2025 at 4:15 AM
I fear that a grocery store playing I'll Be Home for Christmas on underpowered speakers with an echo is more dystopian than originally intended.
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Peaches, pecans and pines - three of Georgia's big agricultural crops. Pecan trees line a dirt road in Crawford County. A peach orchard is on the left, a pine forest on the right.
#photography #trees #backroads #georgia
#photography #trees #backroads #georgia
November 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Peaches, pecans and pines - three of Georgia's big agricultural crops. Pecan trees line a dirt road in Crawford County. A peach orchard is on the left, a pine forest on the right.
#photography #trees #backroads #georgia
#photography #trees #backroads #georgia
The Hoh Rainforest is a sight to behold. It feels like the trees have fur and every inch is alive.
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The Hoh Rainforest is a sight to behold. It feels like the trees have fur and every inch is alive.
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The late autumn colors of the cottonwood trees along the Animas River were a sight to behold this year.
#Photography #Landscape #Nature #Outdoors #Colorado #Fallorado #Woodland #Trees #Nikon #CaptureOne #Cottonwood #AutumnLeaves #AutumnVibes #FallColors
#Photography #Landscape #Nature #Outdoors #Colorado #Fallorado #Woodland #Trees #Nikon #CaptureOne #Cottonwood #AutumnLeaves #AutumnVibes #FallColors
November 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The late autumn colors of the cottonwood trees along the Animas River were a sight to behold this year.
#Photography #Landscape #Nature #Outdoors #Colorado #Fallorado #Woodland #Trees #Nikon #CaptureOne #Cottonwood #AutumnLeaves #AutumnVibes #FallColors
#Photography #Landscape #Nature #Outdoors #Colorado #Fallorado #Woodland #Trees #Nikon #CaptureOne #Cottonwood #AutumnLeaves #AutumnVibes #FallColors
Every trip to an airport is a live action rendition of Talking Head's Once in a Lifetime.
November 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Every trip to an airport is a live action rendition of Talking Head's Once in a Lifetime.
Deer crossing the main road in Dolores this morning.
November 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Deer crossing the main road in Dolores this morning.
Why, in the year 2025, are people double spacing between sentences?
November 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Why, in the year 2025, are people double spacing between sentences?
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Looking down Bear Creek, past rows of thirteen thousand foot peaks, southwest of Silverton, Colorado. #colorado #scenery #photography
November 18, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Looking down Bear Creek, past rows of thirteen thousand foot peaks, southwest of Silverton, Colorado. #colorado #scenery #photography
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The Sandhill Crane numbers were higher at the surrounding farms near the WI River this weekend. My guess is we are near peak. I saw at least 3000 on Saturday resulting in very memorable crane joy! I arrived there late, abt 9:30am, and the birds were just taking off for the day. #birds #Sandhills
November 18, 2025 at 1:26 AM
The Sandhill Crane numbers were higher at the surrounding farms near the WI River this weekend. My guess is we are near peak. I saw at least 3000 on Saturday resulting in very memorable crane joy! I arrived there late, abt 9:30am, and the birds were just taking off for the day. #birds #Sandhills
It is insane that some subscriptions require you to provide a reason to unsubscribe.
November 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
It is insane that some subscriptions require you to provide a reason to unsubscribe.
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Archaeologists discover 1,500-year-old reindeer #trap and other artifacts 'melting out of the ice' in Norway's mountains
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
#Norway #archaeology
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
#Norway #archaeology
Archaeologists discover 1,500-year-old reindeer trap and other artifacts 'melting out of the ice' in Norway's mountains
The well-preserved reindeer trap may be unique in Europe.
www.livescience.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Archaeologists discover 1,500-year-old reindeer #trap and other artifacts 'melting out of the ice' in Norway's mountains
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
#Norway #archaeology
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
#Norway #archaeology
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Natural Bridges National Monument
November 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Natural Bridges National Monument
Me: "What ultralight backpack should I buy?"
The Internet: "The only acceptable option is a custom 'KS-Yamatomichi-9000,' handmade by a hermit who sews ten a year. The backorder is two decades, and he only accepts payment in golden eagle feathers."
The Internet: "The only acceptable option is a custom 'KS-Yamatomichi-9000,' handmade by a hermit who sews ten a year. The backorder is two decades, and he only accepts payment in golden eagle feathers."
November 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Me: "What ultralight backpack should I buy?"
The Internet: "The only acceptable option is a custom 'KS-Yamatomichi-9000,' handmade by a hermit who sews ten a year. The backorder is two decades, and he only accepts payment in golden eagle feathers."
The Internet: "The only acceptable option is a custom 'KS-Yamatomichi-9000,' handmade by a hermit who sews ten a year. The backorder is two decades, and he only accepts payment in golden eagle feathers."
Never know what you might find in the desert of Utah.
November 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Never know what you might find in the desert of Utah.
I usually bike commute to work but had to walk the other day. Multiple friends reached out to my partner offering use of their cars for my safety.
![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
November 15, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I usually bike commute to work but had to walk the other day. Multiple friends reached out to my partner offering use of their cars for my safety.
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The northern lights from Bevier, Mo. tonight!
November 12, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The northern lights from Bevier, Mo. tonight!
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BLACK SUN: Amorphous Flocks of #Starlings Swell Above the Danish Marshlands - amazing #murmuration #photography by Søren Solkær
Link for more photos: www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/11/sore...
Link for more photos: www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/11/sore...
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
BLACK SUN: Amorphous Flocks of #Starlings Swell Above the Danish Marshlands - amazing #murmuration #photography by Søren Solkær
Link for more photos: www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/11/sore...
Link for more photos: www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/11/sore...
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In case you missed it, my last lecture on Oak Origins, from Miami University, is posted online. This iteration focuses on reproduction and migration, the oak tree of life, and the effects of oak diversity on fungal and insect diversity in the forest. Please share!
www.youtube.com/live/mRCrGFn...
www.youtube.com/live/mRCrGFn...
Belk Lecture on Oak Origins
YouTube video by Hefner Museum of Natural History
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
In case you missed it, my last lecture on Oak Origins, from Miami University, is posted online. This iteration focuses on reproduction and migration, the oak tree of life, and the effects of oak diversity on fungal and insect diversity in the forest. Please share!
www.youtube.com/live/mRCrGFn...
www.youtube.com/live/mRCrGFn...
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Today’s local fieldwork was colder but older! I think we may have found some 300 yr old beech and sweet gum! Will be going back to this site in the future, some nice oak and Nyssa as well.
November 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Today’s local fieldwork was colder but older! I think we may have found some 300 yr old beech and sweet gum! Will be going back to this site in the future, some nice oak and Nyssa as well.
I have unintentionally developed a theme in my reading this year, boat books. I'm about halfway through Into the Ice. It is pretty good so far.
November 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I have unintentionally developed a theme in my reading this year, boat books. I'm about halfway through Into the Ice. It is pretty good so far.
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Charlie Harper mosaic "Web of Life" and detail (Io moth, Pacific starfish, woodcock, bullfrog, redbeard sponge), 81 organisms in total. Miami University Department of Biology this past week.
November 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Charlie Harper mosaic "Web of Life" and detail (Io moth, Pacific starfish, woodcock, bullfrog, redbeard sponge), 81 organisms in total. Miami University Department of Biology this past week.