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Krista Stracka
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Librarian, nature and wildlife lover, dog lady
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Bird migrations are happening above our heads and through the night.

Who’s traveling where you are? Explore here:
dashboard.birdcast.info
Migration Dashboard - BirdCast
Explore nightly migration data in your region
dashboard.birdcast.info
March 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Grumpy bluebird 🪶
#Birds #Bluebird #BackyardBirds
A bird with a bright blue head, chestnut colored chest, and white belly perched on a tree branch, facing forward
March 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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"Good morning!" sings a cardinal at the top of his tiny lungs 🪶 #birds #backyardbirds #cardinal
Facing forward, a male cardinal sings while perched on a thin tree branch
February 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Reposted by Krista Stracka
booksparrow.bsky.social
Mood:
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Cartoon of a fox in a purple dress with a bow on its head. It is stood at a library check out desk and has a book and date stamp in front of it. It is leaning back and looks to be screaming. The word librarian hovers next to it.
December 5, 2024 at 7:12 AM
Reposted by Krista Stracka
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Valentine's Day Came Early!

Here's a tree of earthly love (aka LUST) I spotted on view @artinstitutechi.bsky.social yesterday! From the 17th c. Netherlands, and frankly quite bonkers!
www.artic.edu/artworks/271...
Tree of lust and damnation, rooted in a heart on top of a sphere with a skull on it, and violent animal heads on its branches.
January 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Reposted by Krista Stracka
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My drawing of a Downy woodpecker searching for #OnlyBeautifulThings in this tree 🙂 #birds #SciArt
A black-and-white bird with a red cap perching on a branch covered in scaly bark and white fungi.
January 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
strackapose.bsky.social
A cute little dark-eyed junco waiting for a turn at the feeder

#Birds #BackyardBirds #NationalBirdDay #BirdPhotography #Birdwatching
A dark-eyed junco looks directly at the camera while perched on a black curved pole
January 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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A #damselfly from warmer days

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAForAngles #insects #damselflies
A damselfly resting on the tip of a long, thin cosmos flower leaf
January 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Reposted by Krista Stracka
boghuma.bsky.social
Science affords us the luxury of forgetting the impact of infectious diseases
- In the 1st half of the 19th century 40-50% of children in US did not make it past the age of 5
- TB killed 1 in 7 people in US and Europe
- smallpox killed 80% of infected children
theconversation.com/infectious-d...
Infectious diseases killed Victorian children at alarming rates — their novels highlight the fragility of public health today
Between 40% and 50% of children didn’t live past 5 in the US during the 19th century. Popular authors like Charles Dickens documented the common but no less gutting grief of losing a child.
theconversation.com
December 29, 2024 at 5:34 PM
strackapose.bsky.social
Bluebird borb 🪶 #AlphabetChallenge #WeekZForZoom #birds
Closeup of a male Eastern bluebird perched on a slanted wooden rail
December 26, 2024 at 10:27 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekZForZoom
#MacroMonday
Closeup of a crocus flower
December 23, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Reposted by Krista Stracka
chicagotribune.com
The Library of Congress analyzed the pages of an ancient manuscript donated to the Newberry Library and made an astounding discovery: The manuscript was printed on a type of paper so rare that only 10 sheets were known to exist.

The Newberry’s manuscript is about 49 sheets long.
Newberry Library discovers it holds the largest example in existence of an extremely rare paper type
Little was known about the manuscript, which donated by Edward Ayer, a tycoon who made his fortune supplying railroad ties.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 21, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Reposted by Krista Stracka
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Day 19 #ArtAdventCalendar Illuminated letter, as described in the book The Illuminated Alphabet by Timothy Noad and Patricia Seligman. Watercolor and gouache. Patterned after a 14th century book of hours.
Watercolor and gouache replica of a medieval book of hours letter D. The middle of the letter is filled with gold paint surrounding two small violet-like flowers.
December 19, 2024 at 11:56 AM
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Lily of the valley

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWForWhite #flowers #FlowerPhotography #bloomscrolling
A cluster of white, bell-shaped Lily of the valley flowers at eye level
December 7, 2024 at 5:12 PM
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Norman, the cutest beggar
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWForWhite #corgisky #CorgisOfBluesky #dogsky
Cardigan Welsh corgi with an earnest expression sitting on his haunches with his front paws in the air. He has mostly white fur with patches of black and gray.
December 2, 2024 at 11:13 AM
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#Zinnia, zoomed in

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekVForVibrant #FlowersOnFriday #FridayFlowers
An up-close image of the unfurling petals in the center of a magenta zinnia flower with one vibrant yellow pollen floret to the lower left
November 29, 2024 at 1:00 PM
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A sleeping #bumblebee in a calendula flower bed framed by vibrant orange petals #AlphabetChallenge #WeekVForVibrant #insects #bees
November 25, 2024 at 11:42 AM
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A very loud Carolina Wren borb perched on my roof 🪶 #BackyardBirds #Birds #Birdwatching
Left side view of a Carolina Wren perched on the edge of a roof. Its reddish brown and tan plumage and white eyebrow stripe stand out against the bright blue of the sky.
November 23, 2024 at 8:47 PM
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Gray squirrel on a break
#squirrelsky #squirrelscrolling #AddMam
Close-up of a gray squirrel with brown coloring resting on a wood fence with a walnut in its mouth and its front leg dangling over the edge
November 20, 2024 at 11:31 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekUForUnder

Pacific sea nettles #jellyfish
November 18, 2024 at 8:57 PM
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Got a raptor? Share a raptor!

#birds #BaldEagle #BlackwaterNWR
Bald eagle perched on a bare curved branch
November 17, 2024 at 10:37 PM
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Sunset at Assateague Island #GoldenHour #sunset #photography #nature
November 17, 2024 at 11:42 AM
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A Northern Glicker at sunrise #birds #NorthernFlicker #woodpeckers #BirdPhotography
A Northern flicker in a tree with a few red and yellow leaves left on a branch. It's facing left toward the sunrise with its black-spotted plumage is partly visible in the morning light.
November 9, 2024 at 2:08 PM
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Red-bellied woodpecker #AlphabetChallenge #WeekRForRed #Birds #BackyardBirds
A male red-bellied woodpecker sits in a tree among branches with red and orange berries. He is facing left with his black and white patterned back turned to the camera. He has a light gray face and a red crown on top of his head.
November 2, 2024 at 10:23 PM
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House finch #AlphabetChallenge #WeekRForRed #Birds
October 28, 2024 at 10:08 AM