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CabinGirl (@mntami IG)
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Science 🤓| Nature 💚 | Federal Bird Bander | Director of world’s busiest wildlife hospital @wrcmn | 📖🐶🍷🌻🏕️ 📷 All pix from phone
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kristopher.setnes.net
This is the Ghost Nebula in Cepheus. (Sh2-136)

I took this image at Northern Nights Star Fest in Minnesota last weekend.

The little dancing ghost on the edge of the nebula makes me smile. 👻

#astrophotography
The Ghost Nebula - Sh2-136
August 29, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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davidbflower.bsky.social
On the night of 12 September the Waning Gibbous Moon will occult the Pleiades (M45). In fact it will be right in the cluster's centre. Low down for me to the east, but I'll be giving it a go. 🔭 🧪 #astrophotography
August 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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wentrogue.bsky.social
After applying bird-safe film to the building, the 18 bird deaths at Chicago's Lakeside Center during migration season this past fall compared with 1,280 deaths in fall 2023 and 771 in fall 2022.

US Bank Stadium will need $280M in maintenance and upgrades in coming decade. The film costs ~$2M.
wentrogue.bsky.social Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · Jan 11
Remember when the millionaire—nay, BILLIONAIRE—owners of the Vikings repeatedly REFUSED to adopt safety film for their taxpayer-subsidized stadium?

First they said they couldn’t afford it (give me a break.) Then they admitted they just didn’t want to do it.
THE FEEDER Safety film added, bird deaths plummet For more than 40 years, migrating birds have been crashing into McCormick Place Lakeside Center. The glassy, low-lying convention building on the shores of Lake Michigan has been the scene of about 1,000 deadly collisions per year, according to Dave Willard, retired Field Museum bird division collections manager. In 2023, the death toll for a single day was so high - at least 960 birds - that the carnage became national news. But this fall, when bird collision monitors performed their usual daily searches of the building's grounds, they found something remarkable: just 18 dead birds. "To me. it was almost miraculous, said Willard. The initial results are in at Lakeside Center, following the application of bird-safe film to the building's windows: Crash fatalities were down more than 90% this fall, according to Willard, who has been monitoring the site regularly since 1982. The bird-safe film, applied al a cost of $1.2 million this summer, marks Lakeside Center's windows with tiny dots that help birds detect the glass and avoid it. The film was installed after discussions with the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Field Museum and Chicago Bird Collision Monitors. The 18 deaths at Lakeside Center this fall compare with 1,280 deaths in fall 2023 and 771 in fall 2022, Willard said. Willard did add a caveat: He'd still like to see how the bird-safe film performs in the spring. CHICAGO TRIBUNE
January 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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banditelli.org
This morning's snow geese flight. Taken in 4k 120fps thus plenty of slow motion potential here. Stick around till 26 seconds in. That's the real. good. stuff. #birds
January 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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philplait.bsky.social
Hey SciCommers! Science Talk is a conference series run in part by my friend @drkiki.bsky.social, and the next one is in Raleigh NC on April 3-4. I went to one and it was GREAT, with lots of folks eager to hear what you have to say. Go!

www.associationofsciencecommunicators.org/conferences/...
SCIENCE TALK ’25 • Association of Science Communicators
We're heading across the country for SciComm. Join us at the SCIENCE TALK '25 conference in Raleigh, NC, April 2025.
www.associationofsciencecommunicators.org
January 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
cabingirl.bsky.social
Congratulations on getting it to sit still long enough for a photo 😆🙌🏼🙌🏼🪶
avianwi13.bsky.social AvianWI @avianwi13.bsky.social · Apr 12
Happy Friday! Here's an adorable Ruby-crowned Kinglet fueling up for migration. #birds 🌿
A tiny gray bird with white, black, and yellow wing bars perches on a narrow vertical branch with a few green leaves on it. The bird has caught a small orange winged insect which is in its beak.
April 12, 2024 at 1:47 PM
cabingirl.bsky.social
2nd round of larger crocuses and a few bright blue squills are brightening up the brown garden beds!

🌿
#phenology #mnphenology
April 7, 2024 at 5:00 PM
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birderk.bsky.social
River of birds up the middle!
#birds #birding #spring #migration
BirdCast map showing 126.2 million birds in flight at 12:20am EDT on April 7, 2024. NEXRAD radar map showing blobs of birds from Texas north in a fairly narrow column.
April 7, 2024 at 4:50 AM
cabingirl.bsky.social
Beautiful photo! 🪶
glengrambo.bsky.social Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · Apr 6
This male northern flicker has been around the area for a few weeks now, but he’s very wary and usually stays hidden in the branches. But sometimes he just needs to perch in the open and show off those spots!🪶
A male northern flicker perches on a broken poplar branch. With his spotted chest, striped back, red head patch and black moustache, he is very fancy!
April 7, 2024 at 3:15 PM
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alisheridan.bsky.social
“In short, culling cars has been far more popular than her petrolhead critics predicted, with Paris becoming cleaner and healthier to boot.”

www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
French Revolution: Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists In Paris
Official measurements have found that Paris is rapidly becoming a city of cyclists.
www.forbes.com
April 7, 2024 at 7:09 AM
cabingirl.bsky.social
Horrible phone photo of FOY butterfly! A dark late summer Comma, just waking up after hibernating.

🪲🌿
#phenology #mnphenology
April 7, 2024 at 2:57 PM
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nytimes.com
Despite major progress in protecting vast tracts of rainforest, the world failed again last year to significantly slow the pace of global forest destruction, according to a new report.
Global Forest Loss Remains High, Despite Recent Progress
Wildfires and agricultural expansion offset big gains in protecting tropical forests last year.
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2024 at 7:15 PM
cabingirl.bsky.social
Grew up in Chicago and distinctly recall walking on completely cicada-covered sidewalks - as in no cement showing, just solid….. gahhhh. 🪲
April 4, 2024 at 8:58 PM
cabingirl.bsky.social
Fun! I also saw mine at an airport. Nice big expanses for critter hunting. 🪶🦉
edyong209.bsky.social Ed Yong @edyong209.bsky.social · Apr 4
Short-eared owl! 🪶

📷 Vancouver Airport, of all places
An owl flying in broad daylight, wings raised
April 4, 2024 at 8:56 PM
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apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
Oh my. 😍
Grapholita moth. Tiny thing, and every millimeter stunning. 💙
🌿
Small moth at rest on a blade of wiregrass; she's dark, with iridescent wings, a small pattern of 4 white bands across her back, and a a yellow and black pattern like a comb along the lower edge of the wing.
April 3, 2024 at 3:11 AM
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avianwi13.bsky.social
For #WoodpeckerWednesday a rather handsome Hairy Woodpecker. These guys can be rather shy and elusive, much more so than their smaller doppelgänger, the downy woodpecker. #birds 🌿
A medium sized black and white woodpecker with red spots on the back of his head perches on the side of a tree trunk. He is looking to the left and is visible in profile. The bark of the tree is rough and a light brown-gray.
April 3, 2024 at 12:37 PM
cabingirl.bsky.social
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laurahelmuth.bsky.social Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · Apr 3
It's the year 2024 and West Virginia just passed a law that will allow the teaching of religious alternatives to science (meaning creationism) in public schools. 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-... by Amanda Townley of the National Center for Science Education in Scientific American
New Law Allowing Religion into Science Classrooms Is Dangerous for Everyone
It is imperative that we protect science education from “intelligent design” and other alternative “theories”
www.scientificamerican.com
April 3, 2024 at 2:21 PM
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sierramagazine.bsky.social
Mining interests are threatening the world’s largest blackwater swamp. Now, advocates and former regulators are trying to mount a last-minute campaign to get the public's input. Click the link to see how you can weigh in.

www.sierraclub.org/sierra/oppos...
Opposition to Proposed Mining Near Rare Protected Georgia Swamp Grows
Advocates mount last-ditch effort to save the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge from a titanium mine
www.sierraclub.org
April 3, 2024 at 1:50 PM
cabingirl.bsky.social
So true 😆
georgetakei.bsky.social George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Mar 31
Parks and wreck 'em.
March 31, 2024 at 4:56 PM
cabingirl.bsky.social
Wow. Not sure how I feel about this but seems tragic either way. Of course no mention of plans to halt deforestation or establish more protected forests for spotted owls. 🪶

www.iflscience.com/us-governmen...
March 31, 2024 at 11:41 AM
cabingirl.bsky.social
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venetiajm.bsky.social Venetia @venetiajm.bsky.social · Mar 30
The Cromer Peregrines livestream is back up and running for the current season and yes there are eggs :) this is the best, closest, and clearest peregrine nestcam I know #birds #ukbirding

www.youtube.com/live/GE6yxfQ...
Cromer Peregrines Live Stream
If you have enjoyed the stream please consider donating to the project on the link belowhttps://www.cromerperegrineproject.co.uk/donate
www.youtube.com
March 30, 2024 at 2:15 PM
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venetiajm.bsky.social
The Cromer Peregrines livestream is back up and running for the current season and yes there are eggs :) this is the best, closest, and clearest peregrine nestcam I know #birds #ukbirding

www.youtube.com/live/GE6yxfQ...
Cromer Peregrines Live Stream
If you have enjoyed the stream please consider donating to the project on the link belowhttps://www.cromerperegrineproject.co.uk/donate
www.youtube.com
March 30, 2024 at 7:47 AM
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terririffle.bsky.social
The neighborhood bald eagle hunting for fish. 🪶📸
March 28, 2024 at 10:03 PM
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oceanterra.org
The global ocean is at record high surface ocean temperatures

Large parts of the tropical ocean are the warmest ever and the global ocean has spent the last SIX weeks above 21ºC

Find out more
pulse.climate.copernicus.eu

#climateaction #climatecrisis 🧪⚒️🌍
March 18, 2024 at 7:34 AM
cabingirl.bsky.social
🐧🤓

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rheisman.bsky.social Rebecca Heisman @rheisman.bsky.social · Mar 29
Hang on. How... how is there no binoculars emoji???

👀🐦
March 29, 2024 at 2:33 PM