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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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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
August 29, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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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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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.
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.
January 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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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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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
Congratulations on getting it to sit still long enough for a photo 😆🙌🏼🙌🏼🪶
Happy Friday! Here's an adorable Ruby-crowned Kinglet fueling up for migration. #birds 🌿
April 12, 2024 at 1:47 PM
2nd round of larger crocuses and a few bright blue squills are brightening up the brown garden beds!

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#phenology #mnphenology
April 7, 2024 at 5:00 PM
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River of birds up the middle!
#birds #birding #spring #migration
April 7, 2024 at 4:50 AM
Beautiful photo! 🪶
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!🪶
April 7, 2024 at 3:15 PM
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“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
Horrible phone photo of FOY butterfly! A dark late summer Comma, just waking up after hibernating.

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#phenology #mnphenology
April 7, 2024 at 2:57 PM
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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
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
Fun! I also saw mine at an airport. Nice big expanses for critter hunting. 🪶🦉
Short-eared owl! 🪶

📷 Vancouver Airport, of all places
April 4, 2024 at 8:56 PM
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Oh my. 😍
Grapholita moth. Tiny thing, and every millimeter stunning. 💙
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April 3, 2024 at 3:11 AM
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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 🌿
April 3, 2024 at 12:37 PM
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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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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
So true 😆
Parks and wreck 'em.
March 31, 2024 at 4:56 PM
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
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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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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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The neighborhood bald eagle hunting for fish. 🪶📸
March 28, 2024 at 10:03 PM
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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
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Hang on. How... how is there no binoculars emoji???

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March 29, 2024 at 2:33 PM