Richard Rachman
ecologyofwander.bsky.social
Richard Rachman
@ecologyofwander.bsky.social
Data Analyst and Botanist. New life back in the Californian desert. Gay, jewish, and I like writing poetry.
www.mingstudios.org/my-on-monday...

Podcast i was on reading my poetry. Its about 15 minutes long and mostly about birds.
MY ON MONDAYS
EPISODE 197  11/17/2025
www.mingstudios.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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The Walton family surely does
“some people abuse SNAP” your soul is rotten
October 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I'm so sad, none of my observations of invasive plants that have quickly colonized the "fungi treated soil" from ontop of the Annenburg Wildlife Crossing have gone Research Grade 😢
October 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Made some friends while looking for pinyon pine nuts. Native bee and a jumping spider inside of pine cones.
October 4, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I just sent earthworm specimens to a researcher in Canada from USA. I was told by FedEx that they weren't sending things to Canada. So I just did it through the US Postal Service. Did all the things, stated they were non commercial "insects" for science, filled out a customs form. Will they make it?
September 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
These weird scorpions i found on some really neat boulders at a desert spring in Owens Valley. Identified to Stahnkeninae but not beyond that...
September 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Sheep moth on a sagebrush, group of sage grouse eating sagebrush, friendship and Red Dead Redemption cosplaying.
August 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Black light scorpion, tiger lily, white light scorpion.
August 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
First monarch butterfly on iNatrualist from May 2025 to today in Bishop, CA. Seeming to nectar feed on some narrow leaf milkweed.
July 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Took my non biologist boyfriend scorpion hunting, this is Paruroctonus becki.
July 18, 2025 at 5:49 AM
I got to talk with my coworkers about one of my favorite books, A Field Guide to Desert Holes, and how I own a copy in my personal library. Today was a good day.
July 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Rattlesnake avoidance with this knucklehead of a golden retriever this weekend.
July 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This tiny scorpion is found crawling on a large boulder with orange lichen.
July 8, 2025 at 5:23 AM
edition.cnn.com/2025/07/07/a...

Community science and iNaturalist gone... wrong? She used iNaturalist to find the mushroom locations for her murders.
Erin Patterson verdict: Jury finds Australian cook guilty of murder with hidden death cap mushrooms | CNN
Erin Patterson, the Australian woman accused of killing three relatives with a meal of death cap mushrooms baked in a Beef Wellington lunch, has been found guilty of three counts of murder and the at...
edition.cnn.com
July 7, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Reposted by Richard Rachman
A global analysis shows consistent energy–diversity relationships across birds, mammals, amphibians & reptiles, resolving decades of ecological debate. Paper now out in @science.org : www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🌍🌐 #ecology #MetabolicTheory
July 4, 2025 at 6:04 AM
I found a moth, probably western sphinx moth.
July 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Canada Day spent, so far, tending to our yard, marvelling at a mouse, being proud of a new tomato flower, and making talk slides for our recent paper on Canadian graduate stipends, wondering what's next for Canadian science.

Link here if that's how you want to celebrate 🇨🇦 doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Canadian natural science graduate stipends lie below the poverty line
Despite the critical role of graduate students in the Canadian research ecosystem, students report high levels of financial stress. As a case study, we collected graduate minimum stipends and tuition ...
doi.org
July 1, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The rare cloud
Makes magic
Under shrubs
And red pups
Craving life,
Adventure,
And spoils.
June 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
What I suspect is Lomatium rigidum, rigid biscuitroot. Locally endemic to the region. Giving strong holly vibes. Surrounded by woodrat poo.
June 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Rare king mousetail, salt loving weirdo looking as octopus like as possible in a salty marsh.
June 10, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Good news, I found 2 puppies to battle.
June 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I sure got a pretty boy. Pic from the dog walker.
June 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Sleepy bee in a rare Owens Valley checkerbloom.
June 6, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Giant woollystar at sunset above Owens Valley.
June 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Shortly after the start of the #InnFire in #LeeVining that evacuated the town and rerouting 395 traffic through the 120 instead. #wildfire
May 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM