Finally going through our photos from our trip to Costa Rica last December. This tiny feathered jewel is a Rufous-tailed Hummingbird, photo by @uskiwi13.bsky.social
Leilani Münter
@leilanimunter.bsky.social
Small herbivore from America living in New Zealand. Working to save the wild things. Biology graduate, former race car driver. ⓥ
For those of you old enough to remember Ferdinand the Bull, one of my favorite childhood stories ♥️
POV: After the 2024 U.S. election, you decided to sell your house, your car, most of your belongings and move 8000 miles away. You are very happy.
Jump! You could fall. But you might fly, too. 💫
I’m head over heels in love with my beautiful new country. I left everything I’ve ever known to move to the other side of the world & every day I wake up grateful that I was brave enough to take that leap. I miss good people I left behind, but I do not miss the chaos of America at all, not one bit.
I’m head over heels in love with my beautiful new country. I left everything I’ve ever known to move to the other side of the world & every day I wake up grateful that I was brave enough to take that leap. I miss good people I left behind, but I do not miss the chaos of America at all, not one bit.
39 days since our arrival and New Zealand just keeps blowin’ my socks off
The Blue Spring in Aotearoa New Zealand is the most crystal clear blue freshwater I have seen in my entire life. It is comforting to see some of these rare wild places humanity has preserved 🩵
Paradise on Earth, also known as The Blue Spring in Aotearoa New Zealand. The most crystal clear water I have seen in my entire life. Unreal.
Feeling so grateful to be a new resident of beautiful Aotearoa New Zealand. I feel like I’m in a dreamland, like I’m living inside a screensaver. Surreal beauty that looks fake in photos because it’s *too perfect.* Falling head over heels in love with the country 24 years after falling for the man 💚
The Aotearoa New Zealand night sky is ✨ quite spectacular ✨ Goodnight, friends. 💫
I made my first forest friend in Aotearoa, New Zealand! We were walking deep in the forest (they say “bush” here) when this adorable, very tiny, very round and friendly Pīwakawaka (New Zealand Fantail) flew right up to us and landed on a fern about 2 feet from my face. Photo by @uskiwi13.bsky.social
This beautiful place is known by a few different names. Aotearoa. New Zealand. The Land of the Long White Cloud. Middle Earth. But my favorite is: My new home. 🇳🇿
We did it! We sold our house, our cars, most of our belongings & boarded a one way flight for New Zealand! Longer threads are harder to post here (maybe that’s on me) so I’m sharing by way of screenshots instead. Got attacked by tons of MAGA trolls & bots for this on Threads but I hate them anyway 🤷🏻♀️
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, a rare visitor to our backyard. We usually only see them briefly for a day or two during the spring and fall migration. This was my only action shot today and sadly I didn’t zoom out in time. The bird arrived here on the *exact same day* it did last year: April 27.
There is nothing more disappointing than someone you once loved and considered family deciding to change their vote from Bernie (in 2016 and 2020) to a vote for Trump (in 2024) and still (literally today) standing behind that decision. So, anyway, I said goodbye forever to an old friend today.
Hi everyone, I slid on my back across sharp sticks and leaves while barefoot to get this photo of a gorgeous Red-shouldered Hawk that landed in our backyard today, so please look at my picture 😁
“In pushing other species to extinction, humanity is busy sawing off the limb on which it perches.” — Paul R. Ehrlich I hope you are still chasing the butterflies, wherever you are. 🦋 Rest in peace, Professor.
Have you ever seen the movie Contact? The movie was based on the novel by Carl Sagan and the character of Dr. Ellie Arroway (played by Jodie Foster) was based on Carl’s friend, the astronomer Jill Tartar. Jill is famous for her work searching for life beyond Earth with SETI.
Beautiful tribute to Bobby at the Grammys tonight. Husband to Natascha. Father to Monet and Chloe. Guitarist, singer, and songwriter to the soundtrack to the lives of millions of people all over the world. The first Dead show my big sister Natascha brought me to was in 1986,
glad to be born at a time when i got to see what life was like before the internet and will be dead before AI completely destroys humanity
Enjoy some truth about the #TrumpShutdown @markwarner.bsky.social
Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption. Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow. People have power. Ask Target
So not surprising that the people who fetishize assault rifles kill more Americans than those who don't.
You do not in fact have to praise the guy who said homeless people should be murdered with lethal injections and then apologized four days later to save his job. Let's get a grip here.
Brian Kilmeade deserves praise for his apology.