According to iNaturalist, this is a Woodland Skipper! The first one for my garden, and skipper species number six that has visited.
J. Raasch
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Interested in science, natural history, preserving biodiversity. Restoring and protecting a 2-acre prairie remnant for 20+ years 😱 ... I have a lot of questions. I try to read, but tend to fall asleep when I stop moving. Wisconsin
Reposting because apparently today is the anniversary of his resignation.
Joe Mason@moreorloess.bsky.social · 3w agoSpeaking of Nixon, I had a HS social studies teacher--one of the best I had all through K-12--who was angry when Nixon resigned, because he wanted to see him convicted and barred from office to set an example for future presidents.
Fun episode about the advantages and disadvatages of curly hair and possible origin of curly hair. Also, there’s a serious difference between curly hair and wool. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
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Julie found a few Monarch Butterfly wings. Apparently, something DOES eat Monarch Butterflies. It was a nice gift from Julie and Nature for a rainy day. Let's see what we can see ... #Microscopy
jhc the natural patina is beautiful; the “gold” leaf looks like a cheap holiday decoration, maybe styrofoam core … the texture and history are lost #sad
derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · yesterday"doesn't understand the appeal of patina" feels like neat summation of American aesthetics
When will CEOs realize a majority of laws and regulations supposedly established for building and protecting a middle class were really established to protect wealth from the otherwise angry masses?
Raider@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d agoSalem Brought a Guillotine To Oppose New Data Center. Company Reps Left, Feeling "Unsafe". Salem rich trials. 🔥🔥🔥
Salem Brought a Guillotine To Oppose New Data Center. Company Reps Left, Feeling "Unsafe". Salem rich trials. 🔥🔥🔥
The irregular patterns of the rice fields of the Kingdom of Kent
This is a female Black Meadowhawk. Meadowhawk habitat, yep, meadows and shallow wetlands. Peak time now to see them in Rocky Mountain States, though they are circumboreal in distribution.
Question for iPhone people: This flower is pure bright yellow. Do you have suggestions for fixing it short of downloading to a computer and using PhotoShop?
Annual photo of garden Prairie Dock flowers. Lots of leaves around the prairie remnant, but not a lot of flowering going on. This one is watered when the garden is watered. Or it’s older or less competition or just a genetic variant. Seems happy. #NativePlants
Interesting episode covering Nikola Tesla, the genius, the showman, the eccentric. I highly recommend if you are remotely interested. I was going to skip it and glad I listened. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Nikola Tesla
Podcast Episode · In Our Time: Science · May 2, 2024 · 53m
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#Water is one of my favorite things to photograph! Fluid dynamics drive me crazy. There may be multiple posts today. #BlueSkyArtShow #WaterTexture #Macro #PNW #ECK #NatureIsArt #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #KeepGoing
Beautiful spider web season has arrived. 🥰 🌾🕸️🌾🕸️🌾🕸️🌾
Lars Brudvig@lars-brudvig.bsky.social · 2d agoSpider and web, in the morning sunshine
Pea Flower Don’t forget to stop and study a pea flower if you ever encounter one.
Me: No peas this year; I missed my April planting window. Julie: Why not try? Me: Going to fail, ground squirrels will eat them, waste of time to plant, weed, take care of. Not going to produce. Me: 😮 I guess it’s okay to plant mid-May.
Story about resurgence of wild rice on the Upper Mississippi. This is the tall southern wild rice, not the manoomin harvested on northern lakes. www.wwno.org/coastal-desk...
Decades after it disappeared, wild rice is booming again on the upper Mississippi River
"It's one of the most dramatic changes on the upper Mississippi," Larson said. "It's everywhere."
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How is ground shipping for a tiny beam splitter plate from Arizona to Wisconsin over $40? Have they heard of USPS, probably $10 and faster than their standard ground option.?
tbh Lou Reed’s Walk on the Wild Side is a sort of weird song to hear in the grocery store
A proposed $10 billion AI data center in the Columbia County town of Pacific quietly vanished after the town chair says he told the developer any discussions would have to happen in public in front of the town board. The latest from @tomkertschernews.bsky.social: wisconsinwatch.org/2026/08/wisc...
Milkweeds, known for being essential to monarchs, also support other species at risk like the yellow-banded bumble bee, who forages for nectar on this bright orange butterfly milkweed in my garden #nativeplants #gardening #bugsky
A simple Dahlia for you. I just learned — or learned again, since there’s a lot to learn and remember — that Dahlias, like Marigolds and Zinnias are from Mexico and Central America.
Nature Report: Cylindrical Blazing Star flowering. No photos today. Bree moving too fast for photography. #NativePlants
Not a local species, but native to North America. Let’s just say I’m planting in anticipation of climate change. Same for Marigolds. 🙃 www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/...
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