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Swallowtail Butterfly with open yellow wings with black markings, perched on a button bush.

Seeing lots of these amazing #swallowtail #butterflies
#pollinators #butterfly

Black-capped vireo bird is pictured

Lovely but near threatened #blackcappedvireos

#birds

Red-Shouldered Hawk view of the front and face, sitting on a tree limb.

It’s a #raptor kind of morning.

#birds #redshoulderedhawks #hawks #sonyalpha

Park’s*. It’s early phew

Painted Bunting sits at a tube feeder. Painted Buntings as males have blue heads, green and yellow backs and red chests and bellies and eye ring, creating a beautiful and striking spring plumage.

All over our local parks bird blind ✨✨

#paintedbuntings #birds #spring #photography

Close up of barred owl face with big eyes and yellow beak

Such a GORGE #barred #owl

#birds #audubon #owls

Macro photo of a sweet Iris bloom

Sweet #iris ✨

#flowers #macro #spring

Texas Flower Scarab is shown; a beetle with a black back and slight white striping on its sides, six legs and a fuzzy butt.

Texas Flower #scarab ✨
Look at that fuzzy butt!

#beetle #pollinator #macro

Yellow-crowned night heron with a crawdad in its beak

A lovely yellow-crowned night #heron with some lunch

#birds #waterbirds #crawdad #audobon

Lovely ✨

LOL this is perfect

Blue Jay on a winter tree branch

A #bluejay for this Saturday

#birds #sony #nature #photography #birding #audobon

Red cardinal preparing to fly on a tree branch

Red Cardinal taking off to fly from a mesquite tree

Bird battle today, a few action shots from far away

#birds #cardinal #photography #sony

We know times are hard, and it might feel like there is nothing to be done (especially monetarily) for wildlife, but conservation CAN begin with YOU! Planting native flowers, buying local, fighting for environmental protections in your city— these are all part of investing in our shared future!

‘Reading is part of my identity’: the woman taking on Goodreads owner Amazon Software engineer and developer Nadia Odunayo created the social media readers’ platform StoryGraph and its popularity has rocketed

‘Reading is part of my identity’: the woman taking on Goodreads owner Amazon

I always loved this image of Barack Obama looking at the statue of MLKJr.

It’s one of the NOT scary things of getting older, having my bestie and favorite person ever along for the ride. ✨

Chachalaca mid flight with its winds turned upward

Almost the perfect shot but still…. Look at those fuzzy bird pants on this #chachalaca at #lagunaatascosa

#birds #birdsky #bluesky #usbirds #texas #texaswilslife #wildlife #birding #photography #sony #sonya7iv #oiseau #bird #mexicobirds #usbirding
#mexicobirding #riograndevalley

Seen a few of these around here too. Hey neighbor 👋

This is gonna be me too!!

Harris’s Hawk mid blink

Harris’s Hawk mid blink

#birds #bird #texas #wildlife #photography #birding #birdsky #hawks #blink #animal

Biden Officials Prepare for Potential Bird Flu Outbreak With Added Money The administration is committing an additional $306 million toward battling the virus, and will distribute the money before President-elect Donald J. Trump takes office.

The Biden administration, in a final push to shore up the nation’s pandemic preparedness infrastructure before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, announced that it is committing an additional $306 million toward efforts to ward off a potential outbreak of bird flu in humans.

Arkansas can't jail librarians for giving kids 'harmful' books Portions of an Arkansas law that would have subjected librarians to criminal charges for letting kids check out books deemed "harmful to minors" were

"Our libraries and bookstores are critical spaces for learning, exploration, and connection. By striking down these provisions, the court has safeguarded the right of every Arkansan to access ideas and information without fear of censorship or prosecution."

Titmouse perched on an oak branch, black crest with grey wings and orange to white underbelly

One of our little #titmice from all the nests we had this year… I love their cute little bellies

#birds #birding #winter #photography #🪶 #sonyalpha #birb #birdsky #audobon #texas #hillcountry

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Costco denies shareholder demand to back down from DEI hiring The Costco Board pushed back against its shareholders who requested a proposal over diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices.

Costco denies shareholder demand to back down from DEI hiring

Juvenile red knot

Juvenile Red Knot poking around back off a ways ✨

#birds #birding #shorebird #beach

Female lesser goldfinch in flight getting ready to land.

Female lesser goldfinch coming in for a landing 🪶

#goldfinch #birds #birding #nature #photography #wildlife #sony #bluesky #birdsky

Lovely 👏✨👏✨

Monarch butterfly feeding on a purple butterfly bush

A little #pollinator vibe this morning with an older #monarch photo

Happy Thursday ✨💙

#nature #photography #wildlife #butterfies #butterfly #sony #bluesky