Kristine M. Larson

CVS phone AI just genuinely actually said "Villa Long Acting Jolla Drive".

View of San Diego and Mission Bay through trees from Kate Sessions park.

View from Kate Sessions Park, San Diego

After seemingly disappearing for 5 days, our Allen's Hummingbird @riceuniversity in Houston, TX has returned. Where did to go to all this time?

Reflections and sunset over water

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The most #SanDiego of headlines.
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Another Allen’s Hummingbird @riceuniversity.bsky.social in Houston. Amazing we’ve now had two. Our garden is working!

Here in Houston @riceuniversity our soccer fields attract migrating meadowlarks in late October and early November. One might assume they are the expected Easterns but most have turned out to be Westerns. They r difficult to identify: subtle differences in face, tail and tertial patterns and vocals

This is well done.

A portrait of an Osprey

Osprey
Mission Bay, San Diego

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Whimbrel and Marbled Godwit
La Jolla Shores

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A portrait of a Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Yellow-crowned Night Heron, juvenile
Ocean Beach, California

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To be fair, this isn't really a GPS antenna either. That is an antenna that someone sawed in half.

When a rare bird shows up, especially one as cool as a calliope, birders flock. @riceuniversity.bsky.social

October No Kings protestors in costume in San Diego

#nokings San Diego Harbor today.

Allen’s Hummingbird @riceuniversity.bsky.social, our 274th species for this urban hotspot. Long overdue.

Dinosaur being delivered from a truck in Solana Beach

Nothing to see here, just delivering a dinosaur in Solana Beach .

Only one thing could top the honor of speaking at the No Kings rally, and that's the honor of speaking at No Kings 2. See you October 18th!

Not sure what's going on. This past week I discovered Red-footed Booby, Tropical Parula, and Western Wood-Pewee... and then today, an Allen's Hummingbird from California popped up on my morning walk to school. Houston, Texas. @riceuniversity.bsky.social

Here we go. We finally figured out where this bird disappears to. Red-footed Booby. One of very very few inland records of this seafaring bird. Houston, TX. Much better photos than yesterday's grainy shot of a flying bird from half a mile away.

In just a few days near Houston, Texas I found a red-footed booby, tropical Parula and a western wood-pewee, a truly bizarre and unlikely combination of birds.

Join us for Rack & Ride together with @sandiegomts.bsky.social and the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition for Rack & Ride!

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New Paper! We investigate the first several months of postseismic motion following the M8.2 2021 Chignik earthquake on the Alaska subduction zone and how that motion can help improve our understanding of coseismc slip. ⚒️🧪 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

MTS/NCTD Free Ride Day is this Wednesday! Last year's increased MTS daily ridership by 15% and NCTD by 28%. I bet we can beat it this year. www.kpbs.org/news/quality...

Crystal Pier in Pacific Beach with the beach and crashing waves.

Second step, eat 🍦 while walking home along the board walk.

Menu for PB ice cream in San Diego

First step, take my favorite 🚌 (30) to PB ice cream.

We found this amazing katydid in Honduras. Haemodiasma tessellata. Camouflage at its finest.

A portrait of a Black-crowned Night Heron

Black-crowned Night Heron
San Diego, California

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How about a coral snake up close? Foothill forests of the Caribbean slope in Honduras.

One of the most important and magical shorebird stopover sites in the country is the Bolivar Flats Bird Sanctuary in Texas. It is currently under threat from development and we are in a race to save it. houstonaudubon.org/conservation...

A storm blew over last evening in Houston, TX. This AM, at Rice University, I was surprised to see a Vermilion Flycatcher (rare for an urban environment). While looking at the flycatcher, I saw a dragonfly I had never seen before - Twelve-spotted Skimmer! The 2nd record for our county.