Deborah Crooks

Sure thing @aba.org! Not a lifer lifer, but an ABA region lifer - Sharp-tailed Sandpiper at Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary in Alameda, California. An Asian species, rare in CA. Found by Deborah Crooks two days ago, still here today! (ABA #691) 🪶

It was-thank you! A happy surprise in a favorite place. 🤗🪶

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Reminder:

Summer be summering: 19 Voices Recap, bird walks + mailchi.mp/e7bad682b6da...?

Birding while bummed aka celebrating what there is to celebrate

Birding while bummed
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A fine afternoon of music and community. Thanks to all who played and those who came out to HopMonk Tavern Sebastopol for 19 Voices in Solidarity to listen, help raise funds for the ACLU and lift spirits!

🖋️ “Reject HR1 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act' MAGA murder budget” hit 100 signers!

💬 Text SIGN POBEEP to 50409

Continue to connect w/ community & keep in the fight to protect our civil liberties at the next 19 Voices in Solidarity benefit #concert Sun, June 29 4pm Hopmonk Sebastopol 230 Petaluma Ave, #Sebastopol w/ an incredible lineup raising funds for the ACLU. TICKETs: www.seetickets.us/.../19-voice...

American Spring? How nonviolent protest in the US is accelerating Contrary to conventional wisdom, anti-Trump protests this year have dwarfed 2017 in size, and they have been extraordinarily peaceful.

This one is important. Share it widely. "Contrary to conventional wisdom, the size and scale of anti-Trump protests this year have dwarfed those in 2017, and they have been extraordinarily peaceful." wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/amer...

Tell Congress: Save NASA Science The current administration's 2026 budget request includes a staggering 47% cut to NASA's science programs as part of a 25% cut to NASA overall. This is an extinction-level event for the Earth and spac...

Tell Congress: Save NASA Science www.congressweb.com/PlanetarySoc...

Continuing along in the doing-what-one-can mode, 19 Voices in Solidarity benefit #concert heads to HopMonk - #Sebastopol June 29. Another kick-ass bill performing to raise funds for the ACLU. Buy a ticket, bring your friends, share widely & help us fill the place! www.seetickets.us/event/19-voi...

Tracking Trump's visits to his properties and other conflicts of interest - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Trump has created untold numbers of conflicts of interest by failing to divest from his business interests before taking office.

There are real questions about whether Trump is prioritizing his business interests over those of the American people—and all you have to do is look at the data about his schedule to see why we’re alarmed.

Check it out:

Showing up Little actions on the way to bigger results

Showing up
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Thirty lonely but beautiful actions you can take right now which probably won't magically catalyze a mass movement against Trump but that are still wildly important Why? Because others will see you do them, and it will make it easier for them to take their own (slightly less lonely but equally beautiful) action by your side

Thirty lonely but beautiful actions you can take right now which probably won't magically catalyze a mass movement against Trump but that are still wildly important
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March on: Flight Lessons recap & upcoming at SF Golden Gate Bandshell us16.campaign-archive.com?u=8e0031edea...

Chop Wood, Carry Water 3/5 Wednesday mini-edition

March is for taking marching orders from Jesicca at Chop Wood, Carry Water 3/5 open.substack.com/pub/chopwood...

UC Berkeley falcons Annie and Archie are missing. Is avian flu the cause? - Berkeley News Cal Falcons says it's likely, as the pair hasn't been seen in nearly two months, and the disease "is hitting peregrines very hard right now."

As avian flu continues to kill birds worldwide, @calfalcons.bsky.social says the disease "is hitting peregrines very hard right now,” and is likely why UC Berkeley’s resident falcon, Annie, and her mate, Archie, haven’t been seen on campus in nearly two months. news.berkeley.edu/2025/02/24/u...

Berkeley falcon Annie is missing, and her watchers are worried about bird flu Cal Falcons said it has to consider “it is possible that Annie and Archie have tragically succumbed to HPAI.”

Not the news you want to read #birdflu
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Review: Folk Opera ‘Flight Lessons’ Soars "Flight Lessons is a full, rich story—the heroine’s journey—that takes us into the world of urban birds," writes Gene Kahane. The folk opera that recently graced the Rhythmix Cultural Works stage high...

Thanks Gene Kahane for this thoughtful review of the Flight Lessons in the Alameda Post!
"Flight Lessons" is a full, rich story—the heroine's journey—that takes us into the world of urban birds in Alameda..."

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Stop "President" Elon Musk! Elon Musk bought his way into the White House, spending millions of dollars to help Trump win the 2024 election. But our communities, families, and rights are not for sale.  While greedy and cor...

Now is the time to act- please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...

Robert Kennedy Jr. is a notorious conspiracy theorist who has spent years spreading dangerous misinformation about vaccines and public health. Confirming RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary would endanger millions of Americans.

February 🎵🎶 19 Voices recap & Flight Lessons us16.campaign-archive.com?u=8e0031edea...

Let’s hear it for solidarity and civil liberties! So appreciate everyone lifting their amazing voices and those who came
to listen and support the ACLU at 19 Voices in Solidarity at Ivy Room on Sunday -
We raised more than $1300 for @aclu.org AND our spirits while we were at!

Tune into KALX 90.7 FM this Saturday 1/25 at 7:30pm when I'll be playing a couple of songs and talking with Excuse My French about the Flight Lessons show coming up 2/8 at Rhythmix Cultural Works! kalx.berkeley.edu/deborah-croo...

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Flight Lessons: A Folk Opera by Deborah Crooks alamedapost.com/events/#!/de...

Under the Stars: The still-stellar world of Karl Denson's Tiny Universe - 48 hills Plus: The funky free-fusion of Veotis Latchison, Samara Joy spreads vibes at Zellerbach, 19 all-star voices for ACLU

Note 19 VOICES IN SOLIDARITY: ACLU Benefit, SUNDAY, JANUARY 26 in Albany 48hills.org/2025/01/unde...

Keep calm and... Finding joy amid the outrage

Keep calm and...
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Flight Lessons | Rhythmix Cultural Works ® Rhythmix Cultural Works is Alameda's destination for the arts that brings people of all ages together to experience and explore music, dance, visual art and educational opportunities.

Hello Blue Sky. I hope this becomes a place of sincere and civil communication and connection. Words and #birds and #music and #yoga are my jams. My latest project is an avian-themed folk opera called 'Flight Lessons' — find out more and come see the next show www.rhythmix.org/events/fligh...