Liv MW

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News flash! ⚡ GBIF establishes an international task group led by Dr Lydia Jennings on Indigenous data governance to offer input and guidance for implementing the #CAREPrinciples within the GBIF network 🌱

Read more: 🔗 https://gbif.link/IDG

@localcontexts.bsky.social

As we head into a new week, please remember that your best is good enough. Try to not compare yourself to others, and don’t be misguided by other people’s material things or status. Those things matter not. If you can live each day with kindness, you are the richest soul. Rest well, my friends. 😊

I'm sure many I know here remember Sheila from our days on X. I'm so sad to read this news. Her advocacy influenced my thinking and was part of the inspiration for my pollinators' garden.

What a loss to her family, community, bumblebees and science.

#GiftLink 🎁

www.thestar.com/news/gta/she...

Infographic explaining how to join the Canadian Lakes Loon Survey: 1 - learn more, 2 - decide your lake, 3 - decide if you are on the lake enough, 4 - sign up, 5 - choose your kit type, 6 - go survey.

Infographie expliquant comment participer au l'inventaire canadien des Plongeons huards : 1 - en savoir plus, 2 - choisir votre lac, 3 - déterminer si vous passez suffisamment de temps sur le lac, 4 - vous inscrire, 5 - choisir votre type de kit, 6 - participer au recensement.

Help monitor Common Loons. These special #birds are a part of #Canada that many of us love.
Learn more at birdscanada.org/loons
Register before Aug 1st & share this with other loon and #lake lovers.
Shareable stewardship images available at: birdscanada.mediavalet.com/portals/clls...
#cottages

HEADS UP.

BSky added a feature that allows people to be notified every time you post. A fine feature!

By default, it's set to allow anyone to do this. If you are prone to stalkers though:

*Under Privacy and Security settings, you can change this to only allow people you follow back to use this.*

a sea otter is swimming in the water with its head above the water Alt: a sea otter is swimming in the water with its head above the water, clapping its adorable little front paws together

**cheering**

I can't even describe to you how absolutely mind-blowingly awesome it is to finally have full reign to make this Cree course a reality. Holy crapballs.

Everyone asks Where the Wild Things are, but no one asks HOW the Wild Things are. 😔

Hope you feel better soon! My partner and I had it last month. While we've mostly recovered, the lingering cough is really annoying.

Please support if you can! 🦎

I was a scholarship winner last year and I can personally say, these initiatives make an incredible difference when it comes to pursuing our careers, dreams, and passions.

Super thankful for these initiatives and for all those who donate!

Meet the mottled duskywing — an endangered butterfly once found across central Canada. Now rare due to habitat loss, NCC and partners have been restoring more open habitats with native plants & prescribed burns to help it (and other pollinators) thrive. #InsectAppreciationDay ✨

What do we gain when we restore boglands? Biodiversity, drought and fire prevention, cleaner water, long-term carbon storage, and ecosystems that inspire you to redefine beauty. Save bogs, save ourselves.

June is National #IndigenousHistoryMonth Check out our video series with Roger Lewis, former Mi’kmaq Cultural Heritage Curator at the Nova Scotia Museum. youtu.be/4yv1kUjZJEo

"We've been stalled a little bit due to war, but this is still our primary focus" WOW

Screen capture of info page for the slow birding event, see the event site for the details

Photo of 4 people watching birds

Come join me on a slow birding walk: ‘Folk BIRDS’ Outing in Norfolk
June 7 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
This is an open, inclusive event designed for all age groups.
www.birdscanada.org/event/folk-b...
#birds #getoutside

A beautiful male Blackburnian Warbler singing.

An eastern foxsnake on a log.

A woman at Biggest Week told me that the Eastern Foxsnake is the Blackburnian Warbler of the snakes and it was the kind of sentence that I both completely understood and realized would only make sense to a microscopic group of people of whom I'm a proud member

This sent me on a bit of an etymology rabbit hole - it's amazing how many languages we get bird names from.

Cormorant comes from bastardized Latin, corvus marinus, meaning sea raven.

Gull comes from Welsh / Breton “gwylan.”

Eider comes from Old Norse “aethar”, meaning duck.

BirdWise: Learn Bird Identification with Photo-based Quizzing Learn the bird ID you want to know with BirdWise quizzes! Learn to ID 640+ birds in the U.S. and Canada with this self-directed, customizable learning tool.

Introducing BirdWise: a new photo-based bird ID quiz tool from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Whether you’re new to birding or refining advanced skills, BirdWise offers a flexible, self-paced way to build your visual identification abilities. Start a free trial: academy.allaboutbirds.org/birdwise/

‘Elbows up’ in Canada means sustainable resource development “Elbows up” means many things today in Canada, including using the country’s rich natural resources more effectively to support a strong, independent economy that benefits people and society.

In a new @theconversation.com article, Steven J. Cooke @sjcfishy.bsky.social (FRSC) and co-authors argue Canada must grow its economy sustainably—by respecting Indigenous rights, protecting the environment, and prioritizing long-term well-being over short-term gains. #RSCVoices ➡️ bit.ly/4mcvvVX

Mammals (Class Mammalia) Mammals in May 2025 by Liv MW

Who pooped on our deck?! www.inaturalist.org/observations... #ScatID

🔉Sound up for 10 seconds of wood frogs declaring that this pond is open for business - frog business 🐸🌿

Denis - Gray after 25 years with us.

Removing barriers and enabling conservation: Celebrating 25 years of Denis Lepage www.birdscanada.org/removing-bar...

I do a similar formula, factoring in likelihood of future years and costs. If what I'm doing today, X, likely buys me Y years more of this car, where I can reasonably expect to spend X*Y-ish over that time, is that >> cost of new-to-me car?

One Dish, One Mic | iHeart In the heart of the One Dish with One Spoon Treaty territory Niagarans Sean VanderKlis and Karl Dockstader dish on any and all issues

Great podcast, as usual, from #OneDishOneMic love learning about the Indigenous journalism program at Carleton.

www.iheart.com/podcast/962-...

Ya'll... I have drafted a field plan and I am super excited about incoming field assistants and it's spring, omg omg omg #fieldwork

Balsam Fir trunk with characteristic sap blisters

Balsam Fir needles

Rock barren outcrop surrounded by trees

Cobble Beach and salt marsh

I've been out and about refreshing my plant ID skills the past couple days. Still gobsmacked by how beautiful Mi'kmaki is!

A detailed image of a lichen, likely Flavoparmelia caperata, with pale greenish-gray lobes and powdery soredia, growing on textured tree bark with patches of dark green moss.

On Thursdays, we post lichen.

Savi Made - Realistic animal models for research, education, and display. 3D printable animals for download. STL files available for animal models, and custom-made, fully finished animal models as requested.

I'm just so into these hyper-realistic 3D printed animal models: savimade.ca. They're made in my home town!🍁 And the outreach values are incredible.

PEENT!

This Backyard Bird Has a Lot to Teach Us about Sex Variability White-throated Sparrows demonstrate that traits we usually associate with sex can be influenced by genes that are not on sex chromosomes

I've been fascinated by the whole "four genders" thing that White-throated Sparrows have going on ever since I read the book Evolution's Rainbow in college - loved this refresher from Scientific American. www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-ba...