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Elizabeth Dougherty, Ph.D.

@hydrocycler.bsky.social

I just want the many ecosystems of the Earth to thrive. Why is that so much to ask, Homo sapiens? Why? Watershed Resilience Nonprofit Director, Artist, Naturalist, Birder, Podcaster (H2whOa!), Hell-Raiser Extraordinaire, DEI Ally and LGBTQ-r-us

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Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :)

The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used

> neal.fun/size-of-life/

10.12.2025 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1705    πŸ” 569    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 57

Wut????? NO!!!!!!!!!!!!

10.12.2025 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, the things we have already forgotten, though still buried in our DNA. Let’s not forget more.

09.12.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is my current battle cry. I say it to everyone, everywhere if they listen or not.

08.12.2025 22:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

D’oh. #movement

06.12.2025 23:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If I were you, I’d call this photo, spoonbill creates universe

06.12.2025 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s for all the ev batteries so #EV users should understand that it is not a β€œgreen” technology.

06.12.2025 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

For good reason. This should be all over the inter webs.

06.12.2025 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Dear new Highway Patrol members. Congratulations. Don’t cooperate with ICE.

06.12.2025 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’ve got opinions. BIG opinions.”

#birdoftheday #motions #sacramentovalley #raptors #birds

06.12.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Make art everywhere. It can change the flow of someone’s day!
#everyday #streetart #art #sidewalk #constructionzone

05.12.2025 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wish it were only PR. I’ve been paying very close attention over the last 12 or 15 years as they have moved into the Bay Area and displaced other birds.

05.12.2025 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I have a mixed relationship with crows. Like Homo sapiens, I really like individuals, but don’t appreciate them as a group given how many songbirds and raptors they have displaced along the shoreline in the bay area. But wow, are they beautiful. #blackbirds #birdoftheday #corvids #eachfeather

05.12.2025 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I can smell the desert in this picture.

05.12.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Lake District

Lake District

The pale veil of daybreak

05.12.2025 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 709    πŸ” 102    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 6

AI is a climate issue. AI is a climate crisis.

04.12.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 832    πŸ” 292    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 11

That's what I am realizing. No one wants it but them.

04.12.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Green-tailed Towee with a little orange cap
#songbird #birds #birdoftheday #PatagoniaAZ

04.12.2025 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@mrunderstanding.bsky.social As you've said 100 times.

04.12.2025 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Norway and Cook Islands put their deep-sea mining plans on pause. In the last month, two major players in the development of the deep-sea mining industry have put their plans on pause, calling for more research and less urgency in the race to the bottom. In Novem…

Norway and Cook Islands put their deep-sea mining plans on pause.

www.southernfriedscience.com/norway-and-c...

03.12.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Invasion of the body snatchers. #turkeytrot #birds #bayareamakerfarm #alameda

04.12.2025 03:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I have an undue amount of photos of Snowy Egrets, which are plentiful along the shoreline of the SF East Bay.
#birds #birdoftheday #birdsonrocks

03.12.2025 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why isn't anyone stopping to hassle this asshats?

03.12.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This male Downy Woodpecker looking fierce as it pecks away on a palm tree.

#bird #birdphotography #photography #birdsofbluesky #woodpecker #downywoodpecker #nature #wildlife #canonphotography #birdphoto #blueskybirds #birdoftheday #dailybirdpic

02.12.2025 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1936    πŸ” 120    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 5

This timeline of America is making me want to do harder drugs.

02.12.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Israeli settlers attack and rob Italian and Canadian volunteers in West Bank Group beaten in early hours of morning in village where they volunteered to help protect Palestinians from settler violence

!!!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

01.12.2025 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Secretarybird with a tail to tell.
#birdoftheday #birds

01.12.2025 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You're in Alaska, right? It's ok, sometimes, like yesterday talking about Juneau, Haines, and McCarthy, I really miss Alaska too!

30.11.2025 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Last Day at BAMFA. Berkeley Art Museum and Film Archive. 11-5

30.11.2025 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

@jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social

30.11.2025 04:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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