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Birds in stained glass, freestanding #art or wall sculptures, rarely window panels. My birds are celebrations, explanations, rants and sometimes tears; but like the birds that inspire them, they are all beautiful dancers-with-light…

Posting selfies in r/whatisthisbug

White-breasted nuthatch!

We need your email power to support Dept of Agriculture! USDA is opening a 30-day public comment period on the Department's reorganization plan now through Aug. 26, 2025.

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We are thrilled to announce that the Flocks have taken flight! Learn more about this initiative and join a Flock through its brand new website: flocksproject.org

If you are interested in supporting the Flocks Project, please consider donating to our GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/flocks-for...

Me: (birdwatching) ooo a brown one

Textile artist featuring three small black and white birds with long forked tails in flight, flying right against a swirling blue green sky

'A swoop of swallows' by UK textile artist Rachel Wright, machine embroidered on calico with various fabrics #UnravellingWomensArt

These are awesome I LOVE the soy sauce fish one :0

A win! The Senate has agreed to restore roughly $400 million in funding for PEPFAR, the landmark HIV/AIDS program launched under President Bush that’s credited with saving millions of lives around the world. Keep speaking up, it makes a difference.

Btw it's super duper fast to switch your default browser search engine if you Hate Using Google These Days. Like literally 3 seconds 🫶

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watercolor of a magpie waving a magpie-sized pride flag

as the month closes out this GAY MAGPIE wishes all you queers a happy pride once again!!!

NO KINGS 🇺🇸

a close up of a kitten sleeping on a couch . Alt: A .gif of a small orange kitten who promptly explodes

They should invent a spring semester that doesn't leave you feeling like this

a painting of a hawk in bunny ears perched lovingly over a nest full of colored eggs

I hope everyone had a fruitful visit from the beloved easter hawk today as well. :)

Race and gender biases persist in public perceptions of scientists’ credibility - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Race and gender biases persist in public perceptions of scientists’ credibility

This study, co-authored by my UW–Madison colleague Dietram A. Scheufele, confirms what many of us know: Black women in STEM face deep, persistent bias. We must keep pushing for equity. I stand with Black women in science. Always. #Blacksky #STEM #SciComm #UWLSC
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Chicken and her chicks in a field, painting.

Hen and Chicks in a Field, Fabio Fabbi, Late C19th, early C20th.

watercolor of a cat in front of a desktop computer giving a thumbs up. Text above reads "YOU GOT THIS!"

friendly reminder!

This is so gorgeous I'm obsessed wow :0

Photo of a white, grey, and brown mottled lop eared rabbit taking a treat from a white woman's hand.

A mood-altering thread featuring some of our sanctuary bunnies politely accepting treats. First: Wendell.

marker & pen drawing of a white and grey bunny on it's hind legs holding 2 daffodils tied with a ribbon

your friend with 2 daffodils. For spring

Public comment is now open for passport gender marker changes.

You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment.

My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc.

www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...

clodsire wearing jordans

practicing drawing shoes

My favorite thing about terns is their receding hairlines during the non-breeding season

Just remembered the best comic I ever drew of my evil son

A plush of a lion cub sitting down. He is wearing a wreath mane shaped as a heart with red, pink, and white fabric.

he just can't wait to be king of your heart 🦁💖

[ #plush #plushie #plushart #plushartist #art #sfwart #artshop #kawaiiart #sewingpattern #lion #valentinesday ]

Bonus: @starboysk8.bsky.social said this female cardinal looks exactly like Reki's mom lol
bsky.app/profile/spah...

Great Blue Heron in water

Adam/Ainosuke Shindo splash art

Gray Catbird on a branch

Kikuchi Tadashi splash art

7. Adam: Great Blue Heron
8. Tadashi: Gray Catbird

Canada Warbler on a rock

Miya Chinen splash art

Red-tailed Hawk in straw

Shadow splash art

5. Miya: Canada Warbler
6. Shadow: Red-tailed Hawk

3. Joe: Green-winged Teal
4. Cherry: Tundra Swan