@pnwkat.bsky.social
🇺🇸 Native plant and wildlife nerd. Raised in AZ, married to a 🥝 🇳🇿. Gardening for the birds in Central WA Zone 6b (Yakima Folds/Slopes) and Seattle Zone 9a. May also post about hiking-MTB-skiing-travel-music-AoNZ-AZ and other random interests. 🖕🏼🧊 ❌👑
UPDATE: A court just dismissed a lawsuit pushing for old-growth logging in the #Tongass National Forest 🐻🌲🎉
“This ruling is a big victory. I’m relieved the court squarely rejected the #logging industry's rash attempt to force large-scale logging,” said Marlee Goska, our #Alaska attorney.
Came to say the same thing -> Central WA! 🤙🚴♀️
💜🧚 Thu, Mar 12
Some days are rare & special. Yesterday, inland Puget Sound was home to 3 orcas who, before their Vancouver, BC multi-day stay last week, had only ever been documented once. (Anchorage). Welcome T419, T420 & T421!
📸 T420 & T421 - W Seattle by Robin L @robin2012.bsky.social
#psws
Haha this is us too way out in the PNW. No thanks. Snow yesterday gone by last night 50 mph wind gusts and power out. Rain today snow tomorrow. Hello spring!
I grew up in AZ - we never had it, and never really needed it! Your state could do Standard Time w/o Congress! The one I really don’t like is Fall Back - the pets are wondering where their food is, and we’re plunged into darkness before 5. 😆
Oh I’ve never heard of this! Interesting 🤔
I think it depends on what latitude you live. If we didn’t have the time change it would start getting light at 3:30, sunrise at 4:10am here in the PNW. No thanks! Our winter months are the Big Dark - we live for the long PDT summer evenings!! ☀️
Ok I was gonna put a disclaimer about friggin house sparrows. We’ve had issues so I shoot them if the bluebirds are still trying to use the box or if they’ve given up and left I take the box down. HS have killed bluebirds and tree swallows to take the nest boxes.
If you have the right habitat (drier, open areas) nest boxes are great!! They’re relatively easy to make or you can purchase. We had a large forest fire close by in 2021, so we haven’t had the number of bluebirds nesting we had pre-fire. (better forest habitat not fewer birds!)
We have snow and the Western Bluebirds have arrived!
I find the backcountry horse people to be decent folks who do a lot of trail work. I’ve also run into early season dirt bikers doing trail clearing. The culprits imo are def the side by sides. But there is a lot of complaining about the USFS/no trail maintenance. Give them more budget $$ to do it!
Especially when I’m mountain biking on supposed single track and a side by side with music, flags and LED string lights appears on the trail. WTAF?
That’s beautiful Cliff! The patch I collected these few seeds from is in a drier, lightly wooded area so I was surprised to find them.
With the wind starting so early (for us too) it feels like it could be a long, cold spring! 💨 🥶
I started a few W. Amplexicaulis from seed this year. The 6 wk old plants are very happy right now in their band pots and will go in the ground in May. I like the white ones, but to my knowledge we have no native populations near us.
lol we went to the country. Not the trendy kind popular with urban recreationists. We have rednecks screaming up the forest service road in their dumb ATVs. And why are so many country folk afraid of the dark? Nights are def peaceful!!
So we have a Flicker problem. Hopefully they’ll think this is a good alternative. #nestbox 🪺 #weekendproject
Ugh. Maybe more rain these next couple months 🤞
I’m with you sis! ☀️
It’s unseasonably warm, any trace of snow is gone, and the Spring winds have started already. It’s gonna be a long 4 months... 💨
My favorite day of the year!!! Let the evening light begin!
This is fantastic.
I am screaming this from the rooftops!!! 📢💥
Like clockwork.
Care to elaborate?
CA startup wants to illuminate earth at night with giant space mirrors. Honestly can’t make this shit up. Thank goodness for DSI.
Do Dems have a plan to reverse all his damage? If you get the midterms there will be 1 chance to get this country back on track fiscally before Rs blame you for everything. Dems better find their roots and connect with the working class! And start paying down the deficit!
Ngl bro this the funniest thing I’ve read this morning.
I’m hoping for the same for March. We’re heading out of town for a few weeks and I’ve just finished potting up the first round of seedlings. I have over 200 plants that our housesitter will not know what to do with 🤣
