Lisa W

Being smart is overrated. Good lord

I’m undecided

Greater yellowlegs pausing midstep

Greater yellowlegs. I’m always torn on my opinion about our ability to name birds. We are either really great or really awful.

swainson’s hawk, and a crow in disbelief at my audacity in being tardy for dinner. (He’s a regular at work)

It may be my favourite crow photo to date. 🐦‍⬛

😍

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Also maybe a redwing blackbird?

Alrighty my fellow bird nerds!

Months of patience paid off; after listening to the neighbourhood Merlins screech every dusk & dawn daily , one came in for a landing less than 15 feet from me.

Now, what do we think this menace is eating because it kinda looks like one of their own 👀

Manitoba Crown seeks 20 years for convicted sex offender Prosecutors are seeking a 20-year prison sentence for a small business owner convicted of sexually exploiting two vulnerable 13-year-old girls, one of whom later died of a drug overdose. Michael Bruce...

TW: SA

Can we take a moment to talk about the absolute audacity of defense lawyer Mike Cook in this particular case?

www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

The crown is seeking 20 years (BRAVA) but Mike Cook wants just 6 years "describing him as a loving father of two" in one breath...

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According to his council, we are to blame the circumstances of his childhood for his heinous, devious actions, but that same childhood cranked out a loving father?

Bullshit.

If he could learn how to parent, he could learn how to keep it in his goddamned pants.

Throw the book at him.

Thoughts?

So please explain to me, Mr. Cook, how Mr. Bruce managed to become, and I quote, "a loving father of 2" despite having no male role model, but somehow couldn't figure out how to not rape 13 year old girls?

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He tried to use his privilege to silence his victims. "Bruce admitted at trial when one of the girls threatened to report him to police, he told her: “Who are they going to believe — a gang member or a homeowner?”

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“Micheal Bruce was not taught about love, caring, how to be a good spouse or boyfriend,” Cook said. “He lacked some of the foundational blocks that would take him into adulthood… It’s no surprise that he found himself in trouble as years went by.”

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but goes on to say "Bruce was raised by a single mother and had no male role model. Cook argued Bruce’s sexual maturation was stunted by early and prolonged exposure to pornography and an uncle who glorified empty sexual conquests."

But wait, there is more!

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Manitoba Crown seeks 20 years for convicted sex offender Prosecutors are seeking a 20-year prison sentence for a small business owner convicted of sexually exploiting two vulnerable 13-year-old girls, one of whom later died of a drug overdose. Michael Bruce...

TW: SA

Can we take a moment to talk about the absolute audacity of defense lawyer Mike Cook in this particular case?

www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

The crown is seeking 20 years (BRAVA) but Mike Cook wants just 6 years "describing him as a loving father of two" in one breath...

-cont-

They are so prehistoric looking, and awkward in flight

Check your messages, friend!

To say I was excited would be an understatement!

For the record it IS kind of a big deal as we are northwest of the core breeding area and these are a very rare sighting here. Manitoba doesn’t even make the map for their range.

Green Heron

No big deal, just me and a green heron, hangin’ out.

#ExploreMB @travelmanitoba.bsky.social

American Kestrel fledgling and parent/ Sparrowhawk (Kestrels are actually a Falcon)

Kestrel Fledgling

Kestrel Fledgling

Teeny tiny predator

Who knew? Patience IS a virtue! I have been watching a pair of kestrels since late March/early April. I’ve watched them build a nest, I’ve seen them with prey in their talons and today I met their baby! #ExploreMB @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #Kestrels #Raptors

What a gorgeous falcon bird 😉

American Kestrel fledgling and parent/ Sparrowhawk (Kestrels are actually a Falcon)

Kestrel Fledgling

Kestrel Fledgling

Teeny tiny predator

Who knew? Patience IS a virtue! I have been watching a pair of kestrels since late March/early April. I’ve watched them build a nest, I’ve seen them with prey in their talons and today I met their baby! #ExploreMB @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #Kestrels #Raptors

What a gorgeous falcon bird 😉

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Hear me out @vancityreynolds.bsky.social You produce a Disney movie about the #WrexhamDragons & ride or die fan base, casting Hugh Jackman to play the one & only, well YOU.

It can’t miss. Sports, tragedy, triumph, underdogs, Wolverine. 12/10

Bonus points to cast Gordon Ramsey as Phil Parkinson

Cedar waxwing

Cedar waxwing

A kestrel with a vole clutched in its talons

As kestrel with just the fleshy remains of the vile

Snapped a couple cedar waxwings today and was delighted to finally get a decent picture of the kestrel I’ve been staking out for months, complete with vole! Then an hour or so later he reappeared with what looks to be hairless chunks of vole lol

What a find IN TOWN this morning! Trumpeter Swan

Morning with a view. Note the funky glassware from Tupelo Honey (southern food from the Gods) in Indianapolis, the pin on my phone case gives me a giggle and then my small sanctuary in the backyard with the best flowers around 😉 💀 🦩 🧘‍♀️

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Grackle with a form of leucism; he has white feathers on his head. Lack of pigmentation.

My guy! My grackle friend with leucism is either back for a second season, or I’ve had 2, 2 years in a row.

Centre-Flavie!

A robin perched on a feeder

Same Robin perched on the same feeder

This sweet little Robin was waiting very patiently for me to refill the front feeder this AM. Posed nice and pretty, too.

Hard to not get a good picture, Mother Nature did all the work!

Same night, different angle. It’s how I imagine mars looks