Jason Robertshaw

FMNP CEUs, In-Service Credit & Financial Support

🎓 Teachers, naturalists, and lifelong learners: earn CEUs or in-service credit with the Florida Master Naturalist Program at Mote. Financial assistance is available.

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#FMNP #ProfessionalDevelopment #LifelongLearning #TeacherPD

They are all over the Zamia in Sarasota county.

Weekend Wonders: Zebra Sharks

🌊 Weekend Wonders: Zebra Sharks!
Did you know zebra sharks lose their stripes as they grow? 🦓🦈
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#MARVEN #sharks #ZebraShark #WeekendWonders #MarineBiology

One of them is holding the camera, right?

Explore Florida’s Liquid Heart with the Lifelong Learning At Mote

💧 Dive into Florida’s freshwater habitats this summer. Join us for an FMNP Freshwater Systems course and explore wetlands, wildlife, and water quality with expert-led field experiences.
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#FMNP #Freshwater #Florida #LifelongLearning

Home - Firefly Atlas Get Involved Learn Get to know some of the threatened fireflies of the US and Canada Observe Learn how to conduct a Firefly Atlas survey Identify Submit your data online Conserve Take action to protec...

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They seem to be attracted to the IR emitter on my outdoor security cameras.

Finished reading: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata 📚Japanese neurodivergent convergence at the Kwik-E-Mart.

Thanks to today’s guest scientists! We caught and worked up a beautiful bonnethead shark, and a large tiger shark was hooked but got away.

Today we had @technotional.bsky.social @coraliejp.bsky.social and more!

Sea spirits

Kodama Kodama (コダマ) are tree spirits appeared in Princess Mononoke. They are children of old trees, and are a sign that the forest is healthy. Kodama have white skin with black and grey, glowing eyes. Each K...

Cf., Kodama? ghibli.fandom.com/wiki/Kodama

A poster for a replica Great Auk egg giveaway. It depicts the egg both being held in a hand and on a display stand that will also go with the egg to the winner of the random draw. At the bottom left is the logo for SaviMade, a super cool one-man-business (run by Lincoln Savi) that produces realistic biological models for research, education, and display.

I've decided to give away my first printed and painted Great Auk egg!
To Enter:
1. Repost this post
2. Follow me (I'll be checking)

The winner will be chosen by random draw on April 30th!
The winner will have to pay shipping but I don't suspect it will be much.

I’m just writin’ to say it might be lichen.

Finished reading: The Magician’s Daughter by H. G. Parry 📚This could easily be adapted as a Studio Ghibli movie, fitting somewhere between Kiki and Ponyo.

Heading over to St. Augustine for the 2025 Florida Marine Science Educators Association conference. Stop by our booth for some free swag and learn about the new Mote Science Education Aquarium opening this summer.

sites.google.com/fmsea.org…

#FMSEA25

A cephalosquad

YouTube video by Coral Morphologic Man O War

Cf., youtu.be/aZ0XJKTwey8?...

YouTube video by Mote SEA Trek Mote Marine Lab - Remake Learning Days - Earth Day Estuary Explorations

🌊 Go on a hike without the bug bites. 🥾 Celebrate Earth Day 🌍 with a virtual excursion into an
estuary! Explore mangroves and seagrass habitats in Sarasota Bay. 🐟🦀

✨ All ages
📆 4/22, 3:30 pm ET
🌐 mote.org/event/estuar...

#SuncoastRemakeDays #RemakeDays #EarthDay

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Ocean Science Blogger Roll Call! – Southern Fried Science

Finished reading: Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky 📚As the author noted, this is a book about C3PO in Thunderdome.

Smol snail living in a large jar full of pond water. Rocks and pebbles and algae.

Itty bitty snails slowly munching away inside a glass jar that’s been sealed for 17 years. youtu.be/r8AOl7bti…

Finished reading: Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler 📚 Tomorrow’s dystopia today.

“Mammals internalise everything (grudges, eggs) and furthermore are excessively, flamboyantly wet internally.” Chicken Lore — gallusrostromegalus: …

Finished reading: Moonbound by Robin Sloan 📚 Weird be dragons? Lagrange d’Arthur shirks the wizards of odd with the help of a chronicler of fungA.I.

It’s a great day on the bay. Join us for Bay Fest at at The Bay Park. Learn about our local sea life and see what we are planning for #SuncoastRemakeDays
#SarasotaBay #RemakeDays

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We are thrilled to announce the 2025 Annual Florida Marine Science Educators Association Conference will be held in beautiful St. Augustine, Florida, from April 24-27, 2025! 🐠

VISIT FMSEA.ORG TO LEARN MORE 🌊

#FMSEA25 #MarineScience #ProtectOurOceans #StAugustine2025 #AnnualConference #Registernow

ORTBO is an anagram of ROBOT. #severance

YouTube video by EightSidedSquare Adding Way Too Many Fish to Minecraft

"Adding Way Too Many Fish to Minecraft" from @eightsidedsquare.com #makingthemoistofminecraft youtu.be/AMJhruPaORM?...