Halictus poeyi getting ready to ride out a storm in a sunflower. I kind of envy him. #halictus #nativebees #mississippi

These windy, cool days are just no fun for bee observations. March winds, blah, blah, blah. I’m ready for some nicer, warmer weather. #lasioglossum imitatum on #asclepias in my yard in #Mississippi a few years ago.
#nativebees #sweatbees #bee

Pitcher plants in recently burned pine savanna

Parrot pitcher plants regrowing after prescribed fire

Blue-eyed grass showing off among the pitcher plants

Just a few of the plants that will not benefit from logging the national forest. #stopthelogging #notinmynationalforest #protectournationalforest #impeach #pitcherplants #longleafpine

A baby Eastern Red Bat that I raised from abandoned pup to an adult 3 or 4 years ago. #batbaby season is right around the corner. I’m a vaccinated bat rehabber, don’t handle bats until you talk to a bat rehabber. #bats #lasiurus #batrehabber #wildlife

He’s told you he is above the law. It’s about the only truthful thing he has said in years. Believe him- he intends to be dictator. #fighttyranny #fightoligarchy #stoptrump #stopmusk

Oh to be a bee and stick my head in a flower when the times these days are so tough.
#bee #lasioglossum #nativebees #beebutt

#caupolicana electa getting slowly fucked unlike the American public. This native #bee was my #sparkbee and focusing on nature and my immediate family is all that is keeping me sane. #mississippi #plastererbee #rarebee #pollenspecialist #callyourreps #stopfascism

I am trying to stay calm, I knew this presidency would be a #shitshow but #goddamn I’m appalled at the lawlessness and the refusal of Republicans to care about law-even a little bit.
#rattlesnake #edb #diamondbackrattlesnake
You can see the sunset in his eye if you look closely.

The crisis is here. Dems will win by making this fight about impact on people’s lives.

The GOP wants to fight on “federal funding.” They’re not attacking “funding.” They’re attacking veterans, kids who need school lunches, people battling cancer, workers trying to unionize.

I’m not really sure what the point is. Everything that is helpful to the average citizen is being torn apart and will likely take a full blown miracle to be fixed in any useful way. I’m so angry at every asshole that voted for the 🍊🤡.
#halictuspoeyii #bee #angryramble

“If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them something more than the miracles of technology. We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through it.” - LBJ
#butterfly #mississippi

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

Oh to have this energy and joy.
#dachshund #corbiethedachshund #snowday #snowinmississippi #hellfrozeover #actionphoto #puppy

Winter #bat survey fun. We saw 23 more bats this year than last and had a bat in every survey spot. #Southeasternmyotis in the crevice and #Tricoloredbat hanging from the ceiling. #mississippi #mississippinature #communityscience

Time to go survey for some wintering bats. Thankfully, the survey window was changed to accommodate the crappy cold, wet weather we are having and today looks like the weather will be tolerable.
#mississippibats
#tricoloredbat #pesu
#perimyotis

Just a beautiful #Andrena I collected last year in #Mississippi. BTW, Meta says it’s ok to refer to women as property on their platforms. FU zuck.
#andrenadolomellea
#nativebees
#escapeintonature

“And how should we behave during this Apocalypse? We should be unusually kind to one another, certainly. But we should also stop being so serious. Jokes help a lot. And get a dog, if you don’t already have one.”
Kurt Vonnegut - The Idea Killers, 1984.
#dachshund
#puppyface
#cuteness

Tiny baby #boxturtle judging me for still looking at zucks shithole apps. Box turtles are declining across their range due to loss of habitat and use of pesticides, but my yard is #lowmow and #nopesticides. My yard is habitat for many.

I’m trying not to contribute to the rot that is Meta. I just wish there was another platform that offered the same ability to group, discuss and educate others. Educating people about our native nature is my passion. FB and even IG are just not the spaces they used to be.
#runningfrommaga

#Liatris or blazingstar, with #gulffritillaries enjoying the late fall nectar. The color contrast was too tempting for my phone camera.
#butterfly
#mississippi
#desotonationalforest
#wildflowers

We had our annual termite inspection today, the pest control guy was commenting on “all the birds in your yard”, “it’s so many birds” and “I’ve never seen this many in one yard”. Yes, we know. My #nativeplants, my #lowmow, and my lack of other pest control all contribute. #rufoushummingbird agrees

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

James Baldwin

It’s too cold. I live in The South for a reason, and it’s just too cold right now. Here’s a bee on milkweed from August to try to help me relive the sweaty, heavy air of late summer.
#augochlorella
#sweatbee
#bee
#itstoocold
#imisstheheat

Trying so hard to relax with the return of the crazy daily news. Everyday, something crazier is being said and reported. I’m not sure there’s enough legally prescribed meds to get me thru the next 4.
#corbiethedachshund #dachshund
#puppy
#sleepycuteness

When you are trying to hit free shipping and you don’t read the full description on the inexpensive dog sweater.
#angusthebordercollie #hecantsitstill #bordercollie #naughtysweater

This is... actually a fairly reasonable takeaway from this year.

From counting birds this weekend…#mississippi #greategret #northernshovelers #birding #distractionfrom2025dread

I also rehab bats, on top of documenting native bees as part of my hobbies. I was told this was an Evening bat, but opened the box to find a #bigbrownbat. I put my good gloves on as they can be fast with the teeth. He is healthy & just needs to wait out this cold weather for release. #bats

Welcome sweet baby Corbie.
#dachshund #scottishnames #newpuppy

I’m trying to stay focused on simple, positive things like incredibly cute Winter wrens. #bird #winterwren #floof #borb