Ampersand man

Blurry profile of a large hawk on a wooden fence. It has a black-tipped beak and is light reddish brown with dark brown wings.

A red-tailed hawk spent some time in our maple's shade during the midday heat yesterday.

No doubt.

Cameo from Animaniacs' Hip Hippos?

Oh noooo

Did the foot get successfully reattached?!?

What are his thoughts on bindweed mites?

Seconded

A sleeping gray cat on a gray couch

Study in gray

*gasp* A wild Fawn!

I would love to be called "boss" but it's never happened. Am female.

Comic. The Most-Observed Animal and Plant in Each State on iNaturalist. (Not the most common species in the state, just the one people have reported the most times.) [labeled map of the US] WA: Mallard/Western Sword Fern. OR: Mule Deer/Western Ponderosa Pine. CA: Western Fence Lizard/California Poppy. HI: Green Sea Turtle/‘Ōhi’a Lehua. ID: Mallard/Big Sagebrush. NV: Common Side-Blotched Lizard/Creosote Bush. MT: White-Tailed Deer/Common Yarrow. WY: American Bison/Sticky Geranium. UT: Mule Deer/Utah Juniper. AZ: Ornate Tree Lizard/Saguaro. CO: Mule Deer/Great Mullein. NM: Mule Deer/Creosote Bush. AK: Moose/Fireweed. ND: American Bison/Prairie Rose. SD: American Bison/Hoary Vervain. NE: American Robin/Common Milkweed. KS: Ornate Box Turtle/Amur Honeysuckle. OK: Pond Slider/Eastern Redcedar. TX: Northern Cardinal/Pinladies. MN, WI, IL: Common Eastern Bumble Bee/Common Milkweed. IA, MI: White-Tailed Deer/Common Milkweed. MO: Brown-Belted Bumble Bee/Amur Honeysuckle. AR: Three-toed Box Turtle/Chinese Privet. LA: Green Anole/Baldcypress. IN: American Robin/Amur Honeysuckle. OH: Eastern Pondhawk/Virginia Springbeauty. KY: Common Box Turtle/Amur Honeysuckle. TN: American Robin/Christmas Fern. MS: Northern Cardinal/Pale Pitcher Plant. AL: Gulf Fritillary/American Sweetgum. GA: Green Anole/American Sweetgum. FL: Brown Anole/White Beggarticks. NY: Eastern Gray Squirrel/White Snakeroot. PA: White-Tailed Deer/Garlic Mustard. WV: White-Tailed Deer/Great Rhododendron. VA: White-Tailed Deer/Eastern Poison Ivy. MD: White-Tailed Deer/Wineberry. DE: Fowler’s Toad/American Pokeweed. NC: Eastern Gray Squirrel/Christmas Fern. SC: Northern Cardinal/American Sweetgum. NJ: Spotted Lanternfly/Common Mugwort. VT: Common Eastern Bumble Bee/Eastern White Pine. NH: White-Tailed Deer/Eastern White Pine. MA: Common Eastern Bumble Bee/Eastern White Pine. CT: Common Eastern Bumble Bee/Striped Wintergreen. RI: American Herring Gull. ME: American Herring Gull/Canadian Bunchberry.

iNaturalist Animals and Plants

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Planet Baldur's Gate, how I miss thee...

Backs, knees, feet, hips, necks...bipedalism was a mistake.

Not addressing this is part of how you wind up with those assholes who just bark "Coffee!" at hapless baristas.

Not myself, but I've had more than one friend have very good results with red rice yeast supplements.

I got two of these, from different non-CO numbers, in the middle of the night.

That got approved? Great job, Colorado.

Hmm, deleted. He's my rep too; what'd it say?

A cicada: COME, FRIEND. SCREAM WITH US.

"DIANETICS"

I'm sorry, I neglected alt text. It's "I pierced the toast!" from The Birdcage.

Does this count as domestic mainstream?

Tumblr is not without politics and stupidity, but it's SUCH a different vibe.

If you're on the fence, these are both AMAZING books and well worth adding to your library!

A combination of spite (there are people who must be worked against) and ample rest. Take care of yourself.

Looks like Waneka! Hope you got some good birding in.

A beige stuffed mooseish creature with gold wings... technically a peryton?

Have had peach pizza with prosciutto and arugula, can recommend.

Gotta call their children Minty Fresh from now on.