William Millard

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Listening to elderly father and son’s breakfast conversation.
Dad “It seems like you’re searching for something…”
My ears prick up, this is going to be profound
Son “yeh”
Dad “like a toy shop”
Oh, this is going to be meaningful
Dad “Google says there’s one up the road”
My heart sank.

Lunch is where it’s at!

No frickin way

#allythepiper #piperally #freebird

Meanwhile we had the joy of dealing with our 2 sons having a drinking contest at a family wedding reception yesterday and dealing with the inevitable consequences of that 🤢

Boo. Uk only :(

Love to you all ❤️

Photo of a young screech owl perched on a log, low center of the image. Its eyes are wide open with tiny pupils, mouth agape, as it focuses on a Blue Jay perched just above and slightly out of focus.

Think I just found my favorite Eastern Screech-owl photo ever. By Christina Evans, in the Macaulay Library: macaulaylibrary.org/asset/621156... 🪶

A woodpecker with black and white patterning on his back, red cap, black cheek marking on white. He is clinging to the side of a tree facing left.

Ladder-backed Woodpeckers can be found in the southern portion of the southwest US and throughout Mexico. They inhabit deserts, desert scrub, and thorn forests and can also be found in pinyon pine and pinyon-juniper forests.
Portal, AZ 🪶

A Nuttall’s Woodpecker - a bird found only in the oak woodlands of California - forages its way up a tree trunk. Woodpeckers have incredible hearing. They find their prey by listening for the sounds the tiny insects make. #birds_matter #birds

Good morning to a beautiful Sunday in rather ugly times. Try to find some peace in nature and it's wonders - like father woodpecker feeding his kid.
[📷Nikon D850 f/8,0 1/250 600mm ISO4000]

Great spotted woodpecker with a beak full of food for its young 🪶 #birds

So true. Mine only seem to watch action movies and modern family though.

The primary job of the teachers of anyone’s mother tongue should be to impart a love of reading in my opinion

It’s a lucky dip bin. You take something out and see what you won 🏆

A guide to different species of beetle

Goodnight all.

#birds #ukwildlife #ukbirding #wildlife #photography #nature

The 1st ascent of #Kangchenjunga was only possible thanks to the work of a huge porter team & high altitude sherpas.

Our current exhibition on 1955 highlights their incredible work establishing the high camps & supporting the summit teams

Book a visit ➡️ tinyurl.com/ebwdazc8

Had Pret turned into Greggs?

Me. Every day at work

#owls

You MUST watch this exchange from today’s Tx House debate on anti-library HB3225.

“This is about your desire to make sure that children have access to sexually explicit materials,” says the bill’s author.

“Rep Alders, do you know what I have done for a living?” Says @voteannjohnson.bsky.social

Where eagles dare
Escape to victory 🧐

Navarro doesn't understand the deal they signed. The text reads: "The United Kingdom and the United States affirm that
imported food and agricultural goods must comply with the importing country’s sanitary and
phytosanitary (SPS) standards and other mutually agreed standards."

Tesla Cybertruck inventory goes through the roof Tesla Cybertruck is experiencing a significant increase in unsold inventory in the US and facing huge challenges in meeting initial sales expectations.

Cybertrucks are piling up -- apparently no one wants to buy them -- but they can't stop making them, b/c shutting the factory down is too expensive. Great work all around.

A large woodpecker clings to a mossy tree trunk in the forest

Usually Pileated Woodpeckers aren't really bothered by people but this one was shy and I had to stalk it into the bush for a couple hundred metres to get this pic. I followed the sound! #birds #birding #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #canada #parrysound

RFK Jr. asks CDC for new measles treatment guidance amid his unfounded claims Kennedy claimed that drugs like budesonide and clarithromycin "have been shown very effective" for measles, but doctors say they don't fight the infection itself.

‘Kennedy told reporters that there were "many, many good ways to treat measles and doctors need to know that and to know those methods.’

One problem; there is no treatment for measles. Signed, a doctor who’s been forced to deal with measles because of this stupid fraud.

A black and white winged woodpecker with white belly and yellow head with little red cap.

Today my Bird of the Day is the Golden-fronted Woodpecker. This one in south Texas was a new to me species and a super fun find. 🪶 #itsabird

Insanity

As they pardon the “debt” that white collar criminals accrued through fraud & embezzlement.
To the tune of $1 Billion.