Ileana Betancourt

Banner that says “HAPPY IRTHDAY”

When the B is missing, and the sign reads “HAPPY IRTHDAY”
Yet it still sounds right.
It’s the day we appeared on the Earth! 💚🌎

#happybirthday #happyearthday #typos #revelations

Gulls always get me! It’s so hard to tell them apart. But a great challenge for casual beach time birding when laying on a towel or munching on some snacks by the sea.

A finch party at the birdbath.

Each morning I run the electric kettle to make tea/coffee and then I run it again to bring hot water outside that will thaw the ice in the birdbath. It usually results in a much appreciated flow of feathered visitors from my work window!

#birdbath #birdsky

Does anyone else’s cat make them a better birder?

My indoor window-watching fur ball spots interesting scenes on the reg.

From baby cardinals in trees, to birds enjoying the bird bath, and even bunnies munching on my echinacea plants. She spots it first from the windowsill!
#birding #indoorcat

Black cat on window ledge with tail curled out and one paw sticking down

Interesting cat pose of the day.

#catsky

YouTube video by Cornell Lab of Ornithology Leaving our Fall Garden Resources with Doug Tallamy [Recorded Live September 9, 2025]

A friendly reminder to leave your fall landscape-- for the birds and for the bugs!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjKD...

The companies we got quotes from warned that radiator heat is way more comfortable than “air heat” 🤔

Fascinating. I wonder what it would look like to get a heat pump that would power our radiators? I wonder if that’s a thing I could get here in the US?

We would do the whole house humidifier which is appealing to me too.
Did you switch from radiator heat to air heat?

Thanks! We’d be switching from oil and boiler system with radiators to using the air ducts for heating too. 4 out of 6 companies that came to give us quotes warned about the less comfortable feeling we’d get with the switch…

Today!!

We are very close to getting a heat pump (just need to sign the top ) but need a bit more info. My husband and I are on different sides of the fence on this decision right now!

Hey Bluesky!
Who here has a heat pump in their home? Can you tell me a bit about your winters and if you’re comfortable and how dry the air gets? #energysky

Amazing!! ☀️ way to go California! Would love to see the east coast meet or exceed this pace. #solar

Ummm I think I need this

Turn off any extra lights at night! Help birds along their migration routes. #birdsky

Goooo birds!!! 🦅

And also a place for getting water. Such an amazing structured! I agree- lots to love with a cup plant.

A Shorebird ID Guide to Print at Home! Become familiar with the diversity of shorebirds from plovers to peeps, and more with this Shorebird ID Guide.

How do you start identifying any shorebird you see? Start with the shape! That can help you narrow your options for ID. Learn what to look for with this free downloadable guide, including a reference chart you can print at home: dl.allaboutbirds.org/shorebird-po...
#birds #birdID

Amazing!! I love Boneset. Had a Lesser Boneset appear in my yard as a volunteer and it too attracted large parties of pollinators!

Got a basket for harvesting veggies in the garden.
Turned into a cat basket.

Bumble bee on yellow petal of cup plant

Two bees visiting two separate flowers of the cup plant. One bee has tons of pollen on its hind legs.

A bumblebee resting on the underside of a cup plant.

The bees are loving the flowering Cup Plant! They seem to like resting or sleeping on it too.

#NativePlants #bugsky #cupplant
@isabetabug.bsky.social

“Our origins are of the earth, and so there is in us a deeply seated response to the natural universe, which is part of our humanity.”
- Rachel Carson

A quote that was mentioned in the @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy today.

In a white bowl: Oat groats (whole oats) with banana, blueberry, strawberry, hemp seed, flax seed, chia seed, and peanut butter

#MyVeganBreakfast

I could enjoy this view forever! #fireflies

Sponsor an Environmental Activism Art Night! By Skype a Scientist

I am looking for sponsors to continue our Environmental Activism Art series (formerly Climate Change Crafting Night)!

Why?
- This event is valuable! I want to share it more widely
- More people come when it's free
- The perfect venue costs $$

Learn more about sponsorship here givebutter.com/OxQyPt

Hey there baby cardinal! 😍

Rooftop pollinator garden

Love this rooftop pollinator garden on the roof of my Dr’s office!

Warming Stripes showing changes in global temperature from 1850-2024. One stripe per year. Colours represent the temperature of that year. Reds are hot. Blues are cold.

Next week it is time to #ShowYourStripes again.

We encourage everyone to download their warming stripes graphics and use them to start climate conversations on Friday 20th and Saturday 21st June.

www.ShowYourStripes.info

Graphic: Change in global average temperature from 1850-2024.

Warming stripes for deep ocean to upper stratosphere

The Warming Stripes have now been extended downwards into the ocean and upwards into the stratosphere!

Collaborative paper which tells the story of how the stripes were developed, and discusses their extension across the Earth system, is now available in BAMS: journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...