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Fernfan

@fernfan.bsky.social

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Pteridomaniac patriarchy-loathing anti-theistic cat lover who wants Black women to run EVERYTHING. Sorry we let them down as a nation, but I’m here to find hope and connection and effective resistance to the clustercuss to come (as well as cats and ferns!)

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Fernfan @fernfan.bsky.social · 7d

Now THIS is how to decorate for Halloween! Hope he has lots of cameras trained on his amazing display❤️👏👍

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 8d

This is amazing. And it’s truly the stuff of nightmares.

Fernfan @fernfan.bsky.social · Jun 16

This was the first fern of spring that I learned to identify, and look where that led #pteridomania
All of our videos on the fern playlist are less than three minutes long, but they pack a lot of great information!
#ferns #cinnamonfern #fronds #frondfriends

Waterman Conservation Education Center @watermancenter.bsky.social · Jun 16

The latest video in our fern playlist has dropped, and we had a lot of soggy-footed fun putting this together. In less than three minutes, anyone can feel confident identifying it!
#ferns #livingfossil #cinnamonferns #wetlandplants #frondfriends #fernfans

youtu.be/0FvlR-LQ5_U?...

YouTube video by Waterman's STNY Nature

Fernfan @fernfan.bsky.social · Jun 15

I call this "Between a Rock and a Hard Place" because this damselfly (bluet) is stuck to no fewer than three and possibly four Round-leaved sundews. I did feel bad for its fate!
#SundewSunday #sundews #damselflies #boglife #carnivorousplants

A bright blue damselfly (bluet) is hanging down in a bog of red sphagnum moss with its tail and wings stuck to the tentacles of multiple carnivorous sundew plants (Drosera rotundifolia)

Fernfan @fernfan.bsky.social · May 16

I've decided that New York #ferns (Amauropelta noveboracensis) are Rococo little treasures in their tiny unfurling state. My partner says they remind him of illuminated manuscript art
#fernfriday #fiddleheadfriday #fiddleheads #newyorkfern

Two New York fern unfurling fronds

Side view of unfurling New York fern frond

New York fern fiddlehead

Unfurling New York fern frond with aphid

Fernfan @fernfan.bsky.social · May 4

I am CONSUMED with jealousy

Fernfan @fernfan.bsky.social · May 3

White trillium

Fernfan @fernfan.bsky.social · May 3

Sure looks like! We just saw it growing out of a gorge wall in Ithaca

Fernfan @fernfan.bsky.social · May 3

Long beech #ferns (Phegopteris connectilis) opening up from their caterpillar-like #fiddleheads in Broome County, NY. Any fern or #entomology experts who can identify the eggs on the fern to the right in the photo with two ferns?
#fiddleheadfriday #fernfriday

Long beech fern fiddlehead looking like a caterpillar on my fingertip

Side view of Long beech fern fiddlehead

Opening Long beech fern on left with opened fern on right that has two small yellow insect eggs on it

Newly opened Long beech fern with Partridgeberry in background

Fernfan @fernfan.bsky.social · Apr 29

This is a moss spore capsule

Fernfan @fernfan.bsky.social · Apr 29

This is actually a moss spore capsule

Fernfan @fernfan.bsky.social · Apr 29

Can you easily and reliably tell the difference between the fragilis and tenuis? iNaturalist disagrees with itself more often than not

Fernfan @fernfan.bsky.social · Apr 29

I’m hoping to have a frond friend or two to show me some of this this season!

Fernfan @fernfan.bsky.social · Apr 29

I wasn’t that interested in Bracken #ferns before, but they turn out to be very cool when they’re #fiddleheads

Waterman Conservation Education Center @watermancenter.bsky.social · Apr 29

Even some #ferns provide a sugar reward! The arrows here point to nectaries, which the #ants on these unfurling Bracken fern #fiddleheads are visiting

#mutualism #naturephotography #frondfriends #fernfans

Ants visiting nectary on Bracken fern fiddlehead

Ant getting sugar reward from nectary on Bracken fern fiddlehead. Two arrows point to each nectary

Fernfan @fernfan.bsky.social · Apr 19

I had only ever seen two of these before yesterday! They were obviously very happy to be there #fabulousfungi #naturephotography #mushrooms

Waterman Conservation Education Center @watermancenter.bsky.social · Apr 19

So many Scarlet elfcups at Lime Hollow (near Cortland, NY) that we stopped taking pictures! #fungi #mushrooms #fabulousfungi #fungifriends #nature #hiking

Scarlet elfcup

Pair of Scarlet elfcups

Scarlet elfcups

Pretty group of four Scarlet elfcups

Fernfan @fernfan.bsky.social · Mar 20

Yes, he’s always talking about his own crimes

Fernfan @fernfan.bsky.social · Mar 20

I have to say I’m open to this possibility now just from things he’s said and what Leon and his hacking flying monkeys have been so busy with. I certainly don’t think we’ll be able to vote our way out of it now

Fernfan @fernfan.bsky.social · Mar 19

We’re at the time of year—finally!—when the ice is melted and you can’t NOT see interesting #wetlands critters❤️
#pondlife #ponds #wildlife #naturephotography #nature #hiking #birds #turtles

Waterman Conservation Education Center @watermancenter.bsky.social · Mar 19

Swimming, fishing, flying, and basking life is in full view at Brick Pond in Owego, NY! #muskrats #greatblueheron #paintedturtles #turtles #wetlands #naturephotography #nature

Swimming muskrat at Brick Pond, Owego, NY

Great blue heron in the shallow water’s edge at Brick Pond, Owego, NY

Great blue heron flying over Brick Pond, Owego, NY

A painted turtle climbing back onto its basking log at Brick Pond, Owego, NY

Fernfan @fernfan.bsky.social · Mar 19

OK, I officially love your account❤️

Fernfan @fernfan.bsky.social · Mar 16

I wish this didn’t apply today

Dave 🧢💙🔵🐾🐾 @dave-64.bsky.social · Mar 14

Theodor Geisel aka
Dr. Seuss, was the chief editorial cartoonist for a New York newspaper during the Second World War. Drawn over 80 years ago, yet still is relevant today.

Fernfan @fernfan.bsky.social · Mar 14

So many critters returning to the local #wetlands! This is one of our favorite spots ❤️
#muskratlove #ponds #ducks #wildgeese #beaverlodge

Waterman Conservation Education Center @watermancenter.bsky.social · Mar 14

Our 3.5-minute video from last March highlights what you can see at an isolated wetland fully surrounded by a small town (Owego, NY) #ducks #geese #muskrats #wetlands #ponds #nature

youtu.be/mKW2wj0eSvM?...

March at Brick Pond

YouTube video by Waterman's STNY Nature

Fernfan @fernfan.bsky.social · Mar 3

You know it’s bad when the cartoonist feels like this

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Mar 2

Cartoon by David Sipress.

Fernfan @fernfan.bsky.social · Mar 2

Therapy

Mustafa Uçar @mustafaucar.bsky.social · Mar 1

Fernfan @fernfan.bsky.social · Mar 1

Perfect summation

Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · Feb 28

This scrum of pot-bellied, sunken-chested betas trying to bully an all-black clad badass Eastern European wasteland survivor while dressed like Men’s Wearhouse mannequins is peak cinema.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Feb 28

GLENN: Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.

ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.

Fernfan @fernfan.bsky.social · Mar 1

Please share proudly
#StandWithUkraine

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Feb 28

Pass it on.
#StandWithUkraine

Fernfan @fernfan.bsky.social · Feb 22

This feels correct!