Craig P
@growcurious.com
Sir David Attenborough should win a Nobel Prize. Just birds, bugs, plants and pleasing things. Photos my own. Yeah, I know. My camera is not great.
Question for bird and/or invertebrate folks 🪶🪲
Why do the birds around me not eat the dozens and dozens of harvestmen that are always all over my house siding?
#invertebrates #birds #inverts
Why do the birds around me not eat the dozens and dozens of harvestmen that are always all over my house siding?
#invertebrates #birds #inverts
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Question for bird and/or invertebrate folks 🪶🪲
Why do the birds around me not eat the dozens and dozens of harvestmen that are always all over my house siding?
#invertebrates #birds #inverts
Why do the birds around me not eat the dozens and dozens of harvestmen that are always all over my house siding?
#invertebrates #birds #inverts
College Football watching tip for those of you with YouTubeTV:
Sling offers a day pass for $5 and they have all the ABC/ESPN content.
#GoDawgs
Sling offers a day pass for $5 and they have all the ABC/ESPN content.
#GoDawgs
November 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
College Football watching tip for those of you with YouTubeTV:
Sling offers a day pass for $5 and they have all the ABC/ESPN content.
#GoDawgs
Sling offers a day pass for $5 and they have all the ABC/ESPN content.
#GoDawgs
Some bright news
"Salmon on the Klamath River crossed a major threshold a year after 4 dams were removed. Oregon Wildlife officials confirmed the 300-mile migration of salmon from the Pacific Ocean in Northern California to their historical spawning grounds in southern Oregon." www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
Salmon reach headwaters for first time in a century after California dam removal
Klamath River salmon have crossed a major threshold after dams were removed along the California-Oregon border, with the fish reaching the river’s headwaters for the first time in more than a...
www.sfchronicle.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Some bright news
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October 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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I really like this series of a Ruby-crowned Kinglet
I had the shutter speed at 1/800 (which is really slow for birds in flight) but its head is perfectly motionless.
An all day non-stop Aphid buffet.
Many more photos to share of these amazing birds.
#birds #parkdale #rubycrownedkinglet
I had the shutter speed at 1/800 (which is really slow for birds in flight) but its head is perfectly motionless.
An all day non-stop Aphid buffet.
Many more photos to share of these amazing birds.
#birds #parkdale #rubycrownedkinglet
October 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I really like this series of a Ruby-crowned Kinglet
I had the shutter speed at 1/800 (which is really slow for birds in flight) but its head is perfectly motionless.
An all day non-stop Aphid buffet.
Many more photos to share of these amazing birds.
#birds #parkdale #rubycrownedkinglet
I had the shutter speed at 1/800 (which is really slow for birds in flight) but its head is perfectly motionless.
An all day non-stop Aphid buffet.
Many more photos to share of these amazing birds.
#birds #parkdale #rubycrownedkinglet
I’m sorry it’s so blurry, but check out these Northern Flickers doing their territorial stand off dance 🪶
October 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I’m sorry it’s so blurry, but check out these Northern Flickers doing their territorial stand off dance 🪶
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![4-panel comic. (1) [person in front of window, shaped like a trapezoid with a curved top] This weekend, I had to make an oversized screen for a porch window. (2) [person sitting with hands on head surrounded by images of assorted equations and measurements] It involved countless tiny problems, each somehow way harder than it should be. Oblique angles. Curved edges. Noncoplanarity. (3) [person in front of window with screen on it, with building detritus strewn on the ground] ...I solved them all. I measured precisely. I did trigonometry. I made custom parts. And it fit *perfectly.* No gaps, no ripples. (4) [person typing at computer] I know that your foundation normally limits its purview to physics, medicine, peace, chemistry, and literature. However, if you review the attached photos showing how well the screen fits into the...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreifiwgrkbhiwy4pflbhpba4x7ordt7w6sv7ihwxzqasx2jcgtnncgy@jpeg)
October 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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A Pileated Woodpecker passing by overhead.
October 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
A Pileated Woodpecker passing by overhead.
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1. Dr. Jane Goodall 1934 - 2025
In 1962, a very young woman named Jane Goodall stepped into the African forest.
What she would discover shattered our understanding of the place of human beings in the world.
She revealed that chimpanzees use tools, form bonds, and experience emotions.
In 1962, a very young woman named Jane Goodall stepped into the African forest.
What she would discover shattered our understanding of the place of human beings in the world.
She revealed that chimpanzees use tools, form bonds, and experience emotions.
October 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
1. Dr. Jane Goodall 1934 - 2025
In 1962, a very young woman named Jane Goodall stepped into the African forest.
What she would discover shattered our understanding of the place of human beings in the world.
She revealed that chimpanzees use tools, form bonds, and experience emotions.
In 1962, a very young woman named Jane Goodall stepped into the African forest.
What she would discover shattered our understanding of the place of human beings in the world.
She revealed that chimpanzees use tools, form bonds, and experience emotions.
On my walk today down this country road, the sunset lit up these kudzu tendrils and their yearning to spread seemed especially pressing 🌿
September 20, 2025 at 12:59 AM
On my walk today down this country road, the sunset lit up these kudzu tendrils and their yearning to spread seemed especially pressing 🌿
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Did u know? Hydrangea flowers are usually sterile & so don't provide food for pollinators, however they come into their own as beautiful overwintering homes for all sorts of small souls. Don't snip off your seed heads/spent flowers/spent leaves - what's "messy" to us, is home to someone else. 🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🪲🌍
September 13, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Did u know? Hydrangea flowers are usually sterile & so don't provide food for pollinators, however they come into their own as beautiful overwintering homes for all sorts of small souls. Don't snip off your seed heads/spent flowers/spent leaves - what's "messy" to us, is home to someone else. 🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🪲🌍
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September 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This morning I heard the dreaded sound of a bird strike on one of my windows. I investigated & found this stunned yellow-billed cuckoo. I gathered it up gently and let it recover on my porch rail, an easier launch point. After about 15 min, it flew away. High fives!
September 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This morning I heard the dreaded sound of a bird strike on one of my windows. I investigated & found this stunned yellow-billed cuckoo. I gathered it up gently and let it recover on my porch rail, an easier launch point. After about 15 min, it flew away. High fives!
Assassin Bug enjoying a Harvestman smoothie.
September 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Assassin Bug enjoying a Harvestman smoothie.
Honestly, the only thing I miss about the old place is being able to reliably discuss college football or trash talk other college football fans
August 30, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Honestly, the only thing I miss about the old place is being able to reliably discuss college football or trash talk other college football fans
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Crap. Flip Pallot died. What a force of a man, in his own small niche way. Look him up if you’re unfamiliar.
August 28, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Crap. Flip Pallot died. What a force of a man, in his own small niche way. Look him up if you’re unfamiliar.
It’s always a little thrill to spot a Red Velvet Ant…which is a wasp. So fast. (My finger for scale) 🪲
August 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
It’s always a little thrill to spot a Red Velvet Ant…which is a wasp. So fast. (My finger for scale) 🪲
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