Patrick
@watchinthesky.bsky.social
All about Nature - especially birds and reptiles, those will be most of the posts - with some travel and plant photos tossed in! Photos by me unless reposted or attributed Maybe some sky pics cuz watchinthesky 😉
Living in San Diego north county - Ca
Living in San Diego north county - Ca
I’m almost done whining… the blue sky is gone, the valley below is smoke filled. I’m wearing an n95 mask when I go outside to feed the birds…
Looking forward to being in downtown San Diego for a couple hours and breathing clean air
Looking forward to being in downtown San Diego for a couple hours and breathing clean air
December 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I’m almost done whining… the blue sky is gone, the valley below is smoke filled. I’m wearing an n95 mask when I go outside to feed the birds…
Looking forward to being in downtown San Diego for a couple hours and breathing clean air
Looking forward to being in downtown San Diego for a couple hours and breathing clean air
Aaacck, looks like we’ll be staying inside this morning. Smoke is really bad, not a wildfire but an agricultural fire - hay bales it seems.
Poor birds… 😷
It was going to be such a nice day
San Pasqual valley
Poor birds… 😷
It was going to be such a nice day
San Pasqual valley
December 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Aaacck, looks like we’ll be staying inside this morning. Smoke is really bad, not a wildfire but an agricultural fire - hay bales it seems.
Poor birds… 😷
It was going to be such a nice day
San Pasqual valley
Poor birds… 😷
It was going to be such a nice day
San Pasqual valley
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Fog and sunrise come to the San Pasqual Valley this morning. First the sky is peachy, then the fog bank, then bluesky.
1st to 2nd - 6 minutes. 2nd to 3rd - 40 minutes. San Diego county
1st to 2nd - 6 minutes. 2nd to 3rd - 40 minutes. San Diego county
December 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Fog and sunrise come to the San Pasqual Valley this morning. First the sky is peachy, then the fog bank, then bluesky.
1st to 2nd - 6 minutes. 2nd to 3rd - 40 minutes. San Diego county
1st to 2nd - 6 minutes. 2nd to 3rd - 40 minutes. San Diego county
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Plover with a tree pose that can withstand a king tide 🪶
December 7, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Plover with a tree pose that can withstand a king tide 🪶
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December 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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tear gas, pepper balls and smoke grenades
Among those hit by...were this #Tucson Sentinel reporter and U.S. Rep. #Adelita Grijalva
#DHS #ICE #CBP
Taco Giro North Grande Ave
#agents wore masks and tactical gear
#MAGA
www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
Among those hit by...were this #Tucson Sentinel reporter and U.S. Rep. #Adelita Grijalva
#DHS #ICE #CBP
Taco Giro North Grande Ave
#agents wore masks and tactical gear
#MAGA
www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
DHS agents pepper-spray Rep. Grijalva, Sentinel reporter during protest sparked by Tucson raid
An investigation into a Tucson restaurant chain turned chaotic on Friday morning as agents with the Department of Homeland Security used tear gas, pepper balls and smoke grenades against protestors. A...
www.tucsonsentinel.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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My passion is documenting urban wildlife - every day I create bird, nature & wildlife videos on my YouTube channel (including narrated content for kids) and I write a weekly blog post - I’d love any support 🥰🇨🇦
My links - bio.link/pacificnorth...
Thank you very much - Kate ❤️
My links - bio.link/pacificnorth...
Thank you very much - Kate ❤️
December 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
My passion is documenting urban wildlife - every day I create bird, nature & wildlife videos on my YouTube channel (including narrated content for kids) and I write a weekly blog post - I’d love any support 🥰🇨🇦
My links - bio.link/pacificnorth...
Thank you very much - Kate ❤️
My links - bio.link/pacificnorth...
Thank you very much - Kate ❤️
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Grumpy, floofy and oh-so-rOund juvie Red-tailed Hawk Borb doing their best to try to dry off during a break in the rain today. (do not tell them about the 10 day forecast...which really is the like the 4 month forecast)
#birds #becurious 🪶
#birds #becurious 🪶
December 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Grumpy, floofy and oh-so-rOund juvie Red-tailed Hawk Borb doing their best to try to dry off during a break in the rain today. (do not tell them about the 10 day forecast...which really is the like the 4 month forecast)
#birds #becurious 🪶
#birds #becurious 🪶
🎉 after a handful of days with no Ravi visits, and excellent roadrunner weather today, the wandering boy returns!
I’m getting lots of stink eye as Ravi says “Where’s the big self serve bowl?” .
Sorry buddy, I’ll snap to it. You’re a little early. #birds
I’m getting lots of stink eye as Ravi says “Where’s the big self serve bowl?” .
Sorry buddy, I’ll snap to it. You’re a little early. #birds
December 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
🎉 after a handful of days with no Ravi visits, and excellent roadrunner weather today, the wandering boy returns!
I’m getting lots of stink eye as Ravi says “Where’s the big self serve bowl?” .
Sorry buddy, I’ll snap to it. You’re a little early. #birds
I’m getting lots of stink eye as Ravi says “Where’s the big self serve bowl?” .
Sorry buddy, I’ll snap to it. You’re a little early. #birds
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New: California State Senator Steve Padilla is calling for public review of a massive data center designed to power generative AI that has been proposed in the Imperial Valley. County officials have decided the project is not subject to environmental review.
www.kpbs.org/news/environ...
www.kpbs.org/news/environ...
California lawmaker calls for public review of massive Imperial Valley data center project
State Sen. Steve Padilla’s letter comes as Imperial Valley residents and advocates say they were blindsided by plans for the project.
www.kpbs.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
New: California State Senator Steve Padilla is calling for public review of a massive data center designed to power generative AI that has been proposed in the Imperial Valley. County officials have decided the project is not subject to environmental review.
www.kpbs.org/news/environ...
www.kpbs.org/news/environ...
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Dinosaur? Space Alien? Fledgling steller's jay? You decide. #best_birds_of_world #pacificnorthwest #birdwatching #ornithology #birdsoftheworld #stellersjays #audubon #cornelllab #birdsoftheworld
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Dinosaur? Space Alien? Fledgling steller's jay? You decide. #best_birds_of_world #pacificnorthwest #birdwatching #ornithology #birdsoftheworld #stellersjays #audubon #cornelllab #birdsoftheworld
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My short story, “The Arena Cleaner”, is available in full at The Daily Tomorrow.
Happy (Belated) New Story Sunday! It's a bit embarassing to be behind on these again, but we're still only two installments in, at least. It's really a great story, so do check it out!
The Arena Cleaner
By Hall Jameson
The Arena Cleaner
By Hall Jameson
The Arena Cleaner — Part One
By Hall Jameson
dailytomorrow.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
My short story, “The Arena Cleaner”, is available in full at The Daily Tomorrow.
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This humm, he'd slay 🪶
December 5, 2025 at 3:40 AM
This humm, he'd slay 🪶
The waning Cold Moon says Good Morning as it slips toward the western horizon a few minutes after sunrise.
December 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The waning Cold Moon says Good Morning as it slips toward the western horizon a few minutes after sunrise.
Here it comes! 99.8% illuminated full moon per timeanddate . com at the time of the photos.
The moon is creeping up from behind avocado trees on hills to the east.
Last full moon of the year is a Super Moon. 🌕
1 of 2
The moon is creeping up from behind avocado trees on hills to the east.
Last full moon of the year is a Super Moon. 🌕
1 of 2
December 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Here it comes! 99.8% illuminated full moon per timeanddate . com at the time of the photos.
The moon is creeping up from behind avocado trees on hills to the east.
Last full moon of the year is a Super Moon. 🌕
1 of 2
The moon is creeping up from behind avocado trees on hills to the east.
Last full moon of the year is a Super Moon. 🌕
1 of 2
It’s almost here! The last full moon of this year is also a super moon - slightly closer therefore slightly brighter and looks slightly bigger.
Seen from San Diego north county.
Seen from San Diego north county.
December 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
It’s almost here! The last full moon of this year is also a super moon - slightly closer therefore slightly brighter and looks slightly bigger.
Seen from San Diego north county.
Seen from San Diego north county.
If only everything was as peachy as the clouds just now. (maybe in a couple years, sooner if we’re lucky)
Does that look like a fish?? I’ve been having a lot of salmon lately 😄
Does that look like a fish?? I’ve been having a lot of salmon lately 😄
December 5, 2025 at 12:52 AM
If only everything was as peachy as the clouds just now. (maybe in a couple years, sooner if we’re lucky)
Does that look like a fish?? I’ve been having a lot of salmon lately 😄
Does that look like a fish?? I’ve been having a lot of salmon lately 😄
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All year round we here in Vancouver BC Canada are lucky enough to see Anna’s hummingbirds 🥰✨❤️✨ partly due to wonderful Vancouver peeps who put up and keep feeders clean and filled for these sweet little angry birds 😄 this one in brambles near a feeder in Delta BC 🇨🇦
December 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
All year round we here in Vancouver BC Canada are lucky enough to see Anna’s hummingbirds 🥰✨❤️✨ partly due to wonderful Vancouver peeps who put up and keep feeders clean and filled for these sweet little angry birds 😄 this one in brambles near a feeder in Delta BC 🇨🇦
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🎧 #PhDOpportunity🌿🐟
Fully funded PhD using AI and acoustic technologies to track freshwater biodiversity recovery — from chalk stream restoration in Hampshire to ghost pond resurrection in Norfolk. 💧
Apply now 👉 www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/lis...
📅 Deadline: 5pm (UK time), 17th December 2025
Fully funded PhD using AI and acoustic technologies to track freshwater biodiversity recovery — from chalk stream restoration in Hampshire to ghost pond resurrection in Norfolk. 💧
Apply now 👉 www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/lis...
📅 Deadline: 5pm (UK time), 17th December 2025
Listening to Life: Acoustic and AI Technologies for Tracking Freshwater Biodiversity Recovery | TREES DLA
Freshwater ecosystems are among the most threatened habitats on Earth due to multiple anthropogenic pressures. Protecting them requires novel monitoring solutions that are both low-cost and highly sen...
www.trees-dla.ac.uk
October 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🎧 #PhDOpportunity🌿🐟
Fully funded PhD using AI and acoustic technologies to track freshwater biodiversity recovery — from chalk stream restoration in Hampshire to ghost pond resurrection in Norfolk. 💧
Apply now 👉 www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/lis...
📅 Deadline: 5pm (UK time), 17th December 2025
Fully funded PhD using AI and acoustic technologies to track freshwater biodiversity recovery — from chalk stream restoration in Hampshire to ghost pond resurrection in Norfolk. 💧
Apply now 👉 www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/lis...
📅 Deadline: 5pm (UK time), 17th December 2025
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The news is a depressing dumpster fire but how lucky are we that things like a Red-bellied Woodpecker are just hanging around our local parks? 💚🪶
December 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The news is a depressing dumpster fire but how lucky are we that things like a Red-bellied Woodpecker are just hanging around our local parks? 💚🪶
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Monarch caterpillar
(Danaus plexippus)
on common milkweed
(Asclepias syriaca)
City of Chicago 10-2-25
Andersonville neighborhood
#ColorADay #YellowThu #EastCoastKin #bugSky #insectThursday #monarch #Lepidoptera #macro #photography #macroPhotography #caterpillars #chicago #nature #milkweed #yellow
(Danaus plexippus)
on common milkweed
(Asclepias syriaca)
City of Chicago 10-2-25
Andersonville neighborhood
#ColorADay #YellowThu #EastCoastKin #bugSky #insectThursday #monarch #Lepidoptera #macro #photography #macroPhotography #caterpillars #chicago #nature #milkweed #yellow
December 4, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Monarch caterpillar
(Danaus plexippus)
on common milkweed
(Asclepias syriaca)
City of Chicago 10-2-25
Andersonville neighborhood
#ColorADay #YellowThu #EastCoastKin #bugSky #insectThursday #monarch #Lepidoptera #macro #photography #macroPhotography #caterpillars #chicago #nature #milkweed #yellow
(Danaus plexippus)
on common milkweed
(Asclepias syriaca)
City of Chicago 10-2-25
Andersonville neighborhood
#ColorADay #YellowThu #EastCoastKin #bugSky #insectThursday #monarch #Lepidoptera #macro #photography #macroPhotography #caterpillars #chicago #nature #milkweed #yellow
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Sound up 🎶🖤🎶 if you get up early, before anyone else on a cold and frosty December winters morning, on the marsh, the song sparrow will happily fill you in on all the latest Wild shenanigans and Wild gossip 🤣
December 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Sound up 🎶🖤🎶 if you get up early, before anyone else on a cold and frosty December winters morning, on the marsh, the song sparrow will happily fill you in on all the latest Wild shenanigans and Wild gossip 🤣