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Keith Blomstrom
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Retired Contractor, Environmentalist Former president of the Minnesota Conservation Federation. Board member of the Minnestoa Environmental Partnership 6 year term.
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glengrambo.bsky.social
Leopards are one of the apex predators in Africa and we were thrilled to have a couple encounters.
Unlike lions, they are solitary animals and can drag a prey that’s twice their body weight up into a tree.
This male had just finished a large meal of zebra and was resting in the shade.
#mammal
A large male leopard rests in green vegetation and is looking right at us. He is tawny yellow with black spots and his mouth is open showing his teeth.
November 8, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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thebirderbob.bsky.social
Yesterday I had the pleasure of seeing my first Winter Wren of the fall. A tiny bird with a BIG attitude! #birds #birding #wren #BirdOfTheDay
A tiny winter wren standing on a mossy log, looking to the left. They are very round "borbs" and carry their tail cocked up. The background is blurred out fall colours.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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patnad.bsky.social
Was great to participate in the launch of Conserva Aves in Panama! Here's my chat with Karla Aparicio who explains the importance of one of the sites which will be protected for birds. I'm proud that Birds Canada is part of this conservation effort! www.linkedin.com/posts/birdsc...
Every spring and fall, millions of birds migrate through Panama, where areas like Chorrera Bay provide critical sites for stopover. During his recent visit there, Birds Canada’s President & CEO… |...
Every spring and fall, millions of birds migrate through Panama, where areas like Chorrera Bay provide critical sites for stopover. During his recent visit there, Birds Canada’s President & CEO Patric...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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The Best Duck. I will not be taking questions at this time #birds
The best looking duck with rust coloured body, white cheek, black cap and an oversized bright blue bill. It is the best duck. It is the ruddy duck.
May 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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amylawscigeek.bsky.social
Dogs got me up at 2:00 am this morning to warn me of intruders.
#dogsofbluesky #raccoonsofbluesky #iNat 🌿 #naturalists
Two young raccoons cower behind basil plants growing in a long planter on a patio railing. They obviously think the basil plants will hide them. But they are sooo wrong.
November 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Superb as always! For more #macro magic do follow @birdzandbees.bsky.social.

#Insects #Invertebtrates #UKWildlife #EastCoastKin 🌿
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Sound the horns
Nikon Z8 and Z 105mm macro
SS1/3200 F5.6 ISO4000
Bumble bee with proboscis out flying towards a flower
November 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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secondnaturemb.bsky.social
How I'm feeling between tours 3 and 4 of bear season :) #mammals 🌿
A polar bear sleeps on the snow-dusted tundra with its head stretched out and legs tucked in as snow drifts around it.
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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When you're looking out over the snowy tundra and suddenly these two pop up out of the willows. Polar bears, especially males, will sometimes kill time while waiting for the ice to freeze with a little friendly sparring. #mammals #BearSeason2025 🌿
Two large polar bears can be seen from a distance standing on their hind legs sparring with each other among the bare willows in the lightly falling snow. Two large polar bears can be seen from a distance sparring with each other among the bare willows in the lightly falling snow. Only the head of the left one is visible as he stretches his neck up over the willows to play bitey face with the one standing above him. Two large polar bears are locked in playful battle on their hind legs, viewed from a distance in the bare willows and snowy tundra.
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 AM
ecoranger.bsky.social
been there
jbyoder.org Jeremy B. Yoder 🧬📊🌿🏳️‍🌈🖖🏻 @jbyoder.org · 3h
Crater Lake this June, as seen from the parking lot of the Crater Lake National Park visitor center, which was still half-buried in snow 🌿

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A deep blue arc of quiet lake, ringed by snow-streaked crater walls and a handful of green conifers, with a conical island rising from the water
November 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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j-fodi.bsky.social
According to Radio Deutsche Welle's reporting, 40% of the world's mercury pollution comes from small-scale gold mining (often white-washed as "artisanal"). Check out this episode of Living Planet for further analysis of the problem and possible solutions. 🌍

www.dw.com/en/livingpla...
Breaking gold's toxic bond with mercury pollution – DW – 11/07/2025
When mercury pollution makes headlines, it's often linked to fish and human health. But there's another big source of mercury pollution that's affecting millions of people across the world - artisanal...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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𝐔𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐓: 𝐔𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬

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November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Canada 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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amari.bsky.social
just sayin..

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November 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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democratswin.bsky.social
Catherine Cortez Masto Nevada 202-224-3542
Dick Durbin Illinois 202-224-2152
John Fetterman Pennsylvania 202-224-4254
Maggie Hassan New Hampshire 202-224-3324
Tim Kaine Virginia 202-224-4024
Jacky Rosen Nevada 202-224-6244
Jeanne Shaheen New Hampshire 202-224-2841
Angus King (I) Maine 202-224-5344
November 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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dovewoman.bsky.social
Release the Files

#FrogSquad
November 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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crgulsvig.bsky.social
Depressed that the Dems are caving. But here's an unbelievably cool moth. Photo from a coupla months ago but still cheers me up.

He's a Hologram Moth

#Moths
#MothMonday
#Lepidoptera
A moth with shiny teal and emerald markings on his wings rests on the photographer's fingertip
November 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Thus dude is a real piece of work 😡
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
‘REPORT TO WORK IMMEDIATELY’: Trump threatens to replace absent air traffic controllers with ‘true Patriots’
The president “wouldn’t last five minutes as an air traffic controller,” Biden-era Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg responded.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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bambooshooti.bsky.social
#ResistanceRoots

Today in history, 1969: “Sesame Street” debuts. Developer Joan Ganz Cooney wanted to create programming for preschoolers that was both entertaining and educational to help underprivileged 3- to 5-year-olds prepare for kindergarten. It became the most-watched children’s TV show. /1
In this April 10, 2008, photo, muppet character Big Bird reads to Connor Scott and Tiffany Jiao during a taping of “Sesame Street”” in New York. Photo credit: Mark Lennihan / AP.
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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freddierose.bsky.social
29 Bells 🔔 ❤️
50 years on, Edmund Fitzgerald remembered through song and mystery | CBC News
Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum to honour the 29 crew members lost in Lake Superior sinking on Nov. 10, 1975
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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mara-hell-no.bsky.social
Fuck this!

I've requested my mail-in ballots.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Supreme Court to Hear Major Challenge to Mail-In Ballot Laws
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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alphacentauri53.bsky.social
It is most disappointing to realize that co-opted cowardice is the main response TO A COUP from the Democratic Party. The lobbying efforts of airlines and other corporate stakeholders paid off big-time. Much easier to buy the opposition than deal with the insane regime in power, and so predictable🙄😡
jefftiedrich.bsky.social Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 1h
THERE'S ALWAYS SOME FUCKFACE QUISLING DEMOCRAT WILLING TO COLLUDE WITH REPUBLICANS. LAST NIGHT THERE WERE SEVEN. THANK YOU FOR READING MY VERY POWERFUL POST IN WHICH I "RIP" THEM SEVERAL "NEW ONES" LIKE NO ONE THOUGHT POSSIBLE. LINK IS HERE: bit.ly/47Ns2GZ
Democrats had all the momentum, and these quislings threw it away. six days after an election where Donny and the Republican got their asses handed to them, these seven Democrats were all ‘hey that was a fun week. now let’s shoot ourselves in both feet.’ they’ve taken all the good will they’d established with their base and flushed it right down the fucking toilet. for what? the only thing you accomplished was to prove to Republicans that holding benefits payments hostage is an effective strategy. now watch them do it again. now, I know what you going to ask: ‘Uncle Jeff, was that fuckface Fetterman one of those seven Democrats?’ of course he was. you know the old saying, ‘when God closes a Joe Manchin, he opens a John Fetterman.’ here’s the complete list of turncoat cowards: Catherine Cortez Masto (NV), Dick Durbin (IL), John Fetterman (PA), Maggie Hassan (NH), Tim Kaine (VA), Jacky Rosen (NV) and Jeanne Shaheen (NH). the Independent was Angus King (ME).
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
ecoranger.bsky.social
Do more than just vote.
claynobles.bsky.social Clay Nobles @claynobles.bsky.social · 40m
We will be having Primary elections beginning in March of 2026.
Be registered. Be eligible. VOTE
November 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM