Elizabeth Dougherty, Ph.D.
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hydrocycler.bsky.social
Elizabeth Dougherty, Ph.D.
@hydrocycler.bsky.social
I just want the many ecosystems of the Earth to thrive. Why is that so much to ask, Homo sapiens? Why?

Watershed Resilience Nonprofit Director, Artist, Naturalist, Birder, Podcaster (H2whOa!), Hell-Raiser Extraordinaire, DEI Ally and LGBTQ-r-us
This raven pair was hard at work starting their nest, chattering back and forth from field to tree. They're in the large conifer nearest the huge swale at the entrance to the #AlbanyBulb. I think a RTH nested there last year - at least its progeny spent a lot of time there.
#birds #nesting
November 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The under-the-chin feathers are so dramatic.
#birds #allens #hummer
November 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Remembering a spider friend I met in Penobscott, Maine last summer.
#spiders #jumpers #Maine
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Audubon's Warbler, being the cutest button on the wire.
#birdoftheday #birds #yellowbuttrising
November 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Pop Up Dance for the local nICE folks!
November 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Strange wire fellows
#birdoftheday #birds #busywire #RTH
November 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Is anyone missing some geese? I think I found them.
#birds #lostyourgeese?
November 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Have I ever met a Thrush? Dangit, I HAVE, I have met a #thrush - right on my own front porch!
#birdoftheday #birds #hermit #sofuckingcool
November 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
This little one kept climbing onto my foot in a remote corner of Idaho.
#birdoftheday #blob #birds #tananger
November 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
November 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I spent a bunch of time with bunches of widgeons on Saturday. Holy moly, their coloration variants are really stunning.
November 17, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Hey #Engineers Explain to me how my #puppy got this 6' bamboo through the dog door. 🤣
November 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
No time to search for staring birds today, so instead you get this lovely Oystercatcher I saw oh so briefly yesterday.
#birds #oysters #birdoftheday #AlbanyBulb #migration
November 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I’ve noticed in the last two weeks that all the cyber trucks are hitting the road again after being too scared to drive around. I make sure to give them all the finger and take photos of them to intimidate them. #FuckElon #CyberTruck #Tesla #EatTheRich
November 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Can't we pretend it's a BIG duck?
#Birdoftheday #birds #notduck #attitude
November 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Oh do not cross that picket line, oh no, dontchadoit.
#birds #starbucks #picketline #resist
November 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Thank God for Sunset at the San Francisco Bay. They have saved me night after night after night.
#mttam #sunset #raincoming #sfbay
November 13, 2025 at 1:19 AM
November 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
November 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Hey #CA #estuary and #water folks @sfestuaryinstitute.bsky.social

How do I find this report now that the agency has folded?
--> San Francisco Subtidal Habitat Goals Project
November 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Air Traffic Control, wake up!

#birds #trafficjam #migration #AlbanyBulb
November 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Oh, the Coot in all of us shivers.
#BirdOfTheDay #lunchtime
November 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Love the Harrier's look after this Kestral kept flying around with it.
#LynchCanyon #birds #raptors #s'up
November 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM