Trileigh Tucker
@trileightucker.bsky.social
Writing about meaning in nature, integrating science, spirit, mythology. Birder, artist, musician, PhD geologist. Tetrachromat wannabe. Pubs, art, and bio at NaturalPresenceArts.com.
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I was deeply disappointed by the lack of nature/science/climate/enviro on many major end-of-year book lists—so I decided to make my own!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
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Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
December 1, 2024 at 10:09 PM
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As a species, we have a checkered history. Mistakes to heal, so much to learn. But on this Advent Eve, with dozens of neighbors and visitors gathering in the pure joy of watching a sunset's beauty, I find my soul bubbling over with hope.
There's a lot to be said for us human beings, there truly is.
There's a lot to be said for us human beings, there truly is.
December 1, 2024 at 7:57 PM
As a species, we have a checkered history. Mistakes to heal, so much to learn. But on this Advent Eve, with dozens of neighbors and visitors gathering in the pure joy of watching a sunset's beauty, I find my soul bubbling over with hope.
There's a lot to be said for us human beings, there truly is.
There's a lot to be said for us human beings, there truly is.
Artist: Wind. Media: donated by trees. Masterpiece: Glory.
Untouched by human hands.
#autumn #naturalart #wind #autumnleaves
Untouched by human hands.
#autumn #naturalart #wind #autumnleaves
November 26, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Artist: Wind. Media: donated by trees. Masterpiece: Glory.
Untouched by human hands.
#autumn #naturalart #wind #autumnleaves
Untouched by human hands.
#autumn #naturalart #wind #autumnleaves
I am bowled over by the voluminosity of grace I've been afforded by living where there are Bushtits.
#bushtit #pacificnorthwest #birds #amazinggrace
#bushtit #pacificnorthwest #birds #amazinggrace
November 25, 2024 at 2:54 AM
I am bowled over by the voluminosity of grace I've been afforded by living where there are Bushtits.
#bushtit #pacificnorthwest #birds #amazinggrace
#bushtit #pacificnorthwest #birds #amazinggrace
A Thanksgiving visitor from a few years back. We've got a place at the table for you this year too, old friend! #CoopersHawk #Thanksgiving #welcometable
November 24, 2024 at 2:06 AM
A Thanksgiving visitor from a few years back. We've got a place at the table for you this year too, old friend! #CoopersHawk #Thanksgiving #welcometable
Why we aren't fluent in crow when we've heard them talking around us our entire lives is a mystery to me.
#crow #language #animallanguage #birdfriends
#crow #language #animallanguage #birdfriends
It seems to me that the time is ripe for a Bluesky thread about how—and maybe even why—to befriend crows.
(1/n)
(1/n)
November 23, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Why we aren't fluent in crow when we've heard them talking around us our entire lives is a mystery to me.
#crow #language #animallanguage #birdfriends
#crow #language #animallanguage #birdfriends
A good research assistant pretty much guarantees a productive writing session. #researchassistant #amwriting #peaceablekingdom
November 22, 2024 at 8:20 PM
A good research assistant pretty much guarantees a productive writing session. #researchassistant #amwriting #peaceablekingdom
Veins and arteries
To say: my profile pic is a LiDAR image showing the river-ghosts—historical meanders—of the Lower Mississippi.
Water, wandering, wilfully.
It’s by Daniel Coe, who has deep-mapped the pasts of many rivers.
See more of his work at dancoecarto.com/work
& below.
What wild, wondrous beings rivers are.
Water, wandering, wilfully.
It’s by Daniel Coe, who has deep-mapped the pasts of many rivers.
See more of his work at dancoecarto.com/work
& below.
What wild, wondrous beings rivers are.
November 19, 2024 at 2:18 AM
Veins and arteries
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Huddled around a circle of light in a vast darkness, tending the fire through the long night. Ancient potsherds underfoot, a river carving thru geologic time—all a reminder that this moment is just a breath of the earth. That the darkness will pass, & our job is to build our small fires & tend them
November 18, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Huddled around a circle of light in a vast darkness, tending the fire through the long night. Ancient potsherds underfoot, a river carving thru geologic time—all a reminder that this moment is just a breath of the earth. That the darkness will pass, & our job is to build our small fires & tend them
Reposted by Trileigh Tucker
Welcome new followers 🙂
November 16, 2024 at 8:06 AM
Welcome new followers 🙂
Help your #happiness quotient by keeping little glimpses of nature right in your pocket or purse!
Not only are the books in Princeton University Press' "Little Books of Nature" series both informative and interesting, they can also help you to improve your mental health if you follow the simple steps outlined in this review.
www.wellreadnaturalist.com/2024/11/pock...
www.wellreadnaturalist.com/2024/11/pock...
Pocket-sized Mental Health Improvement Kits
Let's be honest - even the most social media skeptical amongst us is vulnerable, should we find ourselves waiting in a particularly long queue, stuck in non-moving traffic, waiting for a coffee or a m...
www.wellreadnaturalist.com
November 17, 2024 at 3:07 AM
Help your #happiness quotient by keeping little glimpses of nature right in your pocket or purse!
The fiercest tiniest.
#BushtitoftheDay, November 16 edition
This little female Bushtit, ready to take on the world.
#birds 🌿
This little female Bushtit, ready to take on the world.
#birds 🌿
November 17, 2024 at 12:22 AM
The fiercest tiniest.
Beautiful blue-themed work by @agcprints.bsky.social!
Bluebirds on Bluesky
“Still Meadow Bluebirds”, 2017.
Two-piece print on rag paper with hand stitching, image 22 x 22 inches
“Still Meadow Bluebirds”, 2017.
Two-piece print on rag paper with hand stitching, image 22 x 22 inches
November 17, 2024 at 12:11 AM
Beautiful blue-themed work by @agcprints.bsky.social!
Reposted by Trileigh Tucker
Good news for once!
We’ve found a 300-year-old coral that’s so big it’s visible from space. It’s now considered the world’s largest. Best of all: it’s not yet harmed by climate change & global warming.
It’s being called a beacon of hope. Let it also be a call to action! #DoSomething 🧵
We’ve found a 300-year-old coral that’s so big it’s visible from space. It’s now considered the world’s largest. Best of all: it’s not yet harmed by climate change & global warming.
It’s being called a beacon of hope. Let it also be a call to action! #DoSomething 🧵
Scientists discover world’s largest coral—so big it can be seen from space
Exclusive photos reveal a sprawling, 300-year-old coral near Solomon Islands, recently discovered by the National Geographic Society’s Pristine Seas expedition team.
www.nationalgeographic.com
November 15, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Good news for once!
We’ve found a 300-year-old coral that’s so big it’s visible from space. It’s now considered the world’s largest. Best of all: it’s not yet harmed by climate change & global warming.
It’s being called a beacon of hope. Let it also be a call to action! #DoSomething 🧵
We’ve found a 300-year-old coral that’s so big it’s visible from space. It’s now considered the world’s largest. Best of all: it’s not yet harmed by climate change & global warming.
It’s being called a beacon of hope. Let it also be a call to action! #DoSomething 🧵
Watch a little Guillemot chick fledge at only 20 days old, still completely flightless, seeking the safety of the open sea with its dad following behind - one of those iconic wildlife behaviour moments #wildlifephotography #ukbirding
November 16, 2024 at 9:44 PM
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Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory
November 15, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory
I'm totally thrilled that my essay "Dipper" has been chosen as a finalist in the Orison Books 2024 Best Spiritual Literature Awards!
Now seeking a publication home for this essay weaving #naturalhistory, #spirituality, & #family. Recs?
www.orisonbooks.com/post/winners... #naturewriting
Now seeking a publication home for this essay weaving #naturalhistory, #spirituality, & #family. Recs?
www.orisonbooks.com/post/winners... #naturewriting
Winners of The 2024 Best Spiritual Literature Awards
Every year, Orison Books publishes Best Spiritual Literature, a collection of the finest spiritually engaged writing that appeared in periodicals the preceding year. The anthology also includes previo...
www.orisonbooks.com
November 15, 2024 at 7:02 PM
I'm totally thrilled that my essay "Dipper" has been chosen as a finalist in the Orison Books 2024 Best Spiritual Literature Awards!
Now seeking a publication home for this essay weaving #naturalhistory, #spirituality, & #family. Recs?
www.orisonbooks.com/post/winners... #naturewriting
Now seeking a publication home for this essay weaving #naturalhistory, #spirituality, & #family. Recs?
www.orisonbooks.com/post/winners... #naturewriting
Fellow nature writers, please check out and follow this fantastic feed by @nicwilson.bsky.social! And Nic asks us to tag our posts with #naturewriting so that your post will show up on the feed.
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November 15, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Fellow nature writers, please check out and follow this fantastic feed by @nicwilson.bsky.social! And Nic asks us to tag our posts with #naturewriting so that your post will show up on the feed.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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"Sometimes the voice from the heavens isn't what you'd expected...." On urban pigeons and the meaning of kinship.
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November 13, 2024 at 8:11 PM
"Sometimes the voice from the heavens isn't what you'd expected...." On urban pigeons and the meaning of kinship.
panoramajournal.org/issues/issue...
panoramajournal.org/issues/issue...
This lone Red-footed Booby hung out in Washington State for more than three months, until just recently. How did he get here, almost 4000 miles from his likely home in the South Pacific? Even more interestingly: why?
I'm working on an essay about his story. Stay tuned!
I'm working on an essay about his story. Stay tuned!
November 13, 2024 at 8:04 PM
This lone Red-footed Booby hung out in Washington State for more than three months, until just recently. How did he get here, almost 4000 miles from his likely home in the South Pacific? Even more interestingly: why?
I'm working on an essay about his story. Stay tuned!
I'm working on an essay about his story. Stay tuned!
Fond memories of wacky Band-tailed Pigeons from summertime. Love these urban neighbors.
November 12, 2024 at 11:23 PM
Fond memories of wacky Band-tailed Pigeons from summertime. Love these urban neighbors.
Turning to poetry in this time of need:
poets.org/poem/bird-si...
poets.org/poem/bird-si...
For the Bird Singing before Dawn
Some people presume to be hopeful / when there is no evidence for hope,
poets.org
November 11, 2024 at 12:16 AM
Turning to poetry in this time of need:
poets.org/poem/bird-si...
poets.org/poem/bird-si...