Woohoo! Lifer bird Northern Shrike on the farm. We saw evidence of a shrike a few winters ago, but not the bird and I've been waiting ever since for it to return. They're also known as "butcherbirds" because they impale their prey to save it for later. #birding

Meet The 3 Camels And Dedicated Volunteers Bringing Joshua Trees Back To The Mojave Landscape laist.com/news/climate-e…

Warbler season is right around the corner, so it’s time to practice taking horrible warbler pics. Start with your over-wintering Yellow-rumped Warblers. (They’re tough and won’t have their feelings hurt.) I’m already in top form. #worstbirdpic

Bumble Bee Atlas Seeks Volunteers to Search for Declining Iowa Bees iowadnr.gov/About-DNR/DNR-…

Hello everyone In 2017 we were approached by filmmaker William Miller about making a documentary about Frightened Rabbit, and specifically The Midnight Organ Fight, with the plan of releasing something during the ten year anniversary celebrations in 2018. Obviously this plan...

The women who saved the rugby world cup #Scotland #scottishrugby #womensrugby bbc.com/news/articles/…

Chimney swifts are back!

Finally! A zebra swallowtail butterfly! And it was at work Butterworth Center & Deere-Wiman House. I've been wanting to see one for years. I live on the NWern edge of their range. It's an obligate species (only feeds on one thing) of pawpaw trees

I am freely admitting this. But also, blerg... My work phone seemed to have an issue, so I called my cell phone to test it. Yep, definitely work phone acting up. But then, as I was hanging up - having called myself, mind you - I said, "OK. Thanks. Bye."

And now for something completely different: Kara Grady makes the case for designating the regal fritillary, a butterfly native to the tallgrass prairie, as Iowa's state insect. #Iowa #nature #wildflowers bleedingheartland.com/2024/07/17/why…

Neuroscientists from CU Boulder 🦬 found that love seems to leave a mark on the brain. The source of the data? Prairie voles. Zoe Donaldson joins us to discuss how prairie voles may help us understand how our brains respond to love and heartbreak. sciencefriday.com/segments/prair…

City of East Moline and Nahant Marsh to host ‘Food, Fun and Turtles’ event kwqc.com/2024/08/27/cit…

Where MAGA Granddads and Resistance Moms Go to Learn America’s Most Painful History Lessons Welcome to Colonial Williamsburg, the largest living museum that is taking a radical approach to our national divides. politico.com/news/magazine/…

Meet the snot otter, the US's ancient and unique salamander bbc.com/future/article…

Argentina condemn Australia to biggest Test defeat bbc.com/sport/rugby-un…

Our 2⃣0⃣2⃣5⃣ Guinness Women's Six Nations schedule. Information about tickets and packages for our three home games at Hive Stadium will be released later this week. More ➡️ tinyurl.com/378tabas

It’s a privilege to have a clan of #badgers visit our garden on a nightly basis. *Best viewed with the sound up* #NationalBadgerDay

Citizen Scientists in the Midwest Help Experts Gather Environmental DataHaving more boots on the ground means more information for scientists to evaluate flatlandkc.org/sustainability…

This year, I'm a meadowhawk dragonfly. And, species specifically, I can be a white-faced meadowhawk (an actual species) because, welll, I'm pasty. Thanks to Whitney for her talent and creativity. Photo of the actual dragonfly

The decoy ploy to save Scotland's capercaillie bbc.com/future/article…