Teacher and Amateur Naturalist, fossil fanatic, biodiversity enthusiast, and lover of science fiction and science fact. Opinions my own. She/her
Gainesville, FL
Joined October 2012
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Paxson 🌿🐦🏳️🌈 retweeted
Summer is in full swing, which means firefly season is here! #DYK that there are 2,000+ species of fireflies worldwide? Most communicate with patterns of flashing light: These signals are used to find mates, deceive other firefly species, and avoid predators.
ALT A photo of an outdoor, wilderness scene at twilight. Long exposure photography reveals the warm glow of a multitude of fireflies.
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So how DID it become so expensive to go to college in America?
How did a degree go from being a few-thousand dollar commitment you could pay off with a part-time job on days you didn't have class, to something you need to take out tens of thousands of dollars for?
Well...
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Fire danger is abnormally high this holiday weekend.
URGING you to consider firework alternatives:
- screaming “bang! boom!” at the sky
- dropping a stack of large books on the floor
- wrapping a toga around a candle
- play America the Beautiful while combining Coke and Mentos
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Happy #FemaleBirdDay! How many of these birds would you recognize without the names?
Thank you to the Galbatrosses for starting this event. Here's more about it: femalebirdday.wordpress.com/
You can get this poster here: topatoco.com/collections/rom…
ALT A poster with 11 female birds: Red-necked Phalarope, Painted Bunting, Belted Kingfisher, California Quail, Anna's Hummingbird, Blue Grosbeak, Northern Harrier, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Northern Cardinal, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Merganser.
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The vulnerable shouldn’t be in this alone. We should care about each other’s safety. And I truly believe most people do care, but we need to make it easy to do the right thing. I think this simple slogan would be really effective at changing the social etiquette around masking.
ALT White text on dark gray background that reads: If you see a mask, wear a mask.
Paxson 🌿🐦🏳️🌈 retweeted
Getting very trippy out there! Scarlet tanager, blue-winged warbler, chestnut-sided warbler, CP Ramble. #birdcpp #BirdsSeenIn2023 #SpringMigration2023 #BirdTwitter – at Central Park, Manhattan
ALT Scarlet tanager.
ALT Blue-winged warbler in flight.
ALT Chestnut-sided warbler.
Paxson 🌿🐦🏳️🌈 retweeted
I witnessed an Eastern Screech Owl leaving the nest! It happened 10 minutes after sunset.
I wasn't expecting it, I was just trying to get slow motion video of dad bringing food. Instead I got slow motion video of it flying out!
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This map shows the movements of a single tuna over 600 days. I share this every year as your annual #WorldTunaDay reminder that even the world’s largest marine protected areas are not large enough to protect tuna. #notjustarea – at Rome, Lazio
