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🔖 Cockatoos have learned to operate drinking fountains in Australia: The behavior—never before seen in birds—may be a developing cultural tradition among one population | AAAS Science https://www.science.org/content/article/cockatoos-have-learned-operate-drinking-fountains-australia #BookmarkShare

Michelle May 31

Putting on a pair of shorts I haven't worn since last summer. Most people find loose change in their pocket. I found a pepper seed pod.

#nature #gardening

Michelle May 27

Jerome G May 27

Michelle May 25

Paula Borchardt May 24

I recently took an art class here in Tucson & one of the highlights was that we had live Sonoran Desert critters brought into the classroom for us to sketch! I usually like to take my time creating art, but making these quick gesture sketches of Quincy the Gambel’s Quail was fun! Read about it on my blog post https://paulaborchardt.substack.com/p/quick-sketches-of-quincy-the-quail

#SciArt #art #illustration #graphite #sketchbook #NatureJournal #NatureJournaling #blog #Tucson #SonoranDesert #nature #bird #birds #birding #BirdsOfMastodon #quail

Michelle May 25

handmade ghost May 24

The winsome Batman of the egret world, looking over a sunny Gotham of Ponderosa pines. #EgretsIveHadAFew

Michelle May 25

cobalt May 24

Thank you #NSF National Science Foundation for 75 years. 250 staffers were able to gather for a NON-OFFICIAL commemoration photo out to the west side of the building, May 20, 2025. Quite an effort by people who still do their best in the US at the federal level. Quite a story here, too.
https://www.science.org/content/article/photo-subversive-nsf-staff-overcome-obstacles-75th-anniversary-portrait
#Science

Michelle May 24

eclectech May 24

Sometimes you find the right hat, but accommodations must be made *nods wisely* @M

#sillySummerHatting

Michelle May 16

Well, the pinon gnats seem to be out in force now. No more bug-free sitting out!

#spring

Michelle May 9

I knew this would happen but it still makes me hurt inside.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-fires-librarian-of-congress-carla-hayden

#LibrarianOfCongress

Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden

President Donald Trump abruptly fired Hayden in an email late Thursday from the White House’s Presidential Personnel Office.

PBS News

Michelle May 8

Tucson Sentinel May 8

Apaches make last-ditch effort to stop copper mine from destroying sacred land https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050825_oak_flat_effort/apaches-make-last-ditch-effort-stop-copper-mine-from-destroying-sacred-land/
A coalition of western Apaches returned to federal court in Arizona Wednesday to try again at stopping the construction of a copper mine that would destroy a 2,400-acre holy site in the Tonto National Forest.
#Tucson #Arizona

Apaches make last-ditch effort to stop copper mine from destroying sacred land

A coalition of western Apaches returned to federal court in Arizona Wednesday to try again at stopping the construction of a copper mine that would destroy a 2,400-acre holy site in the Tonto National Forest.

TucsonSentinel.com