Fun fact: An "endearing" nickname for male Oregon Juncos is "Executioner Bird"
He would never!
#BirdOfTheDay #BlackHeads #birds #becurious 🪶
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From 2022 - this is a Mr. Calliope in bitchin' light!
#birds #becurious 🪶
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It's #TestimonialTuesday
I love working with people. Here's what others say about working with me.
#DrJoScience #STEMed #STEMeducation
#PriSci #PrimaryScience #ScienceActivities #Testimonial #TuesdayTestimonial #BeCurious #DrJo #SLT #CPD #TeachersFollowTeachers
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macro photo looking eye level at a dandelion. there is a honeybee in the center absolutely covered in pollen.
Sunday #POPofColor
I swear - there's a bee in all that pollen!
#inverts #becurious
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macro photo of a very small beetle. their body is lemon yellow with black dots. their "neck" is golden yellow, their wings and wing covers are dark gray. Their head is black. they are standing on a blackberry leaf in profile facing right.
Well hello! little 4mm Malthodes Soldier Beetle who I didn't know existed until *checks watch* 45 minutes ago.
Yes. Really a beetle!
No. Your eyes aren't playing tricks - they have short elytra! Rogue Beetle cosplay!
#inverts #becurious
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macro photo of the head of a queen anne's lace flower still mostly closed. there is a single green lacewing egg on the flower head.
Want a more challenging Egg Hunt? Try arthropod eggs!
Can you spot the Green Lacewing egg on this still-closed head of a Queen Anne's Lace flower?
#inverts #becurious
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photo of a black-tailed jackrabbit sitting in a field of dry grasses. their back is to the camera and they are looking to the right in profile.
Hoppy Eggster!
Black-tailed Jackrabbit
#mammals #becurious
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A green and yellow painted military fortification leading underground with the word 'USED' etched into the upper left hand corner and '1942' etched into the upper right hand corner. There are two open gates at the opening that are also painted in the same yellow and green colors. Trees and plants are above the structure and there is a pale sky visible at the top.
An old WWII-era coastal defense fortification at Fort Ebey State Park, Whidbey Island, Washington
#BlueSkyArtShow #Openings #ColorADay #GreenSat #PartridgePoint #Historic #Explore #BeCurious #Photography #Whidbey #PNW
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close up photo of a california ground squirrel holding a geranium leaf in their front paws as they munch on the leaf. they are in profile facing left. you can see them from just below their shoulder up.
California Ground Squirrel:
1. Does not take me as a serious threat...at all
2. Appears to *really* like Cut-leaved Geranium (Geranium dissectum)
#mammals #becurious 🦊
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photo of four mourning doves and seven white-crowned sparrows eating seed of of gravely substrate. one mourning dove is totally motion blurred.
Everyone just trying to enjoy Last Call at the Seed Buffet then Devin has to show off and just morph in from the 8th Dimension.
#birds #becurious 🪶
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🐣🔬 Hop into Science this Easter!
Looking for fun and educational activities over the holidays? 🧪
FREE Easter-themed science resources – perfect for curious minds!
Explore STEM with these egg-cellent experiments
#EasterSTEM #STEMeducation #PrimaryScience #ScienceIsEverywhere #BeCurious #DrJoScience
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photo of a black phoebe on a triple twisted power line. You can see motion blurred rain drops and a splash over the phoebe's wing where a drop just landed. the phoebe is facing the camera angled slightly to the left. the wire runs diagonally from just below upper left of the pic to lower right.
#BirdOfTheDay is #Weather so here's a grumpy, floofy Black Phoebe in the rain.
#birds #becurious 🪶
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I also lost a screw from a teeth model and the skeleton has some wear and tear. The hidden costs of maintaining my science kit! #ScienceIsEverywhere #BeCurious #PleaseBeGentle #DrJoScience
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photo of 6 mourning doves on a power line, with the 7th just coming in fora landing, their wings open and back. the power line runs on a diagonal through the photo from just above bottom left to just below top right.
Always room for one more!
Apparently every Mourning Dove in Oregon has found my yard. They come at Last Call once the Band-tailed have gone to bed. Savvy!
#birds #becurious 🪶
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photo of a chocolate merle schnoodle laying on several blankets on a sofa. there are four yellow, green and orange dental chew bones in front of here which she is looking at. her left front paw is over one green bone.
Get you someone who looks at you like Dizzy looks at her Hoard of Bones!
(if dismantled, she will meticulously search and recover every piece of the hoard and rebuild and guard)
#DogsOfBluesky #becurious
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close up photo of a chocolate merle schnoodle dog looking directly into the camera.
Happy 5th Gotcha Day to Dizzy!!
Here she was April 1, 2021!
I think she's maybe gotten even cuter!
#DogsOfBluesky #becurious
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#BirdOfTheDay today is #snacking - enjoy these Black-headed Grosbeaks as they belly up to the Grape Bar!
Birds in my yard like oranges...LOVE grapes (because, of course! Way more expensive 😂)
#birds #becurious 🪶
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colourful purple background with science doodles, a white square with images of heart, brain, Dr Jo in scrubs, and a scalpel
Prepping a dissection heart and brain anatomy experience for Home Educators to get hands-on this Easter! As a neurobiologist, I love exploring the brain - and getting to see a heart up close really puts the structure and function into context.
#ScienceIsEverywhere #BeCurious #DrJoScience #Anatomy
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pink background and testimonial saying how great Dr Jo is
It's #TestimonialTuesday
I love working with people. Here's what others say about working with me.
#DrJoScience #STEMed #STEMeducation
#PriSci #PrimaryScience #ScienceActivities #Testimonial #TuesdayTestimonial #BeCurious #DrJo #SLT #CPD #TeachersFollowTeachers
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photo looking up into the silhouetted top of a big leaf maple with 5 purple finch and two band tailed pigeons. The pigeons are enormous.
How big are Band-tailed Pigeons? Here's a pair hanging out with some purple finch. They are not doing well "blending in"
#birds #becurious 🪶
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photo of a sheepadoodle dog and a black miniature schnauzer laying next to each other on a blue patterned rug. their heads are up and they are looking at the camera. the schnauzer has his left paw across the sheepadoodle's front paws - it's adorable.
Was looking thru the kitchen window at birds, turned around to see this!🥺😍
*ded*
#DogsOfBluesky #becurious
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photo of a male rufous hummingbird perched on a small fig branch. he is floofed out and his flared gorget is refracting coral, red-orange and orange. he is in profile facing 1/4 to the right. his eyes are half closed.
So angry! So tired! So ANGRY! So tire.....
*ded*
#Birds #becurious 🪶
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Yard was eerily quiet today as 1 million (give or take) Golden-crowned Sparrows migrated this morning.
*Thought* Rufous had moved on too...they...have not 😂
#Hummerpalooza2026 #birds #becurious 🪶
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photo of a male rufous hummingbird perched on a horizontal rose branch. he is facing the camera looking to the left in 3/4 profile. his gorget is refracting red, orange and a hint of green.
Friday evening there were only 4 male Rufous in the yard - 3 of them were out in the sun guarding and being...Roufousy. This Mr. opted to quietly sit in the bramble in the shadows.
#birds #becurious
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photo of a male anna's hummingbird perched on the leaf bud on top of a fig branch. he is in profile facing left, the sun is behind him so his head and gorget feathers appear to be black - except a tiny patch on his left side which are getting just enough light to refract fuchsia.
Backlit male Anna's Hummingbird is a whole different bird! 😂
#birds #becurious 🪶
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HUGE apologies for my camera's refusal to focus...but
#Hummerpalooza2026 Round II is ON
At *least* 5 more males and ??? females showed up today.
This is two out of 5 feeders 👀
I'm sure they're headed your way soon @jhmsparky.bsky.social
#birds #becurious 🪶
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photo of a male rufous hummingbird in flight. he is mostly in silhouette you can see some of the rufous color in the flared tail feathers. he is in profile facing upper right.
Gotta make the best of the angle and lighting you get!
Mr. Rufous hummingbird.
#birds #becurious 🪶
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Photo of a western gray squirrel in a V of the trunk and large branch of a moss covered big leaf maple. there is a spray of ferns growing out of the moss below. the squirrel is facing the camera looking slightly to the left.
Western Gray Squirrel in peak PNW setting checking in for #SquirrelSaturday #mammals #becurious 🦊
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#BirdOfTheDay options are #Blue or #Stripes - Steller's Jay has both options covered!
#birds #becurious
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photo of a turkey vulture soaring against a cloudless blue sky. their wings are angled a bit up and they are flying to the right.
First Turkey Vulture photo of 2026 (they've been around a couple/few weeks - finally they were flying low over the yard).
#birds #becurious 🪶
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