Osha Davidson

A mourning dove perches in the late afternoon light.
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It's a Gambel's Quail kind of morning.
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Glad this was vetoed. We agree this bill injected politics into a function of government that should remain nonpartisan. Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed SB1439, which would have created a special “Turning Point” license plate and directed $17 of the $25 fee to Turning Point USA.

Phoenix, we have liftoff! (Yellow-rumped warbler.)
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New York is investigating the death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam AG Letitia James will head an "independent assessment" of what happened to the Blind Rohingya refugee who Border Patrol dumped in Buffalo.

New York Attorney General Letitia James is investigating the death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a Blind Rohingya refugee who died in the cold streets of Buffalo days after Border Patrol dumped him without coordinating with his family or lawyers.

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The essentials of democracy - High Country News Keep sending public comments, because our future hangs in the balance.

Keep sending public comments, because our future hangs in the balance.

A yellow-rumpled warbler eating tiny insects or their eggs.
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Yellow-rumped warbler. #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #photography #BirdsSeenin2026

A northern flicker visited one of our mesquite trees today. #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #photography #BirdsSeenin2026

Eerie timing for this post: Chancellor Adolf Hitler, blaming communists, used the fire to justify suspending civil liberties.

Today in History: February 27, the German Reichstag fire 1951: 22nd Amendment ratified 1973: American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee 1991: Operation Desert Storm ends

Chancellor Adolf Hitler, blaming communists, used the fire to justify suspending civil liberties. And from yesterday’s news: Trump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergency. apnews.com/today-in-his...

And in more positive news: Yellow-rumped warbler this morning.
#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #photography #BirdsSeenin2026

"Gravity?" said the nuthatch. "What's that?"
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Citizen scientists discover a Great Barrier Reef coral giant ‘like a rolling meadow’ Volunteer group Citizens of the Reef made the find as part of the Great Reef Census

Something you don't see every day: a positive story about coral reefs. Possibly the largest single coral colony found.
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The Climate Intelligence Assessment the Government Doesn’t Want You to See Washington, D.C., February 28, 2025 - For 17 years, the U.S. Intelligence Community has refused to declassify one of its first investigations into climate change as a national security threat.

For 17 years, the US intel community has kept classified an assessment on the security implications of climate change. Why has the IC kept it a secret? My latest on why the @nsarchive.bsky.social is calling on the ODNI to prioritize the report's declassification: nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...

I'm enjoying the white-breasted nuthatch that's in my area right now. #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #photography #BirdsSeenin2026 #MySonoranDesertHome

I just want to live in a country where the leader can’t enrich themselves with our tax dollars, the government does what the people want, and the wealthy have to follow the laws.

You know, like a democracy.

This yellow-rumped warbler was all puffed up in the cold. #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #photography #BirdsSeenin2026 #MySonoranDesertHome

Costa's #hummingbird, back at the aloe blossoms.
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Transgender people make up an estimated 1% of the US population.

Since 2014, there have been 5,644 mass shootings.

6 had shooters who were identified as transgender.

That's approx. 0.001% of mass shootings.

99.999% were cisgender.

Late in the day, every day, this Costa's hummingbird feeds on nectar from aloe and chuparosa blossoms. #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #photography #BirdsSeenin2026 #MySonoranDesertHome #hummingbird #flowers

Costa's hummingbird. #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #photography #BirdsSeenin2026 #MySonoranDesertHome

This Costa's hummingbird showed up in the fading light yesterday evening, but sat still long enough for me to get this picture. Thanks, Bud! #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #photography #BirdsSeenin2026 #MySonoranDesertHome #hummingbird

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I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

Jesse Jackson brought his presidential campaign to a church in Tipton, Iowa, in 1988. I was reporting for @inthesetimes.com and took this at the reception following his speech His message then is just as timely today: #KeepHopeAlive!"
Oct 8, 1941 - Feb 17, 2016.
#JesseJackson #RestInPower #RIP

Wonderful!