Samantha biobabbler

@biobabbler

Unbridled enthusiast of that nature thing, card-carrying conservation biologist, photography phan & word nerd. Have swiffer, will fend off mountain lion. she/her

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Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler· 29d

Crab carapace + brilliant acorn barnacle settlement choice = googly eyed crab. 😍 🌊🌊🌊🐚🦀🐚

reddish purple crab carapace which looks like it has googly eyes, due to the location of two small white acorn barnacles on it. They all rest on a rocky beach

Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler· 29d

Amazing low tide, today, that we just lucked into. I saw the shapes of hitherto hidden beaches. 😍🌊🐚🏖️🐚 #PNW

A wide expanse of exposed intertidal habitat (Puget Sound). Lots of low lying green algae, some low sandbars, an island in the distance, and a small child in pink is walking into view from the far left. It is a very clear, blue sky day, no clouds at all.

Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler· Jul 13

JUST so cheery. 💞💞💞 🌼🌼🌼 #PNWGardening

Very large, tall, long-white-petaled, yellow-centered aster fills most of the photo with more of the same behind it, as well as purple petunias (much lower to the ground) and green leaves.

Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler· Jul 11

The reason I've not arisen to check the laundry. Happy #Caturday, everyone!🐱

an orange tabby cat is curled up into a semicircle on a jeans and heirloom tomato apron clad lap, above a pale yellow loveseat.

Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler· Jul 9

black ink drawing on light blue background: a woman in a padded chair is sitting with her head resting face down on the left arm of the chair, her book landed on the floor in front of her, also face down.

"Why do they want dinner every single night?"

Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler· Jul 7

Big fan of @datedateline.bsky.social AND had just flown to Fresno that day, crazy weather, drove north and voila! Tornado near (capital C) Clovis.😊🌪️

photo of a tornado touchdown north of Clovis, CA, in low foothills beyond a golden grassy field.

Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler· Jul 7

Good morning!🤩 #PNWGardening

a fully open white rose with a yellow center, backed by green leaves

Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler· Jul 7

Just played "What did I fly over?" this a.m. We flew FAT to SEA, I sat on the left (west-facing) side of the plane. Figured it out via Google maps. Wanna try and find it, too?😁🤓 #EarthNerdFun

view from a plane (about 30,000 feet up) of a pale mud colored lake with a cream colored beach arching across, and an abrupt, fairly straight border on the right side.

Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler· Jul 6

Yes, they're cultivated, but wow, are they fabulous! #PNWGardening

Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler· Jul 1

Small bear cruising through our Mariposa neighborhood ....🐻

Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler· Jul 1

Drama on the farm! Amazing shot of a red-winged blackbird and a situation where a western kingbird shows its red cap (which I didn't know existed, but apparently they'll display it when agitated or in a territorial display). Caught by Midwestern Man's wildlife cam.🥳

a red-winged blackbird flying in the foreground, a western kingbird on a perch displaying the narrow red crest it has atop its head, presumably at the red-winged blackbird. Th background is flat, green midwestern land, including a small grove of dark green trees.

Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler· Jun 30

Western kingbird with landing gear partially extended.

a bird with yellow chest and light grey head landing on a platform in a green field in the Midwest under mostly cloudy skies.

Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler· Jun 29

White Flower Day in the garden (sweet peas & radishes).

White sweet pea flowers and white radish flowers bloom amid a sea of green leaves (mostly pea). Several green peas are visible.

Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler· Jun 28

To get the 4 number code to enter the community garden, I pretend I was a certain teen-age in a certain year ('##). It's super weak, since it's a lie, but so far it's weirdly worked!😅🤞🌱

a raised bed filled with a tower of green sweet peas with white blossoms, a row of tall, blooming radishes, nasturtiums clambering everywhere with big orange flowers, and a front row of lettuces (green and red). Behind this bed are many more, in a well organized community garden.

Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler· Jun 27

Find The Garter Snake Game! #PNWGardening 🐍 Moments earlier I saw two adult garter snakes together, on my way to the compost pile. I'm HOPING this means we might get some new snake recruits for our garden.😍🤞

a stack of off-white burlap bags piled up outside, on grass. From underneath one of them the tip of a garter snake's nose is just barely visible.

Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler· Jun 27

More gorgeous lettuce I HAD to photograph (not mine).😍 #PNWGardening 🥬🥬🥬

spring green lettuce with red speckles and burgundy lettuce are shiny and gorgeous next to one another.

Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler· Jun 27

These sweet peas at the community garden smell AMAZING!!! #PNWGardening

pink and red and purple and lavender sweet pea flowers are growing on green vines, bringing so much light and color to the garden

close up of deep reddish purple sweet peas in a sea of pale green vegetation

Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler· Jun 26

Charming bumblebee visits the always gorgeous fireweed (Chamaenerion angustifolium). 💞💞💞😍😍😍💞💞💞 #pollinators #NativePlants #PNW

pink fireweed (tall triangular tower of pink four petaled flowers) visited by a lemon yellow bumblebee amid lush greenery.

Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler· Jun 26

The garden seems to have been enjoying the warm days we've been having.😻🥳 #PNWGardening

a small rectangular raised bed with a tower of sweet peas, radishes which are blooming and starting to set seed, orange and yellow nasturtiums, and light green as well as reddish lettuces. Behind this bed are many others in a large community garden.

Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler· Jun 25

Bobolink touchdown! 🤩 I've got a contact in the Midwest who has a wildlife cam (or 2) and has started sharing some of his shots (wanting no attribution). So, this is the first of hopefully many!! #birding #WildlifeCamera 🐦‍⬛

A black bird with a yellow cap and a white rump is juuust landing upon a wooden perch in Midwestern rural green landscape, with a small cluster of dark green trees on the horizon. It's a gorgeous summer day, blue sky with scattered white clouds festooning the sky.

Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler· Jun 24

Found a very nicely made nest on the ground. I imagine its utility has expired (once everyone fledged). Looks like it's made of mud and plant materials--very impressive workmanship! My pretty-large feet for scale. #birds #nest 🪹

a tan, oblong nest rests on a green lawn--it is made of mud and plant materials.

Same very nice little nest seen from the side.

Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler· Jun 22

Salad harvest!!😋 #PNWGardening 🌱🥗

lettuce greens and bright orange nasturtium flowers are held in a clear plastic bag and held aloft in front if a small raised garden bed with lettuces and tall sweet peas.

Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler· Jun 22

Belated #Caturday: Ginger nursing me through a migraine day, Saturday. She's thuh best! 🧡🐱🧡

a short haired orange tabby lies from a supine woman's left hip to her neck.

Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler· Jun 20

Saw red sea cucumbers at a low tide, recently. So bright!! 😻😻😻

super bright red-orange, small sea cucumbers living in the space where a boulder rests on the sand in an intertidal area.

Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler· Jun 18

Poppies so large and impressive they caused me to cross the street to see them. WORTH it!🤩 Feel free to zoom in on that amazing detail.😍😍😍 #PNWGardening 🌱🌸

pale peach-pink poppies with intricate dark centers.

Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler· Jun 18

Our nasturtiums are blooming! #PNWGardening 🌱

very bright orange flowers blooming in dappled sunlight amid green, round leaves.

Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler· Jun 17

Harvested a LOT of lettuce. 🥬 🥗😋🌱👍

two metal bowls filled with water and freshly picked lettuces, plus a few bright orange nasturtium flowers.

Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler· Jun 17

The happy chaos that is my garden plot😍. #PNWGardening 🌱

raised bed with tall sugar snap peas, nasturtiums, blooming radishes and arugula, and to the right, various lettuces.

Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler· Jun 16

Does this help? xoxo

pale peachy pink poppies with black centers

Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler· Jun 16

STUNNING friend I made today in Anacortes, WA. A golden buprestid beetle (Buprestis aurulenta, per iNaturalist) landed on my legs as I stared at poppies.😅 What a gift! 🤩🪲