Leilani Münter

@leilanimunter

Small herbivore from America living in New Zealand. Spending my brief time on Earth trying to save the wild things. I used to drive race cars.

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Leilani Münter@leilanimunter· 21d

Finally going through our photos from our trip to Costa Rica last December. This tiny feathered jewel is a Rufous-tailed Hummingbird, photo by @uskiwi13.bsky.social

A tiny iridescent blue and green hummingbird sits in greenery

A tiny iridescent blue and green hummingbird with a rust colored tail sits in greenery

Leilani Münter@leilanimunter· Jul 15

For those of you old enough to remember Ferdinand the Bull, one of my favorite childhood stories ♥️

Leilani Münter@leilanimunter· Jun 24

POV: After the 2024 U.S. election, you decided to sell your house, your car, most of your belongings and move 8000 miles away. You are very happy.

Leilani Münter@leilanimunter· Jun 19

I’m head over heels in love with my beautiful new country. I left everything I’ve ever known to move to the other side of the world & every day I wake up grateful that I was brave enough to take that leap. I miss good people I left behind, but I do not miss the chaos of America at all, not one bit.

The sun reflects on a turquoise ocean off the coast of a gorgeous pristine island.

Leilani Münter@leilanimunter· Jun 19

39 days since our arrival and New Zealand just keeps blowin’ my socks off

Leilani Münter@leilanimunter· Jun 14

The Blue Spring in Aotearoa New Zealand is the most crystal clear blue freshwater I have seen in my entire life. It is comforting to see some of these rare wild places humanity has preserved 🩵

Leilani Münter@leilanimunter· Jun 13

Paradise on Earth, also known as The Blue Spring in Aotearoa New Zealand. The most crystal clear water I have seen in my entire life. Unreal.

Leilani Münter@leilanimunter· Jun 13

Feeling so grateful to be a new resident of beautiful Aotearoa New Zealand. I feel like I’m in a dreamland, like I’m living inside a screensaver. Surreal beauty that looks fake in photos because it’s *too perfect.* Falling head over heels in love with the country 24 years after falling for the man 💚

A man and woman are smiling in front of a river surrounded by bright green rolling hills and a blue sky and white clouds above.

Leilani Münter@leilanimunter· Jun 7

The Aotearoa New Zealand night sky is ✨ quite spectacular ✨ Goodnight, friends. 💫

A man holds up his cell phone taking a picture of a dark sky with many, many bright stars and a few clouds towards the bottom of the photo.

Leilani Münter@leilanimunter· May 14

I made my first forest friend in Aotearoa, New Zealand! We were walking deep in the forest (they say “bush” here) when this adorable, very tiny, very round and friendly Pīwakawaka (New Zealand Fantail) flew right up to us and landed on a fern about 2 feet from my face. Photo by @uskiwi13.bsky.social

A small round bird with a tiny beak sits on a fern. The bird has dark brown feathers, an orange chest and a white eyebrow and throat.

Leilani Münter@leilanimunter· May 14

This beautiful place is known by a few different names. Aotearoa. New Zealand. The Land of the Long White Cloud. Middle Earth. But my favorite is: My new home. 🇳🇿

An almost entirely blue globe (view of the Earth from the side they usually don’t show) has a few small islands visible including New Zealand. An arrow points to it and says “I will be here if you need me”

Leilani Münter@leilanimunter· May 13

We did it! We sold our house, our cars, most of our belongings & boarded a one way flight for New Zealand! Longer threads are harder to post here (maybe that’s on me) so I’m sharing by way of screenshots instead. Got attacked by tons of MAGA trolls & bots for this on Threads but I hate them anyway 🤷🏻‍♀️

Leilani Münter@leilanimunter· Apr 28

Rose-breasted Grosbeak, a rare visitor to our backyard. We usually only see them briefly for a day or two during the spring and fall migration. This was my only action shot today and sadly I didn’t zoom out in time. The bird arrived here on the *exact same day* it did last year: April 27.

Leilani Münter@leilanimunter· Apr 5

Hi everyone, I slid on my back across sharp sticks and leaves while barefoot to get this photo of a gorgeous Red-shouldered Hawk that landed in our backyard today, so please look at my picture 😁

A red tailed hawk sits on a branch with greenery behind it with its black and white tail spread like a fan.

Leilani Münter@leilanimunter· Mar 15

“In pushing other species to extinction, humanity is busy sawing off the limb on which it perches.” — Paul R. Ehrlich I hope you are still chasing the butterflies, wherever you are. 🦋 Rest in peace, Professor.

A man with a white beard smiles in a forest with two binoculars hanging around his neck.

Leilani Münter@leilanimunter· Mar 14

Have you ever seen the movie Contact? The movie was based on the novel by Carl Sagan and the character of Dr. Ellie Arroway (played by Jodie Foster) was based on Carl’s friend, the astronomer Jill Tartar. Jill is famous for her work searching for life beyond Earth with SETI.

Leilani Münter@leilanimunter· Feb 2

Beautiful tribute to Bobby at the Grammys tonight. Husband to Natascha. Father to Monet and Chloe. Guitarist, singer, and songwriter to the soundtrack to the lives of millions of people all over the world. The first Dead show my big sister Natascha brought me to was in 1986,

Leilani Münter@leilanimunter· Oct 1

The Changeling (1980) with George C Scott.

A small old wooden wheelchair covered in spider webs sits empty in a room, the shadow of the chair shows the silhouette of a boy sitting in the chair.

Leilani Münter@leilanimunter· Aug 21

I just saw a documentary so powerful I had to do my first movie review on Letterboxd. Please visit checkpointzoo.com to watch the trailer and see if this incredible film is coming to a theater near you. Honestly I haven’t felt this strongly about a film since The Cove came out in 2009.

You will be on the edge of your seat watching an incredible, seemingly impossible, animal rescue happening under the dark shadow of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The innocence of the wild animals caught in the crossfire and the heroism of the people who risked their lives to save these creatures will simultaneously break your heart and give you hope for humanity. It captures the triumph of the human spirit: in the face of imminent danger, this small group of people wanted to save something other than themselves. Checkpoint Zoo will surely be a contender for the Oscar for best documentary film.

A movie poster for Checkpoint Zoo shows a lion stoically looking through a cage.

Leilani Münter@leilanimunter· Jul 18

This one’s for Stephen.

Leilani Münter@leilanimunter· Jul 16

I met a tiny green spider today. It jumped on my hand & I got the impression they wanted to hang out because it took some coaxing to get them off my hand. Maybe they had heard from the other spiders in the neighborhood that when they come in our house, we never hurt them & instead catch them with…

A very bright green, but incredibly tiny (~1 cm) spider sits on a thumb.

Leilani Münter@leilanimunter· Jul 15

Happy #worldorcaday! Posting a memory from 2014 when I raced Talladega in the #Blackfish race car to raise awareness about the documentary & the suffering of cetaceans in captivity. The tv commentators on Fox Sports called my race car the “ARCA Orca” and we nicknamed the weekend Tillydega in honor…🧵

Leilani Münter@leilanimunter· Jul 13

My other half and I have become amateur birders over the past five years. He’s traveling for work and, I must say, I’m quite envious of some of the birds he encounters on his travels. Yesterday he had these amazing Azure-winged Magpies flying around him in Shanghai. 📷 by @uskiwi13.bsky.social

An elegant bird with a very long blue tail with a white tip at the end, blue wings, white and gray body, and black capped head perches on a stick.

Leilani Münter@leilanimunter· Jul 5

Texas is heavily gerrymandered (like many so-called "red" states). Texas cast over 4.8 million votes for Kamala in November. It would be helpful for everyone to remember that all 50 states are different shades of purple - none of them are red or blue. Signed, a blue dot in South Carolina

Image shows the United States with each state being a shade of purple based on voting records. There are no red or blue states, only shades of purple.

Leilani Münter@leilanimunter· Jul 4

I mourn for our country. I mourn for the 17 million Americans who just lost their healthcare, the 18 million children who just lost school lunches, and the 3.5 million struggling Americans that just lost food assistance. I mourn for the immigrants who came here dreaming of a better life.

Leilani Münter@leilanimunter· Jul 3

The AmerExit subreddit has 150k+ members discussing emigration from the United States for a better life with healthcare, no mass shootings and less fascism. Happy fourth 🫠

Leilani Münter@leilanimunter· Jun 27

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Leilani Münter@leilanimunter· Jun 20

I’m just a girl, standing in front of America, asking what the fuck is going on and why are the stupidest people among us running our government?

A scene from the Simpsons cartoon, Bart is sad, hanging his head down and says “This is the stupidest day in America” and Homer his father corrects him “The stupidest day in America so far”

Leilani Münter@leilanimunter· Jun 15

Mr. Thiel, do you have any comments about Palantir’s surveillance of the American people, sir? You’re setting up a Big Brother surveillance system and people know it, sir. People are waking up to what you’re doing there, sir.” And just like that, Dan Dicks (the cameraman) became an American hero.