I love how tiny kinglets are and how well they handle the cold (mander.xyz)
Golden-crowned kinglet...
My puppy might be part bat. (mander.xyz)
Preach. (mander.xyz)
Guatemalan neckband snake (Scaphiodontophis annulatus) is such a boring name for such a neat animal (mander.xyz)
Honduras, June 2022
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he do a flip (mander.xyz)
Sometimes I don’t even know what I’m photographing. This is a male blue-black grassquit doing a “I’m sexy” dance as he calls.
I missed photographing male scarlet tanagers this year, so here's one from last year (mander.xyz)
Ohio, May 2022
Anadenobolus monilicornis marching along, Honduras, June 2023 (mander.xyz)
This was the biggest millipede I’ve ever seen. It was at least 6 inches long.
Black-headed trogon in Honduras, June 2023 (mander.xyz)
Trogons are incredibly fun to find and photograph. This is the only individual black-headed trogon I came across this year.
Mexican burrowing python (Loxocemus bicolor) in Costa Rica, 2021 (mander.xyz)
Sometimes, plain snakes are the most beautiful and interesting.
Rugged tiny blue-gray gnatcatcher (mander.xyz)
Pennsylvania, July 2023
Deinopis longipes, the net-casting spider (mander.xyz)
Honduras, June 2023
sometimes you just have to hide from the world a little (mander.xyz)
contemplating the big philosophical questions (mander.xyz)
Why do humans have ears but never listen? What is water? How is my bowl always empty!
Pandora went on an adventure (mander.xyz)
Best way to run a Linux VM(s) on intel MacOS? (mander.xyz)
My daughter is starting a college computing course next month and has been told they will be using linux....
How I'm Going to Feel Tomorrow After Partying with Drunk Science Man (mander.xyz)
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Loki has arrived (mander.xyz)
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Found this aquatic fungus a couple weeks ago (Vibrissea truncorum) (mander.xyz)
Central American jumping pitviper (Metlapilcoatlus mexicanus), Costa Rica, 2021 (mander.xyz)
This stunning large specimen was just hanging out when we came across it. Absolute unit of a viper.
Many many many many snow geese (mander.xyz)
I’ve had a lot of great birding days this year, but little compares to the sheer awe at watching 100,000+ snow geese lift off at once. Previously, I’d only seen three individual snow geese. I hope I get to experience this beauty and feeling again soon....
Chestnut-sided warbler getting breakfast (mander.xyz)
I prefer to get action shots when possible, and sometimes, the birds deliver....
Sample of mind-altering magical wood (mander.xyz)
Once upon a time, this piece of wood was posted somewhere....
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Phrynus sp., momma with babies (mander.xyz)
This is one of my favorite observations from this summer–a tailless whip scorpion with tiny jelly beans. She was really fiesty, with good reason! We shoo’d her out of the road, much to her displeasure, so scooters wouldn’t run her over....
Henslow's Sparrow, Pennsylvania, July 2023 (mander.xyz)
I’d “seen” one of these before, but only in a “flying away during winter” kind of way. So, finding 8+ in a field this summer was wonderful! I love their little songs. Sparrows are one of my favorite groups of birds.