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Some scale for the pollinator census

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by Roxorzboxorz31 — July 17, 2026 — Gave 1 Hour for Earth

Starting with a classic, yeah the queens are actually pretty big. The palmleaf mistflower flower clusters are just over an inch across (~3 cm)

Super long-legged crab spider? Maybe .4 in (~1 cm) from leg tip to tip.

On one 2.5 in (~6.3 cm) flower stalk of mealy blue sage we have a .8 in (~2 cm) bumble bee and a tiny roughly .1 inch (~.3 cm) crab spider

Big beautiful butterfly? The juniper hairstreak is a beauty, but is on a flower that is .4 in (~1 cm) across.

leggy katydid nymph with huge antennae? While the antennae are proportionally long, they're on a flower stalk that is right around .5 in (~1.3 cm) long.

Bonus, a blurry mystery observation, but this is on a frogfruit stem, I can't even measure how small that is but it's roughly .01 in (~2.5 mm). No ID, but I think it might be a male scale insect.

These cams are pretty crazy, so I wanted to give scale to some of our observations, even many blurry images are impressive. This is a rough scale, always some variance in plant size. Yes, my neighbors probably think I'm crazy for walking around my yard measuring plants.

Please watch Listers

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by kenderroni(she/her) near Tacoma, Washington, United States — July 17, 2026 — Gave 8 Hours for Earth

Finally watched Listers after Sruti plugged it on stream a while back. Amazing + hilarious! Even inspired me to get my first pair of binoculars. So I went out to scope some local purple martins and check out a nearby wildlife refuge.

Also trying to eat more vegan meals and log volunteer hrs :)

Birding hike (+ unfortunate brush fire)

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by Arrow_Noodle(She/her) near Dinan, Metropolitan France, France — July 17, 2026 — Gave 2 Hours for Earth

Very nice landscape with the lighthouse !

I was watching dolphins with my monocular and this guy showed next to me without noticing lol

The nesting site I was observing ! These giant rocks have multiple species of birds nesting on it, like gulls, kittiwakes, cormorants and even razorbills sometimes (yes all the white spots are poop)

Now the sad part, 2-3 days later a brush fire started on the cliff, 35 hectares were burnt down and firefighters really struggled because the area was so tricky with the cliffside :( (rn it’s out dw)

It was so close to where we were, now the whole area is entirely closed off and patrolled by authorities to prevent the fire from starting again

From where I was staying at, we could see the smoke from the fire in the horizon, it really sucked and started smelling like burnt wood after a while :(

Last week I went to vacations and we did a very cool cliffside hike with some birding !

Unfortunately 3 days later a brush fire started in that area and since climate change and drought caused it, I thought I’d share it too for awareness and as a reminder to enjoy and protect our natural areas

BEES!

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by Peachy(she/her) near Manchester, England, United Kingdom — July 17, 2026 — Gave 1 Hour for Earth

I wanted to share some of the pictures i've taken recently of the bees in my garden, they are currently enjoying my tomato plant and snowberry bush. I love gardening but my favorite part has to be all the bees and bugs that come to visit!

Bobcats and hummingbirds

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by Lumberaxe1 — July 17, 2026 — Gave 10 Hours for Earth

This is the juvenile female from last years litter with a huge cotton rat

Its baby bobcat and hummingbird migration season YAHHHHHHHH !!!!!!

“Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe.” ― Galileo Galilei

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by sage garden near California, United States — July 16, 2026 — Gave 1 Hour for Earth

There are many repeating patterns in nature. One of the most famous is the fibonacci sequence, usually known as the golden ratio; 0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13....

This sequence dictates things like the growth pattern of dahlia petals, bird feathers, and even some bird flock flight patterns.

(garden photos)

big secret project pt.2

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by Josie — July 16, 2026 — Gave 1 Hour for Earth

YALL LOVED THE LAST ONE SO HERES A PART 2 (also small photo dump bc i dont wanna make 2 posts)

Veganniversary

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by Djrosayyy(She/Her) near Lorton, Virginia, United States — July 16, 2026 — Gave 2 Hours for Earth

I'm no cake decorator, but it tasted great! There's fresh mango in cake and frosting :) Recipe is from Little Blog of Vegan - the GOAT for vegan dessert recipes

Exposing myself: Made a rookie mistake of not adjusting the bake time/temp b/c I was using a dif. size pan than the recipe & ended up with raw centers. this was my solution lmao it worked perfectly :)

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I celebrated 9 years of being vegan this past week by baking a mango cake! I could go on and on about how going vegan was the best decision of my life, but all I'll say is if you've been thinking about it at all...this is your sign!

Egyptian vulture art

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by Sigrid(she/her) near Ockelbo kommun, Gävleborg County, Sweden — July 16, 2026

I made a drawing of an egyptian vulture, in total it took about two and a half hours.

Tofu Takeover!

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by Ray(he/him) — July 15, 2026 — Gave 6 Hours for Earth

My partner and I have been inspired both online and through friends to have more plant based meals and we have fallen in LOVE with tofu! It’s easy to make, easy to sauce up, easy to add to anything and a great source of a lotta good things for your body!!

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