Danielle Brigida (starfocus on Bsky)
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Curious naturalist.🌱 Staying positive is more productive. Here to appreciate wonder & beauty.
Northern Virginia
Joined March 2008
eDNA Reveals #SnowLeopards in Bhutan’s Highlands High in the Eastern Himalayas, near Mount Jomolhari, scientists collected water from the Paa Chhu River. Through environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis, these samples revealed genetic evidence of 19 mammal species, including the
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I've discovered @DominionEnergy is back to cutting down trees along the W & OD trail in Virginia. It's chopping down another 132 trees. It says it's emergency maitenence to protect its electrical towers from trees. @NOVA_Parks disagrees & says the removal of more trees
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This #livestream of a bald eagle nest is the entertainment I need ❤️ https://t.co/9hI57eFIRS 🦅 Thanks @USFWS
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Harry Stewart Jr., a decorated World War II pilot and one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, has died. He was 100 years old. After the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, Stewart enlisted as soon as he turned 18. He joined what was considered an experiment to train Black
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"It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and if we can teach our children to honor nature's gifts, the joys and beauties of the outdoors will be here forever." - President Jimmy Carter 📸 Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by Danielle Brigida/USFWS
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Grateful and ready to #GiveBack this #CryptoGivingTuesday? YOU can give #BabyBani the best chance for healing and dignity - the chance to be an elephant and live her best life. https://t.co/U3JPHROISE
#CryptoForGood Calling all HODLERS - you can help too! LIKE/RT if you
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New in @TIME, WWF's @DrRebeccaShaw writes about the catastrophic loss of wildlife revealed in the Living Planet Report. "The decisions we make in the next five years will determine if we can reverse these trends or watch them spiral out of control."
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The rapid decline in wildlife around the world has a dangerous ripple effect.
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Great photo by @starfocus!
Who needs a snack cupboard when you have a handy yucca? Do you know who left this grasshopper here? Photo: Danielle Brigida at Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge in Texas.
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Found a cecropia moth under a streetlight in Virginia. What an amazing moth! It circled under the street light until it landed on the road. I gently moved it to a nearby tree.
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Don’t Stop Believing! That’s always been my theme song for the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing! We did it! I get emotional everytime I drive UNDER this bridge knowing what it will mean for wildlife.
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Happy Birthday, Rachel Carson! Her lessons of fostering endless and durable wonder in our natural world act as my North Star. ⭐️ “One way to open your eyes to unnoticed beauty is to ask yourself, "What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I would never see it again?”
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Happy World Bee Day! Bees rarely receive the credit they deserve for their integral role in fighting climate change. Learn more about these unsung climate heroes: https://t.co/Sd01rDVyCJ.
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Owls and hawks and many other natural hunters of rats and mice are feeding young now. So now's a good time not to use rodent poisons. Let our natural hunters eat clean and raise their babies. The more of them, the less we need poisons and traps.
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A SINGLE MOM WHO WORKS TWO JOBS, WHO LOVES HER KIDS AND NEVER STOPS, WITH GENTLE HANDS AND A HEART OF A FIGHTEEEERRRRR
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Highlights from SFTCL Day-1: Her Majesty the Gyaltsuen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck led the inauguration of the Sustainable Finance for Tiger Landscapes Conference at the majestic Dungkar Dzong, Pangbisa. Joined by HRH Prince Hassanal Shah, Crown Prince of Pahang, Malaysia.
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Our planet isn't single-use. Thank you to @U2 for making Beautiful Day the anthem of our new Plastics PSA: https://t.co/4vk8MKguyJ.
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S4 E7: Why Are the World’s Foremost #Tiger #Conservationists Gathering in #Bhutan on April 22-23? To understand the stakes & opportunity, we turned to several representatives of the global Tiger Conservation Coalition. Find streaming info at this link:
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Podcast Episode · WCS Wild Audio · 04/18/2024 · 13m
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