This is cool: “In a study published in Apidologie, researchers at East Lawn Cemetery in Ithaca, New York, uncovered one of the largest known aggregations of ground-nesting solitary bees ever recorded, estimating that an average of about 5.6 million bees emerge from a single section of lawn each spring, with totals ranging from roughly 3.1 to 8 million.”

https://www.discovermagazine.com/up-to-8-million-bees-are-living-in-an-underground-network-beneath-this-cemetery-48977

“North Carolina bill proposes amending the state constitution to classify abortion as first-degree murder and to give any person the right to use deadly force to stop it.“

Nothing says pro life more than giving free reign to murder women.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/nc-republicans-propose-letting-anyone-use-deadly-force-against-women-who-have-abortions-under-new-bill/ar-AA240JKu

I thought the tree was full of only Tennessee warblers as well as the orioles, but there were a few other species of warblers. Because they were mostly in the shadow of the branches, they weren't easy to see or photograph. This yellow warbler made a brief appearance, though was still in mostly in shadow.

#Warber #BirdsOfMastodon

Some brightness for this grey, stormy day.

I actually thought to go out today, while there are still blossoms, to get bird with blossoms with water drops, but it was way too windy and dark.

#BaltimoreOriole #BirdsOfMastodon

Sigh.

“A white doctor based in Colorado has teamed up with a conservative legal group to sue the online directory, “Find A Black Doctor,” for allegedly discriminating against physicians based on their race.“

Personally, I won’t have any but a woman GP, but if I were in Colorado, I would definitely blacklist him. Of all professions, his is one in which he should understand this need.

https://www.blackenterprise.com/white-doctor-sues-find-a-black-doctor-directory/

The forest floor of the woods next door is full of trilliums in early spring.

#Trilliums

A tale of the toads, as a distraction from, well, waves around. I took a walk and heard frogs singing a few days ago! This is a new local little wetland. We have been getting a lot of rain these past few years and even when we have heat warning heat, it gets really hot, then it rains, so nothing dries out. So this new little, easily accessible, wetland was new to me. And frogs singing! One was visible, in the water with vibration circles about him.

#AmericanToad #UrbanWildlife

Looking at university costs, I’m glad I was educated when I was. I don’t think I would’ve been able to afford it today. Kids who live in university towns really have no idea how lucky they are. A kid I know, who lived at home, was given a car to commute, bragged about having put herself through school. She paid tuition and books with money she made at the summer job her mom got for her. That is only part if the cost.

Anyway. All kids deserve an education.