Birds and painting with glazes on pots

 

First rose of 2025

Red bellied woodpecker from the internet

Painting on card "Four Sandhill Cranes" Bosque Del Apache, New Mexico. by SharonWolf@fone.net

Sandhill Crane with colts - from the internet

From the internet 

Large bluebird bowl by Barb Rogers

Ruby throated hummingbird, female

Hummingbird Platter by Barb Rogers

by Greg Chaney in Central Indiana from the internet

by Ana Maria Silva

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Today's Good News from Americans of Conscience

• Dauphin County, PA wipes out $65M of debt in prison-related fees for formerly incarcerated people, removing a barrier to successful re-entry.
• Chattanooga, TN becomes the first National Park City in the U.S.
• Chicago currently sources about 70% of power for its municipal operations from solar energy.
• The Black Women’s Health Imperative and several partners launch the Opill Access Fund, supplying eligible people with a free three-month supply of the first daily over-the-counter birth control pill available in the U.S.
• The Old Growth Forest Network recognizes 32 acres of old-growth forest within the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge, containing trees estimated to be 300 years old.
• Paul Tazewell wins the best costume design Oscar for his work on Wicked, becoming the first Black man to win in that category.
• Public figures sell their Tesla vehicles in protest of the company owner’s unconstitutional meddling in federal agencies.
• Lake Champlain’s trout population returns to historic numbers.
• Cognitive scientists find that stark, straightforward visual representations of harm to the planet can break through climate apathy.
• Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum stands up for Mexico’s sovereignty in response to the U.S. president’s attempts to assert influence over our neighboring country.
• Sierra Leone has reduced maternal death rates by almost 75% since 2000.
• For over 100 years Australia’s electorate has utilized ranked-choice voting to elect their members of Parliament.

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