Sean O’Daniels

Biologist (lumper), dad, hubby, perpetual advanced beginner. I use #animalbehavior and #urbanecology to resolve fine scale #humanwildlifeconflicts

[Sean O’Daniels @ThePicidPro]

Take time to appreciate and enjoy small things today, and every day 😊

[Sean O’Daniels @ThePicidPro]

B…San Juan Islands, Alaska, and SE Arizona all in the same zone?? Ya, positively B!

[Josh Barzon @JoshuaBarzon]

You can only live & travel within one region of the United States for the rest of your life. What are you picking?

[Sean O’Daniels @ThePicidPro]

@PokeMarr

[Sean O’Daniels @ThePicidPro]

@labradortwister Not just the Easterns either!

[Sean O’Daniels @ThePicidPro]

@evornithology Torrent Duck is the only correct answer, obvs

[Sean O’Daniels @ThePicidPro]

@Seiurus @evornithology Short-eared Owl, Dude 😁…I came up with Scarlet-thighed Dacaris for myself, using first and middle initials and dropping the O’ 😅

[Laiken Jordahl @LaikenJordahl]

Border wall contractors are planning to bulldoze thousands of saguaro cactuses along the southern end of the sovereign Tohono O'odham Nation, starting immediately. Cutting down a saguaro would land you or me in jail with a felony — but armed with sweeping legal waivers, DHS plans to obliterate thousands of them with impunity.

“Trespassing on our land to remove the sacred saguaros is like having masked men break into your house and take away your children,” Tohono O’odham Nation Chairman Verlon Jose said in a statement. “The ha:sañ [saguaro] are our family, as much a part of us as any blood relative. To destroy them by the thousands carves a wound in our hearts that will not heal.”

I took this video at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in 2020, where I used to work for the National Park Service before returning to document wall construction tearing through the Sonoran Desert. I filmed hundreds of these ancient desert sentinels plowed over without a thought. The Tohono O'odham Nation is now bracing for a far worse version of what we saw at Organ Pipe, where they were only building one wall. On O'odham land, they're fighting to build two.

[Sean O’Daniels @ThePicidPro]

@Seiurus @evornithology TIMO!!

[Sean O’Daniels @ThePicidPro]

I have to take some poetic license with my names to find a match…STDA (first letter first and middle names (ST), drop the O’ cuz it’s just a possessive preposition (right??) (DA)

[Dan Baldassarre @evornithology]

DABA 😎

[Sean O’Daniels @ThePicidPro]

@FreddyLA7 I have a couple extra tix for @Weezer on Sunday night, are you guys sticking around until then??

[Laiken Jordahl @LaikenJordahl]

“Trespassing on our land to remove the sacred saguaros is like having masked men break into your house and take away your children,” Tohono O’odham Nation Chairman Verlon Jose said in a statement. “The ha:sañ are our family, as much a part of us as any blood relative. To destroy them by the thousands carves a wound in our hearts that will not heal.”

Quote from @EmilyBregel's feature story on the thousands of sacred saguaros now targeted by DHS bulldozers on the Tohono O'odham nation to make way for two layers of border wall .

I took this photo at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in 2020, where extensive saguaro destruction took place for wall construction.

[Sean O’Daniels @ThePicidPro]

@evornithology First these guys catching a case, and now this absolute legend…TF are we even doing here anymore???
https://t.co/HifGdznCWp

[Local 12/WKRC-TV @Local12]

Authorities executed a traffic stop on two men who were caught behind the handlebars of a leather couch that had been mounted on two e-scooters.

"While we appreciate the creativity, we do have to remind everyone: no matter what you’re 'driving,' please think about safety."

[Sean O’Daniels @ThePicidPro]

@patchworkfemme

[Sean O’Daniels @ThePicidPro]

@3YearLetterman From the Book of John:

https://t.co/xewxd0ZpmE

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

“How do you feel about your team’s execution?”

“I’m in favor of it.”

- John McKay

[Laiken Jordahl @LaikenJordahl]

BREAKING: DHS contractors are toppling the last of four ancient cottonwoods to build double border walls across the San Rafael Valley.

The wall cuts through the key remaining wildlife corridor for endangered jaguars between Arizona and Sonora, where human border crossings are seldom seen.

A protest camp had occupied and protected this tree for more than 60 days, halting construction. The camp was raided and campers were arrested this morning.

This wall will effectively lock the remaining jaguars in the U.S. into solitary confinement, while permanently marring one of the last remaining wild places along the Arizona border.

[Sean O’Daniels @ThePicidPro]

Garden of Unearthly Frights

[John Cain @JohnDCain]

This is the best photo from the Kentucky - South Carolina game. There’s so much stuff going on in this photo. You can study it for a long time.

[Sean O’Daniels @ThePicidPro]

@evornithology Don’t do it, Dan!
https://t.co/8qVoEpAQpD

[Laiken Jordahl @LaikenJordahl]

Yesterday’s historic win stopping wall construction across the whole Big Bend region still hasn’t quite settled in, but we figured we’d get right back out in the field today anyway. Got a tip that a section of wall outside of El Paso had been severely flooded over the last two weeks of hurricane rain, so headed out to investigate this morning with Natalie Newman.

What we found was an geomorphological nightmare where erosion had cut 10-15 deep into a hillside, while also piling up a ton of earth against the wall—so much that it basically overtopped the wall itself. The border wall always seems so surreal, so ridiculous and so futile. At times like this, up against the persistent force of nature, it’s also just comedic in its absurdity.

We will keep doing every single thing in our power to make sure these ridiculous, destructive barriers are kept out of Big Bend for good.

[Sean O’Daniels @ThePicidPro]

@PokeMarr That sure sounds like a quote from someone who doesn’t actually want to win the bid

[Laiken Jordahl @LaikenJordahl]

BREAKING: WE JUST WON!! All border wall/road construction across the entire Big Bend region is halted. What a massive, historic victory for everyone across Big Bend—the toughest, most beautiful souls I know. I’m a speechless puddle of tears. More to come soon.

[Sean O’Daniels @ThePicidPro]

@aadityad9 I just say loudly, “PILEATED!!” or sometimes “PIWO!!” and both of those feel very right