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Bree Lundberg @breelundberg.com · 1d

Everybody protesting today, stay safe!! (And for everybody else, stop complaining how other people protest! Diversity of tactics is important).

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MothManRules @mothmanrules.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely same

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MothManRules @mothmanrules.bsky.social · 1d

That’s Killer Moth

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MothManRules @mothmanrules.bsky.social · 1d

Cool! Cooper’s Hawks and Brown Creepers are amazing

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MothManRules @mothmanrules.bsky.social · 1d

Cool!

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MothManRules @mothmanrules.bsky.social · 1d

In addition, we have this juvenile Red-Headed Woodpecker as well as this Red Squirrel and Southern Leopard Frog.

MothManRules @mothmanrules.bsky.social · 1d

Here is a short post with more photos from the backlog. This post contains pictures from my local bog during the month of September. First up, we have some pictures of a Merlin.

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MothManRules @mothmanrules.bsky.social · 1d

Backyard Birdwatching Post 10:
During the month of September, I was able to get a picture of this American Goldfinch preening itself.

MothManRules @mothmanrules.bsky.social · 2d

When you say ancient but alien-like, would say hell being similar to Bosch’s depictions of hell?

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MothManRules @mothmanrules.bsky.social · 2d

Okay. Thank you

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MothManRules @mothmanrules.bsky.social · 2d

What is that?

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MothManRules @mothmanrules.bsky.social · 3d

Cool!

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MothManRules @mothmanrules.bsky.social · 3d

A thread: More photos from the backlog. Here are some photos from the last week of August. These were taken at my nearest NWR. First up are some of the herons I saw on the trip. Here we have a juvenile Black-Crowned Night Heron, a Great Blue Heron, and a juvenile Yellow-Crowned Night Heron.

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MothManRules @mothmanrules.bsky.social · 3d

Note: I just got my first camera in May/early June. I am not the best with it.

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MothManRules @mothmanrules.bsky.social · 3d

Cool! I like nature photography and I like taking some nature photographs myself.

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MothManRules @mothmanrules.bsky.social · 3d

Finally, here are some of the remaining photos. Here we have a Greater Yellowlegs, an Osprey eating breakfast, a couple of American Avocets, and a Box Turtle.

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MothManRules @mothmanrules.bsky.social · 3d

Another lifer from that day was the nearby Marbled Godwit.

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MothManRules @mothmanrules.bsky.social · 3d

Another highlight was a lifer for me. They were some Hudsonian Godwits.

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MothManRules @mothmanrules.bsky.social · 3d

Next, we have one of the highlights of the trip. A Roseate Spoonbill. It is my fourth Spoonbill of the year. I also got a picture of the spoonbill with some White Ibises.

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MothManRules @mothmanrules.bsky.social · 3d

Here are some pictures of a bunch of terns and skimmers. Specifically, we have some Caspian Terns, Black Skimmers, Forster’s Terns, and a Common Tern.

Caspian Tern with Black Skimmers in the background

Black Skimmers, Forster’s Terns, and Caspian Terns

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MothManRules @mothmanrules.bsky.social · 3d

Here we have some pictures of Western Sandpipers and Semipalmated Sandpipers. Specifically, the first three are Western and the last one was Semipalmated.

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MothManRules @mothmanrules.bsky.social · 3d

A thread: More photos from the backlog. Here are some photos from the last week of August. These were taken at my nearest NWR. First up are some of the herons I saw on the trip. Here we have a juvenile Black-Crowned Night Heron, a Great Blue Heron, and a juvenile Yellow-Crowned Night Heron.

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MothManRules @mothmanrules.bsky.social · 3d

Don’t forget a lot of them are not even real people…. Just bots

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MothManRules @mothmanrules.bsky.social · 3d

Okay. Cool. Thank you.

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MothManRules @mothmanrules.bsky.social · 3d

Wait, when? Is this news?!

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