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betsy cooley
@betsycooley.bsky.social
27K followers 3.1K following 15K posts
San Francisco Bay Area
Amateur photographer, mostly nature, birds and landscapes. Enjoy nature, reading, #uglydogs, the local food scene, etc. Also, curious about and fascinated by weather⛈️ and volcanoes🌋. #EastCoastKin.
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Todey yuo can lern that #caturday napps on hollerday Weekent frideys arr an reel thing. Cate code. Subminted fur ebbindenss:
Orange cat with white face and feet napping on sofa with tail over nose XXXL grey tabby kitten blissfully taking a siesta on his Taco Truck
November 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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astrokatie.com
Some of my best friends are other people’s dogs 🐶❤️🥹
November 29, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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djwalker.bsky.social
From the archive, getting up close and personal with a grey heron.

Passage, Cork, 🇮🇪

#photography
#nature
#landscape
#PhotoHour
#birdoftheday
#spéirgorm
#EastCoastKin

🐕 🚶📱 📸 📷 🌅 🦅 🪶 🐦
November 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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kortduce.bsky.social
Looking up at this mesmerizing face from about 15 feet (or 4.57 meters).

A great horned owl photographed in Longmont, Colorado.

#HeadShots #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #owl #owls #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #great_horned_owl #great_horned_owls
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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I'm going with the colourful #Corvid for #ThursJay, which is the stunning Jay captured at Yarrow Valley Country Park back in June this year.

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #naturephotography @rspb.bsky.social #birdphotography #wildlife #PhotographyIsArt #ukbirding #wildlifephotography #BirdLife
November 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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quietlynow.bsky.social
I'm hoping its a blue bird of happiness to bless us today! (we need all the help we can get) #birds #Photography #EastCoastKin #photographersOfBluesky
a bluebird launches off of a branch covered with red berries - its wings are outstretched, curved in a graceful arc. It had been eating the red berries just the moment before
November 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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midwestusa.bsky.social
A winters day morning in Minnesota ❄️
#Photography
#Photographers
#BlueSkyArt
#EastCoastKin
#Snow
#Winter
#Minnesota
Out the back window.. a winters day in Minnesota.
November 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Good morning/ afternoon/ evening. Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #MorningLight a bird bathed in morning sunlight. The alternative is #strength birds showing their power. Good luck. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
A Blue Tit perched on the tip of a small leafy branch, its blue, yellow, and white plumage brightly lit by warm sunlight. The bird faces right in a neat profile pose, showing crisp feather detail and a sharp eye. The background is a smooth, deep green bokeh, giving the scene a calm, natural feel.
November 28, 2025 at 6:51 AM
betsycooley.bsky.social
Tonight's sunset, San Francisco Financial District and Bay Bridge from Emeryville, California.

#sunset #sky #nature #eastcoastkin
San Francisco skyline. Bright gold and pink clouds mixed in with gray fog. Bay Bridge, Yerba Buena Island, Branches of pine tree to the left.
November 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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The #landscape of Scotts Bluff National Monument, western #Nebraska, captured in a 3-photo #panoramic merge.

#Scape #PanoPhotos #Monochrome #ClassicMono #Lightroom #MobilePhotography #Photography 📷
Panoramic view of rugged, sandy bluffs in western Nebraska's Scotts Bluff National Monument. Free admission!
November 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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marjosl.bsky.social
Good morning all, a photo from a summer back in 2024 to wish you a fine Friday ✨️
#Scape #EastCoastKin #landscape #Oostvaardersplassen #mobilephonephotography #zeldenzomooigezien
November 28, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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everyheron.bsky.social
They live across northern and southern Europe and into Asia as far as Japan and are very adaptable! Here's a local London one.
November 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
betsycooley.bsky.social
Chloe with her long legs hanging off the edge of the cat tower.

#cats #torties #eastcoatkin
Calico cat in sunlight that is filtered through vertical blinds. She has long legs that are hanging over the edge.
November 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
betsycooley.bsky.social
View of San Francisco shortly after sunset, taken from Emeryville, California.

#sunset #sky #nature #eastcoastkin
Pink, orange, yellow sunset behind San Francisco Financials District, Yerba Buena Island and Bay Bridge. Bay has little ripples and is pale blue with a hint of pink reflected from sunset. Branches of pine tree to the left and black triangle lower right is riprap next to a path beside the shoreline. Western Gull in upper right corner.
November 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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breeze420.bsky.social
"The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time."
-James Taylor
A single tree rising up amongst other trees.
November 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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skinskintainan.bsky.social
green

#art #photo #photography #temple #lanterns #Incense #streetphotography #Tainan #EastCoastKin
©️skinskin
November 28, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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In Miami, Great egrets are often found hunting in backyards for lizards, snakes, and small birds. This one caught a brown anole and a stick and is trying to figure out how to swallow one without the other. For the #HeadShots theme of #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin #birds Happy Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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alinagrafik.bsky.social
#HumansOfBluesky

The top of Cerro San Luis. A group of hikers...some were up at the peak, others were playing music and dancing on the deck (obviously not that obvious from this photo). 😒

#EastCoastKin #Hiking
A view of Cerro San Luis peak. A couple of people are up at the top, silhouetted against the blue sky with wispy clouds. Below, there is a wooden deck with a group of people what were singing and dancing to music. Cerro San Luis, San Luis Obispo, California.
November 28, 2025 at 3:05 AM
betsycooley.bsky.social
Sun sinks behind San Francisco Financial District tonight.

#sunset #nature #eastcoastkin
Bright red and orange sky as sun sets. Bay Bridge, San Francisco Bay.
November 28, 2025 at 2:17 AM
betsycooley.bsky.social
Hundreds of Western Gulls headed South across the Bay Bridge tonight. I wish I'd gotten more and better photos. It was quite impressive.

#birds #nature #eastcoastkin
Huge group of gulls flying off for shelter for the night. Bay Bridge, San Francisco skyline in the background. Water is gray, branches of pine tree to the left.
November 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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djdynamic.ca
Well Isaac Newton being the *second* result for Newton, after a Crytpo platform, really sums up the decline of human knowledge I think lol
A Google search for "Newton" where the top result is "Newton Crypto" and the second result is the Wikipedia page for Isaac Newton
November 25, 2025 at 4:53 AM
betsycooley.bsky.social
Chloe and Riley lying down on the cat tower in the bright sun. (Riley has her eyes fixated on a sunbeam on the far wall that keeps moving around - how dare it!)

#cats #torties #eastcoastkin
November 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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rangedan.bsky.social
Union Street Railroad Bridge
in west salem, oregon
The wooden trestle for The Union Street Railroad Bridge with gold leaves and blue sky above. It is a vertical lift, Pratt through truss bridge that spans the Willamette River in Salem, Oregon, United States, built in 1912–13. It was last used by trains in the early 1990s and was sold for one dollar in 2003 to the City of Salem, which converted it to bicycle and pedestrian use in 2008–2009 - wiki
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Thankful for my Bluesky friends and thoughtful talented reposters @pierpaolo.bsky.social @msjulesb.bsky.social @breeze420.bsky.social @downmydirtroad.bsky.social @pelzerb.bsky.social @chele23.bsky.social @jwolfiedog.bsky.social @arik-2.bsky.social @mad7500.bsky.social
Yellow setting sun behind elaborate clouds over palm trees
November 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Shelter Island
San Diego, California

Gliding just above the still water.
Wings stir the hush of dusk.
Light follows where shadow bends.
The surface listens, then lets go.
Nature holds beauty in every breath.

#photography #sandiego #California
November 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM