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Bev Paulan
@bpaulan.bsky.social
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Former crane mama, current conservation pilot, environmental educator and lover of
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All photos my own unless otherwise credited.
Being kind is a choice. Getting more liberal every day.
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I wish I knew why this is so hard for people. Weren't we taught this as children?
December 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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December 5, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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I usually pride myself on crisp images, but on occasion I capture an image that is far from it. Taken tonight through plastic covered window giving it an impressionistic vibe. Northhern Cardinal against the full moon. #BirdoftheDay #songbird #EastCoastKin 🪶
An impressionistic image of a bird sitting on a leafless branch, silhouetted against a yellowish full moon. The sky is pinkish purple.
December 5, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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My soft pastel work 'Bright Red Cardinal with Pine Needles' has finished in 3rd place in the Artist's Choice Holiday Exhibit opening this evening at the Robeson Art Guild in Lumberton, NC and running through 12/18. Prints & cards with this art available at links in my profile. #BirdArt #PastelArt
Framed pastel work of a bright red cardinal in profile facing right. The frame is a dark brown wood with an off-white mat. There is a white 3rd place ribbon in the upper right-hand corner.
December 4, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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December 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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I love shooting on overcast calm days. Water is so calm. Pied-billed grebe for #BirdoftheDay theme of #reflections 🪶
A small brown duck floats across gray water. It is perfectly reflected in the water
December 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Remember when U lose patience with an older person ahead of U at checkout. They move slower. Takes a minute to find cards or coupons.

Keep your snarky remarks to yourself. Don’t bother sighing so loud they can hear U in bakery dept. Because guess what skippy?

You will be a senior citizen 1 day.
November 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
bpaulan.bsky.social
If you see this, qp with a beach photo from your gallery.
A beach photo at sunset. The sand in the foreground is rippled from the ebbing tide. The sun is on the horizon, turning the sky and water orange.
November 29, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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This Red-headed woodpecker says "I'm in" for #Birdoftheday theme of morning light.
A bird with a bright red head and neck, silver beak & white chest sits on a dark gray tree branch with one foot raised as if in greeting.
November 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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November 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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If you’re listening to RFK Jr. on vaccine advice for your children, you’re not competent enough to have children
November 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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A first instar Monarch butterfly caterpillar on Common milkweed. When the cats hatch, they turn around and eat the egg they just emerged from. Definitely fits #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #small
#bugsky
A very wee caterpillar, white with a black head, eats a translucent eggshell while sitting on a fuzzy milky green leaf
November 23, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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A little late, but here's my post for #BirdoftheDay alternate theme of #silhouette. A Brown pelican at sunset over the Gulf of Mexico.
A view of the sun setting over the Gulf of Mexico. The cloudy sky reflects the orange of the sliver of sun that is sinking below the horizon. The water is mostly dark with some orange highlights. A lone bird flies across the scene, silhouetted.
November 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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#RemoveHoekstra
November 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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November 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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It's Tuesday! Let's go for a virtual hike on the prairie together; discover "November Prairie Skies" tuesdaysinthetallgrass.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/n...
November Prairie Skies
“All the animals are hibernating and the birds have gone south. Even the stars have changed their places.”–James Murie ****** It was a week of wild weather. Of echoing sound. Of k…
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November 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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For #NightmareNov and the theme of #teeth, something guaranteed to interrupt one's sleep.
A brown, long-haired monkey with a very red face sits in a hot pool. It has snow on its head and it is visibly upset. Its mouth is open, showing yellowed teeth, and seems to be screaming.
November 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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One last image for today's #BirdoftheDay theme of #standingonthings. A House wren standing on a shepherd's crook with a damselfly in its beak for its waiting chick. 🪶
A small brown bird sits on a curved metal pipe. It sits sideways to the camera, facing right, and has a long slender insect in its beak. The background is blurred green.
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Red-winged blackbirds seem to love #sittingonthings other than the ground. #BirdoftheDay 🪶
A brown stripey birds stands on the head of a wooden whirligig painted to look like a Whooping crane - white with red on its head and a black mustache. The background is blurred green grasses. There are 3 purple flowers seen on the lower right. A brown stripey bird sits on the head of a brown deer. The background is dappled green and brown vegetation
November 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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An adult Sharp-shinned hawk, Accipiter striatus, sits on a bluebird house for today's #BirdoftheDay. My yard, northern Illinois. 🪶
A gray bird with rusty colored stripes on its chest and belly, sits on top of a small wooden birdhouse. There is a much larger birdhouse in the background. Water with green vegetation forms the blurred background.
November 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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November 8, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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For #BlueSkyArtShow, a beautiful sunset. May your #evening be as peaceful.
A lake scene at sunset. A tree frames the scene on the left and top of the image. A boat pier juts into the lake at a 45 degree angle from the bottom left c I rner. The sky is dark blue with orange and pink clouds. The lake reflects the sky's colors.
November 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Wood ducks are cavity nesters and frequently use nest boxes. After the ducklings hatch, the next day, after the female ensures it is safe, the ducklings jump out of the box to start their adventurous life. Photos taken in my yard. #Birdoftheday theme #takeoff 🪶
A brown duck with iridescent green wing bars & a white eye ring, flies to the right of the frame after leaving her nest box which is on the left of the frame A small, fuzxy brown & yellow duckling leaps free of its nest box. It is in a front down, horizontal posture with little wing nubs sticking straight out
November 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Actually, if you're an American, you have a right to believe as you choose.
mmfa.bsky.social Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · Nov 7
Benny Johnson: If you don't believe in God, then “you're not an American, actually”
November 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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For today's #BirdoftheDay theme of #closeup, here is a preening Gentoo penguin. The gland is a uropygial gland that secretes oil. By preening the oil into their feathers, penguins stay waterproof and warm. 🪶
A close-up of a black and white bird. The bird has its body contorted putting its beak just above its tail. A pink colored gland is seen just under the feathets.
November 6, 2025 at 1:11 AM