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kbroquard.bsky.social @kbroquard.bsky.social · 12h

Thanks for sharing- I did not know about flying foxes

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Tom Astle @tjalamont.bsky.social · 22h

Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans), N Carolina. These spiders are ambush predators that don't catch prey in a web - but look closely and you'll see that she's spun a silk scaffold to help her cling to the leaf (an especially good idea given that she's on a carnivorous pitcher plant). 🐙🌿 #bugsky

A closeup photo of a lime-green spider with long, spiny, dark-banded legs, sitting atop a rain-dappled, lime-green leaf.

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AndyMacD-Unique Moments Captured @andymacd-photo.bsky.social · 2d

"Serendipity". A last minute change of plan and an unexpected photo, but you have to be out and about to spot these things. One I think for my portfolio.

www.AndyMacD.co.uk

#landscape #photography
#LandscapePhotography #Autumn
#fineart #Scotland #nature #Woodland #trees #loch #lake #mist #bluehour

Blue hour at a Scottish loch. Low level fog, blue hour and the silhouette of Scots pines, Nordic pines and birch trees.

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AlinaHagen 🌊🎨📸 @alinagrafik.bsky.social · 2d

#BlueskyArtShow #Autumn

Autumn is also a time for fog. Looking down at the fog in San Luis Obispo from Cerro San Luis.

#EastCoastKin #Hiking #LandscapePhotography

In the foreground is part of the mountain slope which is very dark brown vegetation. Just below is an ocean of fog filling in the valley of San Luis Obispo. The sun is shining on the fog, showing slight variations in the density of the fog. In the distance are more mountains rising above the fog. The sun is shining directly into the camera, and the sky is blue. Cerro San Luis, San Luis Obispo, California.

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amyb @itsamusred.bsky.social · 2d

Monarch butterflies migrate through our neck of the woods in late #Autumn. I saw my first one yesterday. #BlueSkyArtShow

An orange, yellow, and black butterfly is flying with wings spread wide against a blue sky. Below is green and brown spartina grass.

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Jen Cross @jencross.bsky.social · 2d

We found this handsome blue tarantula just wandering down a trail in the Andes Mountains of Colombia. This genus of tarantula is popular in the pet trade, which may put pressure on wild populations. #Arachtober
(Pamphobeteus sp.)Tatama National Park, Colombia, 2023

A fuzzy blue spider with longer white hairs scattered throughout its blue fuzz. It is standing on mossy rocks.

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kbroquard.bsky.social @kbroquard.bsky.social · 2d

But, will the administration release those funds??

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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 6d

Halloween pennant dragonflies - I don't always see them every year, alas ... #Invert 🌿

Dragonfly with orangey and reddish-brown spots or patches on wings - perched on skinny stick

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kbroquard.bsky.social @kbroquard.bsky.social · 5d

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekRforRock
#RockinTuesday
Rocks in Yosemite National Park

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kbroquard.bsky.social @kbroquard.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks for your reporting on what happened in the courtroom today

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Alex Sauerbrunn @birdsbyalex.bsky.social · 7d

With its rosy-pink belly and glossy green wings, the Lewis’s Woodpecker has to be the coolest-looking woodpecker I’ve ever seen — a great bird to mark my 500th species in the U.S.

#birds #nature #wildlife #photography

A woodpecker perched on a branch, showing a rosy-pink belly, green wings, and a dark gray head with a red face. Photographed in the San Gabriel Mountains, California.

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Photography by Douglas 🍁 @darkwaterphotos.bsky.social · 7d

The instructor demonstrated a new pose for squirrels, but when she did it, it came out a bit squirrelly.🐿️

#Squirrels 🐿️ #KeepCalmAndSquirrelOn #Wildlife 🫎 #Nature 🌿 #PhotoWalk🚶‍➡️ #ReadyForWinter #Photo📷 #NuttyByNature #Photog4Hire #SquirrelGoals #SquirrelPower🤠🤙📿

A black squirrel, which is a melanistic (dark-colored) variant of the Eastern gray squirrel. While it's difficult to see a notch in the ear from this photo, squirrels sometimes have notches or other ear injuries from fights with other squirrels, predators, or parasites.

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William Dunigan @w-dunigan.bsky.social · 10d

Tree roots in still water at Lake Mary, Mammoth Lakes, California.

#mammothlakes #lakemary #lakes #lake #california #sierranevada #sierranevadamountains #easternsierra #mountains #landscape #landscapephotography #sunset #sunsetphotography #photographer #forest #tranquility #color #clouds

A photograph of an uprooted tree's base resting in the still water of Lake Mary, Mammoth Lakes, California. Clouds cling to peaks in the background, raining at sunset.

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kbroquard.bsky.social @kbroquard.bsky.social · 8d

Is there a story about shapes in the forest??

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Art by Emily K @museum.of.emilyk.art · 8d

Here is a corrected version of it. It should have any and all typos taken care of - but feel free to point out any! I want this to be squared away before I make any prints! Thanks, #JewSky for your enthusiasm!

A spelling-corrected version of my previous illustration: Hebrew calligraphy in dark green stretches in lines across the image. Negative space makes room for a simple representation of an inflatable frog costume with a blue bandana. That shape consists of the English translation of the Hebrew, in a lighter green, and in much smaller text.
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Famously, the Egyptian tyrant causes Egypt to be overrun with frogs because he refuses to free the Hebrew people, but there are additional details that make this a fun one to ponder. For one, the Hebrew says "the frog came up" - ONE frog - even though the rest of the time it says "frogs." So there are a few explanations rabbis have come up with to explain this. One is that a single frog multiplied to create swarms. A more creative explanation is that there was a singular giant frog who traveled and brought destruction. Jewish social media was sharing videos of the Portland Frog protester with the caption, "One Big Frog! One Big Frog!" Of course the frog protesters did multiply, and many were seen in crowds all over the world on "No Kings" Day. This calligraphic work takes the verses addressing the frog plague and combines them to form a simple rendering of the Portland Frog protester. The frog figure itself is made up of the English translations of the Hebrew around it. At the bottom left my signature is in the shape of a lily pad.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 9d

For #FeatheredFriday and #FlyDay, a great blue heron at the creek
#photography #birds #egret #nature #AlphabetChallenge #WeekQforQuiet 📷🦉🪶

A great blue heron wading in the brownish-blue water of a creek. Some dry, bent reeds reach into the upper left of the frame.

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.co.uk · 11d

I have a big flash sale coming 1st Nov!! I've added lots of art that has been in storage for a while. I will be taking 25-30% off all sale items.
Sale will go live at 12pm GMT.
Sale Preview: buff.ly/dHsPYlO
#flashsale #art #originalart #artforsale #watercolourpainting #watercolour #artsale

A pink feathered dragon perching on a branch in a rainforest.

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Andrea Peterson @andreapeterson.bsky.social · 10d

Some midnight pumpkins at our local farmers market, Country Farms, Edmonds, Washington

#31DaysOfHalloween #Dark #Pumpkins #BuyLocal #Spooky #PNW #Edmonds #Photography

A bunch of midnight pumpkins, very dark, almost black, with hints of green and blue

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Breezie @breeze420.bsky.social · 9d

"Color in a picture is like enthusiasm in life."

-Vincent Van Gogh

this photo shows fall trees of different colors reflected in water at a park.

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kbroquard.bsky.social @kbroquard.bsky.social · 9d

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekQforQuiet

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kbroquard.bsky.social @kbroquard.bsky.social · 10d

I believe all registered voters in California receive a mail-in ballot. Californians, you know what to do- VOTE NOW! Return your ballot by mail or to your favorite ballot drop box or you can actually go vote in person.
My ballot has 3 items to vote on. My ballot has been returned and counted.

Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg 🇵🇸 @elizabethweill.bsky.social · 10d

Breaking: The Department of Justice announced it will "monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions [in New Jersey and California] ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law." www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...

Justice Department to Monitor Polling Sites in California, New Jersey

WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Justice announced that it will monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot ...

www.justice.gov

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Brian Peterson @drbrianpet.bsky.social · 11d

#ThridEyelidThursday!

Acorn #woodpecker
has #thirdeyelid covering half the eye
and the upper eyelid covering about a quarter

#bird #birdphotography 🪶

Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary

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Steve Waycott Wildlife Photography 🍁 @stevewaycott.bsky.social · 11d

Harsh winter afternoon light but lovely bokeh on this image of an almost-mature American Herring Gull.

Little Lepreau, #NewBrunswick, Canada
December 2024

📸 #birds #AHGU #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf

A large gull with light grey wings and back, black tail, and pink legs and feet is standing on a weathered wooden plank, facing to the right and looking at the camera. Lovely bokeh balls grace the background.

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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 11d

Daily bunny no.3116 flying south for the winter

A bunny rides on the back of a Canada Goose, the current leader of a whole flock of geese, as they migrate for the winter. They are flying above the clouds on a cool autumn day.

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Luke Haigh Photography @lukehaigh.co.uk · 12d

A beautiful Great Egret in flight over water, showcasing its white plumage and large wingspan against a backdrop of reeds and a muddy bank. The bird's legs are trailing behind it. Please visit www.lukehaigh.co.uk. #Birds #lukehaigh #birdphotography #photography

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