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What I tell you three times is true! (Not endorsing snark, I refer to the annotated version of The Hunting of The Snark.)🙏
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thebirderbob.bsky.social
Yesterday a flock of about 30 American Robins passed through my yard. They seemed to be on a mission, with most flying rapidly by, all in the same direction. However, a few took a drink and a brief rest before rejoining their gang. #birds #birding #Bobsbackyard #Ancaster #HamOnt
A robin in my birdbath about to take a drink, glaring directly at me, perhaps unimpressed that some ice had formed on the water. A robin perched in our redbud, looking off to the right. Horizontal branches cross over its belly, and just above its head. A robin perched in my backyard spruce tree, in profile view looking to the right.
December 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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mikemelton.bsky.social
A female Barred Antshrike looking for delicious bugs at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica

#birds #nature
A small brown and rust-colored bird with a short crest perches on a branch against a soft green forest background.
December 21, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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conniemenefee.bsky.social
Monarch butterflies from this summer (2025) #Invert
Monarch butterfly on zinnia Monarch butterfly with wings spread on a pink zinnia Monarch butterfly on dark pink zinnia
December 21, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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kevinosx.bsky.social
As we get close to the end of the year I thought I'd repost some of my favorites.

These aren't in any particular order, but how could I not start with my absolute favorite of the Kingbird riding on the osprey while carrying a fish?

#photography #birds
A agitated kingbird rides on an osprey after it caught a fish near the kingbird's nest.
December 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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crawlieswithcri.bsky.social
#BirdOfTheDay #WinterBirds

Going with "Classic Winter Bird + Surprise! Winter Bird"

(well, not a surprise in my yard, but often surprising to folks)

#becurious #birds🪶
photo of an oregon form dark eyed junco and a male anna's hummingbird sitting on the small, snow covered branches of a snowball bush. the junco is down left, in profile facing right. the anna's is upper right in 3/4 profile facing front slightly left.
December 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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minovskyarticle.bsky.social
Cassowary, Porcupine, and Peacock lanterns at the National Zoo.
December 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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glengrambo.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar
Dec. 15
House Sparrows live here year round and they often nest in our yard. They are wonderful parents and are constantly hunting bugs to feed their babies. This female paused a moment while looking for bugs in the flowering apple tree!
#Birds #photography #wildlife
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A female house sparrow, with her mottled broken and grey feathers, perches in a flowering apple tree with its pink flowers. Early morning backlight gives a warm glow to the image.
December 16, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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trilobyter.bsky.social
#FavoriteThings: #hummingbirds.

#BlueSkyArtShow #photography #birds #flowers
Color photo of a ruby-throated hummingbird hovering above and feeding from a red Turk’s cap flower. Color photo of a ruby-throated hummingbird hovering in front of a pink zinnia flower. Color photo of a ruby-throated hummingbird hovering above and feeding from a pink zinnia flower. Color photo of a ruby-throated hummingbird hovering above and feeding from a pale pink zinnia flower.
December 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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ronmac11.bsky.social
#birdoftheday
#heronsandegrets
Grey heron and little egret ignoring each other.
December 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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jonathanfoodie.bsky.social
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At the same perch, so probably the same Great blue Heron as earlier posts... but joined with a fellow Belted Kingfisher at Koll Center Wetlands today!
#TwoForOne
#birds #birding #birdwatching #Heron #Kingfisher #birdphotography #art #photography #wildlifephotography #pnw #wildlife #wilderness #pdx
December 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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burrowingowl.bsky.social
Good morning! 🪶
Burrowing owlet jumping off a cactus.
December 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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davidcsimon.bsky.social
I was taking the bins out today when I noticed a juvenile Eastern Spinebill in the garden. I rushed back inside to grab my camera and was happy to find the bird still there when I returned.
#birds
Photograph of a very small honeyeater perched vertically on the side of a Banksia flower. The entire scene is backlit. The flower is yellow/green, ovoid, and covered in anthers so it looks furry. It is larger than the bird. The bird is dull in colour compared to adults of its species, in shades of desaturated brown and fawn, with black eyes and a pink/black beak that hasn't reached its full length yet.
December 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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banditelli.org
This morning I got the best in flight surf scoter shots of my life thus far. Great weird duck season for in flight shots!

A solid 20 other people near me, no one else ever tried.

We must organize more bird photographers to be down with the clown. 🪶
a black clown looking sea duck with an orange and white beak and white eyes, wings down, background edited for contract a black clown looking sea duck with an orange and white beak and white eyes, wings up, background edited for contract a black clown looking sea duck with an orange and white beak and white eyes, wings vertically up and down, profile of the face, background edited for contract
December 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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fraggenstein.bsky.social
Morning All 👋 Middle of the week already and time for #wrensday ~ a gorgeous little Jenny Wren here at Forest Farm Nature Reserve ~ Cardiff ~ South Wales 🪶 🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #ukwildlife #naturephotography #birdwatching #birdsky #birdphotography #wren
A wren is a tiny, plump brown bird, like a little round ball of feathers with a fine beak, short wings, long legs, and a tail often held straight up; it's known for its surprisingly loud, cheerful, and complex song that sounds bigger than the bird itself, often heard before you see it, like a fast, bubbly trickle or high-pitched chatter.
December 10, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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chanda.blacksky.app
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bcmerchant.bsky.social Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 21d
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.

So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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avesbrasil.bsky.social
🇧🇷Uirapuru-vermelho
🌎Pipra aureola
Conservação: Pouco Preocupante

O uirapuru-vermelho é um Passeriforme da família Pipridae.

📷 Celso B Almeida
Pequeno pássaro com plumagem vibrante, destacando-se a cabeça e o peito em tons de vermelho e laranja intensos. Suas asas e dorso são pretos, com sutis detalhes em branco nas asas. Está empoleirado em um galho de árvore, com o corpo levemente inclinado para frente, em uma postura atenta. O fundo desfocado revela uma vegetação verde exuberante, indicando um ambiente natural e arborizado. Atenção: O alt da imagem foi gerado automaticamente.
December 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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mbunchanumbers.bsky.social
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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hollyanderson.bsky.social
You don't know this, but December 6 is National Miners Day. It was established in 2009 to acknowledge the Monongah mining disaster, the worst single loss-of-life event in a coal mine in American history. On December 6, 1907, at least 362 WVa coal miners were killed in a catastrophic explosion. My father's father died in a mine explosion in the 1930s. My mother's father was dying of black lung when his tiny U.S. Steel-owned house burned down with him in it. By that time, my parents' siblings and their families had scattered to California, Colorado, New York, and D.C. to find employment other than mining. My father (pictured here in U.S. Steel Gary #9 mine, 1958) also had black lung, but thanks to improved mine safety and ventilation laws, not a fatal case. A hundred years ago, Matewan sheriff Sid Hatfield, who had shown allegiance to the unionized miners of southwestern WVa rather than the coal companies, was gunned down alongside a friend as their wives watched in horror. This happened in my home county on the McDowell County courthouse steps in Welch, WVa. Those murders catalyzed a movement, the largest labor uprising in history. The history of violence against miners and their families, combined with low wages, dangerous jobs, and what amounted to indentured servitude with a lifetime of debt, were all contributors to the Blair Mountain uprising. The Battle of Blair Mountain saw 10,000 WVa coal miners march in protest of perilous work conditions, squalid housing, low wages, and many other grievances. Local and federal law enforcement brutally shut down the burgeoning movement. Miners striking for greater union recognition clashed with armed Baldwin-Felts agents, hired mercenaries employed by coal companies to put down unionizing efforts. They drove families from their homes at gunpoint, drove an armored train through a tent colony of the evicted miners and sprayed their tents with machine gun fire, and burned women and children alive in a mining camp cellar.
December 6, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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wildlife.nathan.fun
Monograph of the Paradiseidae, or birds of paradise and Ptilonorhynchidae, or bower-birds. London: H. Sotheran & Co., 1891-98. (source: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48735378) #nature #illustration #art
Monograph of the Paradiseidae, or birds of paradise and Ptilonorhynchidae, or bower-birds. London: H. Sotheran & Co., 1891-98. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48735378�
December 4, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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marygemignani.bsky.social
One of my more artful photos.
#ArtAdventCalendar
A Sandhill Crane, a large gray bird, is preening with it's left wing relaxed in a very artful preening pose.
December 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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volts.wtf
Today on Volts: for years, I've wanted to do a podcast on indoor air quality, and I finally found the perfect guest! Dr. Lagoudas & I discuss indoor air pollutants, the policies and technologies that can control them, and the growing need to frame indoor air quality as a basic human right.
What's the deal with indoor air quality?
From CO2 monitors to better building codes, Dr. Georgia Lagoudas outlines how to clean up the spaces where we spend 90% of our lives.
www.volts.wtf
November 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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photosteve.bsky.social
A brilliant little Anna’s Hummingbird
#birds #hummingbirds
An Anna’s hummingbird sitting on the end of a branch next to a fan of green leaves. An Anna’s hummingbird sitting on a branch looking into the camera. Its face is lit up with pink and yellow iridescence
November 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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jhmsparky.bsky.social
OK, one more, then off to bed. Golden-crowned Kinglet from this past February. Oregon #birding
October 26, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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robowen1983.bsky.social
A roadrunner was running around on a neighborhood walking trail today...

#photography #roadrunner #nature #birds #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #animal #animalphotography #az #arizona #desert #canon #canonr7 #canon100-500
November 24, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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callanbentley.bsky.social
VERY. GROUCHY. HERON.
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A submature Great Blue Heron is all fluffed out and hunched up and standing on one leg in a marshy area. He looks PISSED OFF.
November 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM