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Sonja
@hhsonja.bsky.social
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Film enthusiast, Whovian, amateur bird photographer, part-time musical theatre junkie. Multiple PhDs in Gishology. she/her
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House sparrow making that nest extra comfortable with feathers. #birds #BirdOfTheDay #NestBuilders
House Sparrow sitting on top of a street sign, a downy feather in its beak
December 8, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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Really hoping for a nice blue winter day soon-ish. Went out to the park this morning, and didn't even see any birds apart from the usual mallards, and one(!) blue tit.
A blue tit clinging to the top end of a broken off reed
December 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Camera firmware update completed. Unfortunately it again doesn’t seem to be a great weekend to go out on a hike. Maybe another short-ish round through the park tomorrow *fingers crossed*
December 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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A beautiful blackbird for #BirdOfTheDay / #songbirds . One of the most common garden birds in Germany, and a wonderful singer #birds
A male blackbird in a tree, head turned to the side, looking at the photographer
December 4, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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It’s been a while since my last #HolidayRobin . #birds
He could have used more light, but I like the friendly look.
A robin on a mid-sized branch, on a gray Winter morning
December 4, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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Time for an after work movie. Wake Up, Dead Man @ Studio Kino.
Am having high hopes for this one.
The front of a house on a dark street. The building is painted white, lights are partly illuminating the facade, and a blue-green neon sign reading „Studio Kino“ is mounted on the wall next to the entrance
December 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Time to start my pre-Christmas rewatch of Hawkeye. Still my favourite MCU series, it's just so much fun. 🏹
December 2, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Questioning his life choice of going into the office at 7a.m. #dog
A boxer (dog) sitting on the floor of a train, looking at the photographer with somewhat melancholic eyes
December 2, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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My November stats. Really got into Distilled recently, and I don’t even drink 😁 #bgstats #boardgames #brettspiele
A 4x4 grid of thumbnails representing boardgames, namely Azul, Distilled, Ark Nova, Draft & Write Records, Welcome to, Exhibition: 20th Century, Mountain Goats, Next Station London, Qwinto, Sushi Go!, My Shelfir, Alhambra, Can’t Stop, Next Station Paris. The last 3 places are left empty/grey
December 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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There has to be a twig in front of the bird every time I manage to photograph a long tailed tit. It’s the law! #birds #vögel
A long tailed tot clinging to one of the twigs on the very top of a tree, tail directing downwards. Other twigs are also crossing through the picture in front of a blue sky, one of them going directly in front of the bird’s neck and beak
December 1, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Happy first advent Sunday. 🎄

Just got my Christmas tree out from storage. Moved away from real ones a few years ago, after still finding needles under (!) the carpet while renovating 9 months later. Now putting it up even earlier than I used to, as my main - and almost only - Christmas decoration
November 30, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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#BlueTits is a lovely alternative theme, but whenever it’s appropriate to post #gannets, I will post gannets. Summer of the most beautiful birds imho. #BirdOfTheDay
A northern gannet flying parallel to the photographer, wings outstretched. The background is a light gray sea and foggy sky melting into each other A portrait/headdshot of two gannets side by side in soft evening sunlight A gannet standing on the red rocky ground of Heligoland. A gannet flying in high winds, photographed from behind. Wings and legs are stretched out diagonally in all directions. The body and head are obscured by bushy tail feathers
November 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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A green woodpecker in #morninglight for #BirdOfTheDay
A green woodpecker clinging to the edge of a big hole in a tree trunk
November 28, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Stomach bug while on a business trip, not something I can recommend. Made it home (4 hour train journey), now trying the first solid-ish food of the day. Hooray for mushy banana.
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Two siskins #hangingAround for #BirdOfTheDay. #birds #winter
Two yellow and grey/black siskins hanging from twigs and angling for seeds in an alder tree. It’s winter, and every part of the tree is frozen and white
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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A "few" #wigeons and teals on the river yesterday. The wigeons especially were very communicative, fun listening to their whistling.
Then, suddenly, all had disappeared (while I crossed through a small wood, lost sight for maybe 30 seconds). I blame the guy in the last pic 😍🦅 #birds #eagle
a large number of ducks - mostly wigeons, but also teals and mallards (and somewhere in there a shoveler) swimming on a river, a part of the muddy, dark brown riverbank in the background a male wigeon swimming, its head turned somewhat towards the photographer a white-tailed eagle, photograph taken from below and slightly behind, flying overhead. it seems to be an adult bird, as it already has the typical white tail feathers
November 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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In other news: it's snowing! ❄️
November 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Took an sd card from my camera earlier tonight, and now can't for the life of me remember where I put it. Great. There were some good pictures on it from this weekend. It's got to turn up somewhere, right? *sigh*
November 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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#HolidayRobin #singing its song - perfect for #BirdOfTheDay, too.
A robin sitting on top of a twig, its beak open in song
November 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Stop the slop.
A tweet from “Mara @wydmara” says: “Can we have this button fuckng everywhere.” Below is a tweet from “lumi @dainlou” saying: “can we have this button on Pinterest plz,” with an image of a toggle switch labeled “Exclude AI,” switched to the “on” position.
November 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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#round -ish song sparrow. #BirdOfTheDay
Song sparrow standing on a metal ledge, its body a somewhat round shape
November 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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My 91 year old landlady started showing signs of dementia a while ago. recently she and her family (who do live a few km away) decided that she would stay in her flat (in our house) instead of moving into care.
Now it’s gotten worse and she started ringing doorbells in the middle of the night…
November 18, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Survived the dentist appointment, hooray. Renewed two smaller fillings, but that was it (and the first time she had to drill in a few years)
November 17, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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repost with the right tag: #ShadesOfGray is the #BirdOfTheDay theme today, and it's a great opportunity to show off this cute #dunnock. #Heckenbraunelle
A dunnock - a roughly sparrow-sized brown and grey bird - sitting on a bare twig.
November 16, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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It’s been a few days, how about another #holidayrobin? #birds
A close-up picture of a robin, seen from the front, standing on a tree branch. It’s got its head turned slightly to the right, its beak is open as if in mid-song
November 15, 2025 at 6:44 AM