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Michael
@nomad-notmad.bsky.social
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Nature lover, amateur photographer and generally interested in the natural world around us. Left leaning, but no longer rusted on. Currently enjoying the fruits & vegetables of my labour.

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Mr Trump told reporters in the Oval Office: "A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about, whether you like him or didn't like him."
RIP Jamal Khashoggi
#Jamal #Khashoggi #trump
November 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Call me Claude

#flowers #waterlilies
Two small, pink water lilies float on top of the dark water. The lily pads float to the left side of the photo and the water at the top has a slight green hint of light on the surface
November 19, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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Claude?
close up photo of an elderly kangaroo resting on the ground with his "clawed" paw on the ground
November 17, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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Who might this belong to?
#wildlife #animals
November 17, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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This is from the southern hemisphere, but you are right, it's best to get away from towns
November 17, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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Melania has always been an intellectual and used fashion to "speak her truth"
November 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Busy bees sipping pure lavender vibes

#Spring #bees but no birds
November 16, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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Early morning sunlight falling onto the lavender hedge in my back-yard. A lone been venturing into the patch that will eventually be 'swarming' with bees later as the day heats up.

#flowers #bees but no birds
A dark background is lit up with sunlight falling onto the lavender flower heads. A lone been is flying towards one central lavender head
November 15, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Nature is not always pretty.
A red wattle bird attacks an Australian Magpie that has taken one of it's babies.
(sorry about the low quality, I had to snap it quickly)

#birds #SpringInAustralia
An Australian Magpie (black and white) flying above an outraged red wattle bird attacking it from below. Both birds are shown with wings spread wide Zoomed in view of an Australian Magpie (black and white) clutching a baby bird while the parent attacks from underneath
November 15, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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This densely populated thicket of blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon) caught my eye and reminded me of a painting by Jackson Pollock titled "Blue Poles".

I like the abstract nature of the image.

#abstract #art #fractals
Many young Australian blackwood trees growing in close proximity to each other. The effect is like a painting of lines crossing over each other.
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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I was out in the Grampians last week and noticed a distinct lack of lizards and snakes due to the cold change. All it took was one warm afternoon and they magically appeared from everywhere!

This shingleback lizard really wasn't cold, he was almost zippy

#herps #australia
Image of a scaly lizard on dry mud.
November 9, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Gordon & Douglas persuaded me to take them for a walk along the river - I'm so glad that they did.

#schnauzergang #dogsofbluesky #IbelieveinDOG
Gordon (the grey) and Douglas (the black) mini-schnauzer dogs stand on the Yaramlok track eagerly looking for rabbits
November 5, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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One little duck went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother duck said, "Quack, quack, quack, quack"
...

Spotted this little chap all on his own in the forest. I'll give him credit, he could paddle pretty quickly. I hope he beats the odds.
#birds #aussie
A baby Pacific Black Duckling swimming through water plants
November 3, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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Petyan – season of wildflowers
Also known as "spring" in Europe.

blue fairy orchids, tall sundew and blue fairies.

#flowers of #spring in #australia
Early Nancy is actually a herb. It's one of the first flower of spring. The flowers are typically white and have a conspicuous purple ring or nectaries on the tepals. Tall Sundew Drosera auriculata Carnivorous plant with a tuberous root. Single erect stem (occasionally branched) to 50cm long but generally much less locally. One pink flower with five petals sits at the tip. Cyanicula caerulea
October 31, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Petyan – season of wildflowers
Also known as "spring" in Europe.

This is a bird orchid, Chiloglottis valida

#flowers #orchids
Two thick, oval shaped leaves with a purple flower with blackish, column-like calli on the labellum. The background is typical forest floor debris such as gum leaves, fern fronds and twigs.
October 31, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Pareidolia - the perception of apparently significant patterns or recognizable images, especially faces, in random or accidental arrangements of shapes and lines

#Pareidolia #scarymonsters
October 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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A perfect dome of tiny wings

#flowers #dandy
October 18, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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Apple Blossom study.

#spring #beauty #flowers #bloomscrolling
A close-up photo of 6 or 7 blossom buds opening up. The outside petals are a rich pink and the inside is white.
October 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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apples being created in my garden

#springtime #joy #flowers #bloomscrolling
A bee flying towards a golden delicious apple blossom. The flowers begin as pink and fully open as white, with yellow stamen
October 12, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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Freeloaders making the most of springtime green grasses

For those outside Australia, it is pronounced "Eem-you", not ee-moo.

Aboriginal language is spoken, not written, so it's irrelevant how it is written down, it's all about how it is pronounced.

#Birds #BigChickens
green paddocks with emus in the foreground and kangaroos in the background
October 12, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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Spring is in the air and a young snake's mind turns to love.

Two male Eastern Brown Snakes wrestling to impress lady snake.

These guys are rated as the second most toxic of all snake venoms in the world.

#herps #snakes #australia
Two male Eastern Brown Snakes about to wrestle Two male Eastern Brown Snakes wrestling to see who has the stamina. Both bodies twisted around each other like a scaly rope Two male Eastern Brown Snakes in the grass, wrestling to see who has the stamina. Both bodies twisted around each other like a scaly rope Two male Eastern Brown Snakes wrestling to see who has the stamina. Both bodies twisted around each other like a scaly rope
October 8, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Not only is the flower pretty and delicate, it has a butterfly!
October 5, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Bloody spiders!
If they're not scaring you or biting you, they're stealing your accessories

#humour #spiderwoman
October 4, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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I wonder what kangaroos think of the stars?

Wadawurrung for kangaroo is: goim.
goim ngurdang (female) and goim guliwan (male)

#kangaroo #nature
October 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Pretty in pink ... but one of them is a killer

#flowers
Pink and red tulips blooming beautifully Pink foxglove flowers are beloved by gardeners and bees, but they contain a deadly poison. Due to the cardiac glycoside digitoxin, in the leaves, flowers and seeds of this plant, it is extremely poisonous to humans and some animals and can be fatal if eaten. All plant parts must be handled with extreme care.
October 2, 2025 at 5:22 AM