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Sandra Aamodt
@sandra-aamodt.bsky.social
Novelty seeker, nature photographer, neuroscientist, dancer, sailor, science writer and editor. Photos my own.
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Another aurora shot from northern California for the #bright theme of #BlueSkyArtShow
#photography #scape
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A warm, rounded silhouette paired with a sharp, confident gaze—he’s charming in a way only a Daurian redstart can be.
#birds
November 30, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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American Kestrel landing with a dragonfly. 🪶 #wildlife
November 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Collared aracari feeding from a fruiting tree at Burbayar Nature Reserve in Panama, for the #BerriesandBeaks theme of #BirdOfTheDay
#birds
November 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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November 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Chestnut-backed chickadee from Gualala, California, closest I could get for #BirdOfTheDay (same family as the tits, though decidedly not blue)
#birds
November 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Ross's goose (white morph) coming in hot at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge in California for #Flyday
#birds
November 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Western tanager male in Portal, Arizona, shining in #MorningLight for #BirdOfTheDay
#birds
November 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Common gallinule #HeadShot from South Padre Island in Texas for #BirdOfTheDay
#birds
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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We recently went looking for Short-eared Owls with advice from @jonathanfoodie.bsky.social. We got to see them interacting and hunting over a field. Awesome. Unfortunately they didn't come close enough for good photos. This Cooper's Hawk was much kinder and posed! #birds #raptors #TalonTuesday
November 26, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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Wire-tailed manakin from Inirida, Colombia. In a dense, dark forest, its colors really stand out. #birds #birding #inirida #colombia #manakin
November 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Jabiru #OnTheEdge of a lake at Hato La Aurora Nature Reserve in Colombia for #BirdOfTheDay
#birds
November 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Most folks seemed averse to yesterday's cave monsters. Here's something slightly cuter, the tiny Sunda leopard cat.
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Green turtles mating at Beveridge Reef in the South Pacific for #Twosday
November 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Flying beauty! Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus), adult female. Photo © Enrique Shore

#bird #birds #nature #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #beauty #birdsinflight
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
White-crowned #sparrow borb from yesterday's trip to Colusa National Wildlife Refuge in California
#birds #BirdOfTheDay
November 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Northern yellow #warbler male in Gamboa, Panama
#BirdOfTheDay #birds
November 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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A Galápagos Islands subspecies of yellow warbler. I think this is the only warbler I've ever gotten a photo of. For the #BirdOfTheDay #warblers theme.

📷🌿🪶
November 24, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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Took a day trip yesterday to see the Sandhill Cranes gather at sunset at the Jasper-Pulaski FWA and it was absolutely and totally worth it. 😍 #birds
November 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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@robcrank68.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Mr&Mrs - here are Falklands Imperial Cormorants #EastCoastKin #photography #birds
November 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
#Mr&Mrs sandhill crane near Woodbridge Ecological Reserve in California. She doesn't seem too impressed with his mating display.
#birds #BirdOfTheDay
November 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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November 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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I do love Kestrels & any opportunity I get to photograph them is always just pure pleasure like this up-close portrait shot of a Female Kestrel 🥰 Photo taken in Somerset last August 🪶 🦉 #ukbirding #ukwildlife #naturephotography #wildlife #birdphotography #birdsofprey #kestrel
November 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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November 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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I'm not sure if I'm legally allowed to post two #birdoftheday posts for #birdonawire

But here's a closer view of the male Black-headed Trogon, showing his darker head and iridescent back.

#CostaRica #birds #trogon #nature
November 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Variegated golden frog (AKA Madagascar poison frog) for the #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #small
November 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM