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Samantha
@silkunderground.bsky.social
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she/her. making a potato allergy my entire personality. Chronically ill (POTS/MCAS/EDS) birder (NoVA) & classic film lover. no alt text = no interaction. (Please be patient with my brain fog)
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new security guard at the complex entrance
#birds #CouchBirding
a shape of a hawk looking down from a bare tree very far away, possibly red shouldered, blue sky in the background.
February 9, 2026 at 9:14 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
hate to see you go, but love to watch you fly away (so I can identify you by your butt) #birds #BaldEagle
a bald eagle flying facing away from the camera, high in a blueish sky.
February 4, 2026 at 5:46 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
last week's woodpecker, hard at work #birds #WoodpeckerWednesday
the back of a yellow bellied sapsucker clinging to a cedar tree lined with holes, pecking inside of one of them.
February 4, 2026 at 5:37 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
what do you think they are saying to each other?
#TwosDay #birds #CouchBirding
two european starlings perched at the top of a tree very far away in a blue sky, looking at each other.
February 3, 2026 at 2:39 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
someone's been in the cookie jar
#birds
a round red cardinal male perche din a tree with snow on it, looking at the camera with a beak that looks like it has crumbs on it.
February 3, 2026 at 2:30 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
in their element
#birds #CouchBirding
a dark eyed junco with its chest fluffed out perched sideways in a bare tree on an overcast, snowy day.
January 29, 2026 at 7:42 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
look who showed up next to my front door on this #WoodpeckerWednesday I braved the freezing cold and got to watch him at work for a few minutes.
#birds
yellow bellied sapsucker clinging to the side of a cedar tree.
January 28, 2026 at 7:35 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
the bluebird before the storm
#birds #CouchBirding
an eastern bluebird perched in a bare tree with a blue sky background.
January 24, 2026 at 9:00 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
the geese went out of town, but left their poop on ice
#birds
plops of goose poop on a frozen pond.
January 24, 2026 at 8:57 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
lol
#PhotoFailFriday #birds
an out of focus yellow rumped warbler face, with a berry in its beak, just visible through an opening in a cedar tree.
January 23, 2026 at 11:16 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
happy angry #WrensDay
#birds
a carolina wren standing on top of a golf cart, looking in the direction of the camera a little grumpily.
January 21, 2026 at 11:09 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
OnlyFluffs
#birds
a puffed out yellow rumped warbler perched in a bare tree seen from below, with a blue sky background.
January 20, 2026 at 9:10 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
saw some magical geese at the backyard lake yesterday
#birds
two geese on a partially frozen lake, one laying down and another standing with its head down towards the water, sunshine glinting off of its beak.
January 20, 2026 at 9:07 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
all cormorants are beautiful!
#birds
a double crested cormorant facing the camera below, looking regal, head turned to the left, blue sky in the background.
January 18, 2026 at 12:44 AM
silkunderground.bsky.social
I'm back to wearing my old glasses while my new glasses get the CORRECT lenses in them this time, so I can SEE! and right on cue, a dark eyed junco came to visit! #birds #CouchBirding
dark eyed junco looking straight at me from a bare tree on an overcast day.
January 17, 2026 at 8:27 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
it's been so long since I've posted bird. I still can't see well through my new glasses. but here's a duck anyway. hopefully it's ok
#birds #MallardMonday
a male mallard duck sailing through shiny lake water.
January 12, 2026 at 8:29 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
still can't see properly through my new glasses so no birding yet this year. the only birds I've been able to see are lots and lots and LOTS of canada geese flying by my apartment (and a couple vultures). here is a previous goose, sorry if it is a bad picture I can't tell 😅 #birds #CouchBirding
canada goose sailing along in a brown lake.
January 5, 2026 at 9:30 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
everywhere I go, I see butts. found while visiting parents
#birds #BirdButts
the butt of a busy song sparrow searching through the debris on the bottom of a forest floor.
December 29, 2025 at 10:18 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
a fungal blob for #MushroomMonday #FungiFriends
white blobs of mushroom on the end of a cut log.
December 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
christmas cardinal.
#birds
a bright red cardinal in a mostly bare tree with some berries and a blue sky in the background.
December 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
I didn't see a bald eagle at the river but I guess I saw one over my parents' house. darkest one I ever saw, I assumed it was a vulture but never saw any white feathers! #birds
a very dark eagle flying through a blue sky high above.
December 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
a kinglet gift on christmas morning. I looked out of my parents' window and saw a little group of golden crowned kinglets, close enough to enjoy from the comfort of my chair. lovely! #birds
close up of a golden crowned kinglet perched on a tree branch through a window & screen.
December 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
side eyeing the berries, pretending like they've had enough...but maybe...just one more...
#birds
cedar waxwing perched in a bare tree with a blue sky background, from the front, head cocked like it is checking something out.
December 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
showing just enough for ease of identification!
#birds #WagonWednesday #BirdButts
a yellow rumped warbler in a pine tree with snowy pine cones, showing mostly just rump with its bright yellow spot.
December 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
I think this dark eyed junco wanted to get cozy with this european starling
#birds #TwosDay #CouchBirding
a dark eyed junco and a european starling in a bare tree with a blue sky background. same photo as the first, but this time the dark eyed junco has moved closer to the european starling.
December 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM