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Sparky Harlan (she/her)
@sparkyharlan.bsky.social
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Worked 40 years as CEO of nonprofit housing 1000 homeless youth and families a night in Silicon Valley. #justice #LGBTQ #housing #homelessness. Live in Santa Cruz Mountains in CA. Grew up near Yosemite. #hiking #gardening #photography #fungi 🍄
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Sparky Harlan (she/her) @sparkyharlan.bsky.social · Jul 28
A bit of blue sky appears as storm clouds loom over the dawn skies. #BlueSkyMonday #sunrise #landscape #landscapephotography #photography
Storm clouds of dark gray with streaks and spots of orange. Some light blue sky between dark clouds and mountains in shadow.
sparkyharlan.bsky.social
Fungi circus on rotten log. #fungifriends #fungi #forest #stunday #naturephotography
Sulphur tuffs, mycena, turkey tails fungi on wet log.
November 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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It’s a wonderful day in the neighborhood, will you be mine? #fungifriends #fungi #landscape #landscapephotography
Sulphur tuffs hanging out on fallen douglas fir tree. Trees in background
November 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
sparkyharlan.bsky.social
I like discovering old wrecked cars on my hikes especially with no roads to be found. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekUForUnloved #hiking
Old blue Volkswagen bug partially buried in redwood duff and dirt. Missing hood, windows. Deep in a redwood canyon.
November 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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It’s a wonderful day in the forest until the next rain storm turns us into mush. #fungifriends #fungi #landscape #landscapephotography #hiking
Small clusters of mushrooms on mossy log reaching for redwood trees and blue sky.
November 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
sparkyharlan.bsky.social
When the local amusement park sold off its old displays my Santa Cruz Mountain neighbors moved them into their yards. Giant red mushroom for #redWed #fungifriends #yardart
Large red top concrete mushroom with gnomes and other tiny statues in front of redwood trees.
November 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
sparkyharlan.bsky.social
God, the eyes!
mstreefrog.bsky.social Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 6d
I think this Bittern is rather #round for #BirdOfTheDay, and does double duty for #WaderWednesday
📷🪶🟤
An American Bittern in the green marsh grass of April at Ridgefield NWR.
November 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
sparkyharlan.bsky.social
Sometimes it is more about the lichen (Ramalina menziesii) than the fungi..or
moss. Hard to pick just one. A salute to CA state’s #lichen. #fungifriends #moss #fungi #nature #naturephotography
Ramalina menziesii lichen hanging down with small mushroom at top larger mushroom above it. Moss covered log.
November 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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dryophila.bsky.social
Here's one of my favorite pictures I've taken this year. Marasmius capillaris emerging from the stalk of an oak leaf.

#FungiFriends #Fungi #Macro #Mushrooms #Photography
November 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
sparkyharlan.bsky.social
Chicken of the Woods, time for dinner. #fungifriends #fungi #nature #photography
This was one of two large clusters of Chicken in the Woods mushrooms. My shoe is next to orange and yellow banded shelf mushrooms.
November 19, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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A fungus photo a day: some Chrysomphalinas from yesterday’s hike. Remember, much more free content on my Patreon, FungiFanatic!
#fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography
November 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
sparkyharlan.bsky.social
Caught up in the rain, moss, and spiderwebs. #fungifriends #fungi #moss #nature #naturephotography
One tiny mushroom growing out the side of a wet mossy green log. Spiderweb in background.
November 18, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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Crow stealing my persimmons. #BirdoftheDay #birds #trees #Eastcoastkin #photography
Black crow sitting on a branch staring out from a bunch of orange persimmons.
November 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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msriffle.bsky.social
I think this #HighKey image of a beautiful tern landing on an old piling fits today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #bright. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #birds #terns #birdsinflight #Bluesky
November 15, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Stark Realities' (2025) -- Bright Hard Light Streams Through Tree Trunks at the Edge of the Forested Campsite, in the Distance a Few Camper / Trailers, Thomas Point Beach, Outer Brunswick, ME

#BlueSkyArtShow #Bright ✨

#Photography #Landscape
#Monochrome #ClassicMono
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford
several spaced apart trees casting hard shadows from the bright light, their black twisted barren branches forming shapes against the white sky - in the distance in the snow covered parking lot at least 2 camper / trailers are parked
November 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
sparkyharlan.bsky.social
I sometimes look down instead of up in my redwood forest. #forestFriday #hiking #photography #scape
Green algae covered pond with green moss covered redwood tree stump with tuffs of green grass along the shoreline.
November 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
sparkyharlan.bsky.social
Just wait until the sucker attacks you for coming too close!😂
dptbirder.bsky.social Peter Nguyen @dptbirder.bsky.social · 11d
I will never get tired of trying to infinitely inch closer to hummingbirds

I have a few food spots around county where the birds simply ignore me and go about their business

I will watched this male over a period of 20 minutes as I repositioned my self closer and closer…

📷🌿🪶 Anna’s Hummingbird
Anna’s hummingbird in flight macro frontal portrait
November 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
sparkyharlan.bsky.social
I love finding joshua trees along a lonely stretch of highway. #trees #nature #photography
Joshua trees in dessert with rocks and sky in background.
November 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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davidleakenney.bsky.social
A Brown Pelican in mid dive ready to catch the next fish!

#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography
A Brown Pelican diving for his next meal. Taken on the beautiful island of Aruba. The sea colour is a wonderful teal colour.
November 14, 2025 at 9:43 AM
sparkyharlan.bsky.social
Mycena mushrooms hanging in there after the atmospheric river dumped 5” of rain yesterday. #fungiFriday #fungifriends #moss #photography
Log with moss and redwood tree debris. Numerous tiny white mushrooms with long narrow stems growing from side.
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
sparkyharlan.bsky.social
A late season rose. #bloomscrolling #roses #photography
Red rose bloom darkened.
November 12, 2025 at 4:02 AM
sparkyharlan.bsky.social
Morning shadows over the southern Utah mountains. #RockinTuesday #landscape #Utah #hiking #photography
Flat red top mountains with deep shadows.
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Love it.
msriffle.bsky.social Michael R Photography 🌿 @msriffle.bsky.social · 14d
My gosh, they are so damned cute! Can I say that about a bird?! I hope so because they are. This fancy and beautiful little juvenile yellow crowned night heron was living its best life in our local #wildlife refuge. #photography #birds #wildlifephotography #herons #birdphotography
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Almost no white warts on this red top Amanita Muscaria. My friends dragged me out to collect edible mushrooms but I just like to take photos of the poisonous ones. #fungifriends #fungi #mycology #hiking #nature #photography
Red top white stem mushroom (common name, fly agaric) growing in leaf duff and grass.
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Rotting, soggy mushroom turns green after the rains. #greenSat #fungifriends #fungi #nature #fall #photography
Green top old soggy mushroom surrounded by redwood leaves and yellow leaf.
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
sparkyharlan.bsky.social
Sorrel leaf and fairy inkcaps (Coprinellus disseminatus). My neighbor came outside to make sure I wasn’t having a medical emergency lying on the ground. Nope, just taking pictures. #FungiFriday 🍄 #mycology #fungi #nature #Photography
One green sorrel leaf and colony of fairy inkcaps that do not ooze black inky substance like the other ink caps.
November 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM