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betsy cooley
@betsycooley.bsky.social
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San Francisco Bay Area
Amateur photographer, mostly nature, birds and landscapes. Enjoy nature, reading, #uglydogs, the local food scene, etc. Also, curious about and fascinated by weather⛈️ and volcanoes🌋. #EastCoastKin.
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Do yourself a favour and take a moment to appreciate all the feather textures on display here. What an amazing creature! An uncommonly beautiful Common Raven #birds
A very large black bird perched on a horizontal tree limb with more limbs in the background. Bird has its back to the viewer with head turned to the left in profile.
February 10, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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Here’s a photo from this past fall while camping in the BWCA at Burnt Lake.
A relaxing vacation from the noise of the world.

#Photography
A photo of the evening sky filled with celestial bodies. A calm dark lake and a line of dark silhouettes of trees line the background and foreground.
February 10, 2026 at 2:28 AM
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Chloe

#cats #torties
Calico cat resting on top of cat condo and staring straight ahead.
February 9, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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Last night's sunset over San Francisco Financial District, taken from Emeryville, California. Heavy banks of white fog are rolling over San Francisco from the Pacific Ocean. Bright sunset in between break between fog and clouds up above.

#sunset #sky #fog #nature #eastcoastkin
Bright orange colors in sky after sunset. Thick white fog over San Francisco and dark clouds above. Water is page pinkish-purple. Branches of pine tree to left. Lit tower of Bay Bridge appears pale gold in center of image.
February 9, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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Ok everything is calmed down we can look at my fresh owlette videos again.
banditelli.org Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 1d
IT'S HAPPENING: Great Horned Owlette season is upon us! Several weeks earlier than last year, not one but TWO owlettes have been documented AND verified.

By me.

10 minutes ago.

Let's goooo!!! And observe from a safe respectful distance!

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IT'S A SUPERB OWL MIRACLE! 🪶 🐣
February 9, 2026 at 4:09 AM
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Great Blue Herons
#photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings
February 9, 2026 at 3:04 AM
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Bright colors and Western Gulls tonight after sunset in a break between some heavy fog and dark clouds. Over Golden Gate Bridge and Marin Headlands from Emeryville, California.

#sunset #sky #nature #eastcoastkin
Bright sunset with dark clouds, dark fog and Western Gulls flying about.
February 9, 2026 at 2:45 AM
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the rain has returned
Looking northeast up the Santiam canyon near sunset. The forest is in silhouette as well as some forested foothills amidst the heavy rain, under mostly clouds and no visible open sky ☮️
February 8, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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Dere were fog in de bay but blueskies aboff dis morning. Momb went fur walk - seen in de nayburhood:
camellias flowering magnolia blooms daffodils 2 turkeys walking in tandem down a road
February 9, 2026 at 12:53 AM
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Riley

#cats #torties
Calico cat lying down in very old, well-loved bed looking over her left shoulder.
February 8, 2026 at 11:36 PM
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#BlueskyArtShow #Sunshine

Bright sunlight is shining on trees full of ice clinging to the bare branches, looking like huge diamonds.

#EastCoastKin #Trees #SierraNevada #Snow #Stunday
Bright sunlight is shining on trees full of ice clinging to the bare branches, looking like huge diamonds. Sparkling snow covers the ground, and the snowy eastern Sierra Nevada mountains are in the background. This is in a residential neighborhood, so one house is also in the background. The sky is bright blue. Sheridan Acres in the Carson Valley near Lake Tahoe, Nevada
February 7, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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A daily dose of magic.IV. 💙🤍💙

#Snow
#WinterScape
#LandscapePhotography
#Ice
#WinterBeauty
#Quiet
#ArtistsOnBlueSky
#BlueSkyArtShow
#WomensArtBlueSky
#Sunlight
#nature
#RiettSzDailyCharm
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#BlueskyArtShow #Sunshine

Bright sunlight is shining on trees full of ice clinging to the bare branches, looking like huge diamonds.

#EastCoastKin #Trees #SierraNevada #Snow #Stunday
Bright sunlight is shining on trees full of ice clinging to the bare branches, looking like huge diamonds. Sparkling snow covers the ground, and the snowy eastern Sierra Nevada mountains are in the background. This is in a residential neighborhood, so one house is also in the background. The sky is bright blue. Sheridan Acres in the Carson Valley near Lake Tahoe, Nevada
February 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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Riley doing paw work and guarding her cactus.

#cats #torties
Calico cat stretched out on floor with front paws crossed and green cactus right in front of her. She is looking off to her left.
February 7, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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#HappyCaturday! -Chloe (and Riley)

#cats #torties
Calico cat lying down on scratcher and looking to her left.
February 7, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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Spotted Sandpiper as low tide on top of large boulder. Next to San Francisco Bay Trail, Emeryville, California.

#birds #nature #eastcoastkin
Very small shorebird with tan feathers on head an body with a white belly, black eyes, medium-length pink beak. Water is pale blue.
February 7, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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Black-crowned Night Heron next to Trader Vic's Restaurant, San Francisco Bay, Emeryville, California.

#birds #nature #eastcoastkin
Large shorebird standing in very shallow water at low tide with reflections of the late day sun.
February 7, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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Amazing colors at sunset in Minnesota
#Photography
#Photographers
#BlueSkyArtShow
#EastCoastKin
#Nature
#Minnesota
Amazing colors at sunset in Minnesota.
February 6, 2026 at 12:19 PM
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Happy Fly-day. We made it!

Red & black mason wasp
(Pachodynerus erynnis)

CREW Penn Flint Strand trails
in Bonita Springs, Florida 1-25-26

Dry here, yesterday’s rain needed 🌧️
This morning, heading for Chicago ✈️

#flyday #eastcoastkin #wasps #nature #insects #bugsky #flowers #macro #photography
Black and red wasp on dry, straw-colored flower remains.
February 6, 2026 at 9:12 AM
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Riley

#cats #torties
Calico cat lying down on floor on top of a piece of paper a next to a chair. She's looking right at the camera.
February 6, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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Sunset last night over San Francisco skyline and Treasure Island. Taken from Emeryville, California.
Bluish-gray clouds and pink streaks of sky over San Francisco. Part of a building to the right and branches on pine tree to the left. Reflections of light over silver colored water.
February 6, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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I forgot I got a still of proud mama harbor seal!!! #sealsky 🦑 🦭
a harbor seal mom, looking cute with giant eyes at the camera
February 1, 2026 at 12:13 AM
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American Avocets at Emeryville Crescent this week. Breeding season is approaching and the birds are molting their feathers. Some have cinnamon coloring on their heads and brown on wings. Others are still black and white. Minutes before sun below horizon. Emeryville, CA.

#birds #nature #eastcoastkin
Shorebirds advancing towards breeding time. The two in front have some cinnamon and brown coloring and the one in back is still black and white. Water is dark blue.
February 5, 2026 at 6:29 PM
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Riley and her cactus!

#cats #torties
February 5, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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Look at me!

I'm a #BirdoftheDay; my neck is long like a super model.

#BirdoftheDay #Longnecks #MobilePhotography #Photography
A white swan, in an icy pond, flaps his outstretched wings.
February 4, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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Sky after recent sunset behind Port of Oakland, taken from Emeryville, California.

#sky #nature #eastcoastkin
Pink-Orange and blue sky with colors reflected on SF Bay. Port of Oakland and South San Francisco hills in the background.
February 4, 2026 at 9:02 PM