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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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Mesmerizing lake ice. Sound on for the full effect 🌿
November 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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G’night. This might be my last sea otter post this week but then again……..
😎🦦🌿 Mama and pup.
November 11, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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There's a very limited window when you can enjoy the sound of dogs running on newly fallen leaves!

The BEST sound!

#DogsOfBluesky #becurious
Photo of a sheepadoodle dog mid leap across a substrate of fall big leaf maple leaves. she is in profile facing left.
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Great Egret at Albany Mudflats today just before high tide. Albany, California.

#birds #nature #eastcoastkin
November 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Riley

#cats #torties
Calico cat standing on table looking to her right.
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Golden late afternoon sky yesterday over Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, California.

#sunset #sky #nature #eastcoastkin
Gull flying across sky as sun is getting closer to the horizon. Pale yellow, gold and orange colors against San Francisco skyline. Water is silvery blue with a path of sunlight across it. Branches of pine tree to the left. Triangle of shoreline to lower right with a car that is barely seen.
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Great Blue Heron next to riprap alongside Trader Vic's Restaurant, San Francisco Bay, Emeryville, California.

#birds #nature #eastcoastkin
Large shorebird at low tide next to debris and rip rap covered in barnacles and green seaweed. Water is calm and the color is pale blue.
November 9, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Sorry to stop by with some joy, I'm pretty anxious myself too, but luckily I found the ducks I was looking for. Backlit which can be better for editing later on. Just some quick edits. 🪶
A male wood duck flapping its wings and looking towards the light. This is actually about two inches the wrong direction A male wood duck swimming directly towards the camera A female wood duck yelling in the water. Like we all are at our Senators right now A male wood duck chirping with its mouth open
November 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Pacific Ocean
San Francisco, CA
Thin sliver of a green Pacific Ocean sandwiched between a light-brown beach and a blue sky covered in diffused white contrails.
November 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow #evening #EastCoastKin #photography #sunset #landscape #scapes #G+Circle #PhotographersUnited #photographersofbluesky #cloudscapes
Sunset sky and clouds
November 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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A territorial female red-winged blackbird attacks a great blue heron that was perching on the fishing pier at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado.

#BirdOfTheDay #Fighting #EastCoastKin
#bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature
November 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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enjoy your #stunday
golden gate, san francisco
#bluesky #photography #eastcoastkin #california
November 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #takeoffs

Wishing you a great weekend 🫶

#birds #birding #photography #nature #photohour #EastCoastKin
The picture shows a griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus), a large bird of prey from the Old World vulture family, just about to take flight. Its wings are already open.
November 8, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Joining #BlueSkyArtShow on today's theme #Evening with my super moon! 🌝

For years I've tried to capture a sharp moon and detailed foliage in a single, balanced exposure but it's always a challenge; this was the best I could do!

Happy Saturday! 📷 🕊️

#photography #moon #landscape #EastCoastKin
A photography of a golden coloured full moon taken at twilight when the sky was slightly pink from the sun set. Trees in the foreground are in silhouette, some just in front of the moon with a crow perched on one branch.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Autumn lake in Kerkrade - the Netherlands
#EastCoastKin #Coloraday #Photography
The picture shows an autumn landscape with a lake and trees whose leaves have changed color.
November 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Aleya. #UglyDogs
Wooly white husky puppy showing off how long she can make her neck
November 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Made a gif of my #Uglydogs
November 9, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Not the best quality video but it gives you a sense of how beautiful the #aurora looks when she’s dancing across the water🥰
November 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Fog at the creek again today. Making fall look extra good

🌿
Green, yellow and red trees line a creek and fog hangs just above the water in the distance. The dark trunks make interesting patterns against the colors and the fog.
November 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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End of Day (2025)
#Stunday #Nature #EastCoastKin #Fall #ontario #Leaves #landscape #georgianbay #photography #AlphabetChallenge #WeekSForShadows
November 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Sundey mornink patroll fur #Hedgewatch. Who dere?
orange cat with white Sox has his head down in a patch of vinca greenery near a waterfall orange cat with white face looking up at tiny bird in tree above him
November 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Riley, facing the window last night as the sun was setting. (I was barely between her and the window taking the pic.)

#cats #torties #eastcoastkin
Calico cat facing the window as the sun set and the gold from the sun reflects off of her fur. Black, ginger and white fur, green eyes and pink nose. She has a very sincere expression on her face (or so it appears to me).
November 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Black-necked Stilts and ducks at Emeryville Crescent, San Francisco Bay.

#birds #nature #eastcoastkinSho
Black and white shorebirds, with bright pink legs, next to brown ducks Water is pale gray.
November 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Umm, sorry just had to find out. Really interesting.
www.audubon.org/magazine/mor...
More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Heron Necks
From how they work to why they're so long, we’ve got answers to all your (maybe?) burning questions.
www.audubon.org
November 9, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Those autum sunsedts
#caturday #autumn
November 9, 2025 at 1:43 AM