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Jen Cross
@jencross.bsky.social
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Engineer by day | Nature & landscape photographer | Birds, bugs, spiders | Friend of animals that scare people | Be decent & kind | she / her | IG heyjencross
📸www.jencrossphoto.com
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Jen Cross @jencross.bsky.social · Oct 17
Hello new followers! I drag around a camera and take lots of photos. I love learning new techniques and tend to post lots of bugs and birds, but nothing is off limits.

Eastern Bluebird, Hummingbird Clearwing Moth, Glacier National Park landscape, Puffins floating on the ocean
Female Eastern Bluebird sitting on a skinny bare branch with snow flurries flying around. A hummingbird clearwing moth visiting a pink bee balm flower. Big bend overlook at Glacier National Park. Colorful mountain scenery fills the foreground with two huge peeks filling the middle ground. The skies are cloud and the scene is dramatic. Puffins floating in the Bay of Fundy.
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solomonrdavid.bsky.social
Here’s the @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social GAR question based on our team’s living fossil study (led by @chasedbrownstein.bsky.social @dmacguig.bsky.social)!
February 2, 2026 at 1:22 AM
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saskajanet.bsky.social
trundle, trundle, trundle 😍
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A close-up of a porcupine walking right to left across a snowy field.
February 1, 2026 at 11:09 PM
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jabisanzphotography.com
Image taken in Lofoten, Norway 🇳🇴 just few days ago.
January 30, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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spiderdaynightlive.bsky.social
it's cold out, please remember to winterize your greyhounds
A small greyhound, brindle with the grey face fur of an older dog, wearing a thick snowsuit and booties. The coat is light blue is covered in an all over print of little greyhounds, and has a white fur collar.
January 29, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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onlyveesaz.bsky.social
Pyrrhuloxia singing under gray skies 🪶
Male Pyrrhuloxia singing in SE Arizona
January 29, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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crytzerfry.bsky.social
#Bobcat video no. 4 for the week. The "sniff and spray" caught on #cameratrap.
January 29, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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kristinwyatt.bsky.social
White-throated Sparrow
#BirdOfTheDay #EyeContact
#birds #snow #photography
Close up of a tan stripey bird in the snow. It has yellow spots above it's eyes and a white patch on it's chin.
January 29, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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birderk.bsky.social
This might be my favorite shot of that night. #aurora
Photo of the northern lights above a cloud bank. Pillars of pinks and purples reach up from curtains of green. Beach dunes covered with snow are in the foreground. There’s a lifeguard tower on the left and two leafless cottonwood trees on the right.
January 27, 2026 at 8:47 PM
jencross.bsky.social
Coates is great here, as always. He provides history and context to better understand our present moment.
January 26, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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whysharksmatter.bsky.social
For every screenshot of a donation you make in honor of our upcoming wedding, I’ll share a marine biology fun fact!
whysharksmatter.bsky.social David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 14d
We're trying to use the happy occassion of our upcoming wedding to spread some good news around to a world that really needs some.

Please consider donating in our honor to one of these great science, education, or conservation charities.
I’m getting married! Want to honor us? Here are some great charities you can donate to.
Some, as they say, personal news: I’m getting married! I’d love to use this happy occassion to spread good news around. To that end, if you’re so inclined to make a donation &#822…
www.southernfriedscience.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:46 PM
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troydeclan.bsky.social
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Paddling, birds standing in water
Bristle-thighed Curlew: Look at the base of the legs and you can even see the bristles of this very local bird. Anchor River, #Alaska 🪶
January 26, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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peiferlabunc.bsky.social
As a someone with a 33 year NIH-funded lab whose grant is supposed to be reviewed this week, shut NIH down if that is what's needed to end ICE terrorism. Innocent lives are more important 🧪
jenna-m-norton.bsky.social Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 16d
The Senate may choose to vote together on the DHS and LHHS bills. Thus, a filibuster on DHS may mean no funding for NIH. What my colleagues are saying:

“Shut it down, public health will understand. I’ll work without pay again.”
- anonymous NIHer
January 25, 2026 at 12:59 PM
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rebeccarhelm.bsky.social
Timeline cleans with snowflake-sized baby lagoon jellyfish.

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🎥 jelliesfarm www.instagram.com/jelliesfarm?...
January 25, 2026 at 10:08 PM
jencross.bsky.social
OG angry bird probably wondering when the white stuff will stop falling and temps will warm up.
Northern Cardinal, PA 🪶
A bright red bird with a black mask and orange beak. He is sitting on a thin branch while heavy snow falls.
January 25, 2026 at 9:27 PM
jencross.bsky.social
Some fun snowflakes from the #winterstorm today.
A frosty snowflake on a brown metal surface. A frosty snowflake on a brown metal surface. There is more bits of snow surrounding the snowflake. A selection of hexagonal shaped snow pieces with a square crystal at the top. They are sitting on a brown metal surface.
January 25, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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maddiejayy.bsky.social
Well I was not expecting to see one of these guys today. What are you doing here now?? Cape May Warbler. 🪶
A Cape May Warbler perched on Mahonia, a plant with branches of yellow flowers.
January 25, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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solomonrdavid.bsky.social
Sorry not sorry.

Gars and Minnesotans WILL outlast ICE👍

*sound, on NSFW
🎥remixed from TJ Jaskowski
January 22, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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mariannedenton.bsky.social
Sagebrush, Snow & Sunrise
A distant snow covered mountain with a dark cloudy sky. The foreground landscape is sagebrush and some snow. Sunrise over distant mountain horizon. The sky is glowy with clouds. The foreground is an abandoned dirt road surrounded by sagebrush
January 23, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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whysharksmatter.bsky.social
Folks, I'm getting married! Next weekend!

I'd love to spead the good news around. Here's a list of science, conservation, and education charities I love, and instructions on how to donate in our honor if you're so moved.

Please share!
I’m getting married! Want to honor us? Here are some great charities you can donate to.
Some, as they say, personal news: I’m getting married! I’d love to use this happy occassion to spread good news around. To that end, if you’re so inclined to make a donation &#822…
www.southernfriedscience.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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secondnaturemb.bsky.social
Frosty faces on the chickadees today. These tiny birds maintain a body temperature of 40C - that's a 70C gradient across only a few centimeters from the outside air to the bird's core! These little guys blow my mind. #birds 🌿
A little black-capped chickadee glances down over its left shoulder and shows of the frost crystals that have formed on its eyebrow and nostril feathers on a frigid morning. A little black-capped chickadee sits puffed up on a metal hook with frosty eyebrow and nostril feathers on a frigid morning.
January 23, 2026 at 2:40 AM
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shayneparuli.bsky.social
Hi! 👋 I'm Shayne, an amateur bird/wildlife photographer based in Washington state. Here's a Pacific wren actively listening for the call of its people in between bouts of singing. One of the very first bird photos I took that turned out well! #addBirder #birds
Bird Photography: A Pacific wren perched on a tree stump, looking to the right. Shot with a Nikon Z8 + NIKKOR Z 180-600mm f5.6-6.3 VR. Location: Sehome Hill Arboretum, Bellingham, WA.
January 22, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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frwildflowers.bsky.social
Bearing up under the difficult conditions found on the 403 trail above Crested Butte #nativeplants

#Botanizing #Colorado #RockyMountains

#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 22 🌿
Hiker pauses to take in the mountain view on a wildlower lined trail. Many of the flowers are bright yellow species in the sunflower family.
January 22, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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chuckwendig.bsky.social
I fucking did it
Text: Al Overview tm : Author Chuck Wendig's famous (and very much real) cat is named Sir Mewlington Von Pissbreath, a distinguished feline known for wearing a tiny top hat, though Wendig often humorously exaggerates his cat's abilities and personality on his blog. • Name: Sir Mewlington Von Pissbreath (often shortened or called by other funny nicknames). • Claim to Fame: A regular feature on Wendig's blog, known for his "limited Cantonese" and general majestic (but often chaotic) presence.
January 20, 2026 at 2:05 AM
jencross.bsky.social
I’ll take that wasp slot machine.
jencross.bsky.social Jen Cross @jencross.bsky.social · 20d
Wasps make me happy! #inverts

Eastern Cicada Killer, Ichneumonid Wasp, Umbrella Paper Wasp, Parker's Thread-waisted Wasp
A large black wasp with gold wings and yellow markings on the abdomen. He is standing on a rock looking for ladies. A small wasp with pale yellow legs and a black and white striped abdomen. He is standing on a leaf that I am holding. A brown wasp with pale green eyes and curly antennae. It is feeding on goldenrod. A black wasp with a red abdomen. It is clinging to a dried out plant.
January 20, 2026 at 3:46 PM