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jon5cents
@jon5cents.bsky.social
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SJO-->ASU-->LIT
I like to travel and take pictures. If I post it, I shot it.
At least tied for title of world's most happily married man.
When I'm home, it's in Arkansas. Lots of nice people here. Take our governor... please!

My site: 5centsphotos.com
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#SquirrelAppreciationDay 😎
This one looks deep in prayer. Maybe to get rid of the snow?
If you see this post, post or quote repost a #Squirrel 💚✨📷
#Nature #ECK #Photography
A squirrel is on a small stub sticking out from a tree. Snow is falling and accumulating on the squirrel, mainly on its tail, which is raised over its back and head. The squirrel has its front paws in front of its mouth, which is facing down. That, and the fact that its eyes are closed, makes it look as if it is deep in prayer.
January 21, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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🪶 Alan @alan678.bsky.social says the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Singing, birds singing or calling, and the Alt theme is #Bowed, birds with their heads down. So here are a warbling vireo, a yellow warbler, a dickcissel, and a black-and-white warbler.
#birds #photography
A pretty little bird on a leafy spring branch, head raised and beak wide open in song. A yellow bird with orange striping on the breast has its head raised high and beak wide open, singing. A bird on a dead branch of a low shrub is singing. A black and white little bird is on the broken end of a bare branch, head down and beak poking into the end.
January 21, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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🪶 For a #Twosday #twofer, a pair of prong-billed barbets. If you enlarge, you can see (particularly on the lower one) the peculiarity on the end of the beak that gives it its name.
#birds #photography #CostaRica
A pair of prong-billed barbets on a diagonal branch. They are multicolored, with mostly an olive colored body, orange crown and neck, black between the bill and eye, and some white on the belly. At the end of the beak, the upper has a hook shape that crosses over the lower.
January 20, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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🪶 Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social says #FeedingTime is today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme. This golden-hooded tanager fits the bill.
#birds #photography
A bird in a tree with a berry in its mouth. It is mostly black, with a golden top of the head, continuing across its neck, and blue above and below the eye.
January 20, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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🕷️ #MacroMonday rolls around again, and it's time for another jumping #spider. This dimorphic jumper (Maevia inclemens) seems to be in a playful mood. #piders #photography #macro
A jumping spider on a gray background. Its body is facing the camera, but its head is raised and looking to our right.
January 19, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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🪶 Alan @alan678.bsky.social says the #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Winterlight, so here's a purple finch puffed up to get as much of it as possible. #birds #photography
A purple finch on a winter branch, feathers puffed up. Going from darker head, lighter breast, white belly.
January 19, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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🪶 Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social says today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TwoOfAKind. Here is a pair of buff-throated saltators that I wouldn't bet against.
#birds #photography #CostaRica
S diagonal branch in a tropical setting. Above it is a buff-throated saltator, and another is on a smaller branch below it. They have grey bellies and heads, with yellow wings and back, a white stripe above the eye and a black throat patch containing a buff spot in the center.
January 18, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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A book and a weird, pointless story for #AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBooks.
If you have seen many of my posts, you should know of my affinity for Latin America. I collect books magazines, maps...
Once a year in my area, there is an antique book show and sale. About 30 years ago, I ran across this:
An old book in brown binding, reading "S America & Mexico" An old book in brown binding, reading "S America & Mexico
January 17, 2026 at 11:13 PM
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🪶 Alan @alan678.bsky.social says the #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #perfectperch. This Montezuma oropendola has a pretty good one. #birds #photography #CostaRica
A large brown bird with a yellow tail, black head, white spot below the eye, and orange on the end of its beak, is perched on a branch, facing slightly to our left of the camera.
January 17, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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📷 Ruin #scape of the iconic pyramid of Chichen Itza, #Mexico. #photography
The famous pyramid of Chichen Itza, Mexico. A man on the right center is taking a selfie with the pyramid in the back and a woman with him. Another couple has the man taking the picture with a woman between him and the pyramid. The sky is partly cloudy.
January 16, 2026 at 9:57 PM
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🪶 Another shot of a white-necked Jacobin hummingbird is today's #FeatheredFriday friend, trying not to look too interested. Have a good one! #birds #photography #CostaRica
A hummingbird at the end of a small bare branch is facing the camera but looking to our right, giving us a profile of its head. The belly is white, the head is blue, and the sides are green. It has a straight beak, a bit short for a hummingbird.
January 16, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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🪶 Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social says today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Short Beaks, and this gray-capped flycatcher is a good candidate. It also looks to have had plenty of coffee.
#birds #photography #CostaRica
A small bird on some large green leaves. It has a yellow breast, brown wings, a gray head with a darker stripe by the eye, which looks startlingly open. And it has a small black beak.
January 16, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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🪶 A young bald eagle, a second-year (I think), looking all high and mighty for #BirdOfTheDay #Raptor
#birds #photography
A young bald eagle that has not yet developed the iconic white head plumage. It has mostly brown feathers, with some white on its breast. It is on a short branch, looking toward the trunk of a tree (maybe cypress?) with a bit of small green leaves.
January 15, 2026 at 1:29 PM
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🦋 Promethea silkmoth for #InsectThursday. Have a good one! #Macro #photography #moth #insect
A wing detail from a Promethea silkmoth. Varying shades of brown with some squiggly lines and a circle toward the tip that has black and light blue. A profile of a Promethea silkmoth with wings up and closed. The body is large and hairy, and feathered antennae are visible. The wings are darker close to the body, edged by white with little reddish dots, then brown/orange with some patterning. A profile of a Promethea silkmoth with wings up and closed. The body is large and hairy, and feathered antennae are visible. The wings are darker close to the body, edged by white with little reddish dots, then brown/orange with some patterning.
January 15, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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🪶 A blue-gray tanager scoping out the situation in Tuis, #CostaRica. #photography #birds
A bird on a branch. It has a very light blue body with darker blue wings and dark eyes.
January 14, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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🪶 Not a shot I'm particularly proud of, but with the theme of #LongBeaks for #BirdOfTheDay, this long-billed starthroat hummingbird has quite a beak-to-body ratio. #birds #photography #CostaRica
A hummingbird on a small branch, body facing camera, but head turned to our right, giving a profile view. The bill is long and straight.
January 14, 2026 at 1:59 PM
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🪶 A pair of emerald toucanets for #Twosday (maybe tousday?). Cinchona, #CostaRica. #photography #birds #Twofer
Two emerald toucanets, mostly green birds with touches of other colors - some blue on the tail, yellow on the beak, white and black near the mouth - are on a horizontal branch placed for feeding. There are sliced papayas that they are eating.
January 13, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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🪶 Alan - @alan678.bsky.social - says today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Solitude, open to interpretation. I have posted this black vulture previously, but not this shot. #birds #photography
"Splendid isolation,
I don't need no one..."
Warren Zevon - Splendid Isolation
A black vulture is perched in a loft opening of a red tin barn. It is looking rather bedraggled, as it is molting. It is looking to our right. To the lower right in the picture is a closed wooden window.
January 13, 2026 at 12:31 PM
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🪶 Another #hummingbird from #CostaRica for the #BirdoftheDay theme of #BirdsinFlight. This one is a garden emerald having a mid-air fill-up. #birds #photography
A green hummingbird is in flight, caught in profile going left to right. It has its beak going into a purple flower.
January 12, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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🕷️ It's #MacroMonday, and I haven't posted a jumping #spider in a few weeks. Time to remedy that with this shot of a friendly one seeming to let me know it's willing to share its snack. #macro #spiders #photography
A jumping spider on a leaf. It is holding some sort of insect, and looking earnestly at the camera.
January 12, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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The #BirdoftheDay theme is #Natural, and this toucan was in its natural environment near Iguassu Falls in Brazil.
#birds #photography
A toucan is on a branch, body facing slightly right of camera, but head pointing left.
January 11, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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#Blueskyartshow
#Vibrant
#Photography

Snack stand, San Miguel de Allende, #Mexico
A table set up with plates of assorted nuts and candies of various colors. The table is covered with a white cloth. Beyond it is a reddish wall.
January 10, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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#Blueskyartshow
#Vibrant
#Photography
San Miguel de Allende, #Mexico
A flower stand in a Mexican city. A woman wearing a pink apron is positioning some cempasúchil flowers, a type of marigold, into some plastic buckets containing flowers of various colors.
January 10, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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🪶 With the #BirdOfTheDay theme being #MoodyFaces, alternate of #borbs, I will take the liberty of a repost of one of my favorite bird shots of last year, a pine warbler that wants to speak to the manager. #birds #photography
A pine warbler is perched on the top of a shepherd's hook, directly facing the camera. It looks very angry, and its feathers are fluffed out.
January 10, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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🪶 Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #MoodyFaces, with an alternate of #borbs. This house finch covers both bases, I think. Not a fan of the cold. #birds #photography
A house finch on a winter branch, looking slightly over its left shoulder. It is fluffed for the cold.
January 10, 2026 at 1:56 PM