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Lori Batchelor🇨🇦
@lorichirp.bsky.social
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Hooked on bird photography (and some other subjects)! Canadian near Vancouver in British Columbia. I love re-posting pix by others on my timeline so please check my Media tab to view my photos/videos. Disabled with MS. Happily married!
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Lori Batchelor🇨🇦 @lorichirp.bsky.social · Mar 4
A grey day in the park yesterday was brightened when a passerby mentioned he had seen an owl a few hundred yards in the direction we were headed and we found it! #birds #photography #birdphotography #Raptors #owl 🦉

A Barred Owl (my first attempt at ALT Text)
A Barred Owl, a large, stocky owl with brown and white markings, round head, no ear tufts, and a medium-length tail, is perched on a branch in a forest.
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billmontei.bsky.social
Rathausplatz, Nuremberg, Germany
#photography
February 9, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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sbgphotography.bsky.social
"Peace is happiness at rest; happiness is peace in motion"
~ Naval Ravikant.

Ceratodon purpureus (Fire Moss) in a wet corner of a water feature.

#sbgphotography #photography #macro #water #feature #firemoss #moss #fountain
Ceratodon purpureus (Fire Moss) in a wet corner of a water feature.
February 9, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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crawlieswithcri.bsky.social
TMW the Peanut Bar opens for business.

#birds #becurious
February 9, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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photosteve.bsky.social
Cocoa Woodcreeper
#birds #CostaRica
A cocoa woodcreeper hanging on a broken tree trunk. It is a rufous colored woodcreeper with light streaks on its head and a long slightly curved grey bill. A cocoa woodcreeper hanging on a broken tree trunk.
February 9, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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rockinbones.bsky.social
#BirdOfTheday #Staredown #Birds 🪶
Lots of food in the feeder , I think it just wanted me to go away .
Chickadee at the feeder .
February 9, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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rockinbones.bsky.social
#ColorADay #PinkMon #Inverts #Butterflies 🦋
Clouded sulphur
February 9, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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rockinbones.bsky.social
#BlueSkyMonday #EastCoastKin
Dorset Fire Tower 2007 . Great views especially during the fall .
Dorset Fire Tower
February 9, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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sierraalphafoto.bsky.social
Green Heron at Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida, USA.

#birds #birding #nature #wildnature #Photographer #birder #birdlovers #birdphotography #birdwatchers #audubonsociety #naturephotography #sonya6400 #birdoftheday #bird #nature #sonyalpha #florida #greenheron #bigcypress #nps

#addBirder
February 9, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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rockinbones.bsky.social
#MallardMonday #Birds 🪶🦆
Female Mallard
February 9, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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markscheflen.bsky.social
Crowned Lapwing a common, noisy, and bold, ground-dwelling bird widely distributed across dry, open grasslands, savannas of eastern and southern Africa. Photo: Serengeti Plains #tanzania #lapwing #birdsofafrcia markscheflen.com #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #biodiversity
February 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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smart0406.bsky.social
King Penguin portrait - taken in 2020 on #SouthGeorgia #birds #birdphotography #penguin
February 9, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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smart0406.bsky.social
2 King Penguins - taken in 2020 on #SouthGeorgia #birds #birdphotography #penguin
February 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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smart0406.bsky.social
Many King Penguins - taken in 2020 on #SouthGeorgia #birds #birdphotography #penguin
February 9, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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aintright.bsky.social
Beryl the Black-headed Gull #BirdOfTheDay #Gulls #EastCoastKin #ukbirds
February 9, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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azgibsonz.bsky.social
"The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself."
~Benjamin Franklin

💙 ...may you catch a little on #BlueSkyMonday! 🐦🌿

📸 Sialia mexicana, the Western Bluebird of Happiness 🪶

#Bluebirds
#BirdLovers
#EastCoastKin
#Photography
A Western Bluebird in profile looks a little surprised to see me.
February 9, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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albatrossity.bsky.social
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #StareDown — birds looking right at you. The Alt theme is #Gulls — any Gull will do. Here's a twofer.

Glaucous-winged Gull, Alaska 2012

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Larids #Alaska
Large white bird with pinkish legs and feet, yellow bill, and pale gray wings, perched on a sign that reads "City of Homer Fish Cleaning Facility"
February 9, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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michelepix.bsky.social
Portrait of a California Quail contemplating the buffet on offer in a bird-friendly backyard. #birds_matter #birds
February 9, 2026 at 2:59 PM
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julielfrost.bsky.social
Who does the #StareDown better: the Northern mockingbird or Florida scrub jay? @robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is birds looking right at you.
#Birds #BirdPhotography #Nature #Wildlife #Florida #Photography
A headshot of a Northern mockingbird staring directly into the lens. A headshot of a Florida scrub jay staring directly into the lens.
February 9, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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rina2012.bsky.social
A #flock of cormorants for #FebruArty2026

I #love watching them 🥰

#SensoryArt #birds #BlueSkyMonday #birding #Bodensee #LakeConstance#wildlife #photography #scape #nature #outdoors #thelittlethings #photohour #EastCoastKin
A flock of cormorants in and over the water. The water splashes from their movements
February 9, 2026 at 3:11 PM
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julielfrost.bsky.social
So, it turns out you can find other animals while stalking the birds ... including this iguana. #Wildlife #Photography #Animals #Reptiles #Florida #Herps #WildllifePhotography
A green iguana basks in the hazy sunshine on a green-leaf covered branch.
February 9, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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aintright.bsky.social
Betty the Blackbird #BirdOfTheDay #StareDown #EastCoastKin #ukbirds
February 9, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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burrowingowl.bsky.social
Good morning! 🪶
Two young burrowing owlets crowding the entrance to their burrow.
February 9, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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pacbirds.bsky.social
An Anna’s Hummingbird for the #staredown theme of #birdoftheday picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social

#birds #photography #nature #EastCoastKin
A male hummingbird flashes his colorful gorget, with puffed up body feathers and raised feathers on his head, while perched on a slanted branch with some lichens.
February 9, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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yahiro-photograph.bsky.social
The beauty of direction: all wings pointed toward tomorrow.
#birds
A large flock of Black‑headed gulls flying in the same direction against a blue sky.
February 9, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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chuck4242.bsky.social
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Staredown. Here's a Red Tailed Hawk making sure I was friend, not foe.

#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #Photo #EastCoastKin
A Red Tailed Hawk looks back at the cameraman from its perch.
February 9, 2026 at 1:30 PM