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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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rookman.bsky.social
From the archives. A juvenile green woodpecker takes a peek at the big wide world.
#WoodpeckerWednesday
#birds🪶

#Naturephotography
#birdphotography
#NatureTherapy🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
A juvenile European Green Woodpecker peeks out from its nesting hole in the trunk of a mature, textured tree. The young bird features a distinctive red crown and mottled greyish-green plumage around its eye, its beak slightly agape as if waiting for a parent to return with food.
February 11, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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abbphotos.bsky.social
My Photo-a-day 2026 photo - Day 42: A close up of the beautiful details in a Mourning Dove's markings.
#photoaday #birds #nature #photography #Sony
February 11, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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catsaregods.bsky.social
A love story in 4 parts

#redshoulderedhawk #raptors #matingbirds #wildwednesday #birds #photography
February 11, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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pierpaolo.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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briansmith-photos.bsky.social
From one of the largest to one of the smallest #WaterBirds, and a Least Sandpiper on the muddy banks, one of the smallest waders. #Birds 🪶 #EastCoastKin
A Least Sandpiper on the muddy banks of the harbour.
February 11, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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rookman.bsky.social
A selection of shots for
#WoodPeckerWednesday
Taken last year near llangadog🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
#birds🪶 #birdingwales
#Naturephotography
#UKwildlife
#NatureTherapy
A juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker is captured in a profile view, standing amidst a lush field of tall, vibrant green grass. The bird features a distinctive black and white patterned plumage with a notable red patch on its crown. A black-and-white feathered Great spotted woodpecker with a pointed beak and a red patch on its head, peeking out from tall, dew-covered green grass. The bird is positioned in the center, looking directly at the camera with a curious expression. A Great Spotted Woodpecker is perched on a vibrant green lawn, captured in a side profile. The bird features striking black and white plumage on its wings and face, with a distinct patch of bright red feathers visible under its tail. Two Great Spotted Woodpeckers—an adult and a juvenile—are perched together on a lush, green lawn. The adult on the left displays sharp black and white plumage with a distinctive red patch under its tail, while the fledgling on the right is identified by its prominent red crown.
February 11, 2026 at 8:06 PM
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mad7500.bsky.social
#WaterWednesday Another one 😎For 100 #BlueSkyPoints name the Artist?
🎶 ‘Oh, the river is wise
The river, it touches my life like the waves on the sand
And all roads lead to Tranquility Base
Where the frown on my face disappears.. ‘🎶⛵️🏞️🚤
harder this time 😁💚
#ECK #Nature #Photography
A small old Thames barge moored on a river bank. Background of trees, and bushes. Sky is fluffy clouds and blue sky.
February 11, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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knotweed-ireland.bsky.social
Bird of the day - (Water Birds) Coot feeding baby... #BirdOfTheDay #WaterBirds #Birds #Coot #Wildlife #Ireland #Nature #EastCoastKin #Photography #BirdingIreland #Birding #NaturePhotography #Birdwatching #BirdPhotography #PhotographyIsArt
Coot feeding baby
February 11, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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azgibsonz.bsky.social
Go strap yourselves in.

I'm gonna make the jump to light speed.
~Han Solo

📸 Ardea herodias 🪶🌿

#Blue
#Waterbirds
#WaderWednesday
#EastCoastKin
#Photography
#BirdLovers
#Scape
A Great Blue Heron stands in the ripples of hyperspace.
February 11, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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mad7500.bsky.social
One more 😊.. #WaterWednesday
For 250 #BlueSkyPoints 😎😉Guess the Artist/ Group
🎶’And I don't mind about the things you're gonna say, Lord
I gave all my money and my time
I know it's a shame
But I'm giving you back your name
Yeah, yeah… ‘🎶🌊⛵️
… it’s a classic 😉..
#ECK #Nature #Photography
A sailing boat on the sea.
February 11, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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kupac1.bsky.social
Testing out my new thermal imaging camera on the weekend. Looking forward to using it in April and May.. the peak months for night birding in Hungary #BirdingHungary
February 11, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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mad7500.bsky.social
Happy #WaterWednesday , I hope you are all having a lovely day 💚
Let’s play a game 😎..50 yes 50 #BlueSkyPoints 😉 (Think #TipJoy )(( if you know, you know 😁😘))
So just …Name The Artist?
🎶’Sail Away with me honey
I put my heart in your hand
Sail Away with me honey… ‘🎶
#Nature #Fun #Photography #ECK
A yacht on the sea, some shoreline cliffs to the back left. Felixstowe, Suffolk, U.K.
February 11, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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trudyt.bsky.social
Happy #RoseWednesday. Rose Princess Alexandra of Kent. Absolutely fantastic fragrance this and Chandos Beauty are two of my strongest perfumed roses. Hope your week is going well. We had a few minutes of sunshine this morning. 😄😄
February 11, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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trudyt.bsky.social
Ashdown Forest #WoodlandWednesday
February 11, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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kupac1.bsky.social
The local Whooper Swan has moved on. Hey.. that rhymes. I should make it into a poem. How about... There once was a swan on the lawn / At dawn it chose to move on / The birders that heard / Went to search for the bird / But the swan on the lawn was gone 😂😂😂 #BirdingHungary #swans #waterfowl
February 11, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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kupac1.bsky.social
Another portrait of a male Smew (Mergellus albellus). Speaking of moving on.. these guys will be gone very soon. They tend to head back north very early. #BirdingHungary #ducks #smews #waterfowl
February 11, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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stroejummer.bsky.social
You know by now that there's no way I could pass by this without capturing an image or two.
My work takes me into areas that I may not have been to before, so it's a treat to find non-work things to photograph.

#EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #monochrome #blackandwhitephotography #photography #Montana
Black and white image of a weathered wooden house on stilts, surrounded by dry grass and agricultural silos in the background.
February 11, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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rockinbones.bsky.social
#WoodPeckerWednesday #Birds
Hairy Woodpecker
February 11, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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kupac1.bsky.social
Mute Swans have to be the noisiest flyers. You can hear the sound of their wings from a kilometer away. This big boys are not exactly stealthy. 😀 #BirdingHungary #swans #waterfowl
February 11, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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rockinbones.bsky.social
#BirdOfTheDay #Blue #Birds 🪶
Tree swallow
Tree swallow
February 11, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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rockinbones.bsky.social
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekFForFramed
Chipmunk in old bird house
February 11, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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marinamueller935.bsky.social
Post a tree pic you took.
Brightly coloured Maple in autumn
February 11, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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davemeredith.bsky.social
Bands of cloud over the mouth of Colpoy's Bay, Ontario shortly before sunrise. An image from late autumn I never got around to posting.

Part of my #GettingBackToBasics project made with a no name manual focus 135mm from the 1980s.

#BrucePeninsula #BruceCounty #EastCoastKin #photography #OlympusOM7
February 11, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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robcrank68.bsky.social
Time for those Peckers to come 'knock knock knockin' for #WoodpeckerWednesday, so here's a set of Great Spotted Woodpecker captures at Summer Leys Nature Reserve.

@wildlifebcn.org #birds #EastCoastKin #CanonPhotography #photography #CanonR5mkii #ukbirding #birdphotography @rspb.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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breeze420.bsky.social
"I held my breath as we do sometimes to stop time when something wonderful has touched us."

-Mary Oliver
An old barn in the middle of a field surrouded by grasses falling apart.
February 11, 2026 at 6:20 PM