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Mary Ellen
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Politics. Birds. Watercolor. Random stuff. Postcarding keeps me sane.
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Mary Ellen @mefoxmi.bsky.social · Dec 6
This Blue Jay visited our back deck a few summers back, checking me out through the window. As it stayed for at least 10 minutes, it may have been a juvenile who hadn't yet learned the job of screeching to scare off all the others birds. Day 6 of #ArtAdventCalendar #birds
Close up photo of a Blue Jay looking to the right. The black beak, eye, and collar are prominent against the white face and blue crest.
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artbyemilytull.bsky.social
"Goldcrest"
Hand embroidery thread painting artwork
#Stunday #embroidery #WildlifeArt #birds
A silver fabric with a green leaf silhouette pattern. In the middle is a hand embroidered goldcrest bird in profile facing to the right leaning forward over the cream fabric branch.
January 11, 2026 at 10:26 AM
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leowrite.bsky.social
Angry Bluebird posing for my camera - sayin’, hurry-up paparazzi, it’s cold out here #birds
January 11, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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Frosty Yellow Browed Warbler, Hurley, Warickshire.
They breeds in the Siberian taiga forests across Russia, and winter in Southeast Asia. #wildlife #naturephotography #nature #photography #birds #naturelovers #birdsofinstagram #birdphotography #animals #travel #birdwatching
January 11, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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balail.bsky.social
Snail Kite
#photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings
January 12, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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dhephotos.bsky.social
Singing his heart out.

#BlueSkyArtShow Theme: #Vibrant

#EastCoastKin #Photography #photographer #photograph #Colorado #meadowlark #yellow #dhephotos #more #adventure #Someday
A western meadowlark singing. He is perched on a yellow and black highway sign.
January 10, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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kathat.bsky.social
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #MoodyFaces I think I found something

Northern Angry bird aka Gannet
Vertical format picture with close up of a Gannet. Only head, neck and a bit breast part. The beak is wide open, pointing to the bottom left, throat looking very dark. Dark eyeliner looks very angry. Background of the picture is mostly dark petrol grey.
January 10, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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glastomichelle.bsky.social
The mists below. Photograph taken from Glastonbury Tor this morning.
January 10, 2026 at 9:34 AM
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balail.bsky.social
Roseate Spoonbill
#photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings
January 5, 2026 at 11:52 AM
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onlyveesaz.bsky.social
Good Morning from the Sonoran Desert 🪶 (ID in alt-text)
Vermilion Flycatcher perched
January 5, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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Female Powerful Owl in a Brisbane conservation area* this morning.
* Incidentally, an area that the government seems very interested in developing into a "major tourist attraction" in time for the 2032 Olympic Games. Something nobody wants except developers, as far as I can tell.
#brisbane #wildoz
January 6, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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"I doubt Senator Kelly will see this blog, and if he does see it, I imagine he will not be pleased with it. He’ll probably find it embarrassing. His humility likely makes him bristle at stuff like this. Well, that’s just too damn bad, Senator."
The Extraordinary Military Career of Mark Kelly
Good lord, has this man done a lot.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:13 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
MICHIGAN: Police arrest protestor of Trump’s attack on Venezuela while she’s live on air 🤔🇺🇸
January 5, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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nickraschke.bsky.social
Nankeen kestrel. I took this a while back. Love these clever birds.
January 5, 2026 at 12:46 AM
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Talamanca Hummingbird #ParaisoQuetzal #CostaRica 3/25 #Sony a6700 #Tamron 50-400 @ 600mm eq.fov Program #birds & wildlife mods. #Photomator #hummingbird #nature #birdphotography #Point’nShootNature
January 4, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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onlyveesaz.bsky.social
First bird of 2026 was this handsome Pyrrhuloxia navigating a soggy Mesquite tree 🪶
Male Pyrrhuloxia
January 2, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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European Crested Tit for the last #BirdWhisperer of the year! What a sweet-looking bird 😍

A thousand thanks to @birdwhisperers.bsky.social and @amandamakepeace.bsky.social for the challenges this year. You make the world a brighter place 💜
Digital painting of a European Crested Tit in near profile facing right perched on some snow-covered branches. The bird has a white head with black stripes and spots, a cream-colored chest that transitions to light orange on the lower belly, and light brown back feathers with black along the edges of the wing and tail feathers.
December 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Spotted sandpiper
#birdoftheday
#reflections
A spotted wading bird with its reflection in water (coloured by vegetation) which is out of view
December 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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onlyveesaz.bsky.social
Greater Roadrunner hunkered down on a soggy morning… 🪶
Greater Roadrunner taking a break
January 1, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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mikemelton.bsky.social
For #BirdOfTheDay #Oustretched, an Agami Heron #CostaRica

#birds #birdphotography #nature
A colorful bird with deep blue wings, rich chestnut body, and long white head plumes stands on a leafy branch with one wing raised against a soft green background.
December 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Alexandra Buckle - Snow Drops.
#Linocut
December 28, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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texasbirder.bsky.social
Saw a handful of Long-billed Curlews yesterday on Mustang Island near #CorpusChristiTx. Love their look. #Birds.
Long-billed Curlew in flight showing a nice profile with that long beak and warm colors. Long-billed Curlew showing a nice profile with that long beak and warm colors. Long-billed Curlew on the hunt showing a nice profile with that long beak and warm colors. Long-billed Curlew working that long beak in the hunt for some buried food treasure.
December 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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scabbyhabby.bsky.social
This is a red billed oxpecker. Arguably the best bird name.
December 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
mefoxmi.bsky.social
#BlueSkyArtShow
#Holiday #Ornament
#Joy
A matte red tree ornament studded with clear blobs that look like round raindrops hanging from an evergreen tree. There is a narrow green grosgrain ribbon around the middle of the ornament with the word "JOY" glued on top of it.
December 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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wutangforchildren.bsky.social
Freaking love this city and all the people in it so much….a bunch of people went and turned the 4 train into the Polar Express giving out toys to kids along the way from the Bronx to Brooklyn….shoutout to the @newyorkers.live account on IG for doing this 🙏 www.instagram.com/reel/DSnsvWS...
December 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Number 6 on my top 10 favourite photos of 2025. I have photographed a lot of elk but this one stands out. I’m always looking for that visible vapour oof the breath in the cool mornings and to get it against a dark background with the bull facing the camera it was perfect! #wildlife #elk #bullelk
Bull elk bugling on a cold morning
December 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM