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Molly Bangles
@mollybangles.bsky.social
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stage manager, night owler

she/her

mostly birds and nature here

pictures and videos are mine unless otherwise noted

arts & crafts: https://mollybangles.etsy.com
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Breezy spiderweb 🌬️🕸️

New Orleans, December 2025
December 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Spiderweb with inhabitant 🕷️🕸️

New Orleans, December 2025
A large round spiderweb with out of focus spheres of gray sky and green foliage in the background. At the center of the web is a deep red-brown spider with a large body. A closer zoom-in on the center of the spiderweb in the previous photo
December 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Festive spiderweb 🎄🕸️

New Orleans, December 2025
Close up of part of a Winterberry Holly tree - lots of small, bright red berries and green leaves in the background, draped in spiderwebs, in varying states of construction or disrepair. At the center of frame is one mostly-intact web among the berries
December 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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The weather this week has been fog and spiderwebs 🌫️🕸️

New Orleans, December 2025
On a foggy morning, a delicate spiderweb hangs in front of an old paved road with trees on either side, out of focus On a foggy morning, an intricate multi-layered spiderweb hangs from the steel beam of an old fence in front of part of a paved road with greenery to the left, out of focus
December 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Tree topper 🎄🌫️

Great Egret at Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge, New Orleans, 12.24.2025 🪶
Through a veil of dense fog, two bare tree snags are visible in muted silhouette. On top of the trunk at center is perched a Great Egret, a large white shore bird with a long pointed beak, barely visible amid the fog
December 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Merry Very Foggy Christmas from Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge 🌫️🪶

Great Egret in New Orleans, 12.24.2025
#birdphotography #ArtAdventCalendar
A veil of heavy fog covers the air and shrouds the trees, just barely visible in muted silhouette along the bottom of frame. To the right, above the trees, outlined in the fog, is a Great Egret (a large white shore bird with a long pointed bill) in flight, wings up.
December 25, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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Perfect Christmas Eve morning, no notes
Grass and reeds and small mostly-bare trees in front of a wall of fog A perfectly round baked bao (bun) from Dong Phuong Bakery on a light green plate, in front of a red mug that says “Rise with the bun.” Part of a Christmas tree with multicolor lights is in the background
December 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Back in the land of Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks 🖤🪶

New Orleans, 12.22.2025
#birdphotography #ArtAdventCalendar
A Black-bellied Whistling-Duck - brown and black with bright pink feet, legs, and bill - perched in profile on a diagonal tree branch at sunset. The background is out-of-focus orbs of light and foliage, white, gold, and green.
December 23, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Yep, another owl for Day 23 #ArtAdventCalendar
I was standing outside last night looking at the clear bright stars and it reminded me of this client work from a couple years ago. #NatureArt #WildlifeArt #birds #yule
Illustration of an owl flying through dark hemlock branches and bright stars
December 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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The Brants have officially arrived on the East River for the winter 🌊🪿🪶
Two Brants - small geese with brown and white plumage and black head and neck with a small white “necklace” - swimming on the water-color water at sunset.
December 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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One of the organizers of the memorial had the flower wreath made with all natural materials - no wires or foam - so it was animal friendly (and passed inspection from the Canada Geese) 🌿🪶
Two Canada Geese on the water, in profile, each facing the opposite direction. In the foreground a wreath of white roses and greenery floats on the water.
December 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Solstice sunrise 🌞✈️

NYC, 12.21.2025
#Solstice #ArtAdventCalendar
Sunrise over the East River, seen from an airplane window; almost a bird’s eye view. The sky is orange on the horizon. The Hell Gate Bridge and Triboro Bridge are st the center of frame, Queens is on the left, Randall’s Island and Manhattan on the right.
December 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Swan memorial 🌅

Hallett’s Cove, Astoria, 12.20.2025
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A wreath of white roses floats on the surface of water that is reflecting pink from the sky. A Canada Goose swims nearby, and a full flies overhead. Buildings line the horizon against a blue sky with pink-amber clouds. A small beach in NY just after sunset - the sky is amber-yellow. Buildings of Manhattan and Roosevelt Island on the horizon, a bare tree leaning in from left of frame, in silhouette. On the sand is a circle of small white paper bags containing tea lights, glowing.
December 21, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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Almost-Winter sky in the Ramble 🪾❄️

Central Park, 12.17.2025
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Bare trees and their branches against the pale pink-amber-mauve sky in Central Park at dusk. The faint Manhattan skyline can be seen through the trees. A small paved path is at the center of frame, more or less. Snow still covers the ground on either side of the path
December 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Important:
December 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Winter colors in the Ramble, featuring a Tufted Titmouse 🩶🪶

Central Park, 12.17.2025
#birds #birdphotography #ArtAdventCalendar
A muted winter palate - bare branches and tree trunks, rust-brown and buff-colored leaves here and there, some out-of-focus snow cover in the distant background. At the center of a tangle of branches, a Tufted Titmouse is perched in side profile, gray, orange and white feathers blending with their surroundings.
December 19, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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You ever put your binoculars up to your eyeballs only to realize moments later that they are covered in bird poop? haha me neither
December 18, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Good morning, please enjoy this bun eating greens in the snow for a minute 🐰🌿❄️

Eastern Cottontail in Central Park, 12.17.2025
December 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Leucistic Canada Goose & Friends flying out over the East River and Hell Gate Bridge ✈️🤍🪶

Astoria, 12.16.2025
December 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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One of these things is not like the others 🤍🪶

Leucistic Canada Goose & flock over the East River, Astoria, 12.16.2025
A flock of six Canada Geese in flight at dusk. They are large brown geese with black necks and white chinstrap - all but one, that is. One of the geese is almost completely white, except for their black neck, and dark wingtips. A closer crop of five of the geese in flight, including the mostly-white leucistic goose, in the previous photo The leucistic Canada Goose with their flock in flight, angling for a turn Close crop of three Canada Geese in flight - two with regular plumage , and a third that is mostly white, save for the neck, wing tips, and tail.
December 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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She’s a classic too 🧡❄️

Northern Cardinal in Central Park, 12.14.2025 #birds #birdphotography #ArtAdventCalendar
A very fluffy female Northern Cardinal perched on a diagonal snow-covered branch, in 3/4 profile, facing right. Unlike her male counterparts, her plumage is a light buff brown with orange-red accents on her head crest, wings, tail feathers, and eyebrows.
December 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Cardinal in the snow, a classic for a reason ❤️❄️

Northern Cardinal in Central Park, 12.14.2025 #birds #ArtAdventCalendar
A Northern Cardinal, bright red plumage standing out against the snow-covered branches. He is in side profile, but glancing at the camera (or more specifically, at me, in an effort to assess whether or not I have snacks for him)
December 16, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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Snowy Central Park 🤍

December 14th, 2025
Several (bare) Magnolia trees, covered in snow, on a snowy meadow in Central Park, under a pale blue sky Apartment buildings on Fifth Avenue, in the golden-hour sunlight, under a pale blue sky, surrounded on either side and at the bottom of frame by snow-covered trees in the foreground Trees white with snow, save for a few brown branches and parts of their tree trunks, catching the light and shadow of the golden-hour sunlight, under a pale blue sky Close-up of a section of the snow-laden tree branches in the previous photo
December 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Everything’s heavy, look at this pleasant snowman and his little friend I saw in Central Park yesterday ⛄️⛄️
Central Park in the snow, under a pale blue sky, trees white except for their trunks, some tops of buildings on Fifth Ave visible in the background. In the middle of frame, at the top of a hill is a large snowman, leaning to the left, with a pleasant eyes-closed look on his face. In his right stick-arm is perched a mini-snowman. Extreme close-up on the face of the snowman in the previous picture; little mini friend perched to the right Extreme close-up of the mini-snowman, who had two eyes and a little leaf/bud decoration atop their head. One wispy branch-arm is extended to the side, while the other one is bent, almost as though they have a hand on their hip
December 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Made a block print of my buddy 🖤🪶

Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk on mixed media stock, December 2025 #linocut #ArtAdventCalendar
A linocut block print of a Red-tailed Hawk perched on a branch, looking down/to the right; black ink on tan paper. Three rocks in hues of gray and green and white marbling surround the print. This is modeled after the hawk who died recently in Central Park, and who my friend and I called Pale Kid
December 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM