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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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Happy Friday, please enjoy this minute of Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks 🪶🖤🦆

Audubon Park, New Orleans, December 2025
February 13, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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Thinking about vultures, one of the best and most important creatures
🖤🪶

Turkey Vulture in Thibodaux, Louisiana, December 2025
A Turkey Vulture - a large raptor with dark brown/black plumage and a bare red-pink head with a formidable hooked beak - perched on a bare horizontal branch on an overcast, but very glare-y and bright afternoon. The vulture has their head turned in 3/4 profile, giving them the appearance of coyly posing for the
February 12, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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Hey NYC, Strand is hosting a Flaco book event next Thursday 2/19, come thru!

The author, and a bunch of the photographers and artists featured in the book will be there, and apparently they’re going to let us decorate the rare book room with our pictures and artwork 🧡🦉
February 12, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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Ominous bird valentines.
A collection of six ominous bird valentines set against a background of pink hearts. In the first one, a Canada Goose looks angry and hisses and the text says "Baby, I'll make you fall head over heels if you approach within 10m of my nest." In the second, an American white pelican opens its mouth to eat the reader and the text says "There are plenty of fish in the sea, but I want this one." In the third valentine, a Black Vulture looks suspiciously at the reader and the text says "I will love you until you die. And after that, I'll love you even more." A Southern Cassowary stands proudly against the heart-covered background. The text says "My wattles are red. My head is blue. My deadly reputation has been somewhat overblown, but I'd kill for you." In the fifth valentine, a Northern Giant-Petrel stands open-billed next to a large brown furry object, and the text says "Let's seal the deal by sharing a 3000 kg elephant seal carcass." In panel 6, a happy-looking Bearded Vulture holds a bone in its beak, and the text says "I love every part of you, especially your bones."
February 12, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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Do you hear yourself WSJ
February 11, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Unfortunately evergreen statement
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Desperately need the MTA to get their shit together
February 11, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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Hello 🪶
Cropped photo of the same Cooper’s Hawk in flight in a blue sky, now angled more directly towards the camera, still catching the sunlight, wings half closed, at an angle on either side
February 10, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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The culprit of the mass pigeon flyout 👀🪶

Cooper’s Hawk in Astoria, 2.8.2026
Cropped photo of a Cooper’s Hawk in flight in a blue sky, wings out to wait her side, red eye and rust-orange chest plumage catching the sunlight
February 10, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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Fashion Nugget on repeat this week
February 10, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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My only day off in a three-week span had sub-zero windchills, which was rude, but it was not enough to keep me from going outside to stare at birds 🐦✈️🪶

Pigeons over the East River, Astoria, 2.8.2026
A blue sky with 42 pigeons in flight, over most of the frame. At the far left is a large commercial airplane, white and red, appearing to be no larger than about 4 pigeons from this perspective Closer crop of the airplane and blue sky in the previous photo, with one pigeon in frame to the right of it, appearing larger than life in comparison
February 9, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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Learning that some of the greenery was actually people in disguise does help clarify things a bit lol
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Would really love to see the ground plan and elevations
February 9, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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Incredible scenic design, without a doubt the coolest set of any halftime show ever
February 9, 2026 at 1:37 AM
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If the MTA really cared about me they would make this train go express
February 7, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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this is now my whole personality
A photo still from the Milan 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony. Dancers are dressed as bright, colorful moka pots, with lids worn as hats and matching bright stockings and black pumps on their feet. The dancer’s arms make the handles of th moka pots in the same bright colors.
February 7, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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Mood II

Anhinga in Audubon Park, New Orleans, December 2025 🪶
Close up side-profile of an Anhinga - a large water bird with black and gray and white plumage - in front of water that is reflecting green foliage nearby. The Anhinga’s long point beak is open.
February 6, 2026 at 1:58 PM
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Mood

Anhinga in Audubon Park, New Orleans, December 2025 🪶
Close up of an Anhinga, a large water bird with gray and black plumage and a long pointy orange-ish beak. The bird is perched over the water, in 3/4 profile facing the camera, wings hanging open, wispy feathers around their face and neck catching the sunlight.
February 6, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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I think I’m going to just start handing people masks when they are open-mouth coughing and/or sneezing near me on the train
February 3, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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To commemorate the anniversary of the first time I saw Flaco, here he is providing us all with A Mood

Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Central Park, February 2023 🧡🪶
Flaco, the Eurasian Eagle-Owl, perched on a large diagonal branch, many another bare diagonal branches in the background making angular shapes against the gray sky behind him. He is facing the camera, but his head is turned slightly to the right, large fluffy eyelids mostly closed
February 3, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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Desperately need the MTA to get their shit together
February 2, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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🖤🖤✈️✈️

Common Raven pair in Astoria, January 2026 🪶
February 2, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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Screm 🗣️

Common Raven, Astoria NY, January 2026 #birds #birdoftheday #openbeak
A Common Raven in flight in a blue sky. Their wings are folded down and close to their body, mid wing beat. The raven’s formidable beak is open, and their tongue is visible
February 2, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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Ring-bill flyover ✈️🪶

Ring-billed Gull in Astoria, January 2026
A Ring-billed Gull in flight in a bright blue sky with wisps of white clouds. The gull’s black-tipped wings are extended out and angled downward, almost in an “M” shape. The gull’s face and part art of their white undersides are illuminated by the afternoon sun
February 1, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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This formidable Red-tailed Hawk often visits the neighborhood to coast the thermals and give the pigeons a fright. She is always a beautiful sight to behold 🪶

Astoria, New York, January 2026
January 31, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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Good morning! 🪶
Burrowing owlet flying by, looking at the camera.
January 30, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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Good morning 😦🪶

Tufted Titmouse in Central Park, January 2026
A Tufted Titmouse perched on a bare branch, facing out, and looking left, beak slightly open. The white plumage on their front illuminated by the afternoon sun, their signature gray head crest not visible. The background is other bare tree branches and blue sky, out of focus
January 29, 2026 at 2:08 PM