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Ben Acker
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Birds r great n so r u.
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Happy Sunday, #birds!

We know borbs.

What about squorbs?
A square-ish Dark Eyed Junco standing on a rock, looking to the right.
February 15, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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Happy Tuesday, #birds! Here’s a cheeky Tufted Titmouse we got during the storm over the weekend.
A gray, white and brown Tufted Titmouse sits on a snow dusted iron hanger looking over its right wing-shoulder back at the camera.
January 27, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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birdsbyalex.bsky.social
How cool is that electric-blue throat patch on this Brandt’s Cormorant! Unreal.

#birds #nature #wildlife #photography
A dark seabird stands on the edge of a cliff with wings raised, head tilted up, and a striking electric-blue throat and eye. Photographed in La Jolla, California.
January 14, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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birdsonglab.bsky.social
Why do mated songbirds sing beautifully coordinated duets? My Ph.D. work showed that duets are cooperative signals that pairs use to defend their shared territory. This visual summary is based on Logue & Gammon 2004 Animal Behaviour 68: 521-531 and Logue 2005 Cognition, Brain, Behavior 9:497-510.
January 12, 2026 at 4:17 PM
saddletrousers.bsky.social
Happy New Year, #birds!

This Coops still loves hanging out next to our window. I love the Pokémon sparkle in their eye.
Center is a Coopers Hawk, head looking backwards and up like a dog REALLY hearing something interesting.
January 6, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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Good morning! Had a fun visit from that Coopers Hawk again, though not in as visible a spot. #birds
A pale blue sky covers most of the image, with leafless deciduous treetops visible. In the top fifth of the image a portion of a house’s eaves are visible, with a Coopers Hawk’s tail extending below the eaves a few inches.
December 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Potato quality pic, but here’s a Coopers Hawk that was right outside my window gettin all flurfy. #birds
A white breasted bird with stripes has a very fluffy chest as it sits in an Oak tree whose branch bisects the page.
December 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Here’s a #BirdOfTheDay #SideView of a Palm Warbler. Y’all have a rad Tuesday! #birds 🪶
Against a tastefully blurred blue background with some foliage a twig bisects the image diagonally from bottom left to top right. Midway through the twig a Palm Warbler sits, facing the top right. We see this yellow bird with white wing bars and a strong eyeline in profile.
December 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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londonkingfishers.bsky.social
I don't often post about work, but we have this fascinating free public event next week on Saving Britain's wildlife at LSE.

Come along in person or join us online, www.lse.ac.uk/events/savin...

Please help spread the word about this important topic.

#londonbirds #nature #wildlife #ukbirds
November 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Here’s Romeo, the Eurasian Eagle Owl currently hanging out at the Carolina Renfaire

#birds
An owl’s face is center frame. It has gorgeous eyebrows and cool orange eyes.
October 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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I’m not certain what type of horsefly this is, but its eyes are so rad.

#bugsky
A large horsefly is clinging to a portion of a chain link fence. The background is a soft mix of greens, browns, and yellows.
September 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Found this Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) (I think?) on a quick trip to SC this week.

#bugsky
An orange butterfly is center frame. It is sitting on an orange and yellow flower. I don’t know what it’s thinking about.
September 19, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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An Eastern Wood Pee-Wee hanging out after catching some bugs. #birds
A gray and white-breasted bird sits center frame. Its bill is yellow underneath and black up above, and you can see the small downturn on the upper bill that flycatchers have.
September 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Here’s our front porch Lantana for #FlowersOnFriday 🌱
8 yellow Lantana blooms fill the screen. It is an extreme close up, only one of the blossoms is entirely shown.
August 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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gregpak.net
okay here we go DRAW A BIRD CHALLENGE y'all! right now, with your own hands, no fukken "A.i." it's fine if it's bad! bad is good because you did it on your own and had fun and learned something and made something literally only you could have!

#DrawABird
August 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Hey! Happy Friday yall! This Osprey landed on our back porch in Frisco, NC. I *think* it could be a juvenile that has been hunting from a duck blind nearby. #birds
A brown bird with a white neck, yellow eyes, and black bill is looking directly at the camera. In the background is greenery.
August 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Here’s an American Crow buddy dropping by. #birds
A black-and-white portraits of a crow is center frame, from the breast up. The crow is looking to the right, and only one beetle-black eye is visible.
June 23, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Happy Friday, #birds!!!

I got a new lifer in the Tufted Puffin!!! These were flying around Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach on the Oregon Coast.
A blue sky is the background for two Tufted Puffins, flying from left to right. Their black bodies are offset by their glorious ivory eye masks and brows, and their orange beaks are clearly visible.
June 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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YAAAAAALLLLL We got a new feeder visitor!!! A red-headed woodpecker!!!! Apologies for the dirty window and zoomed-in phone potato quality.

#birds
Center frame is the brilliant head of a Red-Headed Woodpecker. It’s on a feeder, peeking up.
June 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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spiritcrowart.bsky.social
Today (May 16) is #EndangeredSpeciesDay ! There are a ton of endangered birds in the world whose populations have dwindled due to habitat loss and illegal pet trade.

I wanted to spread some awareness, so for every comment, I will talk about an endangered bird and share a donation link for them!
Photo by Sabine Bernert. This is a kākāpō, a critically endangered flightless parrot with mossy green plumage with darker mottling. It has an owl-like mask on its face and round black eyes.
May 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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fritzy.io
Today was my last day at GitHub/npm.

I've been doing this for nearly 25 years, so I've accrued quite a bit of expertise. If you're looking for someone that is an experienced programmer with a passion for data in all forms (databases, apis, protocols, etc.) please reach out.
May 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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If you have a chance, make Bill Smith’s Honeysuckle Sorbet Recipe. It’s amazing, and any leftover syrup goes really well with seltzers.

www.ourstate.com/bill-smith-h...
May 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Picked 4 cups of honeysuckle to make Bill Smith’s honeysuckle sorbet this weekend.
A metal mixing bowl is displayed full of yellow and white honeysuckle flowers.
May 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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banditelli.org
This is the kind of footage you give away for free the first time and after that you charge for only half the amount of footage.

Just real baby bird hard drug stuff.

Always for free here on bluesky.

A solid addiction.

🪶 🐣
May 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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I’ve been looking for this dude all over NC. With those buck ruffles I shoulda been looking at Renfaires.

#birds 🦉
A Sandhill Crane does its mating dance.
April 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM