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Elan Cooper
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The beauty of the natural world leaves me in awe ✨
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wyshes.bsky.social
#Autumn 🌱
November 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
thewindfarmguy0001.bsky.social
🙌
gretaknits.bsky.social Greta Knits @gretaknits.bsky.social · 13d
Peace be with you, Friends 🌱
#SundayYellow #bloomscrolling
A yellow chrysanthemum from the market with the brilliant orange Autumnal foliage in the background.
November 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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landguyminor.bsky.social
Pond dock encompassed by the shadows.
#scape #landscape #pond #docks
#forestfriday #bluesky #autumn #fall #photography #eastcoastkin
November 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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birderbro.bsky.social
Mute Swan at a local lake this afternoon

🦢🍂

Getting ready for #SundayYellow

Or is it #Swanday #Yellow?

#birds #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #nature #naturephotography #photographer #photography #autum #fall #yellow
November 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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chuck4242.bsky.social
A Mallard for your timeline cleanse.

#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin
A drake Mallard with its wings extended.
November 7, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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chuck4242.bsky.social
A spider that was dropping down in my front porch. Anyone know what variety this is? Seek gave me the ever useful "spider".

#Insects #Macro #Spiders #Arachnids #Nature #Wildlife #Nature #MacroPhotography #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin
A spider "falls" to the ground on its web, just like Tom Cruise in his original Mission Impossible movie.
November 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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dreamcatcher01.bsky.social
Male Cardinal

What's it all about anyway?
A red male Cardinal is perched on a branch. He is facing away from the camera. The background is blurry green.
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
thewindfarmguy0001.bsky.social
😲
November 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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sofiimagines.bsky.social
Good morning🌞 It's a gorgeous & brisk #TulipTuesday 🌷 Perfect for cozying up with your favorite hot beverage and #bloomscrolling while you wake up☕

#flowers #photography #plants #Gardening #Gardens #flowerfeed #gardensky #EastCoastKin #DailyFlowers #OnlyBeautifulThings
November 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
thewindfarmguy0001.bsky.social
Noted 🤔
nicknc.bsky.social Nick in NC @nicknc.bsky.social · 18d
The milk jug and apple cider jug are approximately the same size, so I just poured cider into my morning tea.

You might think it might be good, but it is not.
November 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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nicknc.bsky.social
Eggs of marbled salamander (Ambystoma opacum) under a log in our little neighborhood wetland today. The eggs are laid on land beside a vernal pool, and they’ll hatch when winter rain submerges them. #herps 1 of 3
A cluster of salamander eggs that look a bit like large tapioca pearls from some very muddy boba tea.
November 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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rookman.bsky.social
Some pictures from a beautiful autumnal walk around westonbirt arboretum today.
#birds🪶

#autumn #trees
#NatureTherapy
A small Goldcrest bird, with its olive-green and yellow feathers and distinctive striped head, is perched in the dense, dark green needles of a coniferous tree. Bright sunlight illuminates the bird as it looks up, making its tiny form stand out clearly against the rich, natural background of the foliage. This image shows a close-up of the bright, fiery orange and yellow foliage of a tree, likely a Japanese Maple, during the autumn season. The leaves are sharply lobed and densely packed, catching the sunlight which highlights their vibrant color and creates shadows underneath. This image shows a green finch perched on a bare-branched tree against a clear blue sky. The tree's branches are dotted with brown, dangling catkins or seed pods, indicating a late autumn or winter setting. The bird is facing to the right in profile. This is a bright, low-angle photograph of a tree with vibrant yellow and gold autumn foliage, backlit by the sun. The tree's canopy fills the frame with glowing leaves, and its dark trunk is visible in the center, surrounded by a forest floor covered in fallen yellow leaves. The overall mood is sunny, warm, and autumnal.
November 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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rookman.bsky.social
Something a bit different for
#ThursJay
The Rook taken at WWTslimbridge.
#birds🪶 #Halloween

#Naturephotography
#NatureTherapy
This image is a close-up photograph of a rook perched atop a decaying tree stump. The bird, facing away from the viewer but looking to the right, is predominantly captured in shades of dark gray and black, contrasting with the surrounding monochromatic forest background of branches and twigs.
October 30, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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drkeithsmith.bsky.social
No astronomy per se in this week's issue of @science.org, but there is a fascinating study by Pavia et al. that uses cosmic dust to trace sea ice coverage in the Arctic. 3He from micrometeorites records when the ocean was ice free, over the last 30,000 years. 🧪🌊
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 6, 2025 at 7:33 PM
thewindfarmguy0001.bsky.social
Perhaps
hannahthomasy.bsky.social Hannah Thomasy @hannahthomasy.bsky.social · 16d
And this is the motion they used to dig through more compact substrate:
November 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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setiinstitute.bsky.social
In a recent episode of SETI Live, SETI Institute Deputy Director Dr. Simon Steel spoke with astronomer Dr. Melissa McClure of Leiden University about a groundbreaking discovery: the earliest stages of planet formation caught in action. 🧪 🔭 👩‍🔬

Learn more: www.seti.org/news/birth-o...
Birth of Planets: JWST Spots Hot Mineral Condensation in a Proto-Stellar System
www.seti.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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markscherz.bsky.social
Today we described three new toad species that give birth to fully formed toadlets, from the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania! 🇹🇿🧪🐸

vertebrate-zoology.arphahub.com/article/1670...
A fine black toad with bright white fingers, toes, and lips, and brown pustular blobs along its legs, resting on a dark green leaf. A black and white toad on a green fern frond. The head and limbs are grey, and the body black. A toad looking at the camera over a brown leaf, its black body splotched with yellow and white. It is very Halloween-core. A black toad with huge yellow glands on its legs, head, arms, and parts of the back. Jack Skellington himself could hardly have painted a more Halloween-flavoured toad.
November 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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johnbcaddell.bsky.social
well, I might as well offer up more #dahlias from the #DahliaDell for #Stunday since I got them
🌱

#JBCFlowers #flowers #garden #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #DailyFlower #EastCoastKin
November 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
thewindfarmguy0001.bsky.social
Beautiful autumn leaves
mstreefrog.bsky.social Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 19d
A leaf lingers before falling, backlit by the Autumn sun 🍂
#MinimalMonday
A ragged red and yellow leaf with a few notches and holes taken out of. It is highlighted against the forest canopy by the sunshine of late afternoon. It may be from a dogwood tree.
November 6, 2025 at 1:57 PM
thewindfarmguy0001.bsky.social
Quite cool 🧐
mstreefrog.bsky.social Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 20d
Down in the marsh, showing off its camouflage skills, here is an American Bittern who has been wading through duckweed to make its green legs even greener.

#Stunday #RidgefieldNWR
📷🪶💚
I love spotting a Bittern in the marshes at Ridgefield NWR. They are so serious at maintaining their “you don’t see me“ stance. The color of their feathers is perfect for the marsh this time of year, matching the streaky greens and browns.
November 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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mstreefrog.bsky.social
I may rustle up enough photos for a weekly festive Robin if I’m lucky.
I am very much enjoying the postings from the other side of the pond. #DailyFestiveRobin
📷🪶
An American Robin enjoying the fruits of a Hawthorne tree, with a bright red haw berry in its mouth.
November 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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maroochie.bsky.social
The Sandhill cranes are eating in the chopped corn fields during the day and then roosting at the Sherburne Wildlife Refuge at night.
📷🌿 #birds
#nature
This is a photo of four Sandhill cranes. Nikon Z5, 600mm, f/6.3, iso400, 1/400s
November 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
thewindfarmguy0001.bsky.social
😯😯
maroochie.bsky.social Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 24d
Fall oak leaf caught on a branch and illuminated by the sun’s golden rays
This is a photo of an autumn oak leaf caught on a branch. Fuji X-T4, 120mm, f/5.6, iso1600, 1/4000s
November 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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josh412.com
Good morning 🌱🌵🪨
Close up of top of barrel cactus and a rock Very close up of top of barrel cactus
October 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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gretaknits.bsky.social
Wishing you a wonderful Wednesday 🌱
#RoseWednesday
A bloom of 'Sweet Mademoiselle' rose, many layers of pinky peachy apricot petals, covered in raindrops.
October 29, 2025 at 12:36 PM