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Alexander Davis
@alexedavis.bsky.social
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Political ecologist of the Himalaya that takes pictures of birds 🐣 and supports Bangladesh 🐯 in the cricket. Not taking feedback at this time 🙏
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WANTED: Have you seen this heron? Last seen here just before swooping on a coot hatchling 😞 #birds🪶
a heron looks down at the water.
November 4, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Our famous albino peacock is at it again #birds 🪶
A pure white peacock in full display, scaring off an unimpressed female.
November 4, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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Wait a second... wtf are you talking about?? 🪶
A swallow raises its eyebrow
November 2, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Not 100 per cent sure what bird this is, but it came out beautifully - Kumarakom bird sanctuary, Kerala #birds 🪶
A black bird with brown wings, some blue markings and a bright red eye.
November 1, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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Yes they are born with the huge feet 🪶
October 30, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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Baby Swamphen season in Maylands 🐣🪶 #birds
A baby swamphen is fed by its parent
October 30, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Asian barred owlet, spotted in an orchard in Manali #birds 🪶
A small brown owl sits in an apple tree. A small brown owl sits in an apple tree.
October 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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They are all over backwaters, hanging out in coconut trees 😍 🪶
Brahminy kite surveys the backwaters from a palm tree
October 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Brahminy Kite, Kerala, India 🪶
Brahminy Kite deadpans the camera. Brahminy Kite's head.
October 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Ladakh: Leh/Kargil
An israeli flag at a bar in Leh A banner of Iranian leaders in Kargil, Ladakh
August 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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😘 #birds
Two ring-neck parrots share a meal, look like they're making out.
August 1, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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Red-tail black cockatoos having lunch in the Perth hills #birds 🪶
A black cockatoo happily eats a gumnut A black cockatoo sits on a tree branch. A black cockatoo eats a gumnut
August 1, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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A western whistler in Porongurup, WA #birds.
A yellow and black bird in the grass. The bird deadpans the camera.
July 16, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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A great Egret at breakfast #birds 🪶
A great Egret has caught a bug, or possibly a fish, and is throwing it up in the air to eat it.
July 15, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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A pair of Splendid Fair Wrens keep a look out #birds 🪶
Two small wrens sit next to each other looking in opposite directions
July 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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A clear day in Mussoorie
Uttarakhand Himalayas from Mussoorie View of Dehradun from Mussoorie
January 4, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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Statue of Unity
Me, about to be crushed by Sardar Patel's big toe View of Sardar Sarovar Dam from the Statue of Unity The world's tallest statue
December 10, 2024 at 7:44 AM
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In India for the next two months. First up: train from Ahmedabad to Kevadiya
A sign on the train advertising the statue of unity. Train arrives on the platform, Ahmedabad Junction
December 10, 2024 at 2:11 AM
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#AUSvIND 🏏
View of Optus Stadium, Perth.
November 23, 2024 at 3:48 AM
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My small contribution (along with Dechen Palmo!) is in Chapter Eight 😊
The opening page of a book chapter.
November 13, 2024 at 6:05 AM
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Australians like to warn you about magpie swooping season, but they don't tell you about the dangers of wagtail swooping season. This little bandit has attacked me three times this week 🪶
A wagtail seeks its next victim. A vicious wagtail about to attack.
November 12, 2024 at 5:07 AM
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Albino peacock display #birds
October 1, 2024 at 6:23 AM
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An Egret takes flight in Sri Lanka's Bundala National Park #notMaylands 🪶
May 24, 2024 at 5:27 AM
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This pelican wanted to murder me #birds
May 24, 2024 at 1:03 AM
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A honeyeater catches a mosquito #birds
May 15, 2024 at 10:42 AM