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Charlie Ludwig

@chuck4242.bsky.social

A Ruby Throated Hummingbird looking to get a sip of these flowers.

#Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

September 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM

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Robyn

@handcranked.bsky.social

I'm rapidly running out of waterfall photos so here are some raspberries for #ColorADay #RedWed.

#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #macro
#ArtYear

A macro photo of three raspberries on the bush. One is in focus along with a leaf before it and the others are blurred. The background is bright green.

September 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM

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Alan H

@alan678.bsky.social

So for Rob’s @robcrank68.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay he’s looking for birds with some black or white colouring. Here’s mine. A Grey Heron in the rain. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

September 18, 2025 at 6:19 AM

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EDC 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇨🇦🇬🇧🇦🇺🇫🇷🇩🇪🇳🇴🇫🇮🇸🇪

@simplyedc.bsky.social

Covered Bridge #Photography

September 18, 2025 at 12:18 AM

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Rina

@rina2012.bsky.social

Wishing you a wonderful day 🫶

#BirdofTheDay #birds #wildlife #photography #scape #outdoors #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotoOfTheDay #nature #ArtYear #photohour #EastCoastKin

The picture shows a grey heron (Ardea cinerea), standing in tall, green reeds. The heron is positioned in the center of the image. The bird is looking to the left, with its head slightly raised. The green reeds surround the heron closely, forming a natural background.

September 18, 2025 at 7:23 AM

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BJ

@timothytorso.bsky.social

Two former mistresses meet each other at the palace. Melania looks bored and Camilla looks amused by something probably farted and nobody noticed

September 18, 2025 at 9:18 AM

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Charlie Ludwig

@chuck4242.bsky.social

An Osprey looking out and somehow ignoring my presence.

#Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

An Osprey stands on at the end of a dead tree limb.

September 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM

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Tom Astle

@tjalamont.bsky.social

Here is your Wednesday Wasp. I think she's an Ichneumonid, but that narrows it down about as much as describing a grain of sand on the beach as small and tan. She was searching the face of a rock wall near a waterfall in Montana. A little less than half an inch long. 🐙🌿

A macro photo, vertical orientation, of a wasp head down on a pale rock, with a bit of moss on the right and lower right edge. The wasp is slender, with a black body, transparent wings folded over her back, and orange legs. She has a short, straight ovipositor.

September 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM

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Marguerite/Peg Turley

@margueriteturl2.bsky.social

Again, I adore this time of year when we get an entire ecosystem created in the goldenrod and my favorite insects stop by!! This is the yellow collared Scape Moth which is so goth, but isn’t afraid to flash a little color! #invertes #insects

Yellow collared scape moth (black moth with a bright orange collar) on the grass leaf goldenrod

September 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM

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Mary Dineen 📷 𓀡𓆀

@marysunshineisgone.bsky.social

A bee is here

September 18, 2025 at 3:02 AM

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Jen Cross

@jencross.bsky.social

A sweat bee busy looking for snacks. The flower is an aster and the center of the flower contains lots of small florets that produce pollen and nectar. Asters are a wonderful fall food source for lots of insects. #inverts
(Augochlora sp.) PA