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Coley
@atxcoley.bsky.social
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I enjoy photographing all things nature, from wildlife to plants . I love to see yours too .
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Just casually gets one of the best bird portraits of all time
crawlieswithcri.bsky.social Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷 @crawlieswithcri.bsky.social · Dec 1
Took the dogs out a little after 5:30 - had my headlamp on b/c pitch black.

As we passed one of the cypress trees, two Collared-doves bolted out of it *loudly*

A nanosecond later - deadly silent Barn Owl comes *right* over my head and off after the doves - passing through light. 👀
#birds 🪶
photo of a barn owl sleeping standing upright. their body is angle 1/4 to the right, their head turned back directly at the camera
December 1, 2024 at 6:40 AM
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I have a cutie contestant for the “birds in snow” challenge. It was the during the lockdown and a deep frigid wave overcame Texas unlike anything we had ever seen. Who knew there were birds that LOVED THE SNOW? Like this little Song Sparrow playing king of the mountain! #bird #birds #birdsinthesnow
A song sparrow sits on a small hill of white snow with a seasonal deep green foliage of leaves faded behind it. It shows its iconic cute face peering over its little hill like it is the King of its little snow pile. It shows its gray cheeks alternating with a deep chestnut markings . This little bird appears so soft.
November 30, 2024 at 8:52 PM
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It’s that time of year where the legendary Yellow-Rumped Warblers (Formerly referred to as the the Myrtle Warblers) have returned to feast on the berries of the Wax Myrtle trees that line the east side of the backyard. This is the second-best photo I ever took of one before. #birds #bird #borb
This scene shows a border of slender Green leaves with dark red stems and a multitude of dusky-blue berries that are known as the wax myrtle tree. In the very center is a bird with a bright white chin, white eye-ring, white wing bars, showing its butt, perched on the red stem with the dusky-blue berries. It is looking over its shoulder at the camera. It is perched and perky with small glistening droplets of water going along its back. This bird is called the yellow-Rumped warbler, made popular by a meme as being the bird that sparks the birding hobby. What is missing from this picture is its iconic bright yellow spot on top of the tail as we are seeing the underside of the birds butt and not the above side this bright yellow spot is of course how the bird got its name.
November 19, 2024 at 8:31 PM
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The supermoon 🌕 is pulsing 😮‍💨🫨
November 16, 2024 at 12:48 AM
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I didn’t even know Austin Texas could do this
November 15, 2024 at 3:28 AM
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My favorite time of the year is when Kinglets arrive to North Texas. I always think they’re something else until I hear them. They’re so curious and come in so close, but always meticulously perched just out of reach and always in the shadows of the trees.
An imperfect photo shows a golden-crowned kinglet off to the left with two branches impending a clear view. You can see the diagnostic golden vent in its head and a curious down turn look on its face with its dark eyes and small black pointed bill. The background is showing some light aberration and blurred giving a soft dreamy look.
November 12, 2024 at 1:27 AM
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“Meow! meow”, I heard from the magnolia tree! Thinking a feral cat was praying on my feeder visitors I went to go rustle the branches , but unbeknownst to me, a Gray Catbird appears ! Meow meow meow #birds #birdsofbluesky
November 12, 2024 at 1:20 AM
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Last October I managed to get an almost perfect reflective shot of this Black-necked Stilt. Still think that’s a crazy awesome name for a bird.
An open water scene with water grasses embarking the top and lower portion of the frame with a Black-necked Stilt posing over reflective water. The bird has long skinny orange legs, a big white rotund belly with a black pair of wings with black running up its neck (as it’s aptly named) and cap on its head. Its long slender bill is profiling left. Very scenic and still.
October 22, 2024 at 9:52 PM
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So it goes
A comic strip with two panels, the first panel is a drawing of a black dog with a red collar with the text "no need be best" written above the dog, the second panel is the same dog with the text "only good and kind" written about it.
October 21, 2024 at 5:02 PM
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Good morning! We got a new Black Swallowtail fresh from unfurling its wings, ready to fly south !
A black swallowtail butterfly with its wings open, shows lines of close knit yellow dots bordering its dark black wings, with iridescent blue dots towards the bottom, on a window screen.
October 21, 2024 at 3:00 PM
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The big hunters moon last night. Peeking from behind the trees with the western yellow glow of the sun , gives it a nice harvest feel. #moon #space #photography #fullmoon #huntersmoon
October 18, 2024 at 3:04 PM
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Was someone talking about straight looks from the heron on here? Well here’s a baby heron doing just that, taking a poop in my pool while he does it. #heron #birds #photography #poop #menacing #staredown
A fuzzy topped juvenile green heron looks straight at the camera while squeezing out a little poop into a pool while poised on a pool skimmer bar.
October 18, 2024 at 2:12 PM
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The tricolors of the Tricolored Heron are the coolest! #heron #birds #photography
A close side profile of a tricolored heron shows a dark gray head fading to purple with its neck is an exaggerated s-shape , bright orange eyes, and a long yellow fade to green beak.
October 18, 2024 at 11:09 AM
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Hi Bluesky! meet Duke Leto!
October 18, 2024 at 12:25 AM
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BlueSky has the opportunity to do the funniest thing right now and announce private accounts and just nuke Twitter from orbit
October 17, 2024 at 5:36 PM
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Hey Bluesky, which movie are you watching first?
October 18, 2024 at 12:12 AM
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She takes THE crispiest blue jay photos
saskajanet.bsky.social Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · Oct 17
Nice to be meeting so many new people here! One thing you need to know about me is that I love blue jays #birds
Handsome blue and white bird perched on the edge of a concrete birdbath with fall leaves floating in it. Background is green and gold bokeh
October 18, 2024 at 12:08 AM
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Jedi says Hi #dogsofbluesky #dogs
October 17, 2024 at 11:33 PM
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What about young Green Herons? Does anyone like these? #nature #birds #photography
October 17, 2024 at 11:25 PM
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Does anyone else’s cat just have to be touching them at all times?
October 17, 2024 at 11:16 PM
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Is anyone interested in Cardinal pictures? #birds #cardinals #birdphotography #nature ?
October 17, 2024 at 11:13 PM
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I stopped using twitter around the time the cornhusk took it over, but still ambled around here or there , so much hate has consumed that place, and the block change was the final straw. I signed up to be on blue sky as soon as possible, but didn’t think about how much I missed just posting stuff.
October 17, 2024 at 11:10 PM
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Is anyone interested in a Bald Cypress tree by the water? Do I need #hashtags to get started?
October 17, 2024 at 11:09 PM
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Meow meow give us something good to see
October 17, 2024 at 11:07 PM
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Where can I find European football lovers and college football lovers? And cat and dog lovers ?
October 17, 2024 at 11:07 PM