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Killian (he/they)
@aviankillian.bsky.social
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Extremely amateur hiker, birder, gardener, cyclist, and urbanist. Born and raised on Potawatomi Land (Huron Watershed), now exploring Arapahoe, Ute, and Cheyenne Land (living in the South Platte Watershed)
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August 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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August 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Native Bombus chilling on a garlic flower yesterday. #insects #bees #gardensky
A bumblebee is sleeping on the burst seed pod of a garlic flower in a raised bed garden.
July 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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4) Common Goldeneye, 5) Canada Geese, a Great Blue Heron, and Rabbitbrush, and 6) Song Sparrows at Denver Audubon Kingery Nature Center.

🪶 #Birding #borbs #waterwednesday #coloradobirds #weirdducktime #naturephotography #iNat #wildlife #winter
A Common Goldeneye enters a dive into a cold pond, which is still liquid but covered in misty fog Several Canada Geese float near the shore of a small pond with a dock jutting into it. The Rabbitbrush in the foreground are still holding much of their yellow color. In the background is another larger, half-frozen pond, some cottonwoods, and grassy foothills of the Rockies. The sky is foggy and grey due to light snow coming down. Two song sparrows sit on the ground on the surface of a trail, near some taller grass. There is some light snow on the ground.
February 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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1) Great Blue Heron, 2) American Dipper, Mallard, and 3) Hooded Mergansers at Denver Audubon Kingery Nature Center.

🪶 #Birding #borbs #waterwednesday #coloradobirds #weirdducktime #naturephotography #iNat #wildlife #winter
A close-up shot of a Great Blue Heron stalking for prey in an icy river, standing on a wood plank with one foot tucked up. An American Dipper stands on the ice at the edge of a rocky river while a female Mallard swims nearby A pair of Hooded Mergansers (male and female) float near some cattails near the edge of an icy pond
February 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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This morning, within minutes of waking up I saw 6 or 7 species of birds, but I'm always happy to see our ride-or-die House Finches.

My 2025 resolution is to keep striving for a world where more people get to experience that feeling, whatever their version of "that feeling" is. 🪶

#Birds #Birdsky
A male and female House Finch (both small, streaky-brown bird with large beaks, the male with rusty head and chest) feast at a sunflower seed feeder in front of a wooden fence.
December 28, 2024 at 6:14 PM
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December 20, 2024 at 8:28 PM
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Making up for some missed days with all my Fantasy (or in this case #SciFi) favorites in a row

11/20
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
November 25, 2024 at 5:29 PM
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Making up for some missed days with all my #Fantasy
favorites in a row
10/20
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
The cover of the box set of the Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson. The silhouette of a robed figure stands in a swirling blue mist, in front of a cubist, grey-scale medieval city, with an imposing tower looming above all.
November 25, 2024 at 5:26 PM
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Making up for some missed days with all my #Fantasy favorites in a row
9/20
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
The cover of the novel "Neverwhere" by Neil Gaiman, depicting a watercolor staircase transitioning from red to deep blue.
November 25, 2024 at 5:20 PM
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Making up for some missed days with all #Fantasy favorites in a row

8/20
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
The cover of the book "Tigana" by Guy Gavriel Kay, depicting an ornate metallic shield.
November 25, 2024 at 5:19 PM
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Say's Phoebe, Boulder County, CO

#birds #birding #nature #photography #naturephotography #coloradobirds #tyrantflycatchers
November 21, 2024 at 11:43 PM
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7/20
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
The cover of the book "The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump" by Corey Robin
November 21, 2024 at 3:52 PM
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Juvenile Swainson's Hawk, who just dropped a rabbit and had to do a yell about it.
A juvenile Swainson's Hawk, with a more spotted underbelly than the adults, stands on the branch of a catalpa tree, vocalizing.
November 17, 2024 at 5:15 PM
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5/20
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
#Linguistics
November 17, 2024 at 5:10 PM
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American Tree Sparrow, Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Adams County, Colorado. Dec 10, 2023. 🪶

#birds #sparrows #nature #photography #wildlife #urbanbirding #colorado
An American Tree Sparrow, with head crest puffed up, looks out from the bare branch of a small bush. The background is blurred, but consists of a bluish lake and tan and brown grassy wetland shoreline.
November 16, 2024 at 4:30 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Booksky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

4/20 (Nice)
The Covers of "What if?" and "What If? 2" by Randall Munroe, creator of XKCD. Subtitle: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions.
November 16, 2024 at 4:11 PM
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Celebrating the arrival of #WeirdDuck Time today since I saw a flock of Buffleheads yesterday on the South Platte River/

1. Ring-Necked Duck Pair
2. Green-Winged Teal
3. Gadwall
4. Blue-Winged Teal

🪶 #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #Ducks #WildlifePhotography #Nature #ColoradoWildlife
A male and female ring-necked duck pair makes their way down a river A Green-Winged Teal stretches its right wing, showing off the green flight feathers A Gadwall floats upstream near a river bank A Blue-winged Teal dabbles for food near the edge of a shallow pond.
November 15, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Booksky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

3/20
The Cover of the book "The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds" by Michael Lewis
November 15, 2024 at 3:45 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. (3/20)

This one is a "hear me out" because the subtitle might suggest that it's a different kind of book than it actually is, but I promise it's progressive.

#Booksky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

3/20
November 14, 2024 at 6:38 PM
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Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay, Garden of the Gods Park, El Paso County, CO for #ThursJay.

#Birds #BirdPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #BlueskyBirds #Colorado
A blue scrub jay on a bare branch, vocalizing, in front of a background of red sandstone.
November 14, 2024 at 5:03 PM
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My offering is a Ruby-Crowned Kinglet in its beeb missile form.
A tiny bird launches off of a willow branch, accidentally captured between wing flaps giving the appearance that it is levitating in midair. The bird has a sharp, focused look on its face, which contrasts the silliness of the photo.
November 14, 2024 at 2:01 AM
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Acorn Woodpecker in Topanga Canyon, California for #WoodpeckerWednesday! Observed May 31, 2023.

#Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography
November 13, 2024 at 5:20 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Booksky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
#History

2/20
The Cover for the Book "The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity" by David Graeber and David Wengrow
November 13, 2024 at 3:42 PM
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Green-Tailed Towhee, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, CO
🪶
#birds #birding #nature #naturephotography #colorado #nationalparks
A Green-Tailed Towhee stands on a dead branch, alert with his crest raised.
November 12, 2024 at 11:55 PM