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birdobserver.bsky.social
Bird (he/him)
@birdobserver.bsky.social
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Watching birds, reading books, and gazing into the void. Forever in solidarity 🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

⬅️ Left politics
📸 Hobbyist photographer
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birdobserver.bsky.social
Happy Halloween to all the ghouls, goblins, and creepy crawlies! 🕸️🕷️

#nature #photography #canon
Photograph of excessive spider webs draped between the branches of a tree. The webs are backlit by early morning sunlight.
November 1, 2025 at 4:05 AM
birdobserver.bsky.social
I'm ready for the intensity of summer foliage again

#nature #photography #landscape #canon
A grassy path through a prairie landscape. The messy foliage is in full growth of mid summer with a mix of lush greens and yellows. There is a birdbox just to the left of the path.
March 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
birdobserver.bsky.social
"A March morning is only as drab as he who walks in it without a glance skyward, ear cocked for geese.”

- Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There

#birds #birding #nature #birdsky #photography
A photo of Canada Geese flying overhead. The perspective of the photo is from directly beneath a V-shaped group of flying geese, with a clear blue sky background.
March 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
birdobserver.bsky.social
It seems like I'm unable to message you on here for some reason, I'm not sure how Bluesky message restrictions work lol. Do you have this set intentionally? I can also ping on your store page if you'd prefer
March 1, 2025 at 12:49 AM
birdobserver.bsky.social
Do NOT listen to their directions they CANNOT read the trail map.

#birds #birding #birdsky #nature #wildlife #photography
A nuthatch sits on top of a trail marker. The background is lush green foliage.
December 1, 2024 at 4:19 PM
birdobserver.bsky.social
An egret in the glow of sunrise.

#birds #birding #birdsky #nature #wildlife #photography
A photo of an egret, a large white bird with a long yellow pointed bill. It is a hazy yellow color from the bright morning sun. In the foreground of the photo is a clumped mass of lilypads floating atop a shallow lake. In the background are patches of open water with a few extra rafts of lilypads.
November 28, 2024 at 4:41 PM
birdobserver.bsky.social
Future bound.

#photography #outdoors #nature #sunset #canon
A photograph of multiple layers of clouds, illuminated by the setting sun. Near the middle of the clouds in a bright patch is the silhouette of a plane flying into the horizon.
November 27, 2024 at 9:20 PM
birdobserver.bsky.social
A chipmunk atop a small overturned log. I'm already missing the weedy green plants and warm summer mornings!

#mammals #nature #wildlife #photography #canon
A photograph of a chimpmunk standing on top of a small log. The background is a weedy patch of tall grass. The image is a summery yellow and green from the rising morning sun.
November 25, 2024 at 6:06 PM
birdobserver.bsky.social
To watch a sunrise is to observe a scene played out for billions of years. A moment to reflect on your place in our world, your place in time.

#nature #photography #sunrise #outdoors
A photo of a sunrise with thin overlapping layers of cloud cover, causing the sunlight to bleed through in deep orange, red and yellow. The upper layers of cloud are letting more bright light through, causing a highlighted segment of clouds to stand out and show more of a fluffy texture. The lower half of the image is a scene overlooking a calm lake, reflecting the colors above. A hazy dark green treeline shows in the distance at the center of the image. Fronds of a plant on the near shoreline loom in the immediate distance and are out of focus.
November 24, 2024 at 1:58 PM
birdobserver.bsky.social
A squirrel popped up from the other side of a boardwalk I was hiking on and posed for a quick picture.

#mammals #nature #wildlife #photography #canon
A squirrel standing at the very end of a wooden plank. The perspective of the image is low to the ground, and the planks to the left and right of the squirrel imply that it is part of a boardwalk. The background is tall fronds of marshy foliage.
November 23, 2024 at 5:14 PM
birdobserver.bsky.social
What is #booksky reading this weekend?

I'm working on these two!
1) The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
2) A Fire Upon the Deep - Vernor Vinge

#reading #classiclit #classics #literature
The book cover for The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. This cover shows a family overlooking a vast landscape. A procession of vehicles makes its way up a winding road through the valley and towards a ridge of mountains. The book cover for A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge. A stylized, futuristic spaceport sits at the center of the cover in the foreground, with a galactic cloud of stars across the background.
November 22, 2024 at 6:51 PM
birdobserver.bsky.social
Sneaky peeky red-winged blackbird

#birds #birding #birdsky #nature #wildlife #photography
A red-winged blackbird perched on a branch, partially obscured by several overlapping layers of thin yellow branches in the foreground. The bird's eye is just visible over one of the nearer branches, giving the illusion that it is peeking.
November 21, 2024 at 3:27 PM
birdobserver.bsky.social
That one guy at the function immediately after you tell him not to double dip:

#birds #birdsky #nature #wildlife #photography #canon
Two Canada Geese foraging at the bottom of a shallow body of water. They are upside down, their heads are fully submerged with their rears being the only part of their bodies sticking out of the water's surface.
November 21, 2024 at 2:53 AM
birdobserver.bsky.social
This is how your email finds me

#birds #birdsky #nature #photography #canon
A Canada Goose foraging at the bottom of a shallow body of water. It is upside down, it's head is fully submerged with it's rear being the only part sticking out of the water's surface.
November 20, 2024 at 10:12 PM
birdobserver.bsky.social
I've been thinking about this poem by Langston Hughes recently and although it was published in 1931, it remains relevant as ever.

#books #reading #booksky #poetry
A poem by Langston Hughes titled "Tired". It reads as the following: "I am so tired of waiting, Aren't you, For the world to become good And beautiful and kind? Let us take a knife And cut the world in two -- And see what worms are eating At the rind."
November 20, 2024 at 3:34 AM
birdobserver.bsky.social
Sandhill cranes are easily one of my favorite birds. Beautiful in color and form, their aesthetic appearance is contrasted by their cacophonous bugle call. A chorus of these birds singing in the distance invokes a sense of prehistory.

#birds #wildlife #nature #photography #canon
A close-cropped profile view of a sandhill crane. The background is a hazy blur of brown and orange fall foliage.
November 19, 2024 at 5:53 PM
birdobserver.bsky.social
Do you think I've been spotted?

#nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #canon #shotoncanon #mammals
A young deer staring curiously towards the viewer. One ear is cocked at an angle.
November 19, 2024 at 12:39 AM
birdobserver.bsky.social
Lately I have been making the effort to wake up early and go watch the sunrise. For a moment the morning slows, and my place in the world is awash in golden light.

#nature
#landscape
#landscapes
#photography
#sunrise
A sunrise over a lake, with trees silhouetted in the foreground and background. A golden beam of sunlight reflects across the water, bisecting the image.
November 18, 2024 at 2:16 PM
birdobserver.bsky.social
The other morning I had the pleasure of watching this heron stand perfectly still while leaves fell all around it.

#birds
#ornithology
#wildlife
#nature
#photography
A heron stands in softly rippling water. A light glow from the sunrise shimmers in the reflection. Fallen leaves are scattered in the water.
November 17, 2024 at 11:21 PM
birdobserver.bsky.social
Testing out the Birds!🦉feed, here is a frosty little tree swallow🪶

#birds
#ornithology
#nature
#photography
#birdsky
A tree swallow sitting atop of a wooden post. Attached to the post is a birdhouse meant to help provide habitat for native bird species. The post and birdhouse are rimed with frost. Light from the sunrise slants across the image, bathing the bird and wooden post in an golden light.
November 17, 2024 at 4:28 PM
birdobserver.bsky.social
In light of some of the latest climate news (mostly regarding the AMOC) I’ve been thinking about this passage from The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Beautiful prose for worrying times.

#literature
#books
#reading
#climate
Passage from The Road by Cormac McCarthy. It reads as: "Once there were brook trout in the streams in the mountains. You could see them standing in the amber current where the white edges of their fins wimpled softly in the flow. They smelled of moss in your hand. Polished and muscular and torsional. On their backs were vermiculate patterns that were maps of the world in its becoming. Maps and mazes. Of a thing which could not be put back. Not be made right again. In the deep glens where they lived all things were older than man and they hummed of mystery."
November 17, 2024 at 4:17 PM
birdobserver.bsky.social
Every day I am thankful that Michigan has such accessible parks to visit and enjoy. This photo was taken at Crosswinds Marsh in SE MI.

#photography
#nature
#landscape
#landscapephotography
#michigan
A footbridge crossing a marshy wetland area. The inner curve of the bridge is surrounded by tall plants in the foreground. The background is overlapping groups of trees and shrubbery. A clear blue sky with wisps of cloud.
November 17, 2024 at 3:42 PM
birdobserver.bsky.social
Hi bluesky! I'm a hobby photographer looking for a place to share my work. Where are my bird, nature, and photography lovers?

#birds #birding #ornithology #photography #wildlife #nature #birdsky #michigan
A red-winged blackbird perched on a cattail, plucking seeds from the very top of the plant. The photo was taken in a marshy area.
November 17, 2024 at 3:24 PM