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Jen
@birdsnbooks.bsky.social
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Love nature, wildlife (birds!), reading, music, art, gaming, cats and keeping up with what’s going on. NorCal
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For #birdoftheday #notabranch a handsome and hopeful Australian magpie perched on a cafe chair offering to share my breakfast. Sunshine Coast 2022 🪶
A large black and white bird with a long bill perched on the back of a cafe chair and peering toward the camera.
September 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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A phone pic of an orange sunrise last week over and under a low marine layer. This was the day after dry lightning sparked fires over much of California. North Bay - San Francisco area.

#stunday
#orangesun
A sunrise over a ridge of trees and houses with a thick layer of orange over a low marine layer of fog and a thin layer of dusty pink. A brilliant pink sun just peeks out above the tree line.
September 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Trying out a new brush for #caturday

#cats
#catsofbluesky
furry white and tabby cat getting a head brushing and looking content
September 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Ahem - food bowl is down here …

#caturday
#cats
#catsofbluesky
Furry white and tabby cat sitting patiently posed at the bottom of a stairwell with its front paws together gazing up at the camera at the top of the stairs. Seems to want something.
August 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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excuse my reach while I make my #caturday biscuits

#cats
#catsofbluesky
Very furry white and tabby cat sitting on a striped blanket on a sofa where the cat is taking up most of the room. You can just see the edge of some pants hanging off the side of the sofa where a little room is left. The cat looks intently into the camera with its paw is stretched toward the lens and buried in the blanket to knead some “dough”.
August 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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wishing you all a peaceful #caturday

#gratitude
a large fluffy white and mackerel tabby cat on a printed rug mostly on its back with paws in rabbit-like position, eyes closed, big white ruff up around its neck. Extremely soft fluffy white belly exposed. Looks very relaxed. Soft white blanket folded up behind it as a bed with a mouse toy on it.
August 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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In honor of #InternationalOwlAwarenessDay a young Great-horned Owl with its soft feathers blowing in the wind at Point Reyes National Seashore last week 🦉
August 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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the fuzzer says no more doomscrolling or looking at bird pics - it’s #caturday and time to PLAY NOW!

#cats #catsofbluesky
A very furry white and mackerel tabby cat with a huge white ruff is sitting on a patterned rug looking into the camera with his mouth open yowling
August 3, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Some quality time for #caturday enjoying Colin Hay’s sublime eTown performance of I Just Don’t Think I’ll Ever Get Over You

youtu.be/3Pvi4uKuawk?...
A furry white and brown tabby cat with a huge white ruff sits at attention in profile on a rug in front of a TV and speakers. The TV displays a still picture of Colin Hay playing the guitar on stage bathed in blue light.
July 6, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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These California native gray foxes are known to climb trees, and they can scale this fence in the yard with ease. But a few nights ago this one decided to hang out for a few minutes and enjoy the deck. I grabbed a bunch of photos on my phone through my back door. What a beauty. 💙

#foxes
#mammals
Small gray fox with the classic salt-and-pepper coat and red chest sitting on the cross rail of a hog wire fence just behind an oval flowerpot filled with pink blossoms. Its head is cocked a little to the side and it has a slight grin. Its ears are swiveled back and to the side towards airplane mode. Its long furry tail is hanging over the fence toward the viewer.
June 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Fresh greens for #caturday

Such a dainty eater

#catsofbluesky
#cats
Furry white and tabby cat side-gnawing on a fresh patch of kitty grass in a talavera pot with his tongue out and ears back. Seen through a screen door with his scratching pad and a bit of his fish toy in the foreground.
June 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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exhausting day

#caturday
#catsofbluesky
#cats
Very furry white cat with tabby markings is on his back on a red patterned rug stretching out luxuriantly with rear toes in a point and front paws over his head, with his upper half curved in a “C” pattern.
June 1, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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I enjoyed the belated obituary for Walasse Ting in the NYT, part of “a series about remarkable people whose deaths …went unreported in The Times”. I love the lightness and vibrant colors of his work.This poster has traveled with me for many years since I was a young student.💙
#art #ting #cat #beauty
A framed poster of a crouching dark blue cat with light greenish-blue eyes and a reddish-pink nose. Its little white paws are curved beneath it and the background is light blue. There is red Chinese lettering or figures in a small square on the lower left. The style is Chinese ink line drawing with bold vivid colors. The frame is light green. It is beautiful. Text hidden by the frame reads “Walasse Ting” and “Tous droits réservés-all rights reserved”. © copyright Yves Riviére, éditeur, Paris.”
May 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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the fuzzer recklessly tossing his “bloody knife” catnip toy

do not try this at home

#caturday
#catsofbluesky
#cats
Furry cat looks like it is yelping as a stuffed catnip toy in the shape of a knife with red “bloody” markings appears to fall into its side from above after he has tossed it into the air
May 25, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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This handsome pair of California Quail foraged quietly nearby as I worked in the vegetable bed today. Peaceful and a needed break from it all. 💙
#birds
A male and female California quail are partly hidden by dry grasses on a hillside under leaves of a plum tree
May 23, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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White-throated sparrow looking sharp today. These are uncommon here in the SF Bay Area but I usually have one or two hanging with the winter flock of Golden-crowneds and Juncos in the yard. Many (all?) have left already - maybe some are passing through.
A sparrow sitting on a chair back in front of a hogwire fence mostly in profile. It has a bright black and white striped crown (white-striped variety) with a yellow lore) and a bright white throat slightly edged in black. One red-pink geranium flower is above its head and citrus leaves are behind the fence in back.
April 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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enjoying spring in a pot

#caturday
#catsofbluesky
#cats
Furry white cat with tabby back and markings sitting in the sun in a terra cotta color plastic pot with a blissful expression
April 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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And mine 😆
A brown and white furry tabby with a white ruff sits on a rug with his white paws neatly in front of him and looking to the side
February 10, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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the fuzzer trying to enjoy his favorite blanket but someone keeps interrupting

late for #caturday
#cats #catsofbluesky
#blueskycats
A very furry white cat with tabby markings is lying on a soft white and striped blanket with its head between its front legs, paws stretched out in front of him. One eye is slightly open at the person taking the picture. He has a pink nose and little pink beans on one furry underfoot that is rolled upward.
February 9, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Catching the bug
Tasting the bug

#TongueOutTuesday
#Cats
#Catsofbluesky
Furry white cat on a deck in the sunshine with its mouth wide open and tongue way out trying to catch a bug Furry white cat on a deck in the sunshine with tongue slightly out and a “yuk” expression on its face
January 29, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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the fuzzer has good instincts this #Caturday

#cats #catsofbluesky #blueskycats
Furry white cat with black and brown markings spread out on his back on a white blanket on a sofa with back paws in the air and one front paw stretched out high - head to the side. Eyes shut and little pink nose visible.
January 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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the fuzzer tapping back in to the news today

#cats
#catsofbluesky
Big furry cat with white ruff with a slight sneer and ears slanted outward
January 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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the fuzzer enjoying some winter sunshine and thinking about #onlybeautifulthings

#cats
#catsofbluesky
Big cat with very dense white and mackerel tabby coat with a white ruff and long white whiskers sitting on a deck in the sunshine looking off to the side looking blissful
January 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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#onlybeautifulthings today
A tiny spotted fawn folded up in brambles in the shade in profile with its head up, big ear and eye towards the camera
January 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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An Australian water dragon?
A phone pic of a large iguana climbing out of a pond with its front feet out and looking at the camera. A spiked ridge runs along its neck.
January 17, 2025 at 3:17 AM