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@cheryllovestoread.bsky.social
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I’m a Reader living in the Sequoia National Forest, learning photography & birding. 🤓

I do follow some political feeds, but rarely comment. Just trying to stay informed.

Unapologetically pro-Vax.

#Nerdfighteria #DFTBA #EndTB #birding #p4a2025
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Today, I’m posting this photo that I took years ago for the #BirdOfTheDay theme: #birdonawire I just love birds’ innate spacing ability.

#BlueSkyArtShow #birds #birding #photography #EastCoastKin
Many black birds perched high on utility lines during a cloudy day. The flock is mostly evenly spaced along the wires.
November 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Oh gee, did ya know water is wet? 😵‍💫
Sarcasm obviously, but it is perhaps new information for RFK Jr.

Let’s hope the actual public health message that community water fluoridation is both safe and protective sticks inside of whatever’s left of RFK Jr’s 🪱 rotted brain!
Massive Study Finds No Link Between Fluoride in Tap Water and Lower Child IQ
Researchers tracked thousands of Americans for decades, finding no links between ingesting recommended levels of fluoride and lower cognitive skills
www.scientificamerican.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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This!
Truth has no Party on Instagram: "The President of the United States calling out a woman journalist “Quiet Piggy!” #politics #fyp #breakingnews #democrats #trump #maga"
The US President's recent behavior towards a journalist has left many feeling shocked and disappointed. The President's use of derogatory language and bullying tactics raises important questions about...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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@altnps.bsky.social I’m in Kern County, CA, where we have poll watchers. Just wanted to tell everyone that our county’s official “polling place finder” website is broken and is simply resetting when you enter an address. If you need to know where to vote, call the elect office at 661-868-3590.
Contact details for the elections office in Kern County, California. Phone number included in post.
November 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay is a 'Pair Of The Same Bird'. Please enjoy Mr & Mrs Mallard on the Kern River near Kernville, California.

#BOTD
#DailyDouble #TwosDay
#birds #ducks
#SequoiaNationalForest
#photography #EastCoastKin
Male and female Mallard Ducks on the Kern River. Male in foreground has a beautiful dark green head, yellow beak, and a tiny white necklace against a rich chocolate breast. Female is speckled brown and white with a splotchy orange bill. Both are hiding deep royal purple feathers under their wings.
October 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Good Morning! It is #BlueSkyMonday in this silly shot of my son and a #rock

#EastCoastKin #Photography #AlphabetChallenge #WeekRForRock
In the foreground is my adult son acting like he’s conquering a big rock. Mountains and blue sky in the background.
October 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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I have Mallard #Ducks on the Kern River in the #SequoiaNationalForest

#BirdOfTheDay
#photography
#EastCoastKin
Foreground is female Mallard duck in shallow river waters with her male friends in the background.
October 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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The #BirdOfTheDay is one with character. This prompt requires another White-crowned Sparrow, the most distinguished of all the sparrows!

#EastCoastKin #birds
#photography
Male White-crowned Sparrow with gray body, black & white striped crown, and yellow beak, sitting on a wire bird feeder perch.
October 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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For the #BlueSkyArtShow I’d like to exhibit one of my favorite shots overlooking #LakeIsabella in California.

The theme today is #glow Amazing what you can capture if you just pull the car over!

#EastCoastKin
#photography
#SequoiaNationalForest
#FirstStarISeeTonight
View of lake surrounded by mountains at dusk. Reflections in the water of mountains and soft glow of the setting sun in the water and sky. First star (planet?) of the night directly above.
October 11, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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This is my resident squirrel who has an apt under my front porch. She loves a good suet bar and periodically makes her way to the bird feeder, via a platform of seed. Note the chubby cheeks!

#SquirrelSaturday
#EastCoastKin
#photography
October 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Happy Pizzamas to all who celebrate! 🎉🍕🎊
September 30, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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The #BirdOfTheDay today is my favorite bird or birds. Mr & Mrs White-crowned Sparrow are my very favorite. They are the patient ones at the feeder while the House Finches and House Sparrows run amok.

#birds #photography
#EastCoastKin
Male White-crowned Sparrow on feeder perch. Female White-crowned Sparrow on feeder perch.
September 29, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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#ColorADay #OrangeSun
#Stunday #SkySunday
#EastCoastKin #photography

Lake Isabella
Kern County, CA
Lake Isabella with a distant mountain and orange sunlight peeking out. Mountain with trees in the foreground.
September 29, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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For Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay with 3 or more colors, may I present Mr & Mrs Black-headed Grosbeak.

#EastCoastKin
#birds #photography
#SequoiaNationalForest
Male Black-headed Grosbeak with bold orange, black, and white coloring. Female Black-headed Grosbeak with gray, white, and pale orange coloring.
September 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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#LetsDance
Brother’s dance with the Bride.
September 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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#BlueSkyArtShow
#TheRoad
#EastCoastKin
#SequoiaNationalForest
#KernRiverCanyon
Two-lane highway winding through Kern River Canyon with cloudy skies above.
September 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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I posted this little guy for black & white day, but he deserves another pic for #WoodpeckerWednesday
This Hairy Woodpecker was spotted in our local #AudubonPreserve

#SequoiaNationalForest
#birds
#EastCoastKin
#woodpeckers
Black and white Hairy Woodpecker with a bit of red on his head. He’s searching for bugs under tree bark.
September 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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#BlueSkyMonday
#MountainMonday
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekMforMemories

Spring views in
Kern River Canyon, CA
Sequoia National Forest
Green grass-covered mountains in foreground with blue sky overhead and a few small puffy clouds floating by.
September 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
cheryllovestoread.bsky.social
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLines

Lines on a boat ramp (with my son) at Lake Isabella, CA
Man standing on boat ramp on Lake Isabella, CA. Southern Sierra mountains in the distance.
September 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay is one having black and/or white on it. How about a Hairy Woodpecker in the Sequoia National Forest?
A black and white Hairy Woodpecker (with a bit of red on his head) hunts for lunch in the bark of a tree.
September 18, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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#ForestFriday
#SequoiaNationalForest
Kern River in the foreground and flowing toward forested mountains.
August 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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I came home from the library today to a covey of quail in my front yard enjoying the tossed seed. There were 15 tiny quail in the shade of our huge tree. I was giddy & sat in the car forever watching them. I couldn’t get a photo but rest assured, SkyBirds, I shall attempt to capture them tomorrow!📸
August 23, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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#BlueSkyMonday
Photo of blue sky with clouds casting shadows on the valley below.
June 30, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Babies are being born with measles in Alberta, having caught the illness in utero from unvaccinated mothers.

The measles outbreak in Alberta is huge. Their case count is approaching 1,000.

A baby born with measles in Ontario has already died.

Please get your vaccines. This is all preventable.
Alberta babies have been born with measles due to outbreaks, worrying doctors | CBC News
Alberta's measles outbreaks have led to babies being born with congenital measles, the province has confirmed. Congenital measles can lead to severe complications, including death.
www.cbc.ca
June 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Kate's Club is a community for children and teens, their families, and young adults who experienced the death of someone close to them. #P4A2025
June 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM