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Tom Gaul🇺🇦 BLM
@darth-gaul.bsky.social
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Husband, Father, Grandfather, 🐕 lover - especially my best buddy Star, InfoSec Practitioner, Hacker, Retired Army Warrant Officer, Photographer of birds and other wildlife, melter of metal - He/Him
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I finally saw a bird earlier this week, it been a while since I posted much. This Great Blue Heron flew into a tree near the pond we were walking at. Then decided to fly across the pond. #birds #wildlife
Great Blue Heron, a large bird with a long neck and large wings fly from right to left across a pond with its beak and eyes straight ahead and wings almost fully down as it glides through the air
November 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Finally have a use for this one from January '24 Vancouver BC
#birds
#birdoftheday
#stareddown
#intimidating lol
An adult Bald Eagle on a perch with clear bluesky in the background looks intimidatingly with its wings partially outstretched as if ready to launch at the annoying paparazzi
November 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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A friend gave me this field guide today, thought I would share it @ok2panic.bsky.social @clinto.bsky.social @glengrambo.bsky.social @rebeccagrambo.bsky.social @davebspain.bsky.social @hardwaterhacker.bsky.social #birds #raptors 🪶🦅
Cover photo of a book titled "The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of the Whole Stupid World" with a couple of sample drawings. Top left is a small black bird with yellow on its throat chest and lower back above its tail, with a name hand written to the right " Yellow-butt Gargler". Bottom right is a larger bird with a large orange and black beak like a Toucan with its handwritten name to the left "Tacky Poo-Can" A page of the book for the "Red-tailed Fuck". Left is the bird name and details: Red-tailed Fuck Buteo jamaicensis Common Name: Red-tailed Hawk Look at this smug fuck. You can tell her thinks he's some kind of hot shit, but don't be fooled, because he often gets chased around by smaller birds such as crows. He can be found just about anywhere in North America, even big cities like New York, which might be why he's such a prick. He sometimes kills pigeons, so that's a plus, but basically he's just another asshole with talons and a high opinion of himself. Right is drawing of the large brownish and rust colored bird looking to its left with its back towards the viewer. Its tail feathers are displayed showing the deep rusty red that gives them their name. Just below the beak to the left is one word with a question mark "narcissist?" Below the tail is "always showing off that bright red tail. No one cares." Below center of the bird is the handwritten "Red-tailed Fuck "
March 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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A juvenile Bald Eagle perched in a tree along the Connecticut River from our cruise the 14th of March
A juvenile Bald Eagle , with a mottled brown and white chest and head, this one is possibly about 4 years old as it has not fully developed the full white head and tail of an adult that happens about 5 years old, sits perched in a tree along the Connecticut River staring to the left of the photographer
March 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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We saw a Bald Eagle nest on the Ct River cruise Friday that's has egg(s) I zoomed in on the nest and saw the adult that's caring for the egg(s) #birds ##raptors 🦅🪶
Bald eagle nest in a tree without leaves , if you zoom in, there is an adult Bald Eagle most likely intubating a single egg or more A zoomed in image of the Bald Eagle nest where the adult head is slightly visible through the tree branches
March 19, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Kind of a lifer, I've seen female common mergansers, but this is my first, male! #birds
A male common merganser runs across the top of the water as it takes flight leaving water splashing up from its feet in it's wake.
March 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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@gettoknownature.bsky.social was thinking of you when I saw this, I'm right there too with the 60f temps today and hopefully the rest of the week
A screenshot of a notice that trending now in the northeast is spring fever this week
March 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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I was out for our morning walk and looked up at it and thought, this is the first time I've ever seen the moon that looked like the cresent moon with a face, sorta like this lol
A drawing of a crescent moon with a face
February 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Wolves and canines are just so cool, I'm kinda a sucker for long snout pointed ear canines though
A trip color rough collie resting on a deck
February 21, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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I was thinking weren't you the one that found the Stellars Sea Eagle, but I think it was you that I heard about it from.
A blurry image of a Stellars Sea Eagle in flight , flying right to left across the image. With trees in the background. The Stellars Sea Eagle is a large Eagle with a cartoonishlarge yellow beak, a brown body with white shoulders on its wings
February 21, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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Guess what I found @clinto.bsky.social I'll be partaking in a sampling after our "after dinner walk" which coincidentally happens after dinner, lol, I crack myself up🥃🤣🤣🤣
A picture of the label of a bottle Dad's Hat Pennsylvania Rye Whiskey Finished in Vermouth Barrels
February 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Nice, again I must have missed the invite 😉🤣
BTW did I mention i made some babka, chocolate type, goes good with bourbon or a nice cab 😋😎
Two loaves of fresh out of the oven chocolate babka a sweet bread with a chocolate strudel and fudge filling
January 27, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Just got back from our Saturday hike with my buddy
Star our best boy a dog, rough collie breed, a trip color where the prominent color is black with a white collar and brown on his cheeks and neck. Sitting in a field with blackeyed susies flowers in the background
January 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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I bet, I hope to bring ours there sometime , this Star and he would love to run on the flats
A picture of a rough collie in the tri-color markings sitting in a field, he's our pup Star, tri-color collies are primarily black with a white color and sable or tan markings.
January 1, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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It's so memorable for since that is my favorite painting, so much that I named my pups Starry Starry Knight
This is a picture of my best friend Starry Starry Knight, sitting in a field, he's a dog, a pure bred touch collie similar to the iconic TV and movie dog Lassie, the difference being lassie was a sable so the primary color is brown, Starry Starry Knight is mostly black with a white collar and blown on his cheeks and eye brows
December 31, 2024 at 12:37 AM
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Please post the most serene, peaceful moments you've captured in photos or art
My wife in a bright red and black jacket sits on a dock sitting on the shore of Chilkoot Lake, a serene bluesky, snow capped mountains on the left and more mountains on the right
December 31, 2024 at 12:01 AM
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Yea, I wouldn't have left if I went there 40 years ago
A view of Lutak Inlet in Haines Alaska on a bright November morning with some puffy clouds over the mountains on the right and a rainbow reflected in the water
December 28, 2024 at 12:54 AM
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Oh, I could send you some of my frozen meat sauce from last week, I made about 3 gallons😳
December 28, 2024 at 12:30 AM
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Happy Owlidays to you too!🪶❄️🎄
A short Eared Owl flies left to right across the marsh searching for dinner as it stares back at the paparazzi with those bright yellow eyes in Boundary Bay Vancouver BC
December 25, 2024 at 10:11 PM
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I'm sorry, good luck, here's a pic from Alaska in November to help calm you.
An adult bald eagle is coming in for a landing from right to left with its wings outstretched and talons spread out to grab something on the shore of the Chilkat River
December 24, 2024 at 10:08 PM
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One more with the intensity of a Grackle
A grackle, a black bird with bright yellow eyes and an iridescent blue to its head and shoulders, stares intently at the photographer
December 23, 2024 at 11:58 PM
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Please bring out your best photos of birds looking straight into the camera! Sometimes they look goofy, sometimes they look intense.

One of my favorite from my Vancouver BC trip
A Bald Eagle stares intently at the paparazzi taking its photo to let them know it's extremely annoyed
December 23, 2024 at 11:51 PM
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Nice work. I have a close sample
A short eared owl flies right to left across the frame over a grassy marsh with sunlight highlighting it's wing tips and it's yellow eyes are locked on a target off to the left out of frame
December 23, 2024 at 1:00 AM
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Thanks Adie, beautiful picture, mine are Bald Eagles, I can't see or photograph them enough lol
A Bald Eagle, a large brown raptor with white head and tail and bright yellow beak. Flies left to right as it eyes something
December 22, 2024 at 2:03 AM
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@ok2panic.bsky.social gravy v2 2024 edition is simmering
A large pot of meat sauce, or as Italians refer to it as gravy.
December 18, 2024 at 12:49 AM