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Eric Auer Lee
@ericauerlee.bsky.social
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former journalist, current full-time enjoyer of birding, tea, chess and football (soccer). my wife says i’m a 70-year-old British man in a 20-whatever American boy body

#MizzouMade living in Minneapolis and with a soft spot for the Coulee Region
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bonus mama mallard #BirdOfTheDay #birds #birdphotography
A mother mallard surveys the surroundings with her ducklings following her in the grass
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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one of my favorites from this fall. the drake is technically out of the water, so we’re counting it for #BirdOfTheDay

not sure which i like more: the way the drake melts into the background of fallen leaves or that you can see their reflections #birds #birdphotography
A male and female wood duck sit on the edge of the small pond with fallen leaves behind them and their reflections visible in the water
November 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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really like the coloration of this rusty blackbird from last fall for today’s #BirdOfTheDay

#birds #birdphotography
A rusty blackbird searches for food among fallen leaves in a marsh
November 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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could pick a variety of my least photographed birds from our trip out west last summer, but this mountain bluebird is one of my favorites #BirdOfTheDay #birds #birdphotography
A mountain bluebird perches on a rocky ledge
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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not sure that i’ve ever seen a grebe. plenty of Loch Ness monsters, though #BirdOfTheDay #birds #birdphotography
A pair of pied billed grebes swim in a marsh
November 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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love these weirdos 🪶
A cliff swallow pokes its head out of its mud nest
October 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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#OddAngles for #BirdOfTheDay is the perfect reason to post cliff swallows #birds #birdphotography
A cliff swallow hangs upside down from its mud nest
October 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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raptors! 🪶
An osprey perches in a dead tree
October 25, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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that’s what we call getting the local angle
Notification from local TV station that reads: Ex-Wolves player Chauncey Billups arrest Billups, the head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers was arrested with the Miami Heat's Terry Rozier in a federal illegal gambling investigation.
October 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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forgot to post yesterday for #MallardMonday, so let’s hop in on #BirdOfTheDay with this handsome fella #birds #birdphotography
A profile of a male mallard. It is in a pond that is covered in duckweed, with some of the plant on its bill and body. Water droplets are visible on its head and back
October 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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i really like this environment shot, too #BirdOfTheDay #birds #birdphotography
A black-capped chickadee holds onto a thistle while upside down. The chickadee is in the middle of a tract of wildflowers
October 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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fortuitous indeed. this black-capped chickadee was enjoying some thistle yesterday #BirdOfTheDay #birds #birdphotography
A black-capped chickadee holds on to some thistle with its back to the camera. Its head is turned around and nearly facing the camera
October 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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the yellow-rumped warblers were LOVING the juniper berries today #BirdOfTheDay #birds #birdphotography
A yellow-rumped warbler is perched on a juniper branch that is plentiful with berries. The warbler has a berry in its beak
October 12, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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even got some ink of one 😊🪶
An American kestrel tattoo on the inside of my forearm
October 8, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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gosh, i love these guys and gals so much #BirdOfTheDay #birds #birdphotography
A male American Kestrel perches on a wire. It’s blue and orange back is to the camera, with its head turned to the side A male American Kestrel perches on a post, facing the camera A male American Kestrel perches in a tree with its back to the camera and head turned to the side A female American Kestrel perches on the top of a small bush, facing the camera
October 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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can confirm, they love to hit a pose #birds
A gray catbird perches on a branch with its back to the camera, though its head is turned to the side with an eye on the camera
September 30, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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definitely AI. here’s essentially the same one from last week on a short yardage TD pass
ESPN highlight with the caption: “Cade Klubnik airs it out for 6-yard touchdown pass”
September 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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how about a couple of robins having a bath?

#BirdOfTheDay #birds #birdphotography
September 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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really excited for ABS challenges, powered by T-Mobile
Notifications from ESPN and MLB. The ESPN notification reads: MLB approves robot umps … Major League Baseball will implement a challenge system for balls and strikes in the 2026 season The MLB notification reads: ABS coming in 2026 … Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System, powered by T-Mobile, to be used in MLB, beginning in 2026.
September 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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it’s nice to have something to celebrate, so here’s a goldfinch acting like it doesn’t notice its beautiful reflection 🪶
An American goldfinch perches in a small puddle along the edge of a road
September 16, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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in my Aragorn era
September 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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back-to-back weekends at the Ren Fest
September 13, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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absolutely broken country
Screenshot of two posts back-to-back on Twitter timeline. One links to an article about Charlie Kirk being shot and the other about a school shooting in Colorado
September 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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proud of my former colleague and friend @audreykorte.bsky.social for owning her mistake while shedding light on mismanagement at the State Journal isthmus.com/news/news/wi...
Excerpt from the article that reads: Korte says she takes full responsibility for the story's "multiple factual inaccuracies," including a made-up source, which she attributes to the use of a company-installed Al program on her work computer. But she says there is more to the story, including a breakdown of editorial oversight and an understaffed newsroom. She says she was terminated without a formal investigation and was not given a chance to explain herself to her superiors or colleagues. "I don't think the newspaper acted with fairness, transparency, accuracy or accountability," she says. "That's why I'm here. I'm trying to set the record straight. I feel it is my duty as a journalist to provide answers." Journalists "don't take an oath of duty," she adds, "but I try to live my life as if I did."
September 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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eastern kingbird with a nice afternoon snack 🪶
An eastern kingbird perches on a branch with a dragonfly in its beak
August 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM