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@gabrownie.bsky.social
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Wandering the mountains, lakes, trails, & waterfalls of NE Georgia...soon.

I use #AltText.
Banner: A mountain lake reflecting the clouds in the sky.
PFP: A brownie with the words GA_Brownie written across the top.
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"If only I could turn my head just a little more sideways and this bar weren't in my way, I could probably reach this specific seed in the suet feeder." - this woodpecker probably #ThruMyDirtyKitchenWindow™️#Birds 🪶

📸 Red-bellied woodpecker: Melanerpes carolinus
A woodpecker facing left turns its head to the side and strains to reach a seed on the other side of a suet cage bar in the suet feeder.
November 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
gabrownie.bsky.social
Out at the docks getting ready to have a fresh lobster roll. Yummy.
The sun sets on a couple of shrimping/fishing boats at the docks.
November 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
gabrownie.bsky.social
#FinchFriday is here to kick off your weekend. I love that red on his head and throat and those stripes on his side and underbelly. 🪶 #Birds

📸 House finch: Haemorhous mexicanus
A male House finch chowing down on some black oil sunflower seeds at the feeder.
November 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
gabrownie.bsky.social
Honey bee getting the last food from the Japanese camellia blooms. Pic thru my #DirtyKitchenWindow™️

#Bloomscrolling #inverts
A honey bee is sitting in the middle of the yellow stamen of a bright reddish-pink camellia bloom.
November 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
gabrownie.bsky.social
Like a deer caught in the headlights. 😁 #mammals

#AltText: A video of an opossum standing frozen in front of the trail cam when the camera light comes on.
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
gabrownie.bsky.social
One chickasquee!! deserves another! #Birds 🪶

📸 Carolina chickadee: Poecile carolinensis
A gray bird with a white patch on its check, a black cap on its head and throat and a white underbody perches on an ant moat filled with water.
November 14, 2025 at 3:33 AM
gabrownie.bsky.social
This #woodpecker recently decided that they prefer mealworms over suet. He was so excited that he wouldn't stop moving his head. lol. #WoodpeckerWednesday #Birds 🪶

📸 Red-bellied woodpecker: Melanerpes carolinus
A young red-bellied woodpecker excited to eat mealworms out of a feeder cup.
November 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
gabrownie.bsky.social
"Mom...I can't quite get up here. I need a boost." #mammals

#AltText: A young raccoon tries to climb in the birdbath for a drink of water, but can't quite figure out how to get up there.
November 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
gabrownie.bsky.social
When seasons collide. 🍁❄️ #Bloomscrolling

📸 Photo of Cosmos spp. flowers taken by the John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC (just across the NE Georgia state line)
Orange flowers dusted with snow.
November 12, 2025 at 12:58 AM
gabrownie.bsky.social
Is it #TitmouseTuesday, or is it #TuesJay, or is it #TwosDay? So many choices. 🤔
I guess there's no reason why it can't be all 3. 🤷‍♀️ #Birds 🪶

📸 Tufted titmouse: Baeolophus bicolor
📸 Blue jay: Cyanocitta cristata
📸 House finch: Haemorhous mexicanus
Northern cardinal: Cadinalis cardinalis
A tufted titmouse facing the left on a whitish brown perch of the cam bird feeder. A blue jay facing left and looking back over its shoulder while perched on the bird bath in the late afternoon sun. A pair of birds facing the camera while perched on the edge of the bird bath in the late afternoon sun. A house finch is in back and to the immediate left of a northern cardinal standing in front of it.
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
gabrownie.bsky.social
Because bsky can always use more #herps ...

I went back in my archives to pull up this cute little corn snek we found in our ferns. Keep on getting those mice/rats, little dude (or dudette). We live near water so there's plenty of food supply for you.

📸 Corn snake: Pantherophis guttatus
An orange or brown bodied snake with large red blotches outlined in black down their backs is curled up around a beige gardening glove and checking a watch on a person's wrist to see what time it is.
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
gabrownie.bsky.social
That is so exciting that you got to join them in their shark research. Here's a weedy sea dragon at the Birch Aquarium. #SeaCritter #Seahorse

📸 Weedy sea dragon: Phyllopteryx taeniolatus
A weedy sea dragon (a type of seahorse that resembles seaweed) picking at a plant in an aquarium.
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
gabrownie.bsky.social
I've told that raccoon it's ok to use our bird bath, but he must poop in the neighbor's yard, not ours. He didn't listen. #Mammals #WatchYourStep #WildlifePresents
One of the neighborhood raccoons crawling up to get in our bird bath. A pile of raccoon scat in our backyard. That's a no-no.
November 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
gabrownie.bsky.social
What a great pic to start the weekend. My one, and only, pic of a kingfisher. She and her mate were chattering up a storm near the trout hatchery at the terminus of a creek that empties into Lake Burton. I'm betting that meals are an easy treat there. #Birds 🪶

📸 Belted kingfisher: Megaceryle alcyon
A female belted kingfisher sits in the dead branches of a tree.
November 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
gabrownie.bsky.social
It's #Fall y'all. We spotted this bucolic scene on the back road to Glen-Ella Springs Inn and Restaurant (listed on the National Register of Historic Places & a great place to stay and/or eat) last year. We love traveling along the back roads. #NEGA #Georgia #Wanderlust
A large tree with reddish brown leaves and a barn located on a small hill behind a wooden farm fence.
November 7, 2025 at 12:26 PM
gabrownie.bsky.social
Sorry, mom. I have so much bark butter in my beak that I can't chew with my mouth closed. #BirdOfTheDay #LunchTime 🪶

📸 Red-bellied woodpecker: Melanerpes carolinus
A juvenile red-bellied woodpecker with his beak crammed full with bark butter at the feeder cam.
November 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
gabrownie.bsky.social
I love my red-bellied woodpeckers. Those red patches on this one's head are fabulous. #WoodpeckerWednesday #BirdOfTheDay #CloseUp 🪶

📸 Red-bellied woodpecker: Melanerpes carolinus
A red-bellied woodpecker hanging from the feeder munching on some cranberry suet.
November 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
gabrownie.bsky.social
Sliding Rock Cascade on Wildcat Creek is a short hike up a closed road from a parking area. The water is cold and refreshing - and the sliding is outstanding!

#WaterfallWednesday #NEGA #Georgia
Water slides down the face of a rock into a pool below. The area is surrounded by trees and bushes.
November 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
gabrownie.bsky.social
Moon rising over the creek even at 5:30pm EST. It's still a pretty chilly wind out of the north. #SkySky
The moon is rising over a creek to the east as the sun sets in the west.
November 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
gabrownie.bsky.social
Oops. The shuttle at Brasstown Bald (the highest point in Georgia at 4,784 feet above sea level) was closed until further notice yesterday due to snow and icy roads making the road dangerous. Be careful out there. #NEGA #Georgia

📸 Brasstown Bald, Fall 2022
From the top of Brasstown Bald, Georgia's highest peak, looking west in late November 2022
November 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
gabrownie.bsky.social
From #herps to #insects, #birds, & #mammals, the leaf layer is more than just nature’s carpet - it’s a sanctuary, food source, & protective shield. These critically important pieces of microhabitat are entirely removed when we throw away our yard leaves. #LeaveTheLeaves

📸 @xercessociety.bsky.social
A picture with a background of various colors of fall leaves by @xercessociety.bsky.social with the words: Leaves are not litter. They're food and shelter for butterflies, beetles, bees, moths, and more. Tell friends and neighbors to just #LeaveTheLeaves. xerces.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
gabrownie.bsky.social
A closeup of an Eastern brown pelican for #BirdOfTheDay. #LongBeak #Birds 🪶

📸 Eastern brown pelican: Pelecanus occidentalis
A close up of a pelican showing the graceful curve of its neck and head as well as part of its long beak and pouch.
November 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
gabrownie.bsky.social
Passed out a Food Drive flyer to some of our neighbors last weekend and boy did they come through today. My 6' dining room table is jam packed with food for a local food pantry - and food is still being dropped off at our house. #NeighborsHelpingNeighbors
A 6' dining room table filled with boxes and bags of food for a food drive to help replenish a local flood pantry.
November 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
gabrownie.bsky.social
Um...one for my home state. Native for 5 generations, can't be switching my allegiance at this late date. #GoGators #Chomp #GatorBait
An alligator, with its mouth wide open ready to bite, dressed in a University of Florida jersey chasing a bulldog with a scared look on its face, in a torn University of Georgia jersey. #Gators #Chomp
November 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
gabrownie.bsky.social
@rebeccagrambo.bsky.social I took some pics of my friend's quilting room and a couple of her quilts today in case you were suffering from quilt withdrawal...
Not. But just in case... 😉 😂
A multi-colored quilt across the back of a sofa. A quilt sewing table filled with fabric, tools, and a sewing machine. A quilt made of different colored diamonds arranged in a criss cross pattern on a beige cloth background.
November 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM