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Chris Gibson Photography
@lensjuggler.bsky.social
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Side jawn photographer. Always practicing, occasionally getting it right.

To see more, please check out my profile on Foto: https://the.fotoapp.co/chrisgibsonphotography

All images ©️Chris Gibson.
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It was a good day for this great blue heron, and a not-so-good day for the fish.

#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #photography #heron #eastcoastkin #avian #gofish #greatblueheron #snacktime
A great blue heron standing in shallow water, about to swallow a freshly caught fish.
August 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
lensjuggler.bsky.social
The hummingbirds were loving the jewelweed at the Heinz wildlife refuge in Philadelphia.

#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #photography #hummingbirds #eastcoastkin #avian
August 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Here’s a beautiful owlet, as seen at the Avian Conservation Center, Awendaw, SC. This may be an Eurasian eagle owlet, but I am not certain.

#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #photography #owlet #owl #eastcoastkin #raptor #avian
August 5, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Warbling white eye, spotted in the treetop near Kona, HI last month.

#birds #wildlife #nature #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #eastcoastkin #naturephotography #kona #island #hawaii #warbler
A small yellow-olive bird with a prominent white eyering. Occurs in forests, shrublands, parks, gardens, farmlands, and urban areas. Eats fruit, insects, and takes nectar from the understory to the top of the forest canopy. Frequently travels in vocal and active flocks, moving in swift bouncing flight through the canopy. Song and calls are high-pitched twitters and ‘chwee’s. Native to Asia; introduced to the Hawaiian Islands where it is ubiquitous in wet and dry areas from sea-level to the mountains.
August 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
lensjuggler.bsky.social
This is just so shocking to me. I watched Sesame Street as a preschooler when it debuted in 1969, so I don’t remember a world without public broadcasting. What a disgrace.
kairyssdal.bsky.social Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · Aug 1
"WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations"

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August 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
lensjuggler.bsky.social
It’s always a delight to spot a female northern cardinal. Her male partner was nearby but camera shy.

#birds #wildlife #nature #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #eastcoastkin #naturephotography #cardinal
Striking and familiar backyard bird throughout most of eastern North America; also occurs in the southwestern U.S. and fairly extensively in Mexico. Crest, large red bill, and long tail render this species distinctive even with a poor view. Male is entirely red with a black face. Female is brownish overall with redder wings and tail. Usually seen in pairs or small groups near dense cover, especially thickets near forest edges. Frequently visits bird feeders. Listen for high-pitched metallic chips and series of loud, sweet whistles.
July 29, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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@willbunch.bsky.social is speaking the truth here. Read and learn, then raise hell.

“Yet, if we don’t raise our voices immediately, that ability could disappear quickly. The moment to scream “Never Again” is right now, not during your grandchild’s history class.”

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This column on U.S. concentration camps is the one I hoped I’d never write | Will Bunch
Andrea Pitzer literally wrote the book on concentration camps. I talked to her about how they came to America.
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July 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Beyond the 60 Minutes payoff & Colbert cancelation, an unprecedented capitulation: as part of merger agreement, new parent company agrees to install an official to "monitor bias" at CBS’s news division. CBS news will essentially be state controlled media.
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July 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
lensjuggler.bsky.social
This male purple honeycreeper is a beauty.

#birds #wildlife #nature #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #eastcoastkin #naturephotography #tropical #purplehoneycreeper
The purple honeycreeper (Cyanerpes caeruleus) is a small Neotropical bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is found in the tropical New World from Colombia and Venezuela south to Brazil, and on Trinidad. A few, possibly introduced, birds have been recorded on Tobago.
July 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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A great egret perched, sentry-like, near the edge of the rookery at Ocean City, NJ.

#birds #wildlife #nature #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #eastcoastkin #naturephotography #egret #rookery #oceancity #newjersey
Large, lanky, long-necked white heron. Size and black legs help separate from other egrets. Widespread and fairly common across the globe. Bill color varies across range: always yellow in the Americas, black in breeding season elsewhere. Occurs in any shallow wetland, including ponds, marshes, and tidal mudflats. Slowly stalks prey in shallow water. Often seen singly, but sometimes gathers in large numbers where food is plentiful. Breeds in colonies, frequently mixed with other egrets and herons.
July 19, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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This is disgusting. Even in the era of no shame, it’s shameful. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/u...
Justice Dept. Asks for 1-Day Sentence for Ex-Officer Convicted in Breonna Taylor Raid
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July 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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This is a common myna bird, spotted near Kona, HI. I was struck by its large size and loud song. They are strangely beautiful birds, unlike any others I have seen.

#birds #wildlife #nature #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #eastcoastkin #naturephotography #kona #island #myna #hawa
A large, black-and-brown myna bird with white wing patches, yellow bill, and yellow legs is perched atop a wooden fence near Kona, HI. Gregarious and often found in noisy flocks. Aggressive, often driving away other birds. Can be found just about anywhere but the densest forests. Native to southern Asia, where it is among the most common species. Widely introduced elsewhere in the world, including Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii.
July 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Java sparrow, spotted near Kona, HI last week.

#birds #wildlife #nature #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #eastcoastkin #naturephotography #kona #island #sparrow #hawaii
A Java Sparrow, perched in a tree in late afternoon, near Kona, HI. The Java sparrow is a small, plump finch with a very thick pink bill. The black head and white cheek patch are distinctive. Juveniles have a similar color pattern but are grayer. Social; forages in flocks and roosts communally. Forages in rice fields, grasslands, meadows, and urban and suburban areas (in introduced range). Call consists of one or more musical chirps. Native to the Indonesian islands of Java and Bali, where now quite rare. Introduced widely across the globe including India, Philippines, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, and the Hawaiian Islands.
July 9, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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KFF polling shows 34% of adults ages 50 and older have a favorable view of the tax and budget bill passed by Congress.

Support drops when people hear that the bill would increase the number of uninsured people and reduce funding for local hospitals. on.kff.org/4l3XMNB
KFF bar chart titled "Favorable views about the One Big Beautiful Bill among adults ages 50+ drop after hearing the bill increases the uninsurance rate and decreases hospital funding." The chart shows the percent of adults 50+ who say they have a favorable view of the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" after hearing that, if passed, the bill would increase the number of people without insurance by about 10 million and decrease funding for local hospitals. The chart shows the percent before and after hearing the argument broken down by party ID: Democrats, Independents, Republicans, and MAGA Supporters.
July 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
lensjuggler.bsky.social
Notably absent from this evil legislation is the promised reform to the carried interest tax loophole. Of course, Trump lied about that, too. Meanwhile, private equity rejoices, and the war on the poor continues. Shameful and diabolical. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | The Ugliness of the ‘Big, Beautiful’ Bill, in Charts (Gift Article)
Steven Rattner reveals the ugly reality lurking within the “big, beautiful bill.”
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July 4, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.

I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Opinion | What we’ll lose if bird banding ends
Scientists have tagged birds for more than 100 years. That preservation program might be defunded.
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June 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Fly, egret, fly!

#birds #wildlife #nature #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #eastcoastkin #naturephotography #egret
June 25, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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The catbird seat.

#birds #wildlife #nature #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #eastcoastkin #naturephotography #catbird
A grey catbird, perched high above the ground between two tree branches.
June 18, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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RIP Mr. Smith

#Photography

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Beuford Smith, Photographer Who Chronicled Black Life, Dies at 89
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June 17, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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This is Jesus’ military parade.
This is how Christ became King.

There is the way of the world—
And there is the way of Jesus.
There is the way of the Beast—
And there is the way of the Lamb.
June 14, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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Brian Wilson, August 25, 2016, Pittsburgh, PA

Love and mercy
That’s what you need tonight,
So, love and mercy
To you and your friends tonight.

#brianwilson #music #concertphotography #photography #petsounds
Brian Wilson in concert, sitting at his piano and smiling. A red apple sits atop the piano.
June 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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I am barn swallow- hear me roar!

Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, Philadelphia, PA

#birds #wildlife #nature #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #eastcoastkin #naturephotography
A small barn swallow standing on a wall with its beak open, either in song or awaiting a snack.
June 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Nick Ut, Los Angeles, June 8, 2025.

From Nick's Instagram page.

#Photojournalism #Photography
June 9, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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This is part of the Technicolor wall of dyes at the George Eastman house in Rochester, NY. There are more than 3,000 bottles containing the various dyes used to create the Technicolor dye-transfer process.

#film #Technicolor #dyetransfer #movies #Eastman #analog #color #20thcentury
June 4, 2025 at 10:54 PM