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Margy MacMillan
@margymaclibrary.bsky.social
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Retired librarian with time on her hands, interested in pretty much everything, but especially wildlife/ecology, SoTL, Indigenous matters/decolonization, science, medieval literature…
Settler on unceded Songhees, Esquimalt & WSÁNEĆ territory.
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Mine too!
A shoebill stands in a bed of green reeds in 3/4 profile, one bright pale yellow eye looking directly, and somewhat expectantly at the camera.
August 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Neighbours….
June 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Interview with Niko Straits by Tabassum Siddiqui from the Globe and Mail
May 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Couldn’t resist the light playing in the daffodils tonight…
Light streams through the petals of a large patch of yellow daffodils. Camera is looking up at a particular daffodil standing out against the sky Light streams through the petals of a large patch of yellow daffodils. A daffodil in the centre is facing the camera. Light streams through the petals of two large yellow daffodils. Camera is looking up at them against a background of other daffodils in soft focus and a pale blue sky with high cloud.
April 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Had a lovely encounter with a Golden-Crowned Kinglet this week as it foraged at the base of a tree…
January 31, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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I remember
A memorial plaque for the women who were killed December 6, 1989 at École Polytechnique in Montréal. Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault, Annie Turcotte and Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz.
December 6, 2024 at 1:59 PM
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The Aurora tonight is amazing
Aurora borealis paints the sky in green and pink waves,framed by the silhouettes of tall trees
October 11, 2024 at 4:34 AM
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Thanks for reminder of Corvid Day, @carlbergstrom.com - here’s a clip of crows opening their puzzle for peanuts yesterday. (I visit a beach regularly and build little structures over a pile of peanuts while crows wait mostly patiently)
October 8, 2024 at 1:50 PM
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Crows at Willows Beach
Crows silhouetted on a sunny beach, most sitting on logs, one in mid-flight crossing the line of sunshine on the water. The blue sky and blue sea are separated by a soft grey band of low clouds.
October 8, 2024 at 5:36 AM
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Two Lesser Striped Swallows sitting on a window ledge. The birds have orange heads setting off dark eyes, deep blue backs and white chests streaked with black.
September 3, 2024 at 3:28 AM
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Also a member of the pretty bike club….
A green bike parked in the sun
July 31, 2024 at 8:31 PM
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Cannot stop returning to the pages of @bcbirdergirl (on Instagram) Melissa Hafting’s Dare to Bird: Exploring the Joy and Healing Power of Birds!
The photos are absolutely amazing and i appreciate the attention to less flamboyantly feathered friends like this lovely Song Sparrow.
Photo of an open book. On the left a photo of a Song Sparrow - a lovely bird with russet stripes running back from his bill contrasting with a grey head. The bird is facing the photographer, head slightly turned so you can see is dark, inquisitive eye, and a fluffed up chest of russet streaks on a cream background. The bird grips a branch with pinkish feet. On the right, text begins with the chapter title Hope.
June 21, 2024 at 6:00 PM
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Can’t wait to dive into this brand new book by @bcbirdergirl (on Instagram) Melissa Hafting - Dare to Bird: Exploring the Joy and Healing Power of Birds! Brilliant photos & text that’s informative, approachable, & personal.
Photo of the cover of a book - Melissa Hafting’s Dare to Bird: Exploring the Joy and Healing Power of Birds. Text floats across a close-up photo of an adult Tufted Puffin. The top of its head is black, it has a dark eye set in a large white cheek patch and a heavy beak that is bright orange at the tip and yellow and black at the base. The black on the birds back comes around his neck before giving way to a bright white chest.
June 14, 2024 at 5:54 PM
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Stopped in my tracks by a wild rose
Sun streams through the pink petals of a wild rose hanging from an overhead branch, turning raindrops into diamonds. In the background, a hillside that is rocky with golden moss on top changing to vivid green grass on the slope behind the rose… a glimpse of blue sky with a few white clouds can be seen in the top right corner.
May 29, 2024 at 4:48 PM
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Sun shines through the pink, ruffled petals of 3 tulips in a garden.
April 14, 2024 at 4:57 AM
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A few birds from a recent trip to Hornby island - Bald Eagles, Double-Crested Cormorants, Harlequin Duck, and Great Blue Heron
Bald eagles - two large birds with white heads and tails, brown bodies and bright yellow eyes, beak and claws, perch on part of the ferry dock against a background of trees- both dark green conifers and yellow deciduous ones. The slightly larger female is behind the male. Two Double-crested cormorants arguing over space - the birds have their necks outstretched toward each other, beaks open as they jockey for position on the wharf railing. they have slender bodies and long necks; some are showing breeding colours of bright orange areas at the base of the bill. Male Harlequin Duck - a beautiful duck with mostly soft grey plumage highlighted by orange, black, and white markings around the bill, chest, and back, sitting in choppy blue water Great Blue Heron - a ruffled looking great bird perching in a tree framed by branches against a blue sky. The bird has a long, sharp yellow beak, and its feathers are mostly blue grey with some white and black
March 12, 2024 at 11:50 PM
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They then work on disassembly -have been doing this for 3 years now, 2-3 times a week, seeing generations off baby crows - always make me smile- and I love their calls!
Black and white photo of a beach on a cloudy day. Several crows are perched on logs, near a pile of sticks - all that was left of that day’s peanut puzzle.
November 19, 2023 at 10:21 AM