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Mary Gemignani
@marygemignani.bsky.social
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Data Professional. Photographer. I try to put birds and all of nature in a good light. 📷

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Mary Gemignani @marygemignani.bsky.social · Nov 13
Great Blue Heron.
#birds
A large blue and white bird with yellow eyes and yellow beak stands on a log in a pond. The background of the image is of water lilies in the pond.
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Summer stroll (2025) #Photography #ArtAdventCalendar #birds
Photograph of a tall grey bird with long sharp beak and bright red forehead walking through tall green sedges and yellow flowers at the edge of a marsh pond. Only its head and neck is visible and its facing the left of the frame, in profile. This is a Sandhill Crane.
December 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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🐙 Aurora the Caribbean Reef Octopus 🎨 Sculpted from clay 🐙✨

#ArtYear #Art #Octo #Octopus #ArtGallery #MarineLife #Invertebrates #InverteFest #Cephalopods #ArtAdventCalendar 🦑🐡
A hand sculpted octopus depicting the species Caribbean Reef Octopus.
December 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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A handsome and intense juvenile Bald Eagle is intensely focusing on a fish he sees in the river. He's slowing and adjusting flight to align with the fish for a pass at catching something to eat. #BaldEagle #birds
A young Bald Eagle is taking aim at a fish in the river at a local dam.
December 19, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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The bird on the top has a nice fish. The bird underneath tries to steal the fish. The bird with the fish drops the fish when it knows it's being attacked by the fish thief. A little bit of drama. This encounter was far away, so grainy, but fun to witness and capture.
#BaldEagles #birds
Two Bald Eagles. One bird has caught a nice fish and the other is looking up at him figuring out how to steal the fish The bird with the fish drops the fish when he knows he's being attacked. A little drama ensued and the bird that had the fish is on the bottom in this photo and is letting the fish thief know he is NOT happy. The bird that is the fish thief did not go to the water to retrieve the fish.
December 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Great Egret 2025. #ArtAdventCalendar
#birds
A large white bird, a great egret is hunting in a marsh at a local conservancy. There is a reflection in the murky waters of the scene ofthe bird and a small pile of reeds.
December 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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#ProjectAnimalia continues with
762: Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)

The #Heron with the widest range. I'd shot a photo of this guy years ago, and I finally drew it!

#sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #birdart #birds #ArtAdventCalendar
Realistic illustration of a Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) in flight, on a white background.
December 16, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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A first or second year juvie #BaldEagle.
#birds
A young bald eagle in flight in the skies above a local dam. The background is clear blue skies. The Bald Eagle does not get it's adult plumage with the white head and tail until it is five years old.
December 18, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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There was also a bully Bald Eagle yesterday stealing fish from many other birds. They usually behave well in crowded places even when there have been more than 30 birds in the past. This was a first. The bird has a small fish in it's talons.
#BaldEagle #birds
A Bald Eagle is flying with a small fish in it's talon.
December 18, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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There weren't too many Eagles yesterday by the dam, but maybe 8 or 10 because it was warm. But it was sure good to see them. This is perhaps a 4yr old bird, with still some dark color on his whites.
#BaldEagle #birds
A bald eagle is maneuvering the skies above a local dam fishing. The background is light blue sky.
December 18, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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A winter scene from January '25 for #ArtAdventCalendar.
Birch in Yellow Dogwood.
A small stand of young birch trees in a field of yellow dogwood.
December 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Proud to post this link to the article that I wrote in the September issue of @aba.org's Birding magazine - much easier to read than the scanned jpgs I posted earlier. Thank you ABA and @birdizlife.bsky.social! #birds #birding #Lyme #Lymedisease #wellness

www.aba.org/birding-and-...
Birding and Wellness - American Birding Association
After Lyme disease forced him into retirement, geologist Bob Bell found healing in birding, improving wellness, sharing knowledge, and inspiring people to connect with birds.
www.aba.org
September 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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One day this year I had a great encounter at the conservancy where the Great Egrets hang out. Here's a super pose that I was so happy to catch. #ArtAdvantCalendar
#birds #GreatEgret
A Great Egret, a large white bird has both wings up and it's loooong neck extended straight upward. The bird is standing in water up to it's body. There is a full reflection in murky marsh waters.
December 17, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Took a half day and went to the WI River at Sauk City by the dam. Very warm so not as many Bald Eagles, but should have some photos coming. 🦅
December 17, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Another of my more artful photographs. One of my favorites from 2024.
#ArtAdventCalendar #birds 🌿
A Great Blue Heron is sitting in/by a tree that has blown over in a storm. I swear herons have special relationships with trees they love them so much. There is much lush greenery surrounding the bird.
December 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day15
#FlowerReport:

This morning in San Jose, California.
A close-up photo of a yellow rose, with yellow stamen, dark anthers, and a red "heart", looking slightly to the right. She is among leaves of various shades, from olive green to a dark brown, most being green, with one nearby in the process of changing. The rose has many dew droplets, and has highlights and shadows, making it "pop" in the picture. This was done by adjusting the light, shadow, and clarity of my original photo.
December 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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#artadventcalendar Day 15

Midge the Lion

One of my favourite pet portraits. She sat on the arm of the couch right in a sunbeam and moved around a bit before striking this pose.

📷 #photography #cat #pet #portrait
A calico cat with a pink nose and white snout and chest sits in a narrow sunbeam. She is sitting up straight and proud like a little lion.
December 15, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 15.
’In the Night’... digital art.
A Christmas tree against a dark, starry night sky. A hazy full moon is seen upper L of image. Tree is decorated in gold lights, with a bright star at the top. A whimsical, snowy owl is sitting at the upper L of the tree. Gold and green coloured, wavy lines seen on the ground below the tree.
December 16, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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I love birds so much. Look at this face

#birds 🌿
The image is of the face of a Trumpeter Swan. The bird's head and neck are iron stained from the hard iron rich water in the area(s) it frequents.
December 16, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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#ArtAdventCalendar 7 - a photo study from 2022
#art #flowers #plants
Digital art of a view from below a cluster of tulips, with bare tree branches showing through far above. The flower petals are in a variety of colors, pinks, blues, purples, and some teal.
December 14, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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This is a typical scene during Sandhill migration. Birds are constantly taking off and landing in various locations in the fields with hundreds of cranes in the background. Such a special time. Here's a few of one pair lifting off.
#brds #SandhillCranes
A pair of Sandhill cranes taking flight from a stubble corn field in Wisconsin. A pair of Sandhill cranes taking flight from a stubble corn field in Wisconsin.
December 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Sandhill Crane bopping over to a different stubble field location during migration.
#birds #SandhillCrane
Sandhill Crane taking off from a farm field. It is moving to another spot in the fields looking for something to eat.
December 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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It's -5F(-20C) today. I might pass on going out today with the weather advisory. So, here's a colorful winter photo for #ArtAdventCalendar from 2024.
#birds #Red-headedWoodpecker
A red-headed woodpecker on a winter day.
December 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Grasslands dawn #ArtAdventCalendar #Photography
Photograph of natural grassland panorama with rising sun, light clouds and a group of bison in the foreground.
December 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Sandhill migration is LOUD. One flock of Sandhills that came to the farm fields from the river brought a pair of Bald Eagles with them. They came off the river to see all the commotion in the fields. #birds #BaldEagles
A bald eagle in flight. Two bald eagles in flight. They followed a flock of Sandhills from the Wisconsin River to the nearby farm fields to see what the loud commotion was that was transpiring in the farm fields. Thousands of Sandhill Cranes were on the ground.
December 13, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Busy Skies. Sandhill Crane migration 2025.
#birds #SandhillCranes
Twenty or so Sandhill Cranes in flight in the skies over Wisconsin farm fields.
December 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM