Melissa Fitzpatrick
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Melissa Fitzpatrick
@melissafitz.bsky.social
Words in Five South, Flash Fiction Online, Atlas + Alice, Lunch Ticket, Flash Fiction Magazine, Roi Faineant, and elsewhere.
Website: https://melissa-fitzpatrick.com/
Substack: https://melissafitz.substack.com
It’s been a tough few weeks with my mom back and forth between hospital and nursing facility. But gosh, do I ever love jacaranda season.
May 27, 2025 at 2:16 AM
So much of bird photography is getting shots that could have been good except for that leaf/branch/wire/whatever.

Oh well. Spotting a Townsend’s warbler always makes my day!
March 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I wrote (and drew) a bit about grieving all that’s been lost in the L.A. wildfires. The full piece is up on my substack melissafitz.substack.com/p/all-this-l...
January 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Having fun learning to use Procreate
December 28, 2024 at 5:36 AM
November 12, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Had a much-needed morning of birding yesterday. This northern harrier gave me a glance back as it flew by.
November 10, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Gonna go look for some birds to photograph, then take this guy to agility class
November 9, 2024 at 2:54 PM
November 11, 2023 at 4:17 AM
Finding a surprise* during fall migration is the best. Even better is when it poses in such a pretty spot!

* In this case, a Virginia’s warbler
September 30, 2023 at 10:52 PM
Drop something blue from your gallery. 💙
September 28, 2023 at 5:33 PM
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September 8, 2023 at 4:02 AM
I mostly take pictures of birds, but once in a blue moon I’ll point my camera elsewhere.
August 31, 2023 at 4:45 AM
Hello! Thank you to @karaoakleaf.bsky.social for the invite. I’m looking forward to connecting here (and hopefully clicking that depressing “X” less and less)
August 16, 2023 at 2:37 PM