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Marlee Fuller-Morris 🏳️‍🌈
@mfmwrites.bsky.social
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Birder, #kidlit author, former park ranger turned full-time mom. Military spouse. Good thing Im happy living anywhere with cool critters and creative kids. she/her.

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Always a good day when you see a Great Blue Heron!

Cape May, NJ. 🌿📷🪶 #heron #birding
A large gray wading bird flies just over the top of yellow marsh grass and in front of blurred trees.
November 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Can’t let a little nor’easter ruin lunch!

Common Eider. New London County, CT. #birding #wildlife #longislandsound 🌿🪶
Water rushes off the body of a brown duck as it holds a crab with a large, yellowish bill.
October 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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The slicked-back hairstyle icon.

Royal Tern, Mobile County, AL.

#birding #wildlife 🌿🪶📷
A large tern with a white forehead and long black crown feathers stands on a wooden piling over the water.
October 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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My first year New England Aster is CRUSHING IT! Note to self: better supports for next year.
September 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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One of my favorite little corners of our native plant garden. The Dotted Mint is still going crazy and the New England Aster is about to bloom!

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A photo showing a jumble of flowers. Some have rings of pale yellow petals stacked on top of each other, and some are taller with purple buds that’s haven’t quite bloomed.
September 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Do you like cats, Maine, very cool boats, or lobster ghosts?

If so, you might like the #picturebook KITTYBUNKPORT by Scott Rothman and Zachariah OHora! Our family sure did!

BRB, just going to adopt another cat so we can name it Chowder! #kidlit
The front cover of a picture book titled KITTYBUNKPORT by Scott Rothman and Zachariah OHora. The Illustration shows two cats with extra large eyes wearing sweaters and hats and standing in front of a coastal village and yellow sky.
September 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Happy Confusing Fall Warbler season!

Palm Warbler. Cape May, NJ in 2023. #migration #warbler 🪶🌿📷
A small brown and yellow songbird perches on a branch with dry green leaves.
September 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Enjoy a few peaceful moments in this gorgeous field of Joe-pye-weed and goldenrod swaying with the hurricane breeze reaching SE CT! #nativeplants 🌿
August 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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I’ve been afraid of bees and wasps pretty much my whole life (since I was 5 and I got stung 12 times in one summer).

But spending time in my garden has helped me so much! It’s actually fun now to see what’s buzzing around.

Great Golden Digger Wasp and Great Black Wasp. 🌿📷
An orange and black wasp is probing the small pink flowers of a swamp milkweed plant against a blurred green background. A large black wasp with iridescent blue wings and a pollen covered back rests on a yellow and green dotted mint plant against a blurred background.
August 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Who are you, and what are you doing in my marsh?!

Marsh Wren (a young one I’d guess with that gape!), New Haven County, CT. #birding #wildlife 🌿📷🪶
A small tan and brown bird grips a blade of grass with long toes against a blurred green and tan background.
August 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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When are we getting a monarch caterpillar alphabet #picturebook?? They already do the shapes!

#wildlife #caterpillars 🌿
Three large black, white, and yellow striped caterpillars twist and turn on a green plant with thin leaves and purple flowers.
August 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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When the butterflies perfectly match the flower color scheme…

American Copper on Butterflyweed! #wildlife #nativeplants #butterflies 🌿
A small gray and orange butterfly rests on bright orange flowers against a blurred orange and green background.
August 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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I had a fun encounter with an immature Black-crowned Night Heron this past weekend!

It grabbed a stick from the grass and repeatedly threw it into a small puddle then struck at it like it was a fish. Maybe practicing its hunting technique?

New Haven County, CT. #birding #heron #wildlife 🪶🌿📷
A brown and white streaky heron stands in a small puddle surrounded by grass with a stick held in its beak.
July 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Next time I get my hair cut I’m asking for the Green Heron. #birds #heron 🌿🪶📷
A picture of a small wading bird with yellow legs and feet, blue-gray back and brown neck. The blue-gray feathers on top of its head are raised like crest.
July 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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I am speed. Faster than fast, quicker than quick. I am lightning. -Lightning McQueen.

- Also this Green Heron. Fairfax, VA. #birding #wildlife #flyday #featheredfriday 🌿📷🪶
A small heron stands on a tree trunk extends its neck to the max reaching for something not visible under the murky water.
July 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Would anyone like to join a Snapping Turtle Appreciation Club with me? Just look at how cool that eye is! 📷🌿 #reptiles #wildlife
A close up picture of a snapping turtle’s face featuring a black and brown striped eye, pebbly chin, and scaly front leg.
July 16, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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The recent #picturebook hits in our house have had one thing in common: hidden details!

Check out the super detailed end pages of Our Tree by Jessica Meserve and the “lost” bird in Agent Unicorn by Jenny Alvarado! Both toddler approved! #pb #kidlit
The front cover of the picture book Our Tree by Jessica Meserve. The illustration shows a red squirrel looking at a tree with a face, surrounded by leaves and other little critters. An illustration from the picture book Our Tree by Jessiva Meserve. The illustration shows many small green leaves in various shades and lots of little critters hiding on them lol insects, bats, and a gray squirrel. The front cover of picture book Agent Unicorn by Jenny Alvarado. The illustration shows a unicorn in a detective hat and trench coat looking up at purple bird hanging upside down from the top of the book. An illustrated page from the picture book Agent Unicorn by Jenny Alvarado. The illustration shows a unicorn with blue mane and tail cleaning Agent Goats detective agency and a little purple bird walking down the street outside the office. The text reads: someday I’ll be… a real agent.
July 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Even Osprey need a beach day sometimes!

Virginia Beach, VA. #birding #wildlife 🌿📷🪶
A brown and white bird of prey stands in shallow water on a beach with waves crashing in the background.
July 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Found some gorgeous mushrooms while birding this morning! Maybe red chanterelles?

New London County, CT. 🌿📷
Several small bright orange mushrooms growing over green moss on the forest floor.
July 11, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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An unusually cooperative White-eyed Vireo. And an unusually accurate bird name!

New London County, CT. 🪶🌿📷
A gray and yellow bird with a distinctive white eye perches on a branch and hold its beak open.
July 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Decided to check out a new birding spot today. I only managed photos of one bird… but it was a pretty good bird!

Blackburnian Warbler. Windham County, CT. 🌿📷🪶
A small songbird with a bright orange face, black face stripes, and black and white body perched on a small twig against a dark green and brown background.
June 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, one of the many nest camouflage experts!

Taken with a zoom lens and cropped. Virginia Beach, VA. #wildlife #birding 🌿📷🪶
A small blue-gray songbird sits in a cup-shaped camouflaged with lichen and holds a fuzzy bit of plant material in its beak.
June 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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The roundest chickadee fledgling I’ve ever seen. 😍😍

Black-capped Chickadee. New London County, CT. 🪶📷🌿 #babybird #birding #wildlife
A floofy black and white bird with a small beak grips a brown branch in front of a bright green leafy background.
June 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Rain or shine, the work never stops for a sparrow parent!

Song Sparrow. New London County, CT. #wildlife #birding 🌿🪶📷
A wet sparrow holds a bug in its beak while perching on a tall grass tuft in front of a green background.
June 15, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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A very accommodating Barn Swallow!

Fairfax County, VA. #birding #wildlife 🌿🪶📷
A close-up photo of a blue and orange swallow perched on a dead twig.
June 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM