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michellemuzyk.bsky.social
@michellemuzyk.bsky.social
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Liberal 💙 Jersey Girl 💙 English Instructor (retired); lover of art, literature, music, and nature; avid reader, and ally to all! 🚫 MAGATS 🚫 Not looking for dates! 🚫 No DMs 🚫 No profile, no follow back! 🌊🌊🌊 🇺🇦 I'm looking for some sanity in our insane world!
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American Pygmy-Kingfisher #CostaRica

#birds #kingfishers #nature
A small kingfisher perched on a light-colored branch, showing off its striking plumage. Its head and upperparts shimmer with dark green feathers, while its wings display small white spots. The bird has a long, straight, black beak and a sharp gaze.
September 10, 2025 at 4:15 AM
michellemuzyk.bsky.social
Rose 💖
joyf.bsky.social Joy @joyf.bsky.social · Sep 10
🌱 Tenderness and strength

#RoseWednesday #Roses #Gardening #BloomScrolling
A multi-petal rose with a color, a shade between peach and pink on this September morning. A lovely soft fragrance blowing through the wind. Roses with their strong canes and beautiful blooms remind us of the resilience within our own hearts.
September 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
michellemuzyk.bsky.social
Bird ❤️
mikemelton.bsky.social Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · Sep 10
One of the easiest antbirds in Costa Rica, the Spotted Antbirds are curious and comfortable around people. I have a pair of these around @casabentbill.bsky.social but I'm not sure if they're nesting there or not.

#birds #costarica #nature
A small bird perched on a diagonal branch, showing a striking pattern of colors. Its head and beak are dark gray, while the throat and chest are white, speckled with bold black spots.
September 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
michellemuzyk.bsky.social
I hate when people stare at me when I'm eating! 🐦
mikemelton.bsky.social Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · Sep 7
Golden-browed Chlorophonia at Paraiso Quetzal Lodge #CostaRica

#birds #nature
A brightly colored bird with green, yellow, and blue plumage holding a small red berry in its beak.
September 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Dahlia 💕
joyf.bsky.social Joy @joyf.bsky.social · Sep 7
🌱 Café au lait with background singers 🎶

#Gardening #GardenSky #Dahlias #SundayYellow #DailyDahlias
This year I’ve lined our vegetable patch with zinnias and dahlias. What a season we’ve enjoyed seeing them together while working in the garden and how they’ve brought in even more pollinators. I’ll try this again next season. 🐝 Here we have a large cafe au lait dahlia surrounded with a cluster of bright yellow large zinnia blossoms. The dahlia is a large dinner plate size with many white petals. At its center is a soft rosy tan shade of petals. The zinnias around the dahlia are a bright yellow contrast to the dahlia’s softness. It’s all in the framing 😍💛💐
September 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
michellemuzyk.bsky.social
Bird 🧡💛🧡
mikemelton.bsky.social Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · Sep 7
A very fun little bird, the Cinnamon Flycatcher is found in the Andes. I spent some time with this one in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta #Colombia

#birds #nature
A small bird with rich reddish-brown plumage perched on a thin branch against a blurred green background.
September 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Rick Scott engaged in the LARGEST Medicare fraud in HISTORY at the time. His company was fined $1.7 BILLION for his crimes and he ended up leaving the company with a $300 MILLION golden parachute.
September 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
michellemuzyk.bsky.social
Dahlia 💖
joyf.bsky.social Joy @joyf.bsky.social · Sep 6
🌱 Bloom where you are planted 💖

#FlowerPower #Gardening #DailyDahlia #Dahlias #BloomScrolling
Enormous yellow Kelvin Floodlight dahlias surround a large hot pink zinnia framing it in sunlight. Reminds me to be bold 💖
September 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM
michellemuzyk.bsky.social
Bird ❤️
margasib.bsky.social Marga @margasib.bsky.social · Sep 5
Maybe trying to blend in as another white little ball in the ornament? ;) 🪶

#birdwatching #photography #hummingbirds
September 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
michellemuzyk.bsky.social
Dahlia 💕💖💕
joyf.bsky.social Joy @joyf.bsky.social · Sep 5
The dahlias, the dahlias, the dahlias- spreading happiness🌱

#PinkFriday #FlowersOnFriday #Gardening #BloomScrolling #Dahlias #DailyDahlias
An array of very large pink dinner plate sized dahlias grouped in their own bouquet facing front, back and sideways in the garden. Sometimes I reach over to touch the petals to check to be certain that they are real (even though we grew them). I’ll dream of these in winter 💖🌸
September 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Bird ❤️
mikemelton.bsky.social Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · Sep 4
Moustached Puffbird at Otún Quimbaya, Risaralda #Colombia

#birds #nature
A small round bird with reddish-brown plumage, a white patch on its face, and dark eyes perched on a mossy branch.
September 4, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Bird ❤️
margasib.bsky.social Marga @margasib.bsky.social · Sep 2
A sparrow decided to sit and linger after her meal. In Spanish we would call this 'sobremesa.' She looked cute just resting there 🪶

#birdwatching #sparrow #photography #sobremesa
September 3, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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A sparrow decided to sit and linger after her meal. In Spanish we would call this 'sobremesa.' She looked cute just resting there 🪶

#birdwatching #sparrow #photography #sobremesa
September 2, 2025 at 10:41 PM
michellemuzyk.bsky.social
A rosey Monday! 🥰
September 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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margasib.bsky.social
- Sorry to keep you waiting, Mr and Mrs Finch. My wife should be in any minute 🪶

#birdwatching
September 1, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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joyf.bsky.social
🌱 In case you need some extra light

#Gardening #SundayYellow #Roses #BloomScrolling #Happy
Sunshine yellow petals in a large David Austin rose seemingly elevated by natural light to add a smile to your day💛
August 31, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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joyf.bsky.social
Ooooh la la! Yay Shannon - what a gorgeous pic! 👋 good morning 🙌
August 31, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Painted Bunting at Caw Caw Interpretive Center, South Carolina

#birds #nature
A small bird with a bright blue head, green back, red chest, and orange underparts perched on a branch.
August 31, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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Flowers are a balm for disappointment.
August 30, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Dahlia 💕
joyf.bsky.social Joy @joyf.bsky.social · Aug 30
🌱Evening light as August ebbs

#Dahlia #DailyDahlia #Gardening
Dinner plate pink shaded dahlia takes the foreground as cosmos flowers wave in the evening breeze
August 31, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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#ToucanoftheDay

Yellow-throated Toucan posing for me at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica

#birds #nature #toucans
A black bird with a bright yellow throat and a large yellow-and-maroon beak against a green background.
August 30, 2025 at 11:52 PM
michellemuzyk.bsky.social
Bird ❤️
mikemelton.bsky.social Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · Aug 30
The Toucan Barbet is such a great bird. Found in the Western Andes of Colombia and Ecuador, I shot this at Doña Dora #Colombia

#birds #nature
A bird with a gray head, black crown, bright red breast, and a thick yellow beak perched on a mossy branch.
August 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Male Northern cardinal sitting in the shade 🪶

#birdwatching #wildlife
August 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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😂😍
margasib.bsky.social Marga @margasib.bsky.social · Aug 28
- Jeez, how early are they letting you in the park? 🪶

#birding #wildlifephotography #herons
August 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Bird 💙💙💙
margasib.bsky.social Marga @margasib.bsky.social · Aug 27
Blue Jay on the way out 🪶

#birdwatching #birds #photography
August 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM