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Michael Ingles
@mickingles.bsky.social
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Birder, adventurer, progressive, film buff
Albany, NY

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American coot - Toluca, México, November 2025
#birds #birding
An adult American coot looks behind as it bumbles along through a park
November 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Ayylmao the way he beats his chest to charge up his little quack
🦆 🪶
November 26, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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It's #WaterfowlWednesday, my dudes. Ruddy duck - Toluca, México, November 2025
#birds #birding
A drake ruddy duck stares directly at the viewer as he floats on a pond
November 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Berylline hummingbird - Taxco, Guerrero, México, November 2025
#birds #birding
A berylline hummingbird perches alone atop a broken vertical branch
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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He's hackin' n' whackin' n' smackin' - a rufous-capped warbler tenderizes his meal. Taxco, Guerrero, México, October 2025
#birds #birding #pueblomagico
A rufous-capped warbler whips a green larva against a tree branch
November 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Bullock's oriole - Taxco, Guerrero, México, October 2025
#birds #birding
A male bullock's oriole peeks through the leaves and twigs of a bush, a ray of sun shining on it's face
November 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Northern house wren - Toluca, México, October 2025
#birds #birding
A northern house wren perches near the tip of an agave leaf
November 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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It's #WaterfowlWednesday, my dudes. Northern Shoveler - Toluca, México, November 2025
#birds #birding #Edomex
A drake and hen northern shoveler swim by on a park pond
November 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Mexican silverspot - a species you have to see to believe, it's truly a gleaming metallic silver on the underwings that just doesn't show in photos. Toluca, México, October 2025 #insects #butterflies #arthropods #mariposas #toluca #edomex
A Mexican silverspot butterfly feeding on pink flowers, showing it's silver spotted hind underwings, and red and orange forewings Overwing view of a Mexican silverspot, burnt orange streaked with black
November 18, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Last look at el Nevado de Toluca, the volcano that towers over the city of Toluca, México
A distant caldera looms over a Mexican city with low rise buildings in the first light of dawn
November 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Paris, Taxco
#PuebloMagico
A scale model of the Eiffel Tower rises a few meters over a cobblestone street
November 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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The most joyous tragedy I've ever seen. Ralph Bakshi's American Pop is very easily the best of his work I've yet seen. Most months it's free on YouTube.
Movie poster for American Pop
November 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Letterboxd recent activity showing: Coco (2017), 3.5 stars; Creed (2015), 3 stars; Soy Frankelda (2025), 3.5 stars; A Film Johnie (1914), 3 stars
November 1, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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Something something Halloween spirit, I just want to show this bagworm that got all dressed up today. Taxco, Guerrero, México, October 2025
#insects #arthropods
A larval bagworm clings to a black plastic surface encased in a 'bag' made from detritus.
November 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Taxco 2025
View of the city of Taxco, Guerrero, México including a large church and mountainous terrain
October 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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A little snippet of some Reddit #BoneHurtingJuice that brought me joy
#bhj
Comic panel of a schoolboy holding a hammer and nail; his speech bubble reads: "When Christ returns I'm gonna nail him to the cross myself"
October 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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(No recorded sightings of the Key West quail-dove on Key West)
October 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Birders arriving to Key West:

#Birdingmemes
Still from the film Office Space showing a bespectacled office worker with text overlaid: "I was told there would be quail-dove"
October 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Welp
October 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Eastern newt - Saratoga County, New York, October 2025
#herps #amphibians #adk
An eft eastern newt crawls towards the viewer on a rock face.
October 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Thanks Gemini, glad you're here
Google search provides an AI overview to a query: The answer to the riddle "A king has four, a man has to, and a beggar has none" is the letter "o". The riddle plays on the words: A king has four 'o's in "king" (incorrectly). A man has two 'o's in "man" (incorrectly). A beggar has none 'o's. Wait, that doesn't make sense. Let's try this again. The answer to the riddle is nothing. A king has four "suit" options, but "nothing" is the Correct answer. A man has two options: his "wedding suit" and "funeral suit." A beggar has no "suits," so he has "nothing." Correction The answer to the riddle is nothing. A king has four choices: "king" of the jungle, king of rock and roll, chess king, etc.. A man has two choices: "man" or "male". A beggar has no choice.
October 12, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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House finch - Albany County, New York, October 2025
#birds #birding #AlbanyPineBush
A male house finch sits on an oak branch with green leaves
October 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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😐
Recent activity from Letterboxd showing: Bad Pedophile, Boss N-- (2.5 stars), Back to the Black Lagoon, and Creature from the Black Lagoon (4 stars)
October 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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It's #WaterfowlWednesday, my dudes. American wigeon, green-winged teal - Albany County, New York, October 2025
#birds #birding #binoblast
Group of a few dozen dabbling ducks on a pond
October 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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I feel like this should be worthy of a scandal - they had a Grok AI slop station at the red carpet for Tron Ares. That is not the kind of tie in you want for your movie. I was interested in watching, but this is enough to make me pass. Fuck generative AI, this should not be acceptable
#filmsky
Woman on the red carpet for Tron Ares stands next to a human shaped robot pointing towards a large vertical screen displaying an generated image of herself.
October 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM