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Marvin Johanning
@mjohanning.bsky.social
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My name is Marvin, a hobbyist bird photographer from Bielefeld, Germany. My day job is being a sysadmin for a small ISP.
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I wonder if there's any good way of pruning old and inactive accounts and also reducing the size of the DB of my Mastodon instance? There are a few hundred users on my instance that made an account a few years back and never logged in again. Would be nice if there was a way to send all of them an
February 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
mjohanning.bsky.social
birds.town has now been migrated to a new server hosted by netcup! I still need to adjust the post character limit, but everything else seems to have gone quite well!
February 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
mjohanning.bsky.social
Hello everyone on birds.town and birdtu.be. There's a few changes coming that I want to announce.

Firstly, regarding birds.town, I will be migrating to a new server soon so you can expect some (hopefully rather short) downtime sometime in the coming week(s). birds.town was my very first
February 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Finally managed to take a somewhat decent photo again during my lunch walk today. European Goldfinch!

#bird #birds #birding #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #photography
A photo of a European Goldfinch perched on a branch. The bird was photographed from the side.
January 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
mjohanning.bsky.social
I am very happy to see they thought my photo was good enough to adorn a nearby municipality's annual ornithological report! :swallow_pog:

The report can be found online (in German though): https://www.bshf.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Ornithologischer-Jahresbericht_Kreis-Herford_2023.pdf
A screenshot of the ornithological report showing the special thanks section. There are a bunch of names there including mine. A screenshot of page 41 of the ornithological report showing the page with information on red-backed shrikes. My photo of a shrike was used.
December 23, 2024 at 10:53 AM
mjohanning.bsky.social
And another one of the grebe, this time with lunch in its beak.

#bird #birds #birding #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #photography
A photograph of a Great Crested Grebe in its winter plumage swimming on the surface of a body of water. It is carrying a small fish horizontally in its beak. The bird was photographed from the side.
November 15, 2024 at 9:11 PM
mjohanning.bsky.social
Just a coot.

#bird #birds #birding #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #photography
A close-up photograph of a Eurasian Coot swimming on the water surface. The bird was photographed from above and its head is pointing slightly to the left side of the frame so that one of its eyes is visible.
November 15, 2024 at 8:57 PM
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Great Crested Grebe I saw today.

#bird #birds #birding #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #photography
A photograph of a Great Crested Grebe in its winter plumage swimming on the surface of a body of water
November 15, 2024 at 8:50 PM
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ivojacobs.bsky.social
She munch
She crunch
But most importantly,
She make mess a whole bunch 🪶
April 26, 2024 at 5:16 PM
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nambroth.bsky.social
"Drifting Into Evening" Crow, 16"x12", oil on panel. Summer 2020 energy, and saying goodbye to a land lost. (2020)
An oil painting of an american crow in flight with wings out and legs extended, as if coming in to land nearby. The background is a field and trees, with rolling hills in the distance, lit with warm amber hues. The sky is lit with sunset colors and long horizontal clouds. The watermark reads: Copyright 2020 Jennifer Miller featherdust.com There is supposed to be a melancholy to this painting, and a feeling of loss. Nearly all the places I used to love roaming when younger are now off limits, in the tight grip of private ownership.
July 10, 2023 at 4:06 PM
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davebspain.bsky.social
#birds
rlpastore.bsky.social Richard L Pastore 📚🏳️‍🌈 @rlpastore.bsky.social · Apr 18
I have a pair of red bellies who frequent my yard.
Male red bellied woodpecker Female red bellied woodpecker Female red bellied woodpecker Female red bellied woodpecker with red belly visible
April 18, 2024 at 4:24 PM
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nambroth.bsky.social
"Vernal" Hermit Thrush (and Wood Frog), 10"x8" oil paint, 2021. I love thrushes and have had many great experiences hearing them sing in spring, & the wood frogs just emerging from hibernation, to vibe in woodland vernal pools. 🪶

Thanks to Andy Reago and Chrissy McClarren for their reference photo!
An oil painting of a hermit thrush in a woodland setting. The thrush is a brown and white bird, with warm browns on its back, head and tail, and a white underside with cascading speckles down its throat and chest. It has peach legs, a dark eye, and a pointed brown and pale yellow beak. The bird is sitting on a branch that is partially submerged in a wet woodland floor, with water shining from the leaf litter and the branch. The leaves are primarily oak leaves in shape. Behind the branch in shadow is a wood frog peeking out, in the mid-lower left, with just the front half of its brown and cream body visible. The painting is realistic in style, with some brush strokes seen, especially in the background. The artist watermark reads: Art 2021 Jennifer Miller featherdust.com
April 11, 2024 at 6:44 PM
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onlyveesaz.bsky.social
Crazy pattern on this Saguaro 🪶☀️🌵
April 15, 2024 at 2:49 PM
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tomhentoff.bsky.social
Washington DC wildlife:

Black-crowned night heron this morning by Washington Marina. 🪶
April 10, 2024 at 1:37 AM
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crawlieswithcri.bsky.social
HOLY (&%#!

Not only did I get to see Steller's Jays courtship feeding FOR THE FIRST TIME...

But I actually HAD MY CAMERA IN MY HAND!

Sticks, schmicks! This is like some Art Nouveau pose!

#birds #StickHappens #becurious
photo of a male steller's jay feeding a female steller's jay a bit of suet (you can't see the suet). they are in a fig tree, her back is to the camera, he is facing the camera with his beak in her beak feeding her.
April 7, 2024 at 4:13 PM
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korbosch.bsky.social
Sometimes you're in luck, and a bittern (roerdomp) is in the reeds right in front of you! This one put itself on display for nearly half an hour, giving the occasional bellowing call, before flying off again. It had to grip multiple reeds at once to support its weight. #birds
A black and light-brown bird with a long bill is hunched in the top of some reeds. It's perfectly camouflaged for the location The bittern is climbing down in the reeds, one wing spread out to maintain its balance. The bittern has lowered his head and fills its throat with air to make its bellowing call. The bittern has extended its neck to the maximum, its bill pointing towards the sky so that its eyes, which are facing me, appear below the base of the bill. It is now nearly impossible to detect amidst the tall reeds!
April 6, 2024 at 4:05 PM
mjohanning.bsky.social
A photo of an adult Little Grebe carrying ... something in its beak. I find them quite pretty in their breeding plumage, despite the rather muted colour palette.

#bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography
A photo of an adult Little Grebe swimming in the water photographed in profile. It has something in its beak. The bird is wearing its breeding plumage. Its neck is brown whereas the rest of its body is mostly black / grey with a little bit of white on its very fluffy but barely visible tail. Its beak is pointy and the underside has a white spot.
April 6, 2024 at 1:54 PM
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Surprise merganser visit! I was taking a walk because I’ve been having a headache and spotted this male Common Merganser at the artificial lake near my apartment.

#bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography
A photo of a male Common Merganser in a body of water. It was photographed in profile and is in the process of flapping its wings.
April 4, 2024 at 2:29 PM
mjohanning.bsky.social
I always find birds standing on one leg quite amusing!

#bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography
A frontal photograph of a European robin standing in a hedge on one leg.
April 4, 2024 at 11:23 AM
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jencross.bsky.social
Boink!

A White-breasted Nuthatch getting hit with a raindrop. These crafty little birds love to swipe sunflower seeds and hide them for later.
A small bird with a white belly, chest, chin, and cheek, black cap, and gray wings. It has a sharp black beak. The bird is perched on a dead branch on the rain. A raindrop can be seen splashing off the bird near its head.
April 3, 2024 at 1:19 AM
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rosemarymosco.com
Camera.
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A comic with two panels. In panel 1, labeled "when you remember to bring your camera," there's a quiet scene looking across a marsh, with a single osprey on a branch, largely obscured by branches. In panel 2, labeled "when you forget to bring your camera," the marsh scene is full of critters, including a whooping crane, vermilion flycatcher, American flamingo, Atlantic puffin, painted bunting, resplendent quetzal, Steller's sea eagle, two moose, king eider, Kirtland's warbler, Brewster's warbler, a few rare butterflies, flocks of flying birds, many beautiful flowers, and the osprey now unobstructed by twigs.
April 2, 2024 at 1:18 PM
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beaknikpoetry.bsky.social
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. Lesser maybe in size but not in pep. #Birds 🪶🇫🇮
A male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in close-up jumping upwards from a branch, Finland.
March 30, 2024 at 6:42 PM
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nambroth.bsky.social
Eurasian Magpie, 9.5" x 7", Gouache on pastelmat paper.
Thanks to Frank Ebertus @kritzelich.bsky.social for the reference photo!

For March's Bird Whisperer project: @birdwhisperers.bsky.social
A gouache painting of an Eurasian Magpie. The bird is standing alert, facing left, and is a pied black and white, with iridescent blue-green feathers on its wings and upper tail. Warm bounce light casts a reddish glow on the undersides of the bird. The background shows mostly the reddish paper, with a loose wash of blue suggesting twigs, and a bit of earth for the magpie to stand on. The painting style is realistic with looser elements in the background. The artist's watermark reads: Art by Jennifer Miller "Nambroth" 2024 featherdust.com Detail crop of a gouache painting of an Eurasian Magpie. The bird is standing alert, facing left, and is a pied black and white, with iridescent blue-green feathers on its wings and upper tail. In this detailed view, various subtle colors can be seen in the dark feathers. Warm bounce light casts a reddish glow on the undersides of the bird. The background is a loose wash of blue. The painting style is mostly realistic with looser elements in the background. The artist's watermark reads: Art by Jennifer Miller "Nambroth" 2024 featherdust.com
March 27, 2024 at 5:47 PM
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helentatem.bsky.social
Awww. White-breasted Nuthatch. Drakes Creek Athletic Complex & Greenway, TN. March 31, 2024. 🪶
April 1, 2024 at 8:30 PM
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s-leist.bsky.social
Mäusebussard/ common buzzard (Buteo buteo)

Balz oder Kampf? Ich bin mir nicht sicher.

#canon #eosr5 #sigma150600 #nature #photography #animals #naturephotography #naturephoto
#bird #birdphotography
March 31, 2024 at 11:19 AM