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Marvin Johanning
@mjohanning.bsky.social
My name is Marvin, a hobbyist bird photographer from Bielefeld, Germany. My day job is being a sysadmin for a small ISP.
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
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
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
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
January 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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
December 23, 2024 at 10:53 AM
November 15, 2024 at 9:11 PM
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She munch
She crunch
But most importantly,
She make mess a whole bunch 🪶
April 26, 2024 at 5:16 PM
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"Drifting Into Evening" Crow, 16"x12", oil on panel. Summer 2020 energy, and saying goodbye to a land lost. (2020)
July 10, 2023 at 4:06 PM
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I have a pair of red bellies who frequent my yard.
April 18, 2024 at 4:24 PM
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"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!
April 11, 2024 at 6:44 PM
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Crazy pattern on this Saguaro 🪶☀️🌵
April 15, 2024 at 2:49 PM
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Washington DC wildlife:

Black-crowned night heron this morning by Washington Marina. 🪶
April 10, 2024 at 1:37 AM
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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
April 7, 2024 at 4:13 PM
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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
April 6, 2024 at 4:05 PM
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
April 6, 2024 at 1:54 PM
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
April 4, 2024 at 2:29 PM
April 4, 2024 at 11:23 AM
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Boink!

A White-breasted Nuthatch getting hit with a raindrop. These crafty little birds love to swipe sunflower seeds and hide them for later.
April 3, 2024 at 1:19 AM
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Camera.
Support me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/birdandmoon
April 2, 2024 at 1:18 PM
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Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. Lesser maybe in size but not in pep. #Birds 🪶🇫🇮
March 30, 2024 at 6:42 PM
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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
March 27, 2024 at 5:47 PM
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Awww. White-breasted Nuthatch. Drakes Creek Athletic Complex & Greenway, TN. March 31, 2024. 🪶
April 1, 2024 at 8:30 PM
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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