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P Stirk
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Deep global traveler, van lifer, Elliptigo Enthusiast, photographer, >550 LifeList newbie birder, music zealot, chocolate milk lover, former indie film exhibitor, cats, beach sunrises/sunsets. Photos mine
📍Stockholm🇸🇪
All 63 US Natl Parks
All 21 SAfrica NPs
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White-throated Sparrow
York, Pennsylvania USA
November 1, 2025

#photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings #bird
#migratingbirds
White-throated Sparrow, York PA
November 6, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Moon gets it and is "ready for a new era" 🧡 #TS12

Photo taken earlier this evening
©️ Patti Stirk
#sunrise
#Åland
Orange half moon rise over Åland on the day after Taylor Swift announces a new album and turns the world orange in a single day
August 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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As usual, @ricksteves.bsky.social was right on with his advice for Swedish changing of the guard. Thanks, Rick! 🇸🇪
#sweden
#changingoftheguard
#RickSteves
Swedish flag, changing of the guard.
July 31, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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#sunset 🌅
#Sweden
#castle
📸: Patti Stirk ©️ 2025
Sunset over water and castle in Sweden
July 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Copenhagen / København — in Nyhavn, Denmark.🇩🇰

#manholecoversaroundtheworld
#denmark
#copenhagen
Manhole cover designed with a tree and birds in Copenhagen, Denmark
July 24, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Indigo Bunting
York, Pennsylvania USA
May 16, 2025
*Happy Birthday to me!*

#photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings #bird
Indigo Bunting bird Taken May 16, 2025 York, PA USA
May 22, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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Good day Friday to all of you waiting patiently for beautiful blooms to begin again....
#FlowersOnFriday #proteas #Gardening #Photography #protea #fynbosch

In the language of flowers, protea symbolizes diversity and courage.
White protea in Cape Town, South Africa Protea plant
March 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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I’m gonna need your email address, Dr. Jay. We took a photo just for you! Of course I can’t find it now, but enjoy this pretty sunrise pic instead? 🌅
Sunrise over the Mediterranean
February 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Timeline cleanse.

Sunset along the Mediterranean Sea.
Sunset along the Mediterranean bike path lined with palm trees.
February 19, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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#blueskymonday
#caminopilgrimage

Parque Natural Cabo de Gato
Las Negras, Spain 🇪🇸
Graffiti on an ruins on a hill top in Parque Natural Cabo de Gato US pilgrim hiker points to beautiful blue sea and sky on a hilltop in Parque Natural Cabo De Gato, Las Negras, Spain.
February 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Have a beautiful day & BEe kind... 🐝 🌱🌿

Common eastern bumble bee voraciously rummages in an orange flower’s golden stamen. Terre Hill, PA USA

#FebruArty #orange
#photography #PhotographersUnited #onlybeautifulthings #thelittlethings #nature #flowers #thephotohour #EastCoastKin
#bees
#TerreHillPA
Common eastern bumble bee voraciously rummage in an orange flower’s golden stamen. Taken in Terre Hill, Pennsylvania USA
February 12, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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The red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) is a bird in the crow family.

Feb 9, 2025

#BirdsSeenIn2025, #birds #lifelist
#RondaSpain #redbill XC
February 10, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Light at the end of this tunnel. Gibralter
Lighted Tunnel in Gibralter.
February 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Here you go, my BlueSky friend! Happy Saturday! I spent the day looking for Barbary partridge on Gibralter but failed.
Amar’s restaurant, Gibralter.
February 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Prompt for Feb 8 is "Reflection" for #BlueSkyArtShow

Gibraltar, Angel in St. Michael’s Cave or gates of Hades?

#FebruARTy #Art #Artist #ArtYear #ArtShow #BskyArt #Photography @bsky.art #hades #Gibralter #lightshowreflectedincave
And I was thinking to myself this could be heaven or this could be hell, Angel in St Michael’s Cave Gibraltar, could be gates of Hades.
February 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Highly relatable!
Black cat in window in Alcazar Sevilla.
February 8, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Stop and breathe for a moment.
This baby cow was born, and then the sun set.

#sunset #photography
#babycow
#España
Sun setting over Balonia, Spain Wobbly newborn baby cow learning to walk after being born less than 20 minutes ago, and after momma ate the placenta (pics upon request)
February 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Texture Tuesday Mood

#photography #texture #photographersUnited #cathedral #photographersofbluesky
#seville
Giant door with Moorish pattern in metal on Seville Cathedral
February 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Zoom in, zoom out 🌱

Nature’s designs are superior!🤗

#nature #photography #naturephotography #macro #macrophotography #flower #flowerphotography #bloomscrolling #drops #MacroMonday
#sunspurge
#madwomansmilk
#wearemadtoo
#pissedactually
Center stalk of a Euphorbia helioscopia, the sun spurge or madwoman's milk, is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae. Outer blooms of the Euphorbia helioscopia, the sun spurge or madwoman's milk, is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae.
February 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Anyone know what kind of wild iris these are? 🌱💜
Breathtakingly beautiful!

Castro Marim, Portugal

#Nature 🌱 📷 #Flowers #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling #FlowerSky #Purple #portugal
Unknown Wild purple iris with yellow and white tongues in Castro Marim, Portugal
February 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus

Striking large black-and-white wader with a thin, straight bill and bright pink legs, found in wetlands with open shallow water throughout much of Africa and Eurasia, often in brackish habitats.

#BirdsSeenIn2025
#birds
#LifeList
#Tavira #Portugal
#Algarve
Photo of Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus today in Tavira, Portugal salt flats.
January 31, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Long and Winding Road in Portuguese cobblestones?

#JanuArty #Curve
#Tavira
#DailyWalk
#portugal
#MobilePhotography
#blueskyphotos
Black curve in white cobblestones in Tavira, Portugal
January 31, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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DENALI DENALI DENALI

Will always be Denali to me until native Alaskans tell me otherwise.

#Landscape
#Denali
#Alaska
Denali shrouded in clouds on July 7, 2022
January 30, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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#onlybeautifulthings
#photographersunited
#birdofparadise
#portugalbeaches
#burgaubeach
#praiaburgau
Bird of paradise flower with ocean in the distant background today at Burgau Beach, Portugal 🇵🇹
January 29, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Adventure cat Mrs. McCormick lived vanlife for 4 years, visited 49 national parks in three countries + Alaska. We lost her in Baja last year just shy of 21 years old.
@tabbycat_mrsmccormick in front of Denali National Park sign
January 28, 2025 at 10:17 AM