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Savitri de Sousa
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Bluesky early adopter. Digital marketer, linguist, translator. Fluent in English, Swiss German, High German and French. A bit of Latin, too. Nature lover and hobby photographer. Crow fan. #Basel, #Switzerland🇨🇭/ #Schweiz
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Yoga move from a coot plus reflection. That's quite a neck stretch! 🌿 🪶
#birds #waterfowl
A coot reeeeeeaaaally stretching its neck.
November 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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No, these are not northern lights (I wish....). Yesterday's nocturnal pink sky over Basel is the result of low-hanging clouds reflecting the local football stadium's horticultural lights.
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#Basel #Switzerland #Schweiz
Pink-purple sky at night over Basel, Switzerland. Pink-purple sky at night over Basel, Switzerland.
September 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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A crow, rainbow and nut all fitting very nicely together somehow. Photographed 5 minutes ago during a summer shower. 🌿 🪶
A crow sitting on a chimney and holding a nut. There's a rainbow in the background.
September 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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I was walking past a bright yellow wall of goldenrod when I saw and photographed this drone fly. Love how it has an alien look about it with those huge compound eyes! 👽 Just look at that face 🌿
#bugsky #insects #summer
A drone fly sitting on goldenrod against a green background.
August 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Stomach view of the jersey tiger moth. It was sitting on the window showing off all those spots! 🌿 🦋
Stomach view of jersey tiger moth. Lots of spots.
August 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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🌿 🦋 Was very pleased to discover this pretty jersey tiger moth sitting on a leaf in the front yard 📸

#moth #insects #bugsky
A Jersey tiger moth sits on a leaf. The moth has black and yellow stripes with dots at the bottom of its wings. It also has striped feet and feelers.
August 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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🇨🇭Swiss National Day yesterday. Gave me the opportunity to photograph the village fireworks for a colourful albeit rather noisy change!

#swissnationalday #bundesfeier #switzerland #schweiz
Fireworks for Swiss National Day.
August 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Saw and photographed one of my crow buddies today. Just look at those white feather bases, on display thanks to the wind ruffling its plumage. Do all crows have this? Crow experts, any insights? 🪶 🌿

#crow #corvids
Crow with white "underfeathers".
July 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Carder bees are the cutest with their fluffy orange hairdos. Managed to snap this one after many tries 🌿 🐝

#bugsky #bee #switzerland
Carder bee on a loosestrife plant.
July 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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🫣 A funny dragonfly peekaboo moment I caught on camera: four-spotted chaser at the pond. 🌿

#dragonflies #insects #nature
Four-spotted chaser peeking coyly from behind its perch. Plus 50 shades of green.
June 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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A coot sitting on a mighty, bristling nest. Just waiting for the little ones to hatch! 🌿 🪶

#waterfowl #switzerland
A nesting coot.
June 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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I spent a pond-erous afternoon with my camera. One of my favourite shots: this frog sitting earnestly in front of two water lilies. Just check out that upright posture. Lots of attitude! 🐸 🌿

#amphibians #frogs #switzerland
A very earnest frog sitting on a leaf in front of two water lilies.
May 31, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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A carder bee (I love the orange hairstyle!) busy at work 🌿 🐝

#bugsky #bee #summer
A very fluffy carder bee on a pink flower.
May 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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A perfect beacon (or bee-con): a bumblebee prepares to land in the wonderful crimson depths of a poppy 🌿 🐝
#bugsky #poppy #flowers
A busy bumblebee, assiduous pollinator that it is, eagerly flies up to a poppy.
May 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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🌿 I just love the huge, beautiful eyes on this dragonfly. A green-eyed hawker, photographed last week.
#bugsky #dragonfly
Green-eyed hawker at the pond.
May 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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🪶 🌿 If I imitated the posture below, it would be an utter disaster. Don't try heron yoga to get to your armpit.
@everyheron.bsky.social

#heron #birds #graureiher
Heron in an alarmingly flexible position to get to its wingpit. It's standing in a green field.
May 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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🐸 🌿 Recorded a frog concert today. Very noisy. Lots of bubble-gumming. You'll understand when you watch the clip😀 Turn on the sound! 🎶

#frogs #amphibian #switzerland
May 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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When I was not at work or photographing nature in my free time, I was studying during the past months. Last Friday, I received my CAS certificate in Digital Branding at the @fhnw.ch in Olten. Many thanks to the FHNW team and teachers for this journey, I enjoyed being a graduate again! 🎓🎉
My graduation day at the FHNW!
May 20, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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The dragonflies are finally here! Four-spotted chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata) at the pond 🌿

#bugsky #insects #dragonfly #libelle #basel
Four-spotted chaser (golden-brown dragonfly with two dark spots on each wing) sitting on a plant.
May 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Bee and bluebells 🐝 🌿
#insects
A bee inspecting bluebells.
May 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Last photo of my heron series. A closer look at that eerie eldritch eye 🪶 🌿

@everyheron.bsky.social

#heron #graureiher #switzerland #schweiz
Heron closeup with a green pond in the background.
May 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Number 3 in the heron series: another video of the grim grey sentinel fishing mercilessly for prey (and compliments). And a moorhen swims past in the background 🪶 🌿

@everyheron.bsky.social

#heron #graureiher #switzerland #schweiz
April 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Next in the heron series! Eerie yellow eyes, grim, focused and ruthless: a heron on the prowl as it hunts for frogs. With success 🪶 🌿

@everyheron.bsky.social

#heron #graureiher #switzerland #schweiz
April 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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It's nesting time! Photographed this heron flying past with a twig in its beak yesterday afternoon 🌿 🪶

@everyheron.bsky.social More heron photos and a video coming up over the next days!😀

#heron #reiher #switzerland #schweiz
Heron carrying a twig against a bright blue sky.
April 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Absolutely not impressed by the power harrow only a few metres away: a stork enjoys the tasty morsels the tractor is bringing to the surface 🌿 🪶
#stork #storch
As a power harrow rumbles through the soil, an eager stork picks up tasty tidbits - the happy result of all that soil massaging!
April 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM