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Samantha
@silkunderground.bsky.social
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she/her. making a potato allergy my entire personality. Chronically ill (POTS/MCAS/EDS) birder (NoVA) & classic film lover. no alt text = no interaction. (Please be patient with my brain fog)
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silkunderground.bsky.social
shady character
#birds
a photo of a large tree branch in a blue sky, with a white breasted nuthatch clinging upside down from the shaded underside.
December 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
we're finally getting lots of yellow rumped warblers, I forgot how much I loved them
#birds
a yellow rumped warbler in the shady interior of a cedar tree.
December 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
check out these cheeks
#birds #BirdButts
a photo of a red male northern cardinal in a tree from below, feathers fluffed out so that the underside looks like butt cheeks.
December 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
we ran into another big mixed swarm of busy feeding birds yesterday, and trying to photograph them got me a lot of great "photo of a place a bird used to be" shots for #PhotoFailFriday
#birds
bare branches in a tree in a blue sky, with a noticeable absence of cedar waxwing. a female northern cardinal zooming out of frame from a bare tree branch where it was sitting.
December 5, 2025 at 10:19 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
it snowed for a long time but there wasn't much to show for it at the backyard lake
#snow #landscape
photo across a reflecting lake lined with trees and an overcast sky, a bit of snow showing.
December 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
it's snowing beautiful snow! here's a snow crow
#birds #corvids
a black crow perched in a winter tree, being snowed on. it's not a great photo so I put a "film" filter on it.
December 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
moments after a squirrel had a near death experience
#birds
a cooper's hawk, I think, from behind, perched on a metal fence in front of autumn leaf covered lawn.
December 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
pausing the hunt just long enough for a photo
#birds
side view of a white throated sparrow perched in a tree amongst branches in the autumn.
December 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
northern flicker preferring to be heard and not seen
#WoodpeckerWednesday #birds
northern flicker peeking out from the right of a tree trunk in a shaded forest.
December 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
lichen & moss
#lichen #moss #FungiFriends
light green lichen on the left and mossy green moss on the right of a tree trunk in a forest.
December 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
GRUMPY #WrensDay TO YOU!
#birds
a carolina wren perched in a tree looking grumpy towards the camera.
December 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
small screencap of bluesky moderation "add muted words and tags" so I can mute the phrase "die hard" forever
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
folks, it's cold and wet out there. time to bring your crows inside.
#birds #corvids #mono
a black crow from behind, head turned to the right, perched in the middle of a bare winter tree in the freezing rain, naturally black and white.
December 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
a new #CouchBirding bird showed up this morning! unfortunately in one of the farther, more difficult to photograph trees.
#birds
a cedar waxwing in a bare tree, obscured by branches, in the morning light with cloudy skies in the background.
December 1, 2025 at 11:39 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
birdwatching practice, at home: there is a yellow rumped warbler in this photo, can you find it?
#birds
photo of a winter forest with a tiny yellow rumped warbler poking its head out.
December 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
you think I'm joking? here is a yellow rumped warbler butt, but blurry
#birds #BirdButts
the butt of a yellow rumped warbler, out of focus, in a distant tree.
December 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
always grateful to go to my parents' every thanksgiving where I can celebrate the time honored tradition of seeing the same birds as at home, but in worse conditions 🥰 here's a butt
#birds #BirdButts
white throated sparrow in a mess of twigs, showing only butt.
December 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
you can circle the trader joe's all you want, buddy, you are NOT going to find a parking spot today
#birds
underside of a red tailed hawk (I believe) circling in the bright blue sky, searching below.
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
tree tentacles
#NativePlants #trees
the top of a big american sycamore with lots of twisty branches & only a few dead leaves left on it, blue sky in the background.
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
yellow bellied sapsucker showing yellow belly, but NOT sapsucking!
#birds #WoodpeckerWednesday
a yellow bellied sapsucker perched in a bare tree, picking a berry off of a branch.
November 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
BEHOLD THE BLUORB! (blurry bird orb)
#birds
a bluorb (blurry ruby crowned kinglet fluffed out into a round shape) perched among thorny vines.
November 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
it's mallard season at the backyard lake
#birds #MallardMonday
male mallard in pond water sailing towards the camera at an angle.
November 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
looks like #CouchBirding is BACK, baby!
#birds
two dark eyed juncos puffed up & perched in a naked tree on an overcast day.
November 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
I keep crashing so I haven't been able to go through & post photos, which is a bummer because I chased a kinglet which of course got me some great #WorstBirdPics but I missed #PhotoFailFriday this is one of two photos I got of the red crown 😜 #birds
a ruby crowned kinglet out of focus behind twigs & vines in a leafless winter tree on an overcast day.
November 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
lunch time
#mammals #squirrels
eastern gray squirrel standing next to a tree on a forest floor, hands to mouth to eat something.
November 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM