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Krista Stracka
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Librarian, nature and wildlife lover, dog lady
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Grumpy bluebird 🪶
#Birds #Bluebird #BackyardBirds
A bird with a bright blue head, chestnut colored chest, and white belly perched on a tree branch, facing forward
March 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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"Good morning!" sings a cardinal at the top of his tiny lungs 🪶 #birds #backyardbirds #cardinal
Facing forward, a male cardinal sings while perched on a thin tree branch
February 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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A cute little dark-eyed junco waiting for a turn at the feeder

#Birds #BackyardBirds #NationalBirdDay #BirdPhotography #Birdwatching
A dark-eyed junco looks directly at the camera while perched on a black curved pole
January 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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A #damselfly from warmer days

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAForAngles #insects #damselflies
A damselfly resting on the tip of a long, thin cosmos flower leaf
January 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Bluebird borb 🪶 #AlphabetChallenge #WeekZForZoom #birds
Closeup of a male Eastern bluebird perched on a slanted wooden rail
December 26, 2024 at 10:27 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekZForZoom
#MacroMonday
Closeup of a crocus flower
December 23, 2024 at 4:55 PM
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Lily of the valley

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWForWhite #flowers #FlowerPhotography #bloomscrolling
A cluster of white, bell-shaped Lily of the valley flowers at eye level
December 7, 2024 at 5:12 PM
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Norman, the cutest beggar
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWForWhite #corgisky #CorgisOfBluesky #dogsky
Cardigan Welsh corgi with an earnest expression sitting on his haunches with his front paws in the air. He has mostly white fur with patches of black and gray.
December 2, 2024 at 11:13 AM
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#Zinnia, zoomed in

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekVForVibrant #FlowersOnFriday #FridayFlowers
An up-close image of the unfurling petals in the center of a magenta zinnia flower with one vibrant yellow pollen floret to the lower left
November 29, 2024 at 1:00 PM
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A sleeping #bumblebee in a calendula flower bed framed by vibrant orange petals #AlphabetChallenge #WeekVForVibrant #insects #bees
November 25, 2024 at 11:42 AM
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A very loud Carolina Wren borb perched on my roof 🪶 #BackyardBirds #Birds #Birdwatching
Left side view of a Carolina Wren perched on the edge of a roof. Its reddish brown and tan plumage and white eyebrow stripe stand out against the bright blue of the sky.
November 23, 2024 at 8:47 PM
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Gray squirrel on a break
#squirrelsky #squirrelscrolling #AddMam
Close-up of a gray squirrel with brown coloring resting on a wood fence with a walnut in its mouth and its front leg dangling over the edge
November 20, 2024 at 11:31 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekUForUnder

Pacific sea nettles #jellyfish
November 18, 2024 at 8:57 PM
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Here's a pickerel frog (I think?) that hung out in my garden over the summer 🐸 #herps
Close-up of a frog sitting in a garden beside a tiny mushroom
November 18, 2024 at 8:44 PM
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Got a raptor? Share a raptor!

#birds #BaldEagle #BlackwaterNWR
Bald eagle perched on a bare curved branch
November 17, 2024 at 10:37 PM
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Sunset at Assateague Island #GoldenHour #sunset #photography #nature
November 17, 2024 at 11:42 AM
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A Northern Glicker at sunrise #birds #NorthernFlicker #woodpeckers #BirdPhotography
A Northern flicker in a tree with a few red and yellow leaves left on a branch. It's facing left toward the sunrise with its black-spotted plumage is partly visible in the morning light.
November 9, 2024 at 2:08 PM
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Red-bellied woodpecker #AlphabetChallenge #WeekRForRed #Birds #BackyardBirds
A male red-bellied woodpecker sits in a tree among branches with red and orange berries. He is facing left with his black and white patterned back turned to the camera. He has a light gray face and a red crown on top of his head.
November 2, 2024 at 10:23 PM
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House finch #AlphabetChallenge #WeekRForRed #Birds
October 28, 2024 at 10:08 AM
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A Red-tailed hawk, people-watching from a light pole #AlphabetChallenge #WeekPForPOV #birds #redtailedhawk
October 17, 2024 at 9:25 AM
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View from below of a Monarch butterfly resting on a pink zinnia

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPForPOV #butterflies #flowers
October 14, 2024 at 8:41 PM
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Spotted an American Bittern in Cape May this morning. Lifer for me #birding #birdwatching #nature #capemay #americanbittern
October 11, 2024 at 9:14 PM
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Just before sunrise over the Atlantic #AlphabetChallenge #WeekOForOrange
October 10, 2024 at 12:00 PM
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Bumblebee in a cosmos flower #AlphabetChallenge #WeekOForOrange
October 8, 2024 at 11:21 PM
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View of the rotating beacon from inside the historic Split Rock Lighthouse on Lake Superior #AlphabetChallenge #WeekHforHistory
August 24, 2024 at 1:13 PM