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Zerene
@zerene.bsky.social
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My Mother used to always say…
“Tell me who you run with and I’ll tell you who you are”!
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Zerene @zerene.bsky.social · May 28
I think we should call it “The gulf of Fritillary”.
1st visit of 2025 🥳
#butterflies #lepidoptera
ucanr.edu/blog/bug-squ...
An orange butterfly sipping nectar in the warmth of the sunshine.
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Good morning & welcome to #Caturday

There’s someone out there who still remembers you.

Not because of how you looked or what you did, but because, when no one else showed up with kindness, you did.

Kindness always matters
November 22, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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tfuturist.bsky.social
David Cassidy with cat.
It's a late 60s/early 70s bubblegum music kind of #Caturday
November 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
zerene.bsky.social
Happy #Caturday to all you lounge lovers from Luna!
Luna, a shiny, short haired blackish cat lounging on a faded aqua quilt. She appears as solid black, but has a white base coat next to her skin, making her a “smoke” colored cat.
November 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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juliepackard.montereybayaquarium.org
The science is clear. At a time when we face life-threatening impacts from climate change, this ill-conceived effort to open massive parts of our ocean to offshore oil and gas leasing is a major step backward in the nation’s urgently needed transition away from fossil fuels.
montereybayaquarium.org Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · 11d
Today, the California coast we cherish and the delicate ocean ecosystems just beyond it face a renewed threat from offshore drilling. We oppose the Trump Administration’s 5-year oil and gas leasing program and will continue to defend our coastline, wildlife, economy, and health from this threat.
King tide wave crashes on the rocks on Monterey Bay coastline
November 21, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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balail.bsky.social
Kingfisher
#photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings
November 21, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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alleycatallies.bsky.social
Pennsylvania, we have to act fast for a bill to ban cat declawing statewide to move forward. We can't let this bill fail!

If you already took action with us, thank you. If not, please join us and spread this action alert: actnow.alleycat.org/page/89335/a...

#catdeclawing #stopdeclawing
November 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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balail.bsky.social
Eastern Meadowlark
#photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings
November 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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photography-aj.bsky.social
A 'Snowy' Miller from the Hampshire garden moth archives. #TeamMoth
November 19, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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balail.bsky.social
Flounder for breakfast...
Osprey
#photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings
November 19, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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montereybayaquarium.org
The ocean doesn't just influence climate—it IS climate. Yet it's often left out of the conversation.

Today at COP30, that's changing. Monterey Bay Aquarium joined the Belem Ocean Declaration commitment: "Let 2025 be remembered as the year the world united land and sea to protect all life on Earth."
COP30 Virtual Ocean Pavilion 2025 (3-21 November)
The COP30 Virtual Ocean Pavilion is an online space to support global engagement around the UN Climate Conference 2025. The event is scheduled for 3-21 November 2025
cop30oceanpavilion.vfairs.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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balail.bsky.social
Osprey
#photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings
November 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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governor.ca.gov
Donald Trump and Greg Abbott played with fire, got burned — and democracy won.

This ruling is a win for Texas and for every American who fights for free and fair elections.
November 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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birdsoftheworld.bsky.social
In case you missed this big news! The entire corpus of Birds of the World is now available in Portuguese! We hope Portuguese-speakers worldwide will find this useful!

birdsoftheworld.org/bow/news/por...
Birds of the World - Birds of the World adds Portuguese to growing language offerings
Language should never be a barrier to learning about birds. When we launched automatic translations into Spanish, the number of logged in users from Central and South America more than doubled — and w...
birdsoftheworld.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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anjab.bsky.social
Happy Monday!
#photography #nature #outdoors #garden #goedemorgen #butterfly #flower #beauty
Brown butterfly with cream spots, wings outstretched, sitting on a red flower.
November 17, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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julielfrost.bsky.social
A #ShadesOfGrey tufted titmouse with its #beakopen (albeit stuffed with a peanut) for today's #BirdOfTheDay.

#Photography #Birds #EastCoastKin #Nature #Wildlife #Titmouse #BirdsOfBlueSky #Animals
A tufted titmouse is perched on a stump, seeds scattered at its feet and a shelled peanut in its open beak.
November 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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birdrgirl.bsky.social
A 🪶Canada Jay perfectly fits today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #ShadesOfGray. After all, it was previously known as the Gray Jay.
#VermontBirds
November 16, 2025 at 11:28 AM
zerene.bsky.social
Gray, perfect for today said the Oak titmouse!
#shadesofgray #birdoftheday
November 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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birdfan.bsky.social
Have a good #SkySunday!! #MobilePhotography #Nature #Stunday #Bright #BlueSkyArtShow (11-15-25, Palm Springs, CA)
Just after a rain, low clouds cling to the mountainside and a bright sun peaks just over the crest on the left. Palm trees dot the midground and some pink and purple flowering bushes frame the bottom.
November 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
zerene.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqd0...
#caturday
9 SURPRISING FACTS ABOUT BLACK CATS! 🐈‍⬛🔥 (I Bet You Don’t Know Them All!)
YouTube video by The Curious Cat
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
zerene.bsky.social
We welcomed a new sweet baby gal into our home, without further ado I present to you “Luna”. #Caturday
Our new friend, a shiny, sleek black kitty named Luna lounges while sweetly looking up at the camera towering above her.
November 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
zerene.bsky.social
Happy #bright #SaturdayArtShow from rainy California (Yes, it really rains here) so I hope this brightens your day.
A CD and a light source create a bright rainbow of colors reflected on a window blind.
November 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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johannapack.bsky.social
I think this painting at China Bar in the Auburn State Recreation Area captures the #Bright light of that summer morning. Why was I choosing to paint while squinting into the sunlight when it was already over 90 degrees Fahrenheit at 9AM? The world may never know. #BlueSkyArtShow
Watercolor painting showing a creek with sunlight sparkling on the ripples flowing from lower left to middle right. There's a small cluster of rocks on the right with some small plants. On the other side, bushes line the bank in front of a steep hill with dried grass and a few backlit trees casting long shadows on the left. On the right is a more distant hill covered in trees. The blue sky shows a pale area where the sunlight is strongest, although the sun is out of the picture, higher in the sky.
November 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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grays.art
Thank goodness it’s Fly-day. We made it!

Ceraunus Blue butterfly
(Hemiargus ceraunus)

Sugden Regional Park
Naples, Florida 11-5-25

#flyday #eastcoastkin #BugSky #native #insects #Lepidoptera #butterflies #flowers #macro #photography #macroPhotography #nature #naturePhotography #art #florida #bugs
A small butterfly is perched on a flower. The butterfly's wings are partially open, displaying a pattern with small black spots and a distinctive orange and black eye spot near the lower edge. Its antennae are long and thin, with black and white segments. The flower has a conical shape with a reddish-brown hue and small white florets at the top. The butterfly's legs are positioned on the flower, providing stability. The background is blurred, highlighting the butterfly and the flower in the foreground.
November 14, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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wa-moths.bsky.social
Hestiochora occidentalis

A species of Forester moth endemic to temperate regions of Western Australia. This beautiful male was seen in our Perth Hills garden last week.
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #nature #inaturalist
Top view of a moth that is generally black with a red band at the neck and several white stripes on the abdomen. The antennae are large and feathered
November 14, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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soph0517.bsky.social
What you looking at? Captured earlier in the week - not to many for the pound this time of year but wee lady happy to support #InsectThursday #macro #macrophotography #photography #AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTelevision

Bugs (1995–1999)
November 13, 2025 at 10:09 AM