Katha Traenkle
@kathat.bsky.social
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Birding, nature, working for a swift rehabilitation center in Switzerland, Biodiversity,
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Birdrgirl🦉
about 18 hours ago
This 🪶Razorbill showing some
#attitude
qualifies for today’s
#BirdOfTheDay
#MaineBirds
(A correction post to correctly ID this bird now that I have my glasses on🤦♀️)
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Abby’s birds
about 18 hours ago
Northern Mockingbirds have a permanent attitude, so this guy is an easy choice for
#birdoftheday
#birds
🪶
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Today’s
#BirdOfTheDay
theme from
@alan678.bsky.social
is all about birds showing
#attitude
and our alternative today is
#silhouette
This is a Common Eider with
#attitude
😀 umm a huge belly
#birds
#naturephotography
about 18 hours ago
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Alex Nelson
1 day ago
A lesser yellowlegs preens in the morning light while standing in shallow water over its reflection.
#birds
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Today's
#BirdOfTheDay
is any bird whose main Colour is 'White'.
@robcrank68.bsky.social
and
@alan678.bsky.social
The Northern Gannet is mainly white and here the bird is so close, that the dark parts on the wings are not visible 😆
#birds
🪶
#naturephotography
1 day ago
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2 days ago
Minami Keiko (1911-2004), Japanese artist, aquatint engraver, and poet
#womensart
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Sascha Müller-Kraenner
3 days ago
In der Ostsee sterben die Fische. Grund dafür ist Sauerstoffmangel durch Überdüngung in der Landwirtschaft. Wir brauchen endlich ein wirksames Düngerecht, das die Verseuchung von Trinkwasser, Flüssen und Meeren mit Nitrat und Phosphat verhindert!
www.deutschlandfunk.de/tote-fische-...
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Sauerstoffmangel im Meer? - Tote Fische an Ostsee-Stränden in Rostock angeschwemmt - Stadt richtet Krisenstab ein
An mehreren Ostsee-Stränden in Rostock sind etliche tote Fische angeschwemmt worden.
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/tote-fische-an-ostsee-straenden-in-rostock-angeschwemmt-stadt-richtet-krisenstab-ein-100.html
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Ian Moran
3 days ago
Such a common bird here in Ireland but nevertheless I never tire of seeing one and as such, easily my favourite
#BirdOfTheDay
#birds
#nature
#naturephotography
#nikon
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Alan H
2 days ago
I’d like to post another
#favourite
for
#BirdOfTheDay
if you don’t mind. I absolutely love Little Egrets, I think they’re quirky and have the most amazing yellow feet and eyes.
#photography
#EastCoastKin
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Lizzie Wallis DPAGB, EFIAP, BPE3*
3 days ago
For today's
#birdoftheday
theme set by
@alan678.bsky.social
, one of my absolute
#favourite
birds is the Northern Gannet (morus bassanus). I like the dense layering of feathers on the neck.
#BlueSkyMonday
for the striking eye ring.
#EastCoastKin
#Birdlife
#birds
#NaturePhotography
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For today's
#birdoftheday
theme set by
@alan678.bsky.social
I have to admit: I change my favorite birds quite often, but I come often back to the family of buntings, rare in Switzerland unfortunately. This is a Snow Bunting
#birds
🪶
#naturephotography
3 days ago
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thats lovely, also bc of the intruder 😀
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Mart_the_Gooner
4 days ago
Eurasian Jay
#birds
#birdsinflight
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More than tree colours for
#birdoftheday
today:
#birds
#naturephotography
European Stonechat
4 days ago
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So beautiful! 😍
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5 days ago
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Lot of Caspian Terns on migration in Switzerland, here is just one of them. Amazing birds 😍
#birds
#BirdsOfTheDay
#naturephotography
#lowcarbonbirding
7 days ago
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How true!
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8 days ago
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Rob 🇨🇦
8 days ago
#BirdOfTheDay
#BirdHavingABath
🪶🦆
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Lyndy Lambert
8 days ago
Blue Jay vigorously having a bath in a water-filled depression in a rock, Miami.
#BirdOfTheDay
#birds
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Brian Peterson
8 days ago
#BirdOfTheDay
Today we are going for 'Any Bird Having a Bath' and the alternative is a Robin Alice Cooper's
#hawk
taking a bath
#bird
#birdphotography🪶
#raptor
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#BirdOfTheDay
to be 'Any Bird Having a Bath' so here is a male Red-crested Pochard bathing!
#birds
🪶
8 days ago
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WSL Umweltforschung
8 days ago
Die Unwetter 2024 forderten in der Schweiz 13 Todesopfer, 3 Vermisste und verursachten Schäden von 905 Mio. CHF. Es handelt sich um die fünfthöchste Jahresschadenssumme seit Beginn der Erhebungen 1972.
www.wsl.ch/de/news/unwe...
@bafu.admin.ch
#Schweiz
#WSL
#Naturgefahren
#Forschung
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Unwetter 2024: viele Todesopfer und hohe Kosten
Dreizehn Todesfälle und 905 Mio. Franken Schäden: Das ist die Bilanz der Unwetter 2024, wie die jährliche Auswertung durch die WSL ergab.
https://www.wsl.ch/de/news/unwetter-2024-viele-todesopfer-und-hohe-kosten/
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#BirdOfTheDay
theme today is
#notabranch
So birds perched on anything except a branch.
#birds
🪶
9 days ago
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Klimawandel Info Schweiz Europa Welt
9 days ago
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This is so beautiful 😍
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11 days ago
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What a beautiful bird of prey in flight! They are on their way to the south. Fischadler - Osprey
#birds
🪶
#naturephotography
#lowcarbonbirding
14 days ago
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Celebrating
#birds
feed! 🎉🪶
#naturephotography
#lowcarbonbirding
Rosaflamingos - Greater Flamingo in Switzerland!
15 days ago
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Juvenile Night heron - Juveniler Nachtreiher
#birds
🪶
#naturephotography
#lowcarbonbirding
17 days ago
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I forgot
#birds
🪶
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17 days ago
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Great afternoon with Zwergdommel - Little Bittern - бугайчик звичайний
17 days ago
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such a beauty needs to be shown again on
#sundayYellow
😍
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18 days ago
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Jan Skudlarek
24 days ago
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Botanical University Challenge
25 days ago
🪷🌹🌻🌱🪴🌾🌳🌿🌍 Plants growing for natural dyes on roof National Theatre in centre London, UK. To be used in costumes and staging for plays.
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/s...
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‘It’s a secret garden’: National Theatre turns roof into a riot of colour with dye plants
Textile artists are reshaping how the theatre makes its costumes with the aim of replacing harsh synthetic dyes
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/sep/06/national-theatre-roof-dye-plants-riot-of-colour-garden?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Normally I do not repost my own pictures. I have to bc I learned the
#Ukrainian
name of this
#bird
. 🪶 серпокрилець білочеревий "White bellied sickled winged" this is beautiful 🇺🇦
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26 days ago
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Dave Bryant 🇪🇸
27 days ago
I call this the good, the bad and the ugly, although none of them are actually ugly! They are just showing their normal goofy expressions. TGIF, good weekend all!
#FlamingoFriday
#birds
#ElHondo
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Daniel Bastaja
about 1 month ago
This month we say hasta luego to one of the iconic summer birds of the Hungarian puszta (ie: steppe) .. the European Roller (Coracias garrulus). Off to southern Africa for the winter, returning in early May.
#BirdingHungary
#rollers
#birds
#BirdsSeenIn2025
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Wendy Miller
3 months ago
Tag yourself. I'm the fourth baby owl hiding in the ground. (lol, I didn't even know he was there until just now!) 🪶
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Steffi Lemke
3 months ago
Ich möchte wirklich niemandem den Sommer vermiesen, aber das hier ist ein Riesenproblem. Es wäre gut, wenn darüber auch in deutschen Medien berichtet wird.
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Gernot Segelbacher 🪶 🧬
3 months ago
Still one of my favourites and a must read for any birder 🪶
#lowcarbonbirding
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Brilliant Maps
3 months ago
Map of PFAS 'forever chemicals' contamination levels across Europe Source:
www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decod...
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Anna from Ukraine
4 months ago
🧟♂️💣
#RussiaIsATerroristState
, and
#Putin
is a war criminal. For 3 years, they’ve targeted Ukrainian cities, destroying homes and taking innocent lives. How is this different from 9/11? Would
#Trump
make deals with terrorists like bin Laden? Please share and raise awareness
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Pauline
4 months ago
These two city dwellers are exchanging the latest news 🐦
#pigeonsky
#artyear
#whistpr
#whimsical
#smartist
#cuteart
#birds
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Bird 🌲
4 months ago
NO KINGS 🇺🇸
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4 months ago
After breakfast, c.1900 by Finnish painter Elin Danielson-Gambogi Happy Birthday
@KathyBurke.bsky.social
! English actress, writer and comedian.
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Dolores del Cielo
4 months ago
Obst und Gemüse
#FotoVorschlag
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Werner Fuchs CH 🦊 🌱glp🌎🇺🇦🦋
4 months ago
Die Antwort kam im Herbst 2024 und fiel eindeutig aus: Ein
#Elektroauto
zu kaufen, lohne sich aus
#klima
politischer Sicht praktisch immer. Die fossile Räuberbande,
#SVP
und
#FDP
will das nicht hören, Profit mit dreckigem
#Öl
ist zu toll.
www.republik.ch/2025/06/11/a...
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Amtliche Selbstzensur
Das Bundesamt für Energie bestellt eine Studie zu E-Autos – und lässt sie verschwinden.
https://www.republik.ch/2025/06/11/amtliche-selbstzensur?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=republik%2Ftemplate-newsletter-taeglich-2025-06-11
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toritori
4 months ago
I was walking around thinking, “I hear a cuckoo, but I’ll never spot it…” and then suddenly — there it was, perched right in front of me on a power line 😅🪶 ツツドリじゃないです🤣
#nature
#photography
#animals
#wildlife
#CommonCuckoo
#カッコウ
#birds
#野鳥
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4 months ago
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The third and last young peregrine falcon! Der letzte junge Wanderfalke ist flügge!
#webcam
#birds
#peregrine
4 months ago
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Ed Hawkins
5 months ago
The Warming Stripes have now been extended downwards into the ocean and upwards into the stratosphere! Collaborative paper which tells the story of how the stripes were developed, and discusses their extension across the Earth system, is now available in BAMS:
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
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