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one more for fun, one very dirty rock shag coming in to land. @alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #caughtinmotion #Birds #Photography #EastCoastKin #Seashore #Nature

@alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #caughtinmotion - here is a black-headed gull photographed in Holland, coming in to land. #Birds #Photography #EastCoastKin

a closeup of a smaller mazegill shelf fungi - showing its furry edges. its been raining on this one for a few days, log is saturated so fungi probably is too. #EastCoastKin #Mushrooms #Fungi #Photography

ROV pilots filmed this giant phantom jelly, or Stygiomedusa gigantea, at 253 meters during an ROV descent to explore the Colorado-Rawson submarine canyon wall. #ArgentinianDeepSeeps

Haunting Soviet animation set in the faraway future of 2026 From: There Will Come Soft Rains (1984), dir. Nazim Tulyakhodjaev, Uzbekfilm

I've never seen shelf fungi like these before - strong winds brought down some large branches near me and the ones under this oak had a lot of these. They are tight against the branch so this doesn't seem to be the underside #EastCoastKin #Mushrooms #Fungi #Photography possibly oak mazegill?

@alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #B&W - so double posting today - here is a chickadee from the yard #birds #Photography #EastCoastKin #BW #BlackandWhite #ClassicMono

@alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay alternate theme is #sparrows and while i was out photographing raindrops on the maple tree in my backyard a golden crowned sparrow flew in and posed in the rain. #birds #Photography #EastCoastKin effective 1000mm with the 150-400 + 1.25tc

They're going to *throw out* one-of-a-kind NASA archives?! Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.

@robcrank68.bsky.social and @alan678.bsky.social Thank you for everything you have done on your #BirdOfTheDay theme. I have had so much fun going through pictures to meet your challenges! Hope you have a good new year #Photography #Birds #EastCoastKin

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #Reflections. #photography #Birds #EastCoastKin Wishes for a new world next year A spark of kindness made a light. The light made an opening in the darkness. Everyone worked together to make a ladder. A Wind Clan person climbed out first into the next world Joy Harjo

bidding farewell and good riddance to a bloated beast of a year and wishing for us all a better one starting soon #Photography #EastCoastKin #Wildlife #Nature #ElephantSeal #YearEnd

I just saw @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social quoting someone's description of jellyfish as "organised water", so - a reminder: - no circulatory system - no skeleton - seem to “think” with their nerve-endings - 95% water, meaning any jellyfish you see almost entirely isn’t one. The ultimate rebel.

We've been talking about this a lot in my activism spheres. When you say things like "trans kids aren't dangerous!" (which is the stuff I deal with the most), you're still reminding people of their initial argument. Eat that frame, Kirby.

#BirdOfTheDay theme today is #branchingout for @alan678.bsky.social Here is an early morning high iso California Scrub Jay taken before i was awake enough to turn off the tc on my olympus 150-400 so this is effective 1000. love this lens. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin #BlueTue #ColorADay

Over the holidays, the administration quietly initiated a review of all Wildlife Refuges, something that could preface yet another attempt to steal your land: open.substack.com/pub/wessiler...

@robcrank68.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdButts . A black-browed albatross - their 7-8 foot wingspan proved challenging sometimes - but they have cute butts. #birds #Photography #EastCoastKin #Wildlife

for @alan678.bsky.social ’s #BirdOfTheDay theme here is #serenity - a blackbrowed albatross with its egg resting in its mud nest #Photography #Birds #EastCoastKin

A favorite Antartic iceberg for #Scape #photography #sky #BlueSkyArtShow #Stunday experimenting with converting to #BlackAndWhite #ClassicMono then bringing back some of the blue in the #Iceberg

This is a Genuinely Great Thing (the rollout of a solar-powered blanket for folk sleeping rough, a potential life-saver in winter) & I'm surprised it didn't get more coverage, although maybe that's because other folk have invented stuff like this too, which is my hope because it's about damn time?

an early #MountainMonday - the shores of South Georgia Island rise quickly to mountains #eastCoastKin #scape #Photography

i stopped photographing birds in my backyard because birds were dropping dead around the seed feeders. The birds congregating and pooping around the seed was spreading the flu. Interestingly enough my neighbors' chickens were not affected.

From my colleagues at @oceancensus.bsky.social -12 Xmas inspiring invertebrates! oceancensus.org/tis-the-seas...

seasons greetings... #ElephantSeal couple caroling on South Georgia Island in the snow #Wildlife #Nature #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky #Mammals #Pinnipeds

@robcrank68.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SideProfiles - here are 2 king penguins chilling on South Georgia Island #birds #Photography #Penguins #EastCoastKin #Wildlife #Nature

I might be reposting this buts its a favorite - for #MinimalMonday - windy morning on the white sand beach in the Falklands. grains of sand blowing over the dried seaweed. Need to go through those pictures and process more unprocessed #ClassicMono #BlackAndWhite #BNW #Monochrome #EastCoastKin

@alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay alternative theme is #HolidaySeason so here is a very California bird with festive berries. Phainopepla #Birds #Photography #EastCoastKin

apologies - will be slow to reply. amazing how dependent i've become on internet access!! thank you all who have liked, replied or shared - i will try to thank you once things are figured out here!

just for fun, a second post for @robcrank68.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay #AboutTheKids i love the loon chick's ballet stretch #Birds #Photography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky

a garden finch in fall garden for #Stunday #Birds #Photography #Garden #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky

@robcrank68.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay is #AboutTheKids Hard and soft. Falkland Steamer Duck ducklings. not sure if these are the flightless or flying types. #Birds #Photography #EastCoastKin #Ducklings

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9

Honey Mushrooms decorated for the holidays. #EastCoastKin #Mushrooms #Fungi #Photography #Xtra/xmas #Decoration

for #ColorADay #GreenSat - and @alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Quietmoments a finch in the garden eating a seed. #Birds #EastCoastKin #Photography #Garden

for #ForestFriday - black and white tree #EastCoastKin #Photography #Trees #BlackAndWhite #BW #ClassicMono

@robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LongLegsAndNeck Here is (I think) a tricolor heron from Florida but at least definitely with long neck and legs. #Birds #Photography #EastCoastKin

We interrupt the day's #BeetlePosting with a #SelfCare #PSA. Your #Mantidfly friend (Dicromantispa interrupta) knows that the #Holidays can be a rough time for many of us for many reasons. Try to find your peace; remember to hydrate, and snack when you need to. 🙏❤️ #MacroPhotography

@alan678.bsky.social Today’s alternative #BirdOfTheDay theme is #OpenWings. Wood Ducks can also be incredibly silly looking from the front #BIrds #Photography #EastCoastKin #Wildlife

@alan678.bsky.social Today’s alternative #BirdOfTheDay theme is #OpenWings. Wood Ducks can be incredibly beautiful with open wings #Birds #Photography #EastCoastKin

for #UrbanGaze and #ColorADay #YellowThu - downtown holiday window taken with vintage #Helios lens #EastCoastKin #Photography #Urban

thank you April Peters for telling about Google lens @plantjunkie2.bsky.social - it gave possible identification of spring polypore for these mushrooms taken with a fisheye lens #EastCoastKin #Mushrooms #Fungi the textures on this and the Bolete are incredible. #Texture

Could anyone tell me what kind of mushroom this is? Under oaktrees along asphalt path. knocked over. large - perhaps 5" across cap, pink stalk, the cap with its pores has curved inside out up over top of cap that seems to have raised pattern on it. #Mushroom #EastCoastKin #Nature #Fungi #Mycology

@robcrank68.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Groups - from what has probably been my favorite trip - circumnavigating South Georgia Island on the small ship -SS Ushaia - group (or groups) of King Penguins. #Birds #Photography #EastCoastKin #Scape #Wildlife #Penguins

a late pic for #BLueTue #ColorADay - a chickadee singing on an echeveria flower stalk in my garden #EastCoastKin #Garden #Birds #Photography learning to add textures to the photos i took in my backyard with white backgrounds

Unfortunately, their landlord has now warned them to pay their back rent or get evicted. If you can spare a few dollars to help this family out, it could help them stay in their home. Sharing is also greatly appreciated. ❤️

@alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #NaturesPantry I don't know if this was salad or dessert but these lesser goldfinches (I think) really liked these yellow flowers #birds #Photography #EastCoastKin #Garden