lots of lovely birds and hoarfrost today #birds

Finally heading back home to Florida, @burrowingowl.bsky.social ... www.wusf.org/environment/...

Past sunset last night, but it didn't stop birds from visiting the cam feeder even tho it was rainy & dark. Boosted the pic to see what kind of bird it was & turns out it was a cardinal doing its best impression of Count Dracula swirling his cape. #Birds 🪶 📸 Northern cardinal: Cardinalis cardinalis

"None shall pass!" ~ this black knight (er, um, I mean this chickadee), probably. #Birds 🪶 📸 Carolina chickadee: Poecile carolinensis

Good morning, little #ButterButt. #Birds 🪶 📸 Yellow-rumped warbler: Setophaga coronata

Because bsky can always use more #herps... especially when they're as beautiful as this Wood frog. #AltText A reddish brown frog on a dark sand background. The frog's color blends with a couple of nearby fall leaves.

Because bsky can always use more #herps... Is my bald spot showing? jk, bullfrog, jk.

Sums it up. #2026WordOfTheYear

First birds of the year... Happy New Year to you from a Palm warbler and a surprise visit from a Baltimore oriole! #Birds 🪶 📸 Palm warbler: Setophaga palmarum 📸 Baltimore oriole: Icterus galbula

Wish I'd gotten a pic of these 2 bluebirds bickering over the mealworms. They were about an inch apart & sniping @ each other while clinging to a feeder cup: O<-< >->O This pic is the aftermath - when a male bluebird decided he was hungry & ran both off. 🪶 📸 Eastern bluebird: Sialia sialis

Made the Reynolds family cinnamon roll recipe yesterday. Mmmm...delicious. 😋 From this ----------->>> to this.

Going for the @glengrambo.bsky.social look today - just for kicks. If there were a competition though, I wouldn't win. 😂

For my next #invertefest post, I'm sharing an opalescent nudibranch! We had these showing up recently in our favorite tidepools 📷 Olympus TG-6 AE, f/4.9, 1/500, ISO 800, 18mm Stack of 93 images 4/29/25 Northern Oregon Coast #invertebrates #nudibranch #nudibranchs #seaslugs 🐌 🐞 🪲 🐛

All the #birds are going "WHAT THE HECK?!?" It was 80F yesterday and now it's 43F today? #floofs #borbs 🪶 📸 Ruby-throated hummingbird: Archilochus colubris 📸 Northern cardinal: Cardinalis cardinalis

Another handsome AF #Cicada from this year. The Lyric Cicada, Neotibicen lyricen. #invertefest #MacroPhotography

We present: The Art of #InverteFest - December 2025 Edition A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna. Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book! Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1JCXz... #Art #SciArt

Uhhhh...what's up, doc? #Birds 🪶 📸 Eastern bluebird: Sialia sialis

This Christmas, ABSOLUTELY NO WORRIES joined @laurelgale.bsky.social's Robots Don't Make You Go to Bed as favorite books in our house. Can't wait to try out the scavenger hunt, the word search, and the discussion activity. #kidlit

A great tit bursts from its mossy nest box, wings flared and full of energy — a perfect snapshot of spring life in motion. #Birds #lukehaigh #birdwatching #photography

Merry Christmas to us! No electricity. An alleged drunk sheared off a nearby power pole at the ground by hitting it head on with his truck at 5:45am. Allegedly had what was left of a 12 pack on passenger seat. Got out of the truck, removed tag & threw it in bushes, then ran away from the scene. 🙄

Caught up with this little armadillo having lunch at the preserve while we were there for our picnic. #mammals 📸 Nine-banded armadillo: Dasypus novemcinctus

What a beautiful #BlueSky day for a picnic on the ICW.

It's #Twosday! What a lovely couple. #Birds 🪶

Such a beautiful pattern on the back of this woodpecker. And that red patch on the back of the head! 😍 #Birds 🪶 📸 Red-bellied woodpecker: Melanerpes carolinus

Because bsky can always use more #herps... "No one will see me here."

If you haven't been reading @propublica.org's series of articles on generic drugs, don't put it off. Here's a good place to start>

Starting the day off with a little yoga #MallardMonday #birds 🌿

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Grounded #birds on the ground. 🪶 📸 Dark-eyed junco: Junco hyemalis

"Iconic"

The #BirdOfTheDay is #AllAboutTheKids A Goldfinch is being fed by a parent while a Brown- headed Cowbird flrdging is being fed by an adoptive Eastern Towhee parent. There were fluffy young Cardinals and an Eastern Towhee juvenile who knew where the feeders were. 🪶

A pelican pod at the docks today providing us with entertainment. Some gulls slipped in there, too. #Birds 🪶 📸 Eastern brown pelican: Pelecanus occidentalis

#Bloomscrolling in my yard. 📸 Kramer's Supreme Camellia: Camellia japonica 'Kramer's Supreme'

Bring out your entries for #PhotoFailFriday! #Birds 🪶 This is NOT the picture I was trying to take. Ditto: When the bird has better things to do than stick around for a portrait Bird: “See ya, wouldn’t want to be ya” 📸 House finch: Haemorhous mexicanus

One of my sweet titmice hanging out in our backyard. I love their calls and songs. www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Tufted_Titmouse/sound #Birds🪶 📸 Tufted titmouse: Baeolophus bicolor

Scientists find the Okeefenokee is linked to the Floridan aquifer. What a great find! So glad the titanium mining proposal was killed. But you have to keep eyes open because others are still interested in mining. c: @luxomancer.bsky.social iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

For all the Georgia folks subject to Georgia Power's monopoly... 👀

I'm obsessed w/ my NE Georgia mugs made by a local potter. The 4 water bodies are all places where we splash & play. The first 2 (Burton & Soque) I bought at a local pottery shop. The last 2 (Seed & Rabun) the potter made for me from our pics so they're extra special. The Rabun mug came yesterday. ❤️

Why are all my prescription drugs manufactured in India? And why do they all have violations of FDA regs? One of them recent and serious.

Today the female Downy Woodpecker was enjoying some suet from the feeder hanging on the porch. 🪶 #WoodpeckerWednesday

Dear @propublica.org management, this really sucks to read. I support the guild against the use of AI, as AI is nothing more than a statistical model and inappropriate for investigative journalism.

Hey Interloper! You're on the wrong side of the hummingbird feeder hook for my picture. I know, I know. You don't care. You're too busy basking in the warm afternoon sun on this chilly day. #birds 🪶 📸 Carolina chickadee: Poecile carolinensis

The feral cat made a visit just before the bewitching hour last night. He's a little devil (he's always at my birdbath for a drink of water and scares the birds away). He's also spooky. But it's fun to watch him, the raccoons, & the opossum taking turns getting drinks at the birdbath. #Cats

I love birds so much. Look at this face #birds 🪶

Because bsky can always use more #herps... Like water off a duck's back....errrrr...ummm... I mean frog's back

#Birds 🪶 Anybody feeling seen?

One day it's a 'possum, the next it's a raccoon.

Little 'possum came for some water out of the birdbath.

Male Northern cardinal to male House finch: Go away, peasant! Do NOT approach the feeder while I am here eating. HISSSSS! #Birds 🪶 📸 Northern Cardinal: Cardinalis cardinalis 📸 House finch: Haemorhous mexicanus

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