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We have an exciting #InverteFest announcement! We're going to create an #InverteFest artist/writer collaboration anthology! Artists and writers will be paired together to create collaborated pieces which we'll collect into an anthology. All are welcome. Apply here: forms.gle/6zHzs7P8kzGF...
Oh I was def also VERY confused the first time I saw one!
I love this quote "Twitter started to suck and all the cool people were moving to Bluesky." arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Molting Black-capped Chickadee looking rough, but still squeedorable! #birds πͺΆ #becurious
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my wife somehow made something even better than all the other stuff she has made, once again
Song Sparrow giving the stink-eye to the funny looking intruder with the camera. L'Etete, #NewBrunswick, Canada July 2025 πΈ #birds #SOSP #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
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They're just so fuzzy!!
Beautiful 1860s Victorian butterfly, which was used to store small packets of sewing needles on the underside of the wings. This was a collaboration between a London-based drapers company and a sewing needle manufacturer. On exhibit at Tatter Blue, a Brooklyn textile museum. IG tatterbluelibrary
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A butterfly rested while fluttering around red flowers. #InverteFest
Lovely Emerald Moth Species stopped by during #invertefest
A couple of fat Monarch caterpillars and a Male butterfly. #MonarchRanch #PlantMilkweed
amazing how much heat cats want
The Petunias that roared... #flowers #photography π·
I will keep reposting when these studies come out because the GPT fuckers haven't seen dementia up close like I have and I need you to fucking understand You need to give a shit. Your apathy NOW will rob you of everything later.
local squirrel friend
Pretty sure this catfish did not enjoy his flight this morning. πͺΆ
Oak Treehopper watching over her eggs. These insects don't harm the oak tree, they just leave some twig scars. If you happen to find babies, the mom will typically be there protecting them. (Platycotis vittata) PA #InverteFest
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Bold jumper stepped up today for #invertefest greeting me on the porch when I got home. Unofficial mascot of the garden.
Pollen dipping in three parts. Maybe a Halictus Bee on Bindweed #InverteFest
Ugh
OOF!
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Those few seconds he was out in the open!
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She makes it so easy!
Amazing shot!
Thatβs not whoβs supposed to be at the end of the tunnel!
Lovely Gadwall - shot number 50,000 for the year to date. #Nikon #photography #birds #ukwildlife #ukbirding #wildlife #nature
After 6 straight songs by The Eagles, theyβre now blasting Simon and Garfunkel and sitting out on the lawn. This is what legalizing recreational cannabis does to a party-centric campus lol
More #Caturday pics!
Eastern Kingbirds at Horicon Marsh. They were both enjoying the bugs over a fresh bit of thick duckweed. The adult is shown perched on a rusty pole in the water resting between feeding passes. I think the second pic is a juvenile, learning the ropes with it's parent. It's perched on a reed #birds
California Ground Squirrel looking quite elegant in their gray collar and speckled overcoat! #mammals #becurious π¦
A river otter family on a sandy beach 𧡠#mammals #otters
For when you feel like lighting $65,000 on fire.
Final stretch on this Lepidopteran addition to my "Art of Transition" series. Will we finish this before my exhibition in September? Trying my darndest! π #SciArt #bugsky π¨
Shameless #caturday post of Fish Biscuit
Velora has a lot to say πΈπ» #Caturday #Cats #CatsOfBluesky
happi #caturday
I gotta start photographing my outfits more again.
Relaxed cat with close up of toe beans #CatsOfBluesky renewing my #ProofOfCat
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Bill Cipher doodle for a cool kid!
Stunning!
There are many features not photographed here. A boardwalk out into the marsh, hiking trails all about the loop and outside of the small auto tour loop are thousands of acres to explore and a visitor center. A national treasure and I feel fortunate to live close enough for day trips there. π
Lake lake time π€π» #Lincoln #dogsofbluesky
You have just 3 weeks to object to the Roadless rule rollback. Link to USDA public comments here:
saw a frog this morning
Busy!
Just in case there aren't enough photos of this lovely bird here's my Wryneck photo. Just happened to be walking past Turf Lock, didn't know it was still here - so not really twitching is it? First I've ever photographed so happy it stayed on and behaved so well. #DevonBirds #LowCarbonBirding
Daily #1782 - Negative Armor Cat
A close up of Niko for Caturday. He turns 5 next month! π #CatsOfBlueSky #Caturday
Don't talk to me or my son ever again.
Itβs not just because Iβve ADHD that I love shiny things. Itβs also because of being raised in the Plain-dressing world meant that anything shiny was showy & therefore not humble nor godly. My favorite shiny things are lights - and the holiday season fills my heart. #BlueskyArtShow #Shiny
what if we... kissed in the cat tree?
They change so dramatically!
#Caturday In a box August 30th but hot like July πΈ πΆ πΊ
Very dramatic when fully formed lol
Happy #Caturday from Luine who is the ONLY one at The Albatross that is mad the Excessive Heat Warning finally ended. #CatsOfBluesky #becurious
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Awwww I love baby robins!! Don't get them in my new yard.
Exhibit A for "Why I call juvie Spotted Towhees 'Frankenbirds'"π #birds #becurious πͺΆ
Agreed!
20% off all prints, puzzles, mugs, totes, and other products on my Pixels site, now through September 1 at midnight Eastern U.S. time. laurel-gale.pixels.com #birds #wallart #wildlife π·
There's a 2nd one that has like 3 eyebrow feathers in
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Quote post your spherical borbs! Yellow-rumped Warbler πͺΆ
The Toucan Barbet is such a great bird. Found in the Western Andes of Colombia and Ecuador, I shot this at DoΓ±a Dora #Colombia #birds #nature
red-headed woodpecker! theoretically not uncommon in SE michigan, but maybe the third i've seen in five years
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My first time seeing a hammerhead worm. Their mucus contains a tetrodotoxin π± Southeast Texas, August 30, 2025 #Invasive #Photography #Invertebrates #TexasStateParks
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Oh I put out 3 rounds lol
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they're so dang cute!
Whooo boy do they! I get Kingfisher Wars here around this time every year as the kiddos vie for territory!
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It's priceless!
Turtles basking ... π’πΏ
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A giggle of turtles ....
Happy #Caturday
#Ento Peeps! Has anyone written an article on these (like a casual article) OR - can anyone write a 500 - 1000 word article for my newspaper? *cough* @alexwild.bsky.social *cough*
