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Mike Henry

@onlyveesaz.bsky.social

Freelance journalist & award winning bird photog. SE Arizona https://mikehenry-photography.smugmug.com/

created August 6, 2023

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Good guess!

23/9/2025, 9:51:48 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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23/9/2025, 9:29:32 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What raptor do these talons belong to? Answer later… 🪶☀️🌵

Mystery raptor 🤔
23/9/2025, 9:12:12 PM | 59 3 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thanks! We’re so lucky to share space with them!

23/9/2025, 2:51:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thanks!

23/9/2025, 2:16:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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24/7 Harris’s Hawks 🪶☀️🌵

Adult Harris’s Hawk ready for flight
23/9/2025, 12:47:39 PM | 89 6 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thanks!

23/9/2025, 12:24:59 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thx! (this was a pretty easy target)

22/9/2025, 12:23:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Bell 🇨🇦 (@thebirderbob.bsky.social) reposted

Proud to post this link to the article that I wrote in the September issue of @aba.org's Birding magazine - much easier to read than the scanned jpgs I posted earlier. Thank you ABA and @birdizlife.bsky.social! #birds #birding #Lyme #Lymedisease #wellness www.aba.org/birding-and-...

18/9/2025, 7:26:34 PM | 59 13 | View on Bluesky | view

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Monday vibes 🪶☀️🌵 Black-crowned Night Heron

Black-crowned Night Heron perched in a Mesquite tree
22/9/2025, 11:52:44 AM | 187 17 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thanks!

21/9/2025, 4:43:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The last thing a desert cottontail wants to see… Harris’s Hawk 🪶🌵☀️

Adult Harris’s Hawk takes flight
21/9/2025, 12:06:15 PM | 148 14 | View on Bluesky | view

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#Caturday buddies

Milo & Harper
21/9/2025, 1:17:15 AM | 76 4 | View on Bluesky | view

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Squad goals; A quartet of Harris’s Hawks on my commute across Tucson ☀️🪶🌵

Four Harris’s Hawks- juvenile on the left
20/9/2025, 4:13:55 PM | 190 18 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’ll be over here waiting for the Ivory-billed short film.

20/9/2025, 12:53:08 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Good Morning ☀️ 🪶🌵 Red-tailed Hawk portrait

Western Red-tailed Hawk on telephone pole
20/9/2025, 12:48:30 PM | 98 13 | View on Bluesky | view

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Hello, Pippi! 😸

19/9/2025, 9:29:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not to worry! There is a Prairie Falcon in the calendar…

Proof from 2026 calendar
19/9/2025, 5:46:17 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thanks, Steve!

19/9/2025, 5:42:39 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The 2026 Birds of Arizona desktop calendars are shipping today! Stay tuned…

Proof from the 2026 Birds of Arizona desktop calendar.
19/9/2025, 5:24:17 PM | 42 4 | View on Bluesky | view

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Flying into the weekend like… 🪶☀️🌵

Prairie Falcon takes flight
19/9/2025, 1:01:09 PM | 177 25 | View on Bluesky | view

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You spelled awesome wrong. 👏🏻

19/9/2025, 2:07:03 AM | 49 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shawn Thomas Photography (@understudy77.bsky.social) reposted

I wasn’t planning to sell a calendar this year. But I made one, a few folks said they’d want it, and now… it exists. 12 birds. 12 months. $25. Ships pretty much anywhere.

18/9/2025, 9:02:28 PM | 18 5 | View on Bluesky | view

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Congratulations to all of the amazing photographers; the bar continues to be raised. www.audubon.org/magazine/202...

18/9/2025, 1:23:35 PM | 71 12 | View on Bluesky | view

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I love your Grackle photos, Glen. This is fantastic.

17/9/2025, 3:41:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m planning my third annual Tucson birding meetup for Sunday, October 19th, next month. Reply to this post or DM me if you’re interested in a casual stroll through the desert.

The Sonoran Desert at sunrise
17/9/2025, 1:59:06 PM | 125 11 | View on Bluesky | view

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14k likes! woot! #birds

17/9/2025, 12:01:56 AM | 147 13 | View on Bluesky | view

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Spending my day off with Winston.

Winston the tuxedo cat
16/9/2025, 11:58:26 PM | 110 4 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thanks! The male was with her but I couldn’t get him in the image.

16/9/2025, 3:26:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Pyrrhuloxia foraging in the Desert Hackberry 🪶☀️🌵

Female Pyrrhuloxia perched on Hackberry
16/9/2025, 2:43:09 PM | 77 12 | View on Bluesky | view

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Lucky!

15/9/2025, 2:51:32 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Good Morning from the Sonoran Desert 🌵 ☀️🪶 (ID in Alt-text)

Juvenile Costa’s Hummingbird
15/9/2025, 2:38:52 PM | 137 17 | View on Bluesky | view

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Forward facing raptors you say? #birds

14/9/2025, 8:53:18 PM | 146 15 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thanks! The birds weren’t cooperating this morning 😒

14/9/2025, 7:24:44 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Monsoon Morning 🌵⛅️

Early morning in Tucson, Arizona
14/9/2025, 2:41:54 PM | 427 59 | View on Bluesky | view

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Sunday Morning coming down… 🎶

Harper & Milo sharing space
14/9/2025, 12:22:24 PM | 85 3 | View on Bluesky | view

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B-roll Phainopepla 🪶☀️🌵

Juvenile Phainopepla perched on a branch
13/9/2025, 4:12:51 PM | 103 13 | View on Bluesky | view

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When there’s something under the oven but you just can’t. #Caturday

Milo on his back showing his pink beans
13/9/2025, 1:16:36 PM | 62 4 | View on Bluesky | view

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Like seeing a ghost!

13/9/2025, 3:26:46 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Absolutely 😆

12/9/2025, 4:08:25 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Greater Roadrunner has entered the chat. (great shot, Janet!)

Greater Roadrunner closeup
12/9/2025, 2:59:18 PM | 75 7 | View on Bluesky | view

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Happy Gotcha Day to our sweet Harper.

Harper the rescue cat
12/9/2025, 12:43:34 PM | 180 7 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m questioning my biological age.

11/9/2025, 6:53:28 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thanks!

11/9/2025, 6:17:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Throwback Thursday… Green Heron with its prey 🪶☀️🌵

Green Heron with Bullfrog in its bill
11/9/2025, 2:48:33 PM | 80 10 | View on Bluesky | view

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Well-done! 🏆

10/9/2025, 11:25:30 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Full disclosure- Milo & Winston are exotic shorthairs 😸

10/9/2025, 3:56:59 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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*was

10/9/2025, 12:29:13 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“We need to talk about Diabeetus.”

Milo the orange cat
10/9/2025, 12:22:13 AM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Got up for 30 seconds, came back to this.

Winston sitting up like a human
10/9/2025, 12:13:55 AM | 339 32 | View on Bluesky | view

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So great to see this!

9/9/2025, 10:51:25 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yay! Thank you 🙏🏻

9/9/2025, 10:02:30 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If you follow me for the birds, please consider joining the ABA. www.aba.org/membership/#...

9/9/2025, 9:34:53 PM | 53 6 | View on Bluesky | view

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Right? 😆

9/9/2025, 9:00:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thanks!

9/9/2025, 5:22:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Good morning 🌙 🌵🪶🦉 Great Horned Owl at first light 1/80, f/6.3, ISO 1000

Great Horned Owl perched at first light
9/9/2025, 2:23:16 PM | 217 32 | View on Bluesky | view

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Stepping into the week like… 🌵☀️🪶

Great Egret high above the desert floor
8/9/2025, 12:31:43 PM | 131 20 | View on Bluesky | view

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Jurassic Park 2025 🦖 🪶☀️🌵

Greater Roadrunner stalks its prey
7/9/2025, 3:30:09 PM | 250 42 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yes! So is his bro 😸

Milo the orange cat
7/9/2025, 2:14:31 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Winston checking in for #Caturday

Winston the Exotic Shorthair cat sleeping on my chair.
7/9/2025, 12:53:19 AM | 184 15 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thanks!

6/9/2025, 11:45:42 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not every day but there are a few reliable raptor locations on my commute. Thanks!

6/9/2025, 2:40:55 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Is he a licensed falconer? 🤔

6/9/2025, 2:36:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I spotted this lovely Harris’s Hawk on my drive to work yesterday morning 🪶☀️🌵

Adult Harris’s Hawk portrait
6/9/2025, 12:03:26 PM | 367 36 | View on Bluesky | view

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😆

6/9/2025, 11:50:09 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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So many fascinating layers to these Sonoran Ground Cuckoos. The iridescent tail feathers are easily seen here too.

Greater Roadrunner perched on a Cholla
5/9/2025, 5:03:03 PM | 5 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yes! I was hoping someone would notice… thx!

5/9/2025, 4:21:24 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Parting shot of this modern day dinosaur with its kill 🪶☀️🌵

Greater Roadrunner with a lizard in its bill
5/9/2025, 12:58:08 PM | 340 37 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thanks! Of course.

5/9/2025, 12:07:34 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷 (@crawlieswithcri.bsky.social) reposted

Imperfect setting + #StickHappens ≠ bad result! I mean, a Steller's as subject helps heaps! #birds #becurious 🪶

photo of a steller's jay perched on a slat of a wooden lattice fence. their back is to the camera. their body is on the camera side of the fence their head on the backside, part of their head and neck are obscured by a wooden slat.
4/9/2025, 4:20:36 PM | 174 18 | View on Bluesky | view

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My favorite #3sDay trifecta from two summers ago. (ID in Alt-text)

4/9/2025, 2:51:50 PM | 59 8 | View on Bluesky | view

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An uncommon Western Cattle Egret; I misidentified this bird in the field… 🪶☀️🌵

Western Cattle Egret in the treetop
4/9/2025, 12:37:10 PM | 136 8 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’ll be there in November… thanks for sharing!

3/9/2025, 6:42:39 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thanks! They’re common in the warmer months but some overwinter here.

3/9/2025, 3:12:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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First-year male Costa’s Hummingbird starting to reveal his purple gorget 🪶☀️🌵

Juvenile Costa’s Hummingbird portrait
3/9/2025, 2:41:30 PM | 265 35 | View on Bluesky | view

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Muppet babies

Momma Caracara feeding her nestlings
2/9/2025, 7:23:52 PM | 5 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thanks, Glen

2/9/2025, 2:28:33 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you Arizona Fish & Game for featuring my Crested Caracara image in their 2025 calendar 🪶☀️🌵

September 2025 calendar Az Fish & Game A pair of Crested Caracaras perched on a Saguaro cactus
2/9/2025, 12:48:30 PM | 237 20 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is amazing.

2/9/2025, 2:32:36 AM | 121 11 | View on Bluesky | view

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Happy September! 🪶☀️🌵

Brown-crested Flycatcher on desktop calendar
1/9/2025, 4:52:30 PM | 80 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Of course!

1/9/2025, 4:39:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robot Impurity Photography (@robotimpurity.bsky.social) reposted

So how will I cause trouble for myself on my latest random waypoint adventure into the desert? Find out on my new video: youtu.be/mStfvuOH9Yk #youtube #ironwoodforest #nationalmonument #travel #adventure

31/8/2025, 5:06:31 PM | 9 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thx! Yes, SE Arizona

1/9/2025, 1:07:56 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Mexican flag
1/9/2025, 12:49:26 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Quite a handsome raptor

31/8/2025, 10:34:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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August rewind ⏪

Young Acorn Woodpecker peeks out of a Sycamore tree Harris’s Hawk portrait Greater Roadrunner perched in a Mesquite tree Western Red-tailed Hawk atop a Saguaro with a snake in its talons
31/8/2025, 10:07:08 PM | 198 31 | View on Bluesky | view

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Definitely room for improvement

31/8/2025, 7:01:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Awesome!

31/8/2025, 3:22:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thanks! (here’s a better look)

Sept issue of Birding magazine
31/8/2025, 3:05:37 PM | 20 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Good Morning from Saguaro National Park ☀️🌵

Saguaro National Park East
31/8/2025, 3:01:13 PM | 184 25 | View on Bluesky | view

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Putting the yellow-shafted in Northern Flicker! 💛

29/8/2025, 2:56:03 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The September issue of Birding magazine is out now…

Winston presents the September 2025 issue of Birding magazine.
29/8/2025, 12:20:41 PM | 96 7 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Janet Hill (@saskajanet.bsky.social) reposted

A little something to brighten your timeline #bloomscrolling #invertefest 🌸🐝🌸

A bumble bee with orange band around its abdomen is visiting the yellow centre of an outrageously bright pink flower.
28/8/2025, 8:47:39 PM | 489 61 | View on Bluesky | view

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Respectfully disagree- the facial streaks are a good field mark for juvie Gray Hawks.

28/8/2025, 5:10:30 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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*Context

Napoleon Dynamite quote
28/8/2025, 4:09:37 PM | 17 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thanks!

28/8/2025, 2:57:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“I caught you a delicious bass.” 🪶☀️🌵

Greater Roadrunner with lizard
28/8/2025, 2:41:55 PM | 203 28 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thanks, Rob!

28/8/2025, 11:51:57 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Greece is the word.

28/8/2025, 1:30:27 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wendy Miller (@burrowingowl.bsky.social) reposted

No, I am not going to turn the windshield wiper into a carnival ride for them. 🪶

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