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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social

Everything is bad but birds are good so time to reinstitute BIRD PROTOCOL where a bird is deployed to offset endless evil vibes, please enjoy, birds are good, okay bye (photo by me)

Portrait-oriented photo featuring a wooden post with a rusted hanger hook jutting out of it, and standing atop the post, triumphant and at least slightly indignant, is a plump little bluebird. The bluebird is a male, and we see the electric blue of his head, but the predominant part facing us is the coppery-orange and pale white front. He is standing amidst little pink-and-red tree blossoms, but I like to imagine these are instead the extracted organs of his enemies. So let's just pretend this bluebird stands vengefully astride a scattering of viscera -- gobbets of gore taken as a prize from his unnatural and invasive foes. I'm sorry I've really made this a gross photo. It's actually quite nice. Kind of a dreamy vibe to it, what with the wall of yellow forsythia blurring in the background, and here I am adding drippy bits and internal organs. I'm sorry. I'll do better next time. Probably. Photo by me, Chuck Wendig
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Marion Friedl @mari-19.bsky.social

The bluebird has about the same colours as our European kingfisher, one of our most colourful birds, here a googled photo:

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Marion Friedl @mari-19.bsky.social

One of the few US bird species that even I as German can recognize thanks to my Birds & Blooms newsletter: Bluebird. Cute photo. 😍😍😍

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TayTay 🦊 🧱 @sketchfox7.bsky.social

#iykyk

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flogjam.bsky.social @flogjam.bsky.social

Pair of Great Tits on that ! (Branch) 😀🤔

apr 14, 2025, 11:11 pm • 20 1 • view
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Mike Bawden @mikebawden.bsky.social

Quite

apr 14, 2025, 9:42 pm • 3 0 • view
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Kate @georgiasmum.bsky.social

We saw one the day before yesterday. I think that means luck, right?

apr 15, 2025, 2:16 pm • 2 0 • view
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dregsfrolics @dregsfrolics.bsky.social

What kind of bird is that? I have a Christmas tree ornament my late Mom gave me and that looks exactly like it! I just thought it was a fictional bird, but apparently I was mistaken.

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askbee.bsky.social @askbee.bsky.social

Eastern Blue Bird! Very real!

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dregsfrolics @dregsfrolics.bsky.social

Thank you! I learned something today, living in the far west.

apr 15, 2025, 6:44 am • 1 0 • view
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nebagamonkai.bsky.social @nebagamonkai.bsky.social

The alt text of the picture mentions that it is a male bluebird. A quick search (I was also curious) shows it's specifically the eastern bluebird, which is the state bird of both New York and Missouri. By the by, the alt text on the original picture is SPECTACULAR and well worth the read.

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SkyHouseCats @gvngrn.bsky.social

Thank you, I needed that.

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Walter Scott @valleyboy77.bsky.social

Goldfinch 🙂

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wonky @wonkywanders.bsky.social

Heron

Blue heron in the swamp
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wanders lonely as a cloud @kmspero.bsky.social

Much appreciated. Beautiful picture.

apr 14, 2025, 9:25 pm • 1 0 • view
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RoosiR @roosir.bsky.social

couldn't agree more...what a beauty!

apr 15, 2025, 6:32 am • 0 0 • view
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debrierley.bsky.social @debrierley.bsky.social

Except they’re threatened by climate change and we’re all doing stuff-all-of-nothing-much to save them and us, so for now thanks for and to the birds

apr 14, 2025, 9:52 pm • 0 0 • view
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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social

They've got you sucked in. 🙃 Never forget, these are living dinosaurs.

apr 15, 2025, 3:37 am • 2 0 • view
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Lori Hyrup @lorihyrup.bsky.social

To offset my humor, here's my bird, Hapi. She knows she's a dinosaur.

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apr 15, 2025, 4:16 am • 2 0 • view
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Kent⚛️Steine @kentsteine.bsky.social

... Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree, If mankind perished utterly; And Spring herself when she woke at dawn Would scarcely know that we were gone.

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tw88dled88.bsky.social @tw88dled88.bsky.social

if the banker from New York, will bomb the arms and legs off of children in Palestine, ...you are not being realistic if you think that birdies, or hippy dippy good vibes will stop them. #WarCrimesInGaza #DefundThePolice #WhoControlsTheMedia

apr 15, 2025, 12:40 am • 1 1 • view
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Anne McFarland @annemcfarlandfdr77.bsky.social

How did you know to say exactly what I needed to hear? :)

apr 15, 2025, 12:20 am • 2 1 • view
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Russian Riverkeeper @rriverkeeper.bsky.social

Really loving the bird vibe Chuck!

apr 15, 2025, 1:01 am • 1 0 • view
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Sally Bourliakas @sallybourliakas.bsky.social

My cat Pearl agrees and goes further There should be more Bird videos not just photos…

Blue eyed rag doll close up Blue eyed ragdoll cat looking to right Fluffy ragdoll sits with her little white mitted paws in a wood at sunset eyes huge like puss in boots and whiskers mustachios big big white mane Ooh alert! She’s seen something whiskers forward Eyes fixed ears pricked leans forward and to right as sits on. log in a wood with her lead straining
apr 14, 2025, 4:11 pm • 4 0 • view
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SammyTheCat @sammythecat.bsky.social

Thank you! 🐦 Bluebird of happiness. An Eastern Bluebird, a bird I’ve never seen. Western Bluebirds and Mountain Bluebirds are other such pretty birds of happiness ❤️

apr 14, 2025, 8:36 pm • 4 0 • view
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Swati Avasthi @swatiavasthi.bsky.social

Thanks! I was wondering the kind!

apr 14, 2025, 8:39 pm • 2 0 • view
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Schsky @schennchenn.bsky.social

Saw a great blue heron at the park today

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Katie Alcock @wontsomeonethi2.bsky.social

Love herons! They look like statues of themselves.

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MLSupple @suppleml67.bsky.social

Oooh, nice one.

apr 14, 2025, 5:10 pm • 1 0 • view
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bookish-girlie2115.bsky.social @bookish-girlie2115.bsky.social

Thank you, I really needed this today. Everything is becoming too much.

apr 14, 2025, 7:42 pm • 1 0 • view
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Olivia Finch @oliviafinch.bsky.social

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GummyRobot @gummyrobot.bsky.social

Nice picture!

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SG Hendricks @sghendricks.bsky.social

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sanityrules.bsky.social @sanityrules.bsky.social

Imagine being alive in America before the demand for feathers in ladies hats in the 1920’s and we eradicated countless bird species for the sake of fashion!

apr 14, 2025, 5:08 pm • 1 0 • view
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L. Scott Lane @carltone.bsky.social

You have obviously never encountered a Canada goose.

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ShawnRW 🇨🇦 #NeverVoteConservative @srwhitelegg.bsky.social

A recent immigrant to Canada, talking to someone after his encounter with a Canada goose, not knowing what it's proper name was, called it a 'Cobra Chicken'.

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goldenrulegirl.bsky.social @goldenrulegirl.bsky.social

Humans don’t deserve to be here, BIRDS DO 💯

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Blue Laura @bluelaura.bsky.social

Bared Owl in backyard. Lousy photo sorry. 🦉

Blurry image bared owl
apr 14, 2025, 7:54 pm • 15 0 • view
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Melanie B. B. @isthisthemiddle.bsky.social

Nice. I love hearing owls occasionally at night here in NC.💙

apr 14, 2025, 10:20 pm • 1 0 • view
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Kati @ktmomma3.bsky.social

Saw today on telephone poll!

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social

Oooh, a very good bird* *Ok, they're all very good

apr 14, 2025, 2:55 pm • 13 0 • view
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biggreenbirds.bsky.social @biggreenbirds.bsky.social

I like birds better than most people 🦉🦆🦅

apr 15, 2025, 4:44 pm • 1 0 • view
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Adventure Flyer @adventflyer.bsky.social

Love the bird protocol. Thanks.

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hopeforbella.bsky.social @hopeforbella.bsky.social

Birds are good. Thank you for your amazing bird photos. They are appreciated and needed.

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inputnotaccepted.bsky.social @inputnotaccepted.bsky.social

Thank you Chuck!

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patrickz.bsky.social @patrickz.bsky.social

After many years and duck photos this modest gadwall is still one of my faves

A gadwall duck moving across a still, glassy pond, its front side darkened by shadow.
apr 14, 2025, 5:17 pm • 5 0 • view
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PaSandy @pasandy.bsky.social

Funny you should show this, but for the first time in a life of bird feeding, I have Bluebirds at my feeder, for the suet. I was going to end it and put out the hummer feeder, but they’re still there! I’ll add a hook.

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arbecca.bsky.social @arbecca.bsky.social

Such a pretty little thing.

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TJL @elln-m.bsky.social

Thanks I need that!

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Dagnabitalltoheck (she/her) @dagnabitalltoheck.bsky.social

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emoraccoon.bsky.social @emoraccoon.bsky.social

Had to follow you because of your name. Dagnabit!

apr 14, 2025, 7:25 pm • 2 0 • view
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Dagnabitalltoheck (she/her) @dagnabitalltoheck.bsky.social

Had to follow you back Emo racoon! This handle came about because, as unusual as my real name is, I was trying to set up an an account and every variation was taken. Impulsively typed this in because I annoyed and bam!😂

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fauxrrari1.bsky.social @fauxrrari1.bsky.social

Imbeciles. Couldn’t see this in 2015????

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Antony DiBruno @antony-db.bsky.social

Thanks I needed that !

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Lanita Daffern-Gepford @livefreeliberty.bsky.social

Hubby & I watch an egret on nearby pond--which I am painting versions of-- and just sold an older painting, plus print. Am wild about egrets, herons.... Dad and I "saved" a freezing blue heron from a frzn marsh, as a teen, b4 realizing ab his beak--I "unfroze" him (in a big box)wood stove.

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TF? 😼💙🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇵🇸🇬🇱🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mind-ur-business.bsky.social

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digsjazzalot @digsjazzalot.bsky.social

Cedar Waxwing.

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TF? 😼💙🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇵🇸🇬🇱🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mind-ur-business.bsky.social

Yup! 😍😍😍 I love them

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digsjazzalot @digsjazzalot.bsky.social

They can be a little wacky! When they feed or bath as a group, have you seen that?

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TF? 😼💙🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇵🇸🇬🇱🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mind-ur-business.bsky.social

Yes! I also love Stellar’s Jay. I have several that I feed at my house. Wanted to draw in the crows but the Stellar’s took over. Which is fine. They have blue eyebrows and they are rascals! ! 😍😍

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digsjazzalot @digsjazzalot.bsky.social

These are spectacular. You probably know they’re cousins with crows, corvidae, so they’re great problem solvers. We have the California scrub jay and they’re rascals - and are sometimes really bad bullies. They used to bully our blind cat for his kibble!

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TF? 😼💙🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇵🇸🇬🇱🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mind-ur-business.bsky.social

Right! I think most corvids are bullies. Maybe they get board and do that to pass the time!!

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Call Me Mimi @callmemimi.bsky.social

Beautiful! My favorite! 🥰

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crazybirdguy.bsky.social @crazybirdguy.bsky.social

Absolute stunner of a bird. Seeing my first one was a magical experience

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TF? 😼💙🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇵🇸🇬🇱🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mind-ur-business.bsky.social

Their feathers look like they are plastic! I get so excited when I see them!

apr 15, 2025, 7:03 pm • 1 0 • view
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Blue American 💙🇨🇦🆘 @blueamerican65.bsky.social

Not my picture, but I just wanted to join in

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bampies.bsky.social @bampies.bsky.social

Truth

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Denimeyer @denimeyer.bsky.social

Yes, birds are very good. But that does not excuse us from taking any action to counter the actions of the terrorist and his gang in the White House. We must fight with all the tools we have.

apr 14, 2025, 8:34 pm • 0 0 • view
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BlueBirdie @theaberdie.bsky.social

"Everything bad, birds good," will stay with me. Thank you!

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bearbearsuvie.bsky.social @bearbearsuvie.bsky.social

BeauTifuL!!!!

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Rebel with Lots of Causes @tymsink.bsky.social

At least the symbol can still stand strong.

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Maggie @maggieennui.bsky.social

Thank you.

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sodarkmark @sodarkmark.bsky.social

What a very patriotic plumage!

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spicydragonfli.bsky.social @spicydragonfli.bsky.social

👍🏻💝🦜

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Secondsoprano 🏳️‍🌈 @second22soprano.bsky.social

Kookaburra on a balcony overlooking Sydney Harbour bridge and Opera House.
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Joyce Park @troutgirl.bsky.social

Is this the famous kookaburra? I did not know they lived in the city!

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Secondsoprano 🏳️‍🌈 @second22soprano.bsky.social

It’s unusual to see them this close to the centre of the city, but not impossible!

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Gwenda @tigerwatch.bsky.social

Very bold bird. Has adapted well to suburbia and will accept handouts or nick food off your BBQ.

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krru.bsky.social @krru.bsky.social

Thanks, pretty birdie!

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stepheevee.bsky.social @stepheevee.bsky.social

Here is one of my hummingbirds

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lluke4.bsky.social @lluke4.bsky.social

Your hummingbird photo is way better then mine ❤️

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stepheevee.bsky.social @stepheevee.bsky.social

Aww 🥰 thanks! it was just luck… usually my pics are blurry but I think this one worked because it was so bright out

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Patricia @patriciaspencer.bsky.social @patriciaspencer.bsky.social

What a little cutie 🙏🕊️

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cabinetstories.bsky.social @cabinetstories.bsky.social

On the whole American birds are so much more colourful and showoffy than British birds

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catinmo.bsky.social @catinmo.bsky.social

I agree completely. Enjoying the songs in the early am!

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The Great and Terrible NecroMage @necromage.bsky.social

Pro Dinosaur propaganda.

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Deb @denise52.bsky.social

Our birds at the feeders give me a sense of peace - it really does offset the negativity out there.

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Eddie Esielionis @hippymama.bsky.social

Chuck, he is adorable and beautiful. I like birds too.

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George Yolland @georgeyolland.bsky.social

#PutABirdOnIt

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GemmaGem @tippytaff.bsky.social

Someone told me about the Merlin app. This bird was identified by listening to the song! Several ways to identify, photo, song, description, & keeps track of your list of sightings! Fun!

Merlin app for birding
apr 15, 2025, 12:53 am • 18 0 • view
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MauraP☘️ @msmaura.bsky.social

So true. I love my visiting birds.

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teridf.bsky.social @teridf.bsky.social

What type of bird, please?

apr 14, 2025, 3:59 pm • 3 0 • view
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Robyne @bubbbles.bsky.social

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Shelly/Buddy/Ollie @shellyb27.bsky.social

I love these little grumpy guys 😂😂

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Susan @cobonics.bsky.social

Lovely.

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Molly McKay @msmollyomolly.bsky.social

Can I get a bird protocol any time I wish just by clicking my heels together?

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Ellen Friedman @ellen-friedman.bsky.social

Thank you

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velvetundergrd.bsky.social @velvetundergrd.bsky.social

I see your bird and raise you a ...bug

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Adorne Sibley @adornesibley.bsky.social

Raise! One bug ...err... Party...

Entirely too many harlequin beetles getting their freak on. They are stacked maybe three deep in this pile, and many have spilled off and are clinging to the edge of the wall. Don't worry, there were more piles just off camera. They are on top of a concrete wall beside a Belladonna lily, out of focus, which is flowering and gorgeous and deadly. The petals are hot pink and daintly curled, and their stems are fleshy and purple. The beetles are banded orange and black with some white spots down the middle of their back. You can't see it, but underneath their bellies are a brilliant mix of greens and blues and turquoise.
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pamela1988.bsky.social @pamela1988.bsky.social

Wonderful photos, all of them!

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Mary Cahalane @mcahalane.bsky.social

Saw a bald eagle this morning!

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SallyRCbra @srpassesiton.bsky.social

Thank you Thankyou! I need an intensive 6 weeks of this.

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I, Vermectius @ivermectius.bsky.social

To be fair, he looks a little blue

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olive the mushrooms @olivethemushrooms.bsky.social

I put a feeder right outside my favorite window for this reason

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Valley Girl @dianaporter.bsky.social

Handsome little guy. I feel shielded now. Thank you.

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Jeff, My Dad Shot Nazis @yellowbeard59.bsky.social

Guess from out of left field, indigo bunting?

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Margaret Morneau @mmorneau.bsky.social

Summer Tanager. Photo by me. Only third recorded time in Placer Co.

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yug0w0lf.bsky.social @yug0w0lf.bsky.social

Cassowarys. Cassowarys are proof not all birds are good.

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spiritofshiloh.bsky.social @spiritofshiloh.bsky.social

Love birds❤️Back in the day… 1970’s & on, I rehabed birds from hummers to raptors & had a starling that actually talked but had a slight speech impediment.Wish thete were cell phones back in the day to record these awesome creatures❤️

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ceileensikes.bsky.social @ceileensikes.bsky.social

Birds ARE good. Love seeing them.

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wiseolddog.bsky.social @wiseolddog.bsky.social

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tcaras.bsky.social @tcaras.bsky.social

Thank you 🐦

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Naomi Wildman @naomiwildman.bsky.social

What beautiful colors!

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tkerx.bsky.social @tkerx.bsky.social

It was a rushed phone pic but I was so excited to see this black crowned night heron last weekend Austin

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tkerx.bsky.social @tkerx.bsky.social

Yellow crowned***

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tkerx.bsky.social @tkerx.bsky.social

I bet ya $10 that bluebird lives in either that fence post or one nearby.

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Sandy B 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 @samm1955.bsky.social

Yes so chill

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Indi @indi11.bsky.social

I can feel my heart rate coming down... 💙

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✨𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚒 🎀 @nanami.codes

Please educate yourself. Birds aren't real. They're government drones

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Stacy at the Bosco @stacyatthebosco.bsky.social

I love these friends. And they are singing up a fabulous chorus out there in my New England spring.

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@iamashleystearns @iamashleystearns.bsky.social

Sorry, no. Not yet in Massachusetts. We've had the odd 65-70 degree day here and there, but it's mostly been a nice November here lately. Even my field pansies are struggling. 😡

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Stacy at the Bosco @stacyatthebosco.bsky.social

Ruh roh! I should narrow it down. I am in CT. We have had some very spring days lately, but others have been cold and drizzly — even a little snow. Even so, our local birds are sounding mighty festive.

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@iamashleystearns @iamashleystearns.bsky.social

Lovely. I *so* can't wait!

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EFF EVERYONE! @madorangeking.bsky.social

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The Institute for Bird Populations @instbirdpop.bsky.social

🪶Steller's Jay. This bird was banded in Yosemite National Park in May of 2021 by IBP biologist Lauren Helton. It had mud and grass in its mouth suggesting it was in the process of building a nest. (All birds handed by certified banders under appropriate federal and state permits.)

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Melanie B. B. @isthisthemiddle.bsky.social

Beauty.💙

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Lord Vermire 🦇🐮 The Indie Vtuber with 4 OC's @lordvermire.bsky.social

Thank you for the Mr. Bird

apr 15, 2025, 1:34 am • 0 0 • view
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J.D. Buffington @jdbuffington.com

Birds are proof you can overcome anything: dinosaurs nearly wiped out by a meteor, massive, persistent climate change, scarcity, end up controlling all biomes and can fly over mountains. The bad stuff will persist. Let’s be terrible lizards. We can become birds.

apr 14, 2025, 3:27 pm • 4 0 • view
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namaste201.bsky.social @namaste201.bsky.social

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🦋BJblueinTX🦋 @bjhsattx.bsky.social

youtu.be/wiuUipqWUfU

apr 14, 2025, 4:08 pm • 2 0 • view
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lynnieltd.bsky.social @lynnieltd.bsky.social

Species please?

apr 14, 2025, 5:19 pm • 1 0 • view
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Їryna Buczkowski🇺🇦🇺🇸 @irynabuczkowski.bsky.social

Live video from a stork’s nest in Poltava region of Ukraine www.youtube.com/live/u5XWXjX...

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ohmette.bsky.social @ohmette.bsky.social

Im lucky with bluebirds. Get a couple every day at the feeder. They love oil soaked rolled oats.

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Lauren🥀 💙 🌞🦋🕊️ @flyby9.bsky.social

🥰Beautiful and great news to feel the good vibes!🎉 💞🌞🦋🕊️

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LittleOldGramma 😻 @sgilley02.bsky.social

Mountain Blue Bird. They are beautiful!

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Darlene H 🇨🇦 @darlovesbirds.bsky.social

Birds are very good. OK bye. (Photo by me)

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TylerTalks2U @tylertalks2u.bsky.social

Woodpeckers are cool. That bird looks like one. I am not a bird expert. God made many cool birds.

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Darlene H 🇨🇦 @darlovesbirds.bsky.social

It is! It's called a Red-bellied Woodpecker 🙂

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PenelopeY @penelopeyc.bsky.social

My first hummingbird visitor this year! So excited!

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Michael @michaelmcdaniel.bsky.social

Birds are better than us.

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Helen @prairieisle.bsky.social

I like your way of thinking. And a lovely photo! Birds are good

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More Anon @bolddemocracy1776.bsky.social

Are they real?

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Suz @suz999.bsky.social

Great photo!

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Boppereeny @boppereeny.bsky.social

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Caroline @crk10.bsky.social

Agreed!!!!! Love watching birds and spoil them rotten in my little backyard in Baltimore 💙.

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D3irdr3 @d3irdr3.bsky.social

Been recording them on my Meelin Bird ID.

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D3irdr3 @d3irdr3.bsky.social

*Merlin

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Melanie B. B. @isthisthemiddle.bsky.social

Love that Merlin!

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giantsigh.bsky.social @giantsigh.bsky.social

It's a wonderful birding app!

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chefannnolan.bsky.social @chefannnolan.bsky.social

That is such a beautiful picture! Thanks for sharing that little nugget!

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nickmartinofficial.bsky.social @nickmartinofficial.bsky.social

B u r d .

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patriark @patriark.bsky.social

*except sea gulls, who are very bad and should not be counted among the birds

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Shade n' Lines @shade-n-lines.bsky.social

Though I'm not "bird people", I like this idea...it's an interesting one, Chuck.

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The Raven @anonbutnotabot.bsky.social

Just had my first nesting Bluebird pair in the house I put up 3 years ago.

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garnetscarlett.bsky.social @garnetscarlett.bsky.social

Love bluebirds!!!

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libby99.bsky.social @libby99.bsky.social

So pretty!

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Jerome van Passel @fotomatiz.es

My cat agrees with you.

apr 15, 2025, 12:50 pm • 1 0 • view
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Bruno @brunyx11.bsky.social

I don't know if I should laught or cry now. 🥲

apr 15, 2025, 6:18 pm • 0 0 • view
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theandysine @breakbeatpunk.com

Awesome.

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☆Antwoman☆ @antwoman2.bsky.social

Beautiful shot!!

apr 14, 2025, 4:11 pm • 1 0 • view
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Miss Murder @heauxstface.bsky.social

May i submit my little bestie for your birding pleasure?

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Douglas Lambert @douglaslambert.com

If you are interested in birds from Brazil, this is the perfect account to follow: @avesbrasil.bsky.social

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Observitor @observitor.bsky.social

Good birdy

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Janice Blake @janiceblake.bsky.social

So true. Time to go our for our morning walk and listen to the bird song. And for those of you who walk around with ear buds b/c you're talking on the phone or listening to podcasts: DON'T!

apr 14, 2025, 3:19 pm • 4 0 • view
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gourmetadventures.bsky.social @gourmetadventures.bsky.social

A personal favourite

A green-wing Macaw parrot sits on a garden fence. With red head and upper body, distinctive white face with read feather line, her wings and tail display beautiful green and aqua to darker blue colouring.
apr 14, 2025, 6:03 pm • 17 1 • view
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Lauren🥀 💙 🌞🦋🕊️ @flyby9.bsky.social

😍🎊 Vibrant and beautiful! 🥰 💞🌞🦋🕊️

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mary margaret @marymargaret45.bsky.social

the subject of feral cats is not mentioned often. A house in my neighborhood offers shelter and food to them. They, in turn, are devastating the bird and bunny population. Apologies to cat lovers, condolences to bird and rabbit lovers.

apr 14, 2025, 4:12 pm • 2 0 • view
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Gullible Seagull 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🍟🐦 @gull.scot

This is why I became a bird.

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ChuckPaone @cpaone.bsky.social

But Canada geese? Not so much, right?

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The Jorp (he/they) @thejorp.bsky.social

If only they were real 😪

apr 14, 2025, 2:56 pm • 4 0 • view
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kellydemuth.bsky.social @kellydemuth.bsky.social

Yes

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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social

they sing for democracy

apr 14, 2025, 10:40 pm • 1 0 • view
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Annie Golden @anniesgolden.bsky.social

The epic Alt Text made my day. What a triumphant little bluebird!

apr 14, 2025, 2:59 pm • 8 0 • view
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Cal Lynn Turner @notoriousclt.bsky.social

Bird lovers unite

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Michele @colbionekanobi.bsky.social

I was just outside and a pileated woodpecker flew and landed on a nearby tree that had quite a hole pecked into it. Yes, Birds are good!

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Amy S✌️💙 @saintsophia.bsky.social

You are right, and thank you very much. 😊

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🔆Taina55 @yvetaina.bsky.social

I love birds. They are awesome creatures 💙🐦‍⬛🦢🪿🐣🐦🦅🦜🪿

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everydaysmonday.bsky.social @everydaysmonday.bsky.social

Gorgeous little blue !!!

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DPK @lakeoftranquility.bsky.social

Eastern Rosella with bonus Tasmanian autumn 🍂 colours

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Lauren🥀 💙 🌞🦋🕊️ @flyby9.bsky.social

😍So beautiful a feast for one's eyes!🥰🎉🎊 💞🌞🦋🕊️

apr 15, 2025, 7:35 am • 3 0 • view
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sl0thb34r.bsky.social @sl0thb34r.bsky.social

Great photo! Gorgeous bird❤️

apr 15, 2025, 6:20 am • 1 0 • view
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sober2002.bsky.social @sober2002.bsky.social

Beautiful

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Melanie B. B. @isthisthemiddle.bsky.social

WOW! So lovely.

apr 14, 2025, 10:48 pm • 12 1 • view
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Julian Cribb @juliancribb.bsky.social

Rainbow lorikeets

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sl0thb34r.bsky.social @sl0thb34r.bsky.social

Stunning❤️❤️❤️

apr 15, 2025, 6:20 am • 1 0 • view
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Melanie B. B. @isthisthemiddle.bsky.social

Wowser! 🙂

apr 15, 2025, 3:47 am • 4 0 • view
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Christine @comtnmama.bsky.social

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CatLieb @cat-lieb.bsky.social

This Osprey is letting me and my dogs know that they are nesting and in full Murder Mode.

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Becsneaux @beccaboo73.bsky.social

honk honk
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Costa Rica Kid @zymplex.bsky.social

Blue crowned Motmot

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Pops Place @scottplace.bsky.social

Carolina Chickadee.

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tina 🖤 @ticcytachy.bsky.social

WE HAD ONE OVER THE WINTER DOWN IN SOUTH FLORIDA. They usually don’t go further south than Orlando and we are at least a three hour drive from Orlando. It was a sight to see! We also have a similar looking loggerhead shrike that hangs out.

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zlajoie.bsky.social @zlajoie.bsky.social

This little guy is Henry. He would stop by often for fresh meal worms.

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Jon Deakin @k15jed.bsky.social

Tits are my favourite!

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Rebecca @ljak07.bsky.social

They certainly are. What a beautiful bird & wonderful picture. I've recently managed to lure a neighborhood family of crows to my yard for treats. I haven't been able to get a great picture. At first it was only the smaller one that came, now one of the bigger birds comes with. They are so cute.

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Wallaby @wallabanjo.bsky.social

New neighbor - hope they stay.

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ShawnRW 🇨🇦 #NeverVoteConservative @srwhitelegg.bsky.social

He thinks he's hiding. They aren't that smart.😁

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Wallaby @wallabanjo.bsky.social

He was after the roadkill on the road I was heading home on. With fields on one side and wooded lots on the other ... there is plenty of roadkill happening there. See Turkey Vultures along this stretch al the time, but first time with a bald eagle.

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Phoebs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺❤️ @phoebecat.bsky.social

….and that is a particularly good bird 😍

apr 14, 2025, 3:13 pm • 4 0 • view
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mickiet84.bsky.social @mickiet84.bsky.social

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Hayden @slappybadger.bsky.social

I offer you another bird to keep the good vibes going.

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Graymalkin @graymalkin6666.bsky.social

wow!

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Oregonian nature girl @nativeorgirl.bsky.social

Birds are the best!💙

apr 14, 2025, 3:10 pm • 4 0 • view
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Jules B @julesbeez5.bsky.social

And blue birds are the best!

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SuzanneLieb4 🟦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🔯✌🏻 @suzannelieb4.bsky.social

Birds are GREAT✌🏻

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SuzanneLieb4 🟦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🔯✌🏻 @suzannelieb4.bsky.social

🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

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hachimaki85m.bsky.social @hachimaki85m.bsky.social

Here have another bird in return. (photo by me)

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C@ Wilson @copycat21c.bsky.social

With Cyclone Alfred came a bunch of kookaburras and currawongs that i started feeding. They’re still here. Last count 7 hackies; 3 curras. The music they make is blissfully distracting.

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LizB @elizab1776.bsky.social

Birdenergy🦜🦚🦉🐦

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Ahmad Childress @ahmadchildress.bsky.social

We're keeping our feeder stocked for the duration of BIRD PROTOCOL.

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Sean @pocketsnacks.bsky.social

What bird is that? Such cool colors!

apr 14, 2025, 2:56 pm • 3 0 • view
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Emma Goldman @emmagoldman.bsky.social

The alt text will give you the ID and so much more!

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Sean @pocketsnacks.bsky.social

Whoa! So much more info! Thanks!

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Z @tlzxoxo.bsky.social

We saw 3 blue birds on our “escape-from-the-horror-that-is-reality-hike”, yesterday.

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Elizabeth Sofia 💙🐈🐶🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 @skippjon1.bsky.social

This bird!!!

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Murphs Law @murphslaw.bsky.social

Love those birds. Photo below by me. There were six on the railing but I only got three in the photo.

Three Bluebirds on the railing.
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Mark Mitchell @trusttheroad-24.bsky.social

Bird Protocol engaged! #osprey #easternbluebird #barredowl #redwingblackbird Join the cause!

Osprey staring at photographer, it's head slightly tilted as if forming a question Eastern Bluebird on edge of bird bath Head shot closeup of Barred Owl Female Red-wing Blackbird perched in thin twigs at end of leafless branches
apr 14, 2025, 5:42 pm • 9 0 • view
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Converse @lousywords.com

The birds are alright!

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Melissa... just me @melissanemeth29.bsky.social

My squirrels like to steal from my birds. The bluejay is an asshole anyway.

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discodog6.bsky.social @discodog6.bsky.social

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BlueBird @bluebird-chick.bsky.social

Yes!!!

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Heather @umbramortiz.bsky.social

From a group chat with my coworkers, our conversations go down strange paths!

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me

The mildly ominous hook gives the whole thing Fabritius vibes

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◗B ◍ Hexed◖ @hexalm.bsky.social

Good think it's not a shrike

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J.J. Hitt @jjhitt.bsky.social

I'm more afraid of an angry bluebird (there is no other kind) than the hook. I write this after a carolina wren just landed on my toe, scream at me with air-raid siren volume, and fly off in less than a full second. Territorial little birds can be real butts.

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social

Thank you for making me Google Fabritius! Now I have lovely other stuff to look at!

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La tiaThia @latiathia.bsky.social

Really nice blurry forsythia is a great touch .

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Drac Black @dracblack.bsky.social

I love birds & as I got older I especially love big birds- hawks,vultures,raptors,owls.love seeing them high in the sky

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Tobie @tobieonice.bsky.social

Great plan!

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BiBi @24bibi.bsky.social

#Nature continues to be amazing‼️🤩💚💚💚 #FloraAndFauna

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T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social

The only "good" photo ended up being its backside, but we got visited by our first-ever purple finch yesterday 🐦

Blurry photo of a purple finch, facing toward the camera, perched on a green bird feeder Blurry photo of a purple finch, facing away from the camera toward the left, perched on the right side of a green bird feeder High-quality photo of the backside of a purple finch, facing away from the camera, perched on the left side of a green bird feeder
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social

!! — we get them here but only ever hear them and not see them. Nicely done!

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Cow BWZ 4793 @cowbwz4793.bsky.social

What a beautiful view of wing & tail feathers❤️

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anniegolden.bsky.social @anniegolden.bsky.social

I mostly watch birds in my back yard and find they transport me to a calmer place where MAGA cannot intrude.

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DarrkJames @darrkjames.bsky.social

If it wasn’t for my birds i’d be going crazy‼️😳💥🔥💥🔥

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KlassyLassie @klassylassie.bsky.social

I like birds...

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Solitudinis @esolitudinis.bsky.social

After pruning a perfect shaded bench was set up for hummingbirds.

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Sharon @smd55.bsky.social

Beautiful bird.

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mel-o-d.bsky.social @mel-o-d.bsky.social

Mountain bluebird? Beautiful whatever it is. Thx

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italianvln 🇺🇲😺🎻🗽🇺🇦 ⚖🦉🐦🎭🩰 @italianvln.bsky.social

They are precious and they keep me somewhat sane.

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