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Guy Albertelli @albertel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

#GBBOBAKEALONG Week 2, cooking a homemade version of a mass market cookie no one ever makes they just buy. But hey only 1 pound of sugar this week. Also the signature bake on #GBBO this week was "American Cookies" which was the weirdest thing to hear. blog.albertelli.com/posts/gbbo-b...

17 shortbread cookie bases topped with a multi colored piped icing stars of a variety of shapes and sizes.

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Guy Albertelli @albertel.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Trail cam caught a black bear wandering around the cabin. I had cleared these paths for us to get around the property, but looks like others are also enjoying them. #bear

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Guy Albertelli @albertel.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

These lovely little visitors are apparently "Elegant Sphinx" moths After coming to my light trap, they hung out on the balcony with me as I had breakfast and then flew off into the woods. I hope they enjoyed their morning as much as I did with them. #teammoth #california

Close up of the head and forelegs of the Elegant moth, the black very furry legs and the thickly covered head with bright white stripes on both sides and a dark center line. It's on a rough wooden surface

A pair of Elegant sphinx moths, one relaxed the other prepping for flight on a wooden table.

An Elegant Sphinx moth, wings extended on a open human hand prepared for flight.

Top down view of the whole of a sphinx moth, it's black legs, white antenna, and black and white striped wings rest on a wooden surface.

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Guy Albertelli @albertel.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

This spectacular moth is likely a Montana Six-plume moth, this variant on the plume moth is one I've been hoping to find for a while now. I just love the feather-like wings it has! Size wise this is around 0.3 in/1 cm wide, such a tiny fuzzy creature #teammoth #california

A macro photo of a tiny moth where the wings are feather like plumes, 12 on a side with various brow and white stripes, the center body is a good size brown with 5 thin stripes along the abdomen and two very thin antenna.

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Guy Albertelli @albertel.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Caught this bumblebee nestled deep in a California poppy. #bees #california

A bumblebee with a very yellow head and some large people. Saca on its legs is fully inside the bright orange cup of a California poppy not fully open. Various leaves and stems of the poppies fill the rest of the frame.

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Guy Albertelli @albertel.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

First time seeing this moth, the Ornate Tiger Moth, such a good name for this beautiful moth. #teammoth

On a wooden board a brightly striped moth with patches of black bordered in yellow and separated by lines of light or bright orange and a yellow furry head with three black stripe an a cap of bright orange.

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Guy Albertelli @albertel.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Some future day I will be wearing this sweater vest and tie combo when #woodworking I'm sure it will go great! #knitting

Cover of a book called hand knits for men which shows two men doing something with a tool for the 60s (router? Grinder?) one is wearing a long sleeve brick red cabled sweater the other is wearing a bright white shirt and brown satin tie under a green tan a brown plaid sweater vest. Behind them is a wall of hand tools like tin snips and a saw

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Guy Albertelli @albertel.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Trying out making spoons, using bandsaw, drawknife, spokeshave and a hook knife. Woods are (from left to right) cedar, bubinga, live oak. #woodworking

Three wooden spoons sitting on a black glass surface.

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Guy Albertelli @albertel.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Here it is in the bathroom it will live

A wooden cabinet in a bathroom, white tile floor with the occasional black tile, wooden door, white wainscoting and a pedestal sink are visible around it

A wooden cabinet in a bathroom, white tile floor with the occasional black tile, a wooden door, green walls, white wainscoting and a pedestal sink are visible around it

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Guy Albertelli @albertel.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Found this American Lappet moth trying its best dead leaf impression on a wire, sorry I wasn't fooled :-) #teammoth

On a bradies metal wire is a brown leafy looking moth all huddled in trying to be unnoticeable.

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Guy Albertelli @albertel.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Cabinet is complete. I'm overjoyed at the overall look of this and the slats details just make smile every time I see it.

Cherry and wenge wood mission style cabinet. Sitting in front of a workbench in a rather messy workshop.

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Guy Albertelli @albertel.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

First plume moth I've seen at my light trap! The feathery edges to the wings are just so neat. #teammoth

A moth with very reduced wings that are basically just a line off of each side of the body with a smattering of patterns and colors standing on some dusty plastic with some black thing in the background. You can see the feathery edges on the wings and the spikes that decorate its leg joints.

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Guy Albertelli @albertel.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Yeah it's amazing how much the color changes with a finish. Using "Tried & True" which is a linseed oil & beeswax finish

Two sides of a cabinet mid construction one having finish applied and one not resulting in a display of the very different colors of wood the rich cherry color coming out rather that the very pale color of the raw freshly sanded wood. They lean again a drill press and table saw on a sawdust strewn cement floor.

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Guy Albertelli @albertel.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Gotten to the point that all the parts exist and it can be dry assembled, this bathroom linen cabinet is really coming together nicely. #woodworking

A shallow cabinet made of cherry wood with doors and sides made out of slats of wenge in a garage assembled but not finished.

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Guy Albertelli @albertel.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

The delicate bleeding plumes of a heron buffeting in the wind or bad hair day? #birb #california

A heron standing on one foot on a wooden hand rail feather blowing in the wind. Behind is rusted barb wires and the blue of the bay water

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Guy Albertelli @albertel.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Pretty fierce gangs of White Crowned Sparrows out here in the Baylands. #birb #california

$ white crowned sparrows, 3 female, 1 male, sitting on 3 strands of barbed wire, a small amount of a bush visible in in the bottomed right corner. The male on the top wire looks at the camera, 2 females on the middle and bottom wire look to be grooming and facing away from the camera and the final female on the bottom wire on the left is looking over their shoulder at the camera.

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Guy Albertelli @albertel.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Front facing Great Egrets always look silly but the slight cock to the neck adds a whole new flavor of silly. #birb #california

A Great Egret (large white heron like bird) is directly facing and looks straight at the camera with it's neck leaning to it's right in a field of mostly brown vegetation with a few bits of green.

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Guy Albertelli @albertel.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Common godwit with a very muddy beak just hanging out in a field of grass like they always do... Probably asking the geese in the field "which way to the shore?" #birb #california

Common godwit (heavy bodied bird with a thin straight long beak) standing in a grassy field.

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Guy Albertelli @albertel.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

I like how pelicans leap and run on the surface of the water to get going, they are so effortless once up but getting up out of the water is so much effort. Apparently the red by the neck is a specific color morph of the breeding plumage of this subspecies of brown pelicans. #birb #california

A brown pelican leaps into the air, its feet pushing on the water and leaving a splash behind, it's wings are spread out as are the feathers at the tips, an immature gull sits by idly.

Color wise the head is yellowish and then red at the neck

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Guy Albertelli @albertel.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Most birds look different when they look right at you, some look angry, some weird. But the common loon has to have the silliest look I've ever seen. #birb #california

A common loon sits in a body of water, its head is turned to face the camera and your looking straight down its beak, it's face is very puffy (I assume due to subcutaneous fat) which gives it a very silly look.

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Guy Albertelli @albertel.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

4 Great Blue Herons in a row! It's uncommon for me to see more than one at a time, seeing this group all in a line, feathers blown about by the wind was a real joy. #birb #california

In a brown wetlands, slight waves in the water in the lower left four great blue herons stand in the center of the photo in a line across the center equidistant apart. The three in the right partially hidden by the vegetation.

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Guy Albertelli @albertel.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Western gull hanging out at some tides pools while the tide is out. I really like the contrast in colors. #birb #california #solstice

A Western gull (white and grey with an orange beak) stands on a rock in a field of green vegetation covered rocks (algae of some kind I assume) with some water (pacific ocean) in the foreground.

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Guy Albertelli @albertel.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

I take a lot of photos, but sometimes... I really get one that just makes me so very pleased with the result. Plus this time it's a good looking Burrowing Owl just hanging out. #birb #california

Full body shot from the 3/4 rear of a burrowing owl, it's looking at the camera as the sun light falls on the side of it's face, one foot can be seen peeking out. It's surrounded but rocks covered in a variety of colorful lichens.

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Guy Albertelli @albertel.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

I just like how aggressive of a stance these little birds can have #birb #california

A white crowned sparrow faces the camera but has it's head turned to the right. It's got a lovely brown white cap of feathers and very orange feets as it stands on some lichen covered rocks. A faint hint of green vegetation can be seen in the background to the upper right of the shot.

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Guy Albertelli @albertel.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Got to see a few "Orthosia mys" last night. First time spotting this species and got a nice shot of the scales on the wing when I convinced this one to take off in the morning. #teammoth #california

A reddish-browm moth with hints of blue along the fore wing edge and a few dark spots in the middle of the fore wing. It is posed on top of some pine.

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Guy Albertelli @albertel.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Got this while watching a crow harass a poor innocent red tailed hawk that was just hanging out #birb #california

Two birds in flight, on the left a crow with claws outstretched trying to grab the Red Tailed hawk on the right as it casually floats on the air.

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Guy Albertelli @albertel.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

This hummingbird was a great photo subject. Sat still on this branch and kept occasionally moving its head to let the sunlight interact with it's feathers in different ways to show off the iridescence in them. #birb #california

Anna's hummingbird on a branch with a very pink iridescent head and white and black chest feathers, and such tiny cute feets.

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Guy Albertelli @albertel.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Coordinated running takeoff of some coots #birb #california

Three coots running on top of water with fully extended wings

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Guy Albertelli @albertel.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Was a huge Pseudohemihyalea edwardsii #moth party at the light trap, had at least 80 come by. Got a nice shot of this one and its pink abdomen. #teammoth

A yellow brown moth with translucent wings a very fuzzy thorax and a bright pink abdomen atop some wood slats.

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Guy Albertelli @albertel.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Spotted my first Biston sinuaria #moth this weekend, came to my light trap and hung around all morning #teammoth #california

A white moth with grey and black line decorating it's wings and a hefty fur coat around the head, it's resting on a piece of wood.

A low angle shot of the same moth from it's front show it's face, you can make out more legs and the the tall fuzzy protuberance off the back of the thorax.

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Guy Albertelli @albertel.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Black Phoebe looking very content and well fed. #borb #california

A small black and grey bird standing on a rock in water, who is very round.

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Guy Albertelli @albertel.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Black Phoebe getting some snacks from the pond. #birb #california

Black Phoebe above some water, it mid flight trying to grab little fishes from the water and so looks like it's floating with the beak open and the tips of its beak in the water and the wings pointed back and up as it hovers. A reflection of the bird can be seen in the water below though distorted by waves.

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Guy Albertelli @albertel.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Identifying this moth (Edward's Glassywing) meant I got to learn about Henry Edwards the first "actor-entomolgist" whom I've ever heard of. He seems to have been really quite effective at these seemingly disparate jobs. And it's really pretty. #moth #california

It's a moth holding on to the rim of a clear plastic container. The moth's face and legs dominate the foreground. Its antennae can be seen tucked under its wings. The eye is large and black.
The legs are mostly pale with some red color.to.some segments and black stripes. In the background is some grey cloth and a large white rectangle.

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Guy Albertelli @albertel.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Baby #hippo snuggles up with a parent. We got to watch them just relaxing together for a while. #hippopotamus #tanzania

A very small baby hippo with mottled grey and pink skin lies sleepily stop the nose/mouth of the head of what is likely a parent. Baby to the right and adult on the left. They are both in a water at the edge of lake and some mud and grasses are at the bottom of the photo.

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Guy Albertelli @albertel.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

The fully extended landing gear on waterfowl always makes me smile. (Spotted Shag) #birb #newzealand

Spotted Shag coming for a landing on a cliff wall. Wings are fully stretched to the sides and curled back. Feet are also fully flared to the side.

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Guy Albertelli @albertel.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

NZ Tomtit is basically the definition of #borb so round so tiny. #newzealand

Tiny round black and white birb perched on a branch, long thin green leaves in the background

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Guy Albertelli @albertel.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Hiking in #newzealand means seeing #sheep and as it's lambing season, that means there are ridiculously adorable #lambs all about, like, just look at this cutie!