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Andy Coxon

@andycoxon.bsky.social
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Birdwatcher usually with a camera. Nature Lover, Cat Lover. All images my own and taken with Panasonic G9 and Panasonic 100-300 lens or digiscoped with Swarovski ATS 80 HD and iPhone 15 (or earlier with iPhone 11) except obviously reposts. No DM’s.

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Andy Coxon @andycoxon.bsky.social · 21h
Eastern Bluebird at Marshlands Conservancy near Rye NY from my archive. #Birdoftheday #Blue #Birds
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Andy Coxon @andycoxon.bsky.social · 21h
Northern Carmine Bee eater in the Gambia from my archive. #Birdoftheday #Blue #Birds
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Christina Evans @christinae.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
An American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) male, the smallest and certainly one of the most beautiful North American falcons is #BirdoftheDay for the theme #Raptors. #birds #Florida #KissimmeePrairie
A dark, dramatically-lit vertical frame featuring a male American Kestrel, facing forward right with head and small beak turned back to the left. His bright orange feet are perched one over the other atop a thin branch with a few green leaves and one red leaf on it. A beautiful small falcon, he has slaty blue on the head with some accents of russet, a dark brown eye and bold vertical streaks of black coming down from his eye and behind it. His breast is light, with some rust color, and his belly has small dark spots scattered on it. You can see some under tail bands. The light is coming from the right and the background is quite dark olive green. Though small, he looks intent and fierce as any other raptor would as he looks for prey.
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simmcewen.bsky.social @simmcewen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Red-breasted sapsucker #Black&Red #BirdOfTheDay #wildlife #NaturePhotography
A color photograph of a red-breasted sapsucker clinging to the side of a Japanese maple tree trunk. The leaves in the background are just starting to change color.
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swandiveswim.bsky.social @swandiveswim.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#Birds Alan H has chosen #Black&Red, any bird with Black & Red in its plumage for today's #BOTD theme. The smallest of our woodpeckers, the Downy Woodpecker. This male is hunting for larvae in a Common Mullein stalk.
A  black & white bird with a small red patch on the back of its head, clings to a dried flower stalk. The sun catches its head, shining on the bird's brown eye. The background is a blur of dark & olive greens.
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Andy Coxon @andycoxon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Red-headed Woodpecker Marshlands Conservancy near Rye NY from my archive. #Birdoftheday #Black&Red #Birds
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Dave Meredith @davemeredith.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestBeaks with the alternative theme #YellowElements. A male Evening Grosbeak covers both themes. #BrucePeninsula #BruceCounty #ECK #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #TenMinutesFromHome #BackyardPhotography #VintageLens #ManualFocus
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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What a devoted lovely brother he is. 🐈😻🐱🥰 "Big brother duties never take a day off" - @pumpkinandthebiscuitcrew #cats #devotion #love #siblings
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Aintright @aintright.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Gary the Grey Wagtail #BirdOfTheDay #YellowElements #birdphotography #ECK #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky
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Morgan St. James @jessica-33095.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Today was my first confirmed sighting of a Golden Eagle here at Raven's Nest. I see many of them in the Appalachians of Virginia. I saw and photographed a Golden Eagle taking down a deer once. This is an immature bird with an approximately 7ft wingspan. Among Golden Eagles females are the >>>>
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Mani Isna La 🇨🇺 🇵🇸 🇬🇱🕊️ 🪶 #IndigenousLivesMatter @maniisnala.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Demand Mexico ban the possession, sale, and export of shark fins to protect these vital ocean predators and end the cruel practice of finning. action.eko.org/a/mexico-ban...
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PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A long-billed curlew for the #BestBeaks theme of #BirdOfTheDay 📍Monterey Bay, California #birds #nature #photography #ECK
Closeup of a long-billed curlew holding a sand crab in its beak in the surf of the Pacific Ocean. The bird has a relatively small head and very long curved beak. Out of focus surf is shown in the background.
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Andy Coxon @andycoxon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Great image.
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Mark Simmonds @markbirdingpinoso.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I saw this beautiful young female Common Kestrel on my local steppe yesterday. She was perching on the thin branches of Almond trees looking for grasshoppers. #birds #birdphotography #birding #naturephotography #Alicante
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 02/10/2026
We're taking the Trump admin. to court to stop it from allowing endangered species to be killed. In September, FWS director, Brian Nesvik, issued a directive attempting to strip imperiled wildlife of protections from activities that can harm or kill them. In the #ESA, this is known as "take."
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Brian Smith @briansmith-photos.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026
#BirdoftheDay is #BestoftheMonth, and going with the Least Bittern, another shot from while it was patiently fishing and letting me watch. #Birds #eck 🪶
A small, streaked brown and buff Least Bittern, stands on a reed stalk at the water's edge, its reflection visible in the green water.
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Lover of the wild world @shaneyoda82.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@atlanticbirding.bsky.social has chosen today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme which is: #Black&White; any shot in black and white 🪶 🖤⚪️🖤⚪️🖤⚪️🖤 🪶 Here is a Long-eared Owl photographed in the UK. My favourite British bird 🦉 #SuperbOwl #birds #UKbirds #WildlifePhotography @rspb.bsky.social
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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Well… The FC and I have just had a bit of a moment. 🥹🧡 After all the writing, photos, checking and pawing over every little detail… MY BOOK IS ACTUALLY LIVE ON AMAZON! 🐈📚 Just George: The Autopawography of a Station Cat 📚 amzn.eu/d/0dpaMVO7
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Andy Coxon @andycoxon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Greenshank at Leighton Moss England. Digiscoped video. I was going to post this yesterday for #birdofthemonth but didn’t get round to it but it will fit today. These were numerous in September. #birdoftheday #blackandwhite #birds
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Mark Levine @marklevinephotos.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#BirdOfTheDay | #Black&White | #BlackandWhiteWarbler Shot in color, this photo required the least amount of B&W conversion. #birdphotography #birdsofnewyork #centralpark
A black and white Black-and-white Warbler is perched on a black and white tree trunk.
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Pops @pops131.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
how much is that doggy in the window. 🐶😂
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Andy Coxon @andycoxon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Young Tawny Owls in Suffolk in spring this year. #Birdoftheday #Owl #Birds
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Eloise Powers @elnopower.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
- The red-and-yellow barbet (Trachyphonus erythrocephalus) is a species of African barbet found in eastern Africa. - Photo courtesy of Anthony Goldman‎, Tanzania
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JBC @johnbcaddell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
a #macaw for #BirdOfTheDay theme of #BokehBirds
a closeup profile of a Scarlet Macaw in front of a green sea of bokeh
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Andy Coxon @andycoxon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#BokehBirds
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Andy Coxon @andycoxon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Red-breasted Nuthatch #Birdoftheday #Bokeh #Birds
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Eloise Powers @elnopower.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Eastern Red-rumped Swallow. The eastern red-rumped swallow (Cecropis daurica) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family Hirundinidae. It is found in open, often hilly, areas with clearings and cultivation across eastern and southeastern Asia to north-eastern India and Taiwan. 📸: @e_an.bye
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Eloise Powers @elnopower.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Burrowing Owl. Small, long-legged owl of open grassy habitats. Appears brown at a distance with irregular white spotting. Yellow eyes. Typically found on the ground or perched on low fence posts or rocks. 📸: @irshan_ck
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Diane Traenkle 💙✊🏾🌈 @dtrenk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
iPhone photo of a Common Murre on a beach in Northern California. It is a deep diver, known to dive as far as over 500 feet for food. It lives in the North Atlantic and North Pacific, breeds on rocky cliffs. #Seabirds #BirdOfTheDay
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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#tdih 1962, "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson published, exposed impact of pesticides on environment. Carson was vilified: called a Communist, disloyal, unscientific, and hysterical. Sound familiar? Attacks on truth tellers, with media complicity. See⬇️🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/si...
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Sept. 27, 1962: Silent Spring Published
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson was published.
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Christopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is our extraordinary 🌎 Why are we destroying the oceans ? Killing whales? Warming and polluting oceans? #ClimateCrisis #Metacrisis #WarOnNature
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Bill Stedman @steddybirds.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I just learned from @socalleslie.bsky.social that today is the last day of Sea Otter Awareness Week. Sorry I missed it! But here is a photo of a mom and pup I took in July while on a cruise in Glacier Bay National Park. #seaotters #alaska #otters #ECK #WCK
A mother sea otter floats on her back, swimming right to left, while holding her rather large pup on her belly. She appears to looking up at the camera. The bright blue water is caused by the glacial activity in Glacier Bay, Alaska.
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Andy Coxon @andycoxon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Digiscoped video of 2 Common Murre having a chat taken at South Stack Anglesey. #Birdoftheday #Seabirds #Birds
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Andy Coxon @andycoxon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A really beautiful image.
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iolanthe @iolantherosa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#BirdOfTheDay theme is #Pairs. Here's a lovely twosome of Great Flamingos in the #Camargue #Provence #France 🪶
A pair of pink flamingos, seen from the side facing opposite directions. The large one in the back is facing right and the feathers. on its back are ruffling in the breeze. The one in the foreground is smaller, facing left. They are really lovely.
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Andy Coxon @andycoxon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Little Bee-eater pair in the Gambia. My favourite personal bird photo. #Birdoftheday #Pairs #Birds
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Mark Levine @marklevinephotos.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#BirdOfTheDay | #Pairs | #LeastTern Courtship on the beach. Nothing says "I love you" like a dead fish.
A boy meets a girl on the beach, presents her a fish, and the rest is history. During mating, male Least Terns present little fish to their mates. In this case, just a few seconds later, she drops it in the sand, then retrieves it.
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PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A Clark’s grebe (left) and western grebe (right) in courtship for the #Pairs theme of #BirdOfTheDay Okay, they’re not the same species, but they think they are, so I hope this fits the theme well enough. Differences between spp in alt text. #birds #nature #photography #ECK
Four panels of images showing 2 grebes swimming next to each other and making identical movements with their heads. The one on the left is a Clark’s grebe, the eye is surrounded by white and its bill is orange. The one on the right is a western grebe, the eye is surrounded by black and it has a straw colored bill. In California and Oregon 3.5% of these birds hybridize.
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Mark Simmonds @markbirdingpinoso.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My #birdoftheday #borbs has to be this stunning Western Black-eared Wheatear taken in the spring near Pinoso. #birds #birdphotography
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Andy Coxon @andycoxon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Video of Brown Shrike at Flamborough from my archive. #Birdoftheday #Brown #Birds
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Andy Coxon @andycoxon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Great images. I presume it has gone now?
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tigerheron.bsky.social @tigerheron.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Some Caspian terns spotted near Fort Stevens, for #BirdOfTheDay theme #RedHeads - due to their beaks! #birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #pnw #OregonCoast
A Caspian tern with black top of head, reddish orange beak, white body, and grey wings looks toward the camera while another tern looks to the left in the background, with grey sand in the background.
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Andy Coxon @andycoxon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Eurasian Eagle Owl #Birdoftheday #Birdstare #Birds
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Andy Coxon @andycoxon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Red-Kite #Birdoftheday #Raptors #Birds
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Teach Honest History @cliftographer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Eight Talons of Death" Osprey locked on target! #BirdOfTheDay #Raptor #birds
As osprey is in a steep dive close to the water.  It's legs are fully outstretched in front and the the four talons on each leg are spread wide, ready to grasp a fish.
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Andy Coxon @andycoxon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Digiscoped image of Glaucous Gull #Birdoftheday. Alternative theme #Gull #Birds
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Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A White-breasted Nuthatch with a couple of rain drops on the noggin. You can see the narial feathers that cover the nostrils, protecting the bird from breathing in from dust and debris.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Woman using her hands to remove trash from the mouth of a whale. [📹 globetrottingboes] Repost of @BeyondIntrst: Original post
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