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Eric Appelt @appeltel.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Q: Is that the eye above or below the antenna? A: It's both. The Red Milkweed Beetle has adapted in such a way that the antenna bisects its compound eye.

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Eric Appelt @appeltel.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Mine was in experimental physics, so I'm not sure how relevant my experience is, but... I agree with others, skip the introduction for later unless you are feeling inspired, and focus on just getting words on the page. Don't worry if it's no good, keep writing, get that first draft.

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Eric Appelt @appeltel.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Everything is pretty weird in the ocean, so saltwater fish might be kinda clueless But freshwater fish have gotta know that they are weird

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Eric Appelt @appeltel.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Getting back to reposting some older bird photos here. This was the roundest. (Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher) 📷🪶 #birds #addBirder

A blue-gray gnatcatcher that appears quite round.

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Eric Appelt @appeltel.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

The Great Blue Heron - North America's most graceful and elegant water bird. #birds 🪶📷

Great Blue Heron with raised crest and tongue sticking out

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Eric Appelt @appeltel.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

As common as Chickadees are around here, I rarely get a half decent photo of them. It's a bit easier on a rainy day with softer lighting. #birds

Carolina Chickadee, photo taken at Edwin Warner Park, TN on a rainy day

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Eric Appelt @appeltel.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

One more woodpecker for today

Red-Bellied Woodpecker at Randor Lake State Park, TN

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Eric Appelt @appeltel.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Don't see many Yellow-Bellied Sapsuckers, but today is good woodpecker day.

Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker at Radnor Lake State Park, TN

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Eric Appelt @appeltel.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Don't do that! You will miss out on learning how ravioli can help you containerize your quantum data lake at scale!

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Eric Appelt @appeltel.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Sure, I would be happy to give your post an interaction, but first could I please scan your badge?

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Eric Appelt @appeltel.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

I think the same is true of any photography - I try to keep my bird photos "natural" but I'm really just matching the post-processing of my own brain. What the color of an object would really look like out of a spaceship window would depend a bit on the choice of interior lighting on the ship.

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Eric Appelt @appeltel.bsky.social · 19/06/2024

Indigo Bunting Edwin Warner Park, TN #birds

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Eric Appelt @appeltel.bsky.social · 19/06/2024

Juvenile Eastern Phoebe Edwin Warner Park, TN #birds

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Eric Appelt @appeltel.bsky.social · 12/03/2024

Brittlestems by the Blue Ridge Parkway

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Eric Appelt @appeltel.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

I took some pictures of birds again, it's been almost 2 years, good to get back to it. Great Blue Heron on the beach at Gulf Shores, AL

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Eric Appelt @appeltel.bsky.social · 08/10/2023

Still have nothing to say, but posting feels fun again. I've seen a lot of Green Herons in my feed, which is a good thing, so here is another one.

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Eric Appelt @appeltel.bsky.social · 07/10/2023

I've got a dog like that, Abby is some sort of Beagle Rottweiler hybrid with German Pointer mixed in. One of the hungriest creatures that ever walked the Earth, but a good dog nonetheless.

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Eric Appelt @appeltel.bsky.social · 07/10/2023

I don't have much to say right now, but I'm excited about this app catching on, so I'm gonna post one of my old bird pics every few days. Here's an Indigo Bunting

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