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Agree, I am very fortunate. 😊

Yes, thankfully for us, Karl does get around. 🙏🏼

Yes! The Snowy Egret's signature (in my mind, anyway) is the black bill and bright yellow feet (the Great Egret is the reverse, yellow bill and black feet).

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Thanks, Mary. I saw his live feed yesterday and it doesn't look good.

Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 9h

Alcatraz and Golden Gate Bridge this afternoon with lovely fog entering the San Francisco Bay to hopefully bring some relief from the heat (which hasn't been that bad where I am, but is extreme in other locations.) Taken from Emeryville, California. 📸 #fog #eck

The Golden Gate Bridge towers above white fog. Alcatraz Island is in front of the bridge and the Marin Headlands are to the right. Sky and water are blue.

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Snowy Egret strutting the brown carpet. It’s a #BirdSupermodel! #BirdOfTheDay #birds 🌿

A gorgeous white egret walks on mud with one yellow foot held up like it’s wearing golden slippers.

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betsy cooley @betsycooley.bsky.social · 7h

She's undoubtedly right, I probably did have it coming! ⭐️✨⭐️

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betsy cooley @betsycooley.bsky.social · 7h

Thanks, Regina. It was sort of unusual.

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betsy cooley @betsycooley.bsky.social · 10h

I was really surprised the first time one of my calicos had their fur shaved and I realized their skin was the same color as their fur.

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betsy cooley @betsycooley.bsky.social · 11h

I had never heard of him until a couple of years ago when there was a documentary about him. He certainly was popular!

betsy cooley @betsycooley.bsky.social · 12h

That occurred to me also and is a potential bright spot on the horizon.

betsy cooley @betsycooley.bsky.social · 12h

It is startling to see. I'm not usually up that early let alone outside, so I don't see it that often.

Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 17h

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Juvenile Cooper's Hawk (2016) 🪶

Streaky brown on creamy white hawk with long tail sitting on wooden porch

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 16h

As promised to @falsemisfortune.bsky.social, fairly translucent gular pouch. Look at how chill those fish are in there! Just having their own little party. Wonder what happens to them next! 🪶

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betsy cooley @betsycooley.bsky.social · 13h

Fabulous catch, Brett. Hope you're recovering well.

betsy cooley @betsycooley.bsky.social · 13h

Fuzzy sunrise shot this morning of Russian Hill high-rises lighting up. Look closely: Coit Tower can be seen in front of 2nd building from the right. The high-rise is 1/2 mile behind it, but they line up so in daylight it is hard to see Tower from this perspective in East Bay. Emeryville, CA 📸 #eck

Dusty pink sky and blue water. Sunrise is lighting up the windows of buildings in San Francisco including the high-rise residential buildings on Russian Hill. They are a little over 1/2 mile behind Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill. The building second from the right is a similar color to the Tower and lines up right behind it so usually Coit Tower can not be seen in daylight rom my location in Emeryville, CA, which is in the East Bay. I first saw it when walking to my car in the garage this morning and the hill looked like a red ball of fire. By the time I got outside, there was some red left but it was mostly gold light flashing from many windows.

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So very sorry for your loss. 💔

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I'm good and the gurls are good, thanks for asking. Hope you're doing well, Happy.

Great sunset and beautiful image! Always love seeing the Marina Green. It was such a big part of my life for many years.

It was really long and definitely looked like someone had used a paint brush and then when they finished, they went back with another brush and did all the little gray swirlie things on top. A little weird.

Several days ago, a long streak of rose and lavender clouds with swirls of gray along the top edge after sunset above the Port of Oakland. Taken from Emeryville, California. 📸 #sunset #nature #eck

Gold, orange, pink and lavender streaks across sky with curved areas curling off the upper edge.

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Yes it is, very tiny and nice! 🥰

I enjoy seeing them play, also! Thanks.

I really loved it when I saw it, so I pulled over in the car to get and take the photo. There was mist dripping out of some of the clouds, but not reaching ground. The pic didn't really capture it, but still another beautiful gift from Mother Nature. Thanks, Regina!

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I love Mendocino, what a wonderful place to live. I lived in San Francisco and Belvedere before moving over to the East Bay. All lovely spots!

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The colors were pretty together.

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#SkySunday Blue sky and fluffy white clouds over the Oakland Hills this morning. Taken from Emeryville, California. 📸 #sky #clouds #nature #eck

Fluffy white clouds and blue sky with the tops of several trees on lower edge of image.

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Sun rays shining through the clouds after sunset in July. Mt. Tamalpais and Marin County across San Francisco Bay from Emeryville, California. 📸 #sunset #nature #eck

Lavender and blue clouds after sunset with sun rays over Mt. Tamalpais. Water is sapphire blue.

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They do seem to have life of their own. 😻