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AC Jenkins

@bioman55.bsky.social

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Retired Zoology/Biology Professor and researcher. Granddad that loves photography, handcrafting, and painting. Unapologetic Democratic Socialist . All photos are mine unless reposted. DO NOT send me DMs in chat.

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AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 20h

Chaumes de Cordeville. Vincent van Gogh. June 1890. #vangogh #art #artist #museedorsay

A pastoral painting by Vincent van Gogh depicts a house nestled in a slight dale, gardens to the left side, and piles of hay in the foreground. A tree lined ridge covers half the background, the rest fields. Above them swirling clouds are contrasted with a deep blue sky.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Orchard weaver spider (Leucauge venusta) hanging on her web. Very common in north Florida, these small delicate spider have lime colored legs with black tarsals, and an abdomen of yellow and green, with spots of deep orange, red and silver . #spider #webspinner #arachnids #foto #photo #wildlife

Orchard weaver spider hanging on her web. Very common in north Florida, these small, delicate spiders have lime colored legs with black tarsals, and an abdomen of yellow and green, with spots of deep orange, red and silver

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Double crested cormorant. #BirdoftheDay #birds #cormorants #aquaticbirds

A cormorant with a yellow bill, orange face and brown feathers is perched on a retention pond wall.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) in predator mode. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #egret #wadingbird

A bright white snowy egret stalking a shallow stream near the shore. The stream is sandy with aquatic grasses stretched out by the current. The Egret has black legs with yellow feet and yellow around the eyes.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

If you hybridized the TV shows "Severance" with "Silo" it would reveal the corporate plan for workers (even everyone else). The Severance employees are innies with Silo outies . Then, AI replaces the innies, mass migration to the Silo...society collapses...profit. Slaves are cheap.

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AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

"Mother and Child by the Sea" Pablo Picasso, 1902 (Blue Period). #art #paintings #picasso #blueperiod #oils #museedeorsay

A painting by Pablo Picasso titled "Mother and Child by the Sea" depicts a shrouded woman holding an infant chest in one hand and an orange petalled flower in the other. She is facing sideways, with a small boat and the sea beyond. The colors are dominated by blues and greens, painted during Picasso's blue period (1902).

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

This building houses Le Bistrot restaurant. Built in the 15th century, it is located in the central part of the city Guingamp, Brittany, France. #photo #photography #oldbuildings #architecture #brittany #guingamp #france #foto

In the center of the picture is a 3 story, wood framed, 15th century building that leans a bit to the right. It is found in the center square of the city Guingamp, located in Brittany France. The bottom floor houses Le Bistrot restaurant.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Me today. #horse #photo #humor

Horse leaning over a stall rail sticking its tongue out

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

The fambly enjoying a grassy repast. Jacksonville, FL. #photography #photo #aves #ornithology #birdphotography #birds #wetlands #nature #wildlife #aquaticbirds #floridabirds #floridawildlife #goose #geese #canadageese

A pair of adult Canada geese with two goslings are feeding on grass at the edge of a parking lot. One parent keeps watch while the others are head down foraging.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Lady in her lace. Orchard orbweaver (Leucauge argyrobapta). These small orb weavers are colorful, delicate and very common in north Florida. #photography #photo #foto #orbweaver #spider #arachnid #nature #wildlife #naturephotography #arthropoda #wildlifephotograpy #florida #floridabugs

This is an orchard orb weaver spider. Shes a small, green bodied spider resting in the hub of her well crafted orb web. She sports bright yellow to reddish spots on her abdomen, just biding time.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Hammer time! Pileated woodpecker(Dryocopus pileatus). #photography #woodpecker #pileatedwoodpecker #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #floridanature #floridawildlife #floridabirds #foto #photos

A black and white pileated woodpecker, sporting a bright red crest on top of its head, clings to the side of an oak tree as it searches for insects to eat.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

OWIE! Wheel Bug (ArIus Cristatus), is a large North American assassin bug. It is a prized garden resident with a voracious appetite for garden pests, but can inflict an extremely painful bite. #insects #wheelbug #assassinbug #arthropods #photography #foto #photo #wildlife #nature

A gray, very large assassin bug hanging onto a screen door. Called a Wheel Bug for the odd, gear-like crest on top of the thorax, it is a voracious predator. Welcomed in gardens because of its appetite for caterpillars, it can deliver an extremely painful bite if irritated. The veiny, shiny, dark brown patch at the end of the abdomen are the visible portion of its large membranous wings. Yup, this beast can fly.

A gray, very large assassin bug hanging onto a screen door. Called a Wheel Bug for the odd, gear-like crest on top of the thorax, it is a voracious predator. Welcomed in gardens because of its appetite for caterpillars, it can deliver an extremely painful bite if irritated. The veiny, shiny, dark brown patch at the end of the abdomen are the visible portion of its large membranous wings. Yup, this beast can fly. In this view, you can see its bright red, venomous proboscis/beak.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

The stare! (look closely)La Vallée des Saints, Bretagne, France. One of the most magical places Ive ever been( and yes, they are on a hilltop) #lavalleedessaints #sculpture #brittanyfrance #artists #stonesculptures #france #art #foto

A meters tall granite statue memorializing a saint from the Brittany region of France, has been erected on the side of a hill. The verdant valley below is dotted with small fields, copses of trees and some resting dairy cows.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Vastness.South rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. #photography #photo #foto #grandcanyon #arizona #desert #canyon #nature #geology #nationalpark #desert

A view of the Grand Canyon looking north from the south rim. Layers of brown rust and the light green of plants drop down from the rim toward the canyon floor (not visible). In the foreground is a rocky ridge appearing from the right side, with junipers and pines dotting its sides.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

On of the several hundred granite sculptures erected to honor past saints of Brittany area. La Vallée des Saints, Bretagne, France. One of the most magical places Ive ever been( and yes, they are on a hilltop) #lavalleedessaints #sculpture #brittanyfrance #artists #stonesculptures #france #art #foto

This is a large, meters tall granite statue that represents a named saint in Brittany's history. Numbering in the hundreds, these sculptures are scattered on a rural hilltop, overlooking a farmed valley below. This one is a bare chested and bearded man, his cloak draped over his right forearm. He also has, what appears to be, a miniature church or cathedral on top of his head. All carved out of regional granite.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

A photo taken with a camera accidentally left on the wrong settings. La chapelle Saint-Gildas was built about 1500, the spire added in 1757. World Heritage site. It is very near the La Vallée des Saints (A MUST SEE!!). Carnoët, Bretagne, France. #france #photo #foto #france #brittanyfrance #brittany

A small, stone 16th century chapel in Brittany France. Built in 1500, the spire was added in 1757. Founded near a spring, blessed by an old Brittany saint, which was believed to bring healing to animals. It is spartan in appearance, small and with low, windowless walls. It is a World Heritage site.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

The fambly. Very wary Mom and Pop are giving me the stinkeye. Jacksonville, FL. #photography #photo #aves #ornithology #birdphotography #birds #wetlands #nature #wildlife #aquaticbirds #floridabirds #floridawildlife #goose #geese #canadageese

A Canada goose gander and his mate keep a watchful eye on me as I photograph them with one of their two goslings.

Two sibling Canada geese goslings are pecking at potential food amoung the mulch next to a sidewalk.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Chasm. South rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. #photography #photo #foto #grandcanyon #arizona #desert #canyon #nature #geologyA

A view from the south rim of the Grand Canyon. It looks down on the Colorado River, deep in the canyon, but includes the rim of the north rim as the horizon. Bands of green (plants) layers are interspersed with rust red and ocher striations.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Deep time. (If you follow the road going off to the left, on the far left you can see a house to give scale). AMonument Valley Navajo Tribal Park. #photo #navajoland #monumentvalley #desert #photography #dawn #desertphotography #geology #navajonation #sunrise #foto #arizona #mesa #monolith

A desert scene from Monument Valley Valley Navajo Tribal Park. A massive mesa rises in the center, with two smaller monoliths flanking it in the distance. The sides are scared by erosion, the debris of which is piled around the base. The desert soil is rusty red, and piled up in small hills in the foreground where a dirt road winds off and disappears to the left.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

The beauty of a twilight orbital alignment. Dusk on Feb. 24, 2023. Gainesville, FL (Top to bottom: Moon, Jupiter and Venus) #photography #photo #foto #astronomy #planets #moon #twilight #skyphotography #naturephotography

The Moon, Jupiter, and Venus (in order from top to bottom) are in alignment in this twilight scene. Loblolly pines are silhouetted on the Bottom and lower sides of the photo. The sky from deep blue to light blue from top to bottom. Faint, thin cirrus clouds give the orbs a slight haze, and some are a faint reddish-orange.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Cloudless sulpur butterfly (Phoebis sennae) on a cobbler pegs flower (Bidens pilosa). #photography #butterfly #butterflies #insects #nature #wildlife #lepidoptera #sulfurbutterfly #naturephotography #flowers #flowerphotography #photo

A small yellow cloudless sulfur butterfly is probing for nectar on a cobbler peg floret. The butterfly is all dull yellow with a few brown spots on the margins of its folded wings, and few large brown splotches interior. The flower has bright white petals, and the floret in the center is bright yellow.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

American white ibis adultA(Eudocimus albus).Can't be sure but the eye looks like its nictitating membrane may be covering it. #photography #photo #ornithology #birdphotography #birds #wetlands #nature #wildlife #wadingbirds #aquaticbirds #floridabirds #ibis #whiteibis

A white wading bird called a white ibis is standing in a shallow marsh surrounded by aquatic plants and grasses. It is pure white except for is orange legs and long curved orange bill and face.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Waiting. Watching. Tricolor heron (Egretta tricolor). Jacksonville, FL. #photography #photo #aves #ornithology #birdphotography #birds #wetlands #nature #wildlife #wadingbirds #aquaticbirds #floridabirds #floridawildlife #heron #tricolorheron #louisiannaheron

A midsize tricolor heron is wading in the shallows of a pond, its shadow reflected in the water. Its head and neck a patches of teal color blue-green, mauve colored feathers at the base of neck, and a white stripe running down the front of its long neck. The beak, legs and feet are yellow, while its body feathers are patches of grey and white.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Early morning reveals long shadows across the desertE cast by monoliths. Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park. #photo #navajoland #monumentvalley #desert #photography #dawn #desertphotography #geology #navajonation #sunrise #foto #arizona

Early morning shadows cast across the desert by tall rock formations. Sage and juniper in the foreground with a large sunlit mesa in the distance. This is in Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Twilight posing. Eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis). #photography #photo #squirrel #graysquirrel ##mammals #mammalia #wildlife #naturephotography #floridawildlife #floridasquirrel

It is twilight and a small gray squirrel is silhouetted while perched on a lateral branch of a small tree. It appears to be gnawing on a nut.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Snowy egret (Egretta thula) hunting at Depot Park, Gainesville, FL. #photography #photo #aves #birdphotography #birds #wetlands #nature #wildlife #wadingbirds #aquaticbirds #floridabirds #floridawildlife #egret #snowyegret #yellow

A white egret bird, with yellow feet a area around the eyes, is wading in a flowing stream looking for its next meal.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Battle Royale! Of the two monarch butterflies(Danaus plexippus), I can only idenify the one on the flower as a male . #photography #butterfly #butterflies #insects #nature #wildlife #lepidoptera #monarch #monarchbutterfly #naturephotograph #flowers #flowerphotography#photo

Two monarch butterflies are flitting around a bright orange flower. On has landed while the second is blurry and in flight.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Do not drink while cat!

Shows a cat, laying on its side, and a child's toy, a green cup, toppled in front of his sleeping face.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Ready...aim... Great white egret (Ardea alba) on the prowl at Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, Gainesville, FL. #photography #photo #aves #birdphotography #birds #wetlands #nature #wildlife #wadingbirds #aquaticbirds #floridabirds #floridawildlife #egret #greategret #paynesprairiepreserve

A great white egret is hunting in the grass. Its long neck slightly cocked back as it is poised to strike some unseen prey. Its long, narrow, yellow beak functions as a spear.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

American bumble bee (Bombus pensylvanicus) gathers nectar and pollen from a flower. #photography#photo #bumblebee #insect #flowers #nature #wildlife #hymenoptera #naturephotography #arthropoda #wildlifephotograpy #florida

A common yellow and black American bumblebee collecting nectar and pollen from a garden flower that has orange-red petals and a bright yellow center.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Tranquility. Antelope Canon, Navajo Nation Tribal Park. #navajoland #antelopecanyon #desert #photography #slotcanyons #desertphotography #photo #geology #navajonation #arizona #pagearizona #navajotours #canyon

Looking up at the beautifully water carved walls of a slot canyon. The bright sky can be seen at the top, while sunlight filters down upon the reddish, striated sandstone walls.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

American green tree frog (Dryophytes cinereus) who didn't read the "Frog Camouflage Users Manual: Why you have it and how to use it". #photography #naturephotography #frogs #treefrogs #amphibians #floridaramphibians #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #herpetology #floridafrogs #floridawildlife

A bright green tree frog sits on a grey fence railing.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) warming up and drying out before the next dive. #photography #photo #birdphotography #birds #wetlands #nature #wildlife #diviingbirds #aquaticbirds #floridabirds #floridawildlife #anhinga

A snake-bird, also called anhinga, is resting on a bed of water plants. Its black and gray wings are outstretched while it long black neck and head look to the side. It is both warming up and drying its wings in the sun,

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Forest tent-caterpillar moth caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria). General rule, if caterpillars have bristles, they are irritating if touched, and very painful to some. #photography #photo #tentcaterpillar #caterpillar #moths #insect #nature #wildlife #lepidoptera #arthropoda #floridawildlife

A somewhat bristled caterpillar climbing up a porch screen. A bright light blue stripe on a brown background runs the length of the insects body. It's back is spotted with white, spaded shaped markings enhanced with blue dots on their sides with an orange background.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Apparently, there is something interesting on the left that I'm not privy to. (Mallard drakes and a Tri-colored heron) #photography #birdphotography #birds #wetlands #nature #wildlife #wadingbirds #herons #tricoloredheron #floridabirds #floridawildlife #ducks #mallardduck #dabblingduck

A lone Tri-colored heron and three male mallards are all walking in the same direction along the grassy bank of a pond.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Early dawn reveals monolithic guardians of the ancient ones. (Totem pole formation on the right). #photo #navajoland #monumentvalley #desert #photography #dawn #desertphotography #geology #navajonation #sunrise #foto #arizona

Monolithic formations in Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park are silhouetted by the pre sunrise dawn. A few dark clouds dot a the sky with colors ranging from a deep blue above to a reddish orange at the horizon.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Spicebush swallowtail (Papilio troilus). #photography #butterfly #butterflies #insect #floridainsect #nature #wildlife #lepidoptera #spicebushswallowtail #spicebushbutterfly #naturephotograph #photos A

A spicebush swallowtail butterfly is sitting on the ground. The pic, shot from above, shows large black wings slightly apart. The black background is contrasted by white-to-teal splotches on the wing edges, with two orange spots near the body.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Moon stetting over Horseshoe Bend, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. #navajoland #coloradoriver #gorge #desert #photography #desertphotography #photo #geology #arizona #pagearizona #canyon #horshoebend #glencanyon

An early morning picture as the moon sets, and below the Colorado river flows deep down in Horseshoe Bend portion of Glen Canyon in northern Arizona. The canyon walls a composed of bands of various earth tones.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Florida red-bellied cooters (Pseudemys nelsoni).Notice how they raise one rear leg trying to optimize about of body exposed to the sun while warming. #photography #naturephotography #turtles #cooters #reptiles #floridareptiles #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #herpetology #floridacooter

Two red-bellied cooter turtles are basking on the bank of a pond. Each turtle has one rear leg raised to speed up the rate of their warming.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Shower time! Double breasted cormorant (Nannopterum auritum). #photography #photo #cormorant #wildlife #ornithology #aves #nature #floridabirds #wetlands #wetlandbirds

A double breasted cormorant stands atop the base of a water fountain located in a pond. It is surrounded by a curtain of water droplets.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Zebra longing butterfly (Heliconius charithonia). #photography #photo #butterfly #butterflies #insect #nature #wildlife #lepidoptera #insectphotography #butterflyphotography.#zebralongwingbutterfly #zebralongwing

A small black and white striped butterfly is resting, wings folded up, on a green leaf. The butterfly's body is also black and white with tiny bright dots at the base of its wings and thorax.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Serenity. Antelope Canon, Navajo Nation Tribal Park. #navajoland #antelopecanyon #desert #photography #slotcanyons #desertphotography #photo #geology #navajonation #arizona #pagearizona #navajotours #canyon

A view upwards at the sandstone of the walls of a slot canyon called Antelope Canyon in Navajo Nation (Navajoland). Brightly lit at the top, the eroded walls take on the form of the rushing waters that created them.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

These fruiting bodies are growing in the knot of a large, old live oak tree. Any mycologist or fungi collector know the ID of the fungus? #photography #fungi #photo #liveoak #nature #mycology #naturephotography #forestfungi #floridafungi #oakfungus

A stack of pale yellowish shelf fungi are nestled in the knot of a large, old live oak tree.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

INRE to helium supplies: i have stage IV prostate cancer, yet i am fortunate. I have routine blood tests for PSA levels to monitor the disease status. However, most other oncology patients rely on MARS or PETscans monitor their disease regression/progression . Helium is vital to MRIs.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Most of the sand hill cranes from central Florida have left for the midwest if they're going. Classic vee formation.Gainesville FL. #photography #photo #cranes #sandhillcranes #wildlife #migratorybirds #ornithology #aves #nature #floridabirds #wetlands #wetlandbirds

High in the sky is a vee shaped flock flying north on a sunny early spring day. In the foreground is the top of a loblloby pine tree.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Saw the first fur tussock moth caterpillar of the year yesterday. This one is on the bark of a Chinese elm tree, making for a cool color photo. #photography #photo #tussockmoth #caterpillar #moths #insect #nature #wildlife #lepidoptera #furtussockmoth #naturephotograph #chineseelm #chineseelmtree

A caterpillar with a bright red head, long bristles sticking out in front ,while its back sports four white tufts of bristles, and short bristles sticking out the sides of the body. It is on the bark of a Chinese elm tree, the bark a patchwork of smooth teal color and raised brown ridges and pimples.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Here's some boats. #photography #boats #boatphotography #sailboats #photo #marina #marinaboats #photo

A photo of a series of single masted private sail boats at a marina. The water and sky are bright blue, and off in the background is a green treeline.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Eastern swallowtail butterfly (Papilio cresphontes) visiting my lemon tree. Their caterpillars love citrus trees. They are the largest butterflies in North America. #photography #photo #butterfly #butterflies #insect #nature #wildlife #lepidoptera #giantswallowtailbutterfly #swallowtailbutterfly

An eastern swallowtail butterfly with bright yellow splotches on black wings is visiting my lemon tree. Their caterpillars love citrus trees. They are the largest butterflies in North America.

An eastern swallowtail butterfly with bright yellow splotches on black wings is visiting my lemon tree. Their caterpillars love citrus trees. They are the largest butterflies in North America.

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Here's a beautiful "log" of petrified wood in the Paris botanical gardens (Jardin des Plantes de Paris). #photography #photo #botanical #botanicalgardens #jardindesplantes #petrifiedwood #Paris #parisfrance #geology #fossils #paleontology

A beautiful cross-section of a log of petrified wood. Bright with orange, red, green, dark green and white minerals deposits patterned somewhat in rings. It is found in the Paris botanical gardens (Jardin des Plantes de Paris),

AC Jenkins @bioman55.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Florida tickseed flowers (Coreopsis floridana) enjoying some bright sunlight. Tickseeds are Florida's state flower. #photography #tickseed #coreopsis #flowers #nature #wildlife #naturephotography #flowerphotography #wildlifephotograpy #wildflowers #wildflowerphotography

A patch of bright yellow Florida tickseed wild flowers enjoying some bright sunlight in patch of sparse vegetation.