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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Needham's skimmer on pickerel weed. (6 July 2025 / Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens / Washington, DC, USA)

an orange-brown dragonfly on delicate purple buds. the background is green. 🪲

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Needham's skimmer on pickerel weed. (6 July 2025 / Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens / Washington, DC, USA)

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Green anole. 🦎 (2 April 2026 / Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge / Fallston, Georgia, USA)

a green anole hanging onto some twigs with green leaves on them.

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Wood stork atop a cypress. 🪶 (2 April 2026 / Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge / Fallston, Georgia, USA)

wood stork sit atop cypress trees. the sky is blue, with wispy clouds.

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

An Eastern Grey Squirrel getting in a little bit more work before the sun sets. (1 December 2025 / Pickering Creek Audubon Center / Easton, Maryland, USA)

An easter grey squirrel on a dead tree branch

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

American Kestrel (female) on the lookout for a meal. 🪶 (1 December 2025 / Frazier Neck Road / Preston, Maryland, USA)

An American Kestrel on a power line against a light blue sky.

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Big bunch of Eastern Jack-o'-lantern mushrooms. 🎃🍄 Besides their orange color, they earn their name by way of their bioluminescent gills, which are thought to glow to attract insects, which will then spread the mushroom's spores. (13 October 2025 / Rock Creek Park / Washington, DC, USA)

a clump of mushrooms with bright orange caps and light orange stems, rising up from the forest floor dirt at the edge of a tree trunk

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Male Pileated Woodpecker hanging upside down, high up in (what I believe is) a serviceberry tree. 🪶 (15 November 2025 / near C&O Canal Lock 25 / Poolesville, Maryland, USA)

a photograph of a male pileated woodpecker hang upside down on twig that is bare of leaves, eating berries. the photo was taken on a cloudy day, and the sky in the background is light grey.

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Turkey Vultures with the remains of a White-tailed Deer. (By the way, "buzzard" is a misnomer! Buzzards are a completely different type of bird that don't even live on the North American continent.) 🪶 (14 November 2025 / River Road / Potomac, Maryland, USA)

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Cedar Waxwing showing off its matchsticks while grabbing the last berries of the season. 🪶 (16 November 2025 / near C&O Canal Lock 25 / Poolesville, Maryland, USA)

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

A watchful Tree Swallow (male) rests atop a cattail (also known as bulrush). (1 June 2025 / Jug Bay Wetland Sanctuary / Lothian, Maryland, USA)

A tree swallow photographed from the side, with its head turned towards the photographer. The swallow sits atop a walking cane-shaped cattail flower. 🐦🪶

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Juvenile American Kestrel (male) looking every part the sleepy teenager who just rolled out of bed and is looking for something to eat. 🪶 (10 October 2025 / Federal St. & N. Highland Ave. / Baltimore, Maryland, USA)

photograph of a juvenile kestrel (seen from the front), still molting its baby plumage, perched on a bare branch.

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Barred owl grooming, taking a break from asking the age-old questions "Who cooks? Who cooks for you?" 🪶 (11 October 2025 / Sligo Creek Parkway / Takoma Park, Maryland, USA)

A photograph of a barred owl gnawing at something on its leg.

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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Turkey vulture this morning in Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve in Alexandria, Virginia. 🪶

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

A yellow-crowned night heron holding its wings out, a pose thought to be thermoregulation and/or to kill parasites on their wings. 🪶 (4 July 2025 / Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens / Washington, DC, USA)

A large bird stands in green grass. The bird is still and upright, with its wings curved in front of it in a downward swooping fashion. Its long beak is slightly open.

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Cinnabar chanterelles like tiny flames. (13 July 2025 / Rock Creek Park / Washington, DC, USA)

Bright orange, tiny mushrooms along a tree root, surrounded by forest floor leaf litter and green moss. 🍄 #mycology

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

A few recent frogs. 🐸 (14 September 2025 / Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge / Cambridge, Maryland, USA)

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Forster's terns with winter/non-breeding plumage. During the summer/breeding season, the top of their heads down to their eyes are jet black. 🪶 (14 September 2025 / Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge / Cambridge, Maryland, USA)

a photograph of birds sitting atop weathered wooden poles that are jutting up from still water. there are marshy reeds in the background. this is all reflected in the still water.

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

This broad-winged hawk swooped right in front of my car as I was slowly down a dirt road, landing about 10 feet away in a tree. I was thankful it was patient and brave as I grabbed my camera from the back seat. 🪶 (19 September 2025 / Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge / Rock Hill, Maryland, USA)

a photograph of a broad-winged hawk perched in a tree, taken from the hawk's right side. this hawk has black wings and a white spotted breast, and dark lines below its eyes, similar to an American kestrel.

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Monarch butterfly on some late-season yellow crownbeard. 🦋 (19 September 2025 / Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge / Rock Hall, Maryland, USA)

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

A common watersnake catching some rays. 🐍 (22 September 2025 / Marshy Point Nature Center / Middle Point, Maryland, USA)

a greyish-brown snack resting on some dried-out marsh reeds. there is muddy water below it.

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

A hummingbird clearwing moth on swamp milkweed. 🦋 From my first film-only nature outing! Taken on a Canon AE-1, 50mm f/1.8, 1/500, Fujifilm 400 color negative. (5 August 2025 / Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens / Washington, DC, USA)

a chunky brown moth with black and clear wings on small pink blossoms

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

A common buckeye in a bed of boneset. (1 September 2025 / Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge / Woodbridge, Virginia, USA)

a brown, tan, and orange butterfly atop small white flowers

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

A great spangled fritillary on field(?) thistle. 🦋 (1 September 2025 / Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge / Woodbridge, Virginia, USA)

a brownish-orange spotted butterfly perched on a fluffy purple thistle.

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

A sunny Western Honey Bee. (11 July 2025 / McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area / Poolesville, Maryland, USA)

a photograph of a large sunflower bloom, with a honey bee gathering pollen from the center 🐝🌻

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

A sunny Western Honey Bee. (11 July 2025 / McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area / Poolesville, Maryland, USA)

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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Leafhoppers I’ve photographed in Washington DC this summer. 🐞

Clockwise from top left: broad-headed sharpshooter, red-banded leafhopper, potato leafhopper, versute sharpshooter, citrus flatid planthopper, Japanese maple leafhopper, coppery leafhopper, yellow-striped leafhopper.

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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Washington DC wildlife: Spined assassin bug this morning on Rodman Street. Definitely glad they’re tiny.

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

A watchful Tree Swallow (male) rests atop a cattail (also known as bulrush). (1 June 2025 / Jug Bay Wetland Sanctuary / Lothian, Maryland, USA)

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Trooping Crumble Cap mushrooms, also known as Fairy Inkcap, have 143 mating types (the fungal equivalent of sexes). Each mating type can reproduce with members of any of the other 142 mating types! These tiny troopers often carpet dead wood. (14 July 2025 / Rock Creek Park / Washington, DC, USA)

a close-up photograph of a small bunch of seven trooping crumble cap mushrooms growing out of soil and deciduous forest detritus. 🍄

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Swamp Milkweed in bloom, and a Monarch Butterfly caterpillar dining on it. (21 July 25 / Huntley Meadows Park / Alexandria, Virginia, USA)

a close up of bunches of swamp milkweed flowers, some in bloom and some simply buds

a monarch Butterfly caterpillar perched on the stem of a swamp milkweed plant 🐛

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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Lichen-carrying green lacewing larva, yesterday in Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens. TIL it camouflages itself by attaching bits of lichen, along with other debris, to its back. You can see its legs at the bottom and it was moving around at a good clip. 🐞

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

A super chill Fowler's toad that was hanging out on a log in the forest. A+ pal. 🐸 (21 July 2025 / Huntley Meadows Park / Alexandria, Virginia, USA)

A tan and brown Fowler's toad on a grey log.

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Old man (men?) of the woods. 🍄 (21 July 2025 / Huntley Meadows Park / Alexandria, Virginia, USA)

three old man of the woods mushrooms among deciduous forest floor detritus.

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

This common eastern bumble bee was absolutely lost in the swamp rose mallow pollen sauce, resting at the opening for a while, just snackin on pollen and grooming itself. 🐝🌺 (21 July 2025 / Huntley Meadows Park / Alexandria, Virginia, USA)

a common eastern bumble bee, absolutely covered in pollen granules, rests at the opening of a swamp rose mallow hibiscus flower

a common eastern bumble bee, absolutely covered in pollen granules, rests at the opening of a swamp rose mallow hibiscus flower and grooms itself

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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Washington DC wildlife: Green frog last week in Linnean Park. 🐸

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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Washington DC wildlife: Green stink bug yesterday on Rodman Street showing that it can be leggy. 🐞

Stink bug with long yellow and black legs.

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Eastern Carpenter Bee grabbing a snack on some Wild Teasel. (11 July 2025 / McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area / Poolesville, Maryland, USA)

a black and yellow fuzzy bee rests atop a puffy, light-purple thistle bloom. 🐝

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

🌻 🐝 (11 July 2025 / McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area Sunflower Fields / Poolesville, Maryland, USA)

a lone tall sunflower rises over a field of shorter sunflowers. an insect of some kind is just about to land on the flower. the sky in the background is blue with lots of white-grey clouds.

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Kristin Wyatt @kristinwyatt.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Hummingbird Clearwing Moth #moths #nature #photography

A moth that looks like a humming bird and a lobster had a baby.

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Huron sachem butterflies from this weekend. Plant IDs in alt text. 🦋 (4 & 6 July 2025 / Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens / Washington, DC, USA)

A Huron sachem, a small brown and tan butterfly, atop purple loosestrife buds.

A Huron sachem, a small brown and tan butterfly, atop a buttonbush bloom.

A Huron sachem, a small brown and tan butterfly, atop a green lotus pod.

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

A yellow-crowned night heron tossing back a crawfish snack whole. 🪶🦞 (4 July 2025 / Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens / Washington, DC, USA)

A yellow-crowned night heron, a bird with a grey body, a long neck, and a black head with white on the top of its head and a white stripe under its large orange eyes, holds a crawfish in its long black beak

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

A wetlands giant wolf spider carrying her hatchlings on her back. (6 July 2025 / Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Garden / Washington, DC, USA)

a dark brown wetlands giant wolf spider carrying her hatchlings on her back amidst green and brown grass

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Pond slider popping out of the duckweed. (4 July 2025 / Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Garden / Washington, DC, USA)

a pond slider poked its head out the water, which is completely covered in tiny duckweed leaves.

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

A downy woodpecker (female) grabbing a snack. 🪶 (8 June 2025 / backyard shot / Williamsburg, Virginia, USA)

a downy woodpecker perched on the side of a suet cage feeder, looking backwards as if it's about to fly off, with a bit of food in her mouth.

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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Ruby-throated hummingbird this morning in the Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Woodbridge, Virginia. 🪶

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Blooming pink lotus. 🪷 (4 July 2025 / Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens / Washington, DC, USA)

a fully bloomed pink lotus amidst lotus pads. the lotus is showing its seed pod and stamen.

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Widow skimmer dragonfly. (4 July 2025 / Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens / Washington, DC, USA)

widow skimmer dragonfly perched on the end of dried grass.

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E (outdoor edition) @birdygesserit.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Slaty Skimmer dragonflies. (4 July 2025 / Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens / Washington, DC, USA)

a slaty skimmer on the tip of a closed lotus flower

a slaty skimmer on the end of unopened purple loosestrife buds

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