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Chris Caprette

@c1kids.bsky.social
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Biology Educator, Naturalist, Photographer, Wildlife enthusiast

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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is one of three Peck's Skippers that were feeding on Ironweed. They were joined by an Augochlorine sweat bee and a European Honeybee. #NativePlants
Brown and orange butterfly on magenta flowers
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/08/2026
Ohio Republican Sen. Jon Husted said the ad was taken down. It wasn’t. And the victims’ family says their grief was used without permission. The details are even worse.
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Husted Car Crash Ad Still Up on YouTube Without Permission From Victims' Family Despite Claims it Was Removed
Husted lied about his campaign's involvement with the ad and that he had asked for it to be taken down
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
After FDR cleaned up the mess created by Calvin Coolidge and blamed on Herbert Hoover, Democrats spent decades reminding voters what the two parties had done. In recent generations, that basic act of politicking has been deemed impolite by Democratic leaders. That needs to end.
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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Dogbane Beetles making more on their host plant.
Iridescent beetles mating on a leaf
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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Beaver Marsh in Cuyahoga Valley NP is a reliable place for good looks at Green Herons like this one. #Birds, #photography
Swampy scene with a fluffy heron on a log facing to the left.
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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The brief rain we had a few days ago has brought out the insects. This long-horned bee was feeding on the yellow cone flower, Ratibida pinnata. These fuzzy bees have really cool eyes! #NativePlants
Brown bumpy center of a flower with a blue-eyed bee perched on top.
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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Here are two lovely mini-tanks: Labidomera clivicollis (Milkweed Leaf Beetle) on the left and Chrysochus auratus (Dogbane Beetle) on the right. They were in my yard because I have their main host plants, Swamp Milkweed and Hemp Dogbane. Have #nativeplants and you'll get native beetles!
Black and reddish-orange mottled beetle on a green leafBeetle with iridescent green and coppery red on a dark green leaf
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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Here is a timelapse I made from back in June of #fireflies through my bedroom window. #nature
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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
This is one of my favorite objects to image, NGC7129 the Small Cluster Nebula. It has a little bit of everything as #astrophotography subjects go.
A blue cloud lit by bright stars containing streaks and spots of red and orange and dark shadows.
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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Last fall, I scattered seeds of Rudbeckia hirta (Black-eyed Susan or Yellow Coneflower, among other common names) in a relatively bare patch of the driveway garden. They are blooming now. A little cranefly visited this one while I was taking the picture! #nativeplants
A daisy-like bloom with yellow ray flowers surrounding a central dark brown disc.  A small insect with very long legs landed on the left side of the disc.
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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
We had a few, rare clear nights and I was able to get more data on NGC7129 called the Small Cluster Nebula or Rosebud Nebula in the constellation Cepheus. #Astro, #Photography
Blue, yellow, and red nebulosity vaguely resembling a rosebud against a background of stars.
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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
This is a recent image of M13 the Hercules globular cluster. I've imaged this object before but I wanted to do it again with a closer view and using a different camera. A distant galaxy is also visible at about the 3 o'clock position. #astrophotography
A ball of stars
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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
I saw a fly hovering over the garden. It looked different than most hoverflies. When I opened the picture on my computer, I found that it was a mating pair of Margined Calligrapher flies! The male is clasping the female below. #nature, #insects
A fly with a black-marked orange abdomen hovering, facing away from the camera, clasping a second fly beneath it.  The fly's motion-blurred wings have a rainbow glow.
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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
The thicket of Swamp Rose, Rosa palustris has lots of buds on it this year! #NativePlants, #Photography
Pink rose bud covered in dew
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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
This Black-billed Cuckoo teed up nicely for me this morning. These birds are seldom seen despite their large size (about the size of a Blue Jay.) #Birds, #Nature, #Photography
Brown bird with a long tail, red eye ring, white breast, and dark, curved bill perched upright on a dead branch and facing right.
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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
This is a Six-spotted Tiger Beetle. They are voracious predators on other arthropods and the most common tiger beetle species I see each year. #insects, #photography
Iridescent green beetle with big jaws and long legs facing left on old wood.
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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
The Mayapples are peaking now in NE Ohio. This one had a little spider visiting. #nativeplants
White flower in shade facing down and to the right with a long-legged spider on one of the petals.
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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Black-throated Green Warbler from the local parks Sunday morning bird walk. #Birds
Bird with a yellowish face, white belly, black throat and black streaks down the flanks perched on a diagonal twig with its bill pointed up and to the right.
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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Our Prairie Trilliums are blooming. #NativePlants
Maroon petals clasped like praying hands
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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
This was the first American Bittern I've seen in several years. #Birds
Brown heron-like bird with its back to the viewer and its head and long bill pointed up and to the viewer's right at a 30 degree angle from horizontal.
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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
These two species of toothwort are spring ephemerals: Two Leaved Toothwort, Cardamine diphylla and Cutleaf Toothwort, Cardamine concatenata growing in our woods. #NativePlants
A plant with two sets of three leaves and flower buds in the middle.Flower with four white petals with slight pink tinge and deeply cut thin leaves
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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Virginia Bluebells, Mertensia Virginica are getting ready to pop. #NativePlants
Plant with oval, slightly bluish green leaves and a cluster of flower buds growing in brown leaves
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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Harvey won't sit still for a picture, especially when there are spots of light to chase.
An orange cat with white paws facing the lower right field with its right paw raised.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/03/2026
Even after Oregon voters overwhelmingly approved campaign contribution caps, the state Legislature dragged its feet on passing limits — and it’s since loosened them. By @robwdavis.bsky.social
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Voters in This State Overwhelmingly Said Yes to Limiting Money in Politics. Then the State Legislature Had Its Say.
Some 78% of Oregon voters approved limiting campaign contributions in 2020. Four years later, the Legislature finally adopted limits, but an advocate for tighter controls says recent changes render Or...
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 15/03/2026
Commentary: Secretary of State Frank LaRose gives info of 8 million Ohio voters to Trump Justice Department ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/03/11/s...
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Secretary of State Frank LaRose gives info of 8 million Ohio voters to Trump Justice Department • Ohio Capital Journal
If you are one of Ohio’s nearly 8 million registered voters, your personally identifiable information like full name, address, date of birth, driver’s license and partial Social Security numbers may…
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 10/03/2026
Commentary: A steady stream of legislation largely hostile to public education in Ohio has reshaped nearly every aspect of our schools. This has ignored a fundamental question: What do Ohioans actually want and value when it comes to public education? ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/03/10/w...
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We need everyone to build Strong Ohio Schools • Ohio Capital Journal
A steady stream of legislation largely hostile to public education in Ohio has reshaped nearly every aspect of our schools. This has ignored a fundamental question: What do Ohioans actually want and…
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
This is how our government has been corrupted: 1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians 2) Elected officials rewrite rules in donors' favor 3) Donors make huge profit 4) Repeat We must get big money out of politics. It’s the root of all evil in Washington.
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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
American Robin, harbinger of spring #photography, #Birds
American Robin perched on a branch.  The bird has a dark head with light broken ring of white around the eye, streaked white throat, yellow beak, dark orange breast and belly, and grayish-brown wings.
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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Fresh chipmunk tracks in the fresh snow.
Thin, powdery snow with small animal tracks pointing to the right
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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Here's the sequence leading up to the buck sniff clip. A doe marked a spot and the buck found it. He starts to track her, exhibiting Flehman response and moves up to the camera. #Wildlife
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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Sniff sniff
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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
While my first bird of 2026 was a Red-bellied Woodpecker, I didn't get out and photograph any birds until later in the day when these two, Black-capped Chickadee and Tufted Titmouse teed up on Serviceberry twigs for me. #Birds, #Photography
Round bird with black cap and chin, white cheeks, gray, black, and white wings, off-white breast and slightly ruddy flanksBird with gray triangular cap and off-white breast and belly, transverse shadows across the tail.
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Anne Kirn @houseofdarkly.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
An update: there IS an opt-out email, you should check if your site/merch is in this "feature" and use it. If it's not there now, you should likely set a reminder to check back, since it's new. bsky.app/profile/monk...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Hey so this seems like something more people should be talking about 🤔 🗳️ www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
I dunno Nick; why don't you ask the FBI, who used to track down and threaten teenagers with federal prison time for torrenting Metallica or copying a VHS tape?
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Acton: The fact that my opponent is Hindu has absolutely nothing to do with this election. No one’s religion has anything to do with the problems of everyday Ohioans. But this is coming from somebody who has literally spent his life creating culture wars and pitting us against one another.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Acton: [Ramaswamy] literally treats Ohio like a flyover state. When you love Ohio the way I do, you don’t treat it like a flyover state. You don’t move your business from Ohio to Texas. You don’t pit Ohioans against each other with endless culture wars…
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Oh.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Kash lied to congress.
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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Downy Woodpecker enjoying the suet. #Birds
Black-and-white woodpecker on a copper-roofed cage containing tan food
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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
The Orion Nebula is one of the easiest objects to observe in the northern hemisphere, appearing as the middle "star" of Orion's sword, the general shape of this nebula is visible in binoculars or small telescopes and spectacular in larger scopes. #Astro, #Photography
Bright swirling clouds of red and blue against a starry background
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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Another dusty patch, this one in the Constellation Cepheus known as the Dark Shark Nebula. #astrophotography
A shark-shaped cloud of dust facing the upper left with its head centered and its "mouth" open against a rich field of stars
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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
It's a little late for Halloween, but here is the Witch Head nebula, a cloud of dust illuminated by the bright star Rigel in Orion. This is a tough object to image from moderately light-polluted skies but doable on moonless nights. #Astrophotography
A cloud of dust like a witch's face looking slightly down and to the right against a background of stars.
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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
I'm reprocessing some old data with new tools. I imaged the Horsehead and Flame Nebulae in 2022 using my 61mm refractor with a dual narrowband filter and without. #Astro #Photography
A curtain of deep red with a dark shadow like a horse's head next to a maple-leaf shaped flame orange pattern against a background of stars
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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
This is the Deer Lick group of galaxies visible in Pegasus, with NGC 7331 in the foreground. This is not a "true" galaxy group as the individual galaxies are not interacting gravitationally. #Astro, #Photography
A spiral galaxy with bluish arms and white central disc centered among a field of stars and other fuzzy galaxies.
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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
The Heart Nebula and surrounding clouds of ionized hydrogen, imaged for a total of 24.5 hours from my backyard. #Astro, #Photography
A heart-shaped red cloud against a backdrop of stars
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.
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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Fresh dew on a Smooth Aster, Symphyotrichum racemosa. #NativePlants, #Photography
Daisy-like flower with dew drops on the petals
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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
This is M15, the Pegasus globular cluster. Somewhere in there is a planetary nebula and possibly a black hole at its center. #Astrophotography
A dense ball of stars centered against a sparse star field with a few bright stars
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Chris Caprette @c1kids.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
This female Nashville Warbler visited this morning. #Birds, #Photography
Gray-headed bird with yellow breast and undertail feathers, white belly, pale eye ring perched facing down and to the left diagonally6 on a twig with some yellow triangular leaves.
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