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Jerry Baker @jerry-baker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Today’s alternate #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Vivid; any bird with bright colors. Mountain bluebirds are one of my favorites to photograph. #birdphotography

Mountain bluebird perched on a metal fence post

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Emyr Wyn Jones @emyr-wyn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay Alt. theme is #Vivid; any bird with bright colours Kingfisher, sitting on a post in the Lions' enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park!! #ECK #birds #Photography #BirdPhotography @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

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POMARANC @pomaranc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Prague after the rain — when even the quietest street feels like a movie scene. 🇨🇿✨ 📸 My Prague #photography

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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A beautiful male Pipevine Swallowtail on an orange zinnia for #SaturdayOrange 🧡💙🖤🤍 #Photography99 📷 #GardenStrolling 🌱 #BloomScrolling 🌻 #Butterflies 🦋 #Swallowtails

Large bluish-black butterfly with orange and white markings on an orange flower.

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Laurette @laurette1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The north door at St Edward’s Church, Stow-on-the-Wold, Cotswolds, has an ancient and knobbly yew tree on each side of the door. It is thought it may have inspired Tolkien for “Doors of Durin.” #AdoorableThursday #AlphabetChallenge #WeekKforKn #Trees #Churches #Literature #Photography #Cotswolds

Tolkien was a professor at Oxford University which is not far away and he was known to have visited the Cotswold and Stow in particular.
The Doors of Durin are in Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
This church porch was built about 300 years ago with the yew saplings planted at the same time. They are now part of the architraves of the door.

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Sanya @sanjar.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Not every boat is in a hurry to become a metaphor. #PoetryInPictures #EveningLight #seascape #photography

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Kilian Schönberger @kilianschoenberger.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The Dance of the Light One of my favorite sunrise moods this year. Trees, Fog, Light. All I love. #landscapephotography #landschaftsfotografie #fog

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Michele @funnymichele.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

A pretty pink and yellow gladiolus and a bee butt! 🩷💛🐝 #ECK #bloomscrolling #photography #flowers

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Jon Ossoff tells Lawrence O’Donnell: “It’s been amazing to watch this White House melt down over this all week. And about Natalie Harp, these White House staffers are adults — public officials, paid by the taxpayer, with immense power in positions of public trust… No one cares about their feelings.”

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Rick @chouxdough.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Regarding her query, it’s doubtful.

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julielfrost.bsky.social @julielfrost.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Sometimes waiting for the target bird to return is just a good excuse to observe the beauty around: A honeybee on alfalfa. #Insects #Bees #Photography #Nature #Pollinators #Bloomscrolling #Flowers

A closeup of a honey bee on a pale purple alfalfa flower.

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Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 19/08/2026

Buzz buzz. Butterflies have taken a lot of my attention this summer but I still like to photograph the bees occasionally 😀 #Photography #Bees #Flowers #Bloomscrolling

A honey bee flies up the side of a purple flower. Background is blurry green.

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Sanya @sanjar.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

#remote homeland ~ the lemon tree still full of summer laughter #vss365 #monoku #micropoetry #blueskypoets #mediterranean #summer #photography

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Gretchen @southwesternimages.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

This little guy has a sibling that bolted as soon as I walked up. This one just sat and we stared without fear. It's these kind of moments that I cherish 🪶 💚 🦉 Yuma, AZ 🌍 July 2026 #birdoftheday #fledglings #birdphotography #photography #greathornedowl #owls

Great horned owl. A fledgling GHOW sitting in a salt cedar tree. It is caramel, black and buff while the background is green and the branch it's perched in is reddish brown. It's eyes are yellow, black and soulful.

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Charlie Ludwig @chuck4242.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

A juvenile Ruby Throated Hummingbird showing one singular ruby feather if you look close. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #Photos #Photo #ECK #BirdOfTheDay #Fledglings

A juvenile Ruby Throated Hummingbird takes flight.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Cat in a Dublin pub, 1966, photo by Evelyn Hofer, German-American photographer.

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Sanya @sanjar.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

#garden in excess the flowers have no notion of being observed #vss365 #haiku #blueskypoets #nature #bloomscrolling #photography

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Nick @gardenwizard.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I hope you’re having a nice day out there. ✌️💚🍵 #bloomscrolling #gardening #photography #bugsky #nature

An eastern carpenter bee on a yellow dahlia

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Robbie Erickson Photography @robbieje.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Life lesson from the viewfinder: If things are looking blurry, out of focus, and generally chaotic, it might not be a deep existential crisis. You might just need to wipe the thumbprints off your glasses and try again. Fairport Harbor, Ohio #photography #blackandwhitephotogrqphy #LakeErie #beach

A high-contrast, dramatic black-and-white photograph taken from a low angle on a sandy beach. In the foreground, wet, dark sand reflects light as small waves roll onto the shore with white foam. A large piece of weathered driftwood with a sharp, reaching branch rests at an angle in the water, pointing diagonally toward the sky. In the background, dark, textured storm clouds fill the dynamic sky, with a subtle light flare breaking through on the right, and a distant line of trees sits along the flat horizon on the left.

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Rick @chouxdough.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Caught a few snaps of this lady Ruby-throated Hummingbird at my feeder this afternoon. Such beautiful, delicate little creatures! #birds #blueskybirds #naturephotography

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Therese O'Donnell @tessod.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

This sweet piping plover chick is no larger than a U.S. quarter at hatching. This started me on my #bird journey #BirdOfTheDay #First @atlanticbirding.bsky.social The adults use the ole' broken wing trick when they perceive their chicks are threatened. #Birds #Photography #Nature

The piping plover (Charadrius melodus) is a small, sand-colored shorebird that nests and feeds along coastal sand and gravel beaches in North America.In 1986, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service listed the Great Lakes population as endangered and the Northern Great Plains and Atlantic populations as threatened. Their breeding habitat includes beaches and sand flats on the Atlantic coast, the shores of the Great Lakes, and in the mid-west of Canada and the United States.After chicks hatch, they are able to walk within hours, and must have access to feeding areas to feed on marine macro invertebrates.

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Larrish 💙 @larrish.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

This mural is titled "New York Avenue". It was created by artist Jenna Morello. It’s on the Bywater Building in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Photo credit: Rueben Garcia. #streetart #art #mural #atlanticcity #newjersey #flowers