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Chris Riley

@chris--riley.bsky.social
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Not the Youtuber, (unless you owe him money) Former makerspace director, have a couple of diplomas in Aerospace Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Gen X nerd, cook, and amateur wildlife photographer. All my pictures are taken with a Canon T7i.

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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Would this not rise to the level of promotion of hate under the hate speech statutes?
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The second the additional tariffs hit, I am divesting my portfolio of all American items. Stocks, bonds, etc. Not only will I not buy any American products, I won't support any American corporations.
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Like me with the red-eyed vireo. I have a large collection of pictures of tree branches that held one half a second before ;)
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The University of Toronto still hold the original patent. It's the US's patent laws that allow corporations to make minor tweaks and claim it's something new.
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Took my camera on a whim yesterday (It's still winter here) and I'm glad I did. Saw this right in the parking lot. #birds #canada #ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh #baldeagles #amateurphotography
A bald eagle in profile, sitting in a poplar.
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Starting off the new year with a bang. #eagle #birds #canada #elbowsup #ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh
Two bald eagles sitting on a branch, with one of them looking at the camera and the other in profile.
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Went camping this week, these mallards walked past once an hour keeping the shore free from insects, plants, and anything the kids in the campsite next door dropped near the shore. #wildlifephotography #canada #elbowsup #ontario #sleepinggiantprovincialpark #birds #amateurphotography
A baby mallard bends down with beak open to eat a small plant.
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
A yellow warbler playing peekaboo. #wildlifephotogtaphy #birds #canada #elbowsup #ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh #amateurphotogry
A yellow warbler clinging to a cattail seed head.
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Eagle-1, you have permission for takeoff. #wildlifephotography #birds #eagle #canada #elbowsup #ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh #amateurphotography
A bald eagle just taking off from its nest.
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Either this is a hooded merganser, or Don King has been reincarnated. #wildlifephotography #birds #ducks #canada #elbowsup #ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh #amateurphotography
A hooded merganser swimming in Lake Superior
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
The kingfisher has returned. Let's see if he'll pose for me as well as he did last year. #wildlifephotography #birds #canada #elbowsup #ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh #amateurphotogrtaphy
A belted kingfisher sitting on a branch, showing off his faux-hawk.
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
I have a red hat as well. "Canada is already great"
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
It may be a hooded merganser instead of a Norwegian blue, but it still has beautiful plumage. #wildlifephotography #birds #ducks #canada #elbowsup #ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh #amateurphotography
A male hooded merganser swimming between ice sheets just off a rocky shore on Lake Superior
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
A nice mallard couple playing in the surf. #wildlifephotography #birds #ducks #canada #elbowsup #ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh #lakesuperior #amateurphotography
Two mallards swimming in Lake Superior.
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
As an autistic adult who has paid taxes all my life, RFK Jr. owes me a HUGE tax refund...
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
A great blue heron sitting on a pole. #wildlifephotography #birds #heron #canada #elbowsup #ontario #thunderbay #amateurphotography
A great blue heron sitting on top of a dead tree in the middle of some boreal forest.
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
A young bald eagle glaring at everyone from his tree. #wildlifephotography #birds #canada #elbowsup #ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh #amateurphotography
A juvenile bald eagle perched in the top of a spruce tree
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Must be nice.. We got snow yesterday, and it's going to hit -18C tonight.
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
This one's for the Canadian Gen X'ers.. "The polkadot deer" #wildlifephotography #deer #canada #elbowsup #ontario #thunderbay #amateurphotographer
A fawn leaping over some grass onto a road.
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
It needs one more line.. "Hands off Canada & Greenland"
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
A Bohemian Waxwing checking out the crabapples. #wildlifephotography #birds #canada #elbowsup #ontario #thunderbay #amateurphotography
A bohemian waxwing sitting on a branch with shriveled crabapples hanging from it.
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Since we're changing some names, I nominate the Purple Finch for renaming to "Scarlet seed destroyers".. These guys cleaned me out in one afternoon. #wildlifephotography #birds #canada #elbowsup #ontario #rosslyn #amateurphotography
Four purple finches feeding at a pair of bird feeders hanging in front of a window
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
A great blue heron grabbing a snack before dinner #wildlifephotography #birds #herons #canada #elbowsup #Ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh #amateurphotography
A great blue heron, knee deep in lake superior, with a minnow in its beak.
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
It always looks like they dyed their eyebrows.
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
The Bohemian Waxwings found the crabapples. #wildlifephotography #birds #waxwings #canada #elbowsup #ontario #thunderbay #amateurphotography
Three bohemian waxwings feeding on the shriveled remains of crabapples in a crabapple tree on an overcast day.
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
You should defect to Canada, and set up a government in exile ;)
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
There is a radio program in Canada that talks about marketing (Under the influence) . They did an episode on campaign songs. One of the bits of trivia they threw in is that Trump is the president that has had the most bands tell him to stop using their music.
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
A snow bunting stopping for a break on the way south. #wildlifephotography #birds #canada #elbowsup #ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh #amateurphotography
A snow bunting sitting on a dirty white rock, looking over its shoulder at the camera.
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
The Goldeneyes are returning. #wildlifephotography #birds #ducks #canada #elbowsup #ontario #thunderbay #lakesuperior #missionmarsh #amateurphotography
Two goldeneye ducks, one male and one female, swimming in the water between ice floes on lake Superior
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
I thought that was just Babylon 5 passing by...
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
A Lesser Yellowlegs #wildlifephotography #birds #canada #elbowsup #ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh #lakesuperior #shorebirds
A lesser Yellowlegs standing in some mud on the shore of Lake Superior
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
For today's viewing pleasure, I give to you, a Brown Headed Cowbird (cow sold separately) #wildlifephotography #birds #canada #elbowsup #ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh #amateurphotography
A brown headed cowbird sitting in a conifer.
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
A belted kingfisher showing off it's belt. #wildlifephotography #birds #canada #elbowsup #ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh #amateurphotography
A belted kingfisher sitting on a branch.
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
A tree swallow returning home after work to be met by their spouse at the front door. #wildlifephotography #birds #canada #elbowsup #ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh #amateurphotography
A tree swallow in flight just in  front of a nesting box with another tree swallow poking its head out the entrance hole.
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
I made a Boom Boom!
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
She was also the second "MIss Pasternack" in two and a half men, after Missy Pyle
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
White throated sparrows always look like they dye their eyebrows to me. #wildlifephotography #birds #canada #ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh #elbowsup #amateurphotographry
A white throated sparrow sitting on the leaf litter beneath a spruce tree
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Sounds interesting, sure!
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
There's a "rock lobster" joke in here somewhere, but I'm too sick with the flu to come up with it.
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
A mink, glaring at me through the reeds. #wildlifephotography #elbowsup #Canada #ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh #amateurphotography #Mink
A brown mink on the shore of Lake superior, looking towards the camera through some branches and cattails.
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
This will probably be the only time I post anything that isn't my photography. But this is a masterpiece. youtu.be/_OzbmriDgQc?...
youtu.be
We Are Canadian
YouTube video by Jeff Douglas
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
The missing puffball formation? #amateurphotography #ducks #birds #goldeneye #canada #ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh #amateurphotography
5 baby goldeneye chicks swimming in a V with a gap on the right hand side.
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
I think this goose is a wizard in disguise. #wildlifephotography #amateurphotography #canada #ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh
A Canada Goose in Lake Superior with his wings extended in front of him, a beach is in the background.
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
A kestrel adding a bit of colour to a cloudy day. #wildlifephotography #birds #kestral #raptor #canada #ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh #amateurphotography
A kestrel sitting on a power line with flat clouds in the background.
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Ok, this finally makes up for inflicting Lutefisk on the rest of the world ;)
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Romance isn't dead. #wildlifephotography #birds #waxwings #Canada #ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh #amateurphotography
A cedar waxwing feeds a berry to another waxwing while they both sit on the same branch.
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
I thought we agreed that after last week, it's the "Gulf of losing hockey teams"
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Canadians have started sending emails to that address, listing the things we have refused to purchase because of the threats made to our sovereignty.
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
They should take a page from Australia's response to Skylab and charge Musk with littering.
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Chris Riley @chris--riley.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
One thing about living outside of town. You occasionally have unexpected guests dropping by to spend the night. #wildlifephotography #deer #canada #ontario #thunderbay #amateurphotography
Two yearling deer lying in the grass behind a small garden with some snow in the background.
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