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Joyce

@fly-upside-down.bsky.social
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I have come to realize I have bad habits. I love to read old dusty books. I also have developed the bad habit of wildlife photography—it makes me buy expensive cameras and lenses. Speaking of bad expensive habits, flying and travel are right up there too!

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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Northern California sees hundreds if not thousands of Brown Pelicans this time of year.
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Africa does not have Hummingbirds, instead they have Sunbirds. Hummingbirds and Sunbirds appear to occupy the same niche, but one has a straight bill and the other a curved one. #birds
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Silvery-Cheeked Hornbill spotted in the Arusha National Park in Tanzania. The big thing on top of his bill is a casque. It is hollow and evidently used to amplify sound to attract the ladies.
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I just got back from a Tanzania Safari tour. Wonderful trip with lots of great bird and wildlife pictures, like this Sacred Ibis in flight. #birds
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I don’t know what these kites are called anymore. They used to be Black Shouldered Kites and then they went to White Tailed Kites. Maybe they will be called Black Mascara Kites next. #birds
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This Elegant Tern is having a good day! #birds
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I was taking pictures of harbor seals when this oyster catcher butted in. #birds
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I am not sure the seagull can actually eat the starfish, but he seems intent on trying. #birds
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
This Northern Gannet is way off course! He should not be in Northern California! However, he has called Pillar Point Harbor home now for several years. He is the only one in our area and is reduced to hanging out with Cormorants. #birds
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Some birds you can’t quite believe they really look like that. The Surf Scoter is one of them. #birds
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Loons are so hard to photograph. Their eyes disappear in their black heads, if the lighting isn’t just right. #birds
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Sometimes Brown Pelicans have organized, graceful formations and sometimes they don’t. #birds
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Flying over the salt ponds.
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The FBI has known about the site for years, maybe decades. They searched his private island, but never conducted a raid on the New Mexico ranch. I wonder if the new interest has anything to do with the recent Iranian LEGO clip on the ranch? fb.watch/Hf5kAu1hZ2/?...
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Northern Harrier Hawk on the lookout for a hapless ground squirrel. #birds
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Just a bunch of loons! #birds
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Don’t think I have ever seen a Western Grebe on shore before. #birds
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
River Otters are very cute. No denying! However, they are not the sweet innocent creatures that you think. They are smart and make excellent thieves. I have seen them break into boats looking for goodies.
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
I don’t believe the Easter Bunny approved the message.
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Super excited to see a Fin Whale in Monterey Bay on a recent whale watching trip. Super rare for us!
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Striated Caracaras on the Falkland Islands trying to get out of the rain. #birds
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I have been asked that question! Hard to believe.
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
This picture of a Gentoo penguin is from my recent trip to the Falkland Islands. I just love these guys. The are so cute and funny. And yes they are birds!. #birds
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I never expected to see Burrowing Owls in Chile, but there they were. I had been trying to get pictures of them in California for a long time, but no luck. Then on the outskirts of Santiago on our way to a wetland site, these little guys had found a home right next to the road and were just posing.
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Baby White Tufted Grebe: “Mom, I am struggling here!” Mom: “You’ve gotta learn to swim sometime. You’re a water bird!” #birds
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Southern Elephant Seals on the Falkland Islands. The ladies are all gone and now the guys are molting on the beach. They are itchy, scratchy, irritable and the guy next to them just poked them.
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
King Penguins on the Falkland Islands looking oh so stoic.
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Many-Coloured Rush Tyrant from Chile
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
I have been traveling. I found these Imperial Cormorants on the Falkland Islands. #birds
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Just got back from Antarctica! Wonderful trip. This is a Rockhopper Penguin. It is hard to remember that they are birds, but they are. #birds
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
In Antarctica now, the scenery, birds and wildlife are incredible! This is a Cape Petral just off Elephant Island. #birds
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
The end of the road!
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Not sure what this Blue Heron is yelling about, but it is probably important to him. #birds
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
My cat DC does not want to participate in the Elf on a Shelf nonsense!
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Sandhill Cranes having a little dance party! #birds
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Gulls are hard. Don’t tell them, but they all sort of look alike, especially in the juvenile stage. This demure little gull is a juvenile Short Billed Gull. #birds
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
This BrownPelican stopped cleaning its feathers for a moment to glare at me. #birds
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
This one has a very hard to guess name—it is a Black Oystercatcher! I know! You would never, guess, right? #birds
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
I agree that the troops should not follow illegal orders. However, I hate to shoulder the burden on young soldiers to figure out what is illegal and what is not.
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Monarch Butterflies winter on the California coast in the thousands. I was out this morning to get pictures of some of them.
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
You will forever be that young man from the first Star Wars movie just as I am still that teenager waiting in line to see it. That is not a joke about the movies long lines, but they were really long.
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Young Red Tailed Hawk. Still has a baby face. #birds
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
We are trying to hang on until baseball season.
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Wish he wasn’t sitting in a rusty pipe. #birds
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
I think the Catholic Church did that. They called them indulgences. One of the items on Martin Luther’s list he tacked to the church door. Started the Protestant revolution. Guess we have come full circle.
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Pigeon Point Lighthouse. Named after a ship that wrecked there.
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Black necked grebe just about to dive. #birds
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Brown Pelican in breeding colors. #birds
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
I’ve started Dick Wybrow’s Kane book series. Totally unbelievable supernatural thriller, but very funny. I always hesitate to read series books, because they can have bad endings after they have drug you through the mud. But, I already looked and this one promises a happy ending. Better have one!
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Joyce @fly-upside-down.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
I wish there was an alternative.
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