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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 7h

What lurks beneath the leaf? #SpookyNature 🌿 #invertebrates #BugSky

A black and white shooting of a long bug shadow on a leaf, with a big head and a sinister look.

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 9h

YARD SALAMANDER!! WITH TEENY FEETS!!! (Eastern Red-backed Salamander) #herps 🌿

A small rust colored salamander in a curving backwards s shape with its little feet sticking out so they’re visible and adorable.

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 4h

Nashville Warbler is far too busy refueling to stop for a photo shoot. Best of luck on your journey south! #birds 🌿

A yellow and brown bird with a white eye ring is mostly hidden by a plant with small yellow flowers.

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 4h

Nashville Warbler is far too busy refueling to stop for a photo shoot. Best of luck on your journey south! #birds 🌿

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 10h

The Very Chonky Caterpillar (Sphinx Moth caterpillar I think) #invertebrates 🌿 #BugSky

A very fat green caterpillar with oval beige spots on its sides. It walk on a thin bare branch against a backdrop of leaves.

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Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 6h

When I want to know about the MOISTLY HARMLESS gang, I check with @ethankocak.com if he's available. He also did a great graphic novel about the teeny toed ones. www.endangeredartbooks.com

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Kate Hale Wilson @katehw.bsky.social · 8h

In our driveway in Vermont, July 2018, I looked down at just the right moment to see this beauty (teensy red eft, land-dwelling stage of the eastern newt).

A “red eft” in deep orange hue next to my index finger for size

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 9h

A reminder that alt text is great for many reasons, in addition to providing info about an image for people with visual impairment. I use it all the time for reading text images. Also the second reason listed below made me giggle and also applies to me.

A sassy blue bird with a white throat and belly looks towards the camera with a speech bubble above saying: do you add alt text to your images.

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 9h

YARD SALAMANDER!! WITH TEENY FEETS!!! (Eastern Red-backed Salamander) #herps 🌿

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 10h

Follow @blackmammalogists.bsky.social to see everything that’s happening in Black Mammologist’s Week! #mammals 🧪

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 10h

The Very Chonky Caterpillar (Sphinx Moth caterpillar I think) #invertebrates 🌿 #BugSky

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Some Bloke in a Hat @someblokeinahat.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

'Kevin?' 'Yeah?' 'Have you been building birds without looking at the instructions again?'

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 11/10/2026

Sir how DARE YOU crop out that looong bill? 🪶

A portrait of a forward facing marbled godwit, a brown and black shorebird with a massive bill, showing the full bill length

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Alien? Bird assembled incorrectly? Beeker’s cousin? Nope, just a young Green Heron from an awkward angle. What a (delightful) weirdo #SpookyNature 🌿 #birds 👽

A bird viewed from below so that its eyes look like they’re a little below the beak on either side. Which looks kind of freaky.

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Alien? Bird assembled incorrectly? Beeker’s cousin? Nope, just a young Green Heron from an awkward angle. What a (delightful) weirdo #SpookyNature 🌿 #birds 👽

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NYC Plover Project @nycploverproject.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Who you callin’ late? We still have piping plovers on NYC beaches. On October 10! Yes, it’s World Migratory Bird Day and this year’s theme is “Every Bird Counts – Your Observations Matter,” but these plovers will be on their way soon! 🧵

Buff colored piping plovers looking at Canada on sandy beach, with dead sea rocket plant twig in background

Two piping plovers resting in sun in vehicle ruts on sand beach

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Another Borb of Judgement (Common Grackle) #SpookyNature #birds 🌿

Black and white photo of a black bird hunched over and glaring judegmentally.

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Sun’s out, bun’s out. This is what that’s supposed to mean, right? 😇 (No that’s really not what it means. Don’t go searching that phrase and expect to see rabbits! Friday nights used to be wild on Bluesky.) #mammals 🌿

A brown bunny has its fuzzy butt towards the camera as it sits in the grass. It’s very cute and alert, looking off to the left.

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blippy @blippy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

bird friends, can anyone help me ID this bird? I'm trying to finish my Nevada checklist from my trip last weekend but I'm absolutely stumped. #birds

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Today's #birdoftheday theme is #waders This is probably my favorite wader photo, a great egret chasing a cattle egret with a vole. What characters they are!🪶

Great egret running, looming over a cattle egret with a vole in its beak, trying to keep his snack from getting stolen.

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Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷 @crawlieswithcri.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

#SpookyNature Don't try to get the eye of this rough-skinned newt for your potions! You'll get a dose of their neurotoxin tetrodotoxin instead. #HERper #becurious #herps

black and white photo of a rough-skinned newt submerged in a clear pond with three of their feet holding onto aquatic plants.

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Hello, @animalphotorefs.bsky.social lost their job midway through the trip that's supposed to pay for the trip and is now stranded so far away. If you could benefit from animal photos for art references, please consider supporting.

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

In case anyone wondered how the Common Yellowthroat got its name. Although Fancy Yellowthroat would be better #birds 🌿

A small bird stands on a plant stem surrounded by leaves. He’s looking straight up, giving us a great view of his bright yellow throat and belly.

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

One of this year's Junior Magpies dropped by with the whole family (5 of them). Looking good, Junior! Still has those lovely blue eyes #birds

Very round bird with black head and chest, white belly and iridescent blue/green wings is standing on the edge of a concrete bird bath. Junior is looking at the camera with their blue eye. Bird looks thoughtful and calm.

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

10/10 Stuck the landing. With grace. (Red-tailed Hawk) #birds 🌿

A brown hawk has just landed on the very top of an evergreen tree. Its wings are spread and it looks down at its landing spot. It looks very graceful and also powerful.

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is absolutely some kind of elder god of the forest #SpookyNature 🌿 #mammals

The head of a deer with a large rack of antlers is partly hidden behind the surrounding leaves in this black and white photo. It looks mysterious and a little threatening.

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

10/10 Stuck the landing. With grace. (Red-tailed Hawk) #birds 🌿

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is absolutely some kind of elder god of the forest #SpookyNature 🌿 #mammals

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William Leisner @wleisner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The Taking Tree

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My phone says this is a Panicled Aster and I thought it said Panicked Aster and I was like “yeah I get it, it’s rough out there.” #BloomScrolling 🌿

A cluster of white flowers with very thin petals and round yellow centers, surrounded by a lush green background of leaves.

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I thought maybe the catbirds had moved south already but I just saw one yesterday! #birds 🌿

A gray bird stands in a green plant with pink stems and a few dark purple berries. The bird has a berry in its beak.

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Itty bitty hover fly on the Pickerel Weed #invertebrates 🌿 #BugSky #NativePlants

A stalk of bluish purple flowers with a striped fly resting on the center of one of them.

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This tree is very tall, very old and has clearly Seen Some Things. Also possibly Done Some Things #SpookyNature 🌿

A black and white photo of a big bare tree on a foggy day. It has irregularly shaped and angled branches and is much larger than the trees around it. It looks like it could be some kind of forest spirit.

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Is there an upsetting post that keeps turning up on your timeline? (There’s a really bad one today.) You can make it disappear for you. Click the three dots below the post and click Hide This Post. More tips in the thread below.

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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

They won't be around much longer, but I'm enjoying the pelicans as long as I can before the head south. You really feel how big they are when they fly over your kayak. #birds

Three large American white pelicans with orange bills and black wingtips soar over the steel grey lake against the pinkish morning sky.

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Dragonfly and damselfly larvae live underwater. When they emerge to fly they molt, leaving behind a shell like this called an exuvia. Sort of like a butterfly emerging from a chrysalis. #invertebrates 🌿 #BugSky

The gray outer husk of a long bug, sitting on a brown leaf.

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This looks like it should be on a horror movie poster. Really it’s just the left behind exoskeleton of a damselfly (I think) when it emerged from the creek. #SpookyNature 🌿 #invertebrates