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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Ok #birdoftheday theme is #birdswithberries so here’s a House Wren enjoying a streamside berry moment in the #catskills #birds #nature #🪶 #upstateny #newyork

A small brown bird surrounded by red berries

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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Ok, #birdoftheday theme is “mouthful” so here are a couple of Plovers, (Black-bellied and Semipalmated) – Cape Cod.

A small-ish shorebird with a dark belly and mottling with something in its beak

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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Can’t believe this guy wrote “Kiss From A Rose” #nature #ocean #seal #provincetown #capecod

A group of seals laying on the beach and in the water

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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

The #birdoftheday theme is “orange” so here’s an American Oystercatcher from vaca a few weeks ago. #birds #birding #🪶 #nature #ocean #newjersey

A seabird with a long orange bill pulling a shell out of the ocean

A seabird with a small crab in its mouth with waves breaking in the foreground

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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Apparently it’s #featheredfriday? So here’s some fresh pics of a Pine Warbler in the #catskills from this afternoon. #birds #birding #🪶 #newyork #nature #warblers

Side view of a small yellow songbird showing off his wing with individual feathers at an angle

A small yellow songbird facing forward and fluttering his wings

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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Crazy county/state lifer moment the other day where a random Yellow-crowned Night Heron landed on a log right in front of me. The only other time I saw one of these guys was in Louisiana!

A medium-sized heron with a bright orange eye and two wily feathers sticking up, sitting on a log.

A medium-sized heron with a bright orange eye sitting on a log, facing left.

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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

The pizzeria with the best SEO in New York’s Capital District

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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

The #birdoftheday theme is #manmadeperch so how about a Song Sparrow on a trolley track? 🪶

A small, streaked bird with its mouth open standing on a trolley rail

A small, streaked bird standing on a trolley rail

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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Unexpected bat encounter on an evening rail trail stroll. #nature #bat

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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

A real nice encounter with a Red-shouldered Hawk on my last trip to Heinz in Philly. Thanks for chillin’ and posing in the parking lot my guy. #🪶 #birding #philly #nature #gobirds

A medium-sized, mottled Hawk with a red breast sits on a branch (Red-shouldered Hawk)

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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Most of the senate is inept and has been unable to stop this illegal war but Schumer is exceptionally bad at his job.

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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

I’m seeing all of these food posts on my feed (randos, not folks I follow) and it’s kind of unexpected/not one of my selections for “interests” or whatever. I mean I’m pro food especially vegan food but it feels like a weird algorithm thing.

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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

If I get one more text from a democrat I’m going to

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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

I deleted TikTok this week bc it’s going to become a fascist propaganda and surveillance machine, only because congress is inept. Also, congress (especially the Democrats)??? Soooo inept rn. Anyway here’s a loon from a frigid MLK morning at Orchard Beach in the Bronx. #🪶 #birding #nyc

A Common Loon in winter plumage with its eyes closed swimming at Orchard Beach in The Bronx, NY

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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

I could probably come up with a bird pun for this photo but it would be Veery annoying. #bird #birding 🪶

A thrush with light spotting and an orange-brown tone

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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

It’s warbler crazy in the Catskills all summer. #blackburnianwarbler #birding 🪶

A bird with a bright orange neck and eye stripe

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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Townsend’s Warbler, my bestie 🪶 #nature

A black and gold mottled bird poses in a tree

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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Managed to tack on some birding times to a work trip out in Arizona, here’s an Anna’s Hummingbird 🪶

A small bird with shimmering, iridescent feathers on its head and neck

A small bird with shimmering, iridescent feathers on its head and neck, looking more to the left

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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Eastern Phoebe, our springy flycatcher friend 🪶

A small flycatcher sitting on a branch with red leaves in a blurred background

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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

This Pied-billed Grebe has had limited exposure to the internet

A small duck with a striped bill on a lake in the Catskills

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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

“I’m just talking quiet cause I’m in a doctor’s office” – the loudest man I’ve ever heard

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Lolo @loloverruled.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Please check out my piece today, I know people have kicked the tires on this but I think it’s an important one loloverruled.substack.com/p/whos-next

loloverruled.substack.com

Who's Next

Fascism in America

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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Who was up lunaring their eclipse?

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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

May this NyQuil give me the psychic power in my dreams to manifest what is right and just for this world (me getting hit by a train)

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JDD 𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊 @agreenballoon.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

"The tower had been abandoned for an age, yet on the darkest nights a bright light blazed from the lancet windows on the upper levels. Strange, since the passages below had long since crumbled into ruin..." #dicetower #dnd #5e #toiletrollcrafting

Dice rolling tower for dungeons and dragons made from trash and toilet paper rolls in the shape of a crumbling castle bastion

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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

My 2025 Ulster County Northern Flicker, a mystery in the snow. #bird #birding #nature

A medium-sized woodpecker stands in the snow, slightly obscured by grass

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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Some additional #birding experimentation on Flashes. Here’s a snowy #owl from the last irruption year, 2021. They were in the same location earlier this month but we didn’t see one when we went the other day.

An almost all-white owl standing in tall beach grass on a bed of shells with the sea in the background

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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Flashes!!! Thrilled to be in this beta and share these charming little Snow Buntings

A small bird with red cheeks sitting in a pile of straw

A group of three snow buntings on a rock

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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Saw this absolutely adorable Long-tailed Duck hen swimming in the Long Island Sound today.

A close view of a brown and white mottled duck swimming in the sea, a female Long-tailed Duck

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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Where are the weird duck people on this platform? A pair of Hooded Mergansers for all of you.

A pair of Hooded Mergansers facing each other

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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Today I was dreaming of the warm air and all of the smells of life and nature, and then my phone was like “hey remember in 2021 when you hiked the one of gnarliest Catskill high peaks with your dog??” I long for the summer but idk if I’m gonna climb Wittenberg this year.

A small Chihuahua mix sitting under wild evergreen brush on the summit of Wittenberg Mountain in the Catskills

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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Two years ago today I had the craziest Barred Owl encounter of my life, just flew right off the ground onto a branch so close. I wasn’t even shooting RAW back then 🤯

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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Tell me you’re vegan without telling me etc etc

A plate of French fries and a black coffee

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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Instagram no longer gets dog content 😤

A small dog sits in the crook of an elbow/aka a crelbow of a person with a red cardigan

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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

I do not want a 2024 “Confluence Recap” or a “Basecamp Breakdown” or an “Asana Assessment” or a “GitHub Rebase” or

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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Millie is the local Red-tailed Hawk at the grasslands, here she is chillin’ ON the observation platform.

Millie, a Red-tailed Hawk definitely noticing she’s being photographed

Millie looking directly at the camera with derision and judgement

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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

TikTok is gone and was my go-to after quitting Instagram. I reallllyyyy hope that it’s not Zuck or Musk buying the platform bc there’s no way I’d go back. A continuation of frustrating and demoralizing actions by the U.S. government. A splash of fash 😐

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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

I love the new iOS 18 feature where you can never tell if your mail is read or unread or what inbox it’s in or if it’s possibly partially read, half-read, or red?

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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Sleepy House Finch to kick off your week

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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

This recent photo of a Red-bellied Woodpecker and a Downy Woodpecker reminded me of a lifer moment in Louisiana last year when I saw a pair of endangered Red-cockaded Woodpeckers.