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James Gryboski @jgryboski.bsky.social · 5h

Those new spooky cheeto puffs are pretty good

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James Gryboski @jgryboski.bsky.social · 15h

A former raccoon lounging on the beach #SpookyNature

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James Gryboski @jgryboski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My new focusing screen just showed up in the mail so I can finally use my macro and telephoto lenses properly on my F3. Just in time to go try it out while the light is good!

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Lyn Heideman @heidelyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

While the prairie dogs in the park don’t hibernate, food can be scarce in the winter, so they need to pack on the pounds. Below is the fattest prairie dog we have ever seen at Devils Tower National Monument. #prairiedog

The fattest prairie dog ever seen at Devils Tower National Monument.

(Photo courtesy of the National Park Service.)

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James Gryboski @jgryboski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A great blue heron with his giant face spear for #BirdOfTheDay themes #BestBeaks and #YellowElements

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James Gryboski @jgryboski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I don't have any fresh #Arachtober spider pics since it was raining all day, but here's an old one instead! #arachnids #spiders

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James Gryboski @jgryboski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Double-crested cormorants and a mallard for #BirdOfTheDay theme #Black&White

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James Gryboski @jgryboski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

No good bird photos from me this month, since my camera has broken. Luckily, "best" doesn't necessarily mean "good," so for #BirdOfTheDay theme #BestOfTheMonth, here's some bad phone pics of a pair of woid ducks, a wild turkey, and a goosegang loitering menacingly in the dark.

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James Gryboski @jgryboski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The spider that's been living in my sideview mirror for like 2 years #arachnids #spiders

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James Gryboski @jgryboski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A spotted sandpiper and a northern flicker for #BirdOfTheDay theme #BokehBirds. For the alt theme #AwkwardAvian, a warbling vireo and half a mallard.

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James Gryboski @jgryboski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Rhinoceros hornbills at the Milwaukee Zoo aviary #birds #zoo #wisconsin

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James Gryboski @jgryboski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A ring-billed gull for #BirdOfTheDay theme #Seabirds and a red-tailed hawk for the alt theme #Airborne With pictures this time!

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James Gryboski @jgryboski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Found this guy trying to break into my apartment #insects

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James Gryboski @jgryboski.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Ring-billed gulls and brown-headed cowbirds for #BirdOfTheDay theme #Pairs, and a common grackle and a gray catbird for the alt theme #Green

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James Gryboski @jgryboski.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

An eastern phoebe for #BirdOfTheDay theme #Borbs, and a red-winged blackbird for the alt theme #Brown

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James Gryboski @jgryboski.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Last week I finally dropped off a few of the used rolls of film I've had sitting in the fridge for the last few years to get developed, and I'm getting the negatives back today. Will there be anything good on them? Who knows!

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James Gryboski @jgryboski.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Ok, time to go hang out next to the courthouse at night with a camera looking for spiders. Let's hope I don't get shot by a cop!

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James Gryboski @jgryboski.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Got some nice shots right as it was getting dark, about half an hour after sunset. Pershing Park boat launch, Racine, WI #wisconsin #greatlakes

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James Gryboski @jgryboski.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It's just not the same with a phone... Since I can't use my DSLR, maybe I need to bust out some film for these guys #spiders #arachnids

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@macro_action @birdzandbees.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Air wolf Beewolf wasp flying with its latest victim. Nikon Z9 and Z 105mm macro SS1/3200 F8 ISO2000 #macro #insect #arthropod_perfection #macro_world #macro_of_our_world

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James Gryboski @jgryboski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Does anyone have any recommendations for some good field guides for plants of Wisconsin/Upper Midwest/Great Lakes region? I'm mostly interested in prairie and woodland wildflowers, but books that also include grasses and other plants would be ideal. #wisconsin #wildflowers #nativeplants #plants

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JB | Native Plant Gardener (WI) @jbtheexplorer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I was cleaning some of the algae and moss out of my pond's bog filter when my hand brushed against something under the algae. It's a baby snapping turtle! 😆 Now that's a first! I have seen them around my yard before but never hanging out in my pond. #turtle #reptile #wildlife #Wisconsin #garden

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James Gryboski @jgryboski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A horned grebe for #BirdOfTheDay theme #TheDivers and a common grackle for the alt theme #BirdStare

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Sheldrick Wildlife Trust @sheldricktrust.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Up close with Balguda, an icon of Tsavo and one of the many elephants we protect. Born around the time the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust was established, this remarkable tusker has survived decades of drought, poaching and the many challenges of life in the wild. www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org

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James Gryboski @jgryboski.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A red-tailed hawk showing off the meathooks for #BirdOfTheDay theme #Raptors and a blue jay for alt theme #Corvids

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Sophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

An old favourite, taken on this day in 2019 up in the Westfjords of #Iceland 🦭🍂

A seal sits on a clump of kelp, looking around at the camera. Beyond are autumnal slopes with a couple of ephemeral waterfalls and some fog above the hills. The colours are reflected in a fjord.

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James Gryboski @jgryboski.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It's apple cider season again! Now I just need to start all over from scratch on the recipe I got worked out last year and lost when my phone died, because I just can't ever be organized with even the simplest things. I'll get it though! Now if I can just find the recipe I used as a base...

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Colton the fish squeezer🐟🪴📚🏕️🐝 @fishsqueezer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Spiny lizards are so chill, I love them. This one has almost certainly never seen a human & will never see one again, but it does not care. I felt bad for it trying to survive in the middle of a half million acre wildfire so I brought it a grasshopper I caught in a small unburned patch. 🐍 #invert

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James Gryboski @jgryboski.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A red-bellied woodpecker for #BirdOfTheDay theme #Redheads and a Bonaparte's gull for alt theme #Gull

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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

since i am working on my first new alt movie posters in *quite* a while, thought i'd share a selection of my favs from over the years ! title and description in alt text all of them are ink on claybord/scratchboard

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James Gryboski @jgryboski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026