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Joe (Geo) @joebucci.bsky.social · 17/06/2024

You walk into the bathroom having to shit, you walk out having read the entire Dune series

Joe (Geo) @joebucci.bsky.social · 04/06/2024

In school, I learned a good reporter needs to use all 5 senses to tell a story. The one who apparently licked Farage post-shake needs a raise.

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Joe (Geo) @joebucci.bsky.social · 14/05/2024

Here's a post and run: too many essays, few words left

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Joe (Geo) @joebucci.bsky.social · 26/04/2024

I've been neglecting posting here, but here's some catchup from my spring break this week 🐦 #birds #brooklynbirding #MarinePark #ProspectPark #GreenwoodCemetery

Rose-breasted grosbeak perched on a clean branch, in front of a leafy tree.

A blue-grey gnatcatcher briefly landing before taking off again

A yellow warbler perched among budding pink and white flowers

A yellow-crowned night heron with some unfortunate beach dweller I'm unfamiliar with

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Joe (Geo) @joebucci.bsky.social · 15/03/2024

Another bird I'm excited to see returning to the northeast US: the black-crowned night heron! I can't decide which crop I like better on this guy; I'm usually disposed to 16x9s but the 4x5 looks great too. #birds #herons #Brooklynbirding #SpringMigration

4x5 photo of a black-crowned night heron. They're barely peaking out into the sunlight from a rotted cavity in a wrecked ship (not shown here). Light brings out the eye's ferocious red as the rest of its body dissolves into shadow.

A 16x9 version of the same heron. This one shows less of its body but has more shadow to frame its facial features.

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Joe (Geo) @joebucci.bsky.social · 14/03/2024

The red-winged blackbirds are back to finally give our local sparrows some company in the tall reeds. #birds #brooklynbirding #MarinePark

An adult male red-winged blackbird roosting on a common reed. He calls out to his flock as one piece of their constant communication.

An adult male red-winged blackbird calmly roosting in a bush.

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Joe (Geo) @joebucci.bsky.social · 12/03/2024

I know Daylight Savings Time makes no sense, but have you considered that I get an extra hour of sleep before golden hour? #birds #corvids

An American Blue Jay on a fence at Marine Park Salt Marsh, Brooklyn.

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Joe (Geo) @joebucci.bsky.social · 20/02/2024

I finally got a chance to catch a special visitor in Prospect Park. This normally western-bound rufous hummingbrid defected to the better US coast #birds

A 1/4 turned view of the rufous hummingbird. Contrasting his almost pure white chest, red-orange begins to creep into the palette of his belly, fitting for the name of the species.

Here, his wings are thrown back in a blur, as he approaches a feeder.

Another 1/4 turned view. With this shot I really wanted to show off exceptional speed at which hummingbirds flap their wings.

At 1/500th second shutter speed, his body is sharp and clear, but his wings are a complete blur, forming almost a circle around him.

A better shot of the rufous hummingbirds underside, with his head turned upwards. The chaotic patterns we see in nature reveal themselves again in the detail of the hummingbirds throat. His tail is almost fully orange, while the white-tipped feathers created an aesthetic fan.

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Joe (Geo) @joebucci.bsky.social · 20/02/2024

I've been going through the Nolan Batman trilogy again, and The Dark Night is such a legitimately good film it kind of shocked me, especially after Batman Begins. It's kind of goofy politically, but aesthetically it rocks. Though, it's kinda sad that the worst part is whenever Batman is on screen

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Joe (Geo) @joebucci.bsky.social · 19/02/2024

This ring-billed gull got all dressed up in its breeding plumage just to go play in the snow. #birds I get so excited when it snows now lmao

A ring-billed gull in full adult-breeding plumage — clean white around the head and chest with a dark-grey back, black wing tips, and a orange-red eye-ring — turns towards the camera on a snowy day.

The ring-billed gull's vibrant red-orange eye-ring sharply contrasts the frost on its bill from feeding in the snow.

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Joe (Geo) @joebucci.bsky.social · 14/02/2024

I hope I'm not too late for Tiny Tuesday. #birds The smallest bird I saw today, and a lifer! I loved watching this tiny dino hunt on the beach.

An American Pipit on a pebbly beach: a small bird with a brownish back, and a brown-streaked yellow underside. This one has a distinct white supercilium.

The American pipit rocks its head back as it takes a step forward.

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Joe (Geo) @joebucci.bsky.social · 12/02/2024

I wasn't too happy with how the last orange-crowned picture turned out, mostly due to iso noise, so here's another shot. #birds It has a worse background, but I think it's fun giving small birds this hyperdramatic lighting. Which crop do you like the best?

An orange-crowned warbler — a plain-looking, small, yellow-olive bird with a grayish head — looking right on a branch. Wind blows it's belly feathers out of place.

A tighter crop of the same warbler. The body takes up most of the frame.

A close-up of the same orange-crowned warbler, where its head takes up most of the frame.

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Joe (Geo) @joebucci.bsky.social · 11/02/2024

Common grackles were everywhere in Prospect Park yesterday. They had a gang perched in a tree towards the center of the lake, and were dispatching pairs to different parts of the park. Here's some shots of one visiting the feeders. #birds

A wide shot of a common grackle at the edge of a basket feeder full of sunflower seeds.

A portrait of a common grackle looking at the camera, head twisted to one side.

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Joe (Geo) @joebucci.bsky.social · 08/02/2024

I went to bed like an hour late last night, and I couldn't get myself to get up for sunrise. Getting old suuuucks

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Joe (Geo) @joebucci.bsky.social · 07/02/2024

A blue sky for Bluesky. #birds This red-tailed straight mogged like 8 crows. www.instagram.com/p/C3DL_WouuHv/

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Joe (Geo) @joebucci.bsky.social · 07/02/2024

Bluesky is open, post one art to promote yourself It's rare that I get so close to cormorants, but when Prospect Park's lake froze in January, the waterfowl crowded to the shore #birds

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Joe (Geo) @joebucci.bsky.social · 06/02/2024

Sharp-shinned hawk at Marine Park, Brooklyn this morning 👀 www.instagram.com/p/C3BVPeVRZwO/

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Joe (Geo) @joebucci.bsky.social · 06/02/2024

I like to show off the urban wildlife in NYC; check out my photography on Instagram www.instagram.com/joe_bucci_bi...

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