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@kbroquard.bsky.social
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likes butterflies, birds, books and shopping at farmer's market. Lives in the San Jose, California area amateur photographer, all photos are mine (except reposts)

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 20h
Some fresh edits from my best baby coot experience thus far. #SpookySeason 🪶
a profile view of a baby American coot swimming on water a baby American coot swimming in the opposite direction zoomed in on its face, I mirrored this so it made this post look better but originally they're both swimming the same direction. I don't know if it's the same burn or not but it's a different shot A parent looks down at a baby American coot. In the upcoming frames they do feed something but you can't see what it is in this in the upcoming frames they do feed something but you can't see what it is in this Two babies looking up at one parent wantingly
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Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 14/10/2026
I don't get to see a lot of mountains in Florida so I stockpiled a ton of pictures during our trip through the Canadian rockies 😁 #RockinTuesday #ColorADay #BlueTue #Photography #Banff
A bright blue cloudy sky reflects in a still lake with rocks in it in the foreground,  a mountain curves down from the right edge of the frame
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Jack Maynard(he/him) @jhmsparky.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Y'all love a blue bird, so here's a Pinyon Jay from Cabin Lake, Oregon yesterday #Birding
Pinyon Jay on a rock
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GordonI @gordoni.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Happy Thanksgiving! For #MountainMonday I offer a tip to photographers heading west from #Calgary into the #RockyMountains to take #morning photos: the #sun will shine on the #mountaintops long before it shines on you. Taken in #October. 😊 📷 29mm f:2.2 #photography #Kananaskis #nature #landscape
An October sunrise in Kananaskis Country, Alberta 🇨🇦
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Trails Edge Fine Art @trailsedgefineart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The coast doesn’t whisper—it crashes, splashes, and steals the scene. In Where the Coast Breathes, deep blue-green waves surge around rugged New England rocks. Soft pastel on sanded paper lets every splash and shifting current feel alive, capturing the wild rhythm of the shoreline. Prints available
The coast doesn’t whisper—it crashes, splashes, and steals the scene. 🌊

In Where the Coast Breathes, deep blue-green waves surge around rugged New England rocks. Soft pastel on sanded paper lets every splash and shifting current feel alive, capturing the wild rhythm of the shoreline.

A little piece of coastal calm can make a striking addition to your space. Which detail catches your eye first: the foamy spray or those rich turquoise waves?
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Island Girl (IG)🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @tenoaks6.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
....anyway the wind blows #reclaimingorange #nature #bloomscrolling #photography #gardens #flowers #poppiesinOctober 🥹 #lifeisbeautiful
Bright orange California poppies moving with the wind while nestled in green foliage
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kbroquard.bsky.social @kbroquard.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Spotted on my walk #ColorADay #RedWed Red flowers on a Chinese hibiscus plant
Big red blossoms on a tall green bush
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Harold von Drehle @haroldvondrehle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#RoseWednesday #FlowerReport: Some scenes from Monday, in the San Jose Municipal Rose Garden.
A photo of a pink and white candy-striped rose. A photo of a walkway with a rustic overhang of thick wooden beams, flanked by posts with bare vines snaking up on the outside. Rose bushes are beyond, with trees and a large blue fountain framed in the center.
A photo of a bush of several pink roses leading into a scene beyond that is filled with white roses in a garden setting that leads far off into a horizon of houses with tall evergreen trees on the right and more, including palm trees, further away under a light blue sky. Near the center of the picture, in the garden, is the blue water fountain, tiny by comparison.
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kbroquard.bsky.social @kbroquard.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMachinery Book sorting machine in a library
As books are returned, they are sent down the conveyor belt and then sorted into bins.  There are big gray bins with wheels on each side of the machine. There are metal rollers that send the book into a bin.
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Mary Gemignani @marygemignani.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hi. Hope you are all doing well! Just popping in for a sec. As I mentioned, busy with life until mid-Nov or early Dec. I am just flat out busy and birding and soc media isn't really happening for me ATM. I wanted to thank my new followers. Your interest in nature and birds is much appreciated!
A monarch butterfly on a thistle flower at Trempealeau Natl Wildlife Refuge.A monarch butterfly on a thistle flower at Trempealeau Natl Wildlife Refuge.A monarch butterfly on a thistle flower at Trempealeau Natl Wildlife Refuge. Wings wide open. I have not had a capture like this before with the wings spread wide apart. Fun!A monarch butterfly on a thistle flower at Trempealeau Natl Wildlife Refuge.
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Charlie Ludwig @chuck4242.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A Ruby Throated Hummingbird in flight. I really like the quality of light that I got with this photo. It almost feels like a studio shot. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #Photos #Photo #ECK #BirdOfTheDay #Airborne #Stunday
A Ruby Throated Hummingbird in flight while it comes up to red flowers to feed.
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Juju Bee! @fireflyfox5.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
a dreamy autumn bloom in the garden today #stunday #ECK
A color photo of a rose that has a beautiful array of soft colors: peach and yellow and pink and orange. The light is muted from a misty morning. Photo of a rose in my garden by me
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betsy cooley @betsycooley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Anna's Hummingbird holding on to the tip of a branch. Emeryville, California. 📸 #birds #nature #eck #eastcoastkin
Small hummingbird with black feathers on top of head and iridescent greenish-blue feathers on wing. It is standing on the top of a small branch.
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Anne de Haas 📷 @mbug.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Blue #photography #Ontario #EastCoastKin #blue #GeorgianBay #bluesky
Meaford harbour under a dramatic evening sky.
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BeTheChange @vishnumichael.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#Bloomscrolling #AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLookingIn #roses #flowers #photography Looking into the bloom of a ‘Strike It Rich’ rose.
Close-up overhead view of a golden-orange 'Strike It Rich' rose in full bloom, its tightly swirled petals showing warm yellow tones deepening to apricot at the tips, set against blurred green foliage and a stone path in the background.
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kbroquard.bsky.social @kbroquard.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLookingIn Looking in at Alpacas at McClellan Ranch
A brown alpaca has just taken a bite from his bag of food- alfalfa?
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 24/09/2026
GREBELINGS ON TIMELINE 🪶 🐣
A western grebe with 3 babies on their back
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PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Black-necked stilts in the morning light for #TwosDay #birds #nature #photography #ECK
2 stilts wading in shallow water in early morning light that turns everything warmer.
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Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 15/09/2026
I mentioned last month that I found a good spot for ladybugs and promised to spend a lot of time there. On Saturday I got a series of shots that I'm thrilled with. 💚🐞💛 Here's one of my favorites! Definitely time well spent. 😀 #Photography #Ladybugs #Ladybirds #Flowers #Bloomscrolling
A lady bug craws on a bud of a yellow flower, just beginning to open with a sliver of yellow between the green.  The sunlight is just barely catching the back of the ladybug, causing it to light up in contrast to the flower behind it.  Background is mostly white/gray with hints of orange in the bottom left corner.
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The One True Kat @theonetruekat.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Sorry, I can’t come to work tomorrow because this new being just moved in and we are getting to know each other. #inverts
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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Some texture from this beautiful hoopoe. #BirdsInAbstract #birdoftheday #birds🪶 #Naturephotography #NatureTherapy
This image features a close-up profile of a Eurasian hoopoe, showcasing its distinctive sandy-orange head, sharp black-tipped crest, and long, slender, decurved bill. The bird's dark, circular eye is clearly visible against its pale, buff-colored plumage, while a softly blurred natural background emphasizes the crisp details of its feather textures and prominent crest.
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PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Lavender Sierra Nevada foothills at #sunrise for the #Undulating theme of the #BlueSkyArtShow while a dog rounds up the sheep, sprinkler irrigation waters the fields, and low clouds fade to orange. 9/11/2026 #scape #stunday #photography #ECK
A field of mustard has been eaten by a flock of sheep, that is rounded up by a running black dog with sprinkler irrigation in the background, riparian trees at the horizon, and lavender undulating foothills, with orange low hanging clods beyond that.
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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
It's a #MallardMonday and this week's #AlphabetChallenge is #WeekJForJocular, so here's a mallard having a laugh #photography #birds #ducks #mallard #nature 📷🦉🪶
A brown mallard perched on a bare tree branch resting over rippled blue water, its bill wide open as if laughing or vocalizing. In the background, out of focus, another duck swims past.
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Kort Duce @kortduce.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
A great blue heron pauses while getting into position to fish at a nature area in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #Herons&Egrets #ECK #bird #birds #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wetland #wetlands #heron #herons
Photo by Kort Duce

A great blue heron pauses while getting into position to fish at a nature area in Longmont, Colorado.

In this vertical color photograph, a heron perches on a branch that juts out of the water and enters the frame from just below center on the right. The branch, which is mostly submerged beneath a couple of feet of water, is littered with several large fishing lures and tangled masses of discarded fishing line. The heron has its back toward the camera but is turned enough to reveal its left profile, with its beak slightly open and its tongue visible. Early morning light illuminates the heron, highlighting its plumage against the surrounding water.

The background is pond water reflecting the brilliant blue sky overhead, characteristic of Colorado’s 300-plus days of sunshine each year.

A beautiful quiet moment of a great blue heron preparing to fish in a wetland habitat so vital to its existence.
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Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Sword-billed Hummingbird for #NationalHummingbirdDay #hummingbird #SmallBirdSaturday #Birds #Naturephotography
Green hummingbird with an extremely long, straight bill perched on a mossy branch against a blurred green background.
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PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Snowy Plover, Monterey Bay #Minimal #BlueSkyArtShow #Birds #Nature #Photography #ECK
Small white plover with dark markings on head and shoulders standing on the edge of a sandy beach ridge, most of the photo is out of focus.
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Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
My newest lino block print is up! "Dream" is my first ever series using black paper and gold ink, and wow does it make an impression. The gold is very opaque, and while not extremely shiny the contrast is gorgeous. www.kamakru.com/prints/p/lim... #dragons #lino #linocut #blockprint
Photo of a 5x7 hand pressed lino print in gold ink on black paper of a cute dragon curled up on top of a stack of two books, one says DREAM on the spine. The dragon looks peaceful and stars sparkle in the sky around it with a crescent moon. Written under the print in pencil is the edition number 6/54 which means it's limited edition number 6 out of 54 total prints. Title "Dream" and signed Katie Croonenberghs. Text reads kamakru.com
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Flooftactular Friday Blue Jay #birds
Close-up of very floofy bird with silver belly and blue crest. Bird is perched on diagonal, copper-coloured twig with soft focus green in the background. It’s expression is very calm, with crest relaxed.
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BeTheChange @vishnumichael.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
#ForestFriday #scape #ECK #trees #nature #inspire A forest in recovery, flourishing with new life, new growth. Showing the scars, as we all do, of challenges overcome.
Ponderosa pine forest recovering after wildfire: tall scorched-bark trunks stand among charred stumps and blackened debris, with new grasses, shrubs, and young greenery sprouting between granite boulders in the sunlit understory.
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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
#HikingLog 48 #Pennsylvania Back to Ricketts Glen Roots on the rocks #hiking #ForestFriday #forest #photography #landscape #nature #explore #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #GetOutside #LandscapePhotography #treescape #trailtextures
A rocky forest trail winds between tall trees, exposed roots and  moss-covered boulders.
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Tom Astle @tjalamont.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A wee masked bee, I think Hylaeus sp., maybe 5 mm. long. Every time I leaned in with my camera, the bee would run a lap around the flower then come back to face me. Single shot, handheld, with the new Laowa 45 mm. 1-5X at 3X with a crop to about 3.5X. (Montana) #BugSky 🌿🐙📷
A macro photo of a small bee, upper left in the frame, facing the camera from its perch on a yellow flower petal. The bee has a pale cream-yellow face and black eyes. The background (apart from the yellow petal) is blue sky and a bit of out of focus green in the lower left and lower right corner.
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Tom @birdfan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
For the #BirdoftheDay theme of #contrast, I am submitting this great blue heron standing on a log in a pond. Have a great day! #NAture #Birds #Photography
Seen in profile is a large gray and black heron with a buffy-white head and neck which contrast nicely with the dark foliage off in the background.  The log stands in shallow water with some dead branches sticking up off of it.  THere are also a couple green reeds standing up along the right edge of the frame.  We can see the heron's right, yellow eye and orangish beak.   S/he aslo has a dark navy head stripe that is visible.  The buffy neck feathers are very flowy and hang down toward the log below.
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kbroquard.bsky.social @kbroquard.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
#WeekIforIntegers #AlphabetChallenge Taken from a Vista Point
There is a sign up close that says
Mt Shasta 
Elevation 
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In the background is Mt. Shasta with snow on its top.
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Menestune @menestune.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A nice ocean shot from Mendocino, CA. #nature #ocean #photography #love #nokings #marinelife #eastcoastkin
Shoreline grasses leading to green ocean water and a land mass with a cave cutting through it.
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Stand back! Ruddy Duckling Squad is assembled #birds
Five floofy ducklings all swimming right to left. They are mostly brown with yellow cheek patches and they are adorable.
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Alex Sauerbrunn @birdsbyalex.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
A Roseate Spoonbill bringing it in for a hug. #Coastal&River #BirdOfTheDay #birds #nature #wildlife #photography #pink
A large pink shorebird with a spoon-shaped bill, wings spread, facing the camera in shallow water. Photographed in Fellsmere, Florida.
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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
A quick edit of tonight's beautiful lunar #eclipse.
A close-up photo of the full Moon during a 96% lunar eclipse. The top of the Moon is bright white, but most of the rest is orange to red in color.
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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
For #WaterWednesday and #WaderWednesday, a snowy egret wading in the creek #photography #birds #egret #nature 📷🦉🪶
A white snowy egret in profile facing left, wading through dark, shallow water with rippled golden highlights.
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kbroquard.bsky.social @kbroquard.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Today’s alternate #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ReflectionsAndShadows I believe this is a black-necked stilt December 2025 at Shoreline
The stilt is walking in fairly shallow water.  It is black above, white below and has long pinkish legs.  The beak is long and straight.
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Ovi Photography @ovip.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Together #Photography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Kenya #Mara #Zebras
Picture of two zebras in the mara national park. KENYA
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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Migration is starting here and we’re hearing quite a few different voices. This Blue Jay was flying to a different tree and decided we needed to hear the melodic song of its people! #Birds 🪶
A Blue Jay flys right to left and calls at the same time. Its wing feathers are spread and in a downward stroke, and its wings, back and head are covered in so many shades of blue! 
It’s flying in the light but the background is deep shade!
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Charlie Ludwig @chuck4242.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
A Ruby Throated Hummingbird sticking its tongue out. Notice that they are so tiny and light that they can perch on a leaf. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #Photos #Photo #ECK #TongueOutTuesday #BirdOfTheDay #Iridescence
A Ruby Throated Hummingbird perched on a tree leaf, turned to the side sticking its tongue out.
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Rina @rina2012.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Iridescence, The Alt theme is #Mothers I’ve chosen two glossy Ibises. Same type, different look! 🪶 #birds #birding #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Spain #wildlife #photography #naturephotography #thelittlethings #ECK #TwosDay #TidesoutTuesday
Two brown ibises are standing in the dense, dry, beige-brown grass on the bank of a body of water. Both birds have the typical ibis build, with a long, slender beak that curves elegantly downwards. The bird on the left stands upright in profile, facing to the right, displaying its magnificent breeding plumage: a deep mahogany-brown body, combined with dark, iridescent wings that shimmer with a metallic green and reddish sheen in the sunlight. The bird on the right is slightly further in the foreground, turned slightly to the left and displaying its non-breeding or juvenile plumage. Its plumage is generally darker and duller, whilst its head and neck feature characteristic, fine light-grey streaking. In the background, the slightly blurred, grey-brown surface of the water can be seen.
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CSP Landscapes @carlosp-landscape.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
FIRST LIGHT ON THE SALT — Salinas Grandes Before sunrise, the salt held the blue of the sky. Then the sun cleared the ridge and the raised polygon edges began to glow — two readings of the same quiet geometry. Salinas Grandes, Jujuy, Argentina — May 2026.
A low sunstar breaks over a dark mountain ridge at Salinas Grandes, with warm light tracing the raised rims of large white salt polygons beneath a pale dawn sky.A cooler pre-sunrise view of Salinas Grandes, with repeating white salt polygons beneath a pale pink-and-blue sky and a dark mountain ridge on the horizon.
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kbroquard.bsky.social @kbroquard.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I spotted a white dog-rose shrub on my walk.
White flowers with green leaves growing on the shrub
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Colleen Miller @colleenmiller.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The colour of this rose is unreal, so beautiful!
An orange and yellow rose
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Nicole Adams SideEye-Photography @blathin384.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Good Morning ☀️ Per Helen the Alt theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay is: #SereneBirdScene bird images that have a peaceful and calm mood. Another one from my #Reflection morning on 7 August 2026. The Snowy Egret is a master at being soo still... not one ripple! #ECK #photography #birds
Photo of a Snowy Egret standing perfectly still in shallow water. The surface is mirror like smooth and the bird is casting a perfect reflection of itself onto it
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Jos Buurmans | New Zealand @josbuurmans.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
One of the favourites of my Open Coast collection: Whangaroa Blues - Northland, New Zealand. #photography #landscape #nz
Mist drifting over forested hills above Whangaroa Harbour, seen from St Paul's Rock, Northland, New Zealand
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Lecia Michelle @leciamichelle.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Babies! #ducklings #mallardducks #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky
Ducklings with fuzzy yellow feathers swimming in a lake.
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Dreamcatcher @dreamcatcher01.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Red-spotted Purple Butterfly Blue Sheen on soft green...
A blue and purple butterfly is resting on green leaves. 

📷 Dreamcatcher
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