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Alicia Leroux @leashtotheworld.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Love gannets! They somehow look so elegant and so hilarious at the same time. #seabirds #seabirdphotography #Gannet #UKbirding #RSPBBemptoncliffs #birds

Grassy cliff side view of gannets. 2 are coming in behind in the air while 2 are on the grass. One has dried foliage for a nest while the other one is looking down towards the ground.

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Alicia Leroux @leashtotheworld.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

A White-breasted Nuthatch, Sitta carolinensis, doing its upside-down nuthatch thing. I love watching these little guys move around a tree like gravity just doesn’t apply to them. 📍 Manitoba, Canada 🇨🇦 📷 300 mm | 1/320 s | f/4.5 | ISO800 #WhiteBreastedNuthatch #Nuthatch #BirdPhotography #birds 🪶

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Alicia Leroux @leashtotheworld.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Male Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) singing from a cattail perch. The blue throat patch really showed in the morning sun. #birds ##birdphotography #wetlands #nature #birding

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Alicia Leroux @leashtotheworld.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

So excited to find this beautiful Carabus species! It was eating it's Easter dinner! Also some photos of the path close to where I found it. #bugsky #nature #wildgarlic #beetles

Forest trail with stream on the left. On the right slower water or pond

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Alicia Leroux @leashtotheworld.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Mason bee pupal cleaning. Ideal time - fall. When I remember - spring. This year about 2000 pupae on our balcony! #bugsky #scicomm #bees #masonbees #gardening #insects

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Alicia Leroux @leashtotheworld.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #WideOpenWings birds with wings wide open and the alt is #NoBranch any perched bird not on a branch. Redstart and flamingo! #birds #🪶 #birding #birdphotography

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Alicia Leroux @leashtotheworld.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

For today’s #BirdOfTheDay the theme is a #Portrait of any bird! Here is an #egret in the shallow waters of the Albufera, Spain. #birds #birdphotography

An egret standing in shallow water with its reflection below

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Alicia Leroux @leashtotheworld.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Think this is the Yellow Pansy butterfly, Junonia hierta. The male was displaying courtship behavior, repeatedly flying, fluttering, around a female. Mesmerizing to watch 🦋. #scicomm #entomology #insectsofinstagram #butterflies #insects #zambia #bugsky

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Alicia Leroux @leashtotheworld.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

For #birdoftheday short beaked theme, I have gone with rose-ringed #parakeet! I found this one in the city of Valencia, ES where it is not native and invasive. Still pretty 😍. #birds #wildlife

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Alicia Leroux @leashtotheworld.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Oh! #gulls is an alternative for #birdsoftheday ! Check out this gull trying to eat a #seastar! GIF in comments! #birds #gluttony

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Alicia Leroux @leashtotheworld.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Good day! Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LongBeaks! Thanx @robcrank68.bsky.social for the inspiration to post! This is the #eurasianhoopoe with a long beak to its body size! #birds

Eurasian hoopoe on a brack looking to the side.

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Alicia Leroux @leashtotheworld.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Whimbrel on the west coast of Costa Rica for #birdoftheday with the theme of #solitude. #birds

A Whimbrel on a rock overlooking the vast ocean

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Alicia Leroux @leashtotheworld.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Last fall I really wanted to see a #redwingedblackbird. Where I live, we dont have them. On a trip to Manitoba there where hundreds! Of course it was very difficult to get a photo as the sun was down too far. #birds #birdphotography #migration ##manitobabirds #manitoba

Several red winged black birds in flight at dusk on the pond margin.

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Alicia Leroux @leashtotheworld.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Bird ID help! We heard cackling geese, but to find one, we did not. Looking through my photos, is this a cackling goose? IRL 'Where's Waldo'! #birds #cackling #geese #birding #birdID

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Alicia Leroux @leashtotheworld.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Even standing right in front of you, it can be missed! The American Bittern is peak bird-nerd joy! Its cryptic plumage makes it rewarding to find! #🪶 #bittern #birding #manitobabirds #BirdNerd #birdphotography #birds

American bittern standing infront of vegetation

American bittern in flight on a foggy morning

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Alicia Leroux @leashtotheworld.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

We recently adopted 2 kittens for our beautiful older gal who lost her brother at the beginning of the year 💔. They both embody parts of his character making us feel like he's still here. They bring so much joy! #whiskerswednesday #cats

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Alicia Leroux @leashtotheworld.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

As a child, I loved pinktoed tarantulas (still do, they are like the teddy bears of the tarantula world). While on a night tour in Ecuador 🇪🇨 we came across this beautiful banana 🍌 spider eating my dream tarantula - the pinktoe! There are so many mixed emotions! #bugsky #spidersky #arachnid #spider

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Alicia Leroux @leashtotheworld.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

The most amazing sound was waking up to these beautiful animals munching on vegetation as they walked around our tent! You can't hear or feel them walking! #Hippos #mammals #photography #biodiversity #zambia

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Alicia Leroux @leashtotheworld.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Spotted this stunning Rufescent Tiger Heron chilling on the Amazonian riverbank in Ecuador! Jungle MAGIC! 🌿 #BirdPhotography #WildlifE #Ecuadortravel #AmazonRainforest #BirdWatching #Photography #BIRDS #Heron #birding

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Alicia Leroux @leashtotheworld.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Behind the scenes! We have been waiting 2.5 hrs for the wasp to bring a lepidoptera larva and place it inside. Will Murphy's law happen, or will we get the video? #entomology #wasps #cats #bichos #Gatos #insekten

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Alicia Leroux @leashtotheworld.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

It is the #bridledguillemot! Kind of the stylish form in the group! They have a white eye-ring and a sleek stripe down its neck. It's not a different subspecies, just a cool polymorphism. #superseabirdsunday #guillemot #seabirds #birds

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Alicia Leroux @leashtotheworld.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

This is a Northern Walking Stick found in Southern Manitoba. Searched years to find them! Once I found one- there were hundreds! #bugsky #insects #stickbugs #entomology

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Alicia Leroux @leashtotheworld.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

In September I found 2 elephant hawk moth larvae. I fed them up and overwintered the pupae outside in a wooden box. This evening, 1 beautiful adult emerged! It flew off before I could get white box pics. One more chance! #bugsky #moths #entomology #nature

Left photo is the larvae of the elephant hawk moth. The right is the adult.

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Alicia Leroux @leashtotheworld.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

How's your Monday mustache? Here is a collard restart found in the mountain region of Costa Rica. #birds #birdphotography #costarica #redstart #birding #explore #wildlifephotography

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Alicia Leroux @leashtotheworld.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Tonight, we saw this kestrel hunt and carry a black bird😬! Didn't realize the kestrel was so small. Beautiful bird. #birds #kestrel #vogel #birdphotography #birdsofprey #birding #explore

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Alicia Leroux @leashtotheworld.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Finding these birds is kind of like a needle in a haystack. They are so fast and very well hidden in the reeds. #birdingphotography #olympusphotography #reedwarbler (we think) #birds #nature #explore #birding #wildlifephotography #birdlife #warbler

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Alicia Leroux @leashtotheworld.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

The scarlet macaw, Ara macao, one of Costa Rica’s most iconic rainforest species! Brilliant in color 🌈 and vital to the ecosystem. 🪶 #ScarletMacaw #AraMacao #EndangeredSpecies #CostaRicaWildlife #birds #BirdConservation

Scarlet macaw sitting sideways on a tree.

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Alicia Leroux @leashtotheworld.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Happy #ThursJay! Say hello to the #CanadaJay, aka the mischievous #WhiskeyJack! The name "Whiskey Jack" is an anglicised spelling of the Cree word #Wisakedjak, a trickster mischievous spirit. This feathered prankster can mimic other birds’ songs and fool many creatures. #birds #scicomm #corvids

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Alicia Leroux @leashtotheworld.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Thank you to the loving and supportive mothers, whether by birth, adoption, or chosen family. I love to see family dynamics in nature. Here's a spider monkey mom and baby! #mom #mum #mothersday #spidermonkey #costarica #love #biodiversity

Spider monkey mom carrying her baby in the trees.

Spider monkey baby clinging on to her mom.

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Alicia Leroux @leashtotheworld.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Happy fly day, Friday! This fly seems to have had a tough week with carrying the weight of this mite! Hope all yours is better! #fly #diptera #flydayfriday #flyday #bugsky #entomology

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Alicia Leroux @leashtotheworld.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Zombie ant alert! 🧟‍♂️🍄 This ant was taken over by #cordyceps, a mind-controlling #fungus! After infection, it climbs high, latches on, & becomes a spore-spreading machine. Nature is beautiful! 🌿🐜 🪲 #Cordyceps #ZombieAnt #FungusAmongUs #Nature #MindControl #scicomm #Entomology #NatureFacts #bugsky

Ant infected by a fungus. Ant is positioned horizontal on a stick with awesome fungus like antlers sticking out if it's head.

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Alicia Leroux @leashtotheworld.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Roseate spoonbill seen inland in the area of the Arenal Volcano - La Fortuna, Costa Rica 🇨🇷. #spoonbill #roseatespoonbill #biodiversity #birds #pink

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Alicia Leroux @leashtotheworld.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

A beautiful male cheetah from Liuwa National park. This one had an injured leg and was waiting for its brother to return with, hopefully, a meal. #wildlife #cheetah #conservation #wildlifeconservation #nature #zambia #africa #liuwaplains #photography #nature #mufilika_tours_and_safaris #mammals

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Alicia Leroux @leashtotheworld.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

A puffin minds its own business while getting the side-eye from a pigeon, aka rock dove! Both are Columba livia: "rock dove" refers to the wild cliff-dwellers, and "pigeon" usually means their urban, feral cousins. #puffins #birds #pigeons #OM #birdphotography #nature 🪶 #rockdove #bemptoncliffs

The sweetest looking puffin carrying some nesting material being side-eyed by a pigeon.

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Alicia Leroux @leashtotheworld.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

#Guillemot up at #Bremptoncliffs. Was very hard to get the photo as he was a bit lower on the cliff, and at my height, it was a stretch and balance act to see it.🪶 #Guillemots #Photography #Nature #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Birds #BirdPhotography #Bempton #Yorkshire #OmSystem #MicroFourThirds

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Alicia Leroux @leashtotheworld.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Orange surprise in the mouth of a #razorbill at #bemptoncliffs. They are kind of like less clumsy gothic puffins! #seabirds #birds 🪶 #birdphotography #naturephotography

Razor bill bird with its mouth and wings open beside a cute paired couple.

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Alicia Leroux @leashtotheworld.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

This is the Atlantic puffin, Fratercula arctica! Dream come true! If you are an #olympus 📷 the 40-150 can work, some birds are pretty close. The 300 will give you that extra reach, as many are at a distance. #rspb #bremptoncliffs #puffins #birds 🪶 #birdphotography #birding #clownsofthesea

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