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Val Veneziano @litlwng.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Savanna Sparrow singing in the meadow.

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Val Veneziano @litlwng.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Caspian Terns...on my morning walk 5.28.25

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Val Veneziano @litlwng.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

This Blue-winged Warbler put on quite a show. It got its prize, and so did I.

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Val Veneziano @litlwng.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Male and female Wood ducks on an early morning, 5 1/2 hour walk. A very good day! #birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #naturephotography

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Val Veneziano @litlwng.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Just when I think I've taken my last Oriole pic (there have been sooo many this year), I encounter this Baltimore Oriole feasting on a Shagbark Hickory flower. I couldn't resist😀 #birds #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography

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Val Veneziano @litlwng.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

I thought I heard a Warbling Vireo when I got to the preserve, but Merlin says this is a Philadelphia. Thoughts? #birds #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography

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Val Veneziano @litlwng.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

A little Ovenbird crossed my path, on my morning walk through the woods. The Ovenbird is actually a warbler and is in the family of wood warblers. It's name is a reference to the bird's nest, a domed structure that resembles an oven #birds #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography

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Val Veneziano @litlwng.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Green Heron flew in and perched over the lagoon long enough for a few clicks. #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography

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Val Veneziano @litlwng.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

A quite common, but a lovely duck, this male Mallard is watching the world go by. #birds #birdphotography

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Val Veneziano @litlwng.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Bay-breasted Warbler turned up on my morning walk. #birds #birdphotography

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Val Veneziano @litlwng.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Cape May warbler showing off his colors...on my morning outing. #birds #birding #birdphotography

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Val Veneziano @litlwng.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Peak migration is underway...always such fun. American Redstart, male #birds #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography

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Val Veneziano @litlwng.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

An endangered Piping Plover pair (Monty and Rose) appeared at Montrose Beach in 2019 and fledged 2 chicks. That was the first time Chicago had seen Piping Plovers in 71 years! Today we saw one of the Piping Plovers at the beach. #birds #birdphotography

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Val Veneziano @litlwng.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

This beauty flew into a maple tree and provided some great photo ops. Black-throated Green warbler, on my morning walk. #birds #birdphotography #photography #naturephotography #nature #photography

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Val Veneziano @litlwng.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Usually how I see them...flying away from me. 🤣 Wood duck #birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #photography

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Val Veneziano @litlwng.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Look at the eyes on the back of the male Wood duck (you may have to zoom in). No wonder it's so difficult to sneak up on them...eyes almost in the back of their head! One reason I love Nature/birds/photography~I learn something new every time I go out. #birds #birdwatching #nature #birdphotography

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Val Veneziano @litlwng.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Exploring this new world. Mallard duckling...one of 20! #birds #ducks #birdwatching #nature

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Danny Deraney @dannyderaney.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Wanna see something cool? At the Grammy's in 1976, Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme explained what jazz is. The result? The crowd losing its mind. 🔥

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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

They Believe Poor Americans Have Too Much…

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Val Veneziano @litlwng.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

I thought today would be uneventful, then as I was heading back to the parking lot I encountered this rarer warbler, Hooded warbler. Today was a very good day! #birds #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography

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Val Veneziano @litlwng.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Common Yellowthroat takes a momentary break. #bird #birdphotography

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Val Veneziano @litlwng.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

I saw something at a distance and was surprised to determine it was a soggy coyote. Here it was eyeing some birds. #nature #naturephotography

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 04/05/2025

250 years ago, the American people made it clear that they weren’t going to be ruled by kings. On June 14, we’re taking to the streets in a nationwide day of defiance to reject authoritarianism and show the world what democracy really looks like.

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No Kings

On June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. ...

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Val Veneziano @litlwng.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

This Green Heron, walking feet from the path, unconcerned with the onlookers...almost too close. A cool encounter with one of my favs! #birds #birdphotography

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VoteVets @votevets.org · 01/05/2025

Trump’s VA quietly ended a key program that helped Veterans avoid foreclosure. Now thousands are at risk of losing their homes—with no replacement in place. Just more proof that Trump has zero respect for those who’ve served. MORE: www.npr.org/2025/05/01/n...

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Val Veneziano @litlwng.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

A daily encounter on my morning walks. One of my favs! Wood duck pair. #birds #ducks #birdphotography

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Val Veneziano @litlwng.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

My camera wasn't ready to capture the squabble between these Red-bellied and Red-headed woodpeckers, but the Red-bellied won the battle. #birds #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography

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Val Veneziano @litlwng.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Great Blue Heron preening along the lagoons...on my morning walk. #birds #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

100 DAYS...of lying, grifting, lawbreaking, division, incompetence, ignorance, illegal deportations, self-aggrandizement, vulgarity, self-pity, cruelty, ignoring the Supreme Court & due process while attacking: the Media, Universities, Law Firms, the Courts & Journalists. 1362 Days to go...

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Webvixen @webvixen.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

The Christian Hypocrisy Paradox

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Val Veneziano @litlwng.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Surveying the surrounding area, aware, yet oblivious to the onlookers below. Peregrine falcon. Montrose Bird Sanctuary. #birds #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography

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Val Veneziano @litlwng.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Blown into the Windy City from who knows where! Hope he finds his way safely home. Montrose Bird Sanctuary #bird #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Booker: Do you think we got the right to vote for women because a bunch of men on the House floor got together and said “on the count of three, women get the right to vote..” That’s not how it happened… Change doesn’t come from Washington. It comes to Washington.

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Val Veneziano @litlwng.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Waiting to get all my ducks in a row. Wood ducks at Burnridge FP #birds #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography

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Val Veneziano @litlwng.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

This Savannah Sparrow found an artistic perch just as I passed by. #birds #birdphotography #nature #photography

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Val Veneziano @litlwng.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Sedge Wren in the brush as I started out on my morning adventure. Muirhead Springs #birds #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography

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Val Veneziano @litlwng.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Always entertaining watching these birds foraging in the leaf-litter, throwing up leaves as they go. Eastern Towhee. #birds #birdphotography #naturephotography

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Val Veneziano @litlwng.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

A White-eyed Vireo on overcast morning, at my favorite hotspot Montrose Bird Sanctuary #birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography

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Val Veneziano @litlwng.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

A very well fed, cheeky, raccoon taking advantage of the feeder at the nature center. #nature #naturephotography #wildlife

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Val Veneziano @litlwng.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Decided to stop into a forest preserve that I wasn't familiar with. It seemed rather uninhabited and as I was about to turn back to the car I looked up into a patch of trees. To my amazement, I saw a GBH and Great heron rookery! #birds #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography

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