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Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds

@mariusmerganser.bsky.social

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>18 (Graybill) | Red-breasted merganser furry | birder and photographer (Avatar by Andrea Bosko)

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Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Just saw #CoyoteVsAcme and loved it! What a great time. Definitely go see it!

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Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

It's #AnthroBirdAppreciationDay? I like sushi. Just sayin'.

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

It's sushi o'clock

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Ripley would like to remind you about fire safety. (And not because I’m a bad cook.)

Dove perched on a fire extinguisher

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Ripley is very friendly and mellow, too. 10/10.

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Happy Pigeon Appreciation Day

Ring neck dove

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

American goldfinch and willow flycatcher #birding #birds

American goldfinch

Willow flycatcher

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Eastern cottontails (Bunnies!)

Eastern cottontail

Another eastern cottontail

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Two bunnies, a deer and a bluebird in one shot. It's like a live action Disney movie.

2 rabbits, deer, and bluebird

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Bun not caring how close I got.

BNUNY in the grass up close

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

American goldfinches #birds #birding

American goldfinch in a tree

American goldfinch in grasslands

American goldfinch in the grasslands 2

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Baltimore oriole and Orchard oriole at the grasslands today. #birds #birding

Baltimore oriole in a tree

Orchard oriole in the weeds

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Osprey is floofy and pointy. #birds #birding

Osprey in a tree.

Osprey in a tree

osprey in a tree

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Daffy is super effective...uh, so I'm told.

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

If I had any...

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Can confirm.

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MariEsposeets @mariesposeets.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

I made a scary little animation! DON'T LET THEM IN! #vampires

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Those asymmetrical Star Fleet Academy uniform shirts remind me of Mr. Wolf's partially untucked shirt.

Star Fleet Academy uniform

Mr. Wolf's partially untucked shirt looks like Star Fleet Academy uniform

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Visited by a turkey vulture today.

Turkey vulture perched in a tree

Same turkey vulture still in the tree.

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MariEsposeets @mariesposeets.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Stoat Quest: Episode 2

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

There's always room for another merganser.

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Pfft. Stoat doesn't even have feathers.

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

I suspect they're taking Twyla to get some sushi.

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

...and that's why I named my dove Ripley.

Sigourney Weaver Aliens Egg Chamber scene head tilt

Ripley the dove head tilt

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

I didn’t know that was a thing

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

What game is she playing?

Dove perched on a computer mouse

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Press any bird to continue…

Dove on a keyboard

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Yay! My new roommate is a rescued albino ring-necked dove named Ripley. #BIRD

Ripley, the albino ring-necked dove

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

I'd probably go with American kestrel.

American kestrel
(photo by Marius Merganser)

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 29/09/2025

Spooky season approaches, so I'm going to repost some of my Halloween comics from years past.

A four panel comic called Happy Halloween From The Birds. In panel 1, a pileated woodpecker has pecked its huge gaping rectangular holes in a pumpkin. In panel 2, a yellow-bellied sapsucker has pecked a face using its standard rows of small holes. In panel 3, a satin bowerbird has carved a pumpkin into a bower and placed its favorite blue candies all around it. In panel 4, a loggerhead shrike has impaled mini pumpkins on a fence's metal spikes and is saying "fight me."

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Eastern tohwee, gray catbird, and Savana sparrow #birding

Female eastern towhee

gray catbird

Savanah sparrow

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Would anyone be interested in joining a Bunnies & Burrows ttrpg campaign? (18+, Discord, Tabletop Simulator required). DM for details...

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MariEsposeets @mariesposeets.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Remember Freshie? She's into stuff. #bird #punk #watercolor #gouache #furryart #illustration #horror

Freshie the punk merganser on her nest, surrounded by some "horror" stuff: huge collection of decoy ducks (some with creepy paint jobs or little horror slogans), a duck caller, a shirt that says "pluck me like it's feast of Stephen," fishing lure piercings in her webbed feet, and sitting on an egg with a painted Pennywise face on it.

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MariEsposeets @mariesposeets.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Punk mergansers! Spread the word! #watercolor #gauche #birds #birdart #art #punk

punk mergansers. One merganser has a PBS Kids shirt.

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

I just picked up the third edition from 2018 by Frog God Games.

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Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

The bunny I saw earlier today is looking far more sinister now.

sinister bunny

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

It's cute that the The Bunnies & Burrows TTRPG rulebook lists birdwatchers in the bestiary. Wait, why do they have hit points?!?

Burrows & Bunnies stat block for birdwatchers

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

American goldfinch vs common yellowthroat #birding

Goldfinch

common yellowthroat

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Whaaat? Pff, noooo. That's crazy! Come on, now. But maybe.

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

I feel called out.

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

The geese and deer have formed an alliance.

Geese and deer

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Cormorant fishing the Raritan Canal today. #birding

Cormorant swimming

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Least terns and royals terns in one shot. (And both lifers) #birds

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Female boat-tailed grackle #birds

boat-tailed grackle, stony beach

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Bird watching birds watching birds #birds

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

So many patient egrets #birds

egret in the grass

egret stalking fish

wading egret

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Feels like forever since I could go take some pictures. One osprey caught a snake. #birds

Osprey in flight

Osprey in flight

Osprey caught a snake

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

One of us

cartoon duck quacking

Marius Merganser, Duke of Birds @mariusmerganser.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Glad you could attend!