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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 15h

Speaking of common birds, here's that bundle of twitchiness and constant motion known as a White Wagtail (Motacilla alba). This is a juvenile. Over the past month, billions have been moving through... anywhere where there is little bit of water. #BirdingHungary #wagtails #FallMigration2026

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Season of Scaryanne Denton 🧡🎃 @mariannedenton.bsky.social · 16h

I’ve been meaning to ask Husband to adjust the sprinkler water. Until today that is - then a Northern Flicker took a sip, a sparrow dipped in, scrub jays splashed, and robins rolled all over in the puddle.

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rwhooster @rwhooster.bsky.social · 15h

A recently trapped Large Wainscot for #MothFaceFriday. #teammoth

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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 15h

Our immigration enforcement system is simply broken. The deportation of children and innocent families is inhumane and unacceptable. No small child should face a judge without an attorney.  It’s time to abolish ICE.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

"It could chill rights of contractors to make political contributions" -- unearthed footage shows Susan Collins in 2012 fighting to protect contractors from having to disclose political contributions (we recently learned she was under investigation for a pay-to-play scheme involving a contractor)

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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 17h

Look who has returned to our park! (Belted Kingfisher) #birds

A belted kingfisher sitting on a thing branch with trees in the distant background

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Pan: The Reverist @ok2panic.bsky.social · 15h

If you point your little pointy face up towards the rain and a raindrop hits you in the nog, then it's a glancing blow and not a knock out shot. #birds

A rain drop glancing off the head of a little hummingbird.

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Satu Karlin @luontosatu.bsky.social · 15h

Vuodenaikojen vivahteikas vaihde 🍂🍂🍂 02.10.26 Ruissalo #Finland #nature #photography

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Vicki @vickclicked.bsky.social · 15h

Helen is hosting today's #BirdOfTHeDay. My photo contribution of a Palm Warbler taken today fits the Alt theme of #YellowElements, yellow found on any bird. Warblers are migrating through NW Wisconsin.

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Chris Snook @chrissnook.bsky.social · 20h

Squacco Heron looking shifty #BirdOfTheDay #BestBeaks #Birds #nikon 🪶

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Kris Gates @krismgates.bsky.social · 19h

#Bird of the Day: Downy Woodpecker (DOWO) For years, my yard has been home to at least one pair of Downy Woodpeckers. When I sit outside quietly to read or do my Spanish lessons, I can often hear their determined tapping on various trunks and branches and their high-pitched piping calls, & see them

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 16h

Finland gets the “ways to divide a country” treatment.

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Menestune @menestune.bsky.social · 20h

Fascinating footage of Bear x Coyote. I don't add music to my videos, but if I did, to this one I'd add "Why Can't We Be Friends?" #mammals #nature #bear #love #trailcam #Seattle #bff #goodmorning #PNW #nokings #coyote #dogs #friends

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Susan McCarthy @mccarthybeast.bsky.social · 15h

Apparently that bar ain't big enough for the both of them.

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ICE Flight Monitor @iceflightmonitor.bsky.social · 15h

(2/2) Deportations on U.S. military planes typically occur on Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays. All flights have departed from Harlingen, TX and landed in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Military aircraft are significantly more expensive to use than ICE Air charter planes.

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Clavain @nclavain.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

For Rob's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #BestOfTheMonth I have to go with this Green Heron and his catch - watched for 20 minutes as he stood still fishing before he got his breakfast - it was amusing to watch him swallow it whole also. #birds #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #photography #eck

Green Heron facing right standing on rocks at left of photo intently watching the blue water of a brook at right

Green Heron standing on rocks at left of photo striking and grabbing a fish from brook at right of photo, rocky bottom of brook visible in clear shallow water.

Closeup of Green Heron facing away from camera with head turned left, with its catch, a large fish hanging from its mouth as it walks up the rocky bank away from the brook to enjoy his breakfast.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A list of people who honked in support of the Academy of Natural Sciences at yesterday's protest: A schoolbus A car full of kids A cop A mailman Cars full of people in business attire Cars full of people in work outfits Cars full of people in street clothes The PPA Philly supports the Academy.

a woman in glasses holds up a sign that says Honk for the Academy

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Birder K @birderk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Assorted shorbs from a couple weekends ago. Finally going through the 4000+ images by starting with the videos first since there are fewer of those to deal with😅 #birds #fall #migration #shorebirds #waders

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Nicole Adams SideEye-Photography @blathin384.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Good Morning ☀️ Rob says, today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfTheMonth. I'm going with my new Lifer, the unexpected juvenile Tricolored Heron. What a treat 😍 #ECK #photography #birds

Photo of a Tricolored heron preening whilst in a cedar tree. The bird looks left and the feathers are ruffled up and some larger ones standing out. That's where the bird had just preened them.

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Mira🌺 @deepgreens.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Light in between…🌺 #BeachLife

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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Bullfrog, a bit less than 3 cm long!

Duckweed with floating island of dead leaves - small bullfrog sitting still

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I keep hearing from sources about these but had no idea it was THIS many. of course these are also the orgs that squawk about the importance of "academic freedom" www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

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Inside the anti-climate campaign against researchers

A POLITICO investigation reveals more than 100 open records requests demanding documents from climate scientists nationwide.

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Gwen 🌈🌺📚 @gwen4braves.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There was a Northern Flicker in my yard yesterday! There were blurry pics from when it was further away and I thought it was a different bird. Surprise! 🪶

A flicker is wandering in the grass and digging for ants

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Glen G @gleng.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Morning #bird A Brown Pelican hangin' out at the Santa Barbara Pier. Why is this my #BestOfTheMonth? It's literally the only bird picture I took this month! And it's was taken with my phone! (I left my bird Camera at home while on vacation). #birdoftheday #ECK

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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 30/09/2026

UPDATE: After our investigation into that company that buys struggling news sites and turns them into AI-powered content mills, it has halted publication -- at least for now futurism.com/artificial-i...

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That Company That Buys Struggling News Sites and Turns Them Into AI-Powered Content Mills Has Halted Publishing After a Futurism Investigation

Brown Brothers Media has halted publication at its wide-ranging AI-powered content farm empire -- for now, at least.

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Alex Rimberg @ajrimberg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Misty morning pond. Norwich VT, September 2026 #ECK #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #Scape #Landscape #Stunday

This image shows a view of a still, reflective pond on a misty morning seen from behind a set of tall green bullrushes. The eye is captured by a central rush, rising from the lower right corner, whose tip ends in a brownish-orange seed head at nearly the center of the image. This rush draws the eye to the far left shore of the pond, where another set of rushes and bushes are reflected in the nearly mirror-like surface of the pond. Behind the central rush, other slightly more distant rushes rise from left to right, framing a tree on the right shore of the pond, and its reflection in the water. The image is finished by the appearance of part of a willow on the left border of the frame, and more distant trees behind the pond that gradually vanish in the mist.

Nikon Z8 + Nikkor Z 14-24mm f/2.8 S @ 14mm, ISO 1250, 1/500, f/9.0

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It’s actually Dave @davidacody.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfTheMonth. My favorite bird sighting and photo was this little #Leucistic House Finch. Quite exciting when a special bird like this shows up in your back yard. #birds 🪶 #Nature #wildlife #photography #nikon #EastCoastKin

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Alex Rimberg @ajrimberg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Turf-covered houses nestled at the base of a mountain. Lofoten, Norway, August 2026 #ECK #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #Scape #Landscape #Nature #WindowsOnWednesday

This image shows a cluster of houses, several with turf roofs, nestled near the foot of a mountain in Lofoten. The houses are quite close to the sea, and a curve of sandy beach appears in the lower third of the frame, mostly on the right. A grassy field in the midground leads to the houses, set among hills near the center left of the frame. In the near distance beyond the houses is a set of dark, jagged moutains, their peaks about one third of the way from the top of the frame. The image is finished by the sky overhead, filled with a foreboding looking cloud, but also patches here and there of summer blue.

Nikon Z8 + Nikkor Z 24-200 mm f /4-6.3 VR @ 120 mm, ISO 250, 1/500, f/10

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Steve Harvey @lightdrawing.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The #BirdOfTheDay assignment is #BestOfTheMonth. I can never pick a best, so here's one I didn't have a chance to post previously. The white-breated nuthatches arrived earlier this month and have been quietly honking away in the background ever since.

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WhatABeautifulWorld @abbphotos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Photo a Day - Day 272: Female Northern Cardinal #photoaday #birds #nature #photography #naturephotography #ECK

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Bill Stedman @steddybirds.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Although not technically my best photos, these two celebrate amazing migrations — scores of egrets (great or snowy?) gather in flight before heading south, plus ospreys from two nests prepare to fly as far as South America for the winter. #BestOfTheMonth #BirdOfTheDay #birds #birdphotography #ECK 🪶

Great egrets flock overhead in South Dartmouth MA as they gather before heading south for the winter. I have seen many snowy egrets in the area, and this could be a flock of them, but can’t make out any yellow feet in this distant and blurred photo.

Ospreys, who were raised in the two nests on platforms built near the Massachusetts Audubon Allen’s Pond Wildlife Sanctuary in Dartmouth MA, gather strength In early September before their long migrations south. The salt marsh grass below is yellowing.

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Brian Peterson @drbrianpet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Wader Wednesday! Multi-tasking Western Gull is able to wade and preen all at the same time This was along the shoreline at Crescent City

Its head is bent all the way back and turned to nip at the inside of the right wing

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Brian Peterson @drbrianpet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Brown Pelican flying towards the fishing pier which is where I am standing in Crescent City

Long view of the opposite shoreline across the harbor

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Glendon Mellow @flyingtrilobite.com · 30/09/2026

The deep past is so fascinating as an artistic subject, bridging between reality and fantasy. Image is a "Screengrab from BBC Earth Science on Youtube" according to the source. #SciArt

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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Good morning! 🪶

Burrowing owl angrily peeking out of her burrow.

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Colton the fish squeezer🐟🪴📚🏕️🐝 @fishsqueezer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Accidentally stumbled within 10 yards of a black bear yesterday during my survey. Thankfully it didn't see me. No harm, no foul. Although I learned something about myself: zero sense of self preservation. I didn't even consider preparing my bear spray. I just got out my phone. This is how I die. 🦊

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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 30/09/2026

The American people want lower energy bills, and they want more clean energy. Our permitting reform plan gets us a long way toward both of those goals.

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Heinrich, Lee, Capito and Whitehouse Press Conference to Discuss Bipartisan Permitting Reform Deal

YouTube video by Senate Energy Dems

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Common Yellowthroat in the yard, fueling up for migration #birds 🌿

A small yellowish beige bird with a yellow throat and black and white mask around its eyes stands on a thin branch, looking down intently at something out of frame.

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Brian Peterson @drbrianpet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A Brown Pelican flies by the fishing pier I take a picture That's how it works Crescent City Golden Hour

Flying and turning with the right wing extended down and the left wing foreshortened pointing at the camera

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Declan Troy @troydeclan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I've heard that ravens sometimes help wolves looking for moose, well I can confirm that this Bald Eagle was no help to me in my search. Just sat and watched. I guess they just want dead salmon this time of year. Anchorage #Alaska #BirdsSeenIn2026 🪶

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Marty Essen @martyessen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Marty’s photo of the day #5177: I watched this great blue heron for parts of three days. She was the only great blue heron hanging out on the gravel beach in front of Deb’s and my Johnstone Strait campsite. The heron was particularly interesting . . . (Tap ALT for full text.) #birds #photography

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Lori @lorilorikeet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

For #BirdOfTheDay #BestOfTheMonth, my first time getting a photo of a Belted Kingfisher. I had previously only seen them a mile away, so I was thrilled when this guy landed closer.