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Molly Bangles

@mollybangles.bsky.social
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stage manager, night owler she/her mostly birds and nature here, mostly on a Sony RX10 IV pictures and videos are mine unless otherwise noted arts & crafts: mollybangles.etsy.com

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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Bro was absolutely skedaddling Black-bellied Plover in San Simeon, California, September 2026 #birds
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Live look at me this week (Elephant Seals in San Simeon, California, September 2026 🦭)
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I knew there would be at least one person who got it 😂
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Martha Jones traveling the world telling everyone about Doctor Who in order to bring him back and defeat the Master, but it’s me talking to people everywhere I go about how great raptors are at controlling the rodent population, and how horrible the 2nd generation rodenticides are
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
👀 yes
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
When I say I will talk about secondary rodenticide poisoning to anyone who will listen, I’m not exaggerating lol
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I may have just convinced the owner of a storage facility in rural California to look into having barn owl boxes installed on the property, and ditching the rodenticide bait boxes 🦉
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A beautiful young Barred Owl ❤️ I have sooo many pictures and videos, and will eventually spam everyone’s skyline with them 😂
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I have been extremely absent from BlueSky lately, and it’s nothing personal against BlueSky, I have just been extremely busy with work, and then there was an owl in Central Park, so you know, priorities 🦉
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
There was something VERY interesting up there 👀🦉
The same Barred Owl perched at dusk on a curved branch, surrounded by green foliage and light, out of focus, in the foreground and background. The owl is to the right of frame, head tilted all the way back, looking directly up above (her face is not visible)
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Curious visitor 💚🦉💚 Barred Owl in Central Park, September 2026
A Barred Owl - brown and tan plumage with barring on the front, a round head, and big dark eyes - perched at dusk on a curved branch, surrounded by green foliage and light, out of focus, in the foreground and background. The owl is to the right of frame in profile, facing left
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Please do not feed or give water to injured birds, and please don’t wait to see if they recover - birds often appear to have recovered and fly off, only to succumb to their injuries later. Wildlife rehabbers can provide proper care to give them the best chance for recovery and survival 🧡 🪶
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It’s fall migration, so if you see a little bird on the sidewalk looking dazed, they have hit a window and need help. Gently pick them up and get them into a paper bag or a box with ventilation, and get them to a wildlife rehabber asap, or keep them somewhere dark and quiet until you can 🪶
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Another unsatisfied customer 😤 (she bonked her head on a window and then tried to fight me when I rescued her lol) #birds
Looking down into a brown paper bag - at the bottom of the bag is a tiny bird - a Common Yellowthroat, though all we see from this angle is her olive back and one little leg sticking out to the side.
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
So cool!
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
guys it’s ok, I thought it was funny
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
(I was looking at a raccoon)
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I was in the park earlier looking at something through my binoculars and a man walking by said to his friends “fall migration is here, so the birdwatchers are out,” referring to me like I was a seasonal zoo exhibit 😭
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Many people have never taken a musical theater workshop class, and it shows!
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Richmond Eustis @reustis.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
As a former high school football player, I say every boy should be doing musical theater. It teaches insight, action, teamwork, mental agility, and communication. (I did, and occasionally still do, theater too.)
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Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) ❤️‍🔥 @amandamakepeace.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
RIP Wendell Berry 🍃
A poem from Wendell Berry set again to e of my autumn forest photos. 

The fragment of the earth 
that is now me is only on its way 
through me. It is on its way 
from having been a tree, 
a school of fish, a terrapin, 
a flock of birds. It will pass 
through all those forms again.

Wendell Berry
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
wtf
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🐇 rabbit rabbit 🐇 Eastern Cottontail in Central Park, August 2026
An Eastern Cottontail rabbit in profile in the tall grass and among various other greenery. You can’t really tell from the picture because of all the greenery, but the rabbit is up on her hind legs.
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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Good morning! 🪶
Burrowing owl looking down his nose at the photographer.
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
yep
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
And that’s just what I can remember off the top of my head right now. Yes, there is a trash can immediately next to this patch of land.
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
11 packets of ketchup 1 pair of rusted needle nose pliers 1 white sock 4 take out containers 1 Pepsi Can 1 Coca Cola Can 10 cigarette butts 2 paper bags Nylon string, frayed Plastic iced coffee cup with straw ~20 pieces of cardboard from fireworks Plastic strawberry container
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Non-exhaustive list of trash I’ve picked up in a 30-foot radius this past month: 3 coffee cups w/ plastic lids Plastic water bottle 1 empty RAO’S jar w/ lid 1 plastic produce bag 4 plastic bodega bags 1 black t-shirt Nail clippers 7 plastic ramekins & lids w/ various dipping sauces (continued)
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I have now accepted that birding at my favorite neighborhood spot is going to include 10 minutes of picking up other people’s trash
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Gonna be making the strongest batches of cold brew known to man, thank the gods for my 26-year-old Filtron
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
All ADHD meds are on back order across the greater-NYC area right now apparently, good thing all I have to do for the next month is work 12 hour days 6 days a week prepping for a massive out-of-town event
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Eclipse rained out in Astoria tonight ☹️ Moon rise good in Astoria last night 🌝 Almost-full Moon, 8.26.26
A an almost-full yellow moon hides behind silhouetted tree branches in a dark gray-blue skyThe same almost-full moon, now rising from behind the silhouetted tree branches. The moon is in focus, the branches are not. The moon is bright with just a slight warm tint; the sky is dark blueThe same almost-full moon, almost clear of the tree branches; one out of focus end of a branch covers part of the bottom 1/3 of the moon. The sky is even darker blue in this picture The same almost-full moon, now above the tree  branches, which are just barely visible in the very dark navy sky. An almost imperceptible haze surrounds the moon
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Might have to listen to this all over again 💔❤️
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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Sometimes, when someone dies, what helps me is thinking about how wonderful it is that they were even alive in the first place. Dolly was the closest you could get to an American saint. We all loved her.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A spirit-lifter for me so many times over the decades. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bflk...
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Dolly Parton - Here You Come Again (Official Audio)
YouTube video by DollyPartonVEVO
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Young one 🩶 Juvenile White Ibis, New Orleans, July 2026 #birds
A young/juvenile White Ibis - mostly gray with white underparts and pale pink legs and beak. Their eyes are dark. The bird is standing at the edge of the same puddle, facing away from the camera, but with their head turned to the left, in profile
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Shout out to this gigantic rain puddle for providing some great reflections 🤍 White Ibis in New Orleans, July 2026 #birds
A White Ibis, by the same puddle pictured below. The ibis is in side profile, facing right, reflected in the rippling water, their pink curved bill creating an arc with its reflection
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Look at these guys 🤍 White Ibises in New Orleans, July 2026 #birds
Three White Ibises - white birds with pink legs, pink faces, blue eyes, and very long, curved beaks - standing at the edge of a large puddle in the middle of a green meadow. Two of the ibises are in profile, preening, and the third is facing the camera, beak open. All three are reflected in the water
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I’m sorry our government has abandoned us, but I just need people to start caring a little bit about everyone else, and taking a little bit of responsibility
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I’m a freelancer so no one needs to lecture me about sick leave (or lack there of in my case). I get it. But I also need people to start caring about their communities a little more because going to work sick is forcing other people to have to make that same choice and that is unfair.
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I know, not everyone can afford to miss work, I’m a freelancer, I get it. But when you go to work sick, it’s never just you that’s affected. You are forcing everyone you work with to have to make that decision, and that is shitty.
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
And no, the reason I got sick anyway despite being masked is not because masking has “weakened” my immune system. Having Covid three (now four) times is what did that.
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
It’s not “just allergies” fyi!!!!
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Not to be a bitch, but if you’re sick, you need to stay tf home. Or at the BAREST minimum, you need to wear a mask. I’m so tired of being the only person in a mask and still getting sick anyway
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Pink sunset 💗🌅🌻 Astoria NY, 8.19.2026
Sunset on the East River - bright pink rays of clouds reach out diagonally from the top right corner of frame against a blue sky. A triangle of reflected-pink water and silhouetted buildings on the horizon, and shoreline and walking path in the foreground A patch of tall sunflowers in front of the sunset-pink East River and skyCloser zoom-in of one of the shorter sunflowers, in profile facing away, green stems and leaves around it, against the out-of-focus pink water of the East River.
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
🍭🌛 Half Moon in Astoria, 8.19.2026
A half moon in a dark blue sky, seen through two diagonal power lines. The moon appears to be resting on top of an out-of-focus pole that is in the foreground
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Far away and so tiny . . . I know the struggle 😂
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Lucky you! Great shot!
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Thanks!
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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A beautiful young Red-shouldered Hawk with some formidable eyebrows visited Central Park yesterday 🧡🪶
A juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk, with mottled brown plumage on the back and long banded tail feathers, perched on a snag with their back to the camera, head turned to the right, in front of an out of focus background of green foliage and amber-orange light A juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk, with mottled brown plumage on the back and long banded tail feathers, perched on a snag with their back to the camera, in front of an out of focus background of green foliage and amber-orange light. In this photo, the hawk has their head turned completely around, looking backwards, just past the camera, with some formidable eyebrows
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