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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 10h

#WaderWednesday A Wilson’s Snipe, quietly hanging out by the canal at Ridgefield NWR this week. Almost in Borb territory with that stocky little body. A snipe's eyes are set remarkably far back and high on the sides of its head, giving the bird a nearly 360-degree field of vision. 🪶📷

A plump stripey brown bird with a very long bill sits above a canal at Ridgefield NWR. It is a Wilson’s Snipe who was very obliging while being photographed.

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 11h

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfTheMonth. Here’s a repost, but it is my favorite for the month. Northern Flicker Ridgefield NWR. #WoodpeckerWednesday 📷🪶

A male Red-shafted Northern Flicker, with its wonderful spotted chest, barred back, black chest shield, and red malar cheek patches rests on a tree along the Kiwa trail at Ridgefield NWR.

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 11h

#ColorADay #RedWednesday Spotted cucumber beetles on a stripy red and orange dahlia in the garden. #Macrophotography 📷🪲🌿

Though attractive with their 12 spots and bright green color, spotted cucumber beetles munch on squash and cucumber plants and can transmit fatal bacterial wilt. They also seem to like flower petals.

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GordonI @gordoni.bsky.social · 14h

Taken in the early morning in late #September, looking south over the smooth surface of a river not far from #Calgary’s city limits. I’m a sucker for sunny #autumn days with no wind, especially when the #fall colours are reflected in water. Enjoy your Thursday, all. 🙂 #landscape #photography #nature

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 12h

I noticed someone had tucked a rose behind a tree at the wildlife refuge a couple of days ago. Perhaps in memory of a loved one? #RoseWednesday #RidgefieldNWR

A long-stemmed pink rose with green/cream edges to the petals leans against the textured bark of a tree near the viewing blind at Ridgefield at NWR.

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 12h

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMachinery A gentle roller coaster with an exuberant dragon from local fair this summer. 📷🐲

A delightfully colorful dragon carriage of a roller coaster ride at the local fair. The dragon is bright yellow, red, green, purple, and orange with an open toothy mouth and rippling red tongue. A woman and young girl sit behind the dragon’s head looking joyful.

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#TextureTuesday Leaf peeping here on the farm, sugar maples planted along the gravel drive. 📷🌿🍁

Green veins like arteries and veins in a coral and orange mottled leaf.

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #EFG Egret - Great Egret in breeding plumage Flicker - Northern Flicker Red-shafted variety Goose - Snow Geese, Skagit Valley 🪶

Taken earlier this year, a great egret on a gray morning, facing left and standing at the edge of a pond. Everything is quite monochrome, except for the bright orange bill and green near the eyes of the bird. It has its fancy breeding plumage laying along its back.

A male Northern Flicker, Red-shafted or western variety. It was foraging on the ground, but flew up on the trunk of a mossytree as I walked the path at Ridgefield NWR yesterday. Striking plumage; brownish with barred back, spotted belly, mostly gray or brown head (the male having a red cheek malar,) and black breastband.

White Snow geese gathered in large numbers in a field in the Skagit Valley. These two found a bit of water and were having a drink. They have distinctive black tips to their wings. They appear rather small and stubby when compared to a Canada goose.

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ℙ𝕚𝕏𝕖𝕝𝕤&𝔸𝕝𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕞𝕪 📸 @pixelsandalchemy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#OregonWhiteOak #Leaves and #Acorns Found in #WhiteSalmonWA These acorns fall from September to November harboring in #Autumn. They provide food and nutrients for bears, deer, elk, raccoons, squirrels and birds. #PNW #Photography

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#BirdOfTheDay a #Green background for a Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) grasping a clothesline before darting to the feeder. #SmallBirdSaturday 📷🪶

A green and gold blurred background in the the backyard, where a small Black-capped Chickadee with its black head and bib, white cheek, gray wings and tail, and buff colored underbelly perches on a teal green vinyl covered clothesline wire.

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DRMeyer Art and Photography @drmeyer1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thursday afternoon #forest dreamland...oversized (and a bit toxic) #fungi amongi...the vine maple starts to turn below the tall timber... #autumn is "on board"...no sign of fairies or hobbits, but a nearby Great Horned Owl had me on my toes #PNW #hike #environment #ecology

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A spangled bird in a spangled tree. European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) in an Incense Cedar giving me side eye as it passes through the yard. #BirdOfTheDay #BirdStare 📷🪶🌳

California incense cedar in my sister’s yard has golden male cones that resemble spangles, which coordinate well with this European Starling’s speckled coat. The starling is a rich brown in non-breeding plumage with outlined feathers and multiple dots and spots.

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Street Biologist @streetbiologist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Happy Thursday. @helenbennett.bsky.social says, today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TheDivers and #BirdStare as the alt theme. Here's a Ruddy Duck for both themes. Alberta, Canada. #birds #photography #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #AmericanCoot #ECK #Canadabirding

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Birds love my sister’s back yard (well, and peanuts) — here is a Steller’s Jay on the handle of a very old Craftsman rototiller. #Corvids for the alt #BirdOfTheDay theme today. 📷🪶

A Steller’s Jay looks inquisitively at the people sitting over at a table in the backyard wondering if it is safe to go after the peanuts tossed on the lawn. It’s a glossy black and bright blue bird on a rusty handle in front of a chain link fence.

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Andrea Peterson @andreapeterson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A gull at Pocket Beach in Elliot Bay, Seattle, Washington #Birds #BirdOfTheDay #Gulls #Seattle #PugetSound #Photography

A close up of a white and gray gull with a yellow beak looking into the camera with its head tilted to the side. Puget Sound is behind the bird, and boats at the Elliott Bay Marina, as well as a large cruise ship, are blurred in the background under a cloudy sky.

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

From the Poultry Pavilion at this year’s SW WA Fair, a large rooster — who I’m sure earned his 4-H participant a blue ribbon. #BirdoftheDay theme of #RedHead any bird with red on its head or beak. #birds #photography

A handsome rooster with a bright red comb waits in a crate at the local fair. My sister and brothers had wonderful experiences with 4H and FFA, spending a week with mom in the camper on the fairgrounds and showing their horse and cattle.

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Happy #TwosDay A pair of Mourning Doves making their way to the platform feeder. 📷🪶2️⃣🕊️

Two Mourning Doves against my shrubby border, making their way to the platform feeder filled with sunflower kernels. They are a buff brown with brown spots on their wings and a faint blue ring around their eye. There is some white on the underside of the tail and a more grey tone underneath their wings and tail as well.

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Poppies, poppies, poppies will put them to sleep — Wicked Witch of the West (I likely shouldn’t be posting since I just came home from a procedure using conscious sedation.) I think this gives off a bit of minimal vibes #MinimalMonday #Photography

A red poppy with its frilly center stands next to a seed pod. My local library’s garden. 🪴

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#Stunday Walking with the poodle this morning, and finding one of my favorite little wildflowers, the moth mullein (Verbascum blattaria,) wet with dew. #BloomScrolling 📷🌿🌼

Moth mulleins are built much less sturdily than the common Verbascums. I love how they have purple and orange centers to offset their yellow petals. My standard poodle is lurking in the background, waiting patiently for me to finish taking the photo.

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Dreamcatcher @dreamcatcher01.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Chipmunk cuteness...

A chipmunk is resting on a rock with purple flowers and greenery behind.

📷 Dreamcatcher

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PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The bobcat we ran into on the trail yesterday appeared to wear a #golden collar, as a spot of dappled sunlight hits its neck. #BlueSkyArtShow #mammals #nature #photography #ECK

Bobcat seated on a trail, looking to the side. Its fur is spotted, striped on the legs and front, with black and wite spots on the back of one ear showing, as well as small ear tufts. Lynx rufus

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Wouldn’t you rather have a Bewick? Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) at Ridgefield NWR. Pronounced "BYOO-iks" (two syllables, exactly like the car name Buick plus an "s") #SmallBirdSaturday 📷🪶

A small jaunty wren hops along the path near the blind at Ridgefield NWR.

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Cross Orbweaver spider on a sunflower that evokes Autumn. Looking closely, it appears there is a small male hiding above her. #photography #Golden #BlueSkyArtShow 📷🕷️🍁

The end of summer sees the female Cross Orbweaver spiders reaching full size. Master gardeners have a demonstration garden at my local library. 🌻🧡🤎💛

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JBC @johnbcaddell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

who knew a #tulip would serve as a restaurant for a #frog #FrogFriday #amphibians

a European Tree Frog waiting for its next snack in a bright red tulip

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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A Fritillary Butterfly, one of many, on a nectar-rich Rabbitbrush bloom in mid-September on an irrigation canal bank… #YakimaValley #EasternWashington #FlyDay #PNW #Butterflies #Insects #Closeup #WestCoastPhotography #Weed #Photography #Plants #Macro

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#FlowersOnFriday #ColorADay #BWFri A bit of Goth Gardening at the local library’s patch. Perfectly imperfect. 📷🧷🖤🧷💀

Crispy echinacea blossoms drying in the late summer heat as autumn approaches.

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Kay on the Prairie @kayontheprairie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Happy #FlyDay! 🪰 Flower Fly on Smooth Blue Aster #nativeplants #gardening #bugsky

A smooth bodied fly with black and yellow stripes and amber tinted wings feeds on the pale purple flower of a smooth blue aster

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Marina Mueller 🇨🇦 @marinamueller935.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Phone pics at the canoe launch: Silky Dogwood & Northern Leopard Frog.

Leafy shrub with green leaves, red stems & clusters of blue berries.

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The common thread-waisted wasp, Ammophila procera, which feeds on flower nectar and generally doesn’t bother humans. #InsectThursday 📷🌿🐝🐛

These wasps do paralyze prey, such as moth caterpillars 🐛 to bury in a burrow with a single egg. The wasps are found across North America from Southern Canada down into Central America.

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Kay on the Prairie @kayontheprairie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I’ve seen a lot of good bugs this summer, but this Green Stink Bug is one of my favorites. Spotted it hanging out on Common Milkweed. 🪲💚 #nativeplants #bugsky #gardening

A bright green and black bug sits on a milkweed plant leaf

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

So happy to see my first European mantis (Mantis religiosa) of the summer. This was a male because he was flying about and has very long antenna. He is posing on tansy ragwort. #ColorADay #YellowThu #FlyDay 📷🌿

A small green mantid with yellow coloring and red edging to his wings is half turned towards the camera while perched on the yellow flowers of a tansy ragwort. The long antenna, and seeing it in flight, suggest this is a male.

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

#BirdOfTheDay #MyBestSide A Song Sparrow posed on this post, giving me time for a long fumble with the camera to capture this shot. 👍 #SparrowSunday 📷🪶

A Song Sparrow, a brown and streaky-breasted bird, fans its tail and lifts its wings seeming quite friendly while on a post along the Kiwa Trail at Ridgefield NWR this week.

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

#SundayYellow On a trip with Madeline, deer watching was her favorite pastime. #Poodles #DogsOfBluesky

An apricot standard poodle stands to look out the window at Columbian black-tailed deer 🦌 while staying at Ship Harbor Inn near Anacortes, Washington. The room is bathed in light and the yellow paint on the wall reflects against the poodle’s coat, giving her a warm glow.

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Oh! I saw a wee bullfrog at the refuge yesterday just right for #ColorADay #GreenSat #Herps 📷🐸

American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) is native to the eastern US, but has been introduced here in the west, and is considered invasive.
It is resting on a floating plank among duckweed and has a nice camouflage pattern with mottled greens and browns and nearly black coloration. A yellow throat would indicate a male though I’m not certain we’re seeing that.

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The rolling hills of SE WA with whirling wind turbines and clouds passing overhead. #BlueSkyArtShow #Undulating #photography #landscape

Wind turbines along the hills in southeast Washington state under a dramatic blue sky with rolling clouds bickering up. The hills are a mix of vibrant green in May, interspersed with patches of shorn yellow vegetation, and brown tilled soil.

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I don’t believe a Brown Creeper has any green in its feathers, but this one oddly appears to in the reflections of a shaded forest. #SmallBirdSaturday #ColorADay #GreenSat 📷🪶🌿

Walking the Kiwa Trail at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge yesterday, Brown Creepers (Certhia americana) were spiraling up the bark of the ash trees.

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A whirl of chickadee approaching warp speed. #BirdOfTheDay #birdsinabstract 📷🪶

A black cap chickadee flies away from the nodding head of a sun flower, with a prized seed clutched in its bill. Wing and tail feathers are fanned out artfully against a chain-link fence and a green and gold background.

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Apologies, not a decent photo whatsoever, but an interesting behavior for #BirdOfTheDay #Mouthful These wood ducks were flying up into the Himalayan blackberry brambles to eat fruit this afternoon at Ridgefield NWR. I had never seen this before. 👀 📷🪶🫐🌿

Female wood ducks, flying up from a log in the canal at Ridgefield NWR and into the blackberry brambles. I did get a very poor picture of one with a berry in its beak.

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Nodding Beggarticks (Bidens cernua) are a native wetland wildflower. Their small seeds feature barbed hooks that cling tightly to clothing and animal fur just like a tick, hitchhiking on passersby. #ColorADay #YellowThu #BloomScrolling 📷🌻🌿

A bright yellow flower with a brown center is visited by a honeybee.

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Pirjo Sundqvist @pirjosundqvist.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"...it is a call for us as humans to re-weave ourselves within the tapestry of the Living World." (With a great reading list.) 💚

earthweavers.substack.com

Soilpunk for a Regenerative Future

A radical shift to centering soil, worms, seeds, fungi, microbes, and the inherent reciprocity of life

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

TIL that the European paper wasp has only been widespread in the US since the 1970s. They do seem less aggressive than yellowjackets. #ColorADay #PinkMonday #MacroMonday 📷🐝🌸

A European paper wasp looking for insect prey on a sedum blossom. The wasp has distinctly orange antennae and a more slender waist than a yellowjacket. The blossom is a bright pink against a light green background.

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