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Patrick Quinn

@patrick-quinn.bsky.social
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Tropical Hainan Island life enthusiast 🌴 | Exploring the wonders of Hainan's tropical paradise 🌊 | Nature lover, photographer and storyteller. #followback www.tropicalhainan.com

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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Nothing for ages. Then bird lands, clouds part, evening sun breaks through, one clean take-off, and just like that it’s gone again. Clouds roll back in, and it’s back to waiting ... #WildlifePhotography #BirdWatching #NatureLovers #birdoftheday #birds #birdphotography #naturephotography #myna
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Love this shot … fantastic light. Great capture ☕️
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Good morning Linda .... Thank you ☕
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Siberian Stonechats just arrived in the area of Hainan Island where I live. I’ve seen them flitting around the scrubs but haven’t managed to get a good shot yet. They’re a lovely little bird, but boy do they move fast …
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Hi Andries, thank you ☕️
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Crested Myna: I love the feathers at the end of the beak ... If birds had hairstyles, they would befinitely be the 50's Teddy Boys of the bird world ... #WildlifePhotography #BirdWatching #NatureLovers #birdoftheday #birds #birdphotography #naturephotography #myna
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Hi Michelle ... Thank you ☕
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Hi Jomom, thank you ☕️
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Thank you ☕️
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Grey-headed Kingfisher, came up empty, with water droplets still clinging to his feathers. No luck this time ... #WildlifePhotography #BirdWatching #NatureLovers #birdoftheday #birds #birdphotography #naturephotography
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Hi Rob, thanks ☕️
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Evening light and a moment of personal grooming ... Grey Wagtail ... #WildlifePhotography #BirdWatching #NatureLovers #birdoftheday #birds #birdphotography #naturephotography
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Cracker of a shot Alex ☕️
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Siberian Stonechat: I watched this little guy for an hour darting and flitting all over the scrub, willing her to come closer so I could get a sharp shot ... not today ... maybe next time ... #WildlifePhotography #BirdWatching #NatureLovers #birdoftheday #birds #birdphotography #naturephotography
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Hell of a shot Paul … that’s really a scroll stopper ☕️
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Good morning Peying, thank you ☕️
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Hi Kokopelli, thank you ☕️
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Good morning Melanie, thank you ☕️
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
I'm surprised this didn't get more attention ... nice shot and edit ☕
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
This Kingfisher dropped onto a perch right beside me, barely a metre off the ground and nowhere near water. Seeing one this close in dry scrub was a surprise. Hopefully, not a one-off visit ... #WildlifePhotography #BirdWatching #NatureLovers #birdoftheday #birds #birdphotography #naturephotography
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Thanks Tom. It's a Long-tailed Shrike, a regular in this patch of scrub ...
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Hi Dave, whether a reflection or just the shape, it does feel like the lens gives you away sometimes ....
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Thanks, Linda. I guess sometimes the mood carries the photo more than the details … ☕️
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
I’m in a hide when I take these shots, but I always wonder, can the bird see me, the lens, or is it sensing something isn’t right? The look suggests I’m not as hidden as I think ... #WildlifePhotography #BirdWatching #NatureLovers #birdoftheday #shortbeaks #birds #birdphotography #naturephotography
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Not the sharpest nor technically a good photo (too far away), but I like its dreamy quality … #WildlifePhotography #BirdWatching #NatureLovers #birdoftheday #shortbeaks #birds #birdphotography #naturephotography
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Good morning ☕️ Thank you for your nice comment
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Hi Lee, thank you for your nice comment ☕️
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Long-tailed Shrike at Dusk: I usually see them hunting alone in this patch of scrub, though now and then two turn up together in the same tree. Seems like they just tolerate each other ... #WildlifePhotography #BirdWatching #NatureLovers #ChinaBirds #addBirder #birds #🪶#photographersUnited
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Good morning Robyn ☕️ Thanks for your nice comment
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Good morning Rob ☕️ Thank you …
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
First Light: A Greater Coucal perched above the scrub in the first light of morning ...
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
I’d only read about about shrikes impaling prey on branches, but this was the first time I’d ever come across it myself. Walking my dog through the scrub, looking for signs of bird activity, I noticed this, what appears to be a desiccated frog or fish head, I guess left behind from shrike’s larder
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Probably one of the best bird photos I have seen on Bluesky in quite some time ... great catch ☕
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Black Drongos are masters of aerial acrobatics, launching from a perch to snatch insects mid-air before returning to the same branch. You often spot a Black Drongo by its aerial acrobatics first ... #WildlifePhotography #BirdWatching #NatureLovers #ChinaBirds #addBirder #birds #🪶#photographersUnited
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Hi Sarntinel. Thank you ☕️
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Looks like someone is losing a few feathers 🪶
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Hi Jack, thank you ☕️
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Hi Cory, thank you for your nice comment ☕️
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
#CaughtinMotion is the #BirdoftheDay theme for today I believe. This Sooty-headed Bulbul is feeding on spider egg sacs in the dead leaves, they discard the silk and eat the eggs inside ... #WildlifePhotography #BirdWatching #NatureLovers #ChinaBirds #addBirder #birds #🪶#photographersUnited
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Hi Nigels1 ... Thank you ☕
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Hi Nigels1 ... Thank you ☕
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Last shots of the new year's break 😒 back to the grind tomorrow. Sooty-headed Bulbuls raiding spider egg sacs hidden in dead leaves, they discard the silk and eat the eggs inside ... #WildlifePhotography #BirdWatching #NatureLovers #ChinaBirds #addBirder #birds #🪶#photographersUnited
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Crested Myna — a year-round resident in Hainan, commonly seen perching on oxen using them as moving lookout points or “taxis.” It forages around livestock, taking insects flushed by their movement … #WildlifePhotography #BirdWatching #NatureLovers #ChinaBirds #addBirder #birds #🪶#photographersUnited
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
One of the nicest bird photos I have seen today
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
White-headed Starling: A year-round Hainan resident with odd, electronic-sounding calls (think R2-D2). A familiar bird of the island’s countryside ... #WildlifePhotography #BirdWatching #NatureLovers #ChinaBirds #addBirder #birds #🪶#photographersUnited
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Hi Pam, thank you ☕️
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
White-headed Starling harassing a Eurasian Hoopoe. Usually mild behaviour, starlings can become surprisingly assertive when defending feeding areas or competing for perches and insect-rich ground #WildlifePhotography #BirdWatching #NatureLovers #ChinaBirds #addBirder #birds #🪶#photographersUnited
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Thank you Smaddis ☕️
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Rural Coexistence: Black drongo and ox, a familiar interaction from the fields of the Hainan countryside ... #WildlifePhotography #BirdWatching #NatureLovers #ChinaBirds #addBirder #birds #🪶#photographersUnited
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Patrick Quinn @patrick-quinn.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Hainan Countryside at its Best: Black Drongos perched on a pair of very relaxed calves ... a perfect snapshot of typical rural life in Hainan Island ... #WildlifePhotography #BirdWatching #NatureLovers #ChinaBirds #addBirder #birds #🪶#photographersUnited
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