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I like to identify bugs (x2). linksta.cc/@relet Reverse social engineer. Working from zero G to 5G at Celerway, mostly working otherwise. I now live under a […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ flipping.rocks/@relet, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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mel @daemonicusprince.meow.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
Happy #FungiFriday #Fungi #Mushrooms #Mushroom #NaturePhotography #Fall #FallColors #Forest
a colorful pine-needle-strewn forest floor, across which is splayed a single inky cap mushroom, its stem broken (not by me), its head exploding outward like a miniature supernova
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relet @relet.flipping.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026
What, me? Just #kartoffelstampf ing some #heritagepotato es.
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Käfersammler Sam @weirdmustard.flipping.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026
Does anyone on here know their mushrooms? Last week I found some that seemed to be covered with some kind of netting but the nets didn't look as if they were from mites or spiders but rather as if the mushrooms themselves somehow made them. Here are the three observations I made […]
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relet @relet.flipping.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026
Langes Wochenende in Tibet #GenügsameFilme
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relet @relet.flipping.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026
Paging Nemo #GenügsameFilme
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Mark Deasy 🍉 @markdeasy.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026
#Nepal #humanitarianmapping #HOT #openstreetmap 🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵 For those not in Nepal but keen to assist those who are currently responding to the emergency, volunteering to contribute to the humanitarian response map is a great way to contribute. For those unfamiliar with the work of the […]
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Nori 🇳🇴 @norwayskandinavien.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
#Puppen #Insekten #Garten #Parasiten #insects #insect #Schmetterling #butterfly #Tagfalter 1/ Aus den Puppen vom Kleinen #Fuchsfalter, #Aglais urticae schlüpfen nun die Falter🦋 Schade, einzelne #Schmetterlingspuppen waren von #Raupenfliegen parasitiert, siehe Foto 1 und 2.
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sigmundkapje @sigmundkapje.mastodon.vlaanderen.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026
I believe I've spotted Parasola schroeteri growing on a brush used for cleaning pigeon droppings off a bench. Spore size: average 10 ... 12 mu #fungiFriday #mushrooms #fungi #paddenstoelen #mushroom
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relet @relet.flipping.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026
Caught my #breakfast on the front porch today. Living a bit in the forest, #mushroom season basically knocks on the door when they are around.
A ceramic bowl filled with young ceps, sitting on some wooden steps in front of flowers and a lawn.
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Miss Ming @miss-ming.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026
Im vergangenen Jahr habe ich mich schwer in den Barnim, das Oderbruch und Schorfheide/Chorin verliebt. Was soll ich sagen, die Gegend macht/e mich so glücklich. Mir gelang die Erstsichtung von Bienenfresser und Pirol. Ich nahm dem Fresser aber den Segelfalter […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
Zwei bunte Bienenfresser sitzen im Gipfel eines Baumes, einer mit einem Segelfalter im Schnabel, der andere mit einer Libelle.
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Piotr Walicki 📸 🦅 @zvrt.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/07/2026
Young European bee-eater (Merops apiaster, 🇩🇪 Bienenfresser, 🇵🇱 żołna). #birds #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #nature #naturephotography #vogelflausch #ptaki
A young European bee-eater can be seen sitting on the sand from the side, surrounded by small rocks and grass stalks.A young European bee-eater can be seen sitting on the sand from the side, surrounded by small rocks and grass stalks. The bird is turning its head backwards.A young European bee-eater can be seen sitting on the sand from the side, surrounded by small rocks and grass stalks.
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CoolMcCool @coolmccool.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2026
Beaut beetle which I noticed flying and which then landed in the grass at my feet. Managed to get some reasonable shots as it moved quite slowly and let me get quite close before flying off. Seen at Glen Erin near Bowen, Qld. Canon R10 and RF100-400 lens. Hand […] [Original post on mastodon.au]
Colour photo of beetle Rhipicera mystacina, with branched antennae. Colour photo of beetle Rhipicera mystacina, with branched antennae.
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Piotr Walicki 📸 🦅 @zvrt.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026
Red-backed Shrike ♀ (Lanius collurio, 🇩🇪 Neuntöter, 🇵🇱gąsiorek). #birds #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #nature #naturephotography #vogelflausch #ptaki
A red-backed shrike perches facing forwards on the tip of a dead branch against a blue sky, illuminated by the morning sun.
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juliette @juliette.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 13/07/2026
I am researching ways to minimize the impact of light pollution on wildlife of all sizes, with a focus on insects, in an industrial area. "Just turn it all off" is off the table, but I can make arguments for reducing it. I want to find out what is actually effective. So far I found one article […]
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Coprolite9000 - Pixelfed @coprolite9000.pixelfed.hylobatidae.org · 11/07/2026
Hardly amongst the clearest or most artistic photos I've ever taken - but I finally managed to get one of those hugely elusive Gasteruption wasps on camera. I hope you can appreciate quite how ... *weird* they look. Next step: better photos. It's never-ending... #Derbyshire #insects #wasps
Incredibly long and slender wasp seen flying from underneath - long abdomen, implausibly long ovipositor, both in a perfectly straight line from the head - blurred wings outstretched from the thorax - against a rough stone wall.Same wasp, different angle - its legs folded together, hanging below the thorax as it hovers in front of a stone wall and dark plastic drainpipe.Same wasp, against another section of wall. It was clearly, intently hunting something - presumably nests of bees concealed in holes in the wall...
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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 09/07/2026
These galls are formed on oak trees by a wasp that doesn't like to be observed. I can't find any photos of the wasp. But the galls make a substance that drives ants *crazy* They just mob them. There are many examples. What is going on? This is more intense of […] [Original post on sauropods.win]
Ants enjoy a white substance from the gall. Ants mob the gall for more.
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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 09/07/2026
I saw a Solenopsis molesta nuptial flight today! They are so tiny and amazing. Their queens are smaller than my carpenter ant *minor workers* And the queen dwarf the regular ants. These ants are called "thief ants" because they are into organized crime, they […] [Original post on sauropods.win]
A tiny golden brown shiny ant on a leaf. A bottle cap and leaf litter swarming with tiny ants, some are bigger and have wings, these are queens. Another view showing how the queens are about 10 times the size in mass of the workers.
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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026
Happy aphelion day from the grumpy-looking barn swallows who are about to fledge
A close-up of a barn swallow nest made out of mud and straw, stuck to the side of a support beam right by the ceiling of a barn.  There are 4 rather grumpy looking baby barn swallow heads peeking up over the side of the nest, most of them looking at the camera.
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Nori 🇳🇴 @norwayskandinavien.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
#insects #Insekten #Garten #garden #Schmetterling #butterfly #Tagfalter 1/ Der #Admiralfalter, #Vanessa atalanta ist aus der #Puppe geschlüpft. Fotos vom 03.07.2026.
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relet @relet.flipping.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026
A few days ago, I started hearing voices at night. Just in that one entree, next to the kids' rooms. Really articulate, like a radio transmission, varying intensity, but I couldn't make out what they were saying. At first I thought the kids left an audiobook running, so I snuck into one room […]
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Dr. Dan Killam @dantheclamman.scicomm.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 21/06/2026
Ophiocordyceps is iconic for its ability to infect ants and change their nervous system to force them to climb high, where the fungus can fruit and spread spores to infect more ants. Pleurocordyceps is a hyperparasitic fungus that eats Ophiocordyceps. It isn't […] [Original post on scicomm.xyz]
Pleurocordyceps cornusynnemata, showing little hornlike mushrooms emerging from the body of an ant
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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 14/06/2026
I've created a search on iNaturalist that lets you look at all of the different kinds of nests that ants construct. www.inaturalist.org/observations?pr…
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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 14/06/2026
10 out of 10 #Nature #Birds
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relet @relet.flipping.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 08/06/2026
Look up! It's Monday! Makes me wonder if it's prey, predators or posture that warrant this eye placement. #setzkasten #hymenoptera #ichneumonidae
Profile picture of an ichneumon wasp with broad antennas and the compound eyes towards the top of the head. Yellow legs, six lighter segments on an antenna of 19 segments.
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relet @relet.flipping.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 03/06/2026
A long snout for #WeevilWednesday - actually the whole beetle is just 2mm long. There are several candidates which are all very fond of clover, I'm leaning towards #protapion apricans because of the characteristic half-dark-half-yellow front tibia, but the […] [Original post on flipping.rocks]
Side view of a "pear shaped" weevil of the genus protapion. It has a shiny dark abdomen with strong structures, and distinctly yellow and black legs. It also has a long snout, which is why we are here today.
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Roots @roots.stefanbohacek.online.ap.brid.gy · 31/05/2026
Ajuga pyramidalis. images.wur.nl/digital/collection/co… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajuga_pyramid… #plants #roots #illustration
A drawing of a plant's root system from the linked website.

- plant height: 16 centimeters / 6.3 inches
- root depth: 21 centimeters / 8.3 inches
- root system diameter: 60 centimeters / 23.6 inches
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relet @relet.flipping.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 23/05/2026
New wings, same as the old wings, and published to #setzkasten: setzkasten.relet.net/#?aglaostigma Finally I get to start a new scan, but some of the structures are just so worth it. And I noticed I don't have that many wasps on the page yet. #hymenoptera #entomology
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relet @relet.flipping.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 13/05/2026
It looks like I may have a ticket to give away for #ohs2026 - life had other plans. Ping me if you are interested. It would be great if you could pick up my t-shirt for me and drop it at my place in Berlin, or mail it to Norway.
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relet @relet.flipping.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026
I would say I was able to salvage most of the scan. The artefacts from the large step size are too visible for my taste - there's a blurry sheen between in-focus features - but it would be a pity not to keep the result. At least I learned. I'll do another […] [Original post on flipping.rocks]
The head of a sawfly, with extremely large compound eyes, antennas and a complex mouthpiece.Two pairs of claw from the legs of a sawfly. The abdomen of a sawfly. Several shiny structured scales overlap in a geometric pattern, and the saw-like ovipositor which gives the flies their name. It's for cutting plant material.Zoom on what I believe must be retinacula, structures that allow to connect the fore and rear wings during flight.
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relet @relet.flipping.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026
Trying a new stitch... and since I may have been a bit too optimistic about how low I can go with the settings, automatic feature detection is struggling - At 80x I usually scan with a step size of 0.3mm and lots of overlap, but then I would be in for ten days […] [Original post on flipping.rocks]
A compound view of the latest microscope run, showing a regular grid of about 24x15 smaller images forming a mosaic pattern that shows the body of a wasp. Features are not aligned, so the lines are glitching where the tiles overlap.
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Quinn Norton @quinn.social.circl.lu.ap.brid.gy · 16/05/2026
no post has ever made me feel more seen than this one.
The classic:
Tech enthusiasts: My entire house is smart.

Tech workers: The only piece of technology in my house is a printer and I keep a gun next to it so I can shoot it if it makes a noise I don't recognize.
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relet @relet.flipping.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 13/05/2026
It looks like I may have a ticket to give away for #ohs2026 - life had other plans. Ping me if you are interested. It would be great if you could pick up my t-shirt for me and drop it at my place in Berlin, or mail it to Norway.
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relet @relet.flipping.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 27/04/2026
So, while I am not a big fan of home automation, gadget automation is another thing entirely. Yesterday night, both a telescope and a microscope were scanning and stacking, while I could catch a good night's sleep. Maybe I should look into mothing automation next 🤪
Nighttime sky view centeted around Messier 101 aka the Pinwheel Galaxy.The Messier 3 cluster, M3/NGC 5272.The Polarissima cluster, NGC 188.NGC 4236, another spiral galaxy.
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relet @relet.flipping.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 23/04/2026
I may have gone slightly overboard with the #focusstacking, but it worked. Improved the lighting a bit, and returned the #frankenscope to the photo tent. Still more to be done. The long legs made me miss a few corners, so in the end that's ~250 stacks with a […] [Original post on flipping.rocks]
Headshot of a fungus gnat at 80x magnification. It shows the compound eyes, distinct antennas with about 17 segments, the first three lighter and yellow. Fungus gnats also have a distinct hunchback, so the head is bent below a bristly neck and back area.A screenshot of the stitching progress in PTGui, showing how the ~250 individual image stacks are stitched together to a panorama.
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relet @relet.flipping.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 14/04/2026
#fedihire If you are #openwrt minded and living in #poland - our super friendly team in #wrocław is growing. Networking, security, containers, junior or generalist, the role is pretty flexible. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44017258…
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Celerway Communication hiring Software Engineer – CelerwayOS in Wroclaw Metropolitan Area | LinkedIn
Posted 12:24:07 PM. Opis roliSzukamy wszechstronnego Inżyniera Oprogramownia, który dołączy do zespołu rozwijającego…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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relet @relet.flipping.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 14/04/2026
[insect, magnified] I have now updated the #setzkasten page with the full panorama, in case you want to zoom in a little further. setzkasten.relet.net/#?Mycetophila%…. Settled on #mycetophila until I can get my hands on some better keys. I also started doubting the other id on M […]
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Snout & Seek @chloe.www.snoutandseek.com.ap.brid.gy · 11/04/2026
Doubanjiang is not something you leave alone. A shifu uses a bamboo stick to stir every day.
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Doubanjiang Requires Daily Care
Doubanjiang is not something you leave alone. During fermentation, it needs to be mixed regularly in the daytime, when the warmth of the sun activates the microorganisms driving the process. Turning the paste allows air to move through it, evens out moisture, and prevents uneven fermentation or spoilage at the surface. It’s a small, repetitive act, but it shapes everything, guiding how the beans break down, how the color deepens, and how the flavors develop into something balanced and complex over time.
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Snout & Seek @chloe.www.snoutandseek.com.ap.brid.gy · 11/04/2026
Mother brine, to many people’s surprise, is an essential part of Sichuan fermentation if you are to make great paocai.
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Mother Brine of Sichuan Paocai
Orange juice? No! This is called 母水 (mǔ shuǐ) in Chinese, also known as mother brine. Mother brine, to many people’s surprise, is an essential part of Sichuan fermentation if you are to make great paocai. It deepens the flavor with every batch, building layers of acidity, aroma, and complexity that fresh brine alone cannot achieve. Passed between friends, neighbours, and families, it becomes more than technique, it’s a gesture of trust, a living piece of someone else’s kitchen finding its place in yours.
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relet @relet.flipping.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 11/04/2026
Just completing our sixth and final journey with Chinese Rail. First the world's longest high-speed rail journey from Beijingxi to Kunmingnan. Then two weeks of travel through Yunnan and back via Chengdu, Xi'an to Beijing. Every #train departed and arrived on the minute. Check-in opens 20 […]
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relet @relet.flipping.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 03/04/2026
Did I just order matsutake on meituan? :blobupsidedown:
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relet @relet.flipping.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 01/04/2026
It reminds me of something. I can't quite put my finger on it.
Enon brand German style chocolate. Square shape, 4x4 grid just like that other German style chocolate brand I can't seem to remember anymore.
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relet @relet.flipping.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 30/03/2026
Ready for the next night train journey.
Checkin gate at Beijingxi station showing train departures towards Xiong'an and Kunmingnan.
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relet @relet.flipping.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 22/03/2026
[insect, magnified] Gnatting there. The entire run was successful. #setzkasten
The entire gnat, assembled from about 75 individual image stacks - a screenshot from #ptgui showing the image numbers and stitch lines.
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relet @relet.flipping.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 21/03/2026
[insect, magnified] This is why I love #focusstacking. Look at the wrinkles on the neck of that gnat. The hairy compound eyes. The little ..erm... grey...thingy next to it. Anyone good with gnat anatomy? #setzkasten I think I fixed the focus runoff issues on […] [Original post on flipping.rocks]
A circular, vignetted high resolution image of a fungus gnat or similar species. You can make out the neck portion where the head attaches to their distinct hunchback. There are small wrinkles below the neck. Bristles everywhere, including between the ommatidia of the compound eyes. And a grey round structure next to the eye, which does not look like an occellus to me, but who am I to judge.
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relet @relet.flipping.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 20/03/2026
Progress on the #frankenscope. Since all the software is networked, I just moved the scanning stack onto a NUC. The NUC is connected via one of our edge routers to 5G, and sits in a #tailscale/#headscale network. That turns it into a fully remote operated […] [Original post on flipping.rocks]
A screenshot of two windows on a grey desktop background. To the left, scrcpy mirroring an android phone, running opencamera, the camera showing a microscopic view of a fungus gnat. To the right, a control panel with various settings.
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Jon Sullivan @joncounts.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 14/03/2026
Here's another elegant NZ moth for you. This one's called the Alpine Treasure Owlet (*Ichneutica maya*). It's mostly seen up in the mountains in the South Island but also in the mountains of the lower North Island. I saw this one up at Boyle Village in the North […] [Original post on mastodon.nz]
A side-on photo of a large brownish fluffy moth with elegant sweeping blotches of yellow and pinkish brown and dark brown on its wings.A photo looking down at a large brownish fluffy moth with elegant sweeping blotches of yellow and pinkish brown and dark brown on its wings. It is sitting on stones.
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Eric Daryl Meyer @ericdaryl.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 12/03/2026
A small thing making me happy this spring: The Northern Flickers in my neighborhood (think: woodpecker’s cousin) have figured out that if they rap their bills on the top of the street lamps it makes a great noise that travels far. They seem to be using it as a […] [Original post on mas.to]
An image (lifted from Wikipedia) of a northern flicker, a slightly larger than robin-sized bird with a long sharp beak, and dark horizontal stripes over pale feathers on its wings and back.
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relet @relet.flipping.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 12/03/2026
Ok, this is both sad and funny. This post mastodon.social/@relet/111494635877… is now three years old, and it describes a piece of bricolage that has been on my desk for at least as long. About once a year I manage to come up with a new idea […] [Original post on flipping.rocks]
On a table sits a Prusa 3D printer. On the printer sits a microscope. On the microscope sits a phone holder and a phone. Attached to the microscope is a construction made of wood and thread, holding a NEMA17 stepper motor, which turns a big wheel on the side of the scope. More cables in the background bear witness of a breadboarded arduino motor controller.
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James @james.adney.land.ap.brid.gy · 09/03/2026
I have to show off this absolutely unreal quetzal I had the pleasure of seeing in person. Otherwise I don't know if I could have been convinced that it wasn't stuffed animal. #nature #photography #birds #quetzals #CostaRica
Bright green bird with rich shiny red chest sitting on a mossy branch. Its head, with thin golden-yellow feathers sticking up vertically and oversized black marble-like eyes, is tilted down making it look shy or bashful.

Some of its bright green wing feathers are seemingly pointed the wrong direction, curves forward over its chest.Bright green bird with an exceptionally long, iridescent, tail feather that is green to blue as it curves, sitting on a mossy branch looking back over its shoulder toward the camera.
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Piotr Walicki 📸 🦅 @zvrt.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/03/2026
Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea, 🇩🇪 Kleiber, 🇵🇱 kowalik) at work. They use old tree hollows to build their nests, carefully plastering the entrance with mud and clay to reduce its size. #birds #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #nature #naturephotography #vogelflausch #ptaki
A Eurasian nuthatch can be seen perched on the edge of a tree hollow, which is partially covered in mud and clay that has been plastered there by the bird itself. It raises its head, holding a clump of mud in its beak.
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