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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Could be a bright side to having been ambushed and robbed at gunpoint in remote Ethiopia in 2023 - otherwise I would have been renewing my passport this year. 🤪

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Cuteness overload! Great Gray Owl fledgling.

Portrait of a fuzzy baby great gray owl in the wild - with captivating yellow eyes and beak.

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The Joe Gross @joegross.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Congress must retake its oversight responsibilities!

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Yes! Congress needs to get off its collective ass and protest!

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Agreed! @repricklarsen.bsky.social Strong condemnation is needed immediately!

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Wishing everyone joy and peace this holiday season — Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Joyous Kwanzaa, Happy Winter Solstice, and don't forget Festivus for the rest of us!

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Canceled Hulu/Disney+ and increased my monthly donation to my local PBS station.

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 17/09/2025

Speak up to protect our public lands and submit your comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FS...

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

I lost my husband to cancer 12 years ago. Participation in a clinical trial extended his life by 2 years. Now, there are at least 3 new drugs that could have extended his life much, much longer, thanks to our extraordinary system of medical research. Cutting medical research funding is lunacy!

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Gorgeous common loon - back and front. Known for their eerie, echoing calls, loons can dive over 200 feet and stay underwater for minutes at a time. Their eyesight is adapted to focus both in air and water.🪶👀🪶 #birds #Gaviaimmer #blueskybirds #WildlifePhotograpy #birdphotography #NikonZ9

The backside of a common loon as it lifts itself out of the water to stretch its wings. This position shows all the beautiful black and white patterns.

The front side of a common loon as it raises up to stretch and flap its wings. The front appears to be soft white downy feathers. 🪶

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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

I absolutely love the FEARLESS Dr. Peter Hotez!!!!!

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

When mom and baby both have something to say - perhaps protesting cuts to the National Park Service. Western grebes🪶, Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge in July. #birds

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Thanks for the kind words! 🤩 Enjoy your weekend - TGIF🤪

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

There’s nothing common in the grace and elegance of the common loon!🪶 #blueskybirds #birdphotography #NikonBirdPhotography

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Adorable burrowing owlet siblings seeking respite from the desert heat. 🪶🦉💕 #blueskybirds #owls #RockskipperPhotography

Portrait of four baby burrowing owls standing in the shade on a day when the temperature was over 106 degrees F. The owls have big yellow eyes and long legs.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

#FoxyFriday - 🦊a nice distraction! This patient vixen was nursing her own four kits (about 8weeks old), and several from another mom. An ill advised neighbor across the road feeds them dog biscuits and hot dogs. 😢 #RedFoxes #wildlifephotography #PacificNorthwes #RockskipperPhotography #NikonZ9

Female red fox patiently standing and nursing her 4 kits as well as a few more from another mom. Two of the kits are black and the others are various shades red fox.

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Sen. Cantwell, this is a ridiculously tone-deaf post! Tariffs are going to impact far more critical things than pizza. Here in WA state our farmers and other businesses are already seeing the repercussions from Canadian tariffs. And then there’s due process for our immigrant workers…but, 🍕?!?!🤯

Due Process sign with the American Flag among catering of people at the April 19th Indivisible rally in Friday Harbor, WA.

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Happy Earth Day! This image reminds me of the tragic loss of ice in the arctic and the species that are threatened, like this polar bear - who should be sleeping on ice, not rock😢. #EarthDay #PolarBear #Svalbard #ArcticCircle #ClimateChange #NaturePhotography #RockskipperPhotography

Image of a polar bear sleeping on a rock with a receding glacier in the background.

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Tulip Tuesday🌷 Tulip season is almost over for the season in Skagit Valley, WA. Enjoy this boost of colorful beauty - it lifts my spirits… #TulipTuesday #MagicSkagit #BloomScrolling #FlowersofBluesky #RockskipperPhotography

This images shows a bright yellow tulip amongst a sea of magenta tulips.

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

#Stunday beauty from the tulip fields of Skagit County, WA. The sweet Savannah Sparrows flit among the tulips singing the songs of love. 🪶🌷🐦‍⬛🎶 #SkagitValleyTulipFestival #SavannahSparrow #MagicSkagit #Tulips #BlueskyBirds #RockskipperPhotography #NikonZ9 #NikonPro

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5 Calls @5calls.org · 19/04/2025

For those wondering if this whole "defying the Constitution to unlawfully detain people and send them to foreign prisons" thing is a worthwhile focus, it has been a hotter 5 Calls topic than both tariffs and Signalgate over the last month...

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

@gluesenkampperez.house.gov I’m extremely disappointed in you for voting FOR the voter suppression SAVE Act. This act will make registering to vote extremely difficult for many legitimate voters who have changed their names by marriage and adoption. No more campaign donations from me!

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

One the signs I created for the Hands Off protest on 5 April 25 in Friday Harbor, WA. Where will you be? #HandsOff #50501

Hands Off Tariffs text with a cartoon on a king penguin holding a machete that looks like a fish.

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

A moment of zen for this tumultuous day… Snow Geese in the Skagit Valley, Washington State. Turn up the volume!🪶 #snowgeese #SkagitValley #MomentOfZen #birdsofBlueSky #SnowGeeseinFlight

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

I left Southern Marin 5 years ago with no regrets! Everyone complains about the consequences of lack of housing, much less affordable housing - but then NIMBY. Not much different up here in the PNW, but not quite the same sense of entitlement.

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

T’wasn’t a flask of Old Crow, so t’wasn’t Hegseth’s kin.

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Who’s the puppeteer behind RFK Jr? He certainly didn’t come up with all this by himself - the worm?

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Can you IMAGINE if Kamala Harris did something like this. Don't EVER say a WORD about DEI. So far we see a bunch of white male clowns making a mistake so egregious as likely to warrant a criminal investigation in a normal world. Imagine a lowly military grunt doing this.

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Yes! When I was in DoD I would have been fired and arrested for mishandling classified information this way. Please lead the call for his immediate termination! And don’t forget the others on the signal thread who should know better than to use an unauthorized messaging app.

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

@cantwell.senate.gov your constituents expect a loud and relentless response to the egregious Hegseth and cabinet member security lapse! Democratic leadership as well as the rank and file must take all available actions to ensure this never happens again.

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

@murray.senate.gov your constituents expect a loud and relentless response on this egregious security lapse from democratic leadership and the rank and file.

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Many of these fields are planted with grains like spelt - to provide good business to the farmers, and winter habitat for the snow geese, trumpeter, and tundra swans. Win-win for farmers and birds.

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

The Skagit Valley, WA is a major stop in winter for migrating snow geese. I was lucky to find a field with thousands of birds this week -- simply amazing to watch and photograph! They will soon be heading N. 🪶 #SkagitValley #SkagitSnowGeese #SnowGeese #BlueSkyBirds #RockskipperPhotography #NikonUSA

A green grassy field in the foreground with snow geese feeding on the ground and in flight, in front of some snow capped hills in the Skagit Valley region of Washington State.

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Happy Vernal Equinox - Happy Spring! Nothing says spring like daffodils -- and the Skagit Valley in Washington State is home to some beautiful fields. #SkagitValley #SkagitDaffodils #BlueSkyYellowFlowers

Closeup of brilliant yellow daffodils in a field with blue sky and puffy clouds in the background.

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Hi - thanks for asking! I do sell my prints of images as well as digital files. Contact me at leslie@rockskipper.com with details of what you’re looking for and I can provide you a price quote.

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Welcome my friend and amazing bird photographer to Bluesky!🪶

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

A different composite of Blood Moon Total Eclipse March 13-14, 2025. Images are ~2min apart, clockwise from the bottom. Do you prefer the linear or circular composite? #TotalLunarEclipse #BloodMoonTotalEclipse #BloodMoon2025 #YakimaRiverCanyon #astrophotography #NikonPro #RockskipperPhotography

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