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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Feeling very lucky to have seen this rare visitor here in southwest BC. The #BuffBreastedSandpiper nests in the high arctic & heads south in the fall to parts of South America. Its migratory path usually goes through central North America, but for some reason this individual took a western route. 🪶🌿

A medium-sized, plover-like shorebird with face and underparts warmly buff in colour. It has a small head, black eye and a short, straight, black bill. Legs are bright yellow-ochre. Its buff flanks and belly contrast with wings showing a scale-like pattern with brown feathers edged in white. Its facing to the right in the image and appears to be on a muddy shoreline with sparse, grassy vegetation.

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A little sleepy perhaps? It could be that this cute little Lincoln's sparrow just stopped for a rest this morning after a long night of migratory flight, perhaps from Alaska or Northern Yukon on its way further south. 🪶 🌿 #LincolnsSparrow #Sparrow #BCbirding #HopeBC #SilverLakePP

Small brown and buff coloured bird perched in a shrub with half-closed eyes facing to the left of the image with short dark stripes along its side. Its dark brown tail feathers are spread like a fan.

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social selected the day's bird theme as #Parenting and it's still barely Sunday here on the west coast of Canada, so I'm squeezing in a #BirdOfTheDay image from a few weeks ago with a young #AmericanRobin being fed a juicy blackberry by its parent. 🪶

A young American robin with spotted breast getting a blackberry from its orange-breasted parent. The image shows the moment the berry is in both their beaks before the parent lets go. They are perched on a mossy tree limb with an out of focus background of indistinct green and reddish leaf shapes.

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Incredible series! The Night Heron simply refuses to relinquish its catch. Kudos to the photographer. 👏👏👏 🪶🌿

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

A young #CedarWaxwing enjoying the carotenoid-rich fruit of mountain ash. The bird has yet to develop the red waxy wing tips for which it is named, but consuming these bright berries ensures their flashy development later in life. 🪶 🌿 #Waxwing #MountainAsh #Rowan #birding #BirdingInBC

Young greyish brown bird with streaked breast consuming bright orange berries. Background of green indistinct leaf shapes.

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

#WoodlandSkipper #butterfly exploring one of my #dahlias a few days ago. Some folks might think this is a day flying moth, but the club-tipped antennae point to a butterfly classification. #BugSky #Lepidoptera #BritishColumbiaLepidoptera 🌿

Small orange-brown butterfly perched on a purple, white and yellow flower. The butterfly's proboscis (tongue) is unfurling from its head between the two antennae. An indistinct dark green colour provides the background.

Small orange-brown butterfly perched on a pale purple, white and yellow flower. Indistinct dark green and grey colours provide the background.

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The intensity of #owl eyes always amaze me and when @helenbennett.bsky.social called out #AwesomeOwls as today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme, I thought of this shot of a #GreatHornedOwl staring me out. Bonus: the Alt theme is #BirdNameG -- any bird whose common name starts with the letter G! 🪶 🌿

Large owl with feather "horns" perched in a tree staring directly at the photographer with intense yellow eyes.

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Waiting on the beach for the sun to set across the bay, we were graced with the company of this lovely sandpiper gathering an evening snack. Sound up to hear the soothing waves! 🪶 🌿 #GreaterYellowlegs #BCBirding #UclueletBirds

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

As a group of feathered friends, wood-warblers must be one of my favourite. Here is a #CommonYellowthroat that briefly popped out of dense wetland vegetation in southwest British Columbia. Gotta be quick with these little guys, the next second he was gone! 🪶 🌿

A beautiful olive-coloured bird with bright yellow throat, black mask and white forehead band perched amongst dense green foliage.

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Snack time! A young #AmericanRobin is getting a juicy blackberry from one of its parents. I watched mom and dad for a while as they fetched fruit, going back and forth between their demanding offspring and nearby blackberry bushes. 🌿 🪶

Perched on a mossy branch, a young American robin, still with speckled breast, receiving a juicy blackberry from its parent.

Perched on a mossy branch, a young American robin, still with speckled breast, waiting to get a blackberry from its parent.

Perched on a mossy branch, a young American robin, still with speckled breast, waiting for another blackberry from its hard working parent.

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I was quite pleased to find this unusual #butterfly (to me) on a short, high-elevation hike with the grandkids a few days ago. The Rocky Mountain parnassian can often be found in alpine and subalpine meadows of its namesake and, in this case, Cascade Mountains further west. #BugSky #Lepidoptera 🌿

Chalky white moth-like butterfly with black, grey and reddish wing markings in amongst low growing vegetation.

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Camping at Manning Provincial Park, British Columbia, last week and was very happy to get a good look and a few photos of this gorgeous little bird, the #MacGillivray'sWarbler. There were actually a pair of them coming and going from an unseen nest with young ones in dense undergrowth. 🪶 🌿

Small bird with rich olive colour above, yellow below and a dark grey hood extending down to the chest. The face has small white crescents directly above and below the dark eye and blackish area between eye and bill. It is perched on a broken branch with an indistinct greenish background.

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

This cutie still has its white snowshoes! The #SnowshoeHare is hiding in trail-side brush at the end of June in the local mountains. Its fur turns white during the winter and brown during the summer. Its name is from the large size of its hind feet which help keep it from sinking in deep snow. 🐇 🌿

Rabbit-like animal with brown fur except for its noticeable white feet.

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Gorgeous #swallowtail butterfly apparently in the process of laying an egg. I'm pretty sure this is an anise swallowtail, endemic to western North America, but correction is always very welcome! #swallowtailbutterfly #butterfly #aniseswallowtail #lepidoptera #manningpark #insectphotography #bugsky 🌿

Black and yellow butterfly with orange "eyespot" on the lower edge of its wing. It's stopping briefly on a green leaf with abdomen curved and pointing at the leaf as it lays an egg.

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Look at that amazing cobalt blue! The stunning Steller's jay is in the crow family and native to western North America and mountains of Central America. It is closely related to the blue jay found in eastern North America. #stellersjay #cyanocittastelleri #jay #corvid #bcbirding #birdlove 🪶 🌿

Deep blue coloured bird with dark barred wings perched on a stump and facing to the right. It's head is very dark blue--almost black--and topped with a large upright crest.

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Feeling blue? Here's a #butterfly to cheer you up. The Boisduval's Blue is a lovely little thing named after a celebrated Parisian entomologist (and botanist) who described this and many other North American butterflies in the 19th century. #BoisduvalsBlue #lepidoptera #bugsky 🌿

Small butterfly with white-fringed blue and dark brown wings feeding on pale pink flowers. The wings underside are whitish with black spots.

Small butterfly on pale pink flower showing only its wings' underside which are smudgy-white with black spots.

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

The #ChippingSparrow is a songbird found throughout North America in the summer. The term “songbird” is used loosely here because its song is generally a uniform one-pitch trill. Its call is usually a sharp "chip" and according to Cornell's Birds of the World, gives the bird its English name. 🪶 🌿

A small, grey and brown bird with rufous cap and dark stripe from its beak through the eye to the back of its head is perched in the needles of a fir tree.

A small, grey and brown bird with striped rufous cap is perched in the needles at the end of a branch of a fir tree. It's feeding on something at the terminal bud, possibly an insect.

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

For such a small, unassuming bird, #PineSiskins sure know how to scrap and scrabble at the bird feeder. Love them anyway! #Finch #Birding #BirdLover 🪶 🌿

Small, brown-streaked bird perched at the end of a few small branches with indistinct green foliage in the background.

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

A study in violet-greens! These gorgeous #swallows return to their favourite nesting spots in blast holes in a roadside granite cliff face every year. Not too much violet at this time of morning in the shade, but gorgeous blues and greens easily make up for that. #violetgreenswallow #bcbirding 🌿 🪶

Sitting at the round entrance in a rock face, a small bird with various shades of green and blue on top of its head, back, wings and tail. The side of its face is white as well as its breast and belly. The white also extends up from its belly to the rump area.

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

A few #BumbleBees for #WorldBeeDay on May 20th. Been enjoying learning about our native bees and the important role they have as pollinators. Species names in ALT text. ID help with #iNaturalist. #Bees #Insects #Bugsky 🌿

Yellow-fronted bumble bee. Yellow fuzzy bee with big black eyes and noticeable antennae on small blue flower surrounded by green foliage.

Indiscriminate Cuckoo bumble bee. Plump-looking yellow and black bee with its head buried in pink clover flowers surrounded by green foliage.

Yellow-faced bumble bee. Yellow and black bumble bee on a purple lupine flower. A full orange pollen basket (corbicula) can be seen on its exposed hind leg.

Orange-rumped bumble bee. Sitting in a pink rhododendron flower, a dusky yellow and orange bee with black bars spaced laterally across its abdomen.

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

New arrivals in the neighbourhood! The incredible fortitude of these small #birds making their dangerous journey from Central America in the spring and then back in the fall, year after year, just b.l.o.w.s m.e a.w.a.y. Male & Female #WesternTanagers in SW British Columbia. 🪶 🌿

A male Western Tanager with an orange-red head merging to yellow on his nape, bright yellow body with some downy-white on its side, and contrasting charcoal-black wings, back and tail. It's perched on a branch in a bush with dark green foliage in the background.

A female Western Tanager with yellowish-green body fading to a murky white at its belly and greyish wings with white bars. It's perched in a Saskatoon bush with green foliage and small developing fruits.

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Exploring a Cascade Mountain landscape over the weekend, I was elated to find a pair of beautiful barn swallows that had just alighted on a tree stump packed with a #phantasmagoria of #mosses and #lichens. 🪶 🌿 #barnswallow #swallows #birding #bcbirding #birdlover

Two swallows with dark blue, rufous and cream coloured plumage perched at the end of a tree stump extension full of colourful mosses and lichens.

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Driving along a gravelly mountain road a couple of days ago near #HopeBC, @connielavon.bsky.social spotted this very handsome #RuffedGrouse. It quickly merged into the brush, but was keeping a beady eye on us. #Birding #BirdWatching #BirdingInBC #MountainWildlife 🪶🌿

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

So nice to see harleys back in local mountain rivers! #HarlequinDucks in this area (northwestern North America) spend their winters on coastal waters and migrate inland to fast flowing river stretches in the spring to reunite with their mates and breed. 🪶 #HopeBC #SilverSkagit

A small brightly coloured duck swimming to the right in clear stream water. It is slate blue in colour with white stripes and chestnut sides. Its head is elaborately marked with a white crescent in front of the eye and chestnut highlights on the brow.

Two small ducks, female to the left and male on right, standing in water at the edge of a clear stream. The male is a slate blue with white stripes and chestnut sides. Its head is elaborately marked with a white crescent in front of the eye and chestnut highlights on the brow. The female is overall greyish-brown, with white around the bill and eye, and a white spot on the rear of the cheek.

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

A small flock of these rain-bedraggled #EveningGrosbeaks made a quick stop at our ornamental cherry trees recently, possibly on their way to breeding grounds at higher elevations/latitudes. Impressive bird with its stark colouration and massive, seed-cracking bills! #grosbeak #birdwatching #HopeBC 🪶

Large olive-green, white and black finch perched in tree with out of focus pink blossoms in the background.

Two large olive-green, white and black finches perched in tree with out of focus pink blossoms in the background on the right side of the image.

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I'm happy to see a favourite native plant, Pacific bleeding heart (Dicentra formosa), surviving and beginning to flower in our native garden bed. It's generally found along the west coast of North America in shaded, moist soils. Beautiful! #nativeplants #bleedingheart 🌿

Close up image of an inflorescence of drooping purple heart-shaped flowers.

Inflorescence of drooping purple, heart-shaped flowers with fern-like foliage in the background.

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Spring is ramping up here in southwest BC, Canada, and the lovely western trilliums are making a beautiful show in the nearby woods. #SpringWildFlowers #Flower #Trillium 🌿

Close up of veined white flower petals and yellow, pollen-covered stamens.

Picture of a flower with three veined white petals and yellow, pollen-covered stamens. Three green sepals and plant leaves are seen behind the flower. Rain drops from a recent shower cover the leaves and petals.

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

First gorgeous #BumbleBee of the season for me and a definite mood lifter! I think this one is an orange-rumped bumble bee (Bombus melanopygus) which is native to western North America. It is foraging on a garden pansy at the local garden store. #HopeBC #SignsOfSpring #BugSky 🌿

Large and very hairy bee on a purple flower with dark tail section, reddish-orange rump, yellow mid-section and yellowish-grey head and upper thorax

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

A handsome Cooper's hawk keeping a beady eye on the #birds visiting a bird feeder without much regard to the photographer. Lucky me! #CoopersHawk #BirdOfPrey #Raptor #BCBirds #Birding

Close up picture of a bird of prey with dark grey head cap, beady red eyes, sharp beak, rufous neck and chest feathers, and light grey back and wings.

A bird of prey perched on a wood fence with dark grey head cap, beady red eyes, sharp beak, rufous neck, chest and belly feathers, light grey back, wings and barred tail.

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

I love #birds in general, but the ones that stroke my pleasure senses the most are the cute smaller ones like this #Dusky-cappedFlycatcher found along a fenced trail in a densely-forested area in central #Brazil. #AvesBrasil #BrazilBirds #BirdingInBrazil

Small bird perching on a fence wire with brown fence posts on either side. Its belly is a beautiful lemon-yellow colour merging into soft white plumage at the throat. The head, nape and upper back are slate-grey and its eyes are dark. Charcoal-grey wings have faint whitish wing bars.

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

This disgruntled #Sharp-shinnedHawk paid a lightning fast visit to my birder feeder the other day and barely missed nabbing any of the numerous feeding songbirds. Lucky for them; not so lucky for the #hawk! 🪶🌿 #accipiter #predator #bcbirds #birdsofcanada #birding #hawkwatch #birdlover

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

One chill heron. From a recent wintry walk around our local wetland. #GreatBlueHeron #BirdsOfBC #HopeBC 🪶

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

I came across this noisy scene while walking the dog yesterday--a #NorthernPygmy-Owl enjoying a tasty meal of robin tartare. The alarm call tick-ticking of juncos alerted me to the situation in a nearby conifer tree. A tad grisly, but it truthfully represents the cycle of life, right? 🪶 #Owl #HopeBC

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Still in the #Pantanal, this orange-backed troupial looks a bit like our local Bullock's oriole in BC. Same genus of birds-- #Icterus. The term "troupial" is from the French troupiale, meaning troop or flock, so named because of their penchant to gather. 🪶🌿🇧🇷 #BrazilBirds #AvesBrasil #BirdingInBrazil

Bright orange and black bird with white wing patches perched in a leafy shrub.

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

From our #birding trip to #Brazil last August, the impressive #RufescentTigerHeron is named for its reddish-brown neck and head and coarse barred pattern particularly seen in the juvenile bird (second image). 🪶🌿🇧🇷 #brazilbirds #avesbrasil #birdinginbrazil #pantanal

Large heron standing in water with slate-grey plumage on its back and reddish-brown neck and head. Its beak is large and dagger-like and its face is yellow where the skin is exposed.

Large heron with coarse brown-barred plumage in this young bird. The bird is standing sideways to the photographer. Its bill and legs are dirty yellow to tan in colour.

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

With love to my special valentine @connielavon.bsky.social. I hope all family and friends have a day of peace and love. 🪶💕 #woodduckpair #valentinebirds #valentinesday

A pair of beautiful wood ducks swimming from right to left in a pond surrounded by aquatic plants. The mostly grey-brown female is in the lead followed closely by the multicoloured male.

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Early stocking stuffer idea!

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Jonathan: Food & Photography @jonathanfoodie.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

. Yes, some say pineapple on a pizza is a Sin, but with a from scratch crust, homemade Andoullie Sausage, our own smoked Canadian Ham, fresh mushroom tomato sauce, and three cheeses.... it's a pretty good tasting #Sin! #fromscratch #pizza #dinner #eats #eater #realfood #cheflife #cheffood #foodie

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

This male #GreatAntshrike was keeping a close watch on me and fellow birders with those gorgeous ruby-red eyes. His black and white plumage contrast starkly with his mate's soft rufous-brown feathers, but she still has the lovely red eyes. Parque Mãe Bonifácia, Cuiabá. #brazilbirds #avesbrasil 🪶🌿🇧🇷

Bird, perched on a branch, with white throat and chest and black wings and head glaring with its ruby-red eyes at the photographer.

Bird, perched on a plant stem facing to the left, with rufous-brown head, wings and tail. The tail's colour merges to dark grey at the end. Its throat, chest and belly are a creamy-white

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

One more #kingfisher we were lucky enough to see in the #Pantanal. The #RingedKingfisher is like a super-sized belted kingfisher. They range through most of South America and up to the southern tip of Texas. Unfortunately, I was fighting dim evening light here. #brazilbirds #avesbrasil 🌿🪶🇧🇷

A pair of slate-blue, white and rufous birds posed on a fence facing to the right. The closer bird has its back to the photographer hiding its rufous belly, but clearly showing its white-spotted tail feathers. The other bird shows a dark eye, a large, slightly opened beak and acutely upturned tail.

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Good to get out, in spite of the chilly air.

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

This lovely #greenkingfisher was found in the #Pantanal, not far from the last posted Amazon kingfisher. Species range includes Mexico, Central & South America, and also extends into parts of Arizona & Texas. It's smallish at about 2/3 the size of the belted kingfisher. #brazilbirds #avesbrasil 🌿🪶🇧🇷

Dark green bird with white neck and hefty pointed bill in contrast with its size. Some rufous colouring barely shows at the neck/chest area indicating it's a male. White spots are also seen on one of its wings and feathers on the back of its head look flared out as if it's wind blown.

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

The Amazon kingfisher is a medium-sized #kingfisher found mostly in tropical lowlands from northern Mexico south to central Argentina. So happy to find this photogenic #bird perched by a shallow pond in the Pantanal region of Brazil last August. #amazonkingfisher #birdinginbrazil #avesbrasil 🌿🪶🇧🇷

Dark green and white bird sporting a hefty pointed bill sitting on wooden fencing.

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Have you ever heard of the towhee two-step or more generically, the double-scratch? This is a foraging behaviour of some #birds such as this #SpottedTowhee where they hop backward, kicking out with both feet to scatter the substrate. Looks exhausting, but I guess an efficient way to find food. 🪶

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Scott @scottdenkers.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Gorgeous rocks, nicely displayed!

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