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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

A single bird in the middle of a flock of American White Pelicans looks up, mouth agape, at a passing gull. I like to think they're arguing with each other.

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Sunday morning held substantially better news for the growing chicks at this nest. 3 fish drops in 4 hours.

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

The adult and sibling shield their eyes as one baby osprey fires a volley over the port side of the nest. #birds

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Washington is just magical. Those waterfalls are fed by still melting seasonal snowfields up in the higher peaks and provide some of the namesake features of the Cascade Mountains. #photography

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

This dancer photo from today's parade came out especially cool with her face visible through the rainbow color streamers attached to her fans.

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Some joker planted chilies in the flower garden.

So-called "decorative chilies" photographed close up with other flowers in the background

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Crow on the Edmonds salmon sculpture

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Anyone wanna know what Republicans are saying to the rest of the country and world? Just turn the poll results 90 degrees. 🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Anna's Hummingbird from today at Yost Park. #birds

Small green hummingbird with its beak open and its tongue out sitting perched on a twig in a cherry tree with small pink blossoms nearby

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Took this shot after closing time at Emerald City Comic Convention on Sunday. The folks in Artist Alley were all packing up and getting ready to clear out and a few stragglers like me weren't exactly rushing to the doors. This Rocketeer cosplay was too good to miss. #photography

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Blue sky is a little more grey today but here's some swans that I saw honking without a care.

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

(in a hushed whisper) the Pacific Northwest is also really awesome in the winter time. Seen in Edmonds, WA. Before it rained. 😜

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Incredibly strange how I didn't know if I'd have a reason to edit and post this photo of a disfigured eagle picking the corpse of a rotting goose on January 2nd. #photography #art

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

The fog on New Year's Eve morning was pretty incredible in Lynnwood. I'd call this a fog bow, similar to a rainbow but extremely faint. #photography

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

A cormorant decided to find calmer waters for swimming after getting pulled by the current into the choppier water one too many times. #birds #photography

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

I was recently given the privilege of shooting the final dress rehearsal of the Edmonds Driftwood Players' rendition of Rogers and Hammerstein's "Cinderella". The cast, the costumes, the music, the production, and the crew all did such an amazing job. #theater #photography #musicals

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

The supersaturated sand on some of the lengthier beaches of the Oregon and Washington Coast can lead to them appearing to be enormous, narrow and shallow lakes fed by the distant waves and hanging mists. #photography #art

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

This actress is so good at her role. The costume combined with the attitude and the lighting just looked like they needed to be like an early 90s psychedelic metal album cover.

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

I recently bought a new lens that produces exceptionally crisp images. Ironically I've been mostly using it for blurry, long exposure and shots lately. This is a dancer from a local dance academy doing part of her routine during dress rehearsal for the Nutcracker ballet. #art #photography #ballet

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

The elevation of that chair for the pipe organ at Benaroya Hall in Seattle is kinda bonkers. It looks like you have to come out THROUGH the organ to access it. #photography #seattlesymphony #music

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Photo clipped from a newspaper from back in the 70s showing my mom bottle feeding a lion cub. Basically I'm saying I should be on Dancing With The Stars. (Editor's note: in no way should he be anywhere near Dancing With The Stars)

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Took advantage of a recent foggy night in Seattle to do some street photography and play around with long exposures. #art #photography

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

I'm so excited for a familiar face. The short eared owls are back to the Samish flats for the winter. #birds #photography

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Took a closer look and it appears to have been injured which could explain the unusual behavior.

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

An unusual sight this morning: perched on the open was a great horned owl soaking in the sun. #birds #photography

A close up shot of a sleeping adult great horned owl is perched on the edge of a flat metal roof of a middle school gym.

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Pretty happy with this one. The wrens seemed closer than normal, almost comfortable with me being nearby. This one came within a few feet of me and stayed close for a while, even holding still long enough for a decent shot in the low early morning light. #birds #photography

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

A male northern harrier whose grey plumage is still coming along flew close by as it was hunting this evening. #birds #photography

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

From last April. Have you ever seen two birds more excited about a stick? #birds #photography

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Harbor porpoises chasing dinner about 200yds off the beach in Edmonds last week. #photography #nature #edmonds

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Had some surprising but much welcomed company when out birding on Sunday morning in the early Autumn fog. #photography #nature

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

(red-tailed hawk screech) Saw myself some very impressive 'Merica in bird form today at Wiley Slough. I'm pretty sure if any animal other than humans can drive a monster truck, this bird could. Just an absolute unit. #birds #photography

A large bald eagle peers over its right shoulder at the viewer as it perches in the upper branches of a tree with a light blue sky as a background

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

The foggy weather for fall birding in the Samish river flats has returned! Cozy jackets, and silent raptors moving through the mist. It's 100% the vibe I need right now. #birds #photography

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Little timeline cleanse. Here’s a tiny flock of western sandpipers I got to see being a tiny flock of western sandpipers yesterday at the Kukutali Preserve. #birds #photography

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Not as sorry as I am that you made Andor and didn't know what it meant. Marx was wrong, religion isn't the opiate of the masses. Corporate media is. Sinclair and Nexstar need to be torn to shreds and yeeted into the sun.

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Nice branch in the way. What complete amateur framed this shot? #birds #WorstBirdPic #PhotoFailFriday

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

I had to check multiple shots from multiple angles to confirm that this was, in fact, just a sunflower seed hanging from the duck's bill and not some new fanged species of duck. Nice try, 2025. #birds #photograpy

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Sometimes access to public lands is just a jumping off point for even bigger adventures. The Samish Overlook is one such place where the sky is the limit on recreation. #photography #publiclands

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

We recently got a good dousing here in the PNW so I couldn't help getting this shot of my wife's car. I really should have gotten out my macro lens 🤪

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

A model stands wrapped in a blanket while looking over the rocky crags below Mt Shuksan. #art #photography #model

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Ovis Ex Machina @sheepmachine.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Washington State is fake. Just an entire AI generated forgery everywhere you look. 😛 #art #photography #nature

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