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Sam B. @somebeees.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It’s day 2 of birdtober and I for “gray” I went with a white-winged dove on a chalice for the “relic” inktober prompt. Yes I had the Stevie Nix song stuck in my head the whole time. #birdtoberclub #birdtoberclub2026 #inktober #inktober2026 #birds

Image drawn in colored pencil on black paper. A gray colored dove with orange eyes perches on a gold chalice with a fluted base

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Sam B. @somebeees.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It’s October so that means its time for DRAWING! I’m following a bird themed prompt list this year, and up first was “aerial insectivore”, so I drew a little vermillion flycatcher! #birdtoberclub #birdtoberclub2026 #inktober2026 #illustration #birds

An illustration done using colored pencils on black paper. A vermillion flycatcher sits on an apple branch stretching their wings and tail. They are surrounded by apples and leaves.

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Sam B. @somebeees.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Went up to San Joaquin Marsh last week to look for the little vagrant purple gallinule that was hanging out there. They are super cute and fun to watch! #birds #birdphotography #purplegallinule

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Sam B. @somebeees.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Jodi joooooooo. She's still just the cutest.

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Sam B. @somebeees.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The Tijuana River Bird and Buttfly Garden has a lot of cool birds hanging out, including a cardinal of all the birds! Famosa Slough is also a nice little stop, there’s always some interesting birds there. And it’s near Ocean Beach and Robb Field park where lots of shorebirds hang out.

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Dominique Ramsey 𓃥 @dominiqueramseyart.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Take five (look at what's left)

Illustration of a lioness bending down to drink from water. Her fur is green and covered in sores, in her reflection is an image of smoke rising into the sky.

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Sam B. @somebeees.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Same tho. I really like Finch for how gentle it is for task setting. As a person with difficulty remembering tasks I wanted to do it’s nice to have them in the app, and it’s not demanding or punishing to miss them. Usually I like the themes but Supergirl was a big miss for me.

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Sam B. @somebeees.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Oh heck yeah that’s my local store! Congrats SD REI!

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Sam B. @somebeees.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Probably between Monstrous Regiment, Jingo, and Going Postal

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Sam B. @somebeees.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I’ll be there On Saturday! My boyfriend’s DnD podcast is doing a panel so I will be there for that but we’ll just be around the con after.

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 17/03/2026

Huffpo account getting the post off 4 minutes before Dave. Smh.

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Sam B. @somebeees.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

I got the Victoire! I started watching recently and picked Torrent as my team but the Victoire are really fun to watch play.

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Sam B. @somebeees.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I don’t know about Blades ’68 but have you tried A-State? I’m in a group running it right now and it rules. Blades system but making a community and standing up against corpos.

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Sam B. @somebeees.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Y'all I saw my first ever LOON the other day! Unfortunately a jetski had scared it on land, which must have been tough for it. They aren't good walkers. :( There was a cute ladybug on the friend tho! #bird #redthroatedloon #loon #photography

A red-throated loon on land from behind. It's looking side-eye at the camera. A little ladybird crawls on it's back.

A red-throated loon, head tucked into it's back feathers trying to nap. There is a little ladybird on it's back.

A red-throated loon chilling on the sand. A ladybeetle hangs out on it's back.

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Sam B. @somebeees.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Welp time to keep an eye out in San Diego! I want to find all the shorebird babies this year!

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Sam B. @somebeees.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

These are such gorgeous images!

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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Found an additional graphic that gets even more of these quotes together. I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.

Image of Charles Darwin quotes, with the recipient of the letter and the date the letter was written. He said "I hate every wave of the ocean" to W.D. Fox on 15 February 1836, "Oh my God how I do hate species and varieties" to J.D. Hooker in 11 March 1858, "I am very tired, very stomachy, and hate nearly the whole world" to Thomas Huxley on 10 September 1860, "I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything" to Charles Lyell on 1 October 1861, "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" to John Lubbock on 3 September 1862, and "I am languid and bedeviled and hate writing and hate everybody" to J.D. Hooker on 23 June 1863.

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Sam B. @somebeees.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Got busy and #birbfest2026 kind of got away from me but I’ve been working on these Stellar’s Jays for a hot minute! Stellar’s jays have such tude I love these little guys. #birds #illustration #stellarsjay

An illustration of a group of stellar’s jays in various poses. From top left clockwise: back to audience, wings folded smirking; eating a peanut; wings extended grumpy; wings extended back to audience excited; beak turned up knowing they are pretty; flying and confused; snoozy fluffy bird; and crest down crying tears bird. Around them are doodles of california poppies, acorns, and oak leaves.

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Sam B. @somebeees.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

These birds are so beautiful and also kind of a crack up to watch.

A male brandt's cormorant mounts a female brandt's cormorant. Her bill is open and he is biting her neck.

A brandt's cormorant grooms the feathers under their wing. Their feathers are colored like an oil slick, under their bill is an iridescent blue, as are their eye.

A goofy looking brandt's cormorant throws it's head back. Their bill is open and their neck is an amazing electric blue, as are their eye.

A pair of brandt's cormorants flirt, their necks stretched out and the bright blue on their throats are showing.

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Sam B. @somebeees.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Went out to La Jolla Cove over the weekend to see the brandt's cormorants in their breeding plumage! Their courtship rituals are so funny to watch. #birds #photography #lajolla

A brandt's cormorant with bright blue eyes and a blue and pink throat looks off to the right. A feather rests on it's beak.

A brandt's cormorant stands up on a seaweed nest on the cliffs. In the nest are two white perfect eggs. The cormorant is surrounded by other cormorants on their nests.

Two brandt's cormorants in blue breeding colors flirt with each other with their bills open.

A brandt's cormorant strikes a pose, tail up like a turkey, wings back, and head thrown back as far as possible. You can see their bright blue throat and their funny little side whiskery feathers on their head.

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Sam B. @somebeees.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

The geese at Salton Sea are so magical! There are so many birds! And they are so loud!

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Sam B. @somebeees.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Today’s #birbfest2026 art is the osprey! I love watching them go to and from their nests this time of year with large sticks and fish. Fun fact, when they catch fish they turn them so that they are being held parallel to the bird while it flies for peak aerodynamics! #birds #illustration #osprey

An osprey flies over a blue ocean carrying an orange garibaldi fish. In the background two stadium lights loom. An osprey perches on the left, and an osprey sits on the right one in a giant nest. Under the waves three orange garibaldi swim amongst the kelp.

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Sam B. @somebeees.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

I had this exact same problem!!! I kept having to try and readjust how I was sitting.

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Sam B. @somebeees.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Today’s #birbfest2026 is the California Thrasher! They use their long curved beak to push through the leaf litter in the undergrowth looking for insects. Fun fact they are a relative of mockingbirds! #illustration #californiathrasher #procreate #birds

A large brown bird with a long curved beak and a long tail perches on the branches of a bush

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Sam B. @somebeees.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

That’s always the way it happens. I had a kinglet land right next to me on a trail the other day and it stayed there until I brought my camera up and then it flew away. 😢

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Sam B. @somebeees.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Thank you! I wish I had a longer lens for my camera, buffleheads love being not near the shore. -_- I’m hoping to get out this weekend and see more of them! There’s some hanging out with some northern pintails in the San Diego Bay.

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Sam B. @somebeees.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Todays #birbfest2026 birds are buffleheads! It’s bufflehead season in San Diego and I’m so happy! I love the way they dive around, they are so cute! #birds #birdart #bufflehead

An illustration of a male and female pair of buffleheads flying. The female duck in the back has her wings down, and the male duck in the front has his wings outstretched. The background is cartoon fluffy clouds.

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Sam B. @somebeees.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

I did it! I saw the surf scoters under the pier in Imperial Beach! They are gorgeous birds. #birds #birdphotography #surfscoter

A small black duck with a bright yellow and orange bill swims in a green ocean on a cloudy day.

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Sam B. @somebeees.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Today’s #birbfest2026 illustration is a verdin! I see them out in the desert but they are always so fast and hard to photograph. They are such beautiful little birds though! #verdin #birdart #birds

An illustration of a small grey bird with a yellow head hangs in a creosote bush. The bush has yellow flowers and white poofy seeds.

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Sam B. @somebeees.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

I’ve been TEARING through KJ Charles’s books. The Will Darling series is especially a fav of mine but all of their books are so hypnotic and sexy and fun.

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Sam B. @somebeees.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Going out birding tomorrow amd hoping I’ll see one of these guys! That would be a lifer for me.

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Sam B. @somebeees.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Ok starting to play with the #birbfest2026 prompts a little. Birds native to SoCal are my bread and butter, so I’m taking birds on the list and doing a similar native bird instead. So instead of a razorbill doing another water bird, a surf scoter! #birds #birdart #surfscoter

An illustration of three surf scoters. In the upper right one spreads his wings, while in the bottom left a female and male swim serenely by. In the water is text that says “surf scoter”

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Sam B. @somebeees.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Today’s #birbfesf2026 bird is the many-colored rush tyrant, a colorful round orb of a flycatcher from South America! #birds #birdart #manycoloredrushtyrant

An illustration of three small colorful round birds face each other and yell. They are yellow with blue faces and there are yellow stripes on their heads that look like angry eyebrows. In between them the onomatopoeia for their call is written out. It says “bewahhbewbewbew”

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Sam B. @somebeees.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Want to start the year off with some art so I’m participating in #birbfest2026 and see how many birbs I can draw! Today’s bird is the beautiful bronzewing pigeon from Australia! #birdart #birds #bronzewingpigeon

An illustration of a purple blue pigeon who is standing on one leg and stretching out there wing. On their wing is a reflected rainbow of color.

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Sam B. @somebeees.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Here’s a piece I’ve been plugging away at this month! I was inspired by photos that Haus Dahlia on instagram took of her latest collection, especially her silk dresses. They remind me so much of water that it turned into a water nymph in a pond! #art #illustration #procreate

An illustration of a fat woman resting gracefully in a pond. She has blue hair with willow leaves tangled in it. Her cheeks are flushed. Her hands rest on her chest. She is wearing a turquoise blue silk dress that transitions into the water of the pond itself. The pond is filled with lily pads in bloom and surrounded by rocks, reeds, and trees.

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key-lime pie @keymonster.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

One of my biggest inspirations since childhood. I love Jann Brett’s books.

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Holly @sparrowlucero.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

tea kettle guys

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Elizabeth Minkel @elizabethminkel.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

"It's the one hobby I really have that hasn't been saturated by AI and now it's feeling more and more out of reach." All these small physical connections in globally linked hobbyist communities are being severed...in a moment where our digital communities are being flooded with AI slop. 🫠🫠🫠

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‘It's Just a Mess:' 23 People Explain How Tariffs Have Suddenly Ruined Their Hobby

"The real kick in the teeth is no matter how much manufacturing is brought back to the US these items will never be made in the USA. There is no upside."

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Sam B. @somebeees.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Also got some pretty butterfly pics at the Bird & Butterfly Garden! #butterflies #photography #swallowtail #fritillary #lorquinsadmiral

A lorquin's admiral rests with wings open on butterfly bush flowers.

An anise swallowtail drinks from a butterfly bush's flowers

A gulf fritillary drinks from a butterfly bush flower

An anise swallowtail prepares to take flight on a butterfly bush

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Sam B. @somebeees.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Went to the Bird & Butterfly garden in the Tijuana River Valley and got some pics of some lesser goldfinches being some cutie patooties. #birds #lessergoldfinch #birdphotography

Two yellow lesser goldfinches sit drinking at the side of a small pond. Another one flies in from the right.

Four lesser goldfinches stand in a pond. The far left one is drinking, the middle two are dunking their heads for baths, and the far right one is staring at the camera.

A lesser goldfinch flies over four other lesser goldfinches bathing in a pond.

A lesser goldfinch flies in to touch down in a pond. Four others are already there drinking.

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Sam B. @somebeees.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Sat down to doodle and made this little ladybird! I’m really enjoying working with colored pencils. #art #ladybug #coloredpencil

A little humanoid lady bug is shown from the side, looking back over her shoulder. She has two sets of arms and is holding a big purple flower. She is holding the flower with both her arms. She is wearing a green calf length dress.

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Bree Lundberg @breelundberg.com · 20/08/2025

Such a great article. There is no such thing as an "easy" pet!! Please do your research before getting any pet and realize that some creatures shouldn't be pets at all.

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Rebecca Heisman @rheisman.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

I usually tell people that *so far*, habitat loss, not climate change, has been the major driver of bird population declines... but now we're starting to get analyses directly connecting bird declines to extreme weather events fueled by climate change. 🪶 theconversation.com/70-years-of-...

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70 years of data show extreme heat is already wiping out tropical bird populations

A study using more than 90,000 scientific observations shows Earth is getting too hot for many tropical birds.

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Sam B. @somebeees.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

What a gorgeous photo! I love the contrast of the rattlesnakes colors against the flowers.

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Sam B. @somebeees.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Had a bleh week a few weeks ago so went to my local fabric store and picked up this pretty cotton and just finished this little outfit! The top is the #saguaroset from Friday Pattern Company and the shorts are the #chanterellepants from Sew Liberated. #sewing

A white person with short curly hair stands with their hands behind their head. They are wearing a shirt with loose sleeves and an elastic waist with a high neckline and shorts with an elastic waistband and pockets. Both the shirt and shorts are made of the same purple and yellow plaid. They have green pom pom earrings that are textured like moss and a pendant with a green dice pendant.

A white person with short curly hair stands with their hands on their hips. They are wearing a shirt with loose sleeves and an elastic waist with a high neckline and shorts with an elastic waistband and pockets. Both the shirt and shorts are made of the same purple and yellow plaid. They have green pom pom earrings that are textured like moss and a pendant with a green dice pendant.

A white person with short curly hair stands with their hands on their hips with their back visible in the mirror. They are wearing a shirt with loose sleeves and an elastic waist with a high neckline and a deep v on the back and shorts with an elastic waistband and pockets. Both the shirt and shorts are made of the same purple and yellow plaid. They have green pom pom earrings that are textured like moss and a pendant with a green dice pendant.

A white person with short curly hair stands with a hand on their hips and a hand taking a picture in the mirror with their phone. They are wearing a shirt with loose sleeves and an elastic waist with a high neckline and shorts with an elastic waistband and pockets. Both the shirt and shorts are made of the same purple and yellow plaid. They have green pom pom earrings that are textured like moss and a pendant with a green dice pendant.

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iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Ah, to be a globular springtail adventuring among towering fungi. 📷 criag_l on iNaturalist 📍 Australia 🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations... #ObservationOfTheDay

A small six-legged, colorful creatures ventures across some bark, where translucent and delicate white mushrooms sprout out.

This springtail has six legs, two antennae, and a colorful pinkish-red, yellow, and green-ish patterning.

Lots of springtails crawl among the bark in between the white translucent mushrooms. The springtails are much smaller than the mushrooms and can be difficult to spot because they blend in quite well with the bark.

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

John H. White's stunning photographs of Black Chicago, taken as part of the DOCUAMERICA project which sought to produce a visual record of 1970s US: publicdomainreview.org/collection/j…

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