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Steven Marx @stevenmarx.bsky.social · 18h
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay from Atlantic Birding is #Black&White; any shot in black and white. Don’t do a lot of black and white, but it turns out I have a few. Bald eagle Canada geese Red-tailed hawk (I think, maybe Cooper’s) Ruby-throated hummingbird #birds #photography #sonyalpha
A bald eagle perches in a tree in profile facing right, about three quarters from behind. Some of its neck and head feathers are being blown up and towards its front by the wind. Photo is black and white. Small branches and white sky fill the frame. Two Canada geese are flying to the left, seen in profile in the right third and middle of the frame. The bird apparently in front and slightly above has its wings slightly bent but mostly outspread, mid flight. The other has its wings down, also mid beat. Bright white sky fills the rest of the frame. Black and white phot The head and shoulders of a red tailed hawk are seen, hawk looking the the left of the camera, body facing left. Some blurred branches are in the foreground while white garage siding is the background. Black and white photoA ruby throated hummingbird is seen mid flight, in profile facing right. Its wings are blurred from beating but the rest of the bird is in focus. Background is dark and blurred. Black and white photo
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Chicago Piping Plovers @chicagopiping.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thank you for your consideration to support this effort! takeaction.greatlakes.org/page/96945/a...
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Tell Your Senators: Great Lakes Restoration Must Continue
I just contacted my U.S. senators. Join me!
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Helen's Eye (aka Helen's Photos) @helenseye.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#BokehBirds #BirdOfTheDay #AfricanWildlife #BirdPhotography Oxpeckers with a zebra!
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Helen Bennett 🌿 @helenbennett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Good morning! Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BokehBirds - any bird captured with a soft, muted or blurry background, like this lovely Long-Tailed Tit. Bonus points for any bokeh balls! ☺️🪶📷️ Alt: #AwkwardAvian - any bird captured in a silly, clumsy or strange position! Happy Monday everyone! 🕊️ 👋
A photograph of a long-tailed tit a small, round bird facing towards the right. The bird has a fluffy white head and chest, accented by a broad, dark black stripe that runs over the top of its head from its bill to its back. A hint of soft pink coloration tints its flanks and shoulders. Its bill is tiny and dark, and its eye is framed by a faint yellowish ring.  The bird is nestled among several bare, light grey tree branches that cut diagonally across the scene the one above slightly shadowing its head. Two prominent branches cross behind and below the bird, while a softer, out-of-focus branch arches over the top left corner of the frame. The background is a soft, blurred wash of light blue, lilac and pale buff coloured bokeh, with some bokeh balls from the bright, open sky filtering sunlight through the woodland canopy.
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Mark Coupe Photography @mcoupephotography.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BokehBirds - any bird captured with a soft, muted or blurry background. So here's a sleepy young great horned owl for your Monday morning. #birds #wildlife #owls #mcoupephotography
Young great horned owl sleeping
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Steven Marx @stevenmarx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme chosen by @helenbennett.bsky.social is #BokehBirds - any bird captured with a soft, muted or blurry background. Couple of autumn shots, blue jay and red-headed woodpecker. #birds #photography #sonyalpha
A blue jay sits on a medium sized tree branch, body facing to the right, head turned back to its right, eye facing camera. Background is blurred greens and browns while smaller branches are in the foreground and closer background. Sunlights highlights some of the white feathers on the bottom and tailA red headed woodpecker is working on a tree branch. Bird is facing left in profile with its beak digging into the branch, looking for food. The background is mottled out of focus orange leaves and white sky.
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Steven Marx @stevenmarx.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@atlanticbirding.bsky.social has said today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Seabirds, any bird found at sea or the coast, and Alt is #Airborne, any bird in flight. I love when I can hit on both. 😀 Bald eagle Northern gannet Northern pintail couple #birds #photography #sonyalpha
A bald eagle is flying to the right, seen in profile with its wings partly up mid beat. Background is bright white skyA northern gannet is seen in flight over small ocean swells, flying to the right seen in profile. Its wings are down mid beat and the dark water fills the rest of the frame A northern pintail couple is seen flying away from the camera and slightly to the right. Both have their wings down, mid-beat. The frame is filled with a light blue sky
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Steven Marx @stevenmarx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Rob's #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Borbs, birds looking plump. The Alt theme is #Brown, birds with Brown in their plumage. Think we have a two-fer today. Yeah, that’s the one, dark-eyed junco borb. #birds #photography #sonyalpha
Closeup of a dark eyed junco sitting on snowy ground eating seed that’s spread around. Body is facing right with its head turned towards the camera, beak open as it chews.
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Steven Marx @stevenmarx.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Helen say let’s celebrate #TheDivers for #BirdOfTheDay today, any diving bird. Brown pelican, Florida Keys. #birds #photography
A brown pelican is seen diving towards the water, beak inches above going in, body and an almost but not quite 90 degree angle. Frame is filled with greenish water and bright sky at the very top.
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Atlantic Birding @atlanticbirding.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🪶 Good Morning Everybody, Happy Wednesday Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Raptors; any bird of prey Alt. is #Corvids; any member of the crow family. - A Buzzard on a dead tree in the rain - A curious Eurasian Jay in close up #birds #ECK #birdphotography #naturephotography #birdsofbluesky
A Common Buzzard perched on a dead tree in the pouring rain. The bird is right of centre of the shot, with its back turned to the camera but its head turned around to stare at it. 
The bird has a brown head, paler around the bill, which is black and hooked. It has a yellow cere above the beak. Its back is a lightly mottled brown, darker as it gets to the tail. 
The tree is fully dead with patches of bark missing along the trunk and branches. The trunk travels up along the right hand side of the frame and a horizontal branch, with multiple side branches, holds the buzzard. Another, smaller branch is jutting out above it. 
The rain is heavy and large drops can be seen throughout the shot. It gives the shot a hazy appearance. The background is an out of focus wall of trees leaves. A Eurasian Jay in close up perched at the top of a small bush. The bird is centre of the shot, facing left so that it’s left side is visible. 
It has its head raised in an alert pose and is glancing at the camera slightly. It has a thick black bill, white throat and crown, which is streaked with black and a prominent black steak from its beak to its shoulder. Its plumage is pinkish, with bright blue and white barring on the wing coverts, turning to black and white behind it. 
Some barely visible, out of focus vegetation in the foreground gives a hazy effect to the birds feet and tail. It is perched on a bare branch, just visible at the bottom of the shot, which has a spur travelling upwards behind the bird to the right. A bush with small, oval green leaves is in the bottom left and the background is a white sky with some out of focus branches visible throughout.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“We are fed up with ICE & DHS telling us lies… NO MORE TRAFFIC STOPS BY ICE.” Wilber’s lawyer says he was sideswiped and shot by ICE without any clue who they even were — and ICE then immediately lied about what happened (again)
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Heritage Foundation; Project 2025. 950 pages of terrorism by Madmen. In all future History Classes.
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Just, no! Hands off our public lands!
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It only took 10 years for the American state media to finally stand up for one another as well as democracy now that they are being banned from the bulldozed White House by the same fascist criminal monstrosity they helped to create by normalizing him and capitulating to his every demand.
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Natalie Harp is not some innocent White House aide who deserves no scrutiny. She literally got trump to just suspend the First Amendment by showing him clips of media coverage. Somebody with that much influence over trump deserves a closer look.
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SassySenora701 @sassysenior70.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Grumpy-ish Brian🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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SassySenora701 @sassysenior70.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Here's an idea: since the press is boycotting covering Trump, they should head to all the House Republicans home states and give them all that coverage instead. Make them answer for all the inflation, diesel prices, unending war, corruption they've backed..." Lincoln Project
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Democrats are demanding to see a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) “checklist” for law enforcement on “voter integrity. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DHS created a ‘law enforcement voter integrity’ checklist, new filing reveals. Dems want to see it
The document raises more questions about potential Trump administration plans to use armed federal agents to disrupt voting.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 22/09/2026
ICE fascists shot Wilber Rafael Garces Perez in the back. He's now in prison, with the bullet still in his back. This isn't due process, this is fascism. Unacceptable and indefensible. beautyofbelonging.substack.com/p/he-was-mak...
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He Was Making a DoorDash Delivery. Then an ICE Agent Shot Him.
Wilber Rafael Garces Perez says there was no foot chase before an ICE officer shot him. Now, from detention, he says the bullet is still lodged in his body and he isn't getting the medical care he nee
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Tonight’s post is long. I bet you knew it would be. Be kind to yourself and consider reading it in “courses” or with an intermission. But please do read the whole thing. It matters. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-wolf-c...
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The Wolf Came As A Wolf: Trump and the First Amendment
Tonight’s post is long.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22/09/2026
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social: "Trump only cares about his ballroom. He only cares about his arch. He only cares about tearing down the Kennedy Center. He only cares about putting his name on things. He does not actually care about the American people struggling."
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Comparing him to 47 is highly insulting... to Jabba.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Trump is attending two fundraisers tonight to help Republicans rather than meeting with foreign leaders during the kick off to the UN General Assembly.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This warning from David Letterman to the media from just a year ago feels sadly too relevant today. He is right: You can't appease a tyrant.
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The Wolfpack @wolfpack11720.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Freedom of the Press, if it means anything at all, means the freedom to criticize and oppose" ~ George Orwell
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
An ICE agent swore he was mobbed and beaten for three agonizing minutes. Then prosecutors pulled the city surveillance video and clocked the whole thing. The laughable injury report that blew up his cover story: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trumps-dhs...
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New video of ICE agents ramming into car during traffic stop in Texas. Then shooting man in his back—from several feet behind. Agent who fired his gun does not appear to be in any danger from a "weaponized vehicle."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
When Elon Musk's groups spent $20M+ on Wisconsin's 2025 Supreme Court race, his involvement backfired and his candidate lost by 10 points. Now his super PAC has quietly spent $14M+ on key midterm races, including the Texas Senate race. Would be a shame if people found out.
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Elon Musk is flying under the radar in the Texas Senate race. Republicans want to keep it that way.
One Republican involved in the Texas Senate contest called Musk’s in-your-face campaigning in Wisconsin last year “a mis
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Chairman Wow @chairmanwow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The deadline to register in Texas is October 5th.
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Steven Marx @stevenmarx.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In case you’re looking for another reason to not fly. www.npr.org/2026/09/21/n...
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Aviation regulators turn to AI to help manage the nation's airspace
The Federal Aviation Administration launched an ambitious $875-million-dollar push to make the U.S. airspace more efficient. But critics say it won't solve bigger problems with air traffic control.
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Steven Marx @stevenmarx.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It's @alan678.bsky.social turn to host #BirdOfTheDay and his theme is #Light&Shadow, any bird captured that has both. First two could also work for the alt #fallbirds Red-bellied woodpecker Dark-eyed junco Great-tailed grackle female #birds #photography #sonyalpha
A red bellied woodpecker is seen from below, perched on a fairly large branch. The middle of the body is blocked by the branch, bird is facing left, back side in shadow, front in sun with neck and left side of head visible. A dark eyed junco is seen from behind perched on a branch with snow visible in the crook of branches. Most of the back of the bird is in shadow while the top part of the head is in sunA female great tailed grackle is perched on a small branch, back to the camera, head turned to the left. Most of the bird is in shadow while the Sunnis shining on its front, slightly visible in the top of its head and fringes on the left
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Steven Marx @stevenmarx.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Helen encourages us with today's #BirdOfTheDay of #CaptionThatBird 🪶 1. Post any of your bird 📷 that make you smile 2. Add ONLY a witty caption & hashtags 3. ⚠️Please describe your photo in the Alt Text so everyone can enjoy the theme 🙏 Have fun! ☺️ We are not impressed with your shenanigans.
A rufous tailed hummingbird seen from below with its head turned to the right, left eye looking down at the camera, eye partially closed. Panama
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Richard Z @whalemaker.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
My #elegant bird for #birdoftheday is an unlikely one: a Common Grackle displaying its iridescence while bathing. #birds
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Steven Marx @stevenmarx.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme from Atlantic Birding is #Elegant. any elegant looking bird. A mute swan among fall foliage at Emiquon NWR. #birds #photography #sonyalpha
A mute swan is seen in profile facing left, sitting on the water with its neck curved, head pointed down. Mostly brown lily pad leaves fill the foreground, more water fills the background.
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Steven Marx @stevenmarx.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Rob Crank says: Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Paridae, any of the species. Decided to go with this tufted titmouse which, unusually, sat there posing nicely for a group of us on a photo walk at the Forest Park Nature Center, Peoria, Illinois.
A tufted titmouse is perched on what for it is a thicker branch, body facing the camera, head turned to its right, looking at the camera. Background is blurred browns of tree branches.
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Steven Marx @stevenmarx.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Helen Bennett has said today's #BirdOfTheDay is #BirdsWithBerries, any bird captured with berries. Red-winged blackbird and Northern cardinal. #birds #photography #sonyalpha
A red winged blackbird is eating t a berry from a large bush, possibly a mulberry. The bird is partially hidden by the leaves and branches, but its beak is open with a berry it is chewing visible. Background is bright sky and clouds. A male northern cardinal is perched on a small branches with a small blue berry in the tip of its beak. Other berries are visible on a vine next to the bird, and the bottom of the frame is branches and leaves, while the background is blurred out foliage.
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Steven Marx @stevenmarx.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme from Rob is #Mamas&Papas, male & female of the same species in the same photo. A twofer here, a mallard and a northern pintail couple hanging together at the Emiquon NWR. #birds #photography #sonyalpha
Four ducks are seen floating on calm water, all mostly facing away from the camera, three turned to the right, their heads visible. In front a mallard couple with the male on the left, further away the pintail couple, male on the left looking away from the camera.
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Steven Marx @stevenmarx.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme from Alan is #AngryBirds, any bird with an angry face. Yes, great kiskadees always look angry. Sound that way too, especially as an early morning wake up call. #birds #photography
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Steven Marx @stevenmarx.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme from Rob is #Iridescence, any bird whose colour changes with light on them. Great-tailed grackle definitely fits the bill. So many colors in black. #birds #photography #sonyalpha
Closeup of a great tailed grackle, with its head and upper body visible, tail, legs and lower body hidden. It is perched in a lush bush with green leaves, head sticking out a bit depleted them. It is facing right with its eye looking at the camera.
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Rob Crank Photography @robcrank68.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Good morning folks. Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Iridescence, any bird whose colour changes with light on them. The Alt theme is #Black&White bird whose main plumage is Black & White. #birds #ECK #photography #ukbirding #CanonR5mkii #birdphototgraphy #BirdLife #naturephotography #NatureTherapy
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Steven Marx @stevenmarx.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Herons&Egrets, any Heron or Egret shot. Alt. is #Borbs; any bird that looks round, chubby, spherical etc. A group of great egrets and a great blue heron in flight. Enjoy. #birds #photography
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Steven Marx @stevenmarx.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Today's #BirdOfTheDay themes from Rob are #Pigeons, with an Alt theme of #SittingOnWater, any bird/duck/goose/swan sitting on water. Well, you said any pigeon. 😀🙄😉 Giant pigeon statue, New York City Oriental Turtle Dove, Kenroku Gardens, Kanazawa, Japan. #birds #sonyalpha #photography
A giant statue of a pigeon on a pedestal is seen in profile, facing right. People are seen walking around it and taking pictures with additional buildings visible in the background. New York City. And oriental turtle dove is seen on the ground, walking to the left and towards the camera, looking for food on the ground. It is mostly in the shadows of trees with some dapple sunlight coming through, illuminating some of the colorful back feathers.
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Rob Crank Photography @robcrank68.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Sorry for the delay BOTD Fans. Today's #BirdOfTheDay themes are a simple pair today with #Pigeons, any Pigeon will do, and the Alt theme is #SittingOnWateer, any bird/duck/goose/swan sitting on water. So here's a set covering both themes. #birds #ECK #ukbirding #photography #CanonR5mkii
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Steven Marx @stevenmarx.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme from Alan is #InFlight, any bird in flight. Two birds, one pose. 😀 Double-breasted cormorant and great egret. #birds #photography #sonyalpha
A double breasted cormorant is flying to the right just over water, its wings down mid beat, tips almost touching the water. Frame is filled with water, bird is seen to left of center in profile A great egret is flying to the right, seen in profile, its wings down mid beat. Its neck is curled to, head appearing right between the wings. Its flying low over the water, with slight reflection, picture in the left third of the frame.
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Alan H @alan678.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Good morning. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend. Going to see a friend who lives a few hours away so won’t be about until evening. Be good. 😊 Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #InFlight, any bird in flight. Alt #Grounded, any bird on natural ground. #birds #photography #ECK
A grey heron flies low over the grass, its long neck stretched forward and broad wings raised dramatically above its body. Its yellow eye and long pointed bill stand out sharply against the softly blurred green background.
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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 04/09/2026
@inprnt.com is having $5 Worldwide shipping, and there's also discount in my store, a good weekend to buy some stickers/art from me! (help me make some money to get my hard disk replaced) #SciArt #Prints #Merch 💕💸
screengrab from inprnt, it is a 3x3 grid, and a mix of digital art and trad art.

There are animals, #birds, #music #inverte #MarineLife #Photography
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Steven Marx @stevenmarx.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme from Helen is #BirdNaps, any bird caught snoozing, napping or just looking incredibly sleepy! I love it, who sees, much less takes pictures of, sleeping birds? I had a cheat but I’m not using it, using this hunkered down mourning dove. #birds #photography
A mourning dove is perched on a bare branch, hunkered down and puffed up while snow falls around it. The branches have a little snow on them. The bird is facing left, viewed from three quarters in front
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Helen Bennett 🌿 @helenbennett.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #BirdNaps Any bird caught snoozing, napping or just looking incredibly sleepy! 😊 💤 Here's a lovely hummingbird I spotted sleeping In Costa Rica 📷 🪶 💚 Alt theme: #BrightAccents birds with vivid, contrasting patches of colour that stand out against the rest of its plumage!
A close-up photograph of a female White-necked Jacobin hummingbird seen in side profile sleeping while perched on a slender, textured twig. The bird is facing to the right as viewed and is nestled among the tangled branches of an out-of-focus shrub. Her tiny, needle-like black beak points slightly upward, and her single visible eye is completely closed, revealing a delicate, dark grey eyelid. The hummingbird’s plumage displays a stunning gradient of shimmering metallic colours. Her head and upper back glisten with deep teal and emerald green feathers that catch the soft light. In contrast, her throat and breast feature an intricate, textured pattern of dark green and white feathers, giving her chest a beautiful "scaled" appearance. Her lower underbelly transitions into soft, fluffy white down feathers that slightly cover her tiny feet grasping the branch.The background is a soft, completely blurred wash of bright yellowish-greens and pale browns. Taken in Costa Rica
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