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Susan Maakestad

@susanbeth1.bsky.social

499 followers 211 following 102 posts

Artist, educator, tree hugger. I like birds. 🚫 Politics Memphis, TN📍 IG @susan_maakestad www.susanmaakestad.com

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Susan Maakestad @susanbeth1.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Hey @pocketcasts.com thanks to the new feature "loved by listeners of", I found Timesuck, a new favorite podcast. Thank you!!

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 16/05/2025

***GIVEAWAY*** This signed/stamped Advance Readers Copy of TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES, forthcoming Nov 2025 from @fsgbooks.bsky.social! Like=1 entry, Share=1 entry, Like + Share=2 entries. Will randomly select winner on Friday, May 23, 2025. US addresses only. Preorder info: shorturl.at/OXr0Z #booksky

the front page of the book Tigers Between Empires, with a large, blue tiger track stamped upon it

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Susan Maakestad @susanbeth1.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

If you enjoy quirky posts featuring sometimes bland buildings like this one, this account is for you!

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Susan Maakestad @susanbeth1.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Here is a studio shot. I'm a painter but I'm on Bluesky for the birds, landscape photography mostly. I post artwork on Instagram. BTW, these are just some of my brushes!!

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Susan Maakestad @susanbeth1.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I'm so excited about discovering the random landscape photos featured on this account.

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Susan Maakestad @susanbeth1.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

This account features photos of Chicago, often at night. I love the atmosphere in this one.

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Susan Maakestad @susanbeth1.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Waiting for the short-eared owl to appear at dusk. I got great views but no photos. On the other side of the field is a large corrections facility. Oh, the places we go to watch birds! Think: sewage treatment plants, garbage dumps, etc.

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Susan Maakestad @susanbeth1.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

The white-throated sparrow and I say Merry Christmas!

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Susan Maakestad @susanbeth1.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

I've been listening to the ABA podcast since the beginning. I just started listening to Bird Joy. Do you have other birding podcasts to recommend? Thanks! @ababirds.bsky.social @wiscobirder.bsky.social

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Susan Maakestad @susanbeth1.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

A high point of my adult life was spending "An Evening with Werner Herzog" at Rhodes College in 2017. He was genial, kind and validating to the creative people in the audience. He screened a doc I'd never seen, which wasn't his best but still, big fan ❤️ Sometimes it pays to meet your heroes.

Werner Herzog standing on a stage speaking into a microphone. His name is projected above him onto a large screen. People are sitting in chairs listening to him.

Two books about or by the film director Werner Herzog.

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Susan Maakestad @susanbeth1.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Seeing photos of white-crowned sparrows here reminded me of this photo a friend took. I've always been so dazzled by striped their heads that I'd never noticed the unique patterning on their backs!

Small brown bird with white stripes on the head faced away from the camera but looking over its shoulder.

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Susan Maakestad @susanbeth1.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

These books are brilliant! The maps, the illustrations, the text. I appreciate the comparison pages (highlighted here). Flycatchers rock! @cintylee.bsky.social text, Andrew Birch illustrations.

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Tommy Siegel @tommysiegel.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

bird sounds

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Brooke Jarvis @brookejarvis.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory

A map of flight paths emanating from breeding colony of gulls, with this caption: Early on, LifeWatch noticed something odd. Most gulls were making daily trips to Mouscron, a city on the French border 65 km away. They went to investigate and found the birds bingeing on discarded snacks at the Roger & Roger potato factory.

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Susan Maakestad @susanbeth1.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

I am not a bird photographer!! as you can see, which is why I admire all the quality bird content here. I love Bird Humor too, and will repost the posts that make me laugh.

Maybe an immature red-shouldered hawk sitting on a post above a bluebird house in winter facing away from the camera.

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Susan Maakestad @susanbeth1.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Early morning bird hike sky. I'm new here from Twitter looking for bird content especially! 🦅

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