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Trilobyter

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Photography and Anti-Fascism, not necessarily in that order. Space Shuttle and Orion systems engineer, retired the day of the Artemis 2 launch (a happy coincidence). @Trilobyter@mastodon.world All photos, other than reposts of other’s work, are my own.

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Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Castell de Sant Iscle, near the town of Vidreres in the province of #Girona. #TravelTuesday #photography #MedievalRuins #MedievalCastle #Catalonia #Spain

Color photo of the ruins of a medieval castle taken in the late afternoon with tower and the nearly full moon appearing in a rough opening in the wall below the tower.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Per @helenbennett.bsky.social, today's #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme is #AwkwardAvian - bird captured in a silly, clumsy or strange position! Here’s a Northern #Cardinal caught in the bath, probably feeling awkward & wishing for some privacy. #photography #birds #BirdPhotography #BackyardBirds #Birdbath

Color photo of a Northern Cardinal sitting in a birdbath with feathers fluffed up and water drops in the air around it.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Per @helenbennett.bsky.social, today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BokehBirds - any #bird captured with a soft, muted or blurry background. Here’s a Carolina #Wren looking out over a sea of creamy bokehness. #photography #birds #BirdPhotography #BackyardBirds #bokeh

Color photo of a small Carolina Wren perched on the edge of a planter structure looking out over the space beyond.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Althea, aka Rose of Sharon, aka Hibiscus syriacus. #SilentSunday #Stunday #photography #flowers #BloomScrolling

Closeup color photo of a large white hibiscus-type flower with the rayed morning sun peeking through trees just above it.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Per @atlanticbirding.bsky.social, today’s #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme is #Airborne - any bird in flight. Here’s a ruby-throated #hummingbird hovering. #photography #birds #BirdPhotography #BackyardBirds #nature

Color photo of a ruby-throated hummingbird hovering in the air with blurred red Turk’s Cap flowers in the background.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Palamedes Swallowtail #butterfly (aka Laurel Swallowtail) on Turk’s Cap. #photography #butterflies #ButterflyPhotography #MacroPhotography #insects #InsectPhotography #flowers #BloomScrolling #nature

Color photo of a black butterfly with widespread wings that have two rows of yellow spots along the trailing edges and long swallowtail extensions. The butterfly is perched on a red flower with a long pistil extending from it.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Per @robcrank68.bsky.social today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Pairs, photos with pairs of the same species in them. Here’s a pair of ruby-throated #hummingbirds initiating yet another feeder fight. #photography #birds #BirdPhotography #BackyardBirds #hummingbird

Color photo of a pair of ruby-throated hummingbirds, one about to take off from a feeder perch and the other hovering in the air above it.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Carrer de València, Camprodon #FensterFreitag #photography #StreetPhotography #travel #Catalonia #Spain

Color photo looking down a narrow street in a Catalan town that is sunlit on the right side and shadowed on the other. There is a Catalan flag of red and yellow stripes hanging above the street.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Per @robcrank68.bsky.social, today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, which is #Borbs, birds looking plump. Here’s a ruby-throated #hummingbird in borb mode waiting out a summer #rain shower. #photography #birds #BirdPhotography #BackyardBirds

Color photo of a ruby-throated hummingbird perched on a wire with feathers puffed up as rain falls on and around it.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Blue dasher #dragonfly. #photography #dragonflies #insects #MacroPhotography #InsectPhotography

Color photo of a blue dasher dragonfly perched on the tip of a spear-like yucca leaf with its tail raised nearly straight up. In the background is a blurry arch made by another yucca leaf.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Per @helenbennett.bsky.social, today’s #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme is #BirdStare - Any bird captured staring right back at you! Here’s a ruby-throated #hummingbird giving me the eye. #photography #birds #BirdPhotography

Color photo of a ruby-throated hummingbird hovering in midair and staring at the camera.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Calella de Palafrugell #MeerMittwoch #photography #travel #CostaBrava #Mediterranean #Catalonia #Spain

Color photo of a waterfront of a Catalonian town on the Costa Brava with white houses along a narrow beach that has many small fishing boats pulled up on it.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Per @atlanticbirding.bsky.social, Today’s #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme is #Corvids. Here’s our most common backyard covid, the blue jay, just after launching off the back fence. #photography #birds #BirdPhotography #BlueJays #BackyardBirds #nature

Color photo of a blue jay in flight just after launching off the top of a wooden fence with its wings at the bottom of a downstroke.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Caldes de Malavella #photography #travel #Catalonia #Spain

Color photo of a grate-covered doorway in a yellow wall with a sign above it with the words “Barbería Canaleta” and above that a horizontal barber pole with spiral blue, white, & red stripes.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Per @robcrank68.bsky.social, today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Redheads, any #bird with Red on its head/beak. Here’s a red-bellied #woodpecker - despite the name it has more red to the head than the belly. #photography #birds #BirdPhotography #BackyardBirds #nature

Color photo of a red-bellied woodpecker with a nut in its beak clinging to the trunk of a pine tree.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Per @alan678.bsky.social, the #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #LightAndShadow, any #bird capture that has both. #photography #birds #BirdPhotography #BackyardBirds #cardinal

Color photo of a red male northern cardinal perched on a small branch catching late afternoon winter light and shadows and surrounded by bare twigs and vines.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The summer heat continues here but it seems the #hummingbirds are starting their migration to the south, no longer seeing the regulars that were hanging around, just new ones moving through. #MondaysAreForTheBirds #birds #BirdPhotography #BackyardBirds #migration

Color photo of a juvenile male ruby-throated hummingbird hovering next to the outer ring of a hummingbird feeder with a blurred brick wall in the background.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Turk’s Cap and the morning sun. #SilentSunday #StunDay #photography #sun #flowers #BloomScrolling #nature

Color photo of a bright red Turk’s Cap flower with a long curved pistil extending from the top with the rayed morning sun in the background peeking through trees at the tip of the pistil.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Per @helenbennett.bsky.social, today's #BirdOfTheDay is #CaptionThatBird 🪶 #photography #birds #BackyardBirds “Hey! Who took my bath towel?!!”

Color photo of a wet Carolina Wren perched on the back of a patio chair with a pissed off expression on its face.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

For today’s #BlueSkyArtShow theme: a #Golden sunset on northern California’s #Pacific coast. #photography #LandscapePhotography #California #sunset #seascape

Color photo of the sun low in a golden sky above the Pacific Ocean with a waves below coming into a sandy beach with silhouetted people and a few large boulders on it.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

For today’s #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Golden: inside Gaudí’s Palau Güell. #photography #architecture #stairs #Gaudí

Color photo looking down a dark staircase towards an entrance door with an illuminated golden stepped ceiling above it.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

For today’s #BlueSkyArtShow theme: the #Golden Gate. #photography #LandscapePhotography #bridge #SanFrancisco #sunset

Color photo taken from a high vantage point of the Golden Gate Bridge lit by the setting sun with a flock of pelicans in the sky above it, a sailboat on the water below it, and the city of San Francisco in the background.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The strawberry marauder. #SquirrelSaturday #squirrels #SquirrelsOfBlueSky #photography #nature #BackyardWildlife

Color photo of an eastern grey squirrel on top of a planter with its face buried into a strawberry plant and its tail sticking up in the air behind it.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Per @atlanticbirding.bsky.social, today’s #BirdOfTheDay ALT theme is #Scruffy. Here’s a rather scruffy-looking male northern #cardinal (aka the bloödcheëp) going through a tough summer molt. #photography #birds #BirdPhotography #BackyardBirds

Color photo of a male northern cardinal with a nearly bald head due to molting perched on a trellis chewing on a Kentucky Wonder pole bean leaf.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Per @atlanticbirding.bsky.social, today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Elegant - any elegant looking #bird. Here’s a rather elegant looking scissor-tailed #flycatcher taking flight. #photography #birds #BirdPhotography

Color photo of a white bird with pale pink feathers on its side, very long scissor-looking tail feathers, and widespread wings taking flight from the top of a tree.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Carrer Jaume Ferrer, Vidreres #FensterFreitag #photography #StreetPhotography #Catalonia #Spain

Color photo looking up a street of a small Catalonian town with colorful flecos strung across the street and two swallows flying overhead.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Per @robcrank68.bsky.social, today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Paridae, any of the species. Here’s a Carolina #Chickadee, one of our regular backyard visitors. #photography #birds #BirdPhotography #BackyardBirds

Color photo of a small bird with a black and white head and pale yellowish-brown belly perched on a small twig.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Blue dasher. #photography #dragonfly #insects #InsectPhotography #MacroPhotography #nature

Color photo of a blue dasher dragonfly from the front as it perches on the tip of a plant.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Per @alan678.bsky.social, The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ODG, any Owl, #Duck or Goose. Here’s a mob of #mallards at the Königsee in #Bavaria. #photography #birds #BirdPhotography #Germany

Color photo of a group of colorful mallard ducks walking on a waterfront boardwalk and swimming in the water beyond.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Walking the Camí de Ronda coastal footpath near the Platja de Castell. #MeerMittwoch #photography #seascape #TravelPhotography #hiking #Mediterranean #CostaBrava #Catalonia #Spain

Color photo of a tree-lined footpath leading down to a rocky coastline with several people standing out in the water just offshore.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Per @helenbennett.bsky.social, today's #BirdOfTheDay is #BirdsWithBerries Any #bird captured with berries. Here’s a northern #cardinal snacking on a berry. #photography #birds #BirdPhotography #BackyardBirds #nature

Color photo of a red male Northern Cardinal perched on a vine with a round black berry in its beak. Hanging above it are more black berries.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Per @atlanticbirding.bsky.social, today’s #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme is #Finches; any #bird from the #finch family. Here’s a house finch that was plucking and dropping flowers from my esperanza plant, apparently just to mess with me. #photography #birds #BirdPhotography #BackyardBirds #LilBastards

Color photo of a brown and white female house finch perched in an esperanza plant with one of its tubular yellow flowers in its beak.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Sunset from the bell tower of Peratallada. #TravelTuesday #photography #sunset #bell #travel #Catalonia #Spain

Color photo of a setting sun in a partly cloudy sky taken from the open top of a bell tower with the bell suspended overhead attached to the intersection of three curving stone arch supports.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Per @atlanticbirding.bsky.social, today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Silhoutte - any #bird in silhouette. Here’s a common #swift darting by against a cloudy evening sky near the #Catalan town of Vidreres. #photography #birds #BirdPhotography #Catalonia #Spain

Color photo of the crescent silhouette of a common swift set against a cloudy sky and above a forested landscape with mountains in the distance.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Bad hair day blue jay. #MondaysAreForTheBirds #birds #photography #BirdPhotography #BackyardBirds #nature #BlueJays #molting

Color photo of a molting blue jay with nearly bare head and neck that is perched atop a wooden fence.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Per @robcrank68.bsky.social, today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Mamas&Papas, male & female of the same species in the same photo. Here’s a mama cardinal up front while papa cardinal lurks quietly in the background. #photography #birds #NorthernCardinals #BirdPhotography #BackyardBirds

Color photo of a female cardinal standing atop a wooden fence in the foreground while the blurry head of a male cardinal lurks quietly in the background.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This #orchid we keep under our bathroom window just keeps blooming, I guess it’s happy there. #SilentSunday #Stunday #photography #flowers #BloomScrolling

Color photo of an orchid flower stalk set against a dark background with two open white flowers and three flower buds.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Per @alan678.bsky.social, today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #AngryBirds and the Alt is #MyBestSide, bird capture in profile. Here’s an angry #bird in profile, this ruby-throated #hummingbird was upset at interlopers buzzing its territory. #photography #birds #BirdPhotography #BackyardBirds #nature

Color photo of a ruby-throated hummingbird with an iridescent green back. The bird is launching from a garden trellis perch with body twisted and long narrow beak wide open.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Per @helenbennett.bsky.social, today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdsInAbstract. From motion blur, obscure angles, or contrasting textures, anything goes! Here’s a female ruby-throated #hummingbird doing some abstract contortions while scratching. #photography #birds #BirdPhotography #nature

Color photo of a female ruby-throated hummingbird perched on a small branch and twisting its body while scratching itself.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Cloudless sulphur #butterfly visiting a Turk’s Cap #flower. #photography #butterflies #flowers #MacroPhotography #ButterflyPhotography #BloomScrolling #insects

Color photo of a small yellow butterfly perched and feeding on a red Turk’s Cap flower.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

#Girona #FensterFreitag #photography #StreetPhotography #travel #Catalonia #Spain

Color photo looking down a narrow wet cobblestone street with many pedestrians and a couple of bicyclists.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Per @atlanticbirding.bsky.social, today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Mouthful; any #bird with anything in its beak. Here’s a molting blue jay launching with lunch in its beak. #photography #birds #BlueJay #nature #BirdPhotography #BackyardBirds

Color photo of a blue jay with a nearly bald head due to molting that is launching into flight with a peanut in its beak from the top of a wooden fence.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Per @robcrank68.bsky.social, today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Iridescence, any #bird whose colour changes with light on them. Here’s a ruby- throated #hummingbird showing off its iridescent green plumage in the sunlight. #photography #birds #BirdPhotography #flowers #BloomScrolling #nature

Color photo of a ruby- throated hummingbird with beak open hovering in front of a red Turk’s Cap flower.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A Palamedes Swallowtail #butterfly (aka Laurel Swallowtail) visiting the Esperanza plant in our backyard. #photography #butterflies #ButterflyPhotography #MacroPhotography #insects #InsectPhotography #flowers #BloomScrolling #nature

Color photo of a butterfly with black wings with rows of yellow and orange and blue spots and a black and yellow striped body perched on tubular yellow flowers that have water drops on them.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Per @alan678.bsky.social, today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #ABCD, any #bird name beginning with any of these letters. Going for the daily double - here’s a Carolina Chickadee in a tree. #photography #birds #Chickadee #BirdPhotography #nature #BackyardBirds

Color photo of a small bird with a black and white head, greyish wings, and pale yellowish-tan underside perched on a small branch and surrounded by leaves.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Cala s’Alguer on the #CostaBrava #MeerMittwoch #photography #seascape #Mediterranean #travel #Catalonia #Spain

Color photo looking across the water of a cove to small Catalan fishing village made up of white houses with orange tiled roofs. In the foreground is a bush with yellow flowers lit by the late afternoon sun.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

11th century Església de Santa Pellaia on the Gavarres Massif of Baix Empordà. #TravelTuesday #photography #TravelPhotography #Catalonia #Spain

Color photo of an old rural Catalan stone church with a tall square bell tower.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Per @helenbennett.bsky.social, today's #BirdOfTheDay theme challenge is #BirdBuddies - two 'different' #bird species sharing the same space. Here’s a ruby-throated #hummingbird sharing the frame with a mysterious red bird looming in the background. #photography #birds #NorthernCardinal #nature

Color photo of a ruby-throated hummingbird hovering in front of a red Turk’s Cap flower with a blurry male Northern Cardinal in the background perched at a feeder.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

House #finch eating flowers off my #esperanza plant (another reason why I can’t have nice things in my garden). #MondaysAreForTheBirds #birds #BirdPhotography #BackyardBirds #photography #flowers #BloomScrolling #gardening

Color photo of a female house finch perched on an esperanza plant with one of the plant’s yellow flowers in its beak.

Trilobyter @trilobyter.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Per @atlanticbirding.bsky.social, today’s #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme is #Borbs; any bird that looks round, chubby, spherical etc. Here’s a plump Orange-crowned borbler (aka warbler 😁). #photography #birds #BirdPhotography #BorbPhotography

Color photo of a small roundish bird with a greyish-brown head and back and a pale yellow underside that is perched on a hummingbird feeder.