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Owen

@wildfifer.bsky.social
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I’m a Fifer and I’m wild. I am Wild Fifer. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 www.facebook.com/share/1FXfPijpbV/?…

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
All these years later.... I'm STILL a member of The Resistance.
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Owen @wildfifer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Chris Evans (Captain America) is one of the most beautiful men.
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Owen @wildfifer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
On a train!
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Owen @wildfifer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I am on annual leave today. How am I spending it so far? At the gym. I have only been here about 20 minutes and I am already burning and sweating.
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David Steel @steelyseabirder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Today's blog is all about a fantastic encounter with two flocks of Common Cranes yesterday over the Isle of May involving 26 birds! Check out the blog: isleofmaynnr.wordpress.com Photos Bex Outram
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Owen @wildfifer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) Port Seton & Cockenzie, East Lothian, Scotland. #RingedPlover #CharadriusHiaticula #Scotland #Nature #Bird #Wildlife
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Owen @wildfifer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Woke up around 2am. It is 03:19 now. I am struggling to get back to sleep. Thankfully it is my day off.
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mjlinde.bsky.social @mjlinde.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#TidesOutTues #ArtPhotography #ColorADay #CyanTues #Sunsets 📸 Lorraine Parramore @loriargyll.bsky.social
A wonderful, serene moment during the sunset at low tide. The reflections of the sunset are displayed on the sand while white swirls of foam frame the foreground. The soft blue sky reveals wispy clouds which add to the contrast of beautiful color. 🌫💦🤎🌅
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julielfrost.bsky.social @julielfrost.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A sweet find on the trail yesterday: A Philadelphia vireo. #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Photography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdsOfBluesky
A Philadelphia vireo is perched on a branch, looking to the side, showing off its white stripe over its eye. The background is a muted, blurred yellow-green that compliments the bird's soft pale yellow underparts.
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Mike Henry @onlyveesaz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Look at this amazing specimen. Immature Red-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk just after taking flight, mid wing flap.
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Lindsey Munson Art and Design @lindseymunson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Australian magpie 6x9 mixed #pencils on #watercolor paper 6x9 $85 freeshipping in states. Clearing out a big stack of originals and finding homes. Make room for more and catching up on bills. #artforsale #forsale #manifest #birds #painting #help #etsy #latebills #blueskyartshow
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Owen @wildfifer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Chest day. The journey from Moobs to Pecs continues.
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Paul ward @rickybirdman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
@atlanticbirding.bsky.social has set the alt #BirdOfTheDay theme as #Scruffy Normally elegant, this lesser striped swallow in #Madikwe was very wet after a rainstorm. It soon dried out and was swooping after insects over a nearby waterhole. #birds #safari #wildlife #southafrica #eck #canon
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Owen @wildfifer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Dinosaur Eema
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Shahid Mehmood @smaskern.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Norwegian evening 🧡🩵✨🌙🕊️
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Rhonda Howard @1184outdoors.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The intense stare of a White-tailed Kite. #AngryBirds #BirdOfTheDay #ECK 🪶
Bird with white head and underparts, gray wing and black patch on its “shoulder“. Subject is staring at the viewer with an intense & possibly angry look, its bright red eyes contributing to this perception. It is perched on a bare branch with blurry dry grasses in the background.
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Matthew Herron @matthewherron.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Black-necked stilt, Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland #birds #wildlifephotography
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David Steel @steelyseabirder.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you share photos, videos & artwork of seabirds. Here is my contribution from the Isle of May #SuperSeabirdSunday
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Owen @wildfifer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Me “I think people underestimate how much I love birds” My boyfriend “No one f*****g underestimates that”
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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I know it's not Wrensday Wednesday, but I visited the Arid Lands again this afternoon and got some nice shots of the white-winged fairywrens there. Here's one on the ground. Quite a contrast - the electric blue against the red earth.
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Owen @wildfifer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
L’arc-en-ciel à West Lothian , en Écosse. #arcenciel #WestLothian #Écosse #Rainbow #Scotland #Alba
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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Oystercatchers live on coasts and shorelines worldwide. Because young oystercatchers lack the strength and skill to pry open hard-shelled prey like mussels, clams, and limpets, both parents continue feeding them for up to 6 months while they master these complex feeding techniques.
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Eloise Powers @elnopower.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Green Thorntail. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama. Tiny hummingbird with short straight bill. Male all shimmering green with distinctive, long, pointed tail feathers. Female has short tail and a distinctive white mustache. 📸: @javier.chaves.photography
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David Steel @steelyseabirder.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
No Way Kestrel! One of our Kestrels last week on the Isle of May was ringed in Norway!! Check out the blog for the story: isleofmaynnr.wordpress.com
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Patrick Lynch @patrlynch1.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia). Illustration from my book A Field Guide to Cape Cod, Yale University Press. a.co/d/eK4A0sd 🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #BirdArt #sparrows
My illustration of a perched brown and white sparrow.
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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Indochinese Green magpie 14cm Mainland Southeast Asia, southern China Diet insects reptile seeds and plants Parents share all duties exactly 50/50. Like most members of the corvid family, they form strong monogamous pair bonds and work closely as a team to ensure the survival of their clutch
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Owen @wildfifer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Gym session today after five days off. Working on legs.
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Owen @wildfifer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I am not even American, but this was fun. mydialect.us/quiz-standar...
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Standard Language Quiz — Dialect Map Quiz
Take the Standard Language Quiz to see your regional US speech profile on an interactive dialect map. Based on the Harvard Dialect Survey.
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Owen @wildfifer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Emy is a queen, but also a villainous queen. 😻
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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
We've caught this champion in middle flight! What's with that oversized bill?? Northern Shovelers use them like sieves, filtering tiny crustaceans, seeds and aquatic invertebrates from the water. One of the most specialized feeding adaptations among ducks 🦆 📍 Doñana, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography
A male Northern Shoveler flies from left to right against a pale sky. Its broad spatula-shaped bill, dark green head, bright yellow eye and bold black-and-white plumage are clearly visible, with one wing raised to reveal iridescent green feathers.
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David Steel @steelyseabirder.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Not good news…the Isle of May Puffin population has declined as explained on todays blog update: isleofmaynnr.wordpress.com
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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Greater Coucal 48-56 cm lives across India, China, Southeast Asia, and Indonesia Diet large insects, caterpillars small vertebrates fruits,and seeds. Monogamous pairs share all duties equally: Incubation 16 day, feeding chicks in the nest 22 days. After they fledge feed and protect 1 month.
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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Beautiful colours of the Blue-Throated Barbet 22cm Native to high altitude Himalayas and SE Asia Male and female blue-throated barbets are identical in appearance. approximately less than 50% of all bird species are sexually monomorphic, meaning males and females look virtually identical.
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Joanie @creaturesrule.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
For the record. The Gulf of Mexico.
Early morning. Clear turquoise water and calm waves on the lower right side of photo. Pink-lavender in the distant horizon sky, feathered and cotton ball clouds with robin egg blue sky peeking thru. Sea grass off to the left of the sugar white sand.
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Jonathan: Food & Photography @jonathanfoodie.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Over the next 4 weeks, All the #Ospreys will migrate to Central and South America. Females first, leaving males to feed young, then males, and finally, the young after building strength. #birds #birding #WestCoastKin #pnw #photography #wildlife #nature #BlueSkyArtShow #raptors #BirdOfTheDay #ECK
A bird photography of a Osprey fish eagle perched on a piling looking beautiful and strong getting ready to migrate hundreds of Miles to another continent.
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Charismatic megafauna fly-by (American White Pelican) #birds
Huge white bird with enormous orange bill and black wing tips is flying right to left with lake and green shoreline in the background. Its big orange webbed feet are trailing behind, wings are in a downbeat.
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Owen @wildfifer.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Leg workout at the gym! 🦵
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Bobbitworm (AllanM) @opengtuning.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
National bird of the Phillippines, Philippine Eagle #bird #birds #birdart #art #drawing #nature #wildlife
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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Blue-capped redstart 15cm songbird high altitude regions of the Himalayas across India, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan, and China Eats mostly small bugs and flying or ground-dwelling invertebrates found in its high-altitude habitat. Nest hidden on the ground. Both parents are dedicated providers.
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David Steel @steelyseabirder.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Another good day on Isle of May with Icterine Warbler the highlight so far. Also Wood Warbler, Reed Warbler, 10+ Pied Flycatchers (pictured) amongst others.
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Owen @wildfifer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Dùn Èideann an-diugh. Édimbourg aujourd’hui. Edinburgh today.
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Paul ward @rickybirdman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Today’s alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Yellow Breeding in fields near us, yellow wagtails are always a welcome sign of Spring. There is one muckheap where they show in the open and photographers congregate to capture them. #birds #wildlife #photography #nature #EastCoastKin
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Kort Duce @kortduce.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
A great blue heron rests at a nature area in Longmont, Colorado. #Stunday #BirdOfTheDay #Simple #ECK #bird #birds #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #BirdsSeenln2026 #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wetland #wetlands #heron #herons
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A great blue heron rests at a nature area in Longmont, Colorado.

In this vertical color photograph, a great blue heron faces the camera with its neck tucked in and its head turned to its right, revealing the left side of its face. Its eye is closed as a gentle breeze bends and ruffles its feathers and plumage. The background is a soft blur of still, gray pond water reflecting the overcast sky above.

A simple yet beautiful portrait of a great blue heron resting in the wetland habitat so vital to its existence.
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Mark Simmonds @markbirdingpinoso.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
My #birdoftheday #thinperches is this Asian Little Green Bee-eater that I took in Thailand earlier this year. Still one of my favourite bird encounters from this year. #birds #birdphotography
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Ian Rankin @ianrankin1.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
First time in the Kings Theatre since its renovation. It’s reborn but John Byrne’s ceiling still shines upon all…
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The Saint-Michel d'Aiguilhe chapel near Le Puy-en-Velay France 🇫🇷 was built around 961–969 It easily clears the millennium mark because it was founded in the 10th century by Bishop Godescalc.
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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Amazing video captured of a Kestrel bird showing off it amazing hovering skills!
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David Steel @steelyseabirder.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Just back on island after two weeks holiday and it’s still here… White-throated Sparrow! Still in low light bushes on Isle of May
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Owen @wildfifer.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Emy was happy to see me when I got home. She ran up to me and started being a wee sook.
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Owen @wildfifer.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Ok. I love Rosie O’Donnell.
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