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Charlotte Hazel Davis/ photographer @sobeach.bsky.social · 3h

Dead Ringer

#BirdOfTheDay, #reflection, #heron, #bird, #photography, #PhotographersOfBlueSky, #PhotographersUnited, #EastCoastKin, #fuji, #fujinon

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Pestilence @pestilence4all.bsky.social · 20h

An Aurora a Night — 2
“Pillars over Burnt Lake”

#Photography #Auroraborealis
#Minnesota #BWCA

A photograph showing pillars of green and pink light radiating down from the sky over the silhouettes of dark trees.

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Sharon @sharonwelby.bsky.social · 1d

For #TreeTrunkTuesday #landscape #cloud #sunset #photography

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Nancy @beeznplantz.bsky.social · 2d

Another Irish rainbow - from Westport.

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Sophie W @biologizing.bsky.social · 2d

Two paths diverged in a wood, and I–
I took the one more traveled by;
Because the wood is still a full ecosystem and leaving the maintained path can damage it,
Also I don't want ticks or wet socks

A photo of an open section in an autumn forest, there is a rocky dirt path on the right and a half-formed path through tall grasses and possibly reeds to the left.

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A leaf on the wind @moonbeamskisslily.bsky.social · 23h

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Call me Jan @followerofclay.bsky.social · 2d

It´s all about fungi!
Gliophorus psittacinus
#fungifriends #nature #mycology #fungi #photography

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Alan H @alan678.bsky.social · 2d

Last one from me. #ColorADay #PinkMon #photography #MacroMonday #EastCoastKin

A close-up macro photograph of a hoverfly resting on a bright pink flower. The hoverfly’s body displays vivid yellow and black stripes, mimicking a wasp, while its delicate, translucent wings shimmer with a golden sheen in the sunlight. The background is filled with vibrant pink petals and yellow stamens, creating a striking contrast of colors and textures.

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A leaf on the wind @moonbeamskisslily.bsky.social · 3d

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Pestilence @pestilence4all.bsky.social · 3d

Woke up to clouds and a potential for rain. Come on rain!! We need a good soaker!! Here’s a little slo-mo beach-side fire video from last night.

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Call me Jan @followerofclay.bsky.social · 3d

It´s all about fungi!
Gliophorus psittacinus
#fungifriends #nature #mycology #fungi #photography

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 3d

It'a #WorldMigratoryBirdDay! Bring out the birds!!!

Here's one of my favorite migratory birds, the American Oystercatcher

#birds🌿

A big black and white shorebird with a big orange beak stands at the edge of the ocean, the scene bathed in rich golden light.

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FauxNewdAlt @fakenewsart.bsky.social · 4d

#FakeNewsArt #ToeBeanQueen
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Photo looking up at the angled front of a black/white piebald moo cat named Chompers as she scopes out the scene behind the photographer during a partly cloudy sunset. There are a few tree branches behind her and to the right.

Photo looking at Chompers in the same position, but who is now looking in the opposite direction and towards the sunset behind her. The photographer likes how her ears are pointing in the same direction as the tree branches, and if you’re still reading this please follow Jim Stewart, BlueSky’s Savior in Queef.

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FauxNewdAlt @fakenewsart.bsky.social · 3d

#FakeNewsArt #ReleaseTheFlies
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Photo of an ambitious ant bringin home the bacon, which is in the form of a fuzzy brown beetle. There is a small browned leaf that is next to a slither of space in the concrete step behind the ant, in which the ant has been tirelessly dragging the beetle towards for several minutes.

Side view photo of the same ant dragging the same beetle across the concrete.

Up close side view photo of the same ant dragging the same beetle across the concrete as it conquers all obstacles, including a cat’s whisker, en route to home.

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Jim Allen @jim16309.bsky.social · 7d

"Autumn fashion accessories." Eastern grey squirrel, Dunboyne. #nature #photography #naturephotography #ireland #wildlife #meath #life #Dunboyne #sony #squirrel #Autumn

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Pestilence @pestilence4all.bsky.social · 4d

Well folks — it’s been a long day of, WTHs — so I’m leaving you with a photo of some sky magic. I hope you enjoy it! Stay strong and remember, one day it will die, and we will all celebrate.
#Photography

A photo of a predawn sky across a still lake. The sky is filled with celestial bodies and the lake is blanketed in a dark silhouette of trees.

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A leaf on the wind @moonbeamskisslily.bsky.social · 4d

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Den 🇮🇪 @denterrick.bsky.social · 5d

The awkward teenage years.

A Cygnet growing up fast at our local park.

#nature #photography #EastCoastKin #BirdOfTheDay #ColorADay #BWFri #Ireland

A close cropped b/w photo of a cygnet mute swan swimming towards the camera in a park lake.

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Rumyana Whitcher @rumiwhitcher.bsky.social · 12d

On the forest floor, October suddenly brings the rich live of fungi.
I like seeing them trough the camera lens and there is always chance to capture unusual bokeh. 🍄🍂🍃

#nature #fungi #photography #bokeh #macro #widllife #woods #forest #naturephotography #bluesky #FungiFriday

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A leaf on the wind @moonbeamskisslily.bsky.social · 5d

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#fungi

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Call me Jan @followerofclay.bsky.social · 5d

It´s all about fungi!
Cystolepiota bucknallii
#fungifriends #nature #mycology #fungi #photography

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Rebecca Wheeler @botanybeck.bsky.social · 7d

Here’s a strange fungus #fungifriends, the Blushing Rosette, Abortiporus biennis. It has 2 growth forms, it can form an attractive rosette but more commonly exists as an amorphous mass which exudes red-brown liquid. Just look at those guttation droplets!!! 😍

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Den 🇮🇪 @denterrick.bsky.social · 6d

More mushrooms from hiking the forests in the hills above Dublin. Don't know the species. The first looks like a classic Mycena (maybe), no idea of the second.

#hiking #nature #photography #EastCoastKin #Ireland #mushrooms #fungi #fungifriends

A white mushroom growing under the branch of a tree. I think it looks slightly anthropomorphic.

A brown mushroom with a kind of dusty cap, standing on the floor of a messy forest.

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Just Kate @handmaiduns.bsky.social · 8d

Hello #FungiFriends

Look at this little guy and tiny companion I just found on some moss

A small fungi with a round, flat top. There’s a little tiny one just starting to grow, leaning on the bigger one. They’re both chilling on some gorgeous green moss that lives on the bird bath

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