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Ashwynn Hanks
@ashwynnhanks.bsky.social
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Atheist, Climate change realist, Forager, Traveler, Vegan & Yogi wannabe. I'm trying to get ambidextrous, listen more attentively & enjoy cold showers. Pics are mine and taken with an outdated smartphone🙂 Carolinas fauna, flora and fungi enthusiast.
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Ashwynn Hanks @ashwynnhanks.bsky.social · Mar 12
Chicken of the woods. Pic from this past year 🍄NC, USA

#Wednesday
#FungiFriends
#Nature
#Photography
#MushroomSky
#MushroomForaging
#Mycology
#Mycophile
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Ashwynn Hanks @ashwynnhanks.bsky.social · 2h
Late October Aster bloom📷

#Sunday #Bloom #northcarolina l
October Aster
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Ashwynn Hanks @ashwynnhanks.bsky.social · 1d
Eastern King Bird by a creek of St. Charles River in Boston, Massachusetts, this past summer. #NoKings
Eastern King bird. Boston, MA
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Ashwynn Hanks @ashwynnhanks.bsky.social · 1d
Eastern 🤴 King 🐦 Bird

Creek by St. Charles River in Boston, Massachusetts.

#NoKings #Bird #EastCoastKin
Eastern King Bird, Boston. MA
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Ashwynn Hanks @ashwynnhanks.bsky.social · 2d
Sunset after the storm📷

#Photo #Sunset #EastCoastKin
#NorthCarolina #Nature
Sunset after the storm at Sunset Beach, North Carolina
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Ashwynn Hanks @ashwynnhanks.bsky.social · 2d
Log gaggle📷🦆🦆

#photo #Nature
Log gaggle
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Ashwynn Hanks @ashwynnhanks.bsky.social · 3d
Great Egret in a wetland📷

#Bird #Heron #Fauna #Photography #NorthCarolina
Great Egret in a waterlogged duckweed filled area in North Carolina, USA
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Ashwynn Hanks @ashwynnhanks.bsky.social · 4d
Best I could do for you is an East coast sunset🙂

#EastCoastKin #Sunset ##SouthCarolina
East coast sunset
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Ashwynn Hanks @ashwynnhanks.bsky.social · 4d
Starling convening before dusk. Next up, murmuration🙂
Starling
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Ashwynn Hanks @ashwynnhanks.bsky.social · 7d
Butterfly Pea🦋📷

#Stunday #Nature #EastCoastKin
Spurred Butterfly Pea flower from South Carolina, USA
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Ashwynn Hanks @ashwynnhanks.bsky.social · 8d
Coastal Sunrise📷

#Sunrise #Nature #SouthCarolina
#Photography #Scape #Saturday
Sunrise over Waties island viewing from Cherry Grove inlet SC
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Ashwynn Hanks @ashwynnhanks.bsky.social · 9d
Creek oyster mushrooms under Carolina Bluesky🍄📷

#forager #fungifriends #fungi #fungifriday #Photography
Edible oyster mushrooms on a fallen tree across the creek in North Carolina, USA.
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Ashwynn Hanks @ashwynnhanks.bsky.social · 10d
Carpenter bees on Goldenrod📷

#native #pollinator #bloom
Carpenter bees on Goldenrod flower. NC, USA. October 2025
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Ashwynn Hanks @ashwynnhanks.bsky.social · 10d
Bluemist flower in bloom📷

#flora ##northcarolina #native
Bluemist flower in NC, USA. October 2025
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Ashwynn Hanks @ashwynnhanks.bsky.social · 12d
Beach morning glory📷

#flora #dune #native #eastcoastkin
Beach Morning glory in Sunset Beach l, NC, USA
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Ashwynn Hanks @ashwynnhanks.bsky.social · 13d
Female Carpenter Bee on Eastern Goldenrod Bloom 📷
#Nature #Pollinator #EastCoastKin
Pollinator in action
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Ashwynn Hanks @ashwynnhanks.bsky.social · 14d
Waties Island at low tide. Northernmost uninhabited barrier island of South Carolina. Next up North is the Bird Island of North Carolina, USA. 📷
#Island #Photo #Stunday #EastCoastKin
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Ashwynn Hanks @ashwynnhanks.bsky.social · 15d
Eastern Goldenrod in Research Triangle Park, NC, USA📷

#flora #forager #native #bloom #scape #eastcoastkin #northcarolina #photo
Eastern Goldenrod in bloom. Flowers and young leaves are edible and apparently perfect add-on to salads.
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Ashwynn Hanks @ashwynnhanks.bsky.social · 16d
Lion's mane🦁🍄📷

#fungi #fungifriday #forager #ForagerFriday #Nature #Photo #EastCoastKin #Northcarolina
Lion's mane mushroom in North Carolina, USA. Pic taken October 1, 2025 Desirable edible lion's mane mushroom.
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Ashwynn Hanks @ashwynnhanks.bsky.social · 19d
Walnut creek🙂

#forager #northcarolina
Walnuts in a creek in NC, USA
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Ashwynn Hanks @ashwynnhanks.bsky.social · 21d
American Slender Caesar 📷🍄
#fungi #fungifriends #mycology #forager #mushroom #stunday
American Slender Caesar edible mushroom from North Carolina, USA
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Ashwynn Hanks @ashwynnhanks.bsky.social · 23d
San Francisco stairway. Check out the fungi prominently illustrated.

#mycophile #mycology #fungi #fungifriends #fungifriday #sanfrancisco #california
San Francisco stairway
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Ashwynn Hanks @ashwynnhanks.bsky.social · 24d
Thanks 😊
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Ashwynn Hanks @ashwynnhanks.bsky.social · 24d
Sunrise at Sunset Beach in North Carolina, USA📷🌅
#Nature #Sunrise #EastCoastKin
Sunrise at Sunset Beach in NC, USA
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Ashwynn Hanks @ashwynnhanks.bsky.social · 25d
Pedestrian bridge over Eno river in Durham, NC, USA📷
Old pedestrian bridge over Eno River in Durham,NC, USA
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Ashwynn Hanks @ashwynnhanks.bsky.social · 26d
Water lily couple😍

Western India from my travel archives.

#flora #lily #botany
Water lily couple in Western India
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