Birding Ralph 🐦🦆🦉🦋🐞📸
@birderbro.bsky.social
Hobby bird photographer based in Bonn 🇩🇪 (previously CA 🇺🇸)
Irl I work for an African health NGO 🌍
My feed features feathered friends & nature 📸s from California, Africa & Germany
All 📸s my own unless RP 🔁
🐦🦋🌺
Irl I work for an African health NGO 🌍
My feed features feathered friends & nature 📸s from California, Africa & Germany
All 📸s my own unless RP 🔁
🐦🦋🌺
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Hello Bsky friends👋 here's a brief intro to myself: my name's Ralph. I live in 🇩🇪 (previously in CA) & work for an African health NGO. In my spare time, I like to take 📸s, especially of #birds. Being out in #nature is therapy for my soul. I'm also a dad of 2😀. #funfact: I used to be in a ska band 🎺🕺.
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Another one of the Red-necked Grebe on "my" local lake
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#birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #nature #naturephotography #water #birdphotography
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#birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #nature #naturephotography #water #birdphotography
November 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Another one of the Red-necked Grebe on "my" local lake
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#birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #nature #naturephotography #water #birdphotography
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#birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #nature #naturephotography #water #birdphotography
You know the weather's bad if even the weather app says it's "dreary"... 🌧️
And to that a distinct lack of #birds, and it makes for a sad #Sunday.
But hey, this Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) let me watch it for a while, so it's not all bad... 😄
#raptor #BirdsSeenIn2025 🇩🇪 #Raptors #nature #naturephoto
And to that a distinct lack of #birds, and it makes for a sad #Sunday.
But hey, this Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) let me watch it for a while, so it's not all bad... 😄
#raptor #BirdsSeenIn2025 🇩🇪 #Raptors #nature #naturephoto
December 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
You know the weather's bad if even the weather app says it's "dreary"... 🌧️
And to that a distinct lack of #birds, and it makes for a sad #Sunday.
But hey, this Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) let me watch it for a while, so it's not all bad... 😄
#raptor #BirdsSeenIn2025 🇩🇪 #Raptors #nature #naturephoto
And to that a distinct lack of #birds, and it makes for a sad #Sunday.
But hey, this Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) let me watch it for a while, so it's not all bad... 😄
#raptor #BirdsSeenIn2025 🇩🇪 #Raptors #nature #naturephoto
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The Grey Plovers (known as Black-bellied Plovers in the Americas) are still around!!
👁️ Classic birb staring contest 👁️
#birds #photographer #nature #photography
#birdphotography #naturephotography
#waders #shorebirds #staringcontest
👁️ Classic birb staring contest 👁️
#birds #photographer #nature #photography
#birdphotography #naturephotography
#waders #shorebirds #staringcontest
October 3, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The Grey Plovers (known as Black-bellied Plovers in the Americas) are still around!!
👁️ Classic birb staring contest 👁️
#birds #photographer #nature #photography
#birdphotography #naturephotography
#waders #shorebirds #staringcontest
👁️ Classic birb staring contest 👁️
#birds #photographer #nature #photography
#birdphotography #naturephotography
#waders #shorebirds #staringcontest
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I saw a Red-necked Grebe today. First one in the County for me!
There was a layer of fog on the lake preventing me from getting any sharp images due to the blur. For a second, though, the sun peaked through ⛅
Click 📸😊
#birds #nature #naturephotography #BirdsSeenIn2025 🇩🇪
There was a layer of fog on the lake preventing me from getting any sharp images due to the blur. For a second, though, the sun peaked through ⛅
Click 📸😊
#birds #nature #naturephotography #BirdsSeenIn2025 🇩🇪
November 24, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I saw a Red-necked Grebe today. First one in the County for me!
There was a layer of fog on the lake preventing me from getting any sharp images due to the blur. For a second, though, the sun peaked through ⛅
Click 📸😊
#birds #nature #naturephotography #BirdsSeenIn2025 🇩🇪
There was a layer of fog on the lake preventing me from getting any sharp images due to the blur. For a second, though, the sun peaked through ⛅
Click 📸😊
#birds #nature #naturephotography #BirdsSeenIn2025 🇩🇪
Another one of the Red-necked Grebe on "my" local lake
😍
#birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #nature #naturephotography #water #birdphotography
😍
#birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #nature #naturephotography #water #birdphotography
November 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Another one of the Red-necked Grebe on "my" local lake
😍
#birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #nature #naturephotography #water #birdphotography
😍
#birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #nature #naturephotography #water #birdphotography
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November 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I saw a Red-necked Grebe today. First one in the County for me!
There was a layer of fog on the lake preventing me from getting any sharp images due to the blur. For a second, though, the sun peaked through ⛅
Click 📸😊
#birds #nature #naturephotography #BirdsSeenIn2025 🇩🇪
There was a layer of fog on the lake preventing me from getting any sharp images due to the blur. For a second, though, the sun peaked through ⛅
Click 📸😊
#birds #nature #naturephotography #BirdsSeenIn2025 🇩🇪
November 24, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I saw a Red-necked Grebe today. First one in the County for me!
There was a layer of fog on the lake preventing me from getting any sharp images due to the blur. For a second, though, the sun peaked through ⛅
Click 📸😊
#birds #nature #naturephotography #BirdsSeenIn2025 🇩🇪
There was a layer of fog on the lake preventing me from getting any sharp images due to the blur. For a second, though, the sun peaked through ⛅
Click 📸😊
#birds #nature #naturephotography #BirdsSeenIn2025 🇩🇪
November 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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An itty bitty teeny weeny Goldcrest from this morning.
These little ones are fast & restless, let me tell you...
#BirdsSeenIn2025 🇩🇪 #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography
These little ones are fast & restless, let me tell you...
#BirdsSeenIn2025 🇩🇪 #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography
November 2, 2025 at 10:13 AM
An itty bitty teeny weeny Goldcrest from this morning.
These little ones are fast & restless, let me tell you...
#BirdsSeenIn2025 🇩🇪 #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography
These little ones are fast & restless, let me tell you...
#BirdsSeenIn2025 🇩🇪 #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography
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Ready? Steady. Go!
Who's gonna be faster - #Heron or #car... 🚗💨
Happy #FlyDay, folks 🙌
#birds #friday #tgif #flying #egret #birdphotography #naturephotography #nature #photography #birding #birdwatching #BirdsSeenIn2025
Who's gonna be faster - #Heron or #car... 🚗💨
Happy #FlyDay, folks 🙌
#birds #friday #tgif #flying #egret #birdphotography #naturephotography #nature #photography #birding #birdwatching #BirdsSeenIn2025
October 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Ready? Steady. Go!
Who's gonna be faster - #Heron or #car... 🚗💨
Happy #FlyDay, folks 🙌
#birds #friday #tgif #flying #egret #birdphotography #naturephotography #nature #photography #birding #birdwatching #BirdsSeenIn2025
Who's gonna be faster - #Heron or #car... 🚗💨
Happy #FlyDay, folks 🙌
#birds #friday #tgif #flying #egret #birdphotography #naturephotography #nature #photography #birding #birdwatching #BirdsSeenIn2025
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November 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Mute Swan at a local lake this afternoon
🦢🍂
Getting ready for #SundayYellow
Or is it #Swanday #Yellow?
#birds #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #nature #naturephotography #photographer #photography #autum #fall #yellow
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Getting ready for #SundayYellow
Or is it #Swanday #Yellow?
#birds #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #nature #naturephotography #photographer #photography #autum #fall #yellow
November 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Mute Swan at a local lake this afternoon
🦢🍂
Getting ready for #SundayYellow
Or is it #Swanday #Yellow?
#birds #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #nature #naturephotography #photographer #photography #autum #fall #yellow
🦢🍂
Getting ready for #SundayYellow
Or is it #Swanday #Yellow?
#birds #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #nature #naturephotography #photographer #photography #autum #fall #yellow
November 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Mute Swan at a local lake this afternoon
🦢🍂
Getting ready for #SundayYellow
Or is it #Swanday #Yellow?
#birds #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #nature #naturephotography #photographer #photography #autum #fall #yellow
🦢🍂
Getting ready for #SundayYellow
Or is it #Swanday #Yellow?
#birds #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #nature #naturephotography #photographer #photography #autum #fall #yellow
November 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Mute Swan at a local lake this afternoon
🦢🍂
Getting ready for #SundayYellow
Or is it #Swanday #Yellow?
#birds #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #nature #naturephotography #photographer #photography #autum #fall #yellow
🦢🍂
Getting ready for #SundayYellow
Or is it #Swanday #Yellow?
#birds #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #nature #naturephotography #photographer #photography #autum #fall #yellow
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November 3, 2025 at 3:47 AM
An itty bitty teeny weeny Goldcrest from this morning.
These little ones are fast & restless, let me tell you...
#BirdsSeenIn2025 🇩🇪 #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography
These little ones are fast & restless, let me tell you...
#BirdsSeenIn2025 🇩🇪 #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography
November 2, 2025 at 10:13 AM
An itty bitty teeny weeny Goldcrest from this morning.
These little ones are fast & restless, let me tell you...
#BirdsSeenIn2025 🇩🇪 #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography
These little ones are fast & restless, let me tell you...
#BirdsSeenIn2025 🇩🇪 #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography
Ready? Steady. Go!
Who's gonna be faster - #Heron or #car... 🚗💨
Happy #FlyDay, folks 🙌
#birds #friday #tgif #flying #egret #birdphotography #naturephotography #nature #photography #birding #birdwatching #BirdsSeenIn2025
Who's gonna be faster - #Heron or #car... 🚗💨
Happy #FlyDay, folks 🙌
#birds #friday #tgif #flying #egret #birdphotography #naturephotography #nature #photography #birding #birdwatching #BirdsSeenIn2025
October 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Ready? Steady. Go!
Who's gonna be faster - #Heron or #car... 🚗💨
Happy #FlyDay, folks 🙌
#birds #friday #tgif #flying #egret #birdphotography #naturephotography #nature #photography #birding #birdwatching #BirdsSeenIn2025
Who's gonna be faster - #Heron or #car... 🚗💨
Happy #FlyDay, folks 🙌
#birds #friday #tgif #flying #egret #birdphotography #naturephotography #nature #photography #birding #birdwatching #BirdsSeenIn2025
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I got to spend a bit of time with this Great Crested Grebe today. It was mostly overcast, but every now and then the sun broke through the clouds, dipping the lake in a warm light.
#birds #fall #autumn #nature #photography #naturephotography #birding #lake #birdwatching
#birds #fall #autumn #nature #photography #naturephotography #birding #lake #birdwatching
October 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I got to spend a bit of time with this Great Crested Grebe today. It was mostly overcast, but every now and then the sun broke through the clouds, dipping the lake in a warm light.
#birds #fall #autumn #nature #photography #naturephotography #birding #lake #birdwatching
#birds #fall #autumn #nature #photography #naturephotography #birding #lake #birdwatching
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Greg the Great Crested Grebe
Didn't mind me milling about in the goose poop on the shoreline
So I took a picture or two
Might as well
Right?!
#birds #nature #photography #birdphotography #naturephotography #birding #BirdsSeenIn2025 🇩🇪 #water #birding #birdwatching #lake
Didn't mind me milling about in the goose poop on the shoreline
So I took a picture or two
Might as well
Right?!
#birds #nature #photography #birdphotography #naturephotography #birding #BirdsSeenIn2025 🇩🇪 #water #birding #birdwatching #lake
October 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Greg the Great Crested Grebe
Didn't mind me milling about in the goose poop on the shoreline
So I took a picture or two
Might as well
Right?!
#birds #nature #photography #birdphotography #naturephotography #birding #BirdsSeenIn2025 🇩🇪 #water #birding #birdwatching #lake
Didn't mind me milling about in the goose poop on the shoreline
So I took a picture or two
Might as well
Right?!
#birds #nature #photography #birdphotography #naturephotography #birding #BirdsSeenIn2025 🇩🇪 #water #birding #birdwatching #lake
I got to spend a bit of time with this Great Crested Grebe today. It was mostly overcast, but every now and then the sun broke through the clouds, dipping the lake in a warm light.
#birds #fall #autumn #nature #photography #naturephotography #birding #lake #birdwatching
#birds #fall #autumn #nature #photography #naturephotography #birding #lake #birdwatching
October 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I got to spend a bit of time with this Great Crested Grebe today. It was mostly overcast, but every now and then the sun broke through the clouds, dipping the lake in a warm light.
#birds #fall #autumn #nature #photography #naturephotography #birding #lake #birdwatching
#birds #fall #autumn #nature #photography #naturephotography #birding #lake #birdwatching
Greg the Great Crested Grebe
Didn't mind me milling about in the goose poop on the shoreline
So I took a picture or two
Might as well
Right?!
#birds #nature #photography #birdphotography #naturephotography #birding #BirdsSeenIn2025 🇩🇪 #water #birding #birdwatching #lake
Didn't mind me milling about in the goose poop on the shoreline
So I took a picture or two
Might as well
Right?!
#birds #nature #photography #birdphotography #naturephotography #birding #BirdsSeenIn2025 🇩🇪 #water #birding #birdwatching #lake
October 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Greg the Great Crested Grebe
Didn't mind me milling about in the goose poop on the shoreline
So I took a picture or two
Might as well
Right?!
#birds #nature #photography #birdphotography #naturephotography #birding #BirdsSeenIn2025 🇩🇪 #water #birding #birdwatching #lake
Didn't mind me milling about in the goose poop on the shoreline
So I took a picture or two
Might as well
Right?!
#birds #nature #photography #birdphotography #naturephotography #birding #BirdsSeenIn2025 🇩🇪 #water #birding #birdwatching #lake
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A juvenile American Robin wishes you a super Sunday 🧡
From my summer trip to Northern #California
#BirdsSeenIn2025 🇺🇸
#birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography
#nature #photography #naturephotography
#roundrobin #robin
From my summer trip to Northern #California
#BirdsSeenIn2025 🇺🇸
#birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography
#nature #photography #naturephotography
#roundrobin #robin
September 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
A juvenile American Robin wishes you a super Sunday 🧡
From my summer trip to Northern #California
#BirdsSeenIn2025 🇺🇸
#birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography
#nature #photography #naturephotography
#roundrobin #robin
From my summer trip to Northern #California
#BirdsSeenIn2025 🇺🇸
#birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography
#nature #photography #naturephotography
#roundrobin #robin
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I grew up thinking a Cordon-Bleu is something to eat.
Then I learned it's a bird!
Here's two of them as seen in #Senegal nearly a year ago.
Hope you like them 💙💙
#birds #blue #nature #birdphotography #naturephotography
Then I learned it's a bird!
Here's two of them as seen in #Senegal nearly a year ago.
Hope you like them 💙💙
#birds #blue #nature #birdphotography #naturephotography
October 12, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I grew up thinking a Cordon-Bleu is something to eat.
Then I learned it's a bird!
Here's two of them as seen in #Senegal nearly a year ago.
Hope you like them 💙💙
#birds #blue #nature #birdphotography #naturephotography
Then I learned it's a bird!
Here's two of them as seen in #Senegal nearly a year ago.
Hope you like them 💙💙
#birds #blue #nature #birdphotography #naturephotography
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A Ruff on the Rhine.
Highlight from a brief outing looking for #birds this afternoon.
#birding #birdwatching #nature
#photography #photographer
#birdphotography #naturephotography
#shorebirds #seabirds #waders
Highlight from a brief outing looking for #birds this afternoon.
#birding #birdwatching #nature
#photography #photographer
#birdphotography #naturephotography
#shorebirds #seabirds #waders
October 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A Ruff on the Rhine.
Highlight from a brief outing looking for #birds this afternoon.
#birding #birdwatching #nature
#photography #photographer
#birdphotography #naturephotography
#shorebirds #seabirds #waders
Highlight from a brief outing looking for #birds this afternoon.
#birding #birdwatching #nature
#photography #photographer
#birdphotography #naturephotography
#shorebirds #seabirds #waders
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Brent the brilliant Brambling 😍
Happy #FinchFriday 🥳
Yes, Bramblings are finches 💡
And #birds 🐦
Of course 😜
When they show up in my neck of the woods, it means winter's around the corner 🥶
#Friday #photography #nature #birdphotography #naturephotography #birding #birdwatching #BirdsSeenIn2025🇩🇪
Happy #FinchFriday 🥳
Yes, Bramblings are finches 💡
And #birds 🐦
Of course 😜
When they show up in my neck of the woods, it means winter's around the corner 🥶
#Friday #photography #nature #birdphotography #naturephotography #birding #birdwatching #BirdsSeenIn2025🇩🇪
October 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Brent the brilliant Brambling 😍
Happy #FinchFriday 🥳
Yes, Bramblings are finches 💡
And #birds 🐦
Of course 😜
When they show up in my neck of the woods, it means winter's around the corner 🥶
#Friday #photography #nature #birdphotography #naturephotography #birding #birdwatching #BirdsSeenIn2025🇩🇪
Happy #FinchFriday 🥳
Yes, Bramblings are finches 💡
And #birds 🐦
Of course 😜
When they show up in my neck of the woods, it means winter's around the corner 🥶
#Friday #photography #nature #birdphotography #naturephotography #birding #birdwatching #BirdsSeenIn2025🇩🇪