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David C. Simon
@davidcsimon.bsky.social
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Australian artist, writer, wildlife photographer, dungeon master, and bird-nerd. Autistic and depressed, but video games help.
All photos are my own unless otherwise credited. All subjects are wild and living unless otherwise noted.

No AI.
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David C. Simon @davidcsimon.bsky.social · Dec 4
Money's getting tight as expenses (especially medical) add up, so I've just launched a Patreon for 4k wallpapers of my photos!

Support my photography *and* enjoy birds, insects, spiders (optional), and more in 4k, ultrawide, and portrait for phones: patreon.com/davidcsimon
David C. Simon | Patreon
4k photographic wallpapers
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astrokatie.com
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
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digs.bsky.social
Two more #kākāpō matings last night, both on Anchor:
- Boomer 💚 Horton
- Konini 💚 Quill
Here's Boomer during the last breeding season.
#kakapo2026 #conservation #birds #parrots
January 24, 2026 at 10:34 AM
davidcsimon.bsky.social
your avi... let's see it!

Self-portrait (digital painting) from 2022.
Digital painting of the author's face looking at the camera with a dark background and moody side-lighting. The author is a bearded man with pale skin, long brown hair and a brown beard (hints of silver in both), and grey eyes that appear oh-so-slightly greenish in the light. He is not wearing his glasses because they make his already small eyes look positively microscopic.
January 24, 2026 at 8:37 AM
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davidcsimon.bsky.social
I've been dealing with some Technical Difficulties this week, so here's a Bronzewing in the rain from last weekend.
#birds
Photograph of a Common Bronzewing - a medium-sized pigeon - perched on a power line in the pouring rain. It is shades of brown rich irridescent patches on many of its wing feathers reflecting the diffuse lighting, with the finish of bronze (colours ranging from orange to red to green and even a little purple). The bird has streamlined its body to present the smallest target possible for the raindrops.
January 23, 2026 at 2:51 AM
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teamswiftparrot.bsky.social
Fistful of superb parrot
January 23, 2026 at 9:48 AM
davidcsimon.bsky.social
I've been dealing with some Technical Difficulties this week, so here's a Bronzewing in the rain from last weekend.
#birds
Photograph of a Common Bronzewing - a medium-sized pigeon - perched on a power line in the pouring rain. It is shades of brown rich irridescent patches on many of its wing feathers reflecting the diffuse lighting, with the finish of bronze (colours ranging from orange to red to green and even a little purple). The bird has streamlined its body to present the smallest target possible for the raindrops.
January 23, 2026 at 2:51 AM
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fraying.bsky.social
I was present for the birth of the web, the explosion of personal sites, and the blogging revolution, and you know what we never had to do? Beg people to use our shit.
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
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January 21, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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Baby King Parrot regular bathing.
#birds

(actually I've only ever seen King Parrots bathe by splashing about in tree canopies while it's raining. I suspect this baby is just hunkering down and enduring the rain rather than deliberately bathing)
Photograph of a juvenile Australian King Parrot on a powerline in heavy rain. A large raindrop has just struck the parrot's face, creating a dramatic splash. The parrot seems unconcerned.
January 18, 2026 at 6:23 AM
davidcsimon.bsky.social
Baby King Parrot regular bathing.
#birds

(actually I've only ever seen King Parrots bathe by splashing about in tree canopies while it's raining. I suspect this baby is just hunkering down and enduring the rain rather than deliberately bathing)
Photograph of a juvenile Australian King Parrot on a powerline in heavy rain. A large raindrop has just struck the parrot's face, creating a dramatic splash. The parrot seems unconcerned.
January 18, 2026 at 6:23 AM
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davidcsimon.bsky.social
Baby Pied Currawong!
#birds
Photograph of a juvenile Pied Currawong with its beak open. It is a large passerine that resembles a crow (but isn't). Instead of being mostly black, like an adult, it is mostly brown with black and grey patches and white on its wings. Its eyes are dark amber instead of bright gold, and its gape is orange.
January 17, 2026 at 6:36 AM
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Baby Pied Currawong!
#birds
Photograph of a juvenile Pied Currawong with its beak open. It is a large passerine that resembles a crow (but isn't). Instead of being mostly black, like an adult, it is mostly brown with black and grey patches and white on its wings. Its eyes are dark amber instead of bright gold, and its gape is orange.
January 17, 2026 at 6:36 AM
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davidcsimon.bsky.social
Baby King Parrot sunbathing.
#birds
Photo of a juvenile Australian King Parrot on a power line in the sunlight. It is a bright green parrot with red "pants" and an orange yellow beak. It has fanned its long tail feathers and is leaning back to expose its face to the sun. Its eyes are closed. Same subject, tighter angle focused on the parrot's face. it appears to be dozing off.
January 16, 2026 at 3:42 AM
davidcsimon.bsky.social
Baby King Parrot sunbathing.
#birds
Photo of a juvenile Australian King Parrot on a power line in the sunlight. It is a bright green parrot with red "pants" and an orange yellow beak. It has fanned its long tail feathers and is leaning back to expose its face to the sun. Its eyes are closed. Same subject, tighter angle focused on the parrot's face. it appears to be dozing off.
January 16, 2026 at 3:42 AM
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Nature valentines. This comic is now available as a set of 6 Valentines cards: topatoco.com/collections/...
A group of six nature valentines. A picture of a bog with pitcher plants, with text saying "Our love is like a bog. Built up over time, resistant to decay, deeply interesting to just a small number of people." A yellow slime mold stretching out and exploring. "Our love is like a slime mold. Collaborative, complex, at times unnerving to behold." A piece of limestone with a small trilobite in the corner. "Our love is like limestone. Layered, useful for many purposes, shaped by the friends we met along the way." A ring-billed gull with a french fry on a beach. "Our love is like a ring-billed gull. Abundant, found in North America, sometimes sustained by french fries." An Atlantic horseshoe crab walking on the sand. "Our love is like a horseshoe crab. Tough, timeless, unrelated to true crabs." A drawing of the phosphorus cycle, with arrows connecting various parts of a scene, including algae and fish and a farm and a river and a forest. "Our love is like the phosphorus cycle. Important, really hard to draw."
January 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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davidcsimon.bsky.social
Every evening at this time of year the Screaming Tree Frogs gather around the rainwater on our neighbour's water tank to scream at each other.

(poor photos because low light, long distance, adn small aperture)
#frogs
Photograph of four small frogs on a cement water tank with standing water and surrounding foliage. The frogs are upright with their necks/chests ballooned as they SCREAM at each other. Tighter, sharper photo of one of the frogs standing by the water's edge and reflected in it. The frog is brown, green, and yellow, with a pale belly. Photo of two of the frogs on the edge of the water tank facing each other and only an inch or two apart. No doubt they're trying to out scream each other.
January 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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aliceduke.bsky.social
the terrible beast - portrait of a grey squirrel

When I find a photo with weird lighting in my camera roll I am cursed with the compulsion to make a study of it. Fur is kind of fun to paint tho.
digital painting of a grey squirrel
January 14, 2026 at 11:04 AM
davidcsimon.bsky.social
Every evening at this time of year the Screaming Tree Frogs gather around the rainwater on our neighbour's water tank to scream at each other.

(poor photos because low light, long distance, adn small aperture)
#frogs
Photograph of four small frogs on a cement water tank with standing water and surrounding foliage. The frogs are upright with their necks/chests ballooned as they SCREAM at each other. Tighter, sharper photo of one of the frogs standing by the water's edge and reflected in it. The frog is brown, green, and yellow, with a pale belly. Photo of two of the frogs on the edge of the water tank facing each other and only an inch or two apart. No doubt they're trying to out scream each other.
January 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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davidcsimon.bsky.social
Red-browed Finch on our bird bath.
#birds
Photograph of a small finch standing on this edge of a large blue ceramic bird bath, lit buy the sun. The bird is grey and olive with vivid red beak, brows, and rump. It has a glint in its eye as it smugly stands over all the water in the world (as far as it's concerned).
January 13, 2026 at 2:43 AM
davidcsimon.bsky.social
Red-browed Finch on our bird bath.
#birds
Photograph of a small finch standing on this edge of a large blue ceramic bird bath, lit buy the sun. The bird is grey and olive with vivid red beak, brows, and rump. It has a glint in its eye as it smugly stands over all the water in the world (as far as it's concerned).
January 13, 2026 at 2:43 AM
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bubbaprog.xyz
a reminder, again, that AltNPS is a grifter account run by people who have no affiliation with the National Park Service and indeed who never did have any affiliation with the National Park Service. They have no sources, they have no information, they are purely there to scam you.
altwatcher.bsky.social AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 13d
"Receiving reports" my ass. AltNPS is not receiving reports of ICE raids in Saint Paul. They are seeing posts on social media like the rest of us.

I DO have loved ones in Saint Paul. ALL of my loved ones. They're terrified. Fuck you.
Alt National Park Service: WARNING St. Paul: We are still receiving reports of door-to-door operations in the area. Tonight is a night to look out for your neighbors and check in on one another. If you have loved ones in St. Paul, please call or message them to make sure they’re okay. If anyone has verified details or firsthand information, please share it in the comments below.
January 12, 2026 at 3:30 AM
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I finally got a photo of the tiny Sacred Kingfisher that's been flitting around our garden for the past month or so.
#birds
Photograph of a small Kingfisher (picture a fun-sized Kookaburra) on a tree branch. The bird has bright blue feathers on its wings, back, and crown, with buff and cream neck and body, and a dark stripe under its eyes. It has a long, robust beak, longer than its skull.
January 11, 2026 at 2:15 AM
davidcsimon.bsky.social
I finally got a photo of the tiny Sacred Kingfisher that's been flitting around our garden for the past month or so.
#birds
Photograph of a small Kingfisher (picture a fun-sized Kookaburra) on a tree branch. The bird has bright blue feathers on its wings, back, and crown, with buff and cream neck and body, and a dark stripe under its eyes. It has a long, robust beak, longer than its skull.
January 11, 2026 at 2:15 AM
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January 10, 2026 at 12:53 AM
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Giant Bulldog Ant (Myrmecia brevinoda)
#insects #invertebrates
Photograph of a large and on the edge of a green leaf, dorsal view as the ant dangles over the edge facing down. The and is red with black eyes and a shiny black abdomen, and short orange hairs on its legs. It is long and slender with prominent mandibles. Same subject, low 3/4side angle macro shot focusing on the ant's face showing details in its faceted eyes and fierce-looking toothed mandibles. Same subject, higher side view with the whole body in focus showing the complex structures of the thorax and abdomen.
January 9, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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Giant Bulldog Ant (Myrmecia brevinoda)
#insects #invertebrates
Photograph of a large and on the edge of a green leaf, dorsal view as the ant dangles over the edge facing down. The and is red with black eyes and a shiny black abdomen, and short orange hairs on its legs. It is long and slender with prominent mandibles. Same subject, low 3/4side angle macro shot focusing on the ant's face showing details in its faceted eyes and fierce-looking toothed mandibles. Same subject, higher side view with the whole body in focus showing the complex structures of the thorax and abdomen.
January 9, 2026 at 5:05 AM