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Haunting the spooky mountains, lakes, trails, & waterfalls of NE Georgia...soon. I use #AltText. Banner: Red bat gargoyle (Photo by Mark Williams (mysunsin) on flickr) PFP: A bat brownie

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GArgoyle_Brownie @gabrownie.bsky.social · 5h

A little bluebird of happiness for your Monday morning. #birds 🪶

📸 Eastern bluebird: Sialia sialis

An Eastern bluebird stares into the bird buddy cam wondering what's going on.

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 7h

A year of #GoodMorningFromSaskatoon. A photo almost every* work day from Oct ’24 to Oct ‘25. Blue sky and clouds, sunlight and street lights, sea smoke and fire smoke, advance and retreat of the ice, sunrise at 4:45AM to sunrise at 9:15AM… so many things to see from this one spot (*210 pics) 😁📷

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GArgoyle_Brownie @gabrownie.bsky.social · 4h

Wonderful article on a subject we don't think about often enough. #NightSky #SkySky
#birds #turtles #astronomy 🌿

Where Darkness Turns Primordial - The Marjorie

For centuries, night skies have been backdrops upon which we ponder our past and future. Stars, planets, and distant moons have propelled us to explore daunting questions about our place in the univer...

themarjorie.org

GArgoyle_Brownie @gabrownie.bsky.social · 4h

That's great! Lucky guess by me. I'll take it. 😁

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GArgoyle_Brownie @gabrownie.bsky.social · 5h

A little bluebird of happiness for your Monday morning. #birds 🪶

📸 Eastern bluebird: Sialia sialis

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GArgoyle_Brownie @gabrownie.bsky.social · 5h

It could be another species of Plethodon. Some look very similar and it can be hard to separate them based on a photo.

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GArgoyle_Brownie @gabrownie.bsky.social · 6h

Your salamander looks like a northern ravine salamander, but that's just a guess as to the species.

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GArgoyle_Brownie @gabrownie.bsky.social · 7h

Sure thing! I love salamanders and we definitely don't get to see enough of them on here. :)

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GArgoyle_Brownie @gabrownie.bsky.social · 7h

Because bsky can always use more #herps...

especially when it's a cute little salamander! Plethodon spp.

Jax - Backyard Wildlife Photography @naturephotos55.bsky.social · 7h

#MacroMonday #MacroPhotography #macro #amphibian 🦎

Salamander

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GArgoyle_Brownie @gabrownie.bsky.social · 19h

😂

You go, Glen! 😉

GArgoyle_Brownie @gabrownie.bsky.social · 19h

Share your best #mist photo.

Here's one of mine from 8 1/2 years ago. I loved this photo so much I had one of the local NE Georgia potters make me 2 coffee mugs this past year using the photo as a reference. The photo of the mugs doesn't do them justice, tho.

Seed Lake, NE Georgia #LakeLife

Looking across a lake through sunroom windows on a misty May morning, past 2 boathouses and docks, at the misty shoreline and a small boathouse with a red roof and boat door closures with the mountain and trees behind it obscured by the mist.

Two coffee mugs sitting next to each other. The mug on the left features the backs of both mugs with a lake with trees and mist and the words Lake Seed are printed large in red. The second mug features the front of both mugs with a small red-roofed boathouse with red boat door closures across a lake with mountains and trees in the background. The sky looks misty.

GArgoyle_Brownie @gabrownie.bsky.social · 20h

Thank you!

GArgoyle_Brownie @gabrownie.bsky.social · 21h

It was unbelievably orange reflecting everywhere.

GArgoyle_Brownie @gabrownie.bsky.social · 21h

Beautiful sunset tonight. #Stunday #SkySky

The evening sky is orange and yellow as the sun sets behind oak trees and a Spanish Bayonet Yucca.

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SoCal Leslie @socalleslie.bsky.social · 23h

Timeline cleanse. Male Anna’s hummingbird showing off his gorgeous gorget. 🪶

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GArgoyle_Brownie @gabrownie.bsky.social · 23h

Love that butterbutt, Peter! Awesome capture.

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Gwen 🌈🌺🐦📚 @gwen4braves.bsky.social · 1d

The theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #colourful and the alternative is a favorite #Autumnal or #Fall bird capture. Last October this Eastern Towhee had a splendid time scratching up the leaves looking for scattered seeds under a feeder. #birds

An eastern towhee's orange, black and white colors blended in with fallen leaves.

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GArgoyle_Brownie @gabrownie.bsky.social · 1d

This warbler has such a bright yellow throat. It's like looking directly into the sun. #birds 🪶 #BirdOfTheDay #colourful #colorful

📸 Yellow-throated warbler: Setophaga dominica

A black and white bird with a bright yellow throat perched on a feeder.

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GArgoyle_Brownie @gabrownie.bsky.social · 1d

Proof positive from our trail cam last night. In addition to 2 raccoons, 1 feral cat, & a neighbor's cat, we have a possum visiting our yard. Great look at its #PrehensileTail as it lumbers across our back yard. #marsupial #mammal #GreatAmericanInterchange

📸 Virginia opossum: Didelphis virginiana

A rather large possum lumbers across our back yard in front of the bird bath trail cam last night.

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GArgoyle_Brownie @gabrownie.bsky.social · 1d

Precious.

GArgoyle_Brownie @gabrownie.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!

GArgoyle_Brownie @gabrownie.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you! I'm thankful for my bird buddy cam capturing all the photos I miss. 😉

GArgoyle_Brownie @gabrownie.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, I dont know. I like the thought of a "retail" hawk. They only shop the best stores. 😂

GArgoyle_Brownie @gabrownie.bsky.social · 1d

Mine, too. Although these guys are supposedly year round residents in my area, I usually only see them in my yard from fall to spring.

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GArgoyle_Brownie @gabrownie.bsky.social · 1d

Wow. That's amazing!