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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 16m

Thank you, Jen! 🙏

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 6h

Snowy egret taking off
#photography #birds #egret #nature 📷🦉🪶

A white snowy egret with wings spread wide flying away from the camera over dark blue water, with an indistinct rippled reflection below it.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 11h

A watery abstract -- palms reflected in the pond
#photography #trees #nature #abstract #abstractphotography 📷

An abstract image of the distorted reflection of palm trees in a pond -- brown trunks, green foliage and blue sky.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 21h

Ah, that being the case, I defer to the voice of expertise with thanks for the clarification, sad though it may be.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 21h

I dunno, maybe. It didn't seem to be in any obvious distress, and from what I read, they commonly do this surface sunbathing thing for thermoregulation. So, in the absence of a reliable answer, that's what I'm choosing to believe. 😂

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 22h

Thanks, Jen! 🙏 Aimed for a bit of a mood.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 22h

Thank you! 🙏

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, Lora! 🙏

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 1d

Great blue heron working the edge of the pond
#photography #birds #heron #nature #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono 📷🦉🪶

A warm monochrome image of a silhouetted great blue heron in the shallows of a pond. There are thin dark reeds in the foreground and a dark reflection on the water in the upper right.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, William! 🙏

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 1d

😊🙏

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks, Buddy! 🙏 I had a similar reaction the first time I saw one doing this, which was just last year. Didn't know what I was looking at initially, then had to do some googling to find out what was going on.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 1d

For #WaterWednesday, a carp feeding and/or sunbathing (apparently they do that) in the shallows of the pond
#photography #fish #carp #nature 📷

The crosshatch-patterned back and fins of a light gray carp at the surface of a blue pond with some green reeds cutting across the foreground.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you, Shiboof! 🙏

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 2d

House finch on a treetop
#photography #birds #finch #nature #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono 📷🦉🪶

A monochrome image with a slight dark green tint showing a house finch perched on a thin top branch of an evergreen tree.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 2d

Ha, same -- one of the first things I noticed after retiring. Now the only thing calling my attention to the day of the week is keeping track of various hashtags here. 🤣

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks, Bob! 🙏

John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 2d

For #TextureTuesday, a redbud leaf on a wet sidewalk
#photography #leaves #trees #nature #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono 📷

A monochrome image of a fallen redbud leaf on a dark sidewalk after some rain.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 2d

😂 And believe me, it took some effort to track down that egret, long retired from album cover modeling work, for a follow-up shot.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you, Frances! 🙏

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 2d

Ha, yes, a blast from the past!

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 3d

I'm a big moss fan.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 3d

Still summery weather here, but the brief rain late last month brought hints of fall: freshened green moss on tree roots that hold a small puddle and a couple of bright leaves
#photography #trees #moss #fall #nature 📷

Green moss on thick tree roots that have collected a small puddle with two fallen leaves, orange and yellow, in it.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 3d

🤣 I know. Just didn't need it for this one. 🤣

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 3d

I don't speak Spanish, but I'm pretty sure I understood this.

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