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Kelsey Lagunas
@kelseyelagunas.bsky.social
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Interests include and are also limited to:
birds, books and bakeries.
NYC, mom of 2
Enjoy my very amateur bird photos 🦅
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Kelsey Lagunas @kelseyelagunas.bsky.social · Jun 18
This very curious female cardinal grace me with her presence for about 15 minutes. I feel very lucky and promise I will be posting far too many pictures of her later. #birds
A female cardinal regards to me curiously. She is looking me in the eye over her bright orange red beak.
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Black Vulture portrait at sunrise 🪶
December 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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stephenbarten.bsky.social
On a Zoom call this afternoon my friend asked when I was going to move somewhere warm where I could take photos every day. I reached down next to my chair, picked up my camera, and snapped this photo through the window.
"I like it here," I replied.
#greathornedowl #birding #birdphotography
December 1, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Zen out with this White Throated Sparrow #birds
December 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Duck, duck, duck, goose. #MallardMonday #birds
3 Hooded Mergansers (2 female and 1 male) swimming with a Canada Goose. The male duck & goose are in focus, while the female ducks are not. One is in the foreground and one in the background.
December 1, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Winters favorite couple #birds
Female northern cardinal Male northern cardinal
December 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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This friend sat down next to me and relaxed. I got some nice head on shots but this one shows how calm he was #birds
Downy woodpecker sits on a railing about two feet from me and looks into the sunshine
December 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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It was a MISSION to find this for today’s #birdoftheday theme among the berries. We’ve got an upside down Eastern Phoebe- not your typical berry grabber. #birds
Silly eastern phoebe couldn’t find any flies so decided to try acrobatics and berries simultaneously
November 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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heidelyn.bsky.social
A recent paper concluded that the loss of vultures increased human deaths by >4% because of the large negative shock to sanitation. What happened? Painkillers used to treat cattle were toxic to vultures + deliberate poisonings. What's being done: wapo.st/3XUWoma (gift). 🌎 #birds
Humans killed millions of vultures. Now people are paying the price.
The near-extinction of vultures in India has had severe consequences.
wapo.st
November 30, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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lizziewallis.bsky.social
"Aerial gannet."
Today's #birdoftheday theme set by @robcrank68.bsky.social is #Gannets.
One of my fav birds.

I like the greenery it's carrying (cp to seaweed, which I see more often).

Saltee Islands🇮🇪
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekVforVowels
#EastCoastKin
#birds
#birdphotography
#ColorADay #GreenSat
A large predominantly white sea bird flying right to left, carrying green vegetation. Wings outstretched, with black tips. Yellow head, smart blue eye surrounded by black. Pale blue grey sky.
November 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Does anyone else get tricked by these two from a distance without bins sometimes? Also really need to update my glasses prescription… #birds
Tufted titmouse! Dark eyed junco!
November 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Dove enjoying a quieter Central Park this morning #birds
Mourning dove enjoying some sun in the fallen leaves
November 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Turkey vulture

#turkeyvulture #vulture #wildlifephotography #wildlife #naturephotography #nature #photography #birds #largebirds #carrionbirds #birdsinflight #🪶
November 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Saw the Montrose Beach Snowy Owl this morning!! 🪶
Female snowy owl perched on tin chimney Female snowy owl standing on small sand dune Female snowy owl perched on tin chimney Female snowy owl standing on sand dune with it's eyes closed
November 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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This Cooper’s Hawk outside my apartment is hoping for a large thanksgiving lunch….
Juvenile Cooper’s hawk in a NYC street tree.
November 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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oldirtybasbird.bsky.social
Got to see one of my favorites the other day: here is the exquisitely camouflaged Wilson’s snipe.

#🪶 #birding #nature #birdsofbluesky #birds #animals
A plump bird with an extremely long bill, white belly surrounded by black barring on its breast and flanks, and black plumage with buffy stripes on its back, stands in mud, surrounded by brown leaf litter.
November 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Today’s #birdoftheday theme is #ontheedge of water. Here is a Green Heron in Van Cortland Park shot back in early September #birds
Green heron perched on a log surrounded by lilly pads
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Ruby Crowned Kinglet looks down before diving for another aphid at the estuary #birds
Smaller than a warbler, this fast moving bird is called a kinglet.
November 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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jdkwizard.bsky.social
Among the grit and the noise,
he carries a quiet brilliance—
a small miracle of color
in a city that forgets to notice.
🐦 🏙️ 🪶
#Bird #UrbanWildlife #CityNature #CinematicWildlife #MoodyNature #StreetBirds #UrbanBirds
#PigeonPortrait #WildlifePhotography #NatureInTheCity #IridescentFeathers
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Thanks Coop, couldn’t have picked a better spot to pose. #birds
Juvenile Coopers Hawk patrols the saltwater marsh
November 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Today’s #birdoftheday is any warbler! Click on alt text to see who we’re looking at #birds
A partially obscured black and white warbler. I like these pictures because they are realistic to views you usually get of warblers. Tho they aren’t often sitting on the ground… Magnolia warbler! If you zoom it it gets wonky but I believe there’s a worm in its mouth.
November 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Canada Geese about to land in the Hudson River Saturday morning #birds
Two geese, wings spread, flying close
November 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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swampvids.bsky.social
Version 2: Added in Nashville and the waterthrushes.

Putting together another edition organized by spectral frequency. Several warblers are very easy to pick out when you know where they fall on the spectrogram. #birds
Title: Zig-zaggy warblers of New England. A brief field guide of spectrograms with zigzag shapes for the local warblers currently giving the swamp a migraine.
November 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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mybirdshots.bsky.social
The beautiful Turkey Vultures (Cathartes aura) are year-round residents here in Eastern North Carolina. They are one of natures “clean-up” crews. #bird #birdphotography #mybirdshots mybirdshots.pixels.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Today’s #birdoftheday is any bird on a wire. I didn’t have it in me today to go through 5000 bird photos to find one, but luckily when I was out this song sparrow post on a wire fence for me! #birds
Song sparrow with tall dying grass in the background. The sparrow is perched on the top of a fence and looking at the camera
November 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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I’ve been seeing on my feed all day #birdoftheday #birdonawire and a photo of a bird on a wire. Not sure how these get started but here’s my shot of a Red Shouldered Hawk looking pretty smug on a wire behind the shopping center near my house. #birds
Red shouldered hawk with brown and white feathers gazing to the left from a perch on top of a thick wire with blue sky behind.
November 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM