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Leslie Joy Mills

@ljoymills.bsky.social

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Caregiver, former IP paralegal, world traveler, avid reader, real news junkie, journalist, animal lover, photographer, genealogist, master gardener, supporter of all arts, fan of great architecture and movies. Could not live without music and books.

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Featheronthebreath💙 @featheronthebre.bsky.social · 5h

Autumn brights at National Trust Sheffield Park yesterday 🍁🌱📷

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Coko @cccoko.bsky.social · 4h

A close-up of my Bordeaux rose this morning. Always a lovely bloom but this morning I noticed that little feather holding on at the stem.🌱🌿🍃
Have a wonderful Friday and weekend.
##FlowersonFriday #FlowerReport #Bloomscrolling #PhotographersofBluesky #Photography

My photo of my red Bordeaux rose with a little white feather hanging on at the stem.

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Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 3h

Spiderweb chaos in autumn.
🌱🕸️📷🌿 #nature

This is a photo of a chaotic fall spiderweb.
Fuji X-T4, 120mm, f/5.6, iso1600, 1/125s

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City Mouse Garden @citymousegarden.bsky.social · 3h

Rudbeckia ‘Henry Eilers’ is just magical in sun or shade. 🥰

#gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #FlowersOnFriday #February2Frost 🌱

Three quilled yellow blooms float in dappled shade above dark green matte foliage with other flowers opening behind them in the distance.

Three quilled yellow blooms shine in the sunlight against a background of deep green matte leaves and ferns.

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Colton the fish squeezer🐟🪴📚🏕️🐝 @fishsqueezer.bsky.social · 3h

Just LOOK at this little bugger under a camera flash, it's stunning to me that this is food.

Although it is apparently not an ancient variety, one must appreciate the generations of Cherokee and Pawnee breeding that created its ancestors. It's just 💅

🌱 bsky.app/profile/fish...

An ear of corn sits in my hand. It is very brightly colored, with kernels ranging from white to black and including yellow, orange, blue, purple, green, red, and I'm sure some others.

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kms @karmso.bsky.social · 2h

They took until *October* to bloom…but now the ethereal flowers of Morning Glory ‘Pearly Gates’ are delighting me on chilly autumn morns. 🌱

#MyJoyfulPlace #flowers #BloomScrolling #UrbanGardening #gardening #FlowerPower #seeds
#FlowerPhotography

Three flowers on a Morning Glory ‘Pearly Gate’ vine…the pure white blossoms are round saucer shaped, and have a tiny golden yellow-center. On the left are some lime-green flower buds, and behind is a brick wall.

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Dr. Dandelion @gardengirl13.bsky.social · 1h

My last moonflower.🌿🌱 I always feel like the first blooms are the most exciting and last are the most special. See again next year.

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HarmonEEEEEK!! @harmonys.bsky.social · 15h

Still life with flowers. #bloomscrolling #gardening #harvest #tomatoseason 🌱 #Foodsky #DailyDahlia

A vase filled with bright multicolored orange and red dahlias on a butcher block countertop surrounded by tomatoes, peppers and green beans. In the back a row of glass jars filled with beans and two small pumpkin jars with lids

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Lecia Michelle @leciamichelle.bsky.social · 15h

He was flying so fast.

#🪶
#birds
#nature
#wildlife
#birding
#photography
#birdsofbluesky
#woodducks
#naturephotography #birdphotography #nikon #nikonZ8 #nikonphotographer

Bird in flight against a blue sky with clouds.

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Steve Ross @maximumsteve.bsky.social · 15h

How could anyone not like Egrets? I mean, look at this guy. Peace! #birds #birding #greategret #herons #egrets #heronsofbluesky

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Lecia Michelle @leciamichelle.bsky.social · 15h

Look at these beautiful feathers. #northernmockingbird

#🪶
#birds
#nature
#wildlife
#birding
#photography
#birdsofbluesky
#naturephotography #birdphotography #nikon #nikonZ8 #nikonphotographer

Bird with gray and white feathers perched on a branch.

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Leslie Joy Mills @ljoymills.bsky.social · 14h

I love your pictures!

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Christine Beeton @christinebeeton.bsky.social · 14h

A great blue heron, looking great.
Southeast Texas, October 04, 2025.

#Herons #Birds #Photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching

A great blue heron standing on a partially submerged branch.

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Stacey Ogden 🦔 @labogden.bsky.social · 14h

Yellow-crowned night heron

Memphis, TN 🪶

#MemphisBirding

Yellow crowned night heron standing in a swampy area

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Christine Beeton @christinebeeton.bsky.social · 14h

White ibis.
Southeast Texas, October 04, 2025.

#Birds #Photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #Ibis #Birding #BirdWatching #WildlifePhotography #Nature #Wildlife

A white ibis standing in shallow water. It is all white with pink legs, a gently curved pink beak, and stunning blue eyes.

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Nicole Walker @nicolewalker.bsky.social · 14h

Part 4 She I’m assuming a she. Hung out with us for quite a while before flying off. She and the juncos came back for the unsalted chopped up pumpkin seeds. I put out by the trees away from the porch. #birds #songsparrow 🪶 #backyardbirds

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Nicole Walker @nicolewalker.bsky.social · 14h

Part 3/

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Nicole Walker @nicolewalker.bsky.social · 15h

A bird flies into a window…

@lorichirp.bsky.social I know you know what kind of bird this is. Is it a sparrow?

#bird 🪶 #namethatbird

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Leslie Joy Mills @ljoymills.bsky.social · 14h

WOW! I've never seen one. Very beautiful bird. Thanks for sharing.

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Howard King @birdsofbahrain.bsky.social · 14h

#Bahrain #Birds Whinchat, a passage migrant of both spring and autumn. One of those species you can find almost anywhere in any habitat.

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Leslie Joy Mills @ljoymills.bsky.social · 14h

I like him. Beautiful picture! Good job. I could never do anything like that. Stick figures are as good as I can get.

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Audrey Sargent @stoutheartstudio.com · 14h

White Crested Helmetshrike is not the bird I would have picked, but he has a certain Halloween flare, I suppose!

I… don’t like this guy. 😂

About an hour in gouache in #Procreate.

#Birdtober #BirdArt #SciArt #bird #ArtChallenge #DigitalPainting

A digital painting of a white crested helmetshrike, a mostly white bird, sitting on a thorny branch. His feet are orange and his beak is black. Wings are also black with white markings. He has a fluffy gray head and a very startling yellow eye surrounded by a rim of yellow skin. He looks at the viewer side on.

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Leslie Joy Mills @ljoymills.bsky.social · 14h

Too cute! You gave me a smile tonight--when I really needed it!

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john.in.chicago @john-in-chicago.bsky.social · 14h

Late night birdcam bonus video from June 9th.

A House Sparrow feeding its baby sunflower seeds.

#birds

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Full frame @shutterspeed.bsky.social · 14h

The launch.
#birds #birding #birdphotography #birdwatching #nature #naturephotography #nikon #photography #heron #greatblueheron #bluesky #water #urbanwildlife

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