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Mark Robertson

@markrobbie.bsky.social

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Aviangelist. Married chap. English teacher. Apprentice to Jesus. Other stuff. They will also know us by our mirth.

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 1h

We must always stop :)

Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 11h

So great. I've also been seeing a lot of delightful little scruff monsters out there

Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 11h

It was unreasonable🪶 🥹

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 12h

Cottonball on toothpicks :)

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 12h

That lil blirp so much very deserve, thank you!

Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 12h

Consider this adorps lil blirp #birds

Little spherical bright gray puffy little gnatcatcher on a dry stem and an olivet background

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 20h

Thank you, Anuradha!

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · Oct 21

So I was like, "Maybe just one more time, kind sir?"
And he quoth, "No. Nevermore."
#birds

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 1d

Phoebe, flickering sun-glitter as she fishes for flies #birds

Seven images of a black and white bird looping about a thin post, sunlight showing through their wings

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you Dr. Patrick! I have a Canon 100-400mm USM mk. II lens :)

Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 2d

Ahh, the hunt for a red October:)
Love it!

Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 2d

He then flew some loops directly above me.
And l imagined a world where we're all assigned a raptor at birth that scouts for us, looks out for us, hunts for us, and then perches on our (thickly gloved) forearm
to rest 🪶

The Red-tailed hawk's underside, wings extended head coked to the left, in a bright blue October sky

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 2d

Here he is, not two yards from my left ear. The camera couldn't focus in enough. I had a paroxysm of reptilian terror #birds

The bird in two long frames, both slightly out of focus and extremely close to the camera

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 2d

A split second before he flew not two yards from my left ear #birds

Same bird in a leaping take of both wings flapped downwards, eyes in the same direction as when he was perched

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 2d

A couple of seconds before he flew not two yards from my left ear #birds

Pretty close close-up of a red-tailed hawk posed and looking intently from his perch of a black fence

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 3d

Such whimsy! Thanks, friend

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 3d

Hahaha yes. But I think my bird brain's the bigger issue

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 3d

Totally. Same gravitas too

Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 3d

And shirt and shorts and sand on the camera :)

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 3d

Lord knows I did

Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 3d

"GET OFF MY DUNE, BRUH" 🪶

Same whimbrel on the sand dune moments before takeoff, beak parted, exposing the long sloping pink of his gullet. Looks grumpy

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Peter Nguyen @dptbirder.bsky.social · 3d

A life endlessly being stared down upon by birds is a life worth living 🥰✌️

Plumbeous Vireo 📷🌿🪶

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 3d

Whimbrel in go-mode.
Love the intricate mottling of their feathers #birds

Variegated brown and beige shorebird with a sizable sloping beak, taking off off of a sand dune, both wings down

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 4d

It'll be okay 🪶

Snowy Egret on a chucked up slab of concrete in the same wash, more of those wild bulrushes and bottlebrushes flaring up behind them

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 4d

🎵 where the storm sludge flows and this shorebird chases my blues away 🪶

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