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Molly Bangles
@mollybangles.bsky.social
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stage manager, night owler

she/her

mostly birds and nature here

pictures and videos are mine unless otherwise noted

arts & crafts: https://mollybangles.etsy.com
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Snow birb ❄️🪶

White-throated Sparrow in Central Park, 1.25.2026
A White-throated Sparrow looking very floofy on the snow and ice-covered ground. Two thin branches with a clump of snow-covered dead leaves is in the background, matching the overall buff/brown color palette of the sparrow
January 28, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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This might be my favorite shot of that night. #aurora
Photo of the northern lights above a cloud bank. Pillars of pinks and purples reach up from curtains of green. Beach dunes covered with snow are in the foreground. There’s a lifeguard tower on the left and two leafless cottonwood trees on the right.
January 27, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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Crashing waves are like art, so getting a shot as a red-throated loon went over one was nice

📷 Canon R5 Mk II
Canon RF100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM
Av, f/7.1, 1/5000, ISO 1250, 500mm
1/17/26
Northern Oregon Coast

#birds #bird #photography #ornithology #birdphotos #nature #wildlife

🦉 🪶
A large gray and black bird with a long neck, red eyes and a long beak splashes through the crest of a crashing, foamy wave in the ocean. The water color is a greenish blue and the foam is pure white.
January 27, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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😴🌨️😒🦆

Wood Duck in Central Park, 1.25.2026
(feat. preening Mallards) 🪶
A male Wood Duck - a smallish duck with ornately-patterned green and black and white and purple plumage and a fantastic head crest - on a snowy shore during a sleet storm, with his face tucked into his back, eye closed. In the foreground out of focus are two Mallard ducks, preening A male Wood Duck - a smallish duck with ornately-patterned green and black and white and purple plumage and a fantastic head crest - on a snowy shore during a sleet storm, with his face tucked into his back, one eye open. The focus of his side-eye is in the foreground out of focus - two Mallard ducks, preening.
January 27, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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Sorry to be earnest on main, but everything is so heavy right now that seeing people experience the unbridled joy of sledding down hills all over Central Park today actually made me cry
January 26, 2026 at 2:14 AM
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Someone was caught off-guard by the weather today
On the snow covered ground, someone has dropped an empty red and black box with a picture of a white long-sleeve t-shirt that says “The Warmest” and “Ultra Warm” and “Heat Tech”
January 26, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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I made it to the park 🤍
A snowy landscape in Central Park featuring people dressed warmly in big coats and winter gear. Bare trees on the horizon, and a small stone bridge. The people are all standing on the frozen 59th St Pond
January 26, 2026 at 1:37 AM
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Reporting live from the N train in Astoria, where they are having to manually open one (1) door on one (1) car at each stop to let people on and off
January 25, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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I am trying not to post on these events in this state of mind but: I hope people understand what the observers are doing is brave and dangerous.
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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"The gentleman I was standing next to was focused on helping people who were coming into Nicollet Avenue understand that they needed to take it slow and helping them get through. ...

"Next thing I knew, they shot him." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Stella Carlson said that before the shooting, the man was helping vehicle traffic get around the area where ICE agents and observers had started to gather. "The gentleman I was standing next to was focused on helping people who were coming into Nicollet Avenue understand that they needed to take it slow and helping them get through. The ICE agents approached us, told us to back up, back up. I'm not even sure why we were helping them, if anything. And I got on the snow bank, and next thing I knew, they shot him," Carlson said.
January 24, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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🌉✈️

Gulls and Bridge
Astoria NY, 1.23.2026 🪶
January 24, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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✈️🌒

Gull and Moon
Astoria NY, 1.23.2026 🪶
A waxing crescent moon hangs in a gray-pink sky. A gull in flight is just above/to the left of the moon, mostly in shadow.
January 24, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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Red-tailed Hawk in winter afternoon light, another perfect pairing 🌞🪶

Central Park, 1.20.2026
A Red-tailed Hawk perched near the trunk of a tree, partially obscured by branches, but brightly lit by the afternoon light. Rust-colored leaves and bare branches in light and shadow make up the foreground and background. The sky behind all of it is light blue. Closer crop of the same Red-Tailed Hawk in the same perch, but in a slightly different position. The Hawk is looking out/to the right very intently
January 23, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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Banger sunset, video edition 🌅

Astoria, New York, 1.22.2026
January 23, 2026 at 5:43 AM
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Banger of a sunset today 🌅

Astoria, New York, 1.22.2026
The East River and the Triborough Bridge at sunset. The Manhattan skyline is in silhouette below the bridge, on the horizon. The sky is lit up by a cloud vein that is bright amber-orange, with pink and orange light shooting out in all directions, above the bridge, fading out to purple-blue. The bright pink light is reflected on part of the water
January 23, 2026 at 4:08 AM
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Great news, I can offer you an additional borb

Dark-eyed Junco in Central Park, 1.20.2026 🪶
A Dark-eyed Junco perched on a diagonal branch, with very out-of-focus trees in the background. The bird is facing the camera, their mostly-white belly is very round, and dark upper plumage is lit on one side by the golden hour sunlight
January 22, 2026 at 11:54 PM
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May I offer you a borb in these trying times?

White-throated Sparrow in Central Park, 1.20.2026 🪶
A very spherical White-throated Sparrow, facing the camera, perched on a branch that is running diagonally just above the snow-covered ground
January 22, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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Cooper’s Hawk in winter afternoon light, a perfect pairing 🪶🌞

Central Park, 1.20.2026
A Cooper’s Hawk - medium-sized with gray plumage on the back and head, and red-orange irises, with orange and white barring on the front, and a long rounded tail with alternating gray and black bands, perched in profile on the branch of a sweet gum tree, near the trunk. The background is bright blue sky and twisting bare branches with round spiky sweet gum pods The same Cooper’s Hawk on the same perch as the previous photo, but his head is turned, looking back over his shoulder
January 22, 2026 at 3:01 AM
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East River Loon 🩶

Common Loon, Astoria, 1.17.2026 🪶
A non-breeding or immature Common Loon - a large water bird with a large bill and very cute face, gray and white plumage, and “checkered” pattern on their back - swimming in profile on the water. It is a gray day, and thus is the color palette.
January 19, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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Snow crow 🌨️🖤

Astoria, New York, 1.17.2026 🪶
January 18, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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Snow day 🖤❄️🤍

Astoria, New York, 1.17.2026
Black and white photo of a wide sidewalk covered in snow, with part of a large building and a chain link fence on the left, and parked cars on the right. Bare trees are on either side, and snow hangs in the air. At center, far away, is a person carrying an umbrella Black and white photo of a close up of a section of chain link fence - behind it is falling snow, part of a large light-brick school building, and two cedar/evergreen trees
January 17, 2026 at 10:24 PM
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if you saw the typo in my previous post, no you didn’t 🙂‍↔️🪶
Three Canada Geese in flight in a diagonal formation, against a brick wall background in golden hour sunlight. At the left of frame is part of a flagpole and the tattered red and white fabric of an American flag
January 17, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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✈️🪿🇺🇸🪿✈️

Canada Goose flyout in Astoria, Januaury 2026 #birds #birdsinflight
Three Canada Geese in flight in a diagonal formation, against a brick wall background in golden hour sunlight. At the top right corner of frame is part of the tattered red and white fabric of an American flag Zoomed out photo of the Canada Geese in flight, in front of a brick wall. There are six geese in this photo. A flagpole and part of the red and white stripes of the American flag is in the foreground, out of focus
January 17, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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Hawk ↖️

Young Red-tailed Hawk in Central Park, January 2026 🪶
A young Red-tailed Hawk perched proudly in profile on a large diagonal branch, with a similar branch running parallel behind it. The Hawk is looking up and left, aligned with the angle of the tree branch.
January 15, 2026 at 4:26 AM
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I, too, have a boardwalk picture to share 🌫️🌳

Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge, New Orleans, 12.24.2025
A boardwalk on an aggressively foggy morning. Small trees and reeds and plants on either side in shades of green and rust, predominantly. A large oak tree is in the background, further down the boardwalk, in a thin veil of fog
January 14, 2026 at 4:08 AM