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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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No Thanksgiving dinner for this poor Red-tailed Hawk, who was having zero success catching a meal in Central Park today 🪶
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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Hello 🤳🥄
Extreme zoom-in on the serving spoon in the cornbread dressing dish in the quoted post - such a close look reveals a reflection of me, holding my phone and taking a picture
November 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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I love Thanksgiving, and it’s a holiday I thoroughly enjoy whether I’m spending it with 50 people or no people
mollybangles.bsky.social Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 20h
I am solo for Thanksgiving this year (I am not bummed out by this), so I can do what I want :)
November 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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I made my Thanksgiving dinner last night so I could enjoy my favorite thing about Thanksgiving today: leftovers.
Bird’s eye view of a well-worn kitchen table, on which is a large casserole dish half-covered with foil, revealing cornbread dressing, a round casserole dish with sweet potatoes topped with marshmallows, a small plate awaiting food, and a cup of coffee. Also on the table are: a glass pumpkin containing a candle, two porcelain cow creamers, two candles in the shape of turkeys, and a spring of fresh rosemary in front of a red bread box
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Here’s a Turkey Vulture for Turkey Day 🪶🦃

San Simeon Point, California, September 2025
A Turkey Vulture - a large bird with dark plumage and a red plumage-free head and face with white beak - perched somewhat dramatically on a diagonal branch against a bright gray foggy sky. The vulture is in profile, but their head is turned back, looking over their shoulder.
November 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Desperately hoping I’ll spontaneously produce a bag of peanuts, but trying not to be too obvious about it 🥜🐿️

Eastern Gray Squirrel in Central Park, November 2025 #sqrlpix #mammals #wildlifephotography
A pleasantly pear-shaped Eastern Gray Squirrel, sitting on a rock, facing the camera and holding one paw to their chest, looking out/to the left of the camera. The background is out-of-focus light green foliage and branches.
November 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Cinnamon Roll Face (complimentary)

Barred Owl in Central Park, November 2025 🦉
Close up of a Barred Owl, brown and buff plumage with a round head, dark eyes, and yellow beak, perched on a low branch, facing the camera, and looking just to the left of it. The owl’s face is very round and cinnamon-roll-like. The background is out of focus branches, and green and brown foliage
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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An evening dance between a Northern Harrier and Short-eared Owl, captured in #silhouette for the #birdoftheday. Richmond BC, November 2025.

#birds #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography
A Northern Harrier and Short-eared Owl are captured, wings spread and talons bared, fighting in silhouette against a cloudy golden sunset sky.
November 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Golden hour Junco 🌅

Dark-eyed Junco on the East River, November 2025 🪶
A Dark-eyed Junco perched in side profile on gray rocks, illuminated by the setting sun. Blurry light-blue water is in the background and some green leaves in the foreground at the bottom of frame. This bird is mostly dark gray with white underbelly and a pale pink beak.
November 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Favorite bird, video edition 🎥🦉🍁

Barred Owl in Central Park, November 2025
November 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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There is simply no need to engage with my post about Barred Owls being my favorite bird to say that you want to kill Barred Owls, wtf is wrong with people
November 20, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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I love all birds, but I do have a favorite 🦉🍁

Barred Owl in Central Park, November 2025
A Barred Owl - brown and buff with white striping on the back and wing feathers, and a delightfully round cinnamon roll-like face with large dark eyes and a small yellow beak - perches on a low curved branch over water that is covered with fallen leaves in oranges, reds, yellows. The owl’s back is to the camera, but her head is turned back, looking over her shoulder, out and to the right.
November 20, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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This hawk was having a little trouble figuring out the physics of eating dinner while balancing on a branch 😅🪶🐀

(CW: dead rat)

Red-tailed Hawk in Central Park, 11.14.2025
November 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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💛🦉💛

Barred Owl in Central Park, 11.8.2025
Through an overlay of out-of-focus yellow foliage, a Barred Owl perches on a thin horizontal tree branch, looking down Closer crop of the previous picture - a Barred Owl seen through an overlay of out-of-focus yellow foliage
November 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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🍁🦉🍁

Barred Owl in Central Park, 11.7.2025
Two tree trunks surrounded by foliage in fall colors - yellows, oranges and light greens -with a bright gray sky in the background. On the side of the tree trunk on the left perches a Barred Owl, facing away, but head turned back, looking in the direction of the camera Closer zoom and crop of the previous photo - a section of a tree trunk on the left, a Barred Owl perched on the side of the trunk, back to the camera, looking back/to the right. Yellow, orange, and light green foliage, and a bright gray sky make up the background
November 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Small goat eating a pumpkin while a large tortoise looks on from inside his shell Small goat eating a pumpkin. Large tortoise is emerging from his shell Small goat and large tortoise sharing a pumpkin together
November 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Autumnal Timberdoodle 🍂🧡🪶

American Woodcock in Central Park, 11.14.2025 #birds #birdphotography #naturephotography
An American Woodcock amid a thick layer of fallen leaves, light oranges, browns, buff, and yellow, providing excellent camouflage for the bird, which has intricately-patterned buff, brown, and gray plumage, large dark eyes, and a long beak. The same American Woodcock amid the leaves, now facing the other direction, partially obscured by a branch in the foreground, and a large tan leaf in front of their beak
November 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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A picture from last winter for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme, bird on a #Post 🦉

Great Horned Owl in New Orleans, January 2025
A Great Horned Owl landing on the top of a telephone pole, long after sunset, almost completely in silhouette. The owl is approaching the pole from the right, talons visible, just making contact, wings out and back
November 15, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Rainy day owl: Video Edition 🌧️🦉🍂

Barred Owl in Central Park, November 2025
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Rainy day owl 🌧️🦉💛

Barred Owl in Central Park, November 2025
A Barred Owl perched on a diagonal branch, in the rain, with bright yellow foliage out g focus in the background. The owl’s back is to the camera, but their head is turned 3/4 back and to the right, looking over their shoulder. A small spatter of water can be seen near the right side of the owl’s face - a rain drop that has just hit and repelled off of them.
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Saw a friendly neighborhood raptor yesterday 🙂🪶

Cooper’s Hawk, Astoria NY, 11.5.2025
A Cooper’s Hawk in adult plumage - orange and white barring on the front, gray plumage on the back and top of the head, and amber-irised eyes - perched on a bare branch amid many tangled bare branches against a gray sky. On the left, some green and yellow foliage is out of focus in the foreground. The hawk is facing front, giving her the appearance of smiling.
November 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Sunset over the East River 🌅

Astoria, New York, 11.5.25
The Hell Gate Bridge silhouetted between the sky and the East River at sunset. Clouds reach out from the horizon over the camera, lit blue, amber, and pink by the setting sun, reflecting orange and pink and blue in the water.
November 6, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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20-plus years and I am never leaving
mollybangles.bsky.social Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 22d
“Do you live in . . . Commie Corridor?”
November 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Last month when I was in CA, the young guy working at the UPS store in San Luis Obispo looked absolutely star-struck when I told him I lived in Astoria lol
diepthought.bsky.social Diep Tran @diepthought.bsky.social · 23d
Astoria, Queens is really proving why it’s the best neighborhood in NYC. We put out AOC and Zohran, plus Chip Cookies, Brooklyn Bagel, and King of Falafel. Feel free to sample our food and politics, then spread the message to your own neighborhoods
November 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Astoria Bookshop is having a celebratory 20% off in-store sale, if you’re in the neighborhood and want to support an awesome local small business 👀
November 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM