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Jan
@mormorjan.bsky.social
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Hi, I’m Jan 👋 Yorkshire artist inspired by nature, colour & light. I paint landscapes & florals — and turn them into joyful handmade cards 🌿🎨 here’s my Etsy Art Gallery link: https://cardsbymormorjan.etsy.com
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mjmerrill.bsky.social
Happy Thanksgiving everybody! I've been on Bluesky for about a month and I find it to be a very welcoming, fun place. Thank you all for reposts, likes and following! And, Thank you to new friend Loretta for turning me on to this.

#Watercolor #ArtYear #EastCoastKin #Turkey #Thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
mormorjan.bsky.social
#BirdoftheDay #closeup
#EastCoastKin #artyear #smArtist

Kestrel watercolour

Find my handmade greeting cards here

cardsbymormorjan.etsy.com/listing/1810...
@ukmakers.bsky.social @mhhsbd.bsky.social @craftbizparty.bsky.social
Watercolor painting of a kestrel bird. The bird is predominantly beige and light brown, with darker brown accents on its wings and tail. The tail feathers are depicted with a dynamic, slightly blurred effect, suggesting movement. The bird's head is a lighter shade of brown, with hints of gray and yellow. The beak is a pale yellow, and the eye is dark. The overall style is realistic, capturing the bird's texture and details with watercolor washes and fine lines.
November 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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robcrank68.bsky.social
Good Morning Friends

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is all about #HeadShots, any Birds 'Close Up Capture'.
The Alternative Birds are #Swans.

I've gone with a Cormorant, Whooper Swan, Glossy Ibis & Little Egret with lunch, captured at various venues.

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #ukbirding
November 27, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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robcrank68.bsky.social
Now for the little red breasted bird to step up and flash it's beautiful figure off for your perusal at today's #HolidayRobin who were captured @rspbleightonmoss.bsky.social

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #naturephotography @rspb.bsky.social #birdphotography #ukbirding #PhotographyIsArt #Robins
November 27, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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robcrank68.bsky.social
I'm going with the colourful #Corvid for #ThursJay, which is the stunning Jay captured at Yarrow Valley Country Park back in June this year.

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #naturephotography @rspb.bsky.social #birdphotography #wildlife #PhotographyIsArt #ukbirding #wildlifephotography #BirdLife
November 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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enchantedroseshop.bsky.social
Thunderbird Dangle Earrings: Native American Protection Jewelry https://tuppu.net/2e055c14 ##EnchantedRoseShop##Etsy##TribalEarrings
November 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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figureoutthesea.ca
#BirdOfTheDay: let's go with #Sparrows

There's the relatively shy Savannah Sparrow, the extremely shy Lincoln's Sparrow (inexplicably showing up in downtown Vancouver) and, quite rare on the West Coast, an American Tree Sparrow

#photography #birds
A Savannah Sparrow seen at about eye level, perky and facing camera right A Lincoln's Sparrow up in a tree, in the shade An American Tree Sparrow on the gravelly ground
November 26, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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rtbellpnw.bsky.social
Seen many of these #PineSiskins #HangingAround in the Douglas Fir trees chomping on pine seeds.
#BirdOfTheDay

#Photography #nature
#BirdPhotography
November 26, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Oh my goodness, I almost missed that today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #HangingAround, birds at unusual angles. 'Apapane are superb at Bird Yoga, as this young one is showing, sipping Pukiawe flowers. 🦉🌿📷
A young 'apapane (red and white honeycreeper with a curved black beak) balances upside-down while sipping nectar from tiny tiny pukiawe flowers
November 26, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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restoringbikes.bsky.social
American Bushtit #HangingAround #BirdOfTheDay #birds #nature 🪶
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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tonycava.bsky.social
#SomethingBeautiful #BirdOfTheDay #HangingAround
Baby #crow learning to tightrope-walk on a guy wire #BellinghamWA July 202
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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alan678.bsky.social
Good afternoon. The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #OnTheEdge , any bird at the edge of a body of water. The alternative is #pigeons I’ve went with a European Shag standing on a rocky outcrop at the edge of the coast. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
A European Shag stands alert on dark, seaweed-covered rocks at the water’s edge. Sunlight highlights its brown plumage, slender hooked bill, and webbed feet. Foamy waves and soft blue water blur in the background, creating a strong contrast with the textured rocks and the bird’s sleek profile.
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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smokehead.bsky.social
Possibly a #Mr&Mrs shot for #BirdOfTheDay? 😜
Two goldfinches fighting over the bath

#stunday #EastCoastKin #ItsMyTurn
Two brightly coloured goldfinches fight at the edge of a mosaic bird bath
November 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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witchspace.bsky.social
Birds from unusual angles ... hmmm ... does hanging in mid-air without wings count, as demonstrated by this bionic chickadee?

#BirdOfTheDay #HangingAround #Birds #Photography #EastCoastKin
Color photograph of a black capped chickadee seemingly leaping over a tuft of grass, with legs extended but no wings in sight.
November 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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jenzsky.bsky.social
Just #Hangingaround wondering where to land…

Sorry, @robcrank68.bsky.social I’ve interpreted the theme a little differently. 🤭
#BirdoftheDay #birds #nature
#photography #birdphotography
#EastCoastKin
November 25, 2025 at 10:31 AM
mormorjan.bsky.social
A day late for #BirdoftheDay #hangingaround

Nuthatch - acrylic

Available as handmade notecards here: cardsbymormorjan.etsy.com/listing/6894...

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A painting of a blue and brown Nuthatch bird perched on a branch. The background is a blue and green abstract design.
November 26, 2025 at 6:09 AM
mormorjan.bsky.social
Love these earrings the colour is gorgeous
mybeads4you.bsky.social MyBeads4You @mybeads4you.bsky.social · 5d
Just finished up an order for these Starlette Earring
They turned out so pretty I am making a pair for myself
🩵💙🩵🥰
30% off jewelry
Earrings mybeads4you.etsy.com/listing/1621...
20% off tutorial
DIY mybeads4you.etsy.com/listing/1620...

#earrings #handmadejewelry #christmasgiftideas #diyjewelry
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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elyclive.bsky.social
#BirdOfTheDay #MrAndMrs
Black-tailed Godwit
Great tit
Wigeon
Mute swan
November 23, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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taminf.bsky.social
"No, it's YOUR turn to do the washing up". For today's #BirdoftheDay by @robcrank68.bsky.social, here's #MrandMrs Cactus Wren sorting out the chores.

#photography #birds
November 23, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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birdingjohn.bsky.social
For #BirdoftheDay, here's a pair of mallards with maybe not the most harmonious of relationships...
#Mr&Mrs #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography 🪶
A male mallard, swimming, pecks angrily at a female mallard, standing on a floating log, trying to get her to move.
November 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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nb23.bsky.social
#BirdOfTheDay #Mr&Mrs #stunday
a pair of Canada geese face opposite directions on water that reflects the colors of nearby autumn trees
November 23, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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davemeredith.bsky.social
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Mr&Mrs. Here's two American Avocet with different things on their minds. The female is ready to mate. The males is preening as if preparing for a date.

#EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography
November 23, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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listermj.bsky.social
Rob's #BirdOfTheDay is #Mr&Mrs (any male & female of the same kind).
And the Alternative theme is #Pigeons.
Here's a male Mallard duck quacking away while the female ignores his nonsense 😀
(Easedale Tarn, Grasmere, Cumbria)
#birds #ukwildlife #nature #lakedistrict #photography #eastcoastkin
A close up in a side profile of a male and a female Mallard duck on the water of Easedale Tarn, near Grasmere, Cumbria. His head and body are facing the right of the picture. She is behind him facing the opposite direction. His head is various shades of bottle green, white collar, open yellow bill, maroon-brown chest, grey-brown wings, pale grey body. She is mainly a mottled brown colour with an orange and brown bill. There are ripples in the calm water around them
November 23, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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#Mr&Mrs Mallard, showing off their matching orange footwear.

#PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #BirdOfTheDay #SundayWalks
#ColorADay #OrangeSun
A pair of mallard ducks walking on a sandy path strewn with fallen leaves.
November 23, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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lizziewallis.bsky.social
Arctic terns bonding with a glass eel in the rain.

Today's #birdoftheday theme by @robcrank68.bsky.social is #Mr&Mrs.

I like photographing in the rain (or snow). It adds another layer of interest and atmosphere to an image.

#EastCoastKin
#birds
#birdphotography
#NaturePhotography
#UKBirding
Two mainly grey birds are sitting on a wooden deck. They have red legs, red sharp beaks, and black heads. The bird on the left is offering a small glass eel to the bird on the right, who is crouched down with an open beak to receive it. The background is streaked with rain.
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM