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Mstreefrog

@mstreefrog.bsky.social

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Sandy 💙 in a red county of a blue state. Retired and enjoying hiking, photography, cooking, and crafts. Two 🐈 and a standard 🐩 Planning jaunts around the PNW.

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 1h

Happy #Caturday
Oscar is a large tabby, but lives with a standard poodle 🐩 that prefers her water and food dishes at a height allowing even a large cat to tuck himself beneath.
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Water dishes are set upon a rubber boot tray and beneath these two dishes a tabby cat has tucked himself under looking pensively with his green eyes and long white whiskers.

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 2h

Trying out a new camera lens in the backyard yesterday evening when a goldfinch visited the birdbath mere feet away.
#Birds
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A goldfinch, just beginning to show yellow around its face, otherwise a buff brown with black tipped wings poses on the edge of a birdbath.

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 2h

Thank you so much 😊 I’m always so excited to see them… This one and I spent quite some time together.

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 2h

Great shot, spot on the theme.
I was gobsmacked the first time I saw this behavior. 😳 I mean, don’t you feel like they could choke to death doing such a thing?

Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 5h

Thank you! Yes, it seems to be standard operating procedure 😁

Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 5h

Thank you, Alan. The Steller’s are the larger of the two jays that come for peanuts, but the most skittish and shy as well. Guess they want to make the trip count! 😄

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 5h

Thank you, Rob

Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 5h

A full profile of (surely the last) praying mantis of the summer for
#ColorADay #GreenSat
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A bright green praying mantis on the lawn near the garden hunting for insects. I’m not certain but I’m guessing this is a female.

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 6h

This Steller’s Jay, if you look closely, has managed to fit a peanut in shell down its throat, and a second in its beak. And I think it’s eying a third! 🥜
#BirdOfTheDay #Beakful
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A Steller’s Jay, blue and black with a rakish crest on its head, gets as many peanuts 🥜 as possible to carry away.

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 6h

#Glow

A Cosmos blossom, wet with dew, glows in the morning light.

#BlueSkyArtShow

The image shows a bright pink cosmos blossom from the back, lit by sunlight with dew on the petals at the upper left. Green sepals radiate a star-like pattern.

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 6h

A hummingbird in Autumn

#BlueSkyArtShow #Glow
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