Ben McWhiskers
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Ben McWhiskers
@rockymtnman.bsky.social
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This Echeveria is a survivor. I planted it a few years ago in the hottest part of my yard. It struggled for a couple of years, but never gave up. Now it's looking better than ever after another long hot summer. 🌱

#Echeveria #plantsky #gardening
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Robert Gillmor (British, 1936–2022)
"Aerial Manoeuvres", 2002.
Linocut Colour Print, 26 × 34 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
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Sorry for length of video but this was the start of my day on the Isle of May…
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Usually my "good morning" posts are calm farm scenes. So...here's some chill to make up for starting the morning with bad stuff.
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A mother great horned owl gives me the stink eye while perching on a fence at dusk in Longmont, Colorado, with her juvenile owl.

#bird #birds #owl #owls #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #great_horned_owl #great_horned_owls #owlet #owlets #wildlife
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A cooper's hawk give me the side-eye while perching in a dead tree at Roger's Grove Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado.

#BirdOfTheDay #SideEye #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #wildlife #hawk #hawks
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California Torreya (T. californica) fruit for #twosday. This California endemic conifer has a vulnerable conservation status.💚
Tree info. here...
calscape.org/Torreya-cali...

#Trees #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🌱🌲
(Off to the Sierras for a few days...pics soon!)
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when I say I’m a 🌶️ creator…

🌱🍽️
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#CropReport #Gardening #Harvest #Autumn #GrowYourOwn #Vegetables
🌱So pleased with fall squash. Wishing bounty to all. 😍
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Dug up the last of my garden veggies yesterday - fat little carrots that taste better after a frost. Now, my gardening season is officially done.

🌱 🥕 #gardening #Alberta
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After 10 years of trail cams and more than 100,000 videos of bears, elk, bobcats, deer, coyotes and miscellany - we finally have seen a cougar at our house. So magnificent! 🦊🐈

#caturday #cats #mountainlion #mammals #photography #trailcam #pnw #seattle #nature #love #power #goodmorning #nokings
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American black bear (Ursus americanus) in the spruce bog, Montana. Image made with a DSLR camera trap with a sensor and external flashes.
@camtraptions

#blackbear #bears
#Montana
#wildlife #mammals #nature
#Nikon
#natgeoyourshot
#cameratrap #cameratraps
#cameratrapping
#dslrcameratrap
#camtraptions
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OTD in '22: Our local 3-legged coyote (& friend) looking as thick and healthy as she ever has.

🦊🤕 #trailcam #cameratrap #backyardwildlife #NewEnglandWildlife #MAwildlife #photooftheday #CanisLatrans
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#Bobcat with some #insect and #winged friends. Best viewed full screen. #cameratrap

Hint: giant #cockroach scuttles by and a #bat is what causes kitty to jump! (Much better/longer/captioned/slo-mo video at X. Though short, too large to post here).
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Felidae recently photographed a puma moving through a mixed-use landscape (e.g. golf course, farm, preserve). With increasing habitat fragmentation, pumas like this individual are forced to navigate mixed-use landscapes, which include both natural and human-dominated areas.