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Samantha
@silkunderground.bsky.social
she/her. making a potato allergy my entire personality. Chronically ill (POTS/MCAS/EDS) birder (NoVA) & classic film lover. no alt text = no interaction. (Please be patient with my brain fog)
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I've never done an introduction post, so: I'm Samantha from Virginia, love just about all of nature & taking pictures of it. Used to study biology & turtles but got stuck working in a dental office. Now I'm mostly housebound with chronic illness & watch classic film all day long! loves: 🍄🐝🕷️🪶🐢🐇🌼🌱🌫️🌧️📷🎥
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Twin Cladonia lichens. Having a chat, I think. Northwest Territories, Canada.
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends
December 8, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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A developing slime mold. The pic covers about 6” of height. Northwest Territories, Canada.
#slime #myxo #fungifriends
December 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
shady character
#birds
December 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
we're finally getting lots of yellow rumped warblers, I forgot how much I loved them
#birds
December 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
check out these cheeks
#birds #BirdButts
December 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
been having a rough time this weekend and I thought today was going to be better but now the new dog next door is howling non stop.
December 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
we ran into another big mixed swarm of busy feeding birds yesterday, and trying to photograph them got me a lot of great "photo of a place a bird used to be" shots for #PhotoFailFriday
#birds
December 5, 2025 at 10:19 PM
it snowed for a long time but there wasn't much to show for it at the backyard lake
#snow #landscape
December 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
what the heck! bibipins sale! btw you don't have to be disabled to shop there, they have stuff for abled people as well. everyone deserves stuff with bats on
It cost 0$ to share a Black disabled queer small business! It could lead to my next sale.

Get 10% off using code BIBIPINSSALEWEEK on almost everything in my store!! Ends TODAY at 11:59PM MST. I rarely have sales.

Store: Bibipins.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I'm warm inside with a pumpkin chai + espresso latte watching the snow, and not a single adrenaline episode today so far. so much better than yesterday 🌨️
December 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
it's snowing beautiful snow! here's a snow crow
#birds #corvids
December 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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tis the season ❄️🎄
December 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
my adrenaline has been at the surface all day and I've been set off a bunch of times, plus I went for a walk outside, so now I'm afraid of going to bed and not being able to sleep. I don't think I can handle it tonight #NEISVoid
December 5, 2025 at 3:37 AM
moments after a squirrel had a near death experience
#birds
December 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
pausing the hunt just long enough for a photo
#birds
December 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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a new #CouchBirding bird showed up this morning! unfortunately in one of the farther, more difficult to photograph trees.
#birds
December 1, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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folks, it's cold and wet out there. time to bring your crows inside.
#birds #corvids #mono
December 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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GRUMPY #WrensDay TO YOU!
#birds
December 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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December 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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northern flicker preferring to be heard and not seen
#WoodpeckerWednesday #birds
December 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
northern flicker preferring to be heard and not seen
#WoodpeckerWednesday #birds
December 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
December 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
GRUMPY #WrensDay TO YOU!
#birds
December 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Oenothera caespitosa, our Tufted Evening Primrose, blooming with spider in Boulder Canyon #nativeplants

#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to June 2 🌿
December 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM