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Tim H

@timhopper.bsky.social

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Content creator (hobbyist). Amateur ornithologist. Conservationist. Sometime whistle player. Audiobookworm. Esperantist. He/him. Kent, England ❤️🌳⭐⭐ 🔗 @mybirdcards.com

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Birds of the world 🌍🦜 @mybirdcards.com · 27m

Name this bird! 🤔 (See alt-text for clue) 🌏 #NameThisBird #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜

"I am an Australian cockatoo, instantly recognizable by my vibrant rose-pink face and chest contrasted with my grey wings and back. I am highly social and often seen foraging for seeds on the ground in large flocks across open woodlands and farmlands." What bird am I? 2.5 Flash (Edited)

📷: Photo by pen_ash via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/users/pen_ash-5526837/

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Someone else @umi2025.bsky.social · 5h

Banded and unbanded Florida Scrub Jays

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Paulo H Silva 📸🍉 @paulohs69.bsky.social · 9h

Good morning Bluesky!
For #BirdOfTheDay theme #spotted

Athene cunicularia / Burrowing Owl

#birds #birdsoftheworld #nature #birdphotography #naturelovers #wildlife #beauty #NaturalBeauty #urbanwildlife #birdnerd #Birding #Wildlife #Photography #NaturePhotography

A photograph captures a close-up view of a burrowing owl perched on a tree branch, its piercing gaze directly confronting the viewer. The owl is the clear focus, centered in the frame, with the image taken at eye level, creating an intimate connection. It's perched on a textured tree branch, with its body angled slightly towards the viewer, suggesting an alert and watchful stance. The background is softly blurred, allowing the owl to stand out. The composition is well-balanced, with the branch providing a grounding element and the owl occupying a significant portion of the frame. Branches and leaves frame the owl from the top, adding to the overall composition.

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Birds of the world 🌍🦜 @mybirdcards.com · 23h

🌏 Australian Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia castanotis) #AustralianBirds | #AustralianZebraFinch #ChestnutEaredFinch | #ZebraFinches #EstrildidFinches #Finches #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by TaniaVdB🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜

🌏 Australian Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia castanotis)

The Australian Zebra Finch, also known as the Chestnut-eared Finch, is a small bird native to Central Australia. Males are more colourful, featuring orange cheek patches, black-striped chins, and spotted chestnut flanks; females are plain gray. They are widely distributed across the drier, central 75% of mainland Australia. These highly social, diurnal birds live in large flocks, mate for life, and breed in loose colonies, often following rainfall. Males are known for their complex songs. 2.5 Flash (Edited)

Fun fact: Unlike most birds that scoop water and then tilt their heads back to let gravity help them swallow, the Zebra Finch uses a unique technique: they can sip and swallow water directly and continuously, allowing them to hydrate quickly.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

📷: Photo by TaniaVdB via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/photos/animal-bird-branch-zebra-finch-5649743/

BVNQ

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John Locke @jlocke4101.bsky.social · 17h

The usual trio of American Crows chatting it up in the tree.
#birds

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Emyr Wyn Jones @emyr-wyn.bsky.social · 11h

It’s that time of year again . . . Skein of Pink Footed Geese over my #Doncaster garden just now.

#Autumn #Migration #WildGeese
@rspb.bsky.social @mybirdcards.com

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RiddleyThomas @0ffkilter.bsky.social · 1d

Open hand
I scatter seeds
Of broken dreams
Melancholy husks
Of dashed hopes
Slowly dying
shades of grey
Withered now
I watch them
gently as
they fall
Torn yet never
to be born
Water with
my #ashen tears
I watch
them float
Upon my
sorrowful garden
Of a life never
sown
#vss365 #Photography

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jen @jenzsky.bsky.social · 14h

Casting a sideways glance…curiosity or annoyance!
(Nankeen Night-Heron)

#BirdOfTheDay #birds
#spotted #birdphotography

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Tim H @timhopper.bsky.social · 13h

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Tim H @timhopper.bsky.social · 13h

I'm fairly impressed with this phone shot of the moon I took this morning. Considering that I didn't use a tripod, and it's three years old, not bad, eh?! 🌕 #Moon #Kent #England

A cropped and "unblurred" photo of the moon taken on a mobile phone. The "Seas" are clearly visible as the darker areas, and Tycho crater is the bright spot 😎

The photo "unblurred" using the phone's editing software.

The raw photo. Not much difference, to be honest.

The moon as I first noticed it. It's the small white spot towards the centre.

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Denise A. Johnson Photography @denisephotography.bsky.social · 1d

A female summer tanager watches some birds below, wondering what all the fuss is about.
#birds #birdphotography #birdsoftheworld #naturephotography

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H. HOSSAMELDIN @hanyhossameldin.bsky.social · 1d

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#bird #oiseaux #nature #capture #naturephotography #naturelovers #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #planetbirds #waterbirds #wildlife #art #photography #photographie #foto #bluesky #PhotographersOfBluesky #heron #fish
@mybirdcards.com

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BC_Gemma @bcgemma.bsky.social · 1d

The Isabelline Wheatear at Ballinclamper, Co. Waterford, today. #birds #rare #BirdsSeenIn2025

Isabelline Wheatear standing on seaweed on a beach - a rare vagrant to Ireland, much paler than the commoner Northern Wheatear.

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john.in.chicago @john-in-chicago.bsky.social · 21h

A Finch in the bright sunshine on birdcam.

#birds

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Birds of the world 🌍🦜 @mybirdcards.com · 23h

Australian zebra finch - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Adam @atmylifeoutside.bsky.social · 1d

Another image from the very showy Goldcrest down at Wiseman’s Bridge over the weekend. A touch of noise reduction and sharpening required but otherwise straight from the camera. #birdingWales #birds #UKWildlife #photography #birdPhotography #birdsoftheworld #wildlifePhotography

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Tempus_Fugit @tempus-fugit0.bsky.social · 1d

Early morning sparrow

#birding #birdsoftheworld #birds

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Birds of the world 🌍🦜 @mybirdcards.com · 2d

Name this bird! 🤔 (See alt-text for clue) 🌏 #NameThisBird #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜

"I am a medium-sized, strikingly colourful waterfowl native to East Asia. The male (drake) is particularly distinctive, sporting a red bill, large white eye-crescents, and a dramatic set of 'sails' (upright feathers) on its back. I am often kept in ornamental collections and zoos around the world. What bird am I?" 2.5 Flash (Edited)

📷: Photo by darrenquigley32
https://pixabay.com/users/darrenquigley32-3157383/

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Birds of the world 🌍🦜 @mybirdcards.com · 1d

Answer: Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) 🌏 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜

Mandarin duck - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Debbie Crochets @debbiecrochets.bsky.social · 26d

I sell my crochet to support my dogs,& pay down the vet bills.This was Karina in Nov. $6k emergency surgery. Then Scooby had surgery in Aug. $3500. and Spice w/arthritis meds. Your gifts are greatly appreciated. Thank you throne.com/debbiew Or visit My shop Debbie Crochets debbiecrochets.etsy.com

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Tim H @timhopper.bsky.social · 1d

Ditto! 🙂 Sad story 😔

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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 1d

Estonia viz mig was incredible this morning thousands of small birds like this Long-tailed Tit of the ‘cordatus’ white-headed form. Other species include blue and Great Tit, Chafffinch, Brambling and Jay moving west! #birdsoftheworld

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Bobbitworm (AllanM) @opengtuning.bsky.social · 1d

One of these 🙂

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Debbie Crochets @debbiecrochets.bsky.social · 1d

Stitches for my bitches. Proceeds of crochet sales goes towards my dogs vet bills. Thank you. 40-inch Crocheted Door Draft Stopper Snake: debbiecrochets.etsy.com/listing/4383...

40-inch Crocheted Door Draft Stopper Snake: https://debbiecrochets.etsy.com/listing/4383112412Colorful Dorm Decor https://etsy.me/4h2MmrZ via @Etsy

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The Doctor of Spooktober Past @lucidillusions.in · 1d

A close up of Red-Wattled Lapwing for #ColorADay theme: #RedWed

#Nature #Wildlife #EastCoastKin #Birds 🪶 🌿🖌️ #PhotographersOfBluesky #Photography

Close up of a bird, with red beak, and a black tip. it has red color wattle, black cap and neck, white area behind the ear and also the chest. wing is mustard-ish in color. the bird has red eyes and black pupil

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