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Killian (he/they)
@aviankillian.bsky.social
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Extremely amateur hiker, birder, gardener, cyclist, and urbanist. Born and raised on Potawatomi Land (Huron Watershed), now exploring Arapahoe, Ute, and Cheyenne Land (living in the South Platte Watershed)
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aviankillian.bsky.social
Native Bombus chilling on a garlic flower yesterday. #insects #bees #gardensky
A bumblebee is sleeping on the burst seed pod of a garlic flower in a raised bed garden.
July 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
aviankillian.bsky.social
I don't enjoy this variety of #wordle.

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(I also don't enjoy lots of other stuff @nytimes.com does, but that's a different conversation...)
July 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
aviankillian.bsky.social
1) Great Blue Heron, 2) American Dipper, Mallard, and 3) Hooded Mergansers at Denver Audubon Kingery Nature Center.

🪶 #Birding #borbs #waterwednesday #coloradobirds #weirdducktime #naturephotography #iNat #wildlife #winter
A close-up shot of a Great Blue Heron stalking for prey in an icy river, standing on a wood plank with one foot tucked up. An American Dipper stands on the ice at the edge of a rocky river while a female Mallard swims nearby A pair of Hooded Mergansers (male and female) float near some cattails near the edge of an icy pond
February 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
aviankillian.bsky.social
This morning, within minutes of waking up I saw 6 or 7 species of birds, but I'm always happy to see our ride-or-die House Finches.

My 2025 resolution is to keep striving for a world where more people get to experience that feeling, whatever their version of "that feeling" is. 🪶

#Birds #Birdsky
A male and female House Finch (both small, streaky-brown bird with large beaks, the male with rusty head and chest) feast at a sunflower seed feeder in front of a wooden fence.
December 28, 2024 at 6:14 PM
aviankillian.bsky.social
Making up for some missed days with all my Fantasy (or in this case #SciFi) favorites in a row

11/20
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
November 25, 2024 at 5:29 PM
aviankillian.bsky.social
Making up for some missed days with all my #Fantasy
favorites in a row
10/20
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
The cover of the box set of the Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson. The silhouette of a robed figure stands in a swirling blue mist, in front of a cubist, grey-scale medieval city, with an imposing tower looming above all.
November 25, 2024 at 5:26 PM
aviankillian.bsky.social
Making up for some missed days with all my #Fantasy favorites in a row
9/20
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
The cover of the novel "Neverwhere" by Neil Gaiman, depicting a watercolor staircase transitioning from red to deep blue.
November 25, 2024 at 5:20 PM
aviankillian.bsky.social
Making up for some missed days with all #Fantasy favorites in a row

8/20
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
The cover of the book "Tigana" by Guy Gavriel Kay, depicting an ornate metallic shield.
November 25, 2024 at 5:19 PM
aviankillian.bsky.social
Say's Phoebe, Boulder County, CO

#birds #birding #nature #photography #naturephotography #coloradobirds #tyrantflycatchers
November 21, 2024 at 11:43 PM
aviankillian.bsky.social
7/20
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
The cover of the book "The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump" by Corey Robin
November 21, 2024 at 3:52 PM
aviankillian.bsky.social
5/20
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
#Linguistics
November 17, 2024 at 5:10 PM
aviankillian.bsky.social
American Tree Sparrow, Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Adams County, Colorado. Dec 10, 2023. 🪶

#birds #sparrows #nature #photography #wildlife #urbanbirding #colorado
An American Tree Sparrow, with head crest puffed up, looks out from the bare branch of a small bush. The background is blurred, but consists of a bluish lake and tan and brown grassy wetland shoreline.
November 16, 2024 at 4:30 PM
aviankillian.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Booksky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

4/20 (Nice)
The Covers of "What if?" and "What If? 2" by Randall Munroe, creator of XKCD. Subtitle: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions.
November 16, 2024 at 4:11 PM
aviankillian.bsky.social
Celebrating the arrival of #WeirdDuck Time today since I saw a flock of Buffleheads yesterday on the South Platte River/

1. Ring-Necked Duck Pair
2. Green-Winged Teal
3. Gadwall
4. Blue-Winged Teal

🪶 #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #Ducks #WildlifePhotography #Nature #ColoradoWildlife
A male and female ring-necked duck pair makes their way down a river A Green-Winged Teal stretches its right wing, showing off the green flight feathers A Gadwall floats upstream near a river bank A Blue-winged Teal dabbles for food near the edge of a shallow pond.
November 15, 2024 at 4:40 PM
aviankillian.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Booksky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

3/20
The Cover of the book "The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds" by Michael Lewis
November 15, 2024 at 3:45 PM
aviankillian.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. (3/20)

This one is a "hear me out" because the subtitle might suggest that it's a different kind of book than it actually is, but I promise it's progressive.

#Booksky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

3/20
November 14, 2024 at 6:38 PM
aviankillian.bsky.social
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay, Garden of the Gods Park, El Paso County, CO for #ThursJay.

#Birds #BirdPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #BlueskyBirds #Colorado
A blue scrub jay on a bare branch, vocalizing, in front of a background of red sandstone.
November 14, 2024 at 5:03 PM
aviankillian.bsky.social
Acorn Woodpecker in Topanga Canyon, California for #WoodpeckerWednesday! Observed May 31, 2023.

#Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography
November 13, 2024 at 5:20 PM
aviankillian.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Booksky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
#History

2/20
The Cover for the Book "The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity" by David Graeber and David Wengrow
November 13, 2024 at 3:42 PM
aviankillian.bsky.social
Green-Tailed Towhee, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, CO
🪶
#birds #birding #nature #naturephotography #colorado #nationalparks
A Green-Tailed Towhee stands on a dead branch, alert with his crest raised.
November 12, 2024 at 11:55 PM
aviankillian.bsky.social
Long-tailed Weasel, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. It found me, not vice versa. I was eating my breakfast near an alpine lake when I noticed a fuzzy tube standing bolt upright and staring right at me.

#nature #naturephotography #colorado #nationalparks #mammals #Colorado
A Long-Tailed Weasel with a brown head and back and a cream-colored underbelly poses on the edge of a medium-sized rock amid a pile of other rocks, with some alpine grasses in the foreground
November 12, 2024 at 9:02 PM
aviankillian.bsky.social
Denver loves these. Franklin @ Buchtel, Market @ Broadway, Yale @ University, 29th Ave @ the 5-way, Tejon @ 32nd, 11th @ Ogden, etc...
obcycler.bsky.social OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · Nov 12
"kill trap"
November 12, 2024 at 5:01 PM
aviankillian.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

1/20
The Cover of the book "Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond Productivity Culture" by Jenny Odell
November 12, 2024 at 4:18 PM
aviankillian.bsky.social
Northern Flicker, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Colorado. October 1, 2021.

#Birds, #BirdsofColorado, #Birding, 🪶
A Northern Flicker is perched on the bare branch of a dead juniper tree. It is facing away from the camera in front of vertical canyon walls, showing the speckled back feathers and characteristic red cheek patch.
November 12, 2024 at 3:41 PM
aviankillian.bsky.social
I only recently discovered the joy of being able to abandon a book I'm not enjoying because it was free.
ilisabat.bsky.social Liz @ilisabat.bsky.social · Nov 12
I know everyone says this, but the amount of STUFF libraries have available digitally is just breathtaking. My library system here in Baton Rouge has thousands of Udemy courses available. And they're free! They're so free.

Libraries are cool. Librarians are cool. Support your libraries.
November 12, 2024 at 2:09 PM