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Beth Ferri
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Nerdy academic who likes the outdoors
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#Birds caught up with this gaggle of mergansers on my morning paddle
Group of mergansers (brown feathers on head, grey bodies, longish orange bill) swimming along shoreline Same One mature merganser with more prominent spiky head feathers
August 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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#FungiFriends taken in the Adirondacks (NY)
Black “half moon shelf type” mushroom with red outer ring. Several light brown (shelf) fungi on tree stump along water’s edge
August 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Osprey pair taken from below (from my kayak #Birds
Large osprey on high branch—watching over nest in next photo Osprey in its large nest perched atop dead tree trunk
August 5, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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#Birds recent sightings on early morning kayaks: 1) loon; 2) bald eagle; 3 merganser
Common loon swimming in lake with mist rising and boulder in background Bald eagle on tree limb of a white pine tree Brown headed duck in tree lined lake
August 2, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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#Birds look closely—I inadvertently caught a hummingbird that happened to fly by
Image of a placid blue lake framed by two birch trees and a green and yellow hummingbird flying by just as I snapped the photo
July 28, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Mama Junco & hatchlings in our Boston fern (photo taken from doorway and one thru the window). We have an agreement that each year we buy the ferns & each year we get a new nest 🪺 #Birds
Photo of dark eyed junco peeping out from its nest in a Boston fern Tiny baby junco recently hatched waiting for parent to come back.
June 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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#Birds my guess is Eastern Kingbird—do you agree?? Taken south of Syracuse, NY near pond and wetlands area
Large black headed bird with white belly and tail tip. Rest of bird is dark grey. Sitting on tree branch. Against blue sky with a few wispy white clouds
May 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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The “mushroom” house in Rochester, NY #FungiFriends
Mushroom colored and shaped house in wooded area. (Next photos taken a bit further back)
April 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Lovely day to ski
Photo taken looking up thru snow falling from trees against Bluesky! Sun shining thru snowy woods Photo of me wearing brightly colored clothes on skis Path thru winter woods
February 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Winter mushroom hunting—means you’ve got to look up! #FungiFriends
Two shelf mushrooms on a tree trunk—both topped with piles of snow
February 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Just a tree trunk with a #birds tattoo!
Photo of tree trunk with a pattern on its trunk that resembles a bird in flight
January 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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see a duck, post a duck #birds 🦆
Mallard Duck with emerald green head, grey feathers swimming in shallow lake edge
January 20, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Winter backyard #birds #cardinal #junco
Small plump dark grey bird with white belly & short yellow beak on snow Bright red cardinal on feeder against deep snow
January 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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I’m lichen the assignment
Large Boulder with orange lichen reflected on the lake below Same view further away to show large scale of the boulder
January 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Beautiful pair of loons on Eagle Lake (ADKs) #Birds #Loons #Adirondacks
January 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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#osprey #Birds
Large bird of prey with white breast and distinctive dark band across its eyes
January 7, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Shrooms on logs (part 2)
#fungifriends #🍄 #mushrooms
Fleshy orange and yellow stack of mushrooms on log Stack of light colored mushrooms—looks like pancakes Two mushrooms growing out of a tree Large golden mushroom growing out of hole in tree trunk
December 22, 2024 at 3:18 PM
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Shrooms on logs #fungifriends #🍄 #mushrooms
Grey mushrooms covering log Brown fan shaped mushrooms on log set against brown leaves Cream and brown striped fan shaped mushrooms on log laying on brown leaves Frilly brown stacked mushrooms in decayed stump
December 22, 2024 at 2:19 PM
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#FungiFriends 🍄 Location was central Adirondacks
Small blue tinted mushroom on white stalk Bright orange mushroom with shaggy white stem Grey flat mushroom cap with ridges around the edge Cluster of spongy domed mushroom caps with light tan crackled tops
December 2, 2024 at 9:13 PM
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So fluffy #birds
Juvenile hawk on tree branch against bright blue sky Front facing juvenile hawk on tree branch against bright blue sky
December 1, 2024 at 2:49 PM
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Here’s a new one #disability
November 23, 2024 at 2:14 PM
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Young flock of brown-headed merganser ducks swimming behind an adult (parent)
November 23, 2024 at 2:56 AM
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Egret & heron along the Erie Canal
Large snowy egret standing in shallow water with several branches in foreground Blue heron standing in greenish water with yellow leaves floating in the surface
November 23, 2024 at 2:50 AM
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#Bridges anyone?
Flower bridge arches with reflection in water. One arch with reflections of trees, buildings and bridge in water Reflecting arched “feet” of Flower bridge & brick building on water
November 17, 2024 at 3:20 PM
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Who likes to take walks in #graveyards? So many cool finds.
Close up of celtic gravestone “tile” with flower in the center. Stylized flower carving on gravestone
November 17, 2024 at 12:45 PM