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Bird (he/him)

@birdobserver.bsky.social

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Watching birds, reading books, and gazing into the void. Forever in solidarity 🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ ⬅️ Left politics 📸 Hobbyist photographer 🚫 AI/NFTs Opinions are my own.

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Bird (he/him) @birdobserver.bsky.social · Nov 17

Hi bluesky! I'm a hobby photographer looking for a place to share my work. Where are my bird, nature, and photography lovers?

#birds #birding #ornithology #photography #wildlife #nature #birdsky #michigan

A red-winged blackbird perched on a cattail, plucking seeds from the very top of the plant. The photo was taken in a marshy area.

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Bird (he/him) @birdobserver.bsky.social · Mar 18

I'm ready for the intensity of summer foliage again

#nature #photography #landscape #canon

A grassy path through a prairie landscape. The messy foliage is in full growth of mid summer with a mix of lush greens and yellows. There is a birdbox just to the left of the path.

Bird (he/him) @birdobserver.bsky.social · Mar 1

"A March morning is only as drab as he who walks in it without a glance skyward, ear cocked for geese.”

- Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There

#birds #birding #nature #birdsky #photography

A photo of Canada Geese flying overhead. The perspective of the photo is from directly beneath a V-shaped group of flying geese, with a clear blue sky background.

Bird (he/him) @birdobserver.bsky.social · Mar 1

It seems like I'm unable to message you on here for some reason, I'm not sure how Bluesky message restrictions work lol. Do you have this set intentionally? I can also ping on your store page if you'd prefer

Bird (he/him) @birdobserver.bsky.social · Feb 28

Hey! I have the original of this print and want to send you a picture of it framed. Do you still check twitter DMs? I see you have them closed on here

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Bird (he/him) @birdobserver.bsky.social · Dec 4

The treatment of Hughes' work is very reminiscent of the white-washing/de-radicalization of black intellectuals throughout history, and it's crucial to our understanding of US history to resist the watering down of their messages. Thank you for sharing!

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Bird (he/him) @birdobserver.bsky.social · Dec 2

Love these little birds

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Bird (he/him) @birdobserver.bsky.social · Dec 1

Do NOT listen to their directions they CANNOT read the trail map.

#birds #birding #birdsky #nature #wildlife #photography

A nuthatch sits on top of a trail marker. The background is lush green foliage.

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Bird (he/him) @birdobserver.bsky.social · Nov 28

An egret in the glow of sunrise.

#birds #birding #birdsky #nature #wildlife #photography

A photo of an egret, a large white bird with a long yellow pointed bill. It is a hazy yellow color from the bright morning sun. In the foreground of the photo is a clumped mass of lilypads floating atop a shallow lake. In the background are patches of open water with a few extra rafts of lilypads.

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Bird (he/him) @birdobserver.bsky.social · Nov 27

Future bound.

#photography #outdoors #nature #sunset #canon

A photograph of multiple layers of clouds, illuminated by the setting sun. Near the middle of the clouds in a bright patch is the silhouette of a plane flying into the horizon.

Bird (he/him) @birdobserver.bsky.social · Nov 25

A chipmunk atop a small overturned log. I'm already missing the weedy green plants and warm summer mornings!

#mammals #nature #wildlife #photography #canon

A photograph of a chimpmunk standing on top of a small log. The background is a weedy patch of tall grass. The image is a summery yellow and green from the rising morning sun.

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Bird (he/him) @birdobserver.bsky.social · Nov 24

To watch a sunrise is to observe a scene played out for billions of years. A moment to reflect on your place in our world, your place in time.

#nature #photography #sunrise #outdoors

A photo of a sunrise with thin overlapping layers of cloud cover, causing the sunlight to bleed through in deep orange, red and yellow. The upper layers of cloud are letting more bright light through, causing a highlighted segment of clouds to stand out and show more of a fluffy texture. The lower half of the image is a scene overlooking a calm lake, reflecting the colors above. A hazy dark green treeline shows in the distance at the center of the image. Fronds of a plant on the near shoreline loom in the immediate distance and are out of focus.

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Bird (he/him) @birdobserver.bsky.social · Nov 24

Yes!

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Bird (he/him) @birdobserver.bsky.social · Nov 23

This is in Northern US!

Bird (he/him) @birdobserver.bsky.social · Nov 23

Thank you! I edit my photos in a software called Lightroom to draw out a bit more of the colors

Bird (he/him) @birdobserver.bsky.social · Nov 23

A squirrel popped up from the other side of a boardwalk I was hiking on and posed for a quick picture.

#mammals #nature #wildlife #photography #canon

A squirrel standing at the very end of a wooden plank. The perspective of the image is low to the ground, and the planks to the left and right of the squirrel imply that it is part of a boardwalk. The background is tall fronds of marshy foliage.

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Bird (he/him) @birdobserver.bsky.social · Nov 23

Nice! I haven’t read the graphic novel version of that book yet. I don’t think I’ve heard of The Anomaly before

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Bird (he/him) @birdobserver.bsky.social · Nov 22

That was also the last time I read it. The language Steinbeck uses during the short interludes is cynical and straightforward, these are among my favorite parts of the book on my second read. I’d say you should give it another go!

Bird (he/him) @birdobserver.bsky.social · Nov 22

What is #booksky reading this weekend?

I'm working on these two!
1) The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
2) A Fire Upon the Deep - Vernor Vinge

#reading #classiclit #classics #literature

The book cover for The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. This cover shows a family overlooking a vast landscape. A procession of vehicles makes its way up a winding road through the valley and towards a ridge of mountains.

The book cover for A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge. A stylized, futuristic spaceport sits at the center of the cover in the foreground, with a galactic cloud of stars across the background.

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Bird (he/him) @birdobserver.bsky.social · Nov 22

The same to you!

Bird (he/him) @birdobserver.bsky.social · Nov 22

I think our interpretations are actually quite similar. I agree that we need new systems, new approaches to combating the societal ills facing the world (as you say, cultivating new apple trees). To do that though, we must understand the powerful individuals blocking progress (e.g. the worms).

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Bird (he/him) @birdobserver.bsky.social · Nov 22

The bad actors in this case being the billionaires, the fascists, and the politicians that fail to represent what people in the US actually want. You must change your perspective (e.g. split the world in two) and critically analyze the systems/powerful individuals that stall or reverse progress.

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Bird (he/him) @birdobserver.bsky.social · Nov 22

Those national divorce comments and some of the response calling MAGA voters worms is precisely why I added more thoughts to this thread. I do not believe that L. Hughes’ intention was to literally imply a splitting of society but rather to examine which bad actors are undermining society overall.

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Bird (he/him) @birdobserver.bsky.social · Nov 22

Good morning melon

Bird (he/him) @birdobserver.bsky.social · Nov 21

Watching an innocuous post I made about a poem I enjoy go viral and gaining 2,100 followers in one day

a man in a space suit with the word interstellar on the bottom right

Alt: A scene from the movie Interstellar showing an astronaut launching into space. The screen shakes from the G force of the liftoff.

media.tenor.com

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Bird (he/him) @birdobserver.bsky.social · Nov 21

Real 💯

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