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Mark Robertson

@markrobbie.bsky.social

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Aviangelist. Married chap. English teacher. Apprentice to Jesus. Other stuff. They will also know us by our mirth.

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 6h

Thank you Dr. Patrick! I have a Canon 100-400mm USM mk. II lens :)

Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 18h

Ahh, the hunt for a red October:)
Love it!

Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 18h

He then flew some loops directly above me.
And l imagined a world where we're all assigned a raptor at birth that scouts for us, looks out for us, hunts for us, and then perches on our (thickly gloved) forearm
to rest 🪶

The Red-tailed hawk's underside, wings extended head coked to the left, in a bright blue October sky

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 22h

Here he is, not two yards from my left ear. The camera couldn't focus in enough. I had a paroxysm of reptilian terror #birds

The bird in two long frames, both slightly out of focus and extremely close to the camera

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 22h

A split second before he flew not two yards from my left ear #birds

Same bird in a leaping take of both wings flapped downwards, eyes in the same direction as when he was perched

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 22h

A couple of seconds before he flew not two yards from my left ear #birds

Pretty close close-up of a red-tailed hawk posed and looking intently from his perch of a black fence

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 1d

Such whimsy! Thanks, friend

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 1d

Hahaha yes. But I think my bird brain's the bigger issue

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 1d

Totally. Same gravitas too

Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 1d

And shirt and shorts and sand on the camera :)

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 1d

Lord knows I did

Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 1d

"GET OFF MY DUNE, BRUH" 🪶

Same whimbrel on the sand dune moments before takeoff, beak parted, exposing the long sloping pink of his gullet. Looks grumpy

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Peter Nguyen @dptbirder.bsky.social · 1d

A life endlessly being stared down upon by birds is a life worth living 🥰✌️

Plumbeous Vireo 📷🌿🪶

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 1d

Whimbrel in go-mode.
Love the intricate mottling of their feathers #birds

Variegated brown and beige shorebird with a sizable sloping beak, taking off off of a sand dune, both wings down

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 2d

It'll be okay 🪶

Snowy Egret on a chucked up slab of concrete in the same wash, more of those wild bulrushes and bottlebrushes flaring up behind them

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 2d

🎵 where the storm sludge flows and this shorebird chases my blues away 🪶

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 2d

I've got friends in low places
#birds

Night Heron perched on some shale like rocks in a storm wash, lots of weedy plants behind him—most notably a smattering of yellow bottlebrush flowers

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 2d

Such a cute recluse. Always a gift when they branch out a bit 🪶

Yellow masked bird on a wood fence looking up, a splotchy vaguely autumnal scene behind him

Same post but a clearer image of the whole bird, sweetly pondering his next move

Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 2d

Fun to see this introverted lil swamp thing hopping about town #birds

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 3d

Sail on, Dinosaur,
sail on by...
Your time has come to shine
all your fish are on the way... #birds

Brown Pelican—but with gray plumage now, and a white neck and pate pelican—gliding by tonight's waxing gibbous moon

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 4d

That's how it be 😅

Such a gift when they're undeterred by us and just waddle right near

Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 4d

So fun that he pays y'all little tea time visits

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 4d

I love October so much—the gentler light and rich color

Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 4d

Yesterday evening was a rhapsody in purple 💜🪶

An Allen's hummingbird turning and approaching a beautifully blooming stem of Mexican sage

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 4d

🪶 The Usual Suspects 🪶

A line up of four white-headed and gray-backed Brown Pelicans, with one blacksheep pelican in the background