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secondnaturemb.bsky.social
Still gong through the highlights of 2025. I'm still in February. We had some amazing #aurora evenings when I was up in Churchill guiding tours.
A huge wave or green light fills the sky behind a winter forest. The silhouettes of the stunted spruce are stark against the bright sky. A huge wave or green and red light fills the sky behind a winter forest. The silhouettes of the stunted spruce are stark against the bright sky. A huge wave or green and red light fills the sky behind a winter forest. The silhouettes of the stunted spruce are stark against the bright sky.
December 30, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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secondnaturemb.bsky.social
A solstice sunrise over Lake Winnipeg.
Looking out over a frozen snow covered lake about a half an hour into sunrise. The golden sun lights up the sky in a triangle just above the purple horizon before it disappears behind a bank of equally purple clouds. The snow gives everything kind of a marshmallow effect and tall grasses stand in the foreground to show where the land is.
December 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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muirhands.bsky.social
If you're crazy about bike riding it may be considered a cycle logical issue.
#DadJokes
a man in a suit is riding a bicycle with his legs up .
ALT: a man in a suit is riding a bicycle with his legs up .
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December 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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wordwatcher.bsky.social
I just have a feeling that it’s going to be a wonderful day.
Happy Wednesday, everybody.
December 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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secondnaturemb.bsky.social
I'm still going through my photos from this past year. These are from the Churchill aurora tours in February. I'm really looking forward to doing these are again in the new year. The town is right under the auroral oval, so your chances of lights are quite high.
An enormous concentric swirl of green light fills the night sky, lighting up the snowy river and spruce-covered hills below. A large series of swirls of green light fills the night sky. The snow and spruce-covered hills are bathed in the green glow while a person kneels next to two cameras on tripods in the right foreground.
December 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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dreamcatcher01.bsky.social
Sometimes you have to hold on to your place...
A brown Fox Squirrel is standing on a small branch while leaning against a tree. The background is blurry foliage.
December 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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amygann.bsky.social
The most adorable of hunters. A kestrel for the #birdoftheday theme of #SmallBirdsBigPersonality.

#kestrel #birds #birdofprey #raptor #nature #wildlife #protectnature #photography #EastCoastKin
A kestrel in the air after taking flight from a tree. It is looking in the direction of the camera in a brief moment as it was circling the area for small animals in the fields
December 8, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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secondnaturemb.bsky.social
A fluffy forest chicken (ruffed grouse) pecks away at dormant buds on a -25°C morning. There were two more poking around nearby. #birds
December 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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secondnaturemb.bsky.social
So this happened an hour ago. I don’t think I’ve seen red this deep in a long time. You could see it quite clearly with the naked eye. #aurora
A bright red curtain of light surrounded by green glow rains down from the sky behind the silhouettes of spruce trees A bright red curtain of light surrounded by green glow rains down from the sky behind the silhouettes of spruce trees A bright red curtain of light surrounded by green glow rains down from the sky behind the silhouettes of spruce trees. The light is reflected in the thin layer of ice covering the pond in the foreground.
November 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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secondnaturemb.bsky.social
A few more photos from tonight’s incredible #aurora. I’m fascinated by the amount of red light tonight. This is generated by oxygen molecules being excited by light plasma at least 600 km above the Earth. The green is also oxygen molecules, but much lower (100-250km). Definitely a great night.
A ribbon of green light topped with red swirls across the sky, high above the silhouettes of spear trees. The forest rims a barely frozen pond that reflects a bit of the light. Ribbons of bright, red and green light fill the sky behind the tall silhouettes of spruce trees. The red light is on top of the green. Looking straight up into the night, sky, green swirls of Aurora form of Phoenix, like image surrounded by red light that is glowing higher up behind it. Looking up into the night, sky, curtains of red and green light pour down from high in the atmosphere a start contrast of the silhouettes of trees.
November 12, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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secondnaturemb.bsky.social
I really need to get to bed, but I just poked my head out the back door again. This is the view from my deck. All of this is looking south. When the geomagnetic storms are like this, the oval overshoots me and stretches into the US, which is why so many are seeing it tonight. #aurora
A bright red glow reaches up into the darkness, illuminating the silhouettes of tall slightly scraggly, spruce trees Swirls of green and red light sweep down from the sky, lighting up the forest and contrasting against the Stark silhouettes of trees Dramatic swirls of green and red light swirl down from the middle of the sky, starkly contrasting against the bear of Poplar, tall Spruce trees. Still more dramatic curtains of light sweep down from above in sheets of green and red. The tall bear poplars and spruce spires our starkly silhouetted.
November 12, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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secondnaturemb.bsky.social
Happy Exploding Whale Day for those who celebrate :)
jlkavanaugh.bsky.social Dr. Jeffrey Kavanaugh 🇨🇦 @jlkavanaugh.bsky.social · Nov 12
55 years ago today, the Oregon State Highway Division had a whale of a problem on its hands. How it solved it is the stuff of legends.

In other words: Happy Exploding Whale Day!
The Exploding Whale: An infamous moment in Oregon history creates a strangely beloved icon
YouTube video by KATU News
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November 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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amygann.bsky.social
Bob always lost at hide-and-seek.

#birdoftheday #hiding #birds #egret #heron #nature #wildlife #protectnature #EastCoastKin
A great egret stands behind a tree with its head and tail visible
October 31, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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secondnaturemb.bsky.social
A rather regal-looking polar bear on the fall tundra. #mammals 🌿
A polar bear sniffs the air from where he is lying on the dry tundra moss. Pale grasses sway gently behind him.
October 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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secondnaturemb.bsky.social
A beautiful afternoon along Hudson Bay with a bunch of polar bears. It was much too warm for this time of year, so the bears were resting up and saving their energy. #mammals 🌿
October 28, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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secondnaturemb.bsky.social
Sunrise on the beach from a view that's never been possible before. Lake Winnipeg's levels are very low this fall and the strong south wind we've been having has pushed more water into the north basin, revealing sand bars I've never seen in 40+years.
The pale sun rises over the forested shore of a large lake. Waves are crashing in the distance, but the photographer is standing on a large sand bar that stretches out from the beach into the lake.
October 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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secondnaturemb.bsky.social
The northern lights put on quite a show last night. This was the view at the end of my driveway. #aurora
A curtain of green light sweeps up into the sky behind a silhouette of forest trees An arc of bright green light swooped across the night sky A ribbon of bright green light fills the sky and lights up the darkness behind the silhouette of a forested road A ribbon of not quite as bright green light and a bit of red swoops across the sky against the silhouettes of boreal forest trees
September 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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secondnaturemb.bsky.social
I almost missed the flareup, but the lights were back out for a while this evening. #aurora
Swirls of green light dance in the sky, and are reflected in the water of a pond surrounded by the dark black silhouettes of spruce trees
October 1, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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eric-lindahl.bsky.social
#nature #photography #butterfly #bugslife #redadmiral

Red Admiral Butterfly - Description in alt text
A Red Admiral butterfly sits on a cone flower, its many colored body stands out against the green background. The Red Admiral butterfly is easily recognizable by its striking black, red, and white pattern. The upper-side of its wings features a black background with prominent reddish-orange bands on the fore and hind wings, and white spots on the forewing tips. The underside of the wings is a mottled blue, brown, and black, with a pink-red bar on the forewing.
September 23, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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secondnaturemb.bsky.social
I was being watched last night while on my kayak. This large, healthy coyote was sitting on the breakwater and judging me :) I'm glad I had the big camera in the boat with me this time. #mammals 🌿
A large, fluffy coyote sits atop a pile of limestone boulders and stares placidly off into the distance. Dark green spruce trees in the background offset its pale fur nicely.
September 23, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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secondnaturemb.bsky.social
A fuzzy friend in the yard yesterday. The snowshoe hares are starting to change colour starting with their ears. I took this through a double-pane window so it's a bit blurry, but still cute. #mammals
A brown snowshoe hare with white ears, muzzle and legs sits in the tall grass on the edge of a fores.
September 20, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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amygann.bsky.social
An adorable bird of prey against a bright blue sky.

#birds #kestrel #raptor #nature #wildlife #photography #protectnature #birdoftheday #bluesky #EastCoastKin
A kestrel stands on a thin branch of a tree. Its back is to the camera, but its head is turned to look behind it
September 19, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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secondnaturemb.bsky.social
We were sort of cloudy yesterday evening, but the aurora still shone through. A few longer-exposures with the 'good camera'. #aurora
Sheets of green light ripple behind thin cloud and are reflected in a still pond surrounded by the black silhouettes of tall spruce trees. Sheets of green light ripple behind thin cloud and are reflected in a still pond surrounded by the black silhouettes of tall spruce trees. A few bright spots are really reflected in the water.
September 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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davidtothejay.bsky.social
Two local Sandhill Cranes telling me to back off. Sound up!

Love these #birds. They are young ones still getting color.
September 14, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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notdred.bsky.social
I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot
A bear in the wild, smiling and posing coyly
September 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM