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RB aka Ah Bee's Photography 📸 @rhapsodysblues.bsky.social · 19h

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RB aka Ah Bee's Photography 📸 @rhapsodysblues.bsky.social · 1d

Please help if you can. The situation is dire. All donations are welcome and greatly appreciated. Thank you! ❤️🪶

RB aka Ah Bee's Photography 📸 @rhapsodysblues.bsky.social · 5d

We urgently need help with groceries. I ran out of ingredients for any meals yesterday. If you can donate it would be greatly appreciated. Walmart gift card: [email protected], PayPal: [email protected]. Thank you very much! 🥹❤️🪶

Donate to Please Support Mom and Me Through a Crisis, organized by Megan Rowell

Through no fault of our own, Mom and I have lost a major portion of our income… Megan Rowell needs your support for Please Support Mom and Me Through a Crisis

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RB aka Ah Bee's Photography 📸 @rhapsodysblues.bsky.social · 1d

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Imperfectly Perfect by Wendy ™️ @silentartist66.bsky.social · 1d

Bathing swan cygnet
#photography #birds #swans

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Rosemary Brooks Photography @rmsbrooks.bsky.social · Feb 14

Valentine's Day! A beautiful pair of great egrets showing off their amazing breeding plumage.

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RB aka Ah Bee's Photography 📸 @rhapsodysblues.bsky.social · 1d

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Shawn Thomas Photography @understudy77.bsky.social · 1d

Just published my field review of the Nikon 600mm f/4. Not a pixel-peeper dive, more about how it actually performs chasing birds in real light and weather. Link in comments. #birds #wildlifephotography #nikon

blog.shawnthomas.art/nikon-600mm-...

Review: The Nikon Z 600mm f/4 TC

I love the Nikon 600mm f4, but the real question is do you need it? In this review we’ll look at real comparisons, the questions to ask yourself, and the tradeoffs that come with a sixteen thousand do...

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RB aka Ah Bee's Photography 📸 @rhapsodysblues.bsky.social · 1d

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 1d

Common grackle presents a gorgeous profile
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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 1d

Breakfast for an American Bittern, near the water’s edge yesterday morning. Looks like a bullfrog tadpole was on the menu.
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#TongueOutTuesday

If you look closely, you’ll see the bittern has its tongue out in this picture. This area is covered with water from the late fall through spring, but it’s quite dry with just a small stream running through at present.

Bullfrogs are not native to the refuge, so I have to admit that I do rather cheer for the birds keeping their numbers in check.

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RB aka Ah Bee's Photography 📸 @rhapsodysblues.bsky.social · 1d

Please help if you can. The situation is dire. All donations are welcome and greatly appreciated. Thank you! ❤️🪶

RB aka Ah Bee's Photography 📸 @rhapsodysblues.bsky.social · 5d

We urgently need help with groceries. I ran out of ingredients for any meals yesterday. If you can donate it would be greatly appreciated. Walmart gift card: [email protected], PayPal: [email protected]. Thank you very much! 🥹❤️🪶

Donate to Please Support Mom and Me Through a Crisis, organized by Megan Rowell

Through no fault of our own, Mom and I have lost a major portion of our income… Megan Rowell needs your support for Please Support Mom and Me Through a Crisis

gofund.me

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RB aka Ah Bee's Photography 📸 @rhapsodysblues.bsky.social · 1d

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David Element @davidelement.bsky.social · 1d

Little Egret Egretta garzetta No. 7 has returned to a small London park for the 6th consecutive winter #birds. Although 'he' (gender presumptive, but based on aggression against other Egrets) was only sighted occasionally during the first two winters he has ruled the roost ever since.

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Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 2d

The moment before a Great Egret makes a landing in the marsh.

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RB aka Ah Bee's Photography 📸 @rhapsodysblues.bsky.social · 2d

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 2d

The rapt attention of a Great Blue Heron with its eye on a small fish

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Close up of the head and bent neck of a large heron, its beak slightly open as it looks down at a rock in the water. It looks ready to strike.

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RB aka Ah Bee's Photography 📸 @rhapsodysblues.bsky.social · 2d

I'm so sorry for your loss. 🫂🤍🕊

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RB aka Ah Bee's Photography 📸 @rhapsodysblues.bsky.social · 4d

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Christine Beeton @christinebeeton.bsky.social · 4d

This hawk quietly flew over and landed on the fence of the wastewater treatment facility, looking for a snack in the grass. I was briefly considered and then dismissed as a snack.

#Birds #Raptors #Photography #BirdsOfPrey #Hawks #NaturePhotography #Birding #BirdWatching

A hawk sitting on a post of a wire fence covered in sharp blades. The bird is brown with a speckled white and brown belly. It is looking straight at the camera

A hawk sitting on a post of a wire fence covered in sharp blades. The bird is brown with a speckled white and brown belly. It is looking straight ahead

A hawk sitting on a post of a wire fence covered in sharp blades. The bird is brown with a speckled white and brown belly. It is looking in the grass behind it

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RB aka Ah Bee's Photography 📸 @rhapsodysblues.bsky.social · 4d

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Dennis Wilkinson @djwtwo.bsky.social · 4d

A Ruddy Turnstone on the rocks at Gooseberry Island in Westport, MA.

#photography #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #nature #masswildlife #westport #massachusetts #wildmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife

A photograph of a Ruddy Turnstone standing on a wet rock, with other rocks and some water behind it.

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RB aka Ah Bee's Photography 📸 @rhapsodysblues.bsky.social · 4d

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Enzo Giordani @enzogiordani.bsky.social · Jul 24

The world’s worst hide and seek player. 🪶🇳🇿

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Enzo Giordani @enzogiordani.bsky.social · Aug 15

“Guess who's back, back again?
The gannets are back, don’t tell any friends because I don’t want them turning up and getting in my way…”
- Eminem if he was a bird photographer 🪶🇳🇿

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RB aka Ah Bee's Photography 📸 @rhapsodysblues.bsky.social · 4d

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Enzo Giordani @enzogiordani.bsky.social · Aug 24

It’s easy to tell how close to Christmas we are by what the tūī are getting into. Right now it’s the Taiwanese cherry. Soon it will be the kōwhai. Then the harakeke. And after that it will be the pōhutukawa and you know what that means… 🪶🇳🇿

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Enzo Giordani @enzogiordani.bsky.social · Aug 29

I’m proud and over the moon to share the news that I’m a finalist in the Wildlife category of NZ Geographic Photographer of the Year 2025.

This is the big kahuna for Aotearoa wildlife photographers and a major goal I’ve been chasing for a long time. To achieve it is exceptionally special to me.

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Enzo Giordani @enzogiordani.bsky.social · Sep 6

A kuaka (bar-tailed godwit) greeting the dawn this morning. 🪶🇳🇿

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 4d

Fantastic mini-documentary on one of my favourite birds #birds

Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 4d

Two minutes of catbird fun! Including how they got their name. Plus the cutest baby

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Catbird Calls! And Fledglings

YouTube video by Get To Know Nature

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RB aka Ah Bee's Photography 📸 @rhapsodysblues.bsky.social · 4d

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Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · 4d

Blue-throated Goldentail from this morning at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica

I haven't seen these for a few months, so it was nice to spend time with this one. They're much more shy than the Snowcaps and I have to be stealthy when approaching them.

#hummingbirds #birds #nature

A small hummingbird perched on a slender branch with a bright red bill, shimmering green and blue feathers, and a blurred green background.

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RB aka Ah Bee's Photography 📸 @rhapsodysblues.bsky.social · 4d

Whew, that was close! 🤭

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