Shoots Small
@shoots-small.bsky.social
Hobbyist photographer, birds and small things, introvert, wildlife fan, TV connoisseur, road trips, selectively bougie. All photos are mine. 🏳️🌈
Little bit of a stormy ride home tonight. 😬🤞
Storms over Nebraska as viewed from my sweaty SW window seat. 😂
Storms over Nebraska as viewed from my sweaty SW window seat. 😂
August 30, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Little bit of a stormy ride home tonight. 😬🤞
Storms over Nebraska as viewed from my sweaty SW window seat. 😂
Storms over Nebraska as viewed from my sweaty SW window seat. 😂
As much as I love Santa Cruz, nothing like being home.
Midwesterners are the best-iners. 🥰
Midwesterners are the best-iners. 🥰
August 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
As much as I love Santa Cruz, nothing like being home.
Midwesterners are the best-iners. 🥰
Midwesterners are the best-iners. 🥰
One of the crescents. 😂🦋
UCSC Arboretum
UCSC Arboretum
June 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM
One of the crescents. 😂🦋
UCSC Arboretum
UCSC Arboretum
A lil game of 'No, This Is My Rock'
Two, dueling Western Fence lizards. UCSC Arboretum. 🌿🦎
Two, dueling Western Fence lizards. UCSC Arboretum. 🌿🦎
June 23, 2025 at 1:59 AM
A lil game of 'No, This Is My Rock'
Two, dueling Western Fence lizards. UCSC Arboretum. 🌿🦎
Two, dueling Western Fence lizards. UCSC Arboretum. 🌿🦎
Bumbling on buckwheat. 🐝
Yellow-faced bumblebee coming and going on California buckwheat.
Yellow-faced bumblebee coming and going on California buckwheat.
June 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Bumbling on buckwheat. 🐝
Yellow-faced bumblebee coming and going on California buckwheat.
Yellow-faced bumblebee coming and going on California buckwheat.
Gray hairstreak.
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
June 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Gray hairstreak.
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
I haven't had a camera out in ages. What's the first thing I find today? 😐 It was a lovely, but itchy, lunch walk. 😂🌿
American dog tick. Male, I think...
American dog tick. Male, I think...
June 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I haven't had a camera out in ages. What's the first thing I find today? 😐 It was a lovely, but itchy, lunch walk. 😂🌿
American dog tick. Male, I think...
American dog tick. Male, I think...
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One of the wilder political things in recent history is that Project 2025 publicly released a 900 page document laying out their plans to roll back 100 years of human progress and then during the campaign Republicans just said "no we're not :)" and then they won and now they're doing it all.
April 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
One of the wilder political things in recent history is that Project 2025 publicly released a 900 page document laying out their plans to roll back 100 years of human progress and then during the campaign Republicans just said "no we're not :)" and then they won and now they're doing it all.
The Sierra's still looking good and wintery! 🏔❄️
April 18, 2025 at 11:57 PM
The Sierra's still looking good and wintery! 🏔❄️
Tent caterpillars enjoying their porch. 🐛🌿
April 9, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Tent caterpillars enjoying their porch. 🐛🌿
It is that time of year. 🫣😁🐞
April 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
It is that time of year. 🫣😁🐞
Lesser goldfinch. 🪶
Since we are getting rid of people's names in bird common names, can we do away with the "lesser" business, too?
Feels so....rude. 😁
Since we are getting rid of people's names in bird common names, can we do away with the "lesser" business, too?
Feels so....rude. 😁
April 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Lesser goldfinch. 🪶
Since we are getting rid of people's names in bird common names, can we do away with the "lesser" business, too?
Feels so....rude. 😁
Since we are getting rid of people's names in bird common names, can we do away with the "lesser" business, too?
Feels so....rude. 😁
Sidewalk borb. 🪶
CA Quail, UCSC Arboretum
CA Quail, UCSC Arboretum
April 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Sidewalk borb. 🪶
CA Quail, UCSC Arboretum
CA Quail, UCSC Arboretum
Napping or pollen drunk? 😁
April 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Napping or pollen drunk? 😁
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I am buzzing with excitement just back from another trip to see this spectacle! There is something profound about the great Sandhill Crane migration at the Platte River. Each morning is like tuning in live to nature’s crescendo—soft purrs in low light transform into a booming, prehistoric orchestra.
March 31, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I am buzzing with excitement just back from another trip to see this spectacle! There is something profound about the great Sandhill Crane migration at the Platte River. Each morning is like tuning in live to nature’s crescendo—soft purrs in low light transform into a booming, prehistoric orchestra.
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FUUUUUCK THESE MOTHERFUCKERS! You come for Bea, we ride at dawn!
Iconic Golden Girls actress Bea Arthur, who served in the Marine Corps, has had her contribution scrubbed from Department of Defence website
Web page about iconic Golden Girls actress becomes latest victim of DEI purge
Bea Arthur, who served in the Marine Corps, has had her wartime contribution scrubbed from the Department of Defence (DOD) website. The URL now reads "DEIBefore".
www.thepinknews.com
March 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
FUUUUUCK THESE MOTHERFUCKERS! You come for Bea, we ride at dawn!
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Also known as the candlestick bird, Candlestick Point in San Francisco is named for these shorebirds. 🪶 #BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsAreReal
February 28, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Also known as the candlestick bird, Candlestick Point in San Francisco is named for these shorebirds. 🪶 #BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsAreReal
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Hi, just a reminder that when you use Libro.fm for your audiobooks, you support independent bookshops vs. large corporations that drive them out of business.
We also pay taxes. And so do indie bookshops.
We also pay taxes. And so do indie bookshops.
February 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Hi, just a reminder that when you use Libro.fm for your audiobooks, you support independent bookshops vs. large corporations that drive them out of business.
We also pay taxes. And so do indie bookshops.
We also pay taxes. And so do indie bookshops.
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I usually do up-close macro photos of mushrooms, but sometimes it's fun to zoom out and show the whole scene I stumble across. This group of beautiful bright blue Mycena amicta caught my eye immediately as I came around a bend in the trail 💙🔵 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄🟫 🍄 📷
February 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I usually do up-close macro photos of mushrooms, but sometimes it's fun to zoom out and show the whole scene I stumble across. This group of beautiful bright blue Mycena amicta caught my eye immediately as I came around a bend in the trail 💙🔵 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄🟫 🍄 📷
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Iced gem sweet 🍬
January 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Iced gem sweet 🍬
Done!
call your assemblymember and let them know you want a public statement immediately stating that the great state of California does not respond to blackmail, but we will be perfectly willing to stop subsidizing red states with our taxes & agriculture if the President wants us to stand on our own
The president is conditioning federal aid for Los Angeles by demanding that California pass a voter ID law.
January 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Done!
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Hard truth for the Democratic Party: everything & everyone who led to this, from party leadership, the major consultants, the strategy, to the platform must all go.
There must be a total rebuild of the party, starting with funding, then policy.
This is a failure.
There must be a total rebuild of the party, starting with funding, then policy.
This is a failure.
January 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Hard truth for the Democratic Party: everything & everyone who led to this, from party leadership, the major consultants, the strategy, to the platform must all go.
There must be a total rebuild of the party, starting with funding, then policy.
This is a failure.
There must be a total rebuild of the party, starting with funding, then policy.
This is a failure.