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Derrick
@timber-n-tectonics.bsky.social
Academic geoscientist based in Australia, enjoys nature photography, science, and woodworking.

Photos are my own unless reposts.
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New to BSky, thought I'd start with a recent #photo I took while taking a break from field work in #Sequoia #NationalPark.
Fleabane in the late afternoon today. Usually at this time of year it starts to dry up and go dormant or at least die back.

#photography #flowers #gardening
December 24, 2025 at 9:50 AM
A festive plant in New Zealand.

#holidays #nature
December 24, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Early morning from Moro Rock in the Sierra Nevada. Reminds me of a perched bird of prey.

#photography #rocks #SequoiaNP #California #SierraNevada #NationalParks
December 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This is the most common rock on earth, yet it is rare at the surface. It is a piece of Earth’s mantle. It is called peridotite. This one contains olivine (light green, aka peridot), chrome diopside (deep green), and enstatite (nearly black).

#science #geology #rocks
December 23, 2025 at 8:26 AM
A giggle of galahs having dinner yesterday. #BirdOfTheDay for #Grounded

#birding #birds #parrots #photography
December 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Took the kids shopping for the holidays today. Tricked them into walking through the botanic gardens on the way back to the car.

#nature #trees #photography #macro
December 22, 2025 at 6:21 AM
They’re really unsure about my dog and I.

#parrots #birding #birds
December 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
My wife saw this hive and sent me a similar photo, so I had to go and check it out myself. I’m standing less than a meter from it and extended my arm to get as close as I felt comfortable. Thankfully, bees here are fairly docile.

#bees #Adelaide #photography #nature
December 21, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Working on salsa today!
December 21, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Big Cottonwood Canyon, #Utah in October.

#photography #nature #mountains #FallColor #trees
December 21, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Captured this #butterfly while working in the garden today. Spent a while chasing it around. Luckily for me it kept returning to the same flowers making it easier to get close.

#gardening #flowers #photography
December 20, 2025 at 10:09 AM
My addition to the long necks and beaks theme for #BirdOfTheDay

#photography #birds #flamingos
December 19, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I love #summertime. One more day to go…unless you’re Australian and then it started 20 days ago.

#flowers #bloom #bees #gardens #photography
December 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I spent quite a long time trying to find just the right set of trees that I could take this specific shot.

La Sal Mountains, #Utah

#photography #trees #nature
December 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Fern frond shadows, #Fiordland NP.
#NewZealand #photography #nature
December 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Emu chicks looking for food with dad in the Flinders Range, #Australia.

#nature #birds #birding #photography
December 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM
December 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
These irises are tiny, but look like any ordinary iris. They are maybe 2 cm across…maybe. Don’t believe me, see below.
#flowers #nature #photography
December 17, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Working from home today. Here’s my little wildcat.

#cats
December 16, 2025 at 10:54 PM
A carving I completed last year of a columbine in a gothic style quatrefoil. Carved in American cherry and framed with hard maple.
#woodcarving #woodwork #art #flowers
December 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I think I took this from the Lake Gunn viewpoint. It is definitely from #Fiordland NP in New Zealand.

#photography #NewZealand #mountains #nature
December 16, 2025 at 11:17 AM
A magpie-lark on a dead palm leaf. They were having a face off with a noisy miner.

#birding #birds #photography #UrbanWildlife
December 16, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Kangaroo Paws opening up at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens.

#photography #flowers #gardening
December 16, 2025 at 4:48 AM
One more of this Tawny Dragon from Kangaroo Island.

#phitography #lizards #reptiles #nature #SouthAustralia #NationalParks
December 15, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I really like the Ginkgo entrance at the local botanic gardens in Adelaide.

#architecture #photography
December 15, 2025 at 8:10 AM