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E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky

@elizmanderson.com

...hypnotic writing tufted titmouse says you will write today

Writing & Editing @wrtrstat.bsky.social · Nov 25

Hypnotic writing bluejay says...You will write today! Write! #AmWriting Note to self. ...Keep Writing. ~ Life is full, but writing is fuller. Write something today. #Author #Writing #Writer #BookSky #AuthorSky Join #FirstDraftFall #WeeknightWriters
@weeknightwriters.bsky.social - Wrtr

Background photo shows a closeup of a different bluejay, sitting on an old tree limb. - Wrtr

November 26, 2025 at 2:55 AM

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Denise Wong

@denisewong.bsky.social

Puffin with Sand Eels,
Watercolour painting.

#Puffin #Sandeels #AtlanticPuffin #Birds #BirdsArt #Art #Watercolour #WatercolourArt #Painting #BirdsWallArt #ArtPrints #BirdsGiftIdea

November 27, 2025 at 3:25 AM

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Mark Robertson

@markrobbie.bsky.social

American Gothic 🔱 🪶
#artbutmakeitbirds

November 27, 2025 at 3:47 AM

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jreads65.bsky.social

@jreads65.bsky.social

Water birds spotted along the end of Lake Union in Seattle on a very damp, gray walk.
#birds #grebe #heron #gadwall #shoveler

Northern shovelers sleeping standing on a log.

Great blue heron stepping over a log at the lake edge.

Four gadwalls silhouetted in the lake, with a pied-billed grebe in the background.

November 27, 2025 at 3:50 AM

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Robert Winter

@llandysul.bsky.social

All plumped up against the weather #birds #winter #cymru

November 27, 2025 at 3:51 AM

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Donald Grimm, Ph.D.

@donaldgrimm.bsky.social

Great Blue Heron, Morro Bay State Marine Recreational Management Area, November 26, 2025.

More flora and photos:

www.inaturalist.org/observations...

#Bird
#Birds
#Nature
#Wildlife
#BirdsUS
#Heron
#Herons
#GreatBlueHeron
#MorroBayStateMarineRecreationalManagementArea
#MorroBayStateMarineReserve

Great Blue Heron, Morro Bay State Marine Recreational Management Area, November 26, 2025.

More flora and photos:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=dgrimmphd&verifiable=any

#Bird
#Birds
#Nature
#Wildlife
#BirdsUS
#Heron
#Herons
#GreatBlueHeron
#MorroBayStateMarineRecreationalManagementArea
#MorroBayStateMarineReserve

November 27, 2025 at 5:02 AM

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Bajarka

@bajarka1.bsky.social

Chętnie zjadają to, co z niego spadnie 😃
#birdwatching
#birds
#MyClick
Zięba (Fringilla coelebs)♂️

November 27, 2025 at 5:32 AM

Ursa Minor

@ursa--minor.bsky.social

Bourdon #beesarelife #nature #garden actif

July 31, 2025 at 1:40 PM

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Redstarman

@redstarman.bsky.social

For #Stunday

Small water droplets
Follow the leaf vein pattern
Suspended apart

#haiku #nature #photography #mobilephotography #artyear #PhotographersofBluesky #onlybeautifulthings #thelittlethings #photooftheday #Gregynog #powys #wales

June 29, 2025 at 7:19 AM

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Sparty®

@young-spartacus.bsky.social

'O2 and Shade'

On warm summery days like today, tall-tree canopies provide welcome respite from the sun - just don't forget to keep hydrated too!

Sparty 🚰

#EastCoastKin #Nature #ArtInNature #BlueSkyMonday
#PhotoHour #StormHour #Art #ArtYear #Photography #LLJP
#RuralPhotography #Travel

June 30, 2025 at 10:49 AM

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Andrew 📷

@vixcomplex.bsky.social

Sunset Encounter
- A California Scrub-Jay hopped only a few feet away from me to get a portrait
5-2025

Details in ALT

#BlueSkyMonday
📷Sony a6300
#Photography #Art #ArtYear #写真 #風景 #Foto #Fotografia #Bluebird #Birding #WildlifePhotography #SonyAlpha

This shot captures a beautiful California Scrub-Jay in perfect golden hour lighting - the warm sunset glow creates the atmosphere that makes the bird's brilliant blue plumage absolutely pop against the golden grassland backdrop.
you can see every feather, from the striking cobalt blue wings and tail to the soft gray-brown head and pristine white chest. The bird's alert, intelligent expression and that characteristic black eye stripe give it such personality and presence in the frame

June 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM

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Annie Shao Art

@annieshaoart.bsky.social

Currently, I'm painting another small Sax-Zim Bog resident, but here's a Boreal Chickadee I did last year. I've only seen one once, but it made a lasting impression! Such an adorable bird.

#BirdArt #SciArt #FineArt #ArtYear #Watercolor

Detailed watercolor painting of a boreal chickadee perched on a horizontal branch with moss and snow. The small bird is quite round with a dark brown cap, white chest, rusty sides, and black tail and wings. The background is muted green, suggesting forest.

June 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM

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Annie Shao Art

@annieshaoart.bsky.social

With such a rainy day, I'm longing for some color! I like adding a splash of vibrancy to little brown birds like this Lincoln's sparrow by painting colorful native wildflowers.

#BirdArt #SciArt #ArtYear #FineArt #Watercolor

Detailed watercolor painting of a Lincoln's sparrow perched on a bent-over purple prairie clover. The bird is small with brown and black streaks. The background is a field of purple prairie clovers in tall grass.

June 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM

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Annie Shao Art

@annieshaoart.bsky.social

Happy Monday! Here's a pygmy nuthatch doin' nuthatch things

#BirdArt #SciArt #ArtYear #FineArt #Watercolor

Detailed watercolor painting of a pygmy nuthatch hanging upside down on a ponderosa pinecone.

June 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM

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Annie Shao Art

@annieshaoart.bsky.social

One of my favorite paintings from last year! Saw-whet owls are so adorable ❤️

#BirdArt #SciArt #Watercolor #FineArt #ArtYear #AnimalArt

Detailed watercolor painting of a northern saw-whet owl perched in the crook of a cedar branch. The little brown owl's body is shown from the side, but its head is turned facing front, showing both its large amber eyes.

June 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM

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Annie Shao Art

@annieshaoart.bsky.social

We had a Connecticut warbler fallout at the end of May, so this is my month's #NearbyNature2025 entry. These beauties are extremely skulky and very hard to spot. They prefer to run on the ground rather than fly, which doesn't help!

#BirdArt #SciArt #ArtYear #Watercolor #FineArt #AnimalArt

Detailed watercolor painting of a Connecticut warbler singing while perched on a lichen-covered branch. Evergreens are faintly in the background.

June 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM

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ちろ助

@chirosukemaron.bsky.social

⚠️カエル注意⚠️ その3
ウォーターフォードホワイト紙中目F2
#水彩画 #透明水彩 #watercolor #アマガエル #アガパンサス

June 30, 2025 at 12:26 AM

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Andrew M Smith Art

@andrewmsmith.bsky.social

John Singer Sargent - American Artist (1855-1924)
Atlantic Storm
Oil
1876

#artwork #artist #fineart #contemporary #painting #drawing #art #oilpainting #oil #outdoorlandscapepainting #landscapeart #waves #storm #sea #amsart

November 28, 2024 at 3:43 PM

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Tisha Mark

@tishamark.com

Sharing a new painting inspired by one of my favorite places on Cape Cod for today’s #BlueSkyArtShow theme #GetOutside

Tisha Mark ©2025, A Day to Remember, oil on linen, 16"x20"

Original is available:
tishamark.com/shop

#art #painting #bsnm

Original coastal marsh oil painting by Tisha Mark, "A Day to Remember" 16"x20" oil on linen (2025). This vibrant Cape Cod inspired painting has a summery light blue sky with atmospheric pink cloud formations over a peaceful coastal marsh. The textured marsh grasses are green and a calm ocean is visible in the distance.

June 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM

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Ksenia Zimenko

@zimeksa.bsky.social

Some portals to other worlds for you to step into✨🌿🌙🍂
Embroidery with beadwork skies
Pieces from 2023
#embroidery #hoopart #beadwork #artwork #landscapeart