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birdnerd126.bsky.social

Seeking a simpler life. I love nature, especially birds. Love my rescue dogs, too. Working on project to re-wild and reforest 16ha of cattle pasture in Pacific Coast Panama (most to be protected long term as a private nature reserve). Also, I make typos �

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Happy #WorldOctopusDay to our marine friends with so many superpowers! Here just changing the texture of the body 🦑

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1/2 #MammalMonday The jaguar 🐆 (Panthera onca) is a big cat native to the Americas, renowned for its formidable hunting prowess. Unlike most big cats, jaguars are excellent swimmers and are known to hunt in water, preying on aquatic animals such as turtles and caimans. 🦊🦤🌍

submitted 155 days ago • 2 comments

Birders! Kenn Kaufman is doing a free talk over Zoom tomorrow on identifying sparrows, perfect as we enter peak sparrow migration season. (BSBO members can access the recording of this talk anytime after.) #birds #birding #sparrows www.bsbo.org/birds-at-hom...

submitted 155 days ago • 1 comment

Having trouble IDing this teeny fall migrant... seen yesterday in Rhode Island (sorry for terrible pics- it was foraging way up in the canopy in late afternoon) I thought maybe a Kinglet or Gnatcatcher but doesn't seem to match. Any ideas? 🤔 #birding #nature #birds 🦉 @melchio1.bsky.social

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Amegilla asserta, a native Australian bee.

submitted 379 days ago • 1 comment

This sums it up perfectly. It’s not a conversation.

submitted 373 days ago • 165 comments

🤩🤩🤩 🐸🌿

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This is why it’s so important that nesting areas are roped off and visitors respect the boundaries. Nature already makes it hard enough without the pressure from humans (direct and indirect) 🦉🌱

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Red-Tails might be a dime a dozen up north but it’s exciting to see a pair in courtship 😊 Here’s a sequence just as one was flying away- it’s hard to tell but it seems bigger so maybe that’s the female? 🧐 #Birds 🦉 #birdbot #ornithology #nature 🌿

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First Blue Birds of the year in South Kingston, Rhode Island today. This pair was definitely house shopping if not already moved in ☺️ #Birds 🦉 #nature 🌿 #birdbot #naturephotography @melchio1.bsky.social

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#birdbot

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Damnit 🧪🦈🦑🐟

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So surprised to see that what I thought were scaup turned out to be Ring-necked Ducks! As if the pair of Northern Shovelers wasn't excited enough- both lifers! (Plus: Coots and Ruddy Ducks... all in my home town!) #Birds 🦉 #Science 🌎 #photography 📸 #nature 🌿 #birdwatching @melchio1.bsky.social

submitted 362 days ago • 2 comments

Hopefuly people don’t get tired of seeing photos. 📸 #photography #wildlife #nature #canon

submitted 389 days ago • 4 comments

Lifer!! Back home in the freezing cold in RI, snow on the ground and to my surprise, what did I see? A Yellow-breasted Chat at the feeders, just outside our kitchen window! #birds 🦉 #nature 🌿 #naturephotography 📸 🌎 @melchio1.bsky.social

submitted 384 days ago • 2 comments

www.goodnewsnetwork.org/endangered-s... #birds #nature 🌎🦉🌿

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@melchio1.bsky.social it IS a lapwing 🤓

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Mushroom up on a cliff, right along a fairly remote cove. We noticed a lot less vegetation than in previous years and visits (mainly arid scrub/brush and cacti with some small trees).. so this fairly large fungi caught our eyes quickly. @melchio1.bsky.social 🌎 #nature #fungi #mushrooms 🍄

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Reposting a link to a camera trap survey from the Pacific coast of Panama. Jaguars, ocelots, armadillos, and some really cool birds! Please watch and share to help Panama Wildlife Conservation who is conducting these surveys 🤩 #conservation 🌎 #nature #endangered

submitted 399 days ago • 0 comments

Check out the new camera trap results the same corridor as our nature reserve project (🤞our project is of interest as they move northward). We hope to have an array of biodiversity studies conducted by Panama Wildlife Conservation! #conservation @melchio1.bsky.social 🥰🇵🇦 youtu.be/PRKZuHiO848?...

submitted 400 days ago • 1 comment

Guys, Amazon deforestation is down 50% this year! It's worth saying twice: Amazon deforestation is down 50% this year!!!!!!! 2023 was also the best year ever for reforestation and carbon reduction! We're doing it! We're really doing it! #ShareGoodNewsToo

submitted 448 days ago • 58 comments

This is the Grey Kingbird's 2nd attempt to toss and catch the berry, but it doesn't exactly work out that way... it watched it fall. Any ideas about this behavior? Could it be practice for catching flying prey items? (2/2) #birds 🦉🪶 @melchio1.bsky.social

submitted 403 days ago • 1 comment

My previous post tried to show the sequence of this Grey Kingbird playing catch with a red berry, all in one image- in hindsight it is easier to see with individual photos. (1/2) #birds 🦉🪶 @melchio1.bsky.social

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Starlings being hunted by a lone peregrine this afternoon at Frampton Marsh. #birds #starlings #peregrine

submitted 404 days ago • 3 comments