betsy cooley

@betsycooley.bsky.social

Amateur photographer in San Francisco Bay Area, mostly nature, birds, sunsets and landscapes. Love the outdoors, reading and local food scene. Also, curious about and fascinated by weather☔️, the sky🌙 and volcanoes🌋.

I should be clear that the architecture of Bluesky makes it the social media place I most like to be. I'm not on social media to be an influencer or instigator; I want to hang out with folks and have an enjoyable time. This place delivers on that. I hope it continues to do so for a long time.

It was just after sunrise and the junior Merlin’s were already busy performing their aerial acrobatics and chatting about it … loudly! KEE KEE KEE! This young one was very proud of its feathers and wanted to show them all off! #Birds 🪶

A young Merlin, hatched this year, flys directly at us calling. 
It’s early morning and the low sun bathes the Merlin in warm light. It’s flying at us with its wings spread and its tail flared showing its beautiful brown, black and white horizontal bars!

I want to thank all of you for your posts. It is because of you that I get to see places I'll never get to go, to see familiar things in a new way. I love the odd, interesting and unique you bring to my life. You make my life better. Thank you.🎶💜