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Eric Auer Lee

@ericauerlee.bsky.social

former journalist, current full-time enjoyer of birding, tea, chess and football (soccer). my wife says i’m a 70-year-old British man in a 20-whatever American boy body #MizzouMade living in Minneapolis and with a soft spot for the Coulee Region

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Eric Auer Lee@ericauerlee.bsky.social · last wk.

one of the first photos i ever took of birds still love the way he’s holding on with only one set of talons and the other is curled into a fist of sorts #ThinPerches #BirdOfTheDay 🪶

A male American kestrel perches on a small branch. It is grasping the branch with just one set of talons
Helen Bennett 🌿@helenbennett.bsky.social · last wk.

Have you spotted a bird perched on a thin perch, relative to the birds size? Well that's today's #BirdOfTheDay theme: #ThinPerches Like this beautiful male Stonechat, wobbling away on a slender fragile dried stem, he almost fell off! 😊📷 🪶 Alt: #BuntingBirds any bird with Bunting in their name! 🤎👋

A photograph of an adult male European stonechat perched on a thin, dry frond of bracken against a blurred pale green background. The bird is facing slightly right, looking toward the viewer with its body angled forward. It has a distinctive jet-black head, a bright white half-collar on the side of its neck, and a rich, orange-chestnut breast that fades into a pale belly. Its wings are dark brown with lighter feather edges, and it has a small silver scientific tracking band on its right leg. The bird was wobbly on the fragile perch he did not stay put for long.
Eric Auer Lee@ericauerlee.bsky.social · 2w ago

so many to choose from for #iridescence. almost went with a tree swallow or a grackle, but i feel partial to mallards #BirdOfTheDay 🪶

Portrait of a male mallard sitting on the log, with the sun making its head shimmer
Rob Crank Photography@robcrank68.bsky.social · 2w ago

Good morning folks. Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Iridescence, any bird with colour changing plumage. The Alt theme is #Mothers, any female bird. Check the Alt Txt on the female Mandarin for the reason for that Alt Theme. #birds #ECK #photography #CanonR5mkii @rspb.bsky.social #birdphotography

Eric Auer Lee@ericauerlee.bsky.social · 3w ago

my OCD has been roouuugh recently. just dragging me all over the place and eating up large chunks of my days shit sucks but that’s not the point, just some context during stretches like this, we take wins and find joy where we can i voted today, a small joy that won’t be taken for granted

Eric Auer Lee@ericauerlee.bsky.social · last mo.

massive kickball game tonight. trying to end the regular season undefeated, which would be quite the turnaround after going 3-4 in the spring we’ve got a tough opponent (beat us 3-1 in the spring) and we’ll be down a few regulars, but don’t doubt the Incrediballs

Eric Auer Lee@ericauerlee.bsky.social · 2y ago

🎵🎵 endless hot takes, chaos'll reign guess we learned nothing from history's mistakes billionaires, rocket to Mars stuck on Earth drinking in driverless cars icecaps'll fall, Cali'll burn willful denial until it's my turn bunch of old white men who don't give a fuck are we having fun yet?

Eric Auer Lee@ericauerlee.bsky.social · 2mo ago

at first, i totally read today’s #BirdOfTheDay as #AmongTheReptiles instead of #AmongTheRipples 😂 in the spirit of that, here are mallards and a hooded merganser sharing a log with some turtles next to water lol 🪶

Two male mallards and a hooded merganser sit on a log. There are three turtles on the log in the foreground, with the hooded merganser in the middle and the mallards behind
Alan H@alan678.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Good morning. Today’s #BirdOfTheDay themes are: Main: #AmongTheRipples birds on water. Alt: #BestSideEye birds appearing to be casting a sceptical or unimpressed glance. Two days ago this young Eider duckling was diving for seaweed in the harbour. #birds #Stunday #photography #ECK

A close-up rear view of a juvenile Eider duckling swimming across calm grey water. The fluffy brown bird has intricately patterned feathers and turns its head over its shoulder, revealing a strip of bright red seaweed hanging from the side of its bill. Tiny droplets of water cling to its back as gentle ripples spread out behind it, while the smooth, silvery surface of the water provides a soft, uncluttered background that draws attention to the duckling’s delicate plumage and unusual meal.