The #BirdoftheDay theme is #RedorDead, capture with red in it, but not on the bird. Here's a gray catbird enjoying a juneberry! Putnam County, NY. June. ©John Kaprielian #Birds #Birdwatching
John Kaprielian
@johnkaprielian.bsky.social
Husband, father, poet, punster, baker, birder, Trek fan, LGBTQ+ ally.. Recently earned my MS in Info. and Lib. Science. Was on TwiX, same handle, but have left that hellhole. *Expect to be blocked if you follow me but have no posts, profile, or photo*
Our new host @helenbennett.bsky.social chose today's #BirdOfTheDay theme as #FabulousWaders! Here a Great Blue Heron strikes at a fish! Ithaca, NY. ©John Kaprielian #Birds #Birdwatching
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Firsts: some of your earliest bird captures. I started shooting birds in the late 80s, so my early shots are slides, and most of those are...somewhere. Here's a scan I found, Snow geese at Jamaica Bay NWR from some time in the late 80s-early 90s. #Birds #Birdwatching
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Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 5d agoFind the 5 words from your birth year that perfectly describe YOUR vibe ⬇️ www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/
I saw a post that said "Country before Party" and I thought, OK, that's good, but how about "People before Country?"
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #EmeraldBackdrop. Here's a male Broadtailed hummingbird hovering in front of some green out-of-focus stuff. SE Arizona, May. #Birds #Birdwatching ©John Kaprielian
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Grey, any bird with grey (or gray) in its plumage. This adorable verdin was one of my favorite gray birds we encountered in SE Arizona this spring. #Birds #Birdwatching ©John Kaprielian
The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #CHE — Cormorants, Herons and Egrets. Here's a strutting Great Blue Heron! May, Salisbury, CT. ©John Kaprielian #Birds #Birdwatching
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is too much work, so I am going with the alt theme of #ForJanet, any #Robin. Here's an immature American robin posing for me. #Birds #Birdwatching ©John Kaprielian
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #EyeOfTheWild, piercing eye or eyes as the dominant feature of a portrait. This yellow-eyed junco is giving me the...under-eye. SE Arizona, May. ©John Kaprielian #Birds #BirdWatching
Today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #Yellow, any birds with yellow in their plumage. Here's a yellow-breasted chat singing his heart out. SE Arizona, May. ©John Kaprielian #Birds #Birdwatching
For today's #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme of #Paridae I offer this black-capped chickadee with a safflower seed in its beak. Who doesn't love a chickadee? ©John Kaprielian #Birds #Birdwatching.
The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Triplets, and it was harder than I thought! Singles, sure; pairs, easy. Even 4? Not very hard. But three, without strategic cropping? Not so simple! Here are three Canada geese in flight. #Birds #Birdwatching ©John Kaprielian
The #BirdofTheDay theme is #ScreenFiller, a capture where the bird takes up a large part of the image. Here's a close look at a mallard drake in all his glory! #Birds #Birdwatching
Rob's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Corvidae, which gave me a lot of options! This could be a common raven, could be a Chihuahuan raven; only its hairdresser knows for sure (it did sound more like a Chihuahuan though, so that's what I'm calling it, esp. since that makes it a lifer!) SE AZ. #Birds
The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #SingersAndWingers, songbirds with one or more wings open. This little Black-tailed gnatcatcher is not singing, but does appear to be conducting an orchestra. SE Arizona, May. ©John Kaprielian #Birds #Birding
Today's alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #NewLife. Not my best shot, but here is a whole lot of new Gambel's Quail life seeking some shade on a hot Arizona day. #Birds #Birdwatching ©John Kaprielian
Show me a comic page you love; no explanation needed
MKSchmidt@mkschmidt30.bsky.social · 3w agoShow me a comic page you love; no explanation needed.
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #MomentsOfMajesty and while it is overdone and trite, I offer this majestic bald eagle. Westchester County, NY. January. ©John Kaprielian #Birds #birdwatching
The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #ButtShotts, so I offer you some tit and ass (and bush!) today! Here's a bushtit presenting its posterior! SE Arizona, May. #Birds #Birdwatching ©John Kaprielian
"Verify your age" Spins pencil in cassette tape spool to take up slack.
John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 3w ago"Verify your age" Produces rotary phone, flawlessly dials a phone number
Here's an American coot #AmongTheRipples giving me a bit of #BestSideEye for today's #BirdOfTheDay! Westchester county, NY. ©John Kaprielian
#SpaceSeed except instead of Khan and his augments from the 1990s, the sleeper ship is full of Trump and his cronies from the late 2020s. Spock IDs the ship and Kirk, without hesitation, vaporizes it with phasers. "They led us to the brink of destruction with their lies, Spock. Not happening again."
Things are looking up!! The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #UpAndDown. This butter-butt (Yellow-rumped warbler) is eyeing something above him. SE Arizona, May. ©John Kaprielian
Quote post with your favorite hot dog toppings so that thee may be judged by thy peers. Sauerkraut (a little), mustard and relish. Though those chili onons are good sometimes.
Andrea Lathrop@cabernet.bsky.social · 4w agoOnion, relish, mustard. (Flame away.)
I think this photo of black-legged kittiwakes nesting is appropriate for the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Rocky. Kenai peninsula, Alaska. May. ©John Kaprielian
Today's #BirdOfTheDay Theme is #RedBeakFeetEyes, any bird with a Red beak, Feet or Eyes Not Feathers. This Violet-crowned Hummingbird is showing off his beautiful long red beak. SE Arizona, May. #Birds #Birdwatching ©John Kaprielian
