Susan Maakestad

@susanbeth1.bsky.social

Artist, educator, tree hugger. I like birds. 🚫 Politics Memphis, TN📍 IG @susan_maakestad https://www.susanmaakestad.com/

Waiting for the short-eared owl to appear at dusk. I got great views but no photos. On the other side of the field is a large corrections facility. Oh, the places we go to watch birds! Think: sewage treatment plants, garbage dumps, etc.

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A high point of my adult life was spending "An Evening with Werner Herzog" at Rhodes College in 2017. He was genial, kind and validating to the creative people in the audience. He screened a doc I'd never seen, which wasn't his best but still, big fan ❤️ Sometimes it pays to meet your heroes.

Werner Herzog standing on a stage speaking into a microphone. His name is projected above him onto a large screen. People are sitting in chairs listening to him.Two books about or by the film director Werner Herzog.

Seeing photos of white-crowned sparrows here reminded me of this photo a friend took. I've always been so dazzled by striped their heads that I'd never noticed the unique patterning on their backs!

Small brown bird with white stripes on the head faced away from the camera but looking over its shoulder.