StarrySkies

StarrySkies

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Superb fairy-wrens 14cm SE Australia, South Australia. Insectivorous, seeds, flowers, small succulent fruits Male molt into a dull, female-like "eclipse" plumage at the end of the breeding season, causing them to lose their bright blue and black coloration for the winter months shown here M/F

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Morgan J Freeman@mjfree.bsky.social

Well, well, well…. An analysis of voter registration records reveals Republican operative Scott Presler had 3 out-of-state voters use his Pennsylvania address to vote in the 2024 election. This is what voter fraud looks like.

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Geen broadbill 17cm Southeast Asia Diet: frugivore Figs, soft small fruits and berries.Occasionally small insects Female weaves a teardrop-shaped, pendulous bag suspended from a thin tree branch Female incubates 18 days Both parents feeding the hatchlings 23 days plus 3 weeks after fledging

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Northern cardinals travel and forage in pairs. live year round across North America Instead of migrating, they adapt to cold weather by fluffing their feathers to trap warm air. They are heavily supported by winter bird feeders. This is the female. Male is red as seen in the message below

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Pilated Woodpecker Found year round in mature deciduous, coniferous, and mixed forests across most of Canada, the eastern US , and parts of the Pacific Northwest. Amazing close up of how it uses its beak to to break the outer bark, then uses its tongue and to eat the insect larvae

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Red legged Honeycreeper Mexico, C America Male is a beautiful indigo blue during the breeding season and undergoes a molt into a dull eclipse plumage for the winter season looking more like the female

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Red-legged honeycreeper 12cm S Mexico through C America Probes flowers to feed on liquid nectar, eat ripe fruits, pulp, and berries small arthropods and insects from leaves and mid-air. Female incubates 19 days, both parents feed chicks 14 days and 3 weeks after fledging travel in large flocks

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Collared White-start 13cm endemic to the high-elevation forests of Costa Rica and W Panama Diet arthropods and insects Female builds a nest on ground, she incubates 15 days both parents feed chicks 13 days, plus 2 weeks after fledging THEN stay as a family, joining mixed flocks travel together

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Red tailed Minla 14cm Himalayas and Southeast Asia. Diet Insects, small arthropods, and insect larvae, seeds Both parents share incubation 14 day, then both feed nestlings 3 weeks, plus 3 weeks after fledging then the young stay as a family and join join family and join large flocks of mixed birds

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Keel-billed Toucan 42-55cm Mexico Central America N Colombia W Venezuela Diet 90% variety of Fruits, and Berries, occasionally insects Lifespan up to 25 years in the wild travel in flocks Poor flyers, Hop agilely through the rainforest Parents Share incubation equally, and feeding chicks.

Bravo to consumer protections for NYCers! 🥳

Cancelling a subscription shouldn't be this hard. If you can sign up with a click, you must be able to cancel with one. Head to nyc.gov/click-to-cancel to file a complaint against any business that makes it hard to cancel a subscription.

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Hoopoes 25-32 cm live in warm regions across Europe, Asia, Africa, and Madagasca Diet primarily insects, larvae, pupae, small invertebrates, nest inside pre-existing cavities Female incubates 18 days, male provides her with food Both feed chicks 32 days, and 1 more week after they fledge

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Harris County’s Precinct 4 just shut down 61 Flock surveillance cameras! Texans are raising the alarm about AI-powered mass surveillance, and local officials are finally listening. It's time to de-flock the rest of Texas and protect our right to privacy.

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Banded Broadbill 21-23cm Mainland Southeast Asia: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and peninsular Malaysia. Greater Sunda Islands: Brunei, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Borneo), and Singapore Males and Females are identical share biparental teamwork Lifespan up to 10+ years in the wild

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Banded Broadbill 22cm all year in mainland SE Asia, Greater Sunda Islands Diet invertebrates wild Forest fruits Flock to hunt for food parents build a hanging nest often 90 cm long both parents share incubation for 18 days and feed chicks 23 days in the nest And three more weeks after fledging

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Bokmakierie 23cm Southern Africa Diet invertebrates, forages on the ground for insects, lizards Female incubates 17 days during the day and the male sits on the eggs at night  Chicks fed 19 days by both parents and three more weeks after fledging Pairs often sit and sing in synchronized duets

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Purple finch 15cm Southern Canada Northern US, Pacific Coast Diet Variety of insects, flower buds, seeds, berries Nest high in trees female incubates eggs13 days, the male feeds her Parents speed chicks 16 days in the nest 2-3 weeks after fledging female is brown and white

Once upon a time there was a girl with a cat. They moved into an apartment in the city and the landlord said you can keep the cat if you can pay a $5000 per deposit. He did this because he knew she would never be able to pay it. The girl's heart was broken...

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Greater Flame backs Male red head, female black head foraging together in pairs or small family units throughout the year. Mate for LIFE Male and female share 14 days of incubation, feed chicks 26 days in the nest, and 3 more weeks after fledging, stay as a family unit until next breeding season

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One might argue that this bee is wearing this entire flower as a hat. 🤠 #MacroMonday #ColorADay #PinkMon #Photgraphy #Flowers #Bees #Hats

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“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted.... History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” ― George Orwell, 1984

Apparently, we learned nothing.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before.