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Kayleigh Donaldson @ceilidhann.bsky.social Pop culture writer and critic.
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Dr. Linda Campbell (she/her/elle) @lmcampbell.bsky.social In between worlds | Local & global ecosystems | Art & Science | Deaf Scientist in a Hearing World | lives in K'jipuktuk - Halifax. |
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Derek Simon @dartmouthderek.bsky.social Father | | Settler | Lawyer working for Indigenous peoples | beard grower | soccer coach | musician | podcaster | I don’t make the rules, I just interpret them | posts, not legal advice | Halisky
Jen Cross @jencross.bsky.social Engineer by day | Nature & landscape photographer | Birds, bugs, spiders | Friend of animals that scare people | Be decent & kind | she / her | IG heyjencross
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Saimi Hanma ⚔️ サイミ @saimihanma.bsky.social Author of 'The Naturalist at Home' and 'Nature Obscura'. Writer, artist, photographer. ND
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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social Nature photographer, public defender representing young people, lover of burrowing owls. RPCV Niger.
James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social Haleakala Observatory/NASA T4 Laser Ranging Project (opinions mine)
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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social Naturalist, writer, artist, and educator with a Ph.D. in Ecology. I make interpretive signs, illustrations, murals, and books. Sometimes, I chase polar bears and belugas. #scicomm #sciart http://www.discoversecondnature.ca
Dave Bryant 🇪🇸 @davebspain.bsky.social I try to photograph nature, mostly birds & I'm having fun with it.
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Tom Astle @tjalamont.bsky.social Writer & nature photographer, especially macro photography of arthropods. Board member, Desert Tortoise Preserve Committee (conservation nonprofit). Fan of California, Montana, the rest of the planet. Photo website: https://www.tomastlephotography.com/
Marianne Denton @mariannedenton.bsky.social past life of limnology & aquatic ecology |
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Marguerite/Peg Turley @margueriteturl2.bsky.social Nature photographer and horror book lover who moonlights as a bookseller at Lahaska Bookshop.
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Mike Henry @onlyveesaz.bsky.social Columnist for Birding magazine & award winning bird photog. SE Arizona
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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social When I'm not writing #kidlit, I'm taking #wildlife photos.
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Peter Nguyen @dptbirder.bsky.social Vietnamese-American he/him
Brain physio🧠, avian druid🧙♂️, photon catcher📷, cat dad🐈
📍Orange County, California, USA
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Life list: 584 Lesser Frigatebird
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Jack Maynard(he/him) @jhmsparky.bsky.social Birder, Portlander, Electrician, Inspector, progressive, attempted 🏳️🌈 ally. Typo King
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Carol Pope Gordon @carolpopegordon.bsky.social Nature photographer, especially birds. Trying to find beauty and humor everywhere. Learning to draw and paint nature. All photos my own unless otherwise stated.
Gwen 🌈🌺🐦📚 @gwen4braves.bsky.social Give me a book on the porch with birds chirping and I'm happy. Daughters, a granddaughter, husband and the dog. 🧢⚾️🐦
DTL @dtl.bsky.social Birds and whatnot. All photos mine except reposts and the Gumby stuff he/him
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toxicojendron radicans @toxicoradica.bsky.social 🌻🌼🌺🌷🌸🏵️💮🌹
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jen nashville she/her 🏳️⚧️
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Bob Bell 🇨🇦 @thebirderbob.bsky.social Avid birder, Lyme patient, author of "Out of the Lyme Light and into the Sunlight" Read about my frustrating journey with Lyme, and how birding helps me cope with chronic pain. Photos all by me. #birds #cats #Lyme #naturetherapy #wellness #birding
Laurel @laurelfynes.bsky.social learning from the world, my family, students, birds, trees, plants, waterways, relationships. unlearning. biophiliac. growing roots along great lake ontario. settler. she/her.
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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social Chemist, wildlife photographer, scuba diver 👨🔬🤿📸🦅. I’m especially obsessed with raptors and owls. I’ll post wildlife photos most days, photos my own. I shoot with OM Systems camera gear.
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Mike Pingleton @somuchpingle.bsky.social Naturalist, Author, Peru wildlife guide, all photos mine 📷 Brain-only creator🪲 Host of the So Much Pingle herpetology podcast 🐸 Co-author of "The Field Herping Guide" 📗 Co-creator of HerpMapper (herpmapper.org) 🦎 Herpetofauna blogger at fieldherping.org 🐢
Tharusha Wijewardena 🐢 @turtleecology.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellow at Mount Allison University studying freshwater turtles. 🇨🇦
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✨friendship dave✨(high birder of the east)🌙📸 @friendshipdave.wtf i’m finally here! i’ll fix it up soon. they/them 🏳️⚧️
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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social Photography/poetry/art/science/writing/editing FY 1998 Individual Artist's Fellowshipship: Creative Writing - Ohio Arts Council for poetry on the Vietnam War - Cincinnati 📷 Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II
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Patrick Vallely @pjvphotography.bsky.social Ph.D. astrophysicist turned digital wrench-turner and Seattle-based photographer. Mostly into nature and astrophotography these days, but sometimes I take pictures for NASCAR.
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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social Never’s just the echo of forever
Sarah D(estroy ICE) Bunting @sarahdbunting.bsky.social Critic. Baritone. Enemy of the raisin. Formerly @tomatonation. LFGM.
EveB @evaliceb.bsky.social LA, housing, cats, tea. Never again means never again for anyone
Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social she/her
Book on sheriffs & democracy
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social Journalist & author of REIGN OF TERROR: HOW THE 9/11 ERA DESTABILIZED AMERICA & PRODUCED TRUMP, contributor to Zeteo. Sometimes I write comics too. Subscribe to FOREVER WARS for ‘natsec’ journalism: https://www.forever-wars.com
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Connie Walker @conniewalker.bsky.social Pulitzer Prize + Peabody award-winning journalist http://instagram.com/_connie_walker Nehiyaw from Okanese
RMJ @rmccarthyjames.bsky.social rachel mccarthy james. WHACK JOB: A HISTORY OF AXE MURDER (2025) THE MAN FROM THE TRAIN (2017) contact: rmccarthyjames at gmail
Janet Reitman @janetreitman.bsky.social Contributing Writer @NYTmag
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Jordan Smith @jordansmith.bsky.social Award-winning investigative reporter. H-E-B fanatic. Murderville pod co-host. Opinions all mine.
KCMO + ATX
Liliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social Journalist covering prisons and harsh sentencing. More fun than I sound.
Nashville, TN
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Alex Mar @alex-mar.bsky.social Writer/Journalist.
Debut novel coming in early 2027.
Nonfiction: SEVENTY TIMES SEVEN (NYT Editors' Choice), WITCHES OF AMERICA (NYT Notable Book), longform journalism, doc AMERICAN MYSTIC (Kino Lorber).
Rebecca Lavoie @reblavoie.bsky.social NHPR podcast lady, podcaster/critic @ CrimeWritersOn…, and Netflix podcast host. Listen to Civics 101, Outside/In and Bear Brook if you have good taste. (FYI Karen Read didn’t do it.)
Amanda Knox @amandaknox.com Exoneree, host of Hard Knox podcast, author of Free: My Search for Meaning. One woman comedy show, Cartwheel, at the Edinburgh Fringe Aug 7-17.
www.amandaknox.substack.com
Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social Reporter: ProPublica. Author: Corrections in Ink. Priors: LA Times, Houston Chron, Marshall Project. Journalist, felon. (I promise I don't bite)