New Day Cafe - Saturday: Photos - Stills & Vids

Dearest Newdists, I hope you all are well. I’ve read that the flu season this year is the most intense it has been in 15 yrs. Here is AP article on it. I hope you all are vaccinated and taking precautions. 

Let’s help each other get through the next however many years this bizarre reality will last. It sure took off at a fast clip, and it’s not even a full month. 

We begin with a flower. 

The lace-like flower of the snake gourd (Trichosanthes cucumerina)

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— southfloridathings.bsky.social (@southfloridathings.bsky.social) December 4, 2024 at 1:07 PM

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Murmerations are a peak experience. 

I spent the evening standing in the freezing cold, in a lay-by near Whitehaven #Cumbria. I doubt I'll ever witness anything more remarkable than a #murmuration. Stunning. pic.twitter.com/NZFUswa5KK

— Alan Cleaver (@thelonningsguy) February 7, 2025

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A crimson head must make an appearance. 

A song to listen with our hearts!

The rarity of the Araripe Manakin species already makes it special, but its song, laden with melody, is unforgettable, something magical.😍

It was thrilling when it appeared for a few seconds and sang!❤️

This species is critically… pic.twitter.com/KyP44M2oDk

— kacau Oliveira - Brazilian Photographer (@oliveira_kacau) February 7, 2025

My dear what lovely eyes you have. 

#ToucanoftheDay

A Keel-billed Toucan at @tapirvalley.bsky.social

#birds #toucans #nature #costarica

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— Mike Melton (@mikemelton.bsky.social) February 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM

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Always time for a foxy 

Good Morning Foxes 🦊🦊

📸 melissa_schaefer
#Nature #Foxes #Fox #Foxoftheday

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— Fox Daily (@foxdailys.bsky.social) February 7, 2025 at 8:09 AM

The fuzz, the fuzz!

Cookeina tricholoma photographed in Pastaza, Ecuador. This beautiful ascomycete grows on wood in tropical areas - in the USA it only grows in far southern Florida. It was described as Peziza tricholoma from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1834 and moved into Cookeina in 1891. pic.twitter.com/buYBnm556Z

— Alan Rockefeller (@AlanRockefeller) January 20, 2025

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Do nawt mess wif Da Queso!

POV Queso kills you pic.twitter.com/CoE3Km3Bwd

— Pepper and Pals (@PepperNPals) February 7, 2025

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They too care of the borb tho — 

Street light got replaced but they took care of the woodpecker's home.

Full story👇
earthlymission.com/woodpeckers-...

📷 Gustavo Oscar Perusia

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— Earthly Mission (@earthlymission.bsky.social) February 7, 2025 at 11:33 AM

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Tails as banners are such a cool sight. 

Here are some of my all-time favorite wildlife captures. Volume 1: Part 4/10 pic.twitter.com/YJ99FEbE2o

— Dannyboy Wildlife (@DWesthawk) February 8, 2025

Hmmm — 

Fresh orange smoothie - with just one ingredient
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— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) February 7, 2025

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Own balcony to bark from!!! What a doggo.

He has his own balcony to bark at passersby from.

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— Earthly Mission (@earthlymission.bsky.social) February 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM

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Can a diary ever be complete without an owl? 

Orange Eyes - Long eared owls.

📸 nbee_photography
#Nature #Bird #Owl #Wild

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— Owl Daily (@owldaily.bsky.social) February 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM

And the obligatory greeen!

Share something green from your gallery! 💚 https://t.co/Oq4pBJJgqG pic.twitter.com/wDgpPKmYPG

— Himanshu Pandey (@hpphotograf) February 6, 2025

aaand, fish

Squid flashes a cosmos across its chromatophores 🌌🦑🌌 #caribbeanreefsquid #reefsquid #squid #cephalopod #cephalopodsofcoralcity #chromatophores #flashing #signal #braincoral #thealiensamongstus #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

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— Coral City Camera (@coralcitycamera.bsky.social) February 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM

Newdists, please grab a cuppa, something to eat and join us in the thread. 

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