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Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷@crawlieswithcri· 28d

Last year my apricot tree had a bumper crop of fruit. Most years it has...like 3 apricots (this year included). I picked several last year, bugs got several and I was watching a ton more so when they ripened I could donate them to a local senior center. Then one day - gone. Every single one. 1/4

Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷@crawlieswithcri· Jul 12

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #AmongTheRipples Mr. American Robin is sippin' among, and causing, ripples in my pond! #birds #becurious

Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷@crawlieswithcri· Jul 12

Juvie House Sparrow using up all their very limited powers of concentration picking bugs out of cobwebs on my kitchen window. They are also perched on a very narrow ledge - there was much flapping to stay in place! Photo taken using patented Dog Nose Print on Floor Level Window filter. #birds

photo through a window of a juvie sparrow stretched out and up to the left with their beak in a cobweb that is on the outside of the glass.

Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷@crawlieswithcri· Jul 12

Perfectly pastel Marsh Mallow* hopper nymph doesn't need grass for cover, they just camo right there in the dirt. #inverts #becurious *Marsh Meadow - my "beginning of hopper season" clarification lol - it's just Marsh Mallow from here out

photo of a pastel grasshopper nymph blending in very well to dry soil substrate.

Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷@crawlieswithcri· Jul 11

Took several macro pics yesterday, love this one because every time I scroll through those shots I hit this one and think, "What the hell was I even taking a pic of-- Ohhhhhhh!" #inverts #becurious

macro photo of a reddish-brown, tan and chocolate brown grasshopper nymph on the ground among similarly colored leaf litter, clinging to the base of a small clump of grass, also similarly colored.

Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷@crawlieswithcri· Jul 11

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #UpAndDown birds looking up or down. Love a theme where I can type e.g. "Look down" in my file search and not think beyond that😂 "The last thing Cri ever saw..." AKA Juvie Sharp-shinned looking down at me. #birds #becurious

close up photo looking up at a juvie sharp shinned hawk. the hawk is showing from about mid wing up and they are looking directly at the camera. there are a couple bare branches around them.

Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷@crawlieswithcri· Jul 10

#BirdOfTheDay is #Contortionist - Mourning Dove has that covered elegantly! #birds #becurious

photo of a mourning dove on the ground. their back is to the camera and they are curled to their left stretching and fanning their tail.

Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷@crawlieswithcri· Jul 10

Love how juvie Steller's always look just a bit bemused.💙 #birds #becurious

Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷@crawlieswithcri· Jul 10

Green-tailed Towhee looking like they're in a high end men's fragrance ad post bath! #BirdOfTheDay #BathTime #becurious #birds

Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷@crawlieswithcri· Jul 9

"Molting...is...SO ITCHY!" Diary of a Juvie Scrub Jay #birds #becurious

photo of a juvie jay on a triple twisted power line. they are facing the camera, their right wing is stretched down and their head is leaning forward and down. their right leg is slightly motion blurred as they've just scratched the molting side of their neck. They have several feathers askew.

Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷@crawlieswithcri· Jul 9

Rashford gives the new bed 10/10 #DogsOfBluesky #becurious

photo of a black miniature schnauzer stretched out on his side in a plush cuddle bed.

Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷@crawlieswithcri· Jul 9

"Welp. Molting sucks." Juvie Scrub Jay is havin' a day. #birds #becurious

photo of a scruffy, floofed out, molting juvie jay perched on a triple twisted power line. they are looking directly at the camera, head tilted slightly to the left.

Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷@crawlieswithcri· Jul 8

Did I manage to open up the feeder over my sieve and save the spider from their own bad life choices? Yes. Yes I did. Y'all it is a "flip over, twist off bottom and fill" feeder...HOW?! did little Houdini get in there? #inverts #becurious 2/2

photo of a small yellow spider on the side of a mesh sieve.

photo of a perky ped 4 port hummingbird feeder

Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷@crawlieswithcri· Jul 8

Today under: Just...HOW?! Went to change out hummingbird feeder and - HOW?! little yellow sac spider (Cheiracanthium mildei) Not just IN the feeder, but on top of the Gogo Juice - totally dry. They were not there yesterday. ( @ibycter.bsky.social @cataranea.bsky.social HOW?) #inverts 1/2

macro photo looking at a 2/3 full hummingbird feeder, there is a small spider standing on top of the nectar inside.

Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷@crawlieswithcri· Jul 8

Seriously! If you're in need of lighthearted, fun, educational reading material - please subscribe to my newspaper (or at least a week trial! You'll be hooked!) Some of our fun fare! You can also read about the absolute shit-show that is small town politics in 2026. upperrogueindependent.com

screen grab of excerpts from three online newspaper columns one about iconic coastal birds, one about black hawthorne trees, one about parasitic flowers.

Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷@crawlieswithcri· Jul 7

Scruffy bebe Steller's has the blue brows, still working on replacing all the gray bebe feathers on their body! Also still working on the "find the peanut" game (they are NOT hidden, trust me) #birds #becurious

Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷@crawlieswithcri· Jul 6

👀 Western Gray Squirrel - on...the ground! IYKYK, it's weird! She IS perched on a "branch" tho - better safe than sorry!😂 #mammals #becuroius 🦊

photo of a western gray squirrel sitting on a branch which is laying flat on gravely substrate. she has her front paws to her mouth, eating a seed.

Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷@crawlieswithcri· Jul 6

Adorable juvie Scrub Jay is adorable! #birds #becurious

Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷@crawlieswithcri· Jul 6

Best pic I could find (I often fail to name stuff) - circled area is example - looks solid - is not solid. Just a lovely surface of trapped, floating pumice stones. Watch that first step! It's a doozy! In defense of dogs, I've seen people fall in too...usually just the ONCE tho

photo of a log jam on a river with an area of floating pumice circled.

Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷@crawlieswithcri· Jul 5

I could happily spend all of my free time photographing grasshopper nymphs! Such a stunning blend of Art Nouveau and Steam Punk! No shortage of confidence either! This one doesn't need all six legs to exude their air of elegance. #inverts #becurious

Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷@crawlieswithcri· Jul 5

I seriously can't even with this pillar. Living art! Funerary Dagger (Acronicta funeralis) #inverts #becurious

macro photo looking at the top of a caterpillar on a big leaf maple leaf. the caterpillar is forming a "J" shape. they are warm brown, with the top darker brown. their top has bright yellow oval markings with cream colored centers. each oval is open in the center. each oval has two long, black oar shaped hairs - one on either side. the top oval (closest to the head) has four oar-shaped hairs.

Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷@crawlieswithcri· Jul 5

Sorry All Other Caterpillars! WE HAVE A WINNER! Not only do they have wicked cool looks - but... Best common name ever: Funerary Dagger Yup. One of the very few (only?) moths where there are more pics of the pillar than the adult online. (Acronicta funeralis) #inverts #becurious

Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷@crawlieswithcri· Jul 5

Proof that juvie Steller's Jays are, in fact, angels!! 😇 #birds #becurious

photo of a juvie steller's jay on top of a wooden fence. They are begging, both wings extended. they are back lit so the wings glow. they are facing the camera looking up and to the left.

Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷@crawlieswithcri· Jul 5

Bit of #StickHappens going on - but who cares?! This is a FIRST for me!! Juvie Scrub Jay and Juvie Steller's Jay in the *same* pic! Both trying to sort out "How do I get the food in my mouth?" #birds #becurious

photo of two juvie jays on gravely substrate with some sticks around and some maple leaves in the left foreground. they are side by side, both looking down at the ground for food.

Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷@crawlieswithcri· Jul 3

#BirdOfTheDay is #Quackers - any duck will do! Domestic Elegance! #birds #becurious

Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷@crawlieswithcri· Jul 3

Bug feet train, quote with some bug feetsies #invertebrates 🌿 #BugSky #inverts #becurious Feather-legged fly has some fancy feet! (Genus Trichopoda)

macro photo of an orange fly with black legs that have "feathers" on them. they have golden yellow feet. they are perched on a blade of grass.

Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷@crawlieswithcri· Jul 3

Y'all! Put a tee on Kiff after topical flea treatment and I guess she decided "I'm people now!"🤣 She sat like this for several minutes🤣 #DogsOfBluesky

Photo of a sheepaddodle dog sitting up in the corner of a sofa like a person. she is wearing a red tee shirt.

Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷@crawlieswithcri· Jul 3

Kiff kept trying to convince me yesterday that we *needed* to go to Canada to celebrate Canada Day. I have my suspicions she really just wants to go find her hunky Rex. She's a big stan (shhhh don't tell her he's multiple dogs, she'll DRAG me across the border) #DogsOfBluesky

photo of a sheepadoodle dog standing on her hind legs with her paws on a TV stand/hutch looking at a german shepherd dog on the TV.

Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷@crawlieswithcri· Jul 3

#BlockParty! They're on a QT scrape tear today. Remember, detach your post from their QT THEN block

screen grab of @a-my1.bsky scraper account to block.

Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷@crawlieswithcri· Jul 2

It's tough love time for most of the fledglings - meanwhile, Black-headed Grosbeak mum is still delivering food to a fledgling that ought to be filling out their college applications by now.😂 #birds #becurious