Bunch of crocus 🌷

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Photograph of olivine bomb specimen

Macro photograph of olivine crystals

No yapping today, just polished #Olivine bomb in basalt 😊

More squirrel from the UJ botanical garden in Kraków.
Taken on 21/03/2026

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Don't talk to me I'm angy
Squirrel edition

Taken on 21/03/2026

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Hungry boi
🐿🌰
Taken on 21/03/2026

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Photograph of Wavellite specimen on unknown rock

Focus-stacked macro photograph of olive-green wavellite crystals, forming radial growths reminiscent of volcanoes

Focus-stacked macro photograph of olive-green wavellite crystals, forming an impressive 360-degrees radial cluster like a halo

Re-shot of my #Wavellite! I looked at my previous photos and the difference in quality is gigantic. Felt this green boyo deserved more attention~

Common kestrel / Pustułka (Falco tinnunculus)
Taken on 14/03/2026

Male kestrel which you can tell by gray plumage on the head and tail.

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Eurasian blue tit / sikora modra (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Taken on 15/03/2026

Beak dirty with pollem 🐦🌸

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Photograph of a lab-grown Bismuth crystal specimen, showing rainbowlike color gradient from orange and pink at the top through violet, green and yellow again at the bottom.

Focus-stacked macro photograph of Bismuth crystal, showing characteristic hopper pattern and rainbow hues

Focus-stacked macro photograph of Bismuth crystal, showing characteristic hopper pattern and rainbow hues

Yesterday I finally took a shot at photographing my #Bismuth - surprisingly difficult due to how reflective it is. Shame these almost never look like this in nature. Still gorgeous to behold though ✨

Photograph of a mineral specimen consisting of grey and brown hued rock base and spherulitic malachite crystals on top.

Focus-stacked macro photograph of spherulitic malachite crystals - clusters of radially growing spikes forming spheres. Beautiful cross-sections can be seen on some of the spheres which are fractured.

Redo of my spherulitic #Malachite now that I have an actual tripod. Got it from bf a while ago cause the colors reminded him of Yako 💚

(If anyone calls it 'mold' again they're getting rudder-smacked in the jewels 😤)

Robin / Rudzik (Erithacus rubecula)
Taken on 15/03/2026

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Short-toed treecreeper / Pełzacz ogrodowy (Certhia brachydactyla)

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Peacock butterfly / Rusałka pawik (Aglais io)|
Taken 14/03/2026

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Photograph of rock specimen consisting mostly of crystalline columnar gypsum and cubic halite. Colors range from bright brown to mint green and crystal white.

Focus-stacked macro photograph of rock specimen consisting mostly of crystalline columnar gypsum and cubic halite. Colors range from bright brown to mint green and crystal white.

Focus-stacked macro photograph, close-up view on gypsum and halite crystals. Colors range from bright brown to mint green and crystal white.

Focus-stacked macro photograph, close-up view on gypsum and halite crystals. Colors range from bright brown to mint green and crystal white.

Weekend haul 4/4:
#Gypsum with #Halite ! 🟤
My favorite rocks are those that look like miniature alien worlds up close. This is one of them - I love the variety of sizes, shapes and colors at play here, esp. the second image <3
The green tint on this gypsum comes from abundant copper at the site!

Comma butterfly / Rusałka ceik (Polygonia c-album L.)
Taken on 14/03/2026

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Photograph of Prehnite specimen with calcite and quartz. A label on the base says "Prehnite, Goboboseb, Dâures, Erongo, Namibia"

Focus-stacked macro photograph of a pale-green botryoidal growth of Prehnite surrounded by quartz and calcite crystals

Weekend haul 3/4:
#Prehnite ! 🟢
As one of the more common green minerals it deserved a spot in my collection. This particular specimen enticed me with a cavernous form and a lovely color gradient - from lemon green to pale mint. The main mineral is neatly framed by white calcite and quartz.

Starling / Szpak (Sturnus vulgaris)
Taken on 15/03/2026

Photo of a Chrysocolla specimen, forming a bubbly-looking sky-blue layer

Focus-stacked macro photograph of bubbly-looking chrysocolla crystals

Focus-stacked macro photograph of bubbly-looking chrysocolla crystals, highlighting a beautiful cross-section view at the edge

Weekend haul 2/4:
A thick bubbly layer of #Chrysocolla ! 🔵
I like how you only really start to see its translucency when you get up close and personal with a macro lens - otherwise it appears fully opaque.

Photo of Amethyst specimen, with several crystals growing radially out of a cluster. A label on the base says "Amethyst, Vera Cruz, Mexico" in Polish

Macro focus-stacked photograph of amethyst specimen. Big, pink, translucent amethyst crystals covered in smaller white crystals grow out of a beige rock base.

Macro focus-stacked photograph of amethyst specimen. Close-up of a big pink amethyst crystal littered with tiny white quartz crystals resembling seafoam. One face of the big crystal is finely highlighted by refection.

Macro focus-stacked photograph of amethyst specimen. Dark dendrite formations are visible inside one of the crystals, multiplied by reflections. Another such formation is visible on another crystal's opaque beige base.

Weekend haul 1/4:
This lovely cluster of #Amethyst ! 🟣
While taking the photos I was stoked to discover dendrites in some of the major crystals (check last pic!). These tree-like structures resembling fossils are formed when natural fissures meet manganese or iron-rich waters.

Long-tailed tit / Raniuszek (Aegithalos caudatus)
Taken on 14/03/2026

Working hard to build a nest~

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Babies 🖤

Eurasian bullfinch / Gil (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) 🐦♂️
Taken on 10/03/2026

This one is a male which you can tell thanks to the very reddish feathers as compared to more greyish ones seen in females. I adore bulfinches' thick beaks.

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European green woodpecker / Dzięcioł zielony (Picus viridis)
15/03/2026

At first they were sitting on sepearate trees making very cute laughing sounds to each other. After a whie they runited on the one tree chilling closely on the same branch.

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Very loud squirrel I met this morning ☀️⚫🐿️
It proceeded to lick the sap of the branch which apparently acts as a sweet energy boost for them 🔋

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Brimstone / cytrynek (Gonepteryx rhamni)
Taken on 08/03/26

First butterfly this year 🦋🟡
Fun fact: it's one of the longest living butterflies (up to a year)! Larva becomes an adult imago in July and semi-hibernates through the rest of the year and wakes up in the spring to mate.

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More Eurasian nuthatch / Kowalik (Sitta europaea)
Taken on 15/12/25

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Eurasian nuthatch / Kowalik (Sitta europaea)
Taken on 15/12/25
Some more photos from Szczawnica~

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Eurasian jay / Sójka (Garrulus glandarius)
Taken on 28/02/26
There were 4 of them singing to each other in cries that resembled squeaking of dog toy rather than jay's normal screech

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Female Eurasian bullfinch / Gil zwyczajny (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Taken today 01/03/2026
She was making very cute sounds~

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Grey heron / Czapla siwa (Ardea cinerea)
Taken on 15.12.2025 during a mountain trip ⛰️

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