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@Kelsey_RaeSmith

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Bird Nerd | Photographer | Weather Enthusiast

Cayman Islands
Joined August 2020
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@Kelsey_RaeSmith
Kelsey Rae-Smith
3 years
The calm is over and the wind has now shifted to the SE. Here we go - round 2. 995mbar Grand Cayman, #CaymanIslands #Grace
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@Kelsey_RaeSmith
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4 years
@TexanInOz @knpmalcolm Rainbow Eucalyptus
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@Kelsey_RaeSmith
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26 days
The all clear has been given for the #CaymanIslands . Here is some footage from South Sound #GrandCayman . Plenty of debris and sand in the road from the beach, thankfully not a lot of structural damage seen so far. Cleanup has begun. #Beryl #HurricaneBeryl
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@Kelsey_RaeSmith
Kelsey Rae-Smith
3 years
Afternoon snack 🏵🌼 📸 Cayman parrot [Amazona leucocephala] 📍Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands @ParrotOfTheDay #BirdsSeenIn2021 #CaymanIslands #Birds
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Kelsey Rae-Smith
4 years
A #Bananaquit enjoying the #Poinsettias at Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park. Grand Cayman, #CaymanIslands #Birds #Birding
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@Kelsey_RaeSmith
Kelsey Rae-Smith
2 years
Birds are indicator species, their presence & behavior tells us about the health of an ecosystem. ⁣On #EarthDay & every day, supporting birds & preserving their habitats is vital to protecting our planet & restoring the environment to a healthy place for all living things
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@Kelsey_RaeSmith
Kelsey Rae-Smith
3 years
Northern waterthrush are back in town for the winter! Saved this tired guy from the middle of the road, gave him some water and made sure he flew away safely. #BirdsSeenIn2021 #caymanislands #BirdTwitter
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@Kelsey_RaeSmith
Kelsey Rae-Smith
4 years
Happy #NationalBirdDay “Humankind must learn to understand that the life of an animal is in no way less precious than our own.” ― Paul Oxton Black-necked stilt | Malportas Pond Grand Cayman, #CaymanIslands #BirdsSeenIn2021 #Birding
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@Kelsey_RaeSmith
Kelsey Rae-Smith
3 years
It's heating up! 💡 Power is out in many areas 🌀Personal WX stn data: -76.6°F -Wind ENE -999mbar -0.44in rain since midnight (GMT-5) #Grace #caymanislands
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2 years
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3 years
📸 Western Spindalis among the bromeliads at The Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park. Western spindalis: salvini - endemic sub-species to Grand Cayman. (click to view full image) #BirdsSeenIn2021 #CaymanIslands #NaturePhotography #BirdTwitter
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3 years
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@Kelsey_RaeSmith
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29 days
The checkout lines are backed up through every aisle in Cost U Less - Grand Cayman. Some people say their wait time was 3 hours. #CaymanIslands #Beryl #HurricaneBeryl
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3 years
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@Kelsey_RaeSmith
Kelsey Rae-Smith
4 years
First Bird of 2021 - Northern Mockingbird Jan 1, 2021 #caymanislands #BirdsSeenin2021 #birds
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2 years
Spring is in full swing at the QE II Botanic Park. (L) Mama Western Spindalis feeding her fledgling (R). #CaymanIslands #NaturePhotography #BirdsSeenIn2022
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Kelsey Rae-Smith
3 years
📸 Red-footed booby - white morph 📍Little Cayman, Cayman Islands  Red-footed boobies are the smallest out of half a dozen booby species with a wingspan of up to 3.3 feet (1 m) #BirdsSeenIn2021 #wildlifephotography #caymanislands #littlecayman
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3 years
📸 Magnificent Frigatebird – Male 📍Booby Pond, Little Cayman These graceful seabirds can have a wingspan of up to 8 ft making them the largest of 5 frigatebird subspecies. #CaymanIslands #LittleCayman #BirdsSeenIn2021 #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography
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Kelsey Rae-Smith
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Sand in the road - Bodden Town, #GrandCayman . It was quite rough on this side of the island though there seems to be no immediately apparent structural damage. #CaymanIslands #Beryl #HurricaneBeryl
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4 years
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Kelsey Rae-Smith
4 years
📸 Endemic subspecies - western spindalis: salvini (Grand Cayman) 📍Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park Grand Cayman, #CaymanIslands #birdphotography #birding #BirdsSeenIn2021
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@Kelsey_RaeSmith
Kelsey Rae-Smith
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Weather conditions are improving on #GrandCayman . We're still experiencing short squalls of wind gusts and rain. #CaymanIslands #Beryl #HurricaneBeryl
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@Kelsey_RaeSmith
Kelsey Rae-Smith
28 days
Hurricane warning flags are flying in the #CaymanIslands this afternoon as we prepare for the arrival of #HurricaneBeryl 📍 George Town Harbour, #GrandCayman #Beryl
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@Kelsey_RaeSmith
Kelsey Rae-Smith
3 years
Have you ever heard of warbler neck? If not, this little yellow-throated warbler would be more than happy to educate you! 📸 Yellow-throated warbler 📍Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park #caymanislands #BirdsSeenIn2021 #wildlifephotography #warbler
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Kelsey Rae-Smith
4 years
“Early Bird” 📸 Northern Mockingbird 📍Grand Cayman, #CaymanIslands Mockingbirds are omnivorous, feeding mainly on insects, fruits/berries & seeds. #BirdsSeenIn2021 #Birding #WildlifePhotography
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@Kelsey_RaeSmith
Kelsey Rae-Smith
3 years
📸 White-tailed tropic bird leaving its bluff-side nesting cavity 📍Cayman Brac #CaymanIslands #Seabirds #BirdsSeenIn2021 #wildlifephotography
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3 years
Backyard visitor Grand Cayman Parrot (Amazona leucocephala caymanensis)  #BirdsSeenIn2021 #birdphotography #CaymanIslands
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2 years
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Kelsey Rae-Smith
3 years
Shhhh… I’m hiding from Monday! 📸 Brown Booby 📍Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands #BirdsSeenIn2021 #CaymanBrac #CaymanIslands #Seabirds
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Kelsey Rae-Smith
3 years
📷 Antillean Nighthawk  ⁣ 📍 Grand Cayman, #caymanislands ⁣ A proud Antillean nighthawk parent at its nesting site. ⁣ #wildlifephotography #BirdsSeenIn2021 #BirdTwitter
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Kelsey Rae-Smith
27 days
People have begun parking their vehicles on higher ground to avoid flood damage. #GrandCayman #CaymanIslands #Beryl #HurricaneBeryl
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Kelsey Rae-Smith
3 years
Mangrove Cuckoo has been added to the life list! #BirdsSeenIn2021 #CaymanIslands #CaymanBrac #wildlifephotography
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Kelsey Rae-Smith
2 years
📷 Magnificent Frigatebird 📍 #LittleCayman It’s mating season & someone is trying to impress the ladies! #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #CaymanIslands #BirdsSeenIn2022
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Kelsey Rae-Smith
3 years
Restoring Our Earth is bigger than one solution or one country’s efforts. We must come together as a global community to make changes & more importantly make them quickly! 📸 Green Heron 📍Grand Cayman #CaymanIslands #BirdsSeenIn2021 #RestoreOurEarth #EarthDay2021
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Kelsey Rae-Smith
3 years
A major threat to the West Indian Whistling Duck is the loss of suitable wetland habitat. More than 50% of remaining wetlands are seriously degraded by the cutting of mangroves and swamp-forest, pollution and natural catastrophes. #caymanislands #BirdsSeenIn2021
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Kelsey Rae-Smith
3 years
Vernal ponds once full of life have begun the flowering phase, slowly drying out during the spring months. This Palm Warbler, a migratory visitor during October - April is exploring the freshly uncovered elements of the now near dry Colliers Pond #BirdsSeenIn2021 #CaymanIslands
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Kelsey Rae-Smith
26 days
The wind has pretty much died down now. Still receiving bursts of rain from outer bands of #HurricaneBeryl #CaymanIslands #GrandCayman #Beryl
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@Kelsey_RaeSmith
Kelsey Rae-Smith
2 years
Red-Legged Thrush ⁣ ⁣ Our local subspecies, [Turdus plumbeus coryi] is endemic to Cayman Brac only and found nowhere else in the world.⁣ #CaymanBrac #CaymanIslands #BirdsSeenIn2022 #TwitterNatureCommunity
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Kelsey Rae-Smith
2 years
Brown Pelican / Immature ⁣ George Town, Grand Cayman ⁣ ⁣ #caymanislands #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #BirdTwitter #BirdsSeenIn2022
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Kelsey Rae-Smith
3 years
Maybe if we all sit extremely still, Monday won’t be able to see us. 📸 Caribbean dove 📍Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park #CaymanIslands #BirdsSeenIn2021 #BirdPhotography
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Kelsey Rae-Smith
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Currently. The canals are swelling, increased rain and wind gusts. #CaymanIslands #GrandCayman #Beryl #HuracanBeryl
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@Kelsey_RaeSmith
Kelsey Rae-Smith
3 years
My Logia weather station now live on @weathercloud ! 🥳🌡⛈ #CaymanIslands #Weather #weatherchannel
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Kelsey Rae-Smith
3 years
Spring birds & blooms 🌸 📸 Bananaquit & Pink Cassia Javanica #caymanislands #BirdsSeenIn2021
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@Kelsey_RaeSmith
Kelsey Rae-Smith
27 days
Every hour, I'll be recording hPa, average wind speed, gust & direction (using Kestrel 2500). Recording tide (using photos for reference). #GrandCayman #CaymanIslands #Beryl #HurricaneBeryl
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Kelsey Rae-Smith
3 years
National bird of the Cayman Islands - Cayman Parrot [Cuban Parrot (Amazona Leucocephala)] #caymanislands #BirdsSeenIn2021
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Kelsey Rae-Smith
4 years
A Black-necked Stilt stands still in the shallow waters of Malportas Pond patiently waiting on a meal. #CaymanIslands #TwitterNatureCommunity #wildlifephotography
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Kelsey Rae-Smith
27 days
The wind has started to pick up within the last hour. 1am EST Wind direction: NE Average Speed: 8 mph Average Gust: 17.2 mph hPa: 1009.5 📍 #GrandCayman , #CaymanIslands 🌀 #HurricaneBeryl #Beryl Tide: Tide remains the same
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2 years
Heavy squalls from #Ian continue #caymanislands #GrandCayman
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27 days
Some of the last flights out of #GrandCayman ahead of #HurricaneBeryl #CaymanIslands #Beryl
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2 years
Rough seas in the George Town Harbour from #HurricaneIan #Ian #caymanislands #GrandCayman
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2 years
HEAVY squalls from #Ian beginning to blow in #caymanislands #GrandCayman
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@Kelsey_RaeSmith
Kelsey Rae-Smith
27 days
#HurricaneBeryl is now visible on our local radar. Weather conditions should start deteriorating shortly. #GrandCayman , #CaymanIslands
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Kelsey Rae-Smith
2 years
Shakin' off those Monday blues! 🐦 Cape May Warbler 📍 Little Cayman #CaymanIslands #BirdsSeenIn2022 #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #BirdTwitter
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4 years
Bananaquit nest under construction. #CaymanIslands #birding
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@Kelsey_RaeSmith
Kelsey Rae-Smith
29 days
It's a public holiday in the #CaymanIslands but hardware & grocery stores have opened & extended hours allowing people to prepare for #Beryl So many people are out preparing that some stores have had to limit the number of customers allowed in at one time. #HurricaneBeryl
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29 days
The checkout lines are backed up through every aisle in Cost U Less - Grand Cayman. Some people say their wait time was 3 hours. #CaymanIslands #Beryl #HurricaneBeryl
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27 days
12am EST Wind direction: NE Average Speed: 3.2 mph Average Gust: 11.2mph hPa: 1010.5 📍 #GrandCayman , #CaymanIslands 🌀 #HurricaneBeryl #Beryl Tide 📸 🔽 Tide is falling, our next low tide is at 3:08am
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@Kelsey_RaeSmith
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26 days
The tide is now falling
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Kelsey Rae-Smith
2 years
Lightning & thunder from #Ian to the north side of #GrandCayman . It's currently high tide, the canals in this area are about 2.5ft from breaching the sea wall. Very windy, gusts are only about 10mph. Current rainfall from 12:01am today - 0.81 in.
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Kelsey Rae-Smith
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2am EST There is now more cloud cover, we still have not gotten any rain. #HurricaneBeryl is 110 miles SE of Grand Cayman. Wind direction: NE Average Speed: 10 mph Average Gust: 20.5 mph hPa: 1007.6 📍 #GrandCayman , #CaymanIslands Tide: Tide continues to fall
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2 years
Rough seas at Macabuca from #Ian 📍 North West Point, West Bay #GrandCayman #CaymanIslands #HurricaneIan
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Kelsey Rae-Smith
3 years
Quite a few trees down already! 998mbar Grand Cayman, #CaymanIslands #Grace
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Kelsey Rae-Smith
2 years
For #GBD2022 our group went birding for 13 hours and recorded 60 species, visited 14 locations, submitted 16 checklists & helped set a new team @caymanbirding record!🥳 #CaymanIslands @BirdsCaribbean
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@Kelsey_RaeSmith
Kelsey Rae-Smith
29 days
People are not waiting. Everyone is taking the hurricane alert seriously and have begun their preparations. The #CaymanIslands Government has supplied sand for people to fill their sandbags. #Beryl #HurricaneBeryl
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@Kelsey_RaeSmith
Kelsey Rae-Smith
28 days
The stores remain busy as people continue gathering essential supplies. Everywhere is doing a good job restocking shelves as quickly as possible. #CaymanIslands #GrandCayman #Beryl #HurricaneBeryl
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The canals are swelling, increased rain and wind gusts. #CaymanIslands #GrandCayman #Beryl #HuracanBeryl
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@Kelsey_RaeSmith
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Gathering sandbags, batteries and other essential hurricane supplies from AL Thompson hardware store in #GrandCayman #CaymanIslands #Beryl #HurricaneBeryl
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2 years
First bands of rain from #Ian starting to roll in to #GrandCayman
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26 days
@NOAA_HurrHunter It's crazy that we can hear this plane flying over with all of the wind and rain!
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@Kelsey_RaeSmith
Kelsey Rae-Smith
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11pm EST Wind direction: NE Average Speed: 3.3 mph Gust: 11 mph hPa: 1011.5 📍 #GrandCayman , #CaymanIslands 🌀 #HurricaneBeryl #Beryl
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Kelsey Rae-Smith
3 years
Prestorm sky 📍Grand Cayman, #CaymanIslands 🌀 #Grace
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Kelsey Rae-Smith
2 years
“Now all nature seemed in love, and birds had drawn their Valentine” – Henry Wotton ⁣ ⁣ #HappyValentinesDay  ⁣ ⁣ 📸White-tailed Tropic Bird  ⁣ 📍Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands  ⁣ ⁣ #caymanislands #CaymanBrac #wildlifephotography #NaturePhotography
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Kelsey Rae-Smith
2 years
Rough seas on the south side of #GrandCayman , #CaymanIslands courtesy of #PTC1 / ( #Alex ?)
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4 years
Colliers Pond East End, Grand Cayman #CaymanIslands #caribbeanwaterbirdcensus
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Kelsey Rae-Smith
3 years
@marktakesphoto
Mark Smith Photography
3 years
Some days life gives you tiny little heart melting moments that humble you to the core. This morning was the start to one of those days. #sandhill #crane #birds #birbs #florida #a7slll
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4am EST Weather conditions are deteriorating. The wind and rain have increased within the last 2 hours. The electricity is still on in most areas, there are only about 350 people without power. 1004.6 hPa #GrandCayman #CaymanIslands #HurricaneBeryl #Beryl
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Kelsey Rae-Smith
3 years
Waterspout on the waterfront. #caymanislands #weather
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Kelsey Rae-Smith
2 years
Windy weather conditions from #Ian continue. 1002.9 mb #caymanislands #GrandCayman
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Kelsey Rae-Smith
2 years
A checklist a day for 600 days! #ebird #ebirdchallenge #birdnerd
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26 days
👂This is the sound of wind and rain hitting against hurricane shutters! #CaymanIslands #GrandCayman #Beryl #HurricaneBeryl
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Kelsey Rae-Smith
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@hurricanetrack
Mark Sudduth
2 years
Me and millions of others right now…. #98L #howdoesitend
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