Royal terns #Ebony&Ivory #BirdOfTheDay

Purple Gallinules duking it out #WildMotion #BirdOfTheDay

A female Wood Duck swimming among American Lotus (yellow lotus) #Quackers #BirdOfTheDay

#QuietReflection laughing gull resting on the shoreline #BirdOfTheDay

The piercing red eyes of the black-crowned night heron #RedBeakFeetEyes #BirdOfTheDay

REPUBLICAN Rep. Tom Kean Jr. took four months off from Congress, fully paid, to treat his depression. Yet, he has a documented record of VOTING AGAINST paid leave expansions for workers and family leave extensions. Resign, you arrogant hypocrite.

This chestnut-sided warbler blends in perfectly with its surroundings #TheArtOfSurvival #BirdOfTheDay

#BestOfJune26 a family of Sandhill Cranes moving along a path through a field of wildflowers #BirdOfTheDay

Mute swan doing som yoga #LifeInTheBalance #BirdOfTheDay

A female Cardinal all puffed up #Rotund #BirdOfTheDay

A regal Eastern Kingbird #GreyDay #BirdOfTheDay

#LittleBrownBird Eastern Phoebe with an insect snack #BirdOfTheDay

#Birds&Bokeh Cedar Waxwing #BirdOfTheDay

Alt theme is #White Mute Swan #BirdOfTheDay

#BirdsInTheorElement Blending in with its surroundings, this Piping Plover is hard to see unless it moves #BirdOfTheDay

Red-tailed Hawk #Raptors #BirdOfTheDay

Stepping out in style, a purple Gallinule is #OutForAWalk #BirdOfTheDay

Brown-headed Cowbird is mostly #Black #BirdOfTheDay

A Great Blue Heron shortly after launch #InFlight #BirdOfTheDay

Over the weekend, I had the opportunity to visit nesting grounds of the endangered Piping Plover along Lake Michigan. They are small shorebirds, and the chicks are tiny fluffballs that are hard to spot unless they move #YourChoice #BirdOfTheDay

#SilentPresence A Common Merganser taking a break on the shoreline of Lake Michigan #BirdOfTheDay

A Green Heron practicing self care #PreenersAndScratchers #BirdOfTheDay

#Stripes on a Northern Harrier’s tail #BirdOfTheDay

Great Blue Heron #Nesting #BirdOfTheDay

American Avocets just hanging around #TheGathering #BirdOfTheDay

A Canada Goose at sunset, considering the meaning of life, the universe, and everything #Geese #BirdOfTheDay

In celebration of #WorldOceansDay here are some Altantic Puffins in Iceland #BirdOfTheDay

A female red-winged blackbird showing her little red spot on her wing #BranchingOut #BirdOfTheDay

#BorrowedPlaces tree sparrow resting on an iron shepherd’s hook #BirdIfTheDay

I spy with my little eye… #LookingAtYou #BirdOfTheDay

Cedar Waxwing #BadFeatherDay #BirdOfTheDay

#FoodInBeaks an unfortunate tadpole caught by a Green Heron #BirdOfTheDay

A Common Gallinule female blending in #HiddenInPlainSite #BirdOfTheDay

#Reflection a female mallard duck resting on a log #BirdOfTheDay

#FirstWingBeat female cardinal ready for takeoff #BirdOfTheDay

A Sandhill crane feeding its colt an earthworm #BestOfTheMonth #BirdOfTheDay

A short-eared owl and a redwinged blackbird passing mid-air #NegativeSpace #BirdOfTheDay

#Podicipedidae is the theme. Had to look that one up. Pied-billed Grebe with youngster #BirdOfTheDay

A great blue heron showing off the #Texture of its plumage #BirdOfTheDay

#Anatidae choice du jour is a swan shifting her eggs in her nest #BirdOfTheDay

#BirdOnAWire Indigo Bunting singing its heart out #BirdOfTheDay

Short-eared owl #StaringRightAtYou #BirdOfTheDay

#SingForYourSupper AmericanRedstart #BirdOfTheDay

American Coot #HeadShots #BirdOfTheDay

When any old puddle will do #Grassland #BirdOfTheDay Black-bellied Whistling Duck duo wading in a puddle in someone’s yard

A black-crowned night heron hopping from branch to branch in the golden hour #WingsOut #BirdOfTheDay

Last weekend I went birding in northern Michigan along Lake Huron. My #ScrollBack is this female red-breasted Grosbeak staring me down from above #BirdOfTheDay

A flock of Wood ducks migrating back north #DucksInTheAir #BirdOfTheDay

#Ruffled Clapper Rale mid-groom #BirdOfTheDay

#WaterDroplets fly away as a tricolored heron catches a fish #BirdOfTheDay