Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SmallBeaks. The Common Swift has a small beak but a wide mouth for scooping up insects in flight. Photographed in south #Cheshire, England in the early 1990s on #Kodachrome. #EastCoastKin #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #photography

A giant ball of fire descends below the horizon for the #SensoryArt theme #Fire. The sun setting through light cloud behind trees is south Cheshire, England. A #ThrowbackThursday post from the mid 1980s on #Kodachrome. #EastCoastKin #photography #sunset

Rotational camera movement of Maple trees coming into leaf in the spring for the #AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbstract. #TenMinutesFromHome #EastCoastKin #photography #ICM #ICMphotography #BrucePeninsula #BruceCounty

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ShortBeaks. A Redpoll feeding on wind blown seeds in a snow drift at -25°C. Photographed near Punnichy, Saskatchewan in the 1990s on #Kodachrome. #EastCoastKin #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #photography

Motion blurred waves and ripples shortly before sunrise for the #AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbstract and #WaterWednesday. #EastCoastKin #photography #TenMinutesFromHome #BrucePeninsula #BruceCounty

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #FoodFinds. Someone just posted a Double-crested Cormorant with a fish and that reminded me of this Great Cormorant doing battle with a large Common Eel. Photographed in south Cheshire, England in the 1980s on #Kodachrome. #EastCoastKin #birds #photography #nature

Today's alternative #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Preening. A Common Tern standing on a fence post preening. Photographed at Middle Quill Lake, Saskatchewan in the 1990s on #Kodachrome. #EastCoastKin #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #photography

Candle reflecting off a texture red wall for #ColourADay #RedWed and the #SensoryArt theme #Fire A colour slide from the mid 1970s #EastCoastKin #photography

Campfire for the #SensoryArt theme #Fire #TenMinutesFromHome #EastCoastKin #photography #BrucePeninsula #BruceCounty

ICM image of a racing motorcycle entering the start/finish straight at around midnight at Le Mans for the #AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbstract. Photographed during the Le Mans 24 Hour motorcycle endurance race in 1982. Far to "artsy fartsy" for the magazine editor at the time. #EastCoastKin #ICM

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #FoodFinds. A male Mountain Bluebird with food for its young. Photographed near Punnichy, Saskatchewan in the 1990s on #Kodachrome. #EastCoastKin #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #photography

Snow and hoarfrost covered English Oak in south #Cheshire, England for #ThickTrunkTuesday. A #Kodachrome from the early 1980s. #EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #photography #landscape #winter

Paper Birch bark details for #TextureTuesday #TenMinutesFromHome #EastCoastKin #BruceCounty #BrucePeninsula #photography #nature #naturephotography

Ice covered rocks on the Colpoy's Bay shoreline at sunrise for #RockinTuesday #EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #photography #sunrise

Sunrise illuminated clouds being reflected in Colpoy's, Ontario for the #AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbstract #EastCoastKin #photography #ripples #sunrise #BrucePeninsula #BruceCounty

Snow and hoarfrost covered prairie farmland at sunrise for #ColourADay #BlueTue Photographed near Punnichy, Saskatchewan in the late 1990s on Fujichrome #Velvia #EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #photography #landscape #sunrise

A candle flame for the #SensoryArt theme #Fire. #EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #photography

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BlackAndWhite with the alternative theme #Finches. This is as close as I could get to a black and white Finch, a young male Rose-breasted Grosbeak. The common English name fails it for one theme and it's a member of the Cardinal family, not a Finch so another fail.

ICM of pine needles in the studio for the #AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbstract #EastCoastKin #photography #ICM #ICMphotography

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BlackAndWhite. Two American White Pelicans. In flight because the black primary feathers are hidden when at rest. Also a #TwosDay post. #EastCoastKin #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #photography

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Speckles&Spots. An unspotted Spotted Flycatcher. Proving that it's not only North American species that have inaccurate names. Photographed in Cheshire, England in the mid 1980s on #Kodachrome #EastCoastKin #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #photography

A male Tufted Duck for #MallardMonday. Photographed on Ellesmere Mere, Shropshire in the mid 1980s on #Kodachrome. #EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #photography

A frozen Last Mountain Lake, Saskatchewan shortly after sunrise for #BlueSkyMonday. A Fujichrome #Velvia image from the late 1990s. #EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #photography #landscape #clouds #sunset

A solitary Bittersweet Nightshade berry for #MinimalMonday #EastCoastKin #BruceCounty #BrucePeninsula #photography #nature #naturephotography

Ripples on Colpoy's Bay, Ontario shortly after sunrise for the #AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbstract #TenMinutesFromHome #EastCoastKin #BruceCounty #photography

Fire in the sky for the #SensoryArt theme #Fire Colpoy's Bay, Ontario at sunrise. Part of my #GettingBackToBasics project using a small set of manual focus prime lenses to make images the way I used to for over 30 years. #EastCoastKin #photography #landscape #clouds #sunrise

Paper Birch trees against a dark sky on the #BrucePeninsula, Ontario for #MonochromeMonday #TenMinutesFromHome #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #BruceCounty

Tree bark detail for #MacroMonday #EastCoastKin #photography #nature #naturephotography #TenMinutesFromHome

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Speckles&Spots. A Spotted Sandpiper at the time of year they actually have spots. Photographed near Punnichy, Saskatchewan in the 1990s on Fujichrome #Velvia #EastCoastKin #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #photography

Soft focus rose for #ColourADay #PinkMon Part of a project using Scotchchrome 1000 and soft focus filters I did in the mid 1980s. #EastCoastKin #photography #ColorADay

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Speckles&Spots. A Mistle Thrush eating a windfall apple in winter. Photographed in south Cheshire, England on #Kodachrome in the 1980s. #EastCoastKin #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #photography

ICM image of day lily leaves around the base of an oak tree for the #AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbstract #EastCoastKin #photography #ICM #ICMphotography

Great light

Portrait of a Whooper Swan shortly after sunset for #SwanDay and #SundayYellow A #Kodachrome from the early 1990s #EastCoastKin #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife

Site 4 on the 4th. Old campsite marker for #SundayYellow #EastCoastKin #photography

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Snowy. A Fieldfare guarding windfall apples in a partially snow covered orchard in south Cheshire, England. A #Kodachrome from the 1980s. #EastCoastKin #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #photography

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Snowy. A Snow Bunting on snow at -30°C. Photographed near Punnichy, Saskatchewan in the late 1990s on #Kodachrome #EastCoastKin #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #photography

Eurasian Tree Sparrow feeding in a south Cheshire orchard for #SparrowSunday. A #Kodachrome from the 1980s. #EastCoastKin #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #photography

Chantry Island and its lighthouse at sunset with a frozen and partially snow covered Lake Huron in the foreground for #StunDay and #ColourADay #OrangeSun A Fujichrome #Velvia from the early 2000s #BruceCounty #EastCoastKin #ColorADay #photography #landscape #sunset #clouds

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #CaughtInMotion. A pair of Great Crested Grebes performing the weed waving part of their long and complex courtship display. Both birds are paddling furiously to raise themselves out of the water while simultaneously waving water weeds at each other. #birds #wildlife

F for Fruit (and Nut) Detail of a raspberry for the #AlphabetChallenge #ThemesWeek #EastCoastKin #photography #nature #naturephotography

S for Silhouettes Colpoy's Bay, Ontario shortly before sunrise for the #AlphabetChallenge #ThemesWeek #EastCoastKin #photography #BruceCounty #BrucePeninsula #sunrise

A Richardson's Ground Squirrel recently emerged from hibernation on the Saskatchewan prairies for #SquirrelSaturday. A #Kodachrome from the 1990s. #EastCoastKin #photography #nature #naturephotography

Snow and ivy on a Maple tree trunk for #ColourADay #GreenSat. Photographed on New Years Day so it's also a #BlueSkyArtShow #NewYear post. Made with a short manual focus telephoto out of my #GettingBackToBasics kit. #EastCoastKin #photography #nature #naturephotography

A female Eurasian Siskin in south Cheshire, England for #SmallBirdSaturday. Photographed in the mid 1990s on #Kodachrome. #EastCoastKin #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #photography

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #CaughtInMotion with the alternative #BirdsOfPrey. An Osprey carrying a freshly caught White Sucker over Lake Huron in #BruceCounty. #EastCoastKin #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #photography

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #CaughtInMotion. A pair of Common Tern mating on a rock on the Lake Huron shoreline in Southampton, Ontario. #EastCoastKin #BruceCounty #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #photography

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #GoodLight with the alternative #Gulls. I've always liked the soft light on this group of Black-headed Gulls standing in shallow water preening. Photographed in south Cheshire, England in the 1990s on #Kodachrome #EastCoastKin #birds #photography #nature #wildlife

A Paper Birch treescape for #Scape Friday. Photographed on the #BrucePeninsula, Ontario on New Years Day two years ago. #TenMinutesFromHome #BruceCounty #EastCoastKin #photography #nature