Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #CootsAndMoorhens. This American Coot photo was from last year's spring migration. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #CootsAndMoorhens. This American Coot photo was from last year's spring migration. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

A Ring-Billed Gull hovering for a meal. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

My entry for the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Swans. This is a pair of Trumpeter Swans from Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

A Great Egret standing in the shallow water. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

A Killdeer that I spotted over fall as it walks in the muck. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

I caught this Northern Flicker a little before sunset. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

A Sandhill Crane in flight with a couple of additional cranes in the background. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

A White Breasted Nuthatch #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

A Green Heron with a meal for #BirdOfTheDay – a bird standing in shallow water. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin #Paddling

Sandhill Crane Chaos #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

A cute Muskrat eating breakfast in the morning light. #Mammals #Animals #Muskrat #Nature #Photography #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin #Cute

A fun moment from yesterday when six Trumpeter Swans lined up for their group shot. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

Northern lights visible above Lake Nokomis and the distant Minneapolis skyline - 11/11/2025

Not bad for a quick front yard photo of the Aurora Borealis tonight! #Astro #AstroPhotography #Sky #AuroraBorealis #Photo #Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

My first time seeing a flock of Cackling Geese! Don't be fooled, these are NOT Canadian Geese. Notice the short neck and different plumage at the base of the neck. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

A Sandhill Crane spotted this morning in the fields close to Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

I ended up going to Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge this morning to see more Sandhill Cranes, but first saw 20+ Trumpeter Swans that were intrigued by my presence. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

I get to spend the morning with some ducks tomorrow morning...where should I go? Sherburne? Minnesota River Valley? #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

Not a bad sunrise. Not bad at all. Lake Superior

Sandhill Crane taking flight during golden hour. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

The Sierra Nevadas from Baker, California for #MountainMonday! #Scape #LandscapePhotography #Photo #Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

Bald Eagle stopping to glance at the camera. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

Part of an antler lost since the last time I saw this buck. #Mammals #Animals #Deer #Nature #Photography #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

An Osprey rising out of the water. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

A Ruby Throated Hummingbird from the fall migration. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

Here's my art challenge for #BirdOfTheDay with the theme #Takeoff. A Double Crested Cormorant taking flight. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

An Osprey flying low to the water. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin #Osprey

It’s #flyday Friday! #aviation #jet #BlueAngels #PhotographersUnited

Sandhill Crane flying in the morning. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

The truth nobody tells you about photography is that most of your work won’t be seen or celebrated, and that’s okay. The work that matters most is the work that means something to you first. Everything else is just noise.

A young Hooded Merganser just as it came out of the water. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

A Mallard for your timeline cleanse. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

Cedar Waxwing with the berry toss. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

Missing my fawns from this year. #Mammals #Animals #Deer #Cute #Nature #Photography #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

A spider that was dropping down in my front porch. Anyone know what variety this is? Seek gave me the ever useful "spider". #Insects #Macro #Spiders #Arachnids #Nature #Wildlife #Nature #MacroPhotography #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

A fantastic set of antlers by our biggest buck. #Mammals #Animals #Deer #Nature #Photography #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

A Great Blue Heron from yesterday evening. It was so tucked away I barely noticed it. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

Look at what this Gull is picking at. Eck. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

A Bald Eagle with its lunch. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin #BaldEagles #Raptors

A House Sparrow from today. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

American Goldfinch on a goldenrod plant. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

A pair of Sandhill Cranes taking flight. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

Sandhill Crane cleared for landing. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin #Clouds #Sunrise

A Bald Eagle making sure the cameraman doesn't try and take its roadkill (hidden in silhouette in its grasp). #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin #BaldEagles #Raptors

The last of the big fall migrations...the Sandhill Cranes! I went to Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge to see some of the migrating cranes yesterday. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

On the way back from Sherburne Wildlife Refuge I spotted this Bald Eagle with some roadkill. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

I went up at dawn to catch the Sandhill Cranes during their migration stop at Sherburne Wildlife Refuge this morning! This is the last of my planned trips for the season. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

A Green Heron from late summer. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

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