Cactus flowers are a novelty to this East Coast kid. #flowers #nature

It was a good day for this great blue heron, and a not-so-good day for the fish. #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #photography #heron #eastcoastkin #avian #gofish #greatblueheron #snacktime

The hummingbirds were loving the jewelweed at the Heinz wildlife refuge in Philadelphia. #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #photography #hummingbirds #eastcoastkin #avian

Here’s a beautiful owlet, as seen at the Avian Conservation Center, Awendaw, SC. This may be an Eurasian eagle owlet, but I am not certain. #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #photography #owlet #owl #eastcoastkin #raptor #avian

Warbling white eye, spotted in the treetop near Kona, HI last month. #birds #wildlife #nature #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #eastcoastkin #naturephotography #kona #island #hawaii #warbler

This is just so shocking to me. I watched Sesame Street as a preschooler when it debuted in 1969, so I don’t remember a world without public broadcasting. What a disgrace.

It’s always a delight to spot a female northern cardinal. Her male partner was nearby but camera shy. #birds #wildlife #nature #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #eastcoastkin #naturephotography #cardinal

@willbunch.bsky.social is speaking the truth here. Read and learn, then raise hell. “Yet, if we don’t raise our voices immediately, that ability could disappear quickly. The moment to scream “Never Again” is right now, not during your grandchild’s history class.” share.inquirer.com/Oom3jO

Beyond the 60 Minutes payoff & Colbert cancelation, an unprecedented capitulation: as part of merger agreement, new parent company agrees to install an official to "monitor bias" at CBS’s news division. CBS news will essentially be state controlled media. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/b...

This male purple honeycreeper is a beauty. #birds #wildlife #nature #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #eastcoastkin #naturephotography #tropical #purplehoneycreeper

A great egret perched, sentry-like, near the edge of the rookery at Ocean City, NJ. #birds #wildlife #nature #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #eastcoastkin #naturephotography #egret #rookery #oceancity #newjersey

This is disgusting. Even in the era of no shame, it’s shameful. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/u...

This is a common myna bird, spotted near Kona, HI. I was struck by its large size and loud song. They are strangely beautiful birds, unlike any others I have seen. #birds #wildlife #nature #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #eastcoastkin #naturephotography #kona #island #myna #hawa

Java sparrow, spotted near Kona, HI last week. #birds #wildlife #nature #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #eastcoastkin #naturephotography #kona #island #sparrow #hawaii

KFF polling shows 34% of adults ages 50 and older have a favorable view of the tax and budget bill passed by Congress. Support drops when people hear that the bill would increase the number of uninsured people and reduce funding for local hospitals. on.kff.org/4l3XMNB

Notably absent from this evil legislation is the promised reform to the carried interest tax loophole. Of course, Trump lied about that, too. Meanwhile, private equity rejoices, and the war on the poor continues. Shameful and diabolical. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

Fly, egret, fly! #birds #wildlife #nature #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #eastcoastkin #naturephotography #egret

The catbird seat. #birds #wildlife #nature #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #eastcoastkin #naturephotography #catbird

RIP Mr. Smith #Photography www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/a...

This is Jesus’ military parade. This is how Christ became King. There is the way of the world— And there is the way of Jesus. There is the way of the Beast— And there is the way of the Lamb.

Brian Wilson, August 25, 2016, Pittsburgh, PA Love and mercy That’s what you need tonight, So, love and mercy To you and your friends tonight. #brianwilson #music #concertphotography #photography #petsounds

I am barn swallow- hear me roar! Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, Philadelphia, PA #birds #wildlife #nature #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #eastcoastkin #naturephotography

Nick Ut, Los Angeles, June 8, 2025. From Nick's Instagram page. #Photojournalism #Photography

This is part of the Technicolor wall of dyes at the George Eastman house in Rochester, NY. There are more than 3,000 bottles containing the various dyes used to create the Technicolor dye-transfer process. #film #Technicolor #dyetransfer #movies #Eastman #analog #color #20thcentury

For today’s #BlueSkyArtShow we go #Underneath the surgical lights in the abandoned hospital block at Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia. #photography #abandoned #medical #prison #eastcoastkin

Behold the mighty sandpiper! Cape May, NJ #birds #wildlife #nature #birdphotography #ocean #wildlifephotography #sandpiper #eastcoastkin #naturephotography #beach #capemay

Stealthy gator, lying in wait near Charleston, SC. #wildlife #wildlifephotography #alligator #eastcoastkin

Leifer went to the arena a couple of days early in order to bribe the electricians to hang his strobes above the ring. Amazing.

Sebastião Salgado, a celebrated Brazilian photographer whose striking images of humanity and nature in the Amazon rainforest and beyond won him some of the world’s top honors and made him a household name, has died at 81.

This is my first infrared image, taken a couple weeks ago above the Manayunk canal in Philadelphia, PA. Captured at 850nm with a newly converted full spectrum Nikon Z6. #landscape #cityscape #urban #infrared #monochrome #eastcoastkin

Duck! Heinz Wildlife Refuge, Philadelphia, PA #birds #wildlife #nature #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #duck #eastcoastkin #naturephotography

NEW: World Press Photo is suspending its credit to Nick Ut, the former Associated Press photograher who has been credited with the iconic "Napalm Girl" photo for a half-century. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/b...

Baseball's appalling free pass for gambler, tax cheat and alleged statutory rapist Pete Rose isn't just a win for Trump, who pushed for this It's the epitome of Trump's MAGA drive to liberate sexism, racism, and all kinds of gross bad-boy behavior My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/mlb-...

Landed! Heinz Wildlife Refuge, Philadelphia, PA #birds #wildlife #nature #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #egret #eastcoastkin #naturephotography

Under the pier at Folly Beach, Charleston, SC, at “the edge of America” just after sunrise. #lines #beach #sunrise #blueskyartshow #charleston #monochrome #eastcoastkin #blackandwhiteworld #nikon

Ruddy turnstone, Sunset Beach, Cape May, NJ. #birds #wildlife #nature #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #capemay #eastcoastkin #naturephotography #migration

For today’s #green theme, here’s a wildflower bloom that I spotted during a walk through the Heinz Wildlife Refuge in Philadelphia. #flower #naturephotography #bloomscrolling #flowers #flowerphotography #eastcoastkin #nature #blueskyartshow #green

Photojournalism still matters. Here’s what it meant in the Vietnam war. This is a free article, no subscription required to view: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/w...

I only had about 10 minutes near the rookery last week, but I managed to catch this great egret showing its breeding plumage. Their faces turn lime green during breeding season. #birds #wildlife #nature #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #egret #eastcoastkin #naturephotography #rookery

Ravenel Bridge, Charleston, SC #nightphotography #longexposure #charleston #bridge #photography #landscapephotography #eastcoastkin

“In my late 20s, I finally accepted the reality that I was a good musician but would never be a truly great one,” writes Arthur C. Brooks. “Knowing what I was not ultimately helped me be who I could be”:

Here’s an orchid I photographed from below using multiple exposures. #flower #naturephotography #bloomscrolling #poppy #flowers #flowerphotography #eastcoastkin #nature #color #macro

I spotted this shy cedar waxwing hiding deep in the brush beneath the fruit trees. #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #photography

Meet Anthony Schmidt, a 16-year-old with #autism who turns #miniature #cars into life-sized works of #art through his incredible #photography

The evil of these people knows no bounds. Pure, unmitigated evil. “And by going after HIV more directly, the administration is cementing its commitment to letting infection spread in the communities that can least afford to be neglected.”

I see these snakehead fish regularly at the wildlife refuge in Philadelphia. They are frightening. I’m always glad to see a tough osprey catch one for a meal.

Disgraceful, literally.

Johnson is literally doing the opposite of what he says he is doing. What a terrible person he is showing himself to be. Again. “I am actively working on every possible accommodation to make Congressional service simpler for young mothers,” he wrote on social media as he defended his position.