Western cattle egret pausing on a soft bed of wildflowers #Birds&Flowers #BirdoftheDay #Birds #phptpgraphy #wildlife #nature #egret

White Backed Vulture Bonded Pair of Lovebirds, gaze lovingly at each other. These gentle creatures are so vital to our ecosystem and form such strong bonds- it is painful to see them so vilified, and often murdered. #birds #photography #wildlife #Zimbabwe #nature #birdoftheday #PerfectPoise

Defender of the Nest: This brown pelican spread his protective wings in the the waning light, unaware of the beautiful #momentsofmajesty he created for the human onlookers. #Birdoftheday #birds #photography #wildlife #nature #birdphotography

Sassy, sassy Bluejay #ButtShotts #BirdOfTheDay #birds #photography #nature #wildlife

American Oystercatcher offering a bashful smile and her #BestSideEye for #BirdoftheDay

Pied-billed grebe parent and chick. How quickly the babies go from screaming to be fed to learning to lead the swim. #AmongTheRipples #BirdoftheDay #birds #photography #nature #wildlife #pond #bcbirds

A #BirdoftheDay theme about looking #upanddown is a Green Heron's time to shine! And who can look as simultaneously elegant and ridiculous as a #greenheron ? Spotting one is always a delight. #birds #birdphotography #photography #nature #wildlife #pond

Turnstone: another #rocky theme bird for #BirdOfTheDay, this diminutive nonbreeding #turnstone gives these little rocks the appearance of boulders. #bird #nature #photography #wild #birdphotography #wildlife

Killdeer on Eggs: A local #killdeer couple thought that this #rocky patch next to active railway tracks was an excellent place to hatch some eggs. Camouflage is on point though, since I barely spotted the killdeer let alone the eggs! #BirdOfTheDay #birds #photography #wildlife #nature

While this Pintail wants you to believe he is conducting an orchestra, he i in fact finishing up #bathtime, today's theme for #BirdOfTheDay! #birds #photography #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #pond

Western Grebe with their chick. I drove 5 hours to a location rich with bird varieties, but couldn't tear myself away from the single location where #westerngrebes could be seen caring for their babies so lovingly. A #lifer well worth the wait! #birds #wildlife #nature #photography #BirdOfTheDay

Western Honeybee: the more we learn about their incredibly sophisticated math-based communication, the more we must accept that language limitations are not among other animals, but with us as we try to understand their worlds. #macro #bees #insecst #flower #pollinators #garden #entomology

When this #hornbill gets a morsel of food in his #orange bill, his work is only halfway through- there's still a looooong way to his gullet! I marvel that these guys don't tip over. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #zimbabwe

Inaugural post repost: Mistakes were made! Pied-billed grebe chick finding its wings. #birdoftheday #cutie #bird #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography

Inaugural post! Pied-billed grebe chick finding its wings. My intention was to navigate an entire park photographing birds, but I couldn't tear myself away from the edge of the lagoon where the grebe family played. #cutie #grebe #bird #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography