It's been so cloudy and gray I didn't realize a Bluebird was in a feeder (with a House Finch approaching) until checking the pictures. 🪶

Black-capped Chickadee #birds

Success! Long-billed Curlew using that extra long beak to capture a small crab for a morning snack. #CorpusChristiTX #Birds.

Lookin back, One of the neatest things I did this summer was capture this video. It is basically unedited except for me slowing it down a little to try and match the music… which didn’t work. 😂 To the 100 or so people that liked or commented on it. Thanks. #birds

I'm traveling back 18 months to June 27, 2024 when a Hummingbird and I shared a warm gentle rain. 🪶 #FallBack

My most recent bird image is from last weekend of a Juvenile Bald Eagle in flight with a view from directly underneath the bird. #BirdOfTheDay #mostrecent #BaldEagle #birds

Then in April 2025 it was American Toads gathering and singing at my local creek. I adore the sound they make #herps #2025Recap #FavoriteNatureMoments 🌿

There’s icy slop falling from the sky so there aren’t many bugs to be found for #InverteFest. So here’s a lovely bee from six months ago instead #invertebrates 🌿

Frosty Jay of the day #birds

Tufted Titmouse - little, spicy crested bird with intense eyes 🪶

Here are the rest of the American Kestrel pics from last weekend. #birds #Kestrel

I missed this week’s #ThursJay, so here’s a California Scrub Jay wishing you a happy Friday #birds

Coots look like they got a deal to design their own shoes like professional athletes.

I finally got around to editing the footage from this whole encounter, definitely the most beautiful moment of the year in nature for me. Video taken across a 12 minute period, sunset lit water fans will REALLY like this one! Uncompressed: youtu.be/VwQTwF8WlI0 🦑

A Keel-billed Toucan in my garden this morning. At @casabentbill.bsky.social #CostaRica #ToucanoftheDay #toucans #birds #nature

There was so much color outside when there were Hummingbirds, green Anole lizards and flowers. 🪶🦎 #FallBack to June 26

#BIRDS Peace and joy come to you--a group of mourning doves.

I've only had two Pine Siskins in my yard this fall/winter. Here's one from a few years ago when several dozen spent the winter here. #birds #birding #Bobsbackyard #Ancaster #HamOnt #siskin #pinesiskin

Happy #FlyDay 🪶 (ID in Alt-text)

My little chickadee. 🪶

I remembered there was a little pond behind a friend's house we were heading to and grabbed the camera. The Canada Geese showed up and I finally got a goose in the water. Some fly over my area everyday, but I haven't checked out the ponds nearby.🪶 #MostRecent for #BirdOfTheDay

Back to our most important Cardinals, the pretty ladies. 🪶

Anyways, here's a thing Kim & I did in 2020. Kim wrote the song, sang & played rhythm guitar I played lead, bass & programmed the drums plus filmed & edited the video. I think it's a great song with a great message. All Will Be Well.

INCREDIBLE CHRISTMAS MURDER!! ❤️ 😭 😭 🪶

Chickadee in a holly tree 😃 (2022)

As morning fog cleared two of my favorite birds stopped by. Tufted Titmouse, Carolina Wren 🪶

Christmas Day started out warm and foggy with the sound of birdsong. A White-breasted Nuthatch made a quick trip through the feeder. 🪶

Female Red-bellied Woodpecker 🪶 showing a bit of her red belly!

Merry Christmas! I hope everyone is enjoying the holidays and seeing lots of birds. 📷: Northern Cardinal

Our Squirrel of the Day for December 25, 2025 is a little Christmas angel #sqrlpix

One of the East Coast’s largest fish, Atlantic sturgeon are slow-growing. They can grow up to 14 ft/4.3 m long, weigh up to 800 lbs/363 kg and live up to 60 years! Depending on where they live (north vs. south), female sturgeon may not mature until they’re 22-34 years old #25DaysofFishmas

Merry Christmas! For the first time in ever we've made sweet potato casserole with a pecan topping instead of marshmallows, and we're going to a friends house for lunch. I hope you have a lovely day doing the same thing you've always done or something different! 🎄

‘I’iwi on Haleakala. 🌿🦉

At dusk it's Cardinal time. As it begins to get dark they will gather near the feeders for a snack, chipping and pssting at each other. The sunset was reflected in the east and the crescent moon was setting in the west as a firetruck with santa drove by.🪶 Good night and Merry Christmas 🎄

Day 24 of #artadventcalendar… Merry Christmas 🎄 #birdart

Mentzelia laevicaulis, our Giant Blazingstar, blooming at Browns Park #nativeplants #FallBackFlowers #FallBack to June 25 🌿 🎄 Merry Christmas!🎄

Christmas color as we near the end of #ArtAdventCalendar. A staghorn cholla blooming in the Arizona desert, luminous in the late light. I went to #SaguaroNationalPark to see saguaros, not realizing I'd be in a world of other cacti radiant with #flowers. So happy! #nativeplants #flowerphotography 🌿

Another death glare from another toucan: a #faceoff with a Collared Aracari at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica #birds #toucans #nature #toucanoftheday

For context, carp is traditionally a popular Christmas Eve dish in parts of Central Europe, and people often keep them alive in bathtubs for a few days before the meal #25DaysofFishmas www.npr.org/sections/the...

One of my fave #sqrlpix, of a squirrel family watching for Santa, from December 24, 2023

#ArtAdventCalendar Dec.24 Their slightly nasal sounding beep beep beeps are one of the best sounds during our long winters. This Red-breasted Nuthatch pauses briefly in the frosty branches before checking out the pine cone for seeds! #Birds #photography #wildlife 🪶

an aurora corona for day 24 #ArtAdventCalendar. Wishing you all a safe and happy Christmas. Endless thanks to @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca for creating this beautiful oasis of talent, imagination and joy🥰

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 24. Merry Christmas everyone! May the holidays warm your heart with love, and your home with joy (water colour, ink and digital art).

#ArtAdventCalendar 24/25, before and after: Merry Christmas! This was our first Christmas card design from 2016 vs its 2020/2023 remake (edited '23.) Have a happy and safe holiday! I'm off tomorrow. #art #bird #conure #parrotSky 🦜

Last piece for #ArtAdventCalendar this year, though I actually did it at the beginning of the month so that I had some art for my Christmas cards. Doesn’t matter how or if you celebrate, I hope that good things come to you next year. 🩵

“Roger’s Koi” (c) 2018 Watercolor on Arches paper This koi painting is a companion to yesterday’s #ArtAdventCalendar submission “Lauren’s Koi,” albeit finished quite a few years later. Cousins who were avid gardeners bringing wonder to their backyard! #Watercolor #Koi

“Flowers in a Glass Vase” (c) 2006 Watercolor on Arches paper Another floral sketch. I stoped before adding many details concerned I’d lose the glow of the flowers. Wet on wet followed by a dry layer. #ArtAdventCalendar #Watercolor #FloralStillLife

For the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Contrast here is an American Crow in an oak tree against a bright blue July sky. 🪶

One day in July I just watched 3 little squirrels and a baby Cardinal. 🪶🦊