Whisper of the Past: Some advertisements disappear all at once. Others spend decades learning how to fade. Pentax K3 MkIII Monochrome 61mm f5.6 #AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTime #AlbertLea #Minnesota #ghostsign #ghostsigns #ghostsignproject #UrbanGaze #Architecture #Pentax #ClassicMono

A summer tanager seeing if I look any more interesting sideways. #red #BirdOfTheDay #birds #photography

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsWideOpen, any bird with it's wings open wide. Mallard over the river #birds #photography

Snowy egret with #WingsWideOpen as it goes for a fish. #BirdOfTheDay #photography #birds

Tree swallow male in flight, calling to his mate, shot from my yard in California last Wednesday #BirdOfTheDay #ScrollBack #birds

A green heron glides across the water. #Scrollback #BirdOfTheDay #birds #photography

A great egret and its breakfast disagreeing on what's for breakfast. The fish was tenacious and escaped about five times over ten minutes, but the egret did ultimately win. #birds #photography

Before the restaurant opens. #Morning #BlueSkyArtShow #photography

Great blue heron standing in a bush, just so it could get included in both #FeathersInFoliage and #CormorantOrHeron for #BirdOfTheDay. #birds #photography

A butterfly making the good decision to not fly into the cactus in the background. #FlyDay #photography

A least bittern hangs out in some reeds. #CormorantOrHeron #BirdOfTheDay #birds #photography

Broad-billed hummingbird pondering whether the #blue in its feathers is enough to get it posted to #BirdOfTheDay. #birds #photography

A female mallard doing a coquettish over the shoulder look for her glamour shot. #FeatheredFemales #BirdOfTheDay #birds #photography

Juveniles least bitterns, one intent on seeing if the other had any food in its mouth, the other trying to nibble on its sibling's head. #BirdOfTheDay #Funnies #birds #photography

A #Breezy day gives a snowy egret an interesting look. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #photography

A green heron #LockedOn to its target in the water. #BirdOftheDay #birds #photography

Not a true black and white, just a turkey vulture soaring on a cloudy day. #BirdOfTheDay #raptors #birds #photography

Black crowned night herons are extremely #photogenic with their red eyes. #BirdOftheDay #birds #photography.

Green heron #InMotion as it goes fishing. #BirdOftheDay #birds #photography

#Yellow goldfinch #InMotion as it bathes in a bird bath. #BirdOftheDay #birds #photography

A #LowFlying brown pelican skims the waves. #BirdOfTheDay #photography #birds

A bee helps pollinate cereus cactus. #MacroMonday #photography

Two juvenile least bitterns hanging out in some reeds. #BirdOfTheDay #pairs #birds #photography

Juvenile least bittern really did not want to share the reeds with a coot, who finally got the message. #Birds #photography

Green heron with a #mouthful for #BirdOftheday. #birds #photography

#ShadowPlay of a statue doing the YMCA. #BlueSkyArtShow #photography

#BlueSkyArtShow #ShadowPlay #SanFrancisco #photography Sutro Tower, San Francisco

Water falling over the original turbine at Arizona Falls on the Arizona Canal in Phoenix. This would make a pretty cool entrance to a secret villain lair. #ColorADay #BWFri #photography

Picket Post House at Boyce Thompson Arboretum. #scape #photography

Hummingbird that was kind enough to feed in the sun. #BirdOfTheDay #BestOfTheMonth #birds #photography

#BeautyInBrown is a good day for ducklings. Although, really any day is a good day for ducklings. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #photography.

#BeautyInBrown contrasting with a blooming palo verde tree. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #photography.

Hale Theater, Gilbert, Arizona. #WindowsOnWednesday #photography

When you're getting ready to belly flop in the mud just because your sibling made it look fun. #WellTimed #BirdOftheDay #photography #birds

I'm not entirely sure what this pelican was doing, but its balance is impressive. #BirdOfTheDay #WellTimed #Birds #photography

Thanks for the swell reception. Here’s the same bird on take off. Traveling this week to see family in Chicago, and Cleveland. Alan & Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #WellTimed, any bird captured in an interesting moment. The alt #WeatherWarriors birds in any weather. #birds #photography #ECK

A black-necked stilt looking graceful as it looks for food. #WaterBirds #BirdOfTheDay #birds #photography

While not traditionally #WaterBirds, these mid-bath hummingbirds really looked like they needed to splash some cold water on their faces to wake up on a Sunday morning after a wild Saturday night. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #photography

An avocet #SplashingAround as it takes a bath. #BirdOfTheDay. #birds #photography.

A green heron tosses a fish into its beak. #ComeEatWithMe #BirdOftheDay #Birds #photography

The almost indiscernible #Edge between sky and ocean right before sunrise. #BlueSkyArtShow #photography

The #Edge of the Grand Canyon is a great place for portraits. #BlueSkyArtShow #photography.

A green heron looking not very green amid the #LeafandLight. #BirdOfTheDay #photography #birds

I would not want to be the fish this green heron was spearing from above. #BirdOfTheDay #LongNecks #birds #photography

Great blue heron sits on a #manmadeperch watching a storm come in. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #photography

Bald eagle sitting on a pump to a pond where the eagle fishes at a farm outside Phoenix, Arizona. I loved seeing the eagle fitting into the urban wildlife interface like that. #BirdOfTheDay #manmadeperch #photography #birds

I hear ash-throated flycatchers often enough, but seeing one and capturing it makes for a #RareEncounter. #BirdOftheDay #photography #birds

A dove enjoying the morning sun. #BirdOfTheDay #Pigeons&Doves #birds #photography