#BirdOfTheDay An eagle, flying off with a fish that is a little too big to carry in its mouth, but will become #FoodInBeaks when he can land with it somewhere.

#BirdOfTheDay #FoodInBeaks A Redwing Blackbird with something that used to be a dragonfly and is now lunch.

Okay, like I said, there is always one more post. #TongueOutTuesday Two candidates, neither of whom seemed to want their pictures taken. "Neither of whom?" Who says things like that?! I think I need a nap already . . .

One more for #BirdOfTheDay #HiddenInPlainSight A Flicker, thinking that I cannot see him.

#BirdOfTheDay #HiddenInPlainSight Okay, I guess it is hard for a Cardinal to hide because of all that red, but in this case he was hard to spot because he was hanging out in the middle of all that green.

Cannot pass up #RockinTuesday. Lots of rocks that you just look at and wonder: "How did they come out like this, and how have they lasted like this for so long?"

#BirdOfTheDay #reflections Cannot remember if I have posted this one before. Let's go to the short list: what can I remember? Answer: I don't remember! Here is a big guy in a small pond, admiring himself in the water. Have a reflective day.

Early post for #BlueSkyMonday. Bluebird against a perfect blue sky. Hope you all have a great week.

#BirdOfTheDay #FirstWingbeat Kudos to whoever thought this one up. Here is a big eagle taking off. Take off and have a great Sunday.

For #Stunday, a picture of my favorite lighthouse, the Eagle Harbor Lighthouse in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Hope you all have a stunning day.

#BirdOfTheDay #BestOfTheMonth I still don't know how you choose best of anything when art is concerned. Not criticizing anyone! Are these my best pictures? Definitely not. There are my own "sub-genre": birds trying to escape getting their pictures taken. Have a best weekend.

#BlueSkyArtShow #Growth My pictures: succeeding against all odds. Have a great weekend and keep growing in all aspects of your life.

#scape day for one more post. Rock scape, one of my favorite kinds of "scapes," taken by someone else because that is the old man, me, taking a picture of it!

#BirdOfTheDay #solitude Now here is one I can get behind. The way the world is going, we need more solitude. A Snowy Egret, sharing its solitude with only its reflection.

#BirdOfTheDay #negativespace So, a bird with lots of space in the image. Sure. Here is a Cardinal, going somewhere and not taking up much space!🤪

#HumansOfBlueSky Posted before. Photographers as subjects.

For #UrbanGaze, a night alley in BW. Still one of my favorite subjects because they have all kinds of "stuff" in them and intermittent lighting casts interesting shadows.

#BirdOfTheDay alt is #Determination Both of these Bluebirds seem determined to win this confrontation.

#BirdOfTheDay #Texture. Two images: one with electric water from a sunset creating texture for a duck silhouette, and one with bird texture created by the sun bringing out all its colors. FWIW

One more #BirdOfTheDay #Anatidae Just missed that photo where the two swans make a "heart" shape with their necks, so that makes it my one-millionth "near-miss" photo.😄

#BirdOfTheDay is #Anatidae. Now that I have looked that up, I can post something!🤪 Two ducks, giving me their opinion of being photographed.

Early post for #RockinTuesday Rocky architecture from the Quincy copper mining area in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. They knew how to put rocks together to make buildings that stood the test of time.

#BlueSkyMonday A blue sky over all kinds of interesting, I hope, other things.

#BirdOfTheDay #BirdOnAWire I like it. One of my oldest and favorite photos. Remember those who served and sacrificed for our freedoms today and always.

Last post of the day for #Stunday. Red waxy leaves with dewdrops everywhere. Have a great week and find peace in as many places as you can.

#BirdOfTheDay #StaringRightAtYou. Nothing can match that penetrating look of an Eagle giving you "the eye."

One more post for #BlueSkyArtShow #Tall This Cottonwood tree is not just tall, it is massive!

World Turtle Day. Do the turtles know this? Here is a different kind of turtle.

#BirdOfTheDay #EFGH What else but an Eagle? Well, yes, it could be a lot of other things, but I am going with an Eagle, flying in its majestic way and taking a look around. Have a great weekend.

#BlueSkyArtShow #tall For a first try, how about tall but not quite straight?

Today we have #scape and #FoodOnFriday. Fine. Here is a pretzel scape for the first hashtag and the results for food on Friday. Have a great weekend and bake something!

#BirdOfTheDay #HeadShots A sandhill crane, giving me the side-eye.

#Scape day. I like this one, because I can make things up and call them "scapes," but these two should qualify regardless—a "city" scape and a "nature" scape. Enjoy your scape today, whatever it may be.

I admit to doing terrible things: putting too many commas in my writing; using the em dash with abandon; and standing with those who like prologues, epilogues, & chapter titles. But now I admit to my worst offense of all—I am baking oatmeal raisin cookies. Block me if you must, I will understand.🤪

Okay, just thought of another image for #BirdOfTheDay #grassland Here is a Starling who brought part of the grassland with him.

Okay, another one, but this time #BirdOfTheDay #red, the alternate. My favorite plain old Cardinal picture. I was trying take a picture of a different bird, and this guy flew up and landed six feet from me.

#BirdOfTheDay #Grassland Here is a Sparrow who took the grass with him.

Okay, someone just reminded me of #WindowsOnWednesday, and I have been posting too much today already so why stop now? Interesting colored buildings, city trees, bicycles, people, interesting shadows, other stuff, and windows, lots and lots of windows!🤪

It seems that I am the only one who is not posting bee pictures today for World Bee Day. Let me correct that with a bee enjoying a little Bee Balm.🐝

So many people posting for #WaterfallWednesday that I could not resist. Konteka Falls in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

#BirdOfTheDay #WingsWideOpen I will throw this one out there. Wings are wide open, and they are really WIDE wings.

World Bee Day. This is a "day" I can get behind. Maybe not always from this close, but close enough to help the bees. I said, "Leave the bee alone, and he will fly away . . . ." I'm sure I don't need to tell you whose knee this is.🤪

Posting way too much already, but one more: #BirdOfTheDay #unloved Vultures, one fake and one real.

#RockinTuesday This is what happens when you try to take a picture of someone next to a big rock by Lake Superior and get a wave splashing against the rock in the picture, but the wave is a little bigger than you wanted it to be.🤪

#BirdOfTheDay #ScrollBack I like this, because I like to look back and remember my associations with pictures. Associations with birds? Why not?

Does this fit #BlueSkyMonday? Not really. But right now it is a perfect BlueSky day, but by dinnertime we are looking at thunderstorms. Am I complaining? No. Yesterday north of us, they had tornado warnings, high winds, and two-inch hail. Yikes. Hope you day is blue sky and not thunderous!

#BirdOfTheDay #DucksInTheAir Just skimming the surface!

#BirdOfTheDay #ruffled Here are a couple images of birds doing their own ruffling while making waves.

Okay, earlier today I asked a stupid question about a bird, so why stop now? What does the hashtag #ECK stand for? Everyone seems to keep posting it. And, yes, sometimes I am as nutty as squirrel p___. Have a pleasant evening and Sunday.

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #WaterDroplets My last post for this theme had just a couple drops, so I decided to post this one with a couple, thousand, drops. Some Common Goldeneyes, making a big splash as they all take off to avoid getting their pictures taken.