Happy #Stunday friends! Captured Saturday, at the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge, this Great-blue Heron, caught a fish too big to eat but couldn't decide to keep trying or to let it go... he reluctantly let it go. #birds #birdingOH #Longnecks #Birdoftheday #nature #photography #ECK 🦉🪶📷

Happy Saturday friends... I love the #CamoOrContrast theme today and offer this shot from last May, an Eastern Screech Owl doing his best to stay incognito. #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #nature #photography #ECK #Birdoftheday 🦉🪶📷

Trump and the Republicans are RAISING TAXES on every single American. By doubling inflation because of their idiotic war on Iran, they're taxing ALL of us. The average American household will pay another $3,298 per year -- and climbing. $275 every month. Because of the GOP.

Happy #FeatheredFriday friends... I caught this Eastern Towhee putting a lot of gusto into their wanting call for a female to come near. #TheSongFactor #Birdoftheday #nature #birds #BirdingOH #wildlife #photography 🪶📷🦉

Well, they've finally struck home. #ICE has detained my former #umich student, Yousif Azizi, a PhD student in public policy at Virginia Tech w/a valid visa. He was arrested while taking his children to school in Maryland. After multiple transfers, he is in a detention center in Arizona.

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Happy Thursday friends... found this beautiful Horned Grebe in full spring attire in Vickery, OH a couple of weeks back. So nice that he posed a half a second for me. #RestingBeakFace #Birdoftheday #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #nature #photography #ECK 🦉📷🪶

Happy mid-week friends... been out looking for early migrants and was happy to find the original Angry Bird; the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher on Sunday. Love these busy little birds. #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #nature #photography #ECK

Happy Tuesday friends... I love catching these guys in flight-their acrobatic style is a sight to behold. But watching them work together to eat is a treat as well. American White Pelicans. #WhattheFlock #Birdoftheday #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #nature #photography #ECK

H.R. 1897 is moving fast in the House and could hit the floor for a full vote as soon as tomorrow. This bill would gut the Endangered Species Act forcing economic impact considerations into listing decisions, limiting your ability to challenge bad science in court,

Happy New week friends... Over the past two weeks, I've seen plenty of #Turdidae, more specifically Hermit Thrush in and around the area. At one park I counted 11. For being considered a hermit, they're looking quite social. #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #nature #photography #ECK #BirdoftheDay

Happy #Stunday friends... it just so happens yesterday was American Avocet Day here in Northern OH, when a large flock descended upon an area park. Fun birds to watch and photograph. #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #nature #photography #ECK #'birdoftheDay #ABCD

Happy Saturday friends... up early waiting for the thunderstorms to clear so I can get some birding in today. From late March, a pair of Hooded Mergansers used the dike rocks to get some much-needed preening in. #birds #birdingOH #BirdoftheDay #DucksOutOfwater #nature #ECK #photography🦉📷🪶

Happy #FeatheredFriday friends... Been gone most of the day, birding but would like to add this Black-necked Stilt to the #Birdoftheday Alt theme, #waders. There are two pair chasing off others who come near their nesting ground--even each other. #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #nature #photography #ECK

Happy Thursday friends... from Feb, I thought I photographed a young Tundra Swan, when in reality, they turned out to be a hybrid Mute-Whooping Swan (as confirmed by local ornithologist). Pretty cool find. #birds #biridngOH #wildlife #nature #photography #eastcoastkin #Birdoftheday #Headshots 🦉📷🪶

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Happy mid-week or hump day friends... My area has been flooded with these Ruby-crowned Kinglet darlings over the past week. So happy songbird migration is underway. #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #nature #photography #eastcoastkin #BirdoftheDay #LeafandLIght

Happy Tuesday friends... Been out looking for early migrants and found some Wilson's Snipe, hanging out at Metzger's Marsh Wildlife Area--just a chill dude. #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #nature #photography #eastcoastkin 🦉📷🪶

Happy new week friends... found my first lifer of the year, a Louisiana Waterthrush--one of my target birds for this migration; on Sunday. A beautiful bird, easy at hiding in the understory near a water's edge. #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #nature #photography #eastcoastkin #JKLMNOP #Birdoftheday

Happy #Stunday friends...continuing to edit through my photos from the past three months and these two Tundra Swan lovebirds are a highlight. They also fit the #Birdoftheday, #longnecks. #birding #birdingOH #wildlife #nature #photography #eastcoastkin

Happy Saturday friends... Spring is in the air and #birds are in the trees, and I found this beautiful Eastern Phoebe who jumped from tree to tree, before allowing a good photo. #BirdingOH #Nature #photography #wildlife #eastcoastkin #Birdoftheday #woodland

Happy late #FeatheredFriday friends... been gone all day and I just saw the request for the #birdoftheday post. May I present the ultimate #birdbutt (imo), a Winter Wren... who's rear end also shows what "flip the bird" means. 😂 #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #nature #eastcoastkin #photography🦉📷🪶

Happy Thursday friends... had the good fortune to run into four Hermit Thrushes on Sunday that kept jumping in front of me. I took it they wanted their photos taken. Well, one more than others... #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #Nature #photography #eastcoastkin #Birdoftheday #naturalperch

Happy #WoodpeckerWednesday friends... My buddy Hairy would like to welcome you which, coincidentally, also coincides with the #Blackhead #Birdoftheday motif. How fun! #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #nature #photography #eastcoastkin

It’s TACO Tuesday!

Happy Tuesday Friends... anxiously await the arrival of #warblers to my area... in meantime, this is my favorite from last year during the #BiggestWeekinAmericanBirding a Blackburnian Warbler... a really cute-but busy bird. #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #nature #photography #eastcoastkin #birdoftheday

Happy new week friends... With the theme #RedandBlack, my #Birdoftheday is a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker to whom I found at four different parks over the weekend. Love when they stop here during migration. #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #nature #photography #eastcoastkin #OakOpeningsPreserveMetropark 🦉📷🪶

Happy Easter #Stunday friends... I am not the biggest European Starling fan here in OH, but I do love their iridescent #feathers which helps them go from drabby to gorgeous in the right light. #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #nature #photography #eastcoastkin #Birdoftheday

Happy Saturday friends... Been out looking for incoming migrants but keep getting stopped by outgoing ones. Enjoy this beautiful Pine Siskin, a small finch who will soon be gone in a matter of weeks. #birds #birdingOH #wildife #nature #photography #eastcoastkin #Birdoftheday #finches

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Happy Good #FeatheredFriday friends. Been gone all day and finally have a chance to post something. I love these large, colorful sparrows. #birds #birding #wildlife #nature #photography #eastcoastkin

I wonder if both Iran and China worked together on this, considering Iran also hacked this buffoon’s phone earlier this year.

Happy Thursday friends... Nothing quite like having an immature Bald Eagle fly past with their takeout dinner, shortly after procuring it. Felt a little bad for that oversized (Carp) goldfish. #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #nature #photography #eastcoastkin #Birdoftheday 🦉📷🪶

Trump has always been looking for ways to make Russia First, and USA last.

Happy #Wrensday friends... was happy to stumble upon a pair of Winter Wrens while out hiking the other day. One went to the right and disappeared, the other to the left with whom I photographed. #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #nature #photography #eastcoastkin 🦉📷🪶

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Happy Tuesday friends, about 2 wks. ago, I counted over 300 Turkey Vultures migrating over the park I was in, then on Friday, I caught one taking a rest who didn't seem to mind the photographer. #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #nature #photography #eastcoastkin #Birdoftheday #Bestofthemonth

Happy New week friends... It took me a minute to find a qualified photo for today's theme, #RuffledFeathers-- which conjures up all types of displays birds make. For more info, check out ALT. #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #nature #photography #eastcoastkin #Birdoftheday 🦉📷🪶

Happy #Stunday friends... in keeping with the #Birdoftheday concept #Adultswithchicks, I'm harking back to last July, when I caught the peaceful transfer of babysitting and feeding duties between Green Heron parents. #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #nature #Photography #eastcoastkin 🦉📷🪶

Happy weekend friends... came upon a pair of Eastern Bluebirds apartment hunting. Fun watching the male fly to each cavity while the female apparently said "No" to each prospective home. #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #eastcoastkin #nature #Photography #Birdoftheday #Bue

Happy #FeatheredFriday friends... watched these two Black-necked Stilts begin marking off their territorial boundaries yesterday, chasing away a pair of Greater Yellowlegs who happened into the same area. #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #nature #photography #eastcoastkin 🦉📷🪶

Way to open the season Guardians!! Let’s keep the momentum going!!

Happy Thursday friends... was very happy my car acted as a "blind", allowing me to get some good photos of this male Wood Duck. Usually they're more like, "Oh hell no!" Gotta love his #speckled breast. #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #nature #photography #eastcoastkin #Birdoftheday 🦉📷🪶

Happy #WoodpeckerWednesday friends... I love watching Northern Flickers go about their daily business and imagine what one may be saying to the other... is it gossip or of more importance? #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #nature #photography #eastcoastkin #Birdoftheday #openbeak 🪶📷🦉

Happy Tuesday friends... Rumor has it the females are in nearby fields, and if this is true, these Red-winged Blackbird boys are about to become more rambunctious. #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #nature #photography #eastcoastkin #birdoftheday #tricolored

Happy new week friends...Baseball, warming temps and migrants arriving daily all aspects of a welcoming Spring. Found my FOY Golden-crowned Kinglet yesterday. First of the small songbirds to arrive. So glad to see them back. #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #nature #photography #eastcoastkin 🦉📷🪶

Good night all Vote No on Save Act ICE stay the hell out of airports.

Oh. So they want Obama’s nuclear deal minus Obama’s signature. Got it.

Happy Sunday friends... Been running out by Lake Erie recently trying to catch the many duck species in active #Migration, like this Horned Grebe, who thankfully remained in a shipping channel, offering many close-ups. #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #nature #photography #eastcoastkin #BirdoftheDay