Happiness is a black lab. This is a service dog for a veteran. Her name is Gladys. #dogs #photography #pets #mansbestfriend #blacklabs

New visitor to my bark butter feeder in recent days. The Yellow-rumped Warbler. #Birds #Winter #BirdPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Warblers.

Pine Warblers on a bitter cold morning in the tree behind our house. #birds

To catch a snowflake. A bluebird at the birdbath as a single snowflake fell. View full screen if possible. #Birds #BirdPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Bluebirds

Time for a snack at the feeder.

Long day. #birds

They all show up on a snow day. #birds #naturephotography

Out for a winter hike this morning. #Birds #Nature #Hiking #NaturePhotography #Hawks.

Sustenance on a cold day. #birds

Out for a winter hike at Mass Audubon Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary in Plymouth, MA. #Photography #NaturePhotography #PhotographersOfBluesky #Winter #Hiking.

Some backyard birds. #birds

Some backyard birds in recent days. Pine Warbler, Dark-eyed Junko, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Cardinal. #Birds #Nature #Photography.

Backyard birds. #Birds #BackyardBirds #Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography.

Backyard visitors on a cold December day. #Birds #BirdPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography.

Bluebirds are back. #Bluebirds #Birds #BirdPhotography.

Some backyard bird photography. #Birds #BirdPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Wildlife.

Morning Blue Jays. #Birds #Nature #Autumn #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography.

Bluebirds are back in my yard again. I have missed them. Pine Warblers are also back. #Birds #BirdPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography#Bluebirds #Warblers

Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge in late fall.

More shots from this morning’s shoot. #Photography #Autumn.

Sometimes it pays to get up early. #photography #landscape #autumn

Practicing with my new editing software. #Birds #Nature #Photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography.

No Kings in Plymouth, MA. Peaceful and boisterous.

Mother and Child Reunion. #Nature #Photography #Wildlife #Animals #Deer Caught this tender moment during a hike this morning at the Danielle Webster wildlife sanctuary in Marshfield, Massachusetts.

Out for a hike this morning and caught this little one up on a branch. Suspect it’s a juvenile Catbird. #birds #BirdPhotography #Nature #Wildlife

Late season hummingbird. #Birds #Nature #Photography.

A few shots from my latest hike at Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary in Plymouth, Massachusetts. #Nature #NaturePhotography #Outdoors #Photography #Hiking #Summer.

A few more late season Ruby throated hummingbirds to present here. I had one hanging around quite a bit yesterday. #Birds #Hummingbirds #Nature #Photography #BirdPhotography.

Might be the last image of the season, on a rainy Sunday morning. #hummingbird #bird #birds #nature #photography

The ruby throated hummingbirds are still hanging around here in southeastern Massachusetts. Today may have been the last day that we’ll see them this season. #Birds #Hummingbirds #Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #Summer.

Gearing up for the migration in a few days. #birds #photography

Summer landscape from the Gilbert Stewart museum in North Kingstown, RI. #Photography #Landscape #Summer #History.

I took this shot several days ago, but didn’t get around to reviewing it until today. This is a hummingbird clear wing moth feeding on milkweed. #Nature #NaturePhotography #HummingbirdMoth #Photography #Summer.

More new Ruby-throated hummingbird photos. #Birds #Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #BackyardBirds #Hummingbirds.

Images from a recent nature hike. #Photography #NaturePhotography #Butterfly #Flowers #Birds.

Some of my latest hummingbird shots from the past week. #Birds #Photography #Hummingbirds #Nature #Photography.

Some recent Ruby-throated hummingbird shots I took in recent days. #Birds #BirdPhotography #Hummingbirds #Nature #NaturePhotography.

Sitting on the porch with my camera at the ready and my patience paid off. #Birds #Hummingbirds #Nature #Photography #NaturePhotography #Summer.

Butterfly season. #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography #Butterflies #Insects #Flowers.

Hummingbird shots from the deck. #Birds #Hummingbirds #Nature #NaturePhotography #Flight.

Some shots from around the yard yesterday. #Birds #Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography.

A morning peanut snack for this Blue Jay. #Birds #BirdPhotography #Nature.

Some Northern Cardinal closeups from yesterday. #Birds #Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography #Cardinals.

@luminescentphoto.com encouraged us on Substack to take photos with our prime lenses, this being “Prime” week for a certain online retailer. Here are two from our yard using 42.5mm and 30mm primes. #photography #Flowers

Sometimes it’s fun to play with photo editing software and see what you can come up with. This is a shot that started with the dark and light tones. Inverted. And then I went from there. This shot was taken shortly after sunrise on July 4. The black circle is the rising sun. #Photography #Abstract.

Early this morning over Plymouth Harbor. #Photography #Outdoors #Morning #Sunrise.

My neighbor’s Black Lab, Pearl, the other night while we were out for a walk. #dogs #pets #animals #labs

These are two of the Blue Jays that come to my feeder daily for a few peanuts. #Birds #BirdPhotography #Nature.

Male American Goldfinch in early evening. #birds #photography #nature

A spring bluebird in my yard, with a matte textured background. #birds #photography