The #birdOfTheDay alt is #longnecks One of the longest…the GBH…taken last summer. Remember summer? Remember GREEN? #birds #birdPhotography #naturePhotography #wildlifePhotography #photography #eastCoastKin #heron

I mistakenly left the water can on the deck. As hilarious as this scene was, I suppose I have to be careful not to repeat the error—can’t have #squirrels climbing on the window screens! (btw, this adorable little idiot had already enjoyed a big drink from the heated bird bath…)

Steve the Northern Mockingbird greeting me in the usual place. Almost every time I find myself at the boat launch in the park, he perches on a post and poses for me. #birds #birdPhotography #naturePhotography #wildlifePhotography #photography #eastCoastKin

Diving #ducks will never not be entertaining #birds #birdPhotography #naturePhotography #wildlifePhotography #photography #eastCoastKin #waterfowl

Photo from a few weeks ago… Canada #goose and its reflection #birdOfTheDay #reflections #birds #birdPhotography #naturePhotography #wildlifePhotography #photography #eastCoastKin #waterfowl

A Cooper’s #hawk watching some critter activity while alternating feet #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin

#Winter snowscapes #photography #landscape #landscapePhotography #blackAndWhitePhotography #snow #tree #shadow

This little Song Sparrow wasn’t displaying #OpenWings … but then it was #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin

Lone tree, River Road #Photography #LandscapePhotography #EastCoastKin

Eastern Towhee attempting to crack an acorn #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin

Of course we have put out a heated bath for the forest denizens. No bathing taking place in this weather, but lots of drinking. #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin #Bluebird #Squirrel

...also an impressively puffy #bluebird. It's cold here! #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin

Look at this ridiculously fluffy #goldfinch #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin

I like these two lone trees, but they’re located on very busy rural roads. Sunday’s all-day sleet emptied the roads of traffic so I could stop anywhere, any time. #Photography #LandscapePhotography #EastCoastKin #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite

The D.C. #SnowHole returns!

The people of #Minnesota need to exercise their rights under the constitution and defend themselves and their neighbors against marauding gangs of murderous Nazi thugs. We have a civil war on our hands if @homelandgov.bsky.social doesn’t pull these goons off the streets

I like my #Bluebird on the rocks #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin

Here’s an Eastern #Bluebird saying grace before his lunch #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin

Ruddy Turnstones #Walking on the beach Emerald Isle, NC, USA #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin

Tails up! I went kinda literal on this one #BirdOfTheDay #TailsUp #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #EastCoastKin

#Sunset over the lake this evening

Out trying to do some #BirdPhotography last week, I met this pair of hikers. Their #cat, wearing its Bengal tiger sweater, was along for the ride. (Cat was tethered…no risk to the local fauna.) Black Hill Regional Park Germantown MD #Maryland #MoCo #Hiking #Outdoors

It's #SquirrelAppreciationDay?! This little Eastern Gray just dropped a walnut. It looks grief-stricken, but it’s just wiping rain off of its head. It then immediately scurried down the tree, retrieved its walnut, and got on with it. #Squirrel #WildlifeWednesday #NaturePhotography #Photography

Very little aurora color visible in MD on Monday. During a warm-up break in the car, I set up a smaller tripod and made the sunroof into an observatory. I like this weird shot with a car’s headlights illuminating the utility pole #Photography #NightSky

#FeedingTime is the #BirdOfTheDay This one’s a GBH with a tasty crayfish. Summer 2025 Huntley Meadows, Alexandria VA #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin

My job would be so much more difficult without the Redistricting Data Hub. They’re doing such valuable work. @redistdatahub.bsky.social

This is so much better than any photo I took in Brussels 😆

A pair of #Osprey at their nest in the Potomac River Washington DC last summer #BirdOfTheDay #TwoOfaKind #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin

New decoration for the car Hi, @icegov.bsky.social! You’re a racist terrorist gang and each one of you need to face justice for your ongoing ethnic cleansing operations. #AbolishICE

Enjoyed my morning java in the kitchen, watching a pair of Bald Eagles patrol the lake. There are several things I miss about living right in the middle of the city, 80 feet above the street. None of them beat living in the woods, 80 feet above the lake.

I’ve been seeing water-seeking behavior among many of the #birds in our back yard forest, so I put out a makeshift bird bath. It was an immediate hit, especially with the #bluebirds. I could not find any in local stores—though if I were looking for a lawn mower or a grill… Retailers. 🙄

Pure #Kona, roasted in #Maui, and fedexed right to our door in Maryland One of a handful of things keeping me sane while the world burns #mauiomacoffee

The most vibrantly colored Eastern #Bluebird dropped by this afternoon #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin

“Honor the #crow with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your groceries, then your barns will be filled to overflowing with even more crows.” The Book of Crows, chapter 666 #Photography #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #BirdPhotography #Corvids

Here’s the #BirdOfTheDay — a #Raptor perched above the lake who has spotted its quarry #Osprey, Little Seneca Lake, summer 2025 #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin

Here's one of those bird photos that breaks many of the professional photographers' "rules." (You know, the rules that make everyone's photos look alike...) But it's a Nuthatch mid-hop, so here ya go #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin

#Osprey on featureless blue sky (1) flying (2) braking (3) possessed by demons Actually, no. 3 is shaking off water after a dive, which Ospreys do mid-air. Fun to watch; bizarre to freeze-frame #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin

Brown Pelican flyover #BirdOfTheDay #LongBeaks #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin

"Tickets?! I don't even have pockets!" Incensed Belted Kingfisher #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin

OKAY enough cold, wet birds in the dark north. ...dark Mid-Atlantic. Here's another Roseate #Spoonbill from Florida. I wish it had been flying in the other direction, so the sun was on its ridiculous head. #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography

We had rain all day long, so the theme here is Soggy Birds. Soggy Mockingbird Soggy Kingfisher Soggy Carolina Wren Soggy Common Merganser #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin

“What? Eat your bird seed? Why I would never!” Eastern Gray Squirrel caught red-pawed #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin #Squirrel

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Another Roseate Spoonbill in brighter sunlight Merritt Island NWR Florida, USA Canon R5 RF 100-300 2.8 #BirdOfTheDay #Feathers&Form #Birds #BirdPhotography #Ducks #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin

Roseate Spoonbill doing the mysterious fan dance Merritt Island NWR Florida, USA Canon R5 RF 100-300 2.8 #BirdOfTheDay #Feathers&Form #Birds #BirdPhotography #Ducks #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin

Who's the handsomest bird in the marsh? YOU ARE--yes, you're the handsomest boy Or girl ... I don't know ... no sexual dimorphism American Bittern Lake Apopka, FL Dec. 2025 Canon R5 RF 300 2.8 #Birds #BirdPhotography #Ducks #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin

This poor little Ring-Necked Duck didn’t realize he was on the runway. One squadron after another of the Canadian Air Force departed noisily around him while he was just looking for dinner. #Birds #BirdPhotography #Ducks #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin

Not good shooting at the lake yesterday. Heavy overcast and occasionally gusty. I did catch this American Wigeon couple on a date, though #Birds #BirdPhotography #Ducks #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin

Look at this little White-Eyed Vireo — creeping around like I can’t see it #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin

Check out these dinosaur feet Anhinga; Mount Dora, Florida #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin