The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #HidingInPlainSight I didn’t notice this little Killdeer at all while watching some Yellowlegs. #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ECK

Ringo the Squirrel got a bit cheeky yesterday. He pushed his way through a hole in the screen door, went into the kitchen, and attempted to gnaw his way into one of the birdseed containers. I was at home at the time, so it’s a felony. #mischief #squirrel #rodentCrime #arborealBurglars

Mama Mamiya and I went to the woods today

I would like to thank Johnny Roberts, Sammy Alito, et al for the series of voting rights decisions that are removing Black representation from government AND have kept me chained to the computers while the sun is shining and the birds are singing. You evil Jim Crow bastards can die in a fire.

Ringo caught on the BirdCam demonstrating the squirrel’s unique combination of agility, tenacity, and idiocy (that little hind foot grasping the pole…adorable little vermin!) #Birds #Squirrels #Nature #Wildlife

Old cabin in the woods #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #ClassicMono #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Photo #Photography #BlueSkyArtShow

#BirdOfTheDay, #Anatidae (DUCKS!) Some of my favorite ducks... Gadwall a pair of American Wigeon and of course, the ubiquitous but handsome Mallard #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ECK

Drippy irises #Bloomscrolling #Flowers #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ECK

More wet birds from rainy Saturday #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ECK

Carlita the Cardinal was also out in the rain yesterday #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ECK

I went out to shoot wet birds during yesterday’s all-day rain. Carlos the Cardinal provided a pose for #BirdOfTheDay, #StaringRightAtYou #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ECK

Neighbor's dog stopped by for drinks tonight. Looks pretty well-fed. Pardon the lousy photo quality. His unexpected arrival forced me to shoot at very low shutter speed and high ISO, through a not-entirely-spotless sliding door. #Wildlife #Maryland #MontgomeryCountyMD #BlackBear #ECK

Alan’s @alan678.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay theme is #FeatheredFemmes A Cardinal in the snow; An Anhinga in the tropics #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ECK

It's an #Anhinga. I have hundreds of photos of Anhingas that are better than this one, but they were all taken in Florida. This gal is perched on a branch in *Maryland,* just a few miles from my house. #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ECK

“Hey…does my breath smell funny?” #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ECK

#Photogenic Green Heron for the #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ECK

This is me pretending I have a 6x17 camera… #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #ClassicMono #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Photo #Photography #BlueSkyArtShow

A Red-Bellied #Woodpecker visiting the feeder for a nosh #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ECK

I was about to renew my #NationalParks annual pass, when I discovered this absolute ####### obscenity is being printed on them. I could not bring myself to do it. This authoritarian piece of shit cannot die soon enough. A literal stain on what used to be the U.S.

A Spotted Sandpiper with a crustacean snack for the #BirdOfTheDay theme, #Dappled #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ECK

A Northern Yellow Warbler who stopped by to say hello #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ECK

The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #RockSolid This is Carlos, the semi-tame Northern Cardinal who greets me every time I visit the other side of the lake. #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ECK

GBH snacking #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ECK

GBH launched without warning #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ECK

All aboard #Train in Pennsylvania on a very foggy morning, Oct. 2024 #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #ClassicMono #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Photo #Photography #BlueSkyArtShow

The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TheSongFactor — Birds with open yaps (1) scolding bluebird (2) singing marsh wren (3) serenading mockingbird (4) yawning wood stork #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ECK

Our semi-tame #squirrel, Ringo, having a post-breakfast sploot in the sun

I have my Bird Cam streaming to the TV in my office so I can see our avian visitors (and squirrels) while I’m working. Lately it’s been lots of Goldfinches, Purple Finches, and Downy and Red-Bellied Woodpeckers. (And squirrels.) #birds #backyardBirds #birdFeeders

When I go around to the other side of the lake, I am often greeted by this cardinal and his mate. They know I have sunflower seeds. #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ECK

I had a moon shot recently, too #Moon #LunarPhotography #Photo #ECK #PhotographersOfBlueSky

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #ComeEatWithMe, birds who have food in their beaks #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ECK

the #BirdOfTheDay is #ABCD Anhinga Bluebird, Eastern Carolina Wren Duck, Black-Bellied Whistling #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ECK

the #BirdOfTheDay is #DucksOutOfWater I’ve posted this Mallard and his reflection before, but I think he’s worth another shot at celebrity #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ECK

I’m late for the #BirdOfTheDay but here’s a handsome Goldfinch, one of the hundreds who hang out in our forest #FeederFriends #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ECK

Nest-building time! The local colony of Black-Crowned Night Herons is busy. #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ECK

Turtles watching the goose burlesque show #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ECK

more Osprey photos It did eventually nab a fish, on the fifth attempt #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ECK

I watched this Osprey dive for fish four times with no success, so I thought I’d make it a glamor portrait as consolation. #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ECK

Sainte-Chappelle, Paris, Sept. 2024. A difficult place to photograph not just because of the crazy dynamic range; also the floor being jam-packed with tourists. Solution: (1) bracket exposures; (2) shoot over the tourists’ heads. #photography #photographersofbluesky #photo #paris #france

The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LongNecks This little Green Heron is making its neck as long…and weird…as possible #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ECK

For the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #BirdButt … the back end of a cardinal captured mostly by chance. I don’t go around TRYING to photograph birds’ butts—I’m not some kind of pervert! At least not *that* kind of pervert #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ECK

Osprey on a sailboat mast #manMadePerch for #BirdOfTheDay alt #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ECK

Gnatcatcher on a #naturalPerch for the #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ECK

Stop by our place for inventive cocktails

Definitely candidate for one of the best photos humans have ever taken...

The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BlackHeads This Black-Crowned Night Heron is doing roof inspections #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ECK

#BirdOfTheDay #Feathers A Little Blue Heron shaking off Merritt Island NWR Florida #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ECK

I filled this nyjer feeder to to top four hours ago. We have a Hitchcockian finch population.

Soggy Bluebird #BirdOfTheDay #Weather #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ECK