🪶 For #WoodpeckerWednesday, a black-cheeked woodpecker observes its surroundings. #birds #photography

🪶For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme, @alan678.bsky.social says it's #FoodFinds, any bird with food in its mouth. Here's a Lesson's motmot that has found a little beetle of some sort. #birds #photography #CostaRica

🪶 A #BlackAndWhite downy woodpecker (with a spot of red to show he's a male) for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme. #birds #photography

🕷️ A mystery #spider for #MacroMonday. Saw this on a night walk in Tuis, #CostaRica, and have been unable to identify. Looks like a fishing spider to me, but can't find a match. Just about covered the leaf, though, and if you look carefully, it's eating something... #Spiders #Macro #Photography

🪶A quick #BirdOfTheDay post before a busy morning. @alan678.bsky.social says today's theme is #speckles&spots, so here's a green-crowned brilliant with a good sampling of them. #birds #photography

🪶 A few more #Snowy #birds for #BirdOfTheDay. #photography

🪶 The one thing I like about winter is #snowy #birds, so today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is a welcome one. These are old, as we've had no #snow this season. #Photography

🪶 The #BirdoftheDay, says @alan678.bsky.social, is #CaughtInMotion. This female snowcap hummingbird was in such constant motion that she was hard to catch. (I hope to have a male soon; working through pictures in order...) #birds #photography

📷 When watching the sunset is a spectator sport... People #scape in Vila Nova de Gaia, across the river from Porto, Portugal. (The sunset was worth it!) #Photography

🪶 2026's first #FeatheredFriday is here, and my first fine feathered Friday friend is this masked tityra, that obliged by posing with #GoodLight for #BirdoftheDay. #Photography #CostaRica

🪶 Another pretty bird from our last excursion. This is a violaceous gartered trogon. #birds #photography #CostaRica

🪶 Happy New Year, one and all! For the first #BirdOfTheDay of the year, I'm going with the alternate of #Sparrows. This white-throated sparrow/ #borb is floofed to the max to stay warm. #birds #photography

🪶 I posted some shots a while back of the Montezuma oropendola. It has a cousin it is often with, the chestnut-headed oropendola. Not quite as loud and flashy, but not quite shy, either. #birds #photography #CostaRica

🪶 When you've taken the serious picture and you let them pose for a silly one. The #Reflections aren't great, but I'm going with this anyway for #BirdOfTheDay. The middle one looks a little down in the mouth...😆 #birds #photography #swans

🪶 Just got back from a few days away and a long day's driving, so as I rest for a bit, I'm catching up on #BirdOfTheDay. Today's theme is #BranchingOut, and I found a likely candidate, a bronze-tailed plumeleteer, although he seems unimpressed. #birds #Photography #CostaRica

🪶 It's #BirdButts for #BirdOfTheDay, says @robcrank68.bsky.social. These pelicans like to move it, move it. #birds #photography

🪶 For @alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme of serenity, this palm tanager looks like it could be a poster bird for #serenity. #birds #photography

🪶 Going with @alan678.bsky.social's alternate #BirdOfTheDay of #favourite or #favorite. I think I'll probably have a different fave after I finish recent shots, but this warbling vireo from last spring has stuck with me. #birds #photography

🪶 I am going with @robcrank68.bsky.social's alternative of #Red for #BirdOfTheDay. Northern cardinal in the snow. #birds #Photography

🪶 A rufous-tailed hummingbird makes a good #FeatheredFriday friend. Have a good one! #birds #photography #CostaRica

🪶 I looked for a festive-looking feathered friend to post for Christmas, and this white-necked Jacobin hummingbird won, looking like it could be an ornament on a tree. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy Day-Off-From-Work, or whatever else you might celebrate! #birds #photography #CostaRica

🪶 I'm not sure why, but this social flycatcher seemed like a good #bird to post on Christmas Eve. Have a good one! #birds #photography #CostaRica

⛲️ A few moments of #WaterfallWednesday zen for a pre-holiday calmdown. I wish you all a great day, no matter how, or if, you celebrate.

🪶 Going with the alternative #BirdOfTheDay theme of #faceoff with this yellow-bellied sapsucker unhappy with the water level in the birdbath. #birds #photography

To quote Monty Python, "And now for something completely different..." youtu.be/Qgh8GxiqdJI?...

🪶 Tiny birds for Tuesday... Another new bird for me recently was the mistletoe tyrannulet, an active little creature that emerged from the foliage occasionally, just long enough for some shots. #birds #photography #CostaRica

🪶 The #BirdOfTheDay today is #SideProfiles. This summer tanager makes a striking appearance in the spring (which I am already ready for). #birds #photography

🪶 So there we were watching birds, when someone said "gray-headed chachalaca!", and I thought I was being insulted 🤣 #birds #photography #CostaRica

🪶 Time for a #BirdOfTheDay post, with today's theme of #Grounded. This female Northern cardinal is grounded in the snow. #birds #photography

🕷️ A net-casting spider for #MacroMonday. If you're not too creeped out, zoom in on the eyes - those are some headlights! From a night walk in Turrialba, #CostaRica. #spiders #macro #macrophotography

🪶 Today's #BirdOfTheDay, per @robcrank68.bsky.social, is #AboutTheKids. I've posted about this encounter before, but maybe not this shot of two baby loggerhead shrikes on a tombstone begging mom for food. #birds #photography

🪶 Red-headed barbet for #Stunday. Expect more from this very cooperative and handsome fellow, as I took quite a few shots. The female is also striking, and will debut soon. #birds #photography

Waterfall for #BlueSkyArtShow #OpenHouse. #photography

🪶 Many of our warmer-weather birds are present now in #CostaRica, having migrated south. This Tennessee warbler is contemplating life in some #QuietMoments in a light rain. #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #photography #SmallBirdSaturday

🪶 Today's #BirdOfTheDay, per @robcrank68.bsky.social, is #LongLegsAndNeck. This heron is a new one for me, a bare-throated tiger-heron, that we saw in Turrialba, #CostaRica. #birds #photography

🪶 For #Flyday, a white-necked Jacobin hummingbird hovering for a second in Turrialba, #CostaRica, makes a fine flying #FeatheredFriday friend. #birds #photography

🪶 A precariously perched tropical kingbird is a good candidate for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #QuietObservers. San José, #CostaRica #birds #photography

🦋 For #InsectThursday, a recent nightwalk in Turrialba, #CostaRica yielded this moth with a great name - the orange-shouldered sherbet moth. #photography #nature

🪶 A lineated woodpecker for #WoodpeckerWednesday. Turrialba, #CostaRica. #Birds #photography

🪶 A small part of a huge flight of red-winged blackbirds for the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Groups, groups of 4 or more #birds. #photography

🪶 Here is a snowy tufted titmouse for @alan678.bsky.social's alternate #BirdOfTheDay of #WinterBirds. Doesn't seem as bothered by cold weather as I am. Stay warm! #birds #photography

🪶 A #Twosday pair of Montezuma oropendolas from Turrialba, #CostaRica. Our area was alive with them. Fun to watch and hear flocks around. #birds #photography

🪶Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme by Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social is #ScratchersAndPruners. Here is a female anhinga (also known as snakebird) from a few days ago, full body and closer in. Turrialba, #CostaRica #birds #photography

🕷️ As you may have gathered, I have a fondness for jumping #spiders. And among them, I have a fondness for the Putnam's jumpers, like this one. It's #MacroMonday! #photography #macro

🪶 Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #HeronsandEgrets with the alternative being #birdsandrocks. I'm going for the extra points with this green heron on some small rocks. A different shot of a previously posted bird. #birds #photography

I'm going with the #BirdOfTheDay alternate of #Finches. This is a cold purple finch. #birds #photography

🪶 I've started looking at the pictures from my recent trip, and one of the first I've come to is this white-necked Jacobin hummingbird, one of the ones I was hoping to see. I saw many, so there'll be more of this fine #FeatheredFriday friend, I'm sure. #birds #photography

🪶 Alan @alan678.bsky.social says the #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #splashes any bird with splashing water in frame. My favorites of these are bluebirds in my birdbath. This one may not have been posted before 🤞. #birds #photography

🪲 Hello again! Made it home late last night, so I should be active again (after some getting-back-to-normal activities). A couple of thousand pictures to go through, but I did a quick one of a leafhopper (Platygonia spatulata, I think) from a night walk, for #InsectThursday. #photography #macro

Current view and current mood both very good. #Photography #LifeIsGood