#Fallback to July 30th when summer was hot, the flowers were blooming and the bees were metallic #invertebrates #BloomScrolling 🌿 🐝

Grass seed-heads in winter sunshine #FoliageFriday 🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening

A great blue heron perches on a branch in Longmont, Colorado. #ClassicMono #Monochrome #BW #Blackandwhite #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photograph #photographs #wetland #wetlands #greatblueheron #greatblueherons #heron #herons

Closeup portrait of a great blue heron in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #EyeContact #EastCoastkin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #greatblueheron #greatblueherons #heron #herons

Snowshoe art

Even the coyotes are having difficulty getting through this 2 feet of snow. Everything sinks.

Drone video of snowshoe art . Final shot at about 400feet

Deer are getting hungry with all the deep snow, working a little harder for their food. This one was dancing in front of the trail camera several times. Reminded me of dance, so I had to borrow Waltz of the Flowers by Tchaikovsky. Think I hit the timing at the 30-second mark (sound on).

A year ago there were already Skunk Cabbages blooming. Right now that spot is under a foot of snow! No early blooms this year. #NativePlants 🌿 #iAmTryingNotToComplainAllTheTime #ButIThinkIWasMwantToLiveMuchCloserToTheEcuator #Brrrrrr

'Yote #dog #coyote #yote

'Running Iris' linocut by Australian printmaker Rachel Newling #WomensArt

Moon Walk Wilf Perreault 2020

Other work of the Ladybird artists. 'Hawk above the Downs' Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

#trailcam #trailcams gray wolf (canis lupus) #mammals #dogs #wolves

#trailcam #trailcams american black bear (ursus americanus) #mammals #bears

Work (still) in progress. For some reason, it gives me hope to draw an animal coming out of a dark place into the light … #SciArt

Owl art

Super Swiffer 2.0 having a drink last night. ❤️🦨❤️

“First, the pretty snowdrop wakes, From her leaves the snow-drift shakes, And her bell unfolds…” — In Winter, Mary Sophia Claude (1821–1912)

Six years ago today 🌿 Dichorisandra thyrsiflora, the nonnative Blue Ginger, blooming in Makawao

Six years ago today 🌿 Merremia tuberosa, the nonnative Woodrose, blooming with a bee pollinator in Makawao 🐝

Six years ago today 🌿 Erythrina crista-galli, the nonnative Cockspur Coral Tree, blooming in Makawao

Ten years ago today 🌿 The nonnative invasive African Tulip Tree blooming in Waikapu. These are a real problem in Hawaii even though they're pretty.

Six years ago 🌿 Trimezia steyermarkii (Yellow Walking Iris) at Makawao

Looking down Hall Valley where the North Fork of the South Platte flows. Somewhere in this pic you'll find Scotty looking at an alpine plant, find him! #FallBack to July 30 BlueSky FOREVER! 🌿

Erythranthe eastwoodiae, our rare Eastwood's Monkeyflower, blooming in Escalante Canyon. Named for our most famous Colorado botanist Alice Eastwood. These #nativeplants hang off a sandstone wall where an impermeable layer causes water to seep out of the face. #FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 30 🌿

Aquilegia coerulea, our Colorado Blue Columbine, blooming above the source of the North Fork South Platte #nativeplants. Typical rocky alpine habitat for these. 😎 #FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 30 🌿

Oak trees in the Autumn wind ...

Moonscape Overlook makes you stop mid-step and stare. In remote southern Utah, endless folds of blue-gray badlands, ridges, and shadowed gullies feel more lunar than earthly. No crowds, no guardrails—just wind, silence, and a horizon that stretches on forever. #utah #desert #landscape #photography

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A male Slaty-tailed Trogon showing off its lovely green and red colors #birds #CostaRica #Photography

"[I]n the one little particular of scolding – just good, clean, out-and-out scolding – a bluejay can lay over anything, human or divine." -Mark Twain

Shout out to the Parks Canada staff for the tremendous job they've done in training the Bison of Elk Island National Park! #wildlife

had dinner in a gothic guild hall from 1358. sometimes it's comforting to be reminded of the long arc of history.

Following me around the farm during feeding rounds this morning... Steller's Jay #birds #nature #photography

Lawn Mowers #nature #photography #deer

Red-winged Blackbird and Steller's Jay Today's #BirdoftheDay theme is #EyeContact - not necessarily with me, in this case, but the Jay seems to be eyeballing the blackbird. They're in close proximity, after all. Blackbird returns the stare. #birds

Getting outside in the fresh air and natural light, getting some exercise in a natural place, doesn’t solve the problems or make them go away. It doesn’t straighten the path. But it can bring some clarity, a bit of peace, some serenity for a while.

🌱Today’s flower is Black Eyed Susan, which are drought resistant & beloved by bees & butterflies.They’re said to be deer resistant but we’ve stopped growing them in our front gardens as they get eaten down to the root by deer every time.They thrive in sunny locations with well drained soil.

A buff-tailed bumblebee on echinacea purpurea 🌱🐝 #InsectThursday #Bloomscrolling #BugSjy #Flowers #Pollinators

For #BirdOfTheDay theme selected by Alan @alan678.bsky.social, a fierce looking Great Horned owlet. #EyeContact #Birds

Northern Shoveler on West Texas ice 🪶

Kurt Vonnegut names librarians as the quiet custodians of democracy. "So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries."

Grey wolf

It was more like a zoo than my garden this morning. Twelve in total. #birds #wildlife #nature #photo

Old photo: Victoria Falls - the ones in Wester Ross, not the ones in Africa... 😂

Für die Welt bist du irgendjemand, aber für irgendjemand bist du die Welt. Erich Fried

A springtime view looking over a balustrade on the side of the valley leading down to the 14th Century Scotney Castle in Kent. #PalacesandGardens #GrandEstates #Landscape #Photography

Jilguero europeo Xílgaro europeo European goldfinch Putter ( Carduelis carduelis ) Monte de Vilaboa Concello de Bóveda. Lugo #birds 🪶 #aves #vogels #Nature #Naturaleza #Natuur #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Galicia