One thing is universal, everyone loves taking a bath 🤓 Love the sassy look this female finch throws my way as she watches me take her photo. #birds #birdphotography #nature #birding #photography 🪶 #canon #R5MarkII

Look who showed up for the first time this winter to the suet… We have several pairs in the woods behind the house and hear them all the time, today was the first time I saw one approach the suet. Pileated Woodpecker (male) #birds #birdphotography #nature #birding #photography 🪶 #canon #R5MarkII

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Looking forward to breaking this open on Christmas Day or Eve 🤓🎄 This is a creamy soft cheese that is only made during the fall of each year and yes a lovely bottle of wine or perhaps two will be involved!!! I enjoy fine fine wine and food! #food #cheese #wine www.foodandwine.com/rush-creek-r...

Pucker up buttercup 😂🤣 🐿️ 🐿️ #nature #wildlife #birdfy #squirrels #smoooch

Here’s a photo of the barred owl I have been photographing for the past 3 years from January this year. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #Owl #CanonPhotography #R5Mark2 #RF100-500

Came across this book while at the Nature Store at Bosque del Apache in New Mexico. It’s a relaxing read that incorporates birds and birding into mindfulness. Not promoting it, just sharing 🤓 #birds #nature #birding #photography 🪶 #BosquedelApache #NewMexico

Bluebird taking a short hop down to the platform feeder #birds #birdphotography #nature #birding #photography 🪶 #canon #R5MarkII

Caught this red shouldered hawk as he flew away after I caught it looking at the feeders on my deck. #birds #birdphotography #nature #birding #photography 🪶 #canon #R5MarkII

Bluebirds , a male and a female, two of the roughly eight that are here at my home. I had 4 broods that fledged from the box I had set up here in 2025, they may be from one of those broods. ❤️ #birds #birdphotography #nature #birding #photography 🪶 #canon #R5MarkII

A couple of my favourite dark eyed junco photos I have taken over the past several years. Hope to add to the collection this winter ❄️ #birds #birdphotography #nature #birding #photography 🪶 #canon #R5MarkII

Here’s wishing everyone a fantastic Sunday!! The barred owl in a different location in the woods. #birds #birdphotography #nature #birding #photography 🪶 #canon #R5MarkII

While taking photos of the barred owl, this red shouldered hawk made its presence known. It had something it had caught in its talons and proceeded to have lunch right in front of us, this is a series of photos I captured. 1/2 #birds #birdphotography #nature #birding #photography 🪶 #canon #R5MarkII

I decided to see if the barred owl was home because I wanted to photograph it while it was snowing. While processing, and doing my cropping, I noticed the snowflake in the shape of a star ⭐️, see the barred owl is a star 🌟!!! #birds #birdphotography #nature #birding #photography 🪶 #canon #R5MarkII

Look at those ruby red eyes!!! This Cooper’s Hawk was in the tree above our deck, looking down at the deck where the birds flock to the bird baths and the feeders. It has been hanging out keeping an eye on everything. #birdphotography #nature #birding #photography #canonphotography #R5MarkII #birds

I visited an old friend and local celebrity, the barred owl, who has been coming to the same spot every winter for the past 3 years. It’s really wonderful to see it thriving and hopefully for many years to come. #birds #birdphotography #nature #birding #photography 🪶 #canonphotography #R5MarkII

Had a few visitors this morning 🤓, it was a chilly morning so they were sporting their puffy feather coats. Cedar Waxwings #birds #birdphotography #nature #birding #photography 🪶 #canonphotography #R5MarkII

A gadwall foraging at the Rio Grande Nature Center in Albuquerque NM. #birds #nature #birding #CanonR5MarkII #photography #NewMexico 🪶

A female and male canvasback at the Rio Grande Nature Center in Albuquerque NM. There were a lot of waterfowl in the ponds that day. #birds #nature #birding #CanonR5MarkII #photography #NewMexico

Bushtits at the Rio Grande Nature Center in Albuquerque NM. A first seeing this bird as they are not on the East Coast. #birds #nature #birding #CanonR5MarkII #photography #NewMexico

This male bluebird watched the cedar waxwings eating the dried apples and thought he should try it, he quickly decided its not a bluebird thing and flew away 🤓 #birds #birdphotography #nature #birding #photography 🪶 #canonphotography #R5MarkII

Is it time for bed as yet? A Great Blue Heron on the coast in Cambria, California. #birds #birdphotography #nature #birding #photography 🪶

A cedar waxwing. Just one of the large flock that descended on the crab apple tree to feed on the dried fruit. #birds #birdphotography #nature #birding #photography 🪶 #canonphotography #R5MarkII

2/2 The continuation of a series of a cedar waxwing eating a small crabapple. #birds #birdphotography #nature #birding #photography 🪶 #canonphotography #R5MarkII

1/2 A series of a cedar waxwing eating a small crabapple. #birds #birdphotography #nature #birding #photography 🪶 #canonphotography #R5MarkII

I went out for a walk to see if our local feathered celebrity had returned for the winter and yes, a lovely Thanksgiving surprise 🤓❤️ awaited me!! A barred owl. Have also been hearing a horned owl at night lately. #birds #birdphotography #nature #birding #photography 🪶 #canonphotography #R5MarkII

Killdeer on the North Loop by the Flight Deck at Bosque del Apache #birds #nature #birding #CanonR5MarkII #photography #NewMexico #BosquedelApache

A juvenile kestrel at Bosque del Apache #birds #nature #birding #CanonR5MarkII #photography #NewMexico #BosquedelApache

Northern flickers (red shafted) at Los Poblanos in Albuquerque, NM #birds #NewMexico

Hooded mergansers at the Rio Grande Nature Center in Albuquerque NM. There were a lot of waterfowl in the ponds that day. #birds #nature #birding #CanonR5MarkII #photography #NewMexico

Spotted towhee along with a female red winged blackbird at the Rio Grande Nature Center in Albuquerque NM. Many of the birds were at one point caught and banded so they could track their movement. #birds #nature #birding #CanonR5MarkII #photography #NewMexico

Northern Harriers hunting at Bosque del Apache. They have a distinct white patch at the top of their tail. #birds #nature #birding #CanonR5MarkII #photography #NewMexico #BosquedelApache

Northern Shovelers in the early morning light at Bosque del Apache in New Mexico #birds #nature #birding #CanonR5MarkII #photography #NewMexico #BosquedelApache

Don’t look at me in that tone of voice… a spotted towhee at the Rio Grande Nature Center in Albuquerque NM #birds #nature #birding #CanonR5MarkII #photography #NewMexico

A red breasted nuthatch at the Randall Davey Audubon Center in Santa Fe #birds #nature #birding #CanonR5MarkII #photography #NewMexico

A beautiful female Kestrel, puffed up as she braces against the chilly wind atop one of the many cottonwood trees. #birds #birdphotography #nature #birding #CanonR5MarkII #photography 🪶 #NewMexico #BosquedelApache

Snow geese’s coming in for a landing. I took a series, it’s around 30 photos. It’s amazing how many adjustments (wings, tail, body etc) it makes as it comes in to land. Truly amazing!!! 1/2 #birds #birdphotography #nature #birding #CanonR5MarkII #photography 🪶 #NewMexico #BosquedelApache

Red winged blackbirds showing their love, and a murmuration in the early morning light at Bosque del Apache #birds #birdphotography #nature #birding #CanonR5MarkII #photography 🪶 #NewMexico #BosquedelApache

At Bosque del Apache, snow geese flying into one of the flooded fields where they spend the night before flying away at sunrise to feed. The cottonwoods make a gorgeous backdrop as everything is bathed in the light of the setting sun. #birds #nature #birding #CanonR5MarkII #photography #NewMexico

A Say’s phoebe greeted us at the entrance to the Bernardo WMA in New Mexico www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Says_P... #birds #birdphotography #nature #birding #CanonR5MarkII #photography 🪶 #NewMexico #BernardoWMA

A first for me, a Northern Harrier searching for prey at the Bosque in New Mexico. There are quite a lot of them that hunt at the Bosque. #birds #birdphotography #nature #birding #CanonR5MarkII #photography 🪶 #NewMexico #BosquedelApache

You never know, that small feather might just land very lightly on you someday. Snow geese leaving a little something behind as they fly away. #birds #birdphotography #nature #birding #CanonR5MarkII #photography 🪶 #NewMexico #BosquedelApache

Snow geese as they fly away in the late afternoon at Bosque del Apache. #birds #birdphotography #nature #birding #photography 🪶 #NewMexico #BosquedelApache

A pair of sandhill cranes crossing the road… instead of flying, they decided to walk around a half mile 🤓 #birds #birdphotography #nature #birding #photography 🪶 #NewMexico #BosquedelApache

A very early morning to watch the fly away of the Sandhill cranes and snow geese. The Bosque is a special magical place and the early morning pitch black darkness listening to the geese and cranes are truly magical #birds #birdphotography #nature #birding #photography 🪶 #NewMexico #BosquedelApache

Just a few of the too numerous to count sandhill cranes feeding in the fields at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico. #birds #birdphotography #nature #birding #photography 🪶 #NewMexico

Snow geese feeding and a pair of sandhill cranes crossing the road at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico. #birds #birdphotography #nature #birding #photography 🪶 #NewMexico

Snows geese taking flight at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico today. Breathtaking!!! Turn up the volume! And they aren’t even at their peak numbers, they just started arriving. Photos later! #birds #snowgeese #nature #wildlife 🪶

A dark eyed junco #birds #birdphotography #nature #birding #photography 🪶 #canonphotography #R5MarkII #SantaFe #NewMexico

A mountain chickadee #birds #birdphotography #nature #birding #photography 🪶 #canonphotography #R5MarkII #SantaFe #NewMexico