The #BirdOfTheDay is a flycatcher with a #Yellow belly building a nest April 2025, Belize. #Bird #Photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography

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The #BirdOfTheDay is the bird you have photographed the least often. For me, the #Potoo. Saw one once very far away, hidden by branches, still got an okay shot, highly cropped. Costa Rica, April 2023.

The platypus’s bill has 40000 electroreceptors and 60000 mechanoreceptors. It senses tiny electric fields and water movements from prey. Sweeping its bill side to side, the platypus finds hidden food underwater, hunting well even in the dark or cloudy water. ⚡🌊 #SciComm 🧪

A #BirdOfTheDay during #TakeOff. American white pelican, Southeast Texas, November 10, 2022. #Pelicans #Birds #Photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography

Happy #Caturday from #Minette! #Cats #Pets #Photography

A large fleece blanket for a tiny cat. It matches her eyes too. #Cats #Minette #Pets #Photography

Floating around in Fall colors. American alligators, Southeast Texas, November 2025. #Photography #Alligators #Gators #Herps #Reptiles #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #TexasStateParks

After a full day of supervising me, Minette is exhausted and falling out of the blanket. #Cats #Minette #Pets #Photography

A white ibis just hanging out on a dead tree. Southeast Texas, November 2025. #Birds #Ibis #Photography #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #TexasStateParks #WildlifePhotography

Camouflage at work. Southeast Texas, November 01, 2025. #Hawks #Birds #Raptors #BirdsOfPrey #Photography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Birding

Kingbirds. Southeast Texas, November 01, 2025. #Birds #Kingbirds #Photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #TexasStateParks #BirdWatching #Birding

While a new, broad-spectrum 'nanobody' antivenom performed impressively in preclinical trials, the real significance is “showing this is possible,” @andreaslaustsen.bsky.social told me. That and more of the best from @science.org and science in #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

Minette has a fleece blanket to counter the first cold front of the season in style. #Cats #Minette #Pets #Photography

Barred Owl with an autumn backdrop. #birds #owls #barredowl #wildlife #photography #nature #fallcolours 🪶

A few smiles to start the new week. #Photography #Smiles #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Nature #Alligators #Reptiles #Herps #Ducks #Birds #Llamas #ElephantSeals

The #BirdOfTheDay is the #Egret. 📷

Don't stand ... don't stand so ... don't stand so close to me."

California condor range expanding into the Bay Area and Santa Cruz Mountains, further south into Santa Barbara County too. 🪶 www.mercurynews.com/2025/10/20/f...

The #Birds Feed’s own @rhapsodysblues.bsky.social will be affected by the stoppage of SNAP benefits in November due to the government shutdown. Please help her out if you can.

I didn't leave the house since Friday morning. I had planned to but really didn't feel like it. With everything this week I also didn't post many of the photos I took last weekend. A cormorant landed just above the nest and then just ignored the threats from below. #Silhouettes #Cormorants 📷 🪶

Today's #BirdoftheDay is #colourful (or #colorful). Here is a European goldfinch after a bath I took in July 2023. #Birds #Finches #Photography #NaturePhotography #BirdWatching

Today, during our weekly teleconference, my Mom saw her first robin of the season! Here is a photo I took of a robin in her garden in October of 2021. #Birds #Photography #NaturePhotography #Corsica #France #Robins

Today's theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #Black so here is the #Portrait of an #Anhinga. Southeast Texas, June 2023. #Birds #Photography #NaturePhotography #TexasStateParks #Wildlife #BirdWatching

This little tuxedo nugget loved getting his face smooshed while he made air biscuits.

A few photos of Bidule over the years. She was weird and spicy and just perfect. #Photography #Pets #Cats #Bidule

This is the last photo I took of Bidule, last Friday.

Please spare a few thoughts for my cat Bidule who is very sick in the vet hospital. I hope this old lady pulls through but I may have to say goodbye comes sunrise if she doesn't improve overnight.

Adult neotropic cormorant with at least 2 babies in the nest. Southeast Texas, October 12, 2025. #Birds #Photography #Nests #Babies #NaturePhotography #Cormorants #BirdWatching

Egyptian goose in flight. Not native, they are descended from birds that escaped from private aviaries. Southeast Texas, October 2025. #Birds #Geese #Photography #NaturePhotography #Birding #BirdWatching

Even in an industrial setting, this hawk has perfect camouflage. Wastewater treatment facility, Southeast Texas, October 12, 2025. #Birds #Raptors #Photography #BirdsOfPrey #Hawks #NaturePhotography #Birding #BirdWatching

Half of our moon. October 12, 2025, Southeast Texas. #Photography #NaturePhotography #Moon

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #juvenile. Baby birds are the cutest. Cattle egrets, June 2022, Southeast Texas. #Birds #Photography #Egrets #Babies #NaturePhotography

Blue-winged teal. Southeast Texas, October 04, 2025. #Birds #Birding #BirdWatching #BirdPhotography #Photography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Ducks #Texas

White ibis. Southeast Texas, October 04, 2025. #Birds #Photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #Ibis #Birding #BirdWatching #WildlifePhotography #Nature #Wildlife

A great blue heron, looking great. Southeast Texas, October 04, 2025. #Herons #Birds #Photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching

Neotropic cormorants nest pretty much year round in the Houston area. Here is an adult with 4 babies in the nest. Southeast Texas, October 04, 2025. #Birds #Photography #Nests #Babies #NaturePhotography #Cormorants #BirdWatching

I just finished working for the day so we all deserve an Eastern bluebird that sat on a fence and patiently waited for me to take a photo before flying off. Southeast Texas, October 04, 2025. #Birds #Photography #Birding #NaturePhotography #Bluebirds #BirdWatching

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This hawk quietly flew over and landed on the fence of the wastewater treatment facility, looking for a snack in the grass. I was briefly considered and then dismissed as a snack. #Birds #Raptors #Photography #BirdsOfPrey #Hawks #NaturePhotography #Birding #BirdWatching

This is an overworked cat. After breakfast she had to supervise my pulling weeds in the backyard, then she had to roll over as I brushed her ( metal brush then soft brush). Then she got squished with cuddles. Tough life. #Cats #Bidule #Caturday #Pets

I would like to go to bed but Minette is twitching and making strange sounds in her sleep so I can't move quite yet. #Cats #Minette #Pets

There’s lots to say about black skimmers but thing to notice here is the feet, how does this bird not fall over #birds

Another series of photos of an alligator hunting last weekend. Southeast Texas, September 2025. #Alligators #Herps #Reptiles #Photography #Wildlife #Nature #TexasStateParks #NaturePhotography

Just a seagull sitting on a brown pelican. Isabella Island, Galapagos, Ecuador, April 2022. #Birds #Photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #Seagulls #Pelicans #BirdWatching #Birding #Galapagos #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography

Marine iguanas leave the best footprints in the sand. Isabella Island, Galapagos, Ecuador, April 2022. #Herps #Reptiles #Iguanas #Nature #Galapagos #FootPrints

A snowy egret standing on a lotus leaf. Southeast Texas, September 2025. #Birds #Egrets #Herons #Photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #Portraits #BirdWatching #Wildlife

This one was floating around looking all innocent. It dove and came back up with something it chewed with a grin. Southeast Texas, September 2025 1/3 #Alligators #Herps #Reptiles #Photography #Wildlife #Nature #TexasStateParks #NaturePhotography

Yesterday, I stumbled into an alligator convention during breakfast time. Many were wearing their best hats, scarves, and snout warmers. Southeast Texas, September 2025 #Alligators #Herps #Reptiles #Photography #Wildlife #Nature #TexasStateParks #NaturePhotography

Here it is: THE CATCH! Every summer through fall, under a causeway near Sacramento, California, over a half million Mexican free-tailed bats roost. At dusk they leave to feed on the nearby farm fields. I've been going to watch them for over 3 years, and I finally got a solid capture on video. 🪶 🧵