For this Saturdays #BlueSkyArtShow I'm posting a photo I took last Spring of #Two owls; a very curious chick and a doting mother.

#Phalaenopsis #orchids #flowers

Black Phoebe #Birds #Birdphotography #Flycatchers

#Phalaenopsis #orchids

#owls #autumn #birdphotography #wouldntwanttobeamouse

Elegant Terns #Birdphotography #Terns

#owls #birdphotography #wildlife

John Philip Sousa BOTD, 1854. He took a motley assortment of musicians and created a group so well loved Hohner named a harmonica after his Marine Band to capitalize on its popularity. His march, the Stars And Stripes Forever eclipses the national anthem in worldwide fame. #Collage #Marineband

Into the light. #Owls #birdsofprey #birdphotography

Coopers Hawk #Birdphotography #Hawks #Raptors #NaturalBridgesStatePark

#BlueSkyArtShow #Autumn #Birds #Naturephotography #Songbirds

For this weekends #BlueSkyArtShow, the theme is #Autumn #Davenport #California

Keeping watch. #GreatHornedOwls #Birds #Owls

A Great Horned Owl takes in the glow of a Fall sunset. #owls #birds #Autumn

Cooper's Hawk #birdsofprey #birding #hawks

#Librarians #collage #collageart #collageartist #digitalcollage #cardcatalogs

#October #Halloween

"My Oberon! What visions have I seen! Methought I was enamor'd of an ass." -Titania #digitalcollage #compositephotography #photomanipulation #collageart #collage #shakespeare #jamescagney

#Flowers #no_AI #Ephemeral

"You may delay, but time will not." -Benjamin Franklin #compositephotography . #Collage #photomanipulation

There's no place like #home #Blueskyartshow #AlmostOctober

Osprey #Birds #Ospreys #Birdsofprey #BirdsofBluesky #Raptors

Elegant Tern #Terns #Birds #Birdscrolling #BirdsofBluesky #Birding #Shorebirds

Feeling a bit peckish. Might go marauding. IDK. #Owls #Birdsofprey #Raptors #Birdscrolling #BirdsofBluesky

Allen's Hummingbird #Birds #hummingbirds #Blueskyartshow #shiny #Birdscrolling

A young owl listens to a call from its sibling in another tree. As I aimed my camera for this shot, the other owl flew down and grabbed a vole about four feet away, too close to photograph with the lens I was using. I missed that drama but this image is a nice consolation. #Owls #Birds #Birdsofprey

California beach house. #Pinkhouses #Bungalows #Architecture #Retrophotography

A large flock of Elegant Terns taking flight. #Birds #Terns #BirdScrolling #BirdsofBluesky

Elegant Terns. Their fates are tied to those of their main source of food: anchovies. When anchovies are abundant, the terns have high breeding success, when anchovies are scarce breeding declines. Distribution and abundance of these fish is influenced by conditions such as El Niño. #Birds #Terns

Snowy Egrets lit by the setting sun while hunting for sand crabs at the shoreline. #Egrets #Birds #NaturalBridgesStatePark #PhotographersUnited

Stocking up for Winter. #Squirrels #Critters #Animals

Eyes on the prize. #Birdphotography #Nature

Song Sparrow #Birds #Birdphotography #Songbirds #Birdscrolling #PhotographersUnited

Sunset sentinel. #Owls #Birdscrolling #PhotographersUnited #Birds #Birdsofprey

Amaryllis #Flowers #Pink #Bloomscrolling

Great Horned Owl at sunset. #Owls #Birds #BirdsofBluesky #Raptors

Hangry! #Birds #Shorebirds #Seagulls #Babybirds

Red-tailed hawk #Birds #Redtailedhawks #birding #Raptors

Something looks interesting. #Redtailedhawks #Birds #Birdphotography #Hawks

A young Western Gull #Birds #Seagulls #Birdphotography

The Venetian Hotel in Capitola Village, California. #Capitola #California #Historichotels #SeasideVacations

Wisteria #Flowers #Vines #Wisteria #Bloomscrolling

Black Oystercatcher #Birds #Shorebirds #Oystercatchers

Scene in the woodland. #Owls #Birds #PhotographersUnited #Birdsofprey #Greathornedowls

Stirring the waters. #Birds #Naturephotography #Oystercatchers #PhotographersUnited #Naturalbridgesstatebeach

A Great Egret with a fence lizard. #Birdphotography #Whatsforlunch #Birds #Shorttermrelationships

A Violet-Green Swallow airing her thoughts. #Birds #Opinionated #PhotographersUnited #Birdphotography

A little Scaly Breasted Munia about to have a big breakfast. #Birds #Naturephotography #PhotographersUnited #Birdphotography

Western Gull chicks, transitioning from fuzzy and cute to gawky and loud. #Birds #Naturephotography #Naturalbridgesstatebeach #PhotographersUnited