My favorite Small bird, the ruby throated hummingbird, flying upwards to land and enjoy some hosta flowers early one late summer morning. #EastCoastKin #SmallBirdSaturday #HummingBirds #Birds #BirdPhotography #Nature

Some pine needle macro with water beads fresh after a summer's rainfall. #EastCoastKin #ColorADay #GreenSat #Macrophotography #waterdrops #Rain #macro

This Ruby Throated Hummingbird is throwing on a moody face when it discovered the chickadee stealing water from the feeder's ant moat. #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin #MoodyFaces #Birds #BirdPhotography #Nature #Photography

A chickadee, fresh in the bath, has a rather #MoodyFaces. Perhaps its upset I interrupted its bathing. #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #BirdPhotography #EastCoastKin #Nature #Photography

A spring molt American White Pelican is the perfect subject for today's #BirdOfTheDay #MoodyFaces theme. Total characters all day. #EastCoastKin #Birds #BirdPhotography #Nature #photography #Wildlife

A bumblebee coming in hot for some fresh pollen for Friday's #FlyDay #EastCoastKin #Macrophotography #Bees #Pollinator #NativeBees #InsectPhotography

For today's #Feathers&Form theme for #BirdOfTheDay I decided that a molting BlueJay would be best. It's always weird to see them molt and change their head feathers. #Birds #BlueJay #Birding #Manitoba

An American White Pelican drifts through dark water, its oversized bill glowing like a lantern against the current. #AmericanWhitePelican #Pelican #Waterbirds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #RiverLife #BirdsOfNorthAmerica #Wildlife #EastCoastKin

An old prairie barn leaning into the trees, weathered but still standing against open sky and long grass. #Prairie #RuralDecay #AbandonedBarn #PrairieLife #FarmHistory #Weathered #BlackAndWhitePhotography #CanadianLandscape #RuralScenes #OpenSkies #EastCoastKin

Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) #BirdOfTheDay theme of #ShortBeaks Love watching these characters fly about. #BarnSwallow #HirundoRustica #BirdsOfBluesky #BirdPhotography #AvianPhotography #Swallows #Songbirds #PrairieBirds #BirdsOfCanada #NaturePhotography #FeatheredFriends

A metallic green sweat bee hovers in, suspended for a moment between flower and air. Small, fast, and easily overlooked, but doing the quiet work that keeps everything growing. #Pollinators #NativeBees #SweatBee #MacroPhotography #NaturePhotography #InsectPhotography #EastCoastKin

An american coot is teaching its chick how to feed on #FoodFinds for today's #BirdofTheDay #EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography #Birding #Coots #Birds

It was a good fishing day for this Pelican in #Manitoba. A fight immediately broke out afterwards and sadly the fish got away. Or perhaps happily if you were betting on the fish. #EastCoastKin #BirdOfTheDay #FoodFinds #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #Pelicans

This double crested cormorant was going fishing for the #FoodFinds theme for #BirdOfTheDay. Not a great day for the fish. #EastCoastKin #Birds #BirdPhotography #birding

A ring-billed gull is taking on a fish bigger than it seemingly can swallow for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #FoodFinds #Birds #Birding #EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography

Today's #BirdOfTheDay alternate theme is #Preening. Pelicans love to preen, and here are some in their spring molt looking fantastic. #EastCoastKin #Birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Birding #Pelicans

When summer fairies dance amongst the flowers. #hummingbirds #Birds #BirdPhotography #EastCoastKin #Birding #Gardens

A spring timed photo on a cold winters night. An immature sandhill crane looking to blend into its background. #Birds #EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #BlackAndWhite birds. Here are a few from #Manitoba. - Junko - American coot - Ring necked Duck (male) - Red headed woodpecker #Birds #BirdPhotography #Birding #EastCoastKin

Today is #MinimalMonday so I figued this fall leaf on a beach would be perfect for today. #EastCoastKin #Minimalism

It's #MacroMonday so here's a pollinator from this past summer. These guys grind the abdomen to capture the pollen but are so tiny. It's on a beebalm flower. #macro #macrophotography #insectphotography #pollinators #naturephotography #closeup #Manitoba #EastCoastKin

Good morning. Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Speckles&Spots so here are a pair of greater yellowlegs out on the hunt for some food. Love these shorebirds. #Birds #BirdPhotography #Manitoba #WildlifePhotography #EastCoastKin

A few more #Snowy themed photos for #BirdOfTheDay today. #Manitoba #EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography

New snow smooths the field around two aging farm buildings. One remains close to the open ground, the other holds back near the trees, both weathered and still part of the working landscape. #manitoba #PrairieWinter #FarmBuildings #Snowfall #RuralLand #EastCoastKin

For today's #snowy theme for #BirdOfTheDay I pulled up some pine grossbeaks eating from pine trees on a frosty winter's morning here in #Manitoba, Canada. #Birds #Winter #Frost #BirdPhotography #EastCoastKin

I love taking slow shutter images of birds. Pelicans work great for me as there are hundreds close by in the summer. Here is a #CaughtInMotion for #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #Pelicans #Nature #BirdPhotography

Different #BirdsOfPrey from this year in #Manitoba for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme. I could watch these birds all day...wait...I already do :) #Birds #Birding #BirdWatching #BirdPhotography #EastCoastKin

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #CaughtInMotion. This chickadee has just caught a spider from its den and is madly flapping to get away from the tangles with its prize. #Birds #Manitoba #Chckadee #Insects #BirdPhotography #EastCoastKin

I was lucky this year to capture an image of a cowbird with a cow as a backdrop along with some #GoodLight. #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #BirdLovers #EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography #Manitoba

Winter rages on and Lake Winnipeg has frozen over in #Manitoba presenting lots of opportunity for ice fishing. My landscape photo for #EastCoastKin Friday theme of #Scape #landscapePhotography #winter #icefishing #photography

An American white pelican flies across the locks to get to its protecting feeding grounds. My choice for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #GoodLight #Pelicans #Birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is black and white images of Birds! #B&W - Raven - American white pelican - Immature bald eagle - Great egrets #Birds #BirdPhotography #BlackAndWhite #Manitoba #BirdsOfCanada #WildlifePhotography

A flash of red holds its ground in the quiet winter branches, feathers puffed against the cold. #birds #Cardinal #WinterBirds #BirdsOfCanada #WinterWildlife #BirdPhotography #WildlifeMoments #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin

Burn scars line the trees from a past wildfire. Winter has filled the understory with snow, while fresh plants begin growing through what was burned. #BlackAndWhite #manitoba #PostFireForest #BorealForest #ForestRecovery #WinterLandscape

An immature american coot enjoying how it is slowly turning into an adult. #BirdOfTheDay #Reflections

A black-capped chickadee checking out its amazing flight pose, which is part of the tit (Paridae) family, is my selection for the alternative #BirdOfTheDay them of #BlueGreatCoal which also has some #Reflections #Birds #Manitoba #BirdPhotography #EastCoastKin #Nature

Low over the water, wings cutting through fog, a quiet line of Double-crested Cormorants moving with the river as morning wakes. #BirdOfTheDay #Reflections #Cormorants #RiverFog #FoggyMorning #BirdsInFlight #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Birds #Manitoba

An Eastern Phoebe stops for a moment to pose on a very thorny branch. #BirdOfTheDay #BranchingOut #Spring #birds #birdphotography

A pair of bald eagles on a foggy morning hang out on a branch that was left in the river after spring flooding. #BirdOfTheDay #BranchingOut #fog #birds #BirdPhotography

A bobolink enjoying a summer's day field. #BirdOfTheDay #BranchingOut

This is one of my favorite trees. Many call it the eagle tree as Eagles tend to rest on its many branches. I call it the snail tree. Hopefully you'll see why... #TreeOfTheDay #EastCoastKin #Manitoba

A red-tailed hawk, likely a juvenile, shows off its butt for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #BirdButts #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #RedTailedHawk #RaptorPhotography #Birds #PrairieWildlife #manitoba

An immature American White Pelican fishes by drifting with the current, watching below the surface as the river moves past. Experience will refine the method, but patience already does the work. #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #birds #pelicans #manitoba #EastCoastKin

A tight group of American White Pelicans fish together in flowing water. The coordinated push breaks down as space disappears and multiple birds strike the same target. #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #manitoba #AmericanWhitePelican #BirdOfTheDay #BirdButts #EastCoastKin

Collapsed farm buildings sit in a snow-covered field. The structures have given way, but their outlines still show where work once happened as the land carries on through winter. #WildlifePhotography #manitoba #WinterField #AbandonedFarms #RuralDecay #SnowCovered #PrairieLand

Ice fishing setups spread across the Red River after freeze-up. Vehicles, tents, and tracks mark where people settle in above a river that still runs strong under the ice. #IceFishing #WinterRivers #CanadianWinter #WinterUse #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #WildlifePhotography #manitoba #EastCoastKin

For today's #BirdOfTheDay, a ruby throated hummingbird, obviously dreaming of sweet sweet nectar. Part of the #Serenity is me being able to watch this amazing garden fairies. #Birds #Manitoba #BirdPhotography #HummingBirds #EastCoastKin

Winter reaches the field unevenly. The grass collapses early, but a single pine holds its form, frost collecting on its needles before the deeper cold settles in. #LandscapePhotography #manitoba #winterfield #conifer #earlywinter #prairielight #TreeOfTheDay #EastCoastKin

A Black-billed Magpie pauses in tangled brush, beak packed with carrion. Winter turns opportunism into routine. Survival here is about timing, awareness, and taking advantage of what’s already fallen. #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Birds #WinterBirds #Scavenger #manitoba #EastCoastKin

Today was the day that the male Northern Cardinal that's been hanging about and enjoying my food took a moment to let me photograph him. Always a pleasure to see him about. #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #NorthernCardinal #WinterBirds #BackyardBirds #Snow #manitoba #BirdOfTheDay #Red