I love that the Toronto Blue Jays have a young pitcher with the name "Yesavage" in the game against the Yankees today. He's doing a great job! ⚾😀

Mute Swans gliding across the pond through reflections of colorful trees along the shore 😍🍂🍁🍃 Norfolk, Massachusetts (9/27/25) #birds #swans #MuteSwans #SwanDay #StunDay #EastCoastKin #FallFoliage #Autumn #reflections #photography #OM-1 #MassAudubon

Early morning webs in Norfolk, Massachusetts 🕸️🧡🍂 #31DaysOfHalloween #webs #ColorADay #OrangeSun #EastCoastKin #photography #OM-1 #Massachusetts

For today's bird walking, here's a Great Egret looking down. My caption: "Oh crap, oh crap, the big guy is walking right next to me!" 😨😉 #birds #herons #GreatEgret #BirdOfTheDay #walks #walking #EastCoastKin #StunDay #birdphotography #Olympus #Petaluma #California @alan678.bsky.social

Bumblebee resting on a stalk of Heath Aster with small, daisy-like flowers 🤩🐝💚 Great Meadows NWR, Concord, Massachusetts (9/20/25) #insects #bees #bumblebees #flowers #Asters #BlueSkyArtShow #relax #ColorADay #GreenSat #EastCoastKin #photography #OM-1 #bokeh #GMNWR #Massachusetts

For #BirdOfTheDay I have to post my favorite duck--a male #CinnamonTeal in Petaluma, California. We don't have this species in Mass. and I miss them! 🧡 #birds #ducks #tealducks #EastCoastKin #EllisCreek #NorCal #photography #Olympus #reflections @robcrank68.bsky.social @alan678.bsky.social

I came across my favorite Great Blue Heron on the bridge, this time under sunny skies with bright autumn colors in the background 🤩💙🍁 Norfolk, Massachusetts (9/27/25) #birds #herons #GreatBlueHeron #birdphotography #bokeh #OM-1 #Scape #EastCoastKin #landscape #nature #autumn #Massachusetts

For today’s bird out in the weather, here's a cute female Downy Woodpecker clinging to a snow-covered tree in Massachusetts (Feb. 2023) 🖤❄️ #birds #woodpeckers #DownyWoodpecker #photography #winter #Massachusetts #BWFri #BirdOfTheDay #AllWeathers #EastCoastKin @alan678.bsky.social

Wow! I’m hearing what sounds like 4 Great Horned Owls in different spots in the woods behind my place in Mass. I have the Padres-Cubs game on mute as I’d much rather listen to the owls! #birds

Yes, I have more Dahlia pics to share! Here's a trio with a soft yellow color in a garden along Gloucester Harbor 💛😊 Gloucester, Massachusetts (Aug. 2025) #flowers #Dahlias #bloomscrolling #ColorADay #YellowThu #EastCoastKin #ThreesDay #photography #OM-1 #Gloucester #Massachusetts

Not long before sunset I noticed bumblebees on ~8 Zinnias and many Asters in the garden. I read that male bumblebees don't have nests and often sleep in flowers. So precious to watch them sip nectar and pick their beds! 😍 Norfolk, MA (9/29/25) #insects #bees #bumblebees #InsectThursday #nature

Another one of the male Autumn Meadowhawk dragonflies seen along the paths at Great Meadows NWR ❤️🤩 Concord, Massachusetts (9/20/25) #insects #bugs #dragonflies #AutumnMeadowhawk #bugsky #photography #OM-1 #ColorADay #RedWed #EastCoastKin #Massachusetts #GMNWR

For today’s bird with attitude, this Barn Swallow decided it was done with me taking photos and let me know it! 😂😍 Norfolk, Massachusetts (6/2/24) #birds #swallows #BarnSwallow #birdphotography #NikonP950 #MassAudubon #BirdOfTheDay #attitude #EastCoastKin @alan678.bsky.social

Many of the leaves on this Red Maple tree have turned a pretty shade of red early in our fall season 🍁❤️ Stony Brook Audubon, Norfolk, Massachusetts (9/29/25) #trees #leaves #maples #fallfoliage #autumn #Massachusetts #NewEngland #photography #OM-1 #ColorADay #RedWed #EastCoastKin

I saw lots of tiny Eastern Chipmunks running around yesterday in Norfolk, Massachusetts! This cutie stopped briefly in a pool of sunlight, giving me a nice closeup shot. Love them! 🐿️🥰 #mammals #chipmunks #wildlife #AnimalArtTuesday #EastCoastKin #wildlifephotography #OM-1 #MassAudubon

For today's bird whose main color is white, I chose two beautiful Mute Swans that I saw late yesterday in Norfolk, Massachusetts 🦢💙 #birds #swans #TwosDay #photography #OM-1 #reflections #Massachusetts #BirdOfTheDay #white #EastCoastKin #BirdLife @robcrank68.bsky.social

Post you from a different era. Me sitting in my backyard in Natick, Massachusetts many years ago! 😊

A group of Canada Geese in silhouette against the early morning blue sky as they flew over the pond 🖤💙 Norfolk, Massachusetts (9/27/25) #birds #geese #CanadaGeese #BlueSkyMonday #MinimalMonday #EastCoastKin #birdphotography #OM-1 #silhouette #MassAudubon

For today's bird, though I have many favorites, I chose the Northern Cardinal. I saw this gorgeous male in Norfolk, Massachusetts on a late afternoon in March ❤️🪶🤩 #birds #NorthernCardinal #BirdOfTheDay #favorite #EastCoastKin #birdphotography #OM-1 #nature #MassAudubon @alan678.bsky.social

This little Carolina Wren definitely qualifies for Rob's hashtags of #RearOfTheYear on #MoneyShotMonday! I saw this cutie poised to attack while chasing away chipmunks in Natick, Massachusetts 😍🐿️ #birds #wrens #CarolinaWren #birdbutt #birdlife #birdphotography #OM-1 #EastCoastKin #MassAudubon

For today's bird with 3 or more colors, here's a male Baltimore Oriole seen in Concord, Massachusetts (6/3/25) 🤩🧡 #birds #orioles #BaltimoreOriole #birdbutt #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin #ColorADay #OrangeSun #birdphotography #OM-1 #Massachusetts @robcrank68.bsky.social

A vibrant orange Zinnia flower with a bee topper, both covered in droplets of water from overnight rain 🧡💦 Norfolk, Massachusetts (9/27/25) #flowers #Zinnia #bees #ColorADay #OrangeSun #StunDay #EastCoastKin #photography #OM-1 #MassAudubon

For today's bird with 3 or more colors, I'm starting with a male Northern Shoveler duck seen in Petaluma, CA (2022) 🤩 #birds #ducks #NorthernShoveler #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin #birdphotography #Olympus #reflections #NorCal @robcrank68.bsky.social

A mix of green, red, orange and yellow colors on trees lining the shore and reflecting on the Kingfisher Pond 🍁🍂🍃 Norfolk, Massachusetts (9/27/25) #trees #autumn #reflections #ColorADay #GreenSat #EastCoastKin #Massachusetts #photography #pondscape #OM-1

This cute Eastern Cottontail rabbit was sitting on the path when I turned the corner, and didn't seem to mind me. Perfect timing to celebrate #InternationalRabbitDay! 🐰🤎 Norfolk, Massachusetts (9/27/25) #rabbits #cottontails #bunnies #wildlife #wildlifephotography #OM-1 #MassAudubon

For today's bird, I don't have a garden, but I brought suet treats to the Audubon sanctuary and this Blue Jay swooped down and stuffed his beak! 💙😍 Norfolk, Massachusetts (9/27/25) #birds #BlueJay #BirdOfTheDay #CloseBy #EastCoastKin #nature #birdphotography #OM-1 @alan678.bsky.social

A pretty, peach-colored Dahila plus a few more in the background in the gardens along Gloucester harbor 😍 Gloucester, Massachusetts (Aug. 2025) #flowers #Dahlias #bloomscrolling #Scape #flowerscape #EastCoastKin #FlowersOnFriday #photography #OM-1 #Gloucester #Massachusetts

The small, spent flowers of American Burnweed turning into fluffy white seed heads that were floating on the breeze throughout Great Meadows NWR 💙 Concord, Massachusetts (9/20/25) #flowers #seeds #fluffy #Scape #EastCoastKin #nature #photography #OM-1 #landscape #GMNWR #Massachusetts

My entry for today's smallest birds is a tiny hummingbird! Here's a favorite photo of a female Anna's Hummingbird with camellia flowers 🥰 Glen Ellen, California (Jan. 2022) #birds #hummingbirds #birdphotography #Olympus #flowers #BirdOfTheDay #SmallBirds #EastCoastKin @robcrank68.bsky.social

The Old Point Loma Lighthouse on the highest point at Cabrillo National Monument, with spring flowers on the hillside 💛🔆 Point Loma, San Diego, California (Apr. 2017) #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMemories #ColorADay #YellowThu #EastCoastKin #lighthouse #Cabrillo #NPS #SanDiego #California

A bumblebee enjoying some of the Goldenrod in bloom at Great Meadows NWR 💛🐝 Concord, Massachusetts (9/20/25) #insects #bees #pollinators #InsectThursday #bugsky #wildflowers #Goldenrod #ColorADay #YellowThu #EastCoastKin #photography #OM-1 #Massachusetts

A backlit female Red-winged Blackbird perched on a cattail stalk amid reeds and sunlit filaments out in the marsh 🖤 Concord, Massachusetts (6/3/25) #BirdOfTheDay #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #birds #blackbirds #birdphotography #OM-1 #Massachusetts @alan678.bsky.social

Female Acorn Woodpecker checking out the acorn stash in her family's granary tree. I so miss these clowns! 😍❤️🖤 Ragle Ranch RP, Sebastopol, California (6/22/22) #birds #woodpeckers #nature #WoodpeckerWednesday #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMemories #EastCoastKin #birdphotography #Olympus #NorCal

This little Eastern Chipmunk stopped mid-step to look at me when I started talking to it. Love these little creatures! 🤎😍 Norfolk, Massachusetts (Aug. 2025) #chipmunks #nature #wildlife #WildlifeWednesday #EastCoastKin #photography #OM-1 #MassAudubon

The bright red color of a fishing boat caught my eye during a visit to the small harbor on an overcast day 🔴☁️😍 Manchester by the Sea, Massachusetts (Sept. 2024) #ColorADay #RedWed #fishing #boats #harbor #Massachusetts #photography #Olympus

Another angle of the beautiful Great Blue Heron standing on the bridge railing on a misty, late summer morning 🤩💙 Norfolk, Massachusetts (9/8/25) #birds #herons #GreatBlueHeron #birdphotography #OM-1 #AnimalArtTuesday #EastCoastKin #MassAudubon #BirdOfTheDay #notabranch @alan678.bsky.social

For today's theme of a bird not on a branch, here are two cute Barn Swallows perched on a bridge 😍💕 Norfolk, Massachusetts (7/20/25) #BirdOfTheDay #notabranch #EastCoastKin #birds #swallows #BarnSwallows #TwosDay #MassAudubon #birdphotography #OM-1 @alan678.bsky.social

For today's bird with yellow on it, I chose a male Yellow Warbler that was hopping around looking for bugs 😍🐛 Norfolk, Massachusetts (June 2025) #birds #warblers #YellowWarbler #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin #birdphotography #OM-1 #MassAudubon @robcrank68.bsky.social @alan678.bsky.social

A pretty, end of summer view of red Cardinal Flowers blooming around an old, fallen tree, with the Concord River to the right and blue skies above 🤩💚❤️💙 Concord, Massachusetts (9/20/25) #flowers #lobelia #logs #summer #ConcordRiver #StunDay #EastCoastKin #photography #OM-1 #Massachusetts

Right on cue to start the fall season, I saw several Autumn Meadowhawk dragonflies at Great Meadows NWR. This handsome male posed for a few photos ❤️📷🤩 Concord, Massachusetts (9/20/25) #insects #bugs #dragonflies #AutumnMeadowhawk #photography #OM-1 #StunDay #EastCoastKin #Massachusetts #GMNWR

A pair of Common Mergansers looking for lunch while hanging out near the fish hatchery at Lake Sonoma in Geyserville, California (2022) 😍👀🐟 #birds #ducks #CommonMergansers #BirdOfTheDay #webbedfeet #EastCoastKin #birdphotography #Olympus #LakeSonoma #NorCal @alan678.bsky.social

Female Blue Dasher dragonfly clinging to a stalk of dry foliage at Great Meadows NWR 🤩💚 Concord, Massachusetts (8/26/25) #insects #dragonflies #BlueDasher #ColorADay #GreenSat #EastCoastKin #Massachusetts #GMNWR #nature #photography #OM-1

A local schooner out for a sail in Gloucester Harbor with its four sails open at certain angles to catch the wind 💨💙 Gloucester, Massachusetts (8/30/25) #BlueSkyArtShow #angles #EastCoastKin #sailing #sails #schooner #photography #seascape #Gloucester #CapeAnn

Another of the wooden boardwalks that wind through the dunes and lead to the beach at Parker River NWR 💙 Newbury, Massachusetts (9/4/25) #AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLines #EastCoastKin #Scape #boardwalk #AtlanticOcean #ParkerRiverNWR #Massachusetts

For today's bird against a blue sky, here's a Northern Mockingbird perched on a wire and calling to another 🤎 Great Diamond Island, Portland, Maine (Aug. 2025) #birds #mockingbirds #birdphotography #NikonP950 #BirdOfTheDay #Bluesky #BirdOnAWire #BirdButt #Scape @alan678.bsky.social

For Rob's black and white bird today, here's a Black-necked Stilt walking through the seasonal pond at Ellis Creek Wetlands -- Petaluma, California 🖤🤩 #birds #stilts #shorebirds #BlackAndWhite #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin #birdphotography #Olympus #NorCal @robcrank68.bsky.social

Bumblebee enjoying some Mountain Mint in Norfolk, Massachusetts 🐝💚 #bees #insects #pollinators #InsectThursday #bugsky #photography #OM-1 #OM60mmMacro #nature #MassAudubon

My favorite American Red Squirrel buddy Robbie, wondering where I was going after we'd been chatting 😍 Norfolk, Massachusetts #squirrels #sqrlpix #wildlife #WildlifeWednesday #ColorADay #RedWed #EastCoastKin #photography #OM-1 #MassAudubon

You can tell it's almost fall when the leaves start turning wonderful colors! The maple trees are full of red and orange leaves, which look even prettier against a blue sky 🤩❤️🍁 Norfolk, Massachusetts (9/15/25) #trees #leaves #fall #NewEngland #Massachusetts #photography #OM-1 #ColorADay #RedWed

One of my favorite little birds, a Black-capped Chickadee, perched in a pine tree in Groton, Massachusetts 😍🖤 #birds #chickadees #Paridae #birdphotography #Olympus #BirdOfTheDay #cute #EastCoastKin #MassAudubon @alan678.bsky.social