For the #ColorADay theme #RedWed: the red berries of Red Elderberry. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-s... #Adirondacks #EastCoastKin #Plants

For the alt #BirdOfTheDay theme #Laridae: gulls and geese on the shore of Lake Champlain. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-w... #Adirondacks #birds #AdirondackBirds #ECK

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsWideOpen. Here’s a Ring-necked Duck with her wings wide open. #Adirondacks #birds #AdirondackBirds #ECK

For the #ColorADay theme #BlueTue: a Northern Azure butterfly, highlighted against green vegetation. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-b... #eastcoastkin #Adirondacks #ADK #Butterflies #ECK #upstateNewYork

The alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #unloved. Here’s a nice Wild Turkey, an underappreciated bird. #Adirondacks #birds #AdirondackBirds #ECK

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ScrollBack. Here’s a photo of two Canada Geese from 10 April. I like the background and reflections. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-s... #Adirondacks #birds #AdirondackBirds #ECK

For #MountainMonday: Saint Regis Mountain and Upper Saint Regis Lake, Paul Smiths, New York (18 May 2026). wildadirondacks.org #AdirondackMountains #Adirondacks #ECK #ADK #landscape #upstateNewYork

Carolina springbeauty at our Westport Preserve #Adirondacks 🌿

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #DucksInTheAir. Here’s a male Common Merganser, showing off his lovely red bill as he takes off. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-s... #Adirondacks #birds #AdirondackBirds #ECK

The alt #BirdOfTheDay is #Feeders. Here’s a Downy Woodpecker on the peanut feeder. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-w... #Adirondacks #birds #AdirondackBirds #ECK

Nothing Gold Can Stay By Robert Frost Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. #ImageAndVerse #Adirondacks #eastcoastkin

For the #ColorADay theme #OrangeSun: Spotted Touch-Me-Not. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-w... #jewelweed #wildflowers #eastcoastkin #Adirondacks #ADK #AdirondackMountains #ECK #upstateNewYork #AdirondackWildflowers

For the alt #BirdOfTheDay theme #songbirds: a Chestnut-sided Warbler, singing his heart out. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-b... #Adirondacks #birds #AdirondackBirds #ECK

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #ruffled. Here’s an American Goldfinch, dealing with the cold winter wind. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-w... #Adirondacks #birds #AdirondackBirds #ECK #goldfinch

For Jane’s @javajanegallery.co.uk #smallbirdsaturday theme I offer this tiny Golden-crowned Kinglet. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-w... #Adirondacks #birds #AdirondackBirds #ECK #Kinglet #GoldenCrownedKinglet

The Alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Robins. Here’s a handsome one, enjoying the early April sunshine. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-b... #Adirondacks #birds #AdirondackBirds #ECK #AmericanRobin

For #ForestFriday: northern hardwood forest in spring. Northern hardwoods on the Sugar Maple Trail, Heaven Hill, Lake Placid (12 May 2026) #eastcoastkin #Adirondacks #AdirondackForests #northernHardwoodForest

Painted Trillium #Adirondacks 🌿

For #flyday: a Hummingbird Clearwing moth. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-m... #EastCoastKin #Adirondacks #moths

For the alt #BirdOfTheDay theme #CormorantOrHeron, I submit this Great Blue Heron on its nest. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-b... #Adirondacks #birds #AdirondackBirds #ECK

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #FeathersInFoliage. Here’s a Black-throated Green Warbler lurking behind a leaf. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-w... #Adirondacks #birds #AdirondackBirds #ECK

For the #ColorADay theme #YellowThu: a Monarch caterpillar feeding on milkweed. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-b... #Adirondacks #Butterflies #AdirondackButterflies #ECK

For the alt #BirdOfTheDay theme #Blue, I offer this nice-looking Blue Jay. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-b... #Adirondacks #birds #AdirondackBirds #ECK

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WadersOuttaWater. Here’s a Great Blue Heron, perched on a log. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-b... #Adirondacks #birds #AdirondackBirds #ECK #blue

For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme #FeatheredFemmes: a female Common Yellowthroat, busy feeding her family. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-w... #Adirondacks #birds #AdirondackBirds #ECK

For the #ColorADay theme #BlueTue: blue skies reflected in the quiet waters of a brook in a wetland in the Adirondack Mountains. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-w... #Adirondacks #Wetlands #ECK

A great place to enjoy nature!

For the alt #BirdOfTheDay theme #Laridae, I offer this Ring-billed Gull, probably wondering whether it’s time to migrate to a place with a snow-free climate. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-w... #Adirondacks #birds #AdirondackBirds #ECK

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LinedUp. Here’s a nice row of four Canada Geese. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-s... #Adirondacks #birds #AdirondackBirds #ECK

Hey there. #Adirondacks 🌿

For the alt #BirdOfTheDay theme #Breezy, I submit this female Common Merganser, expressing her views of the wind on the lake shore. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-s... #Adirondacks #birds #AdirondackBirds #ECK

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LockedOn. Here’s a Canada Jay, a species that seems to specialize in intense stares. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-b... #Adirondacks #birds #AdirondackBirds #ECK

For the #ColorADay theme #OrangeSun: the Ski Slope on the Heart Lake Trail in late September. This part of the trail passes through a northern hardwood forest, with deciduous trees that turn brilliant colors in autumn. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-n... #Adirondacks #Forests #ECK

Here is one of my favorite paintings that I’ve created this year. #oilpainting #adirondacks #landscapepainting #adirondacks

For the alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Paridae, I offer this Black-capped Chickadee, a year-round resident that breeds on our property and comes to our feeders in winter. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-w... #Adirondacks #birds #AdirondackBirds #ECK

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Raptors. Here’s a Northern Harrier, in the middle of a hunt. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-b... #Adirondacks #birds #AdirondackBirds #ECK

For the #ColorADay theme #GreenSat: a northern hardwood forest resplendent in new green foliage in late May. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-n... #Adirondacks #Forests #ECK

A Keene Valley view that every high peaks hiker knows. #Adirondacks 🌿

For Jane’s @javajanegallery.co.uk #smallbirdsaturday theme: a Red-breasted Nuthatch, looking perky on an autumn day. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-w... #Adirondacks #birds #AdirondackBirds #ECK

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #EFGH. Here’s a Hairy Woodpecker, showing off his black shoulder spur. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-w... #Adirondacks #birds #AdirondackBirds #ECK

For the alt #BirdOfTheDay theme #Corvidae, I offer this Blue Jay, perched on a snowy branch. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-w... #Adirondacks #birds #AdirondackBirds #ECK

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #photogenic. Here’s a lovely Yellow Warbler, happy to pose for me against a background of green. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-w... #Adirondacks #birds #AdirondackBirds #Warblers

For the alt #BirdOfTheDay theme #Yellow: a Tennessee Warbler, migrating through our backyard. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-w... #Adirondacks #birds #AdirondackBirds #ECK

For the #BirdOfTheDay theme #InMotion: a Wild Turkey striding across a field. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-b... #Adirondacks #birds #AdirondackBirds

For today’s alt #BirdOfTheDay theme #Black, here’s a striking Red-winged Blackbird perched on a reed in an Adirondack marsh.https://wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-spring-birding-march-arrivals.html#redwingedblackbird#Adirondacks #birding #AdirondackBirds

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SeaBirds. Here’s a Ring-billed Gull on the Adirondack side of Lake Champlain. #Adirondacks #birding #AdirondackBirds

For the #ColorAday theme #BlueTue: Blue Flag Iris. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-w... #BlueFlagIris #eastcoastkin #Adirondacks #ADK #AdirondackMountains #ECK #upstateNewYork

For #MountainMonday a farm with the #Adirondack mountains as a backdrop. These Highland Cows at Moon Valley farm have a pretty nice view. #photography #eastcoastkin #photographersofbkuesky #adk #adirondacks

For the alt #BirdOfTheDay theme #LowFlying: a male Bobolink, just taking off. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-s... #Bobolink #boblinks #GrasslandBirds #eastcoastkin #Adirondacks #ADK #AdirondackBirds #birding #AdirondackBirding #birds #wildlife #AdirondackMountains #ECK #NewYorkBirds #upstateNewYork

For the #BirdOfTheDay theme #Dappled: a Northern Flicker, foraging in the grass. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-w... #NorthernFlicker #Woodpecker #AdirondackWoodpeckers #eastcoastkin #Adirondacks #ADK #AdirondackBirds #birding #birds #AdirondackMountains #ECK #NewYorkBirds #upstateNewYork