I clambered up the backside of this rather precipitous hillock atop of which he was perched so he wouldn't see me coming—and then had a few glorious moments near him before he bolted for good. Doubtless the closest I've ever been to one of these death-dealing darlings 🪶

Holy cats! It's Warbly Wednesday! Today's warbly is a palm warbler, that you probably won't find in a palm. Thanks! #warbler #birds #birding #birder #bird

Local Osprey, letting me know in no uncertain terms that no, he will not be sharing that fish 🪶

This morning a hawk mooned me really good 🪶

Sooty Fox Sparrow is both sooty and foxy! #birds #becurious 🪶

One of the great joys of birding is there are always new sparrows #birds

Bald Eagle on holiday by the sea @ Cardiff-by-the-Sea (& a really overdue #lifer for me) 🪶

Lonely Wanderer Above the Fray 🪶

Cedar Waxwings know they're cool #birds

Blueberry vs. Yellowberry

My first photo opp of 2026 might be among my favorite looks ever 🪶

Allen's hum facing the future undaunted. O for a tithe of that courage 🪶

R.C.K. ready to R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. 🥳 🪶

Sweet snowy looking supercute w her dayglow friendship bracelets on 🪶

Ziggy Stardust ✨🪶

I really want everyone to see how cute a Eurasian Wren’s little backside is — but they’re absolute masters of blending in, so spotting them is easier said than done 😅 🪶 2025年最後の週、最後の #ケツ曜日 ですよ！ミソチリをご堪能くだしあ🙇 #nature #photography #animals #wildlife #EurasianWren #ミソサザイ #birds #野鳥

Ploveur glamour 🪶

We have two species of woodpeckers that occasionally visit us, and they both always announce themselves with a sharp PIP! This male hairy woodpecker landed at the very base of the tree before making his way up the trunk! #Birds #photography #wildlife 🪶

Dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon as seen through the keyhole of a toyon tree #birds

More Close Encounters of the Bird Kind 👽 #birds #weirdducks

In 2016 I rescued a wounded rook from a frozen lake. After vet care, antibiotics, and vitamins, I nursed this sweet soul back to health. The greatest reward was watching it fly free - a moment of pure joy I captured in photos below. A gentle reminder of life's fragile wonder. #bird #rook #rescue

Pls enjoy this clip of a silly coot trying to catch raindrops w his white beak 🪶

Pipe of Peace, boppin along the beach after the first major storm wash 🪶

Sven the Christmas Wren, wishing all a merry, bright, & birdiful Christmas 🎄 🪶

Wishing everyone a jolly & conflict free Xmas 🎄🪶

Local dark morph RTH letting me know he's The Big Bird and that I'm just some beta pigeon #birds

I think this sassy little sparrow is my #lifer Lincoln's Sparrow?? I got reprimanded real good on eBird sometime ago for gladly misidentifying a young Song Sparrow. Hoping some kindly folk here might help me confirm #birds

That yellow belly is puffed out and that red crest is raised because I was too close when I filled the feeders. so I went and got my camera and got closer! These are beautiful birds and I'm always happy to host them... that poor tree is probably not as happy about it. 😂 #birds

Towhee Boi 🪶

Now, as ever, the pines are decked with living ornaments #birds

"Eventually all things merge into one and a Willet wades through it" or something like that 🪶

Maybe the handsomest lil Coop I ever saw 🪶

I brake for raptors. Raptors do not brake for me. 🪶

🎼 Gnatcatcher, gnatcatcher catch me a gnat fetch me a fly MEOW like a cat 🎶...🪶

WINTER IS COMING 🪶

Yellow Rump in a state of masterful enfloofment #birds

These cheeky lil kinglets sure know how to play hard to get #birds

Found this little zen master ticking like a metronome on a bulrush stem ✨️🪶

Missile mode!

Kestrel landing on a cross in the the dark glooms of deep December #birds

I nearly passed out from excitement when I came across this yellow house finch #birdoftheday #birds

Pls look at these youngster Mergansers 😍🪶

I suppose this is our version of a chickadee in the snow 🪶

An imposing offensive line 🪶

Townie take-off. Lord how I love this little bumble bird 🪶

FINALLY GOT IT! I've taken well over 100,000 pelican pictures, maybe 200,000. Over 20,000 the past month alone. Today, I snagged "The One That Got Away" In my infinite optimism, I give you, a very rare: Fish success story. 🪶

Can't be sure but I think I saw this Nuttall's as a nestling poking his head out of a knot in a nearby oak not three months ago They grow up so fast 🥹 🪶

Shrek & Fiona #birds

Killdeer on the edge of the western world #birds

Update: the toyon trees are still wax museums #birds