WEIRD DUCK NEWS: It finally happened. After months of posting, tracking from Canada to Montana, to Northern California to a 2 miles up the street, getting up at 4:30am to get to the wetlands, and waiting, today at 8:29am, we got an in focus bufflehead in flight. Let's. Fucking. Go. 🪶

Great Blue Heron with a fish for it's meal. #birdoftheday #FoodFinds

Here's the spread wing shot of the junior Bald Eagle. #birds #BaldEagle

Happy #NationalBirdDay! Having Bald Eagle pics for this day is fun. The bird is magnificent, unlike our nation of late. Here's a another youngster that is a little older, maybe 3 yrs old. He has a small fish in his talons. #birds #BaldEagle

I'll post the other shots of this same bird here to keep them together. He gave so many nice views. Here he is with trees in the background. ... and Happy #NationalBirdDay #birds #BaldEagle

Not sure what this will be like, but if you nature journal or are interested in it, there is a free virtual event this week sponsored by the Aldo Leopold Foundation. I hope to attend, to see what it is about. Aldo Leopold Foundation sponsors some nice free events! events.zoom.us/ev/AlbIvAbaE...

To give you a sense of the loc where I go to see the Bald Eagles...There is a juvie Bald Eagle reaching for a fish in shallow waters in front of the dam where the locks are closed. The dam is open on the near side of the rocks and waters are faster. The young one is smart to fish in the calm waters.

This juvenile Bald Eagle made my day yesterday giving the best view(s) of the day. #birds #BaldEagle

My first photo subject of 2026! Went to see some Bald Eagles yesterday. They did not disappoint! This is an adult Bald Eagle in flight. #birds #BaldEagle #birdoftheday #CaughtInMotion

Good morning! 🪶

Good morning! 🪶

Thanks!

#BirdonaStick! Green Heron #BranchingOut #BirdOfTheDay #birds

Birds, bugs, fish, whatever, Let's see some #NewYearsEveIridescence #birds #invertebrates #fish One more since I misspelled #NewYearsEveIridescence . I don't know if virescent metallic counts as iridescence, but a virescent green metallic bee was fun to see this year.

Birds, bugs, fish, whatever, Let's see some #NewYearsEverIridescence #birds #invertebrates #fish

As 2026 encroaches, I took a walk down my 2025 timeline. I encourage everyone to do so, especially the regular contributors. It's a nice way to recall your work. I so enjoy this circle of photogs here! 2025 was a good year for me and I am looking forward to the same good times birding in 2026!

It's very wintery here today so I am calling on an old flower video so we can remember that Spring will be here before we know it. (Trying to make myself feel cozy and warm as I get stuff done inside today) #flowers

Apparently #birdoftheday theme is #birdbutts. I give you the beautiful bustle of the Sandhill Crane.

These shots were far away, but good action at the fishing hole last weekend. They are in sequence and show how the Bald Eagle controls and manages his catch. Definitely commanding this catch with one talon. It's a privilege to be able to see this during our winter months. #birds #BadlEagle

Common Ravens have remarkable neck feathers (“hackles”) that they can raise or lower to punctuate their vocalizations. How I love these amazing creatures! #birds 🌿

Only photographed 4 dragonfly species in 2025. Tried to document them this year with a collage and get the species correct. I invested in the book in the 2nd post to help with my ID skills and knowledge about these great inverts. #dragonflies

My most recent bird image is from last weekend of a Juvenile Bald Eagle in flight with a view from directly underneath the bird. #BirdOfTheDay #mostrecent #BaldEagle #birds

Here are the rest of the American Kestrel pics from last weekend. #birds #Kestrel

I saw an American Kestrel last weekend. Great encounter, but came to realize how hard they are to photograph (humbled). They are small and elusive and pretty fast. This one hovered 5 or 6 times hunting. 1st time I saw one hunt. Best pics I managed to get. #birds #Kestrel

Sandhill crane flying across a Wisconsin farm field. I'll bet the cranes never forget their migration journeys.... and neither will I. It was a great time spotting and photographing them in the farm fields this year. #birds #SandhillCranes

Merry Christmas everyone! This Sandhill Crane pic shouted red and green today, so up it came from the archives! Hoping you have a wonderful Christmas!

Thanks for another great year of #ArtAdventCalendar Jay!

I saw a very photogenic Blue-winged Teal duck this year in June. #ArtAdvntCalndar #Ducks #birds

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 22. ‘In the Larches' ...water colour, ink and digital art.

Portrait of a Raven (2025) #ArtAdventCalendar #Photography

Good morning! 🪶

It's amazing how quickly Fall seems to slip into winter's grip. This fall I had an encounter with a ring-billed gull fishing for goldfish. I captured so many in-flights of the encounter, I made a short vid. The last pic, he's in the water with one of the many goldfish he caught. #gulls #birds

I really enjoy Dragonfly captures when they are around in our summer months. This is a Widow Skimmer male and is one of my better dragonfly shots for #ArtAdventCalendar #inverts

This is quite remarkable #birds

Ephemeral blue (2025). Wild Blue Flax flowers open in the morning and each one lasts only a day #ArtAdventCalendar #Photography

Happy Solstice! Not a fan of the dark, so always happy to reach the point where days start getting longer. Spring is just around the corner for those of us in the Northern hemisphere, so here's a happy chickadee for today's #ArtAdventCalendar

Day 21 of #ArtAdventCalendar: "The Count" #birds #owls

#ArtAdventCalendar Dec. 21 Crow is our friend. She has a damaged wing, but can fly, and has come back to nest in the area, and hang out in our yard, for the last few years. She’s getting a drink and is showing off the subtle iridescence that crow feathers have! #Birds #photography #wildlife 🪶

Dannyboy is a great wildlife contributor. Please give him a follow if you like wildlife. 👍

This is big soft cropped image. Couldn't help myself, I love their faces. #BaldEagle #birds

Fish on! Bald Eagle hooks a good fish! #birds #BaldEagle

For today's #ArtAdventCalendar, how about the first thing I drew this year. I remember enjoying the challenge of creating the scale pattern and look. A lot of experimentation and trial and error as with most of my drawings, but I'm pleased with how it came together in the end.

For #ArtAdventCalendar day 19 M74: The Phantom 36x36 91x91 Oil on canvas Based on the JWST image of M74, The Phantom Galaxy

Fridays are #scape days #artadventcalendar #photohour #photography #art #artyear #eastcoastkin #sky #road #clouds #bluesky #weekyforyearpast #sensoryart #moments #landscape #moody

Winter King Acrylics and Gold Leaf on Linen #wren #birdart #kleineKunstklasse #ArtAdventCalendar

December afternoon (2024) #ArtAdventCalendar #Photography (Bessborough Hotel, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)

I saw some hawks this year, perhaps not as many as other years. Red-tailed Hawk 2025. #ArtAdventCalendar #birds #Red-tailedHawk

Summer stroll (2025) #Photography #ArtAdventCalendar #birds

🐙 Aurora the Caribbean Reef Octopus 🎨 Sculpted from clay 🐙✨ #ArtYear #Art #Octo #Octopus #ArtGallery #MarineLife #Invertebrates #InverteFest #Cephalopods #ArtAdventCalendar 🦑🐡

A handsome and intense juvenile Bald Eagle is intensely focusing on a fish he sees in the river. He's slowing and adjusting flight to align with the fish for a pass at catching something to eat. #BaldEagle #birds