A house sparrow showing off its tail feathers. #BirdOfTheDay #BirdButts #birds #sparrows

"Ok, now balance on one foot, turn your head all the way around and scratch under your wing with your beak. The rest of you, just form a pile or something!" #BirdOfTheDay #BirdsBeingBirds #birds #ducks

My friendly neighborhood Cooper’s hawk posed for a #Portrait for #BirdOfTheDay.

Practice, practice...This #BirdOfTheDay osprey came up empty after #DivingForFood. Better luck next time, buddy! #birds #osprey

A downy woodpecker showing off for #WoodpeckerWednesday by performing acrobatic stunts while hanging from the under side of a tree branch. #birds #woodpeckers

Look deep into my eyes… #BirdOfTheDay #Staredown #birds

Moored. #BirdOfTheDay #Serenity

For goodness sakes wipe your chin when you’re eating! #BirdOfTheDay #birds&berries #birds #cardinals

Bluebird, bluebird! "I can see myself!" #BirdOfTheDay #TwoOfAKind #birds #bluebirds #photography

This #WhiteThroatedSparrow saying "take the picture already!" because he wants to be in #BirdOfTheDay with his #ShortBeak. #birds

These Canada Geese were #CaughtInMotion in the Blackwater Wildlife Refuge for #BirdOfTheDay. They love the wetlands there as a stopover on their way south.

We spent the day walking around the wetlands in the #BlackwaterNationalWildlifeRefuge and w were blessed with this close up look at 2 #baldeagles perched on an observation stand. What spectacular #birds! #photography #naturephotography

#BirdOfTheDay, this hermit thrush is helping #SideProfiles by puffing out its chest for me. It has apparently not missed many meals in preparation for the cold weather. #Birds #NaturePhotography

For today's #BirdOfTheDay, a bright red cardinal getting cold feet... #Birds #SideProfiles #Photography #NaturePhotography

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Happy Thanksgiving, Bluesky! Hope you're surrounded by people you get along with...

Yesterday this #downywoodpecker caught this tree for #BirdOfTheDay and was #hangingaround trying to figure out what to do with it next. #birds #photography

If you're gonna try to hide, maybe wear a baseball cap, Ginger! #birds #birdphotography #woodpecker

"Hey Moe!!" #birds #birdphotography #geese

"You guys go on ahead. I'm gonna wait here for the delivery." #birds #birdphotography #vultures

"Whaddya think, Vince? Think we can get that squirrel off the road without getting hit by a car?" "I don't know, Sam. Maybe you should go first." #birds #birdphotography #vultures

#hiding in a tree may be difficult for a bird as vibrant as a #cardinal, but he is giving it his best shot for #BirdOfTheDay. #birds #birdphotography #photography

Sometimes unusual things catch my eye. I saw this milkweed burst open with its white silks and seeds waiting to float away on the wind. Reminded me of small starbursts or tiny fireworks going off. #nature #naturephotography #milkweed

This brown buckeye butterfly has found a home in the meadow among the pink cosmos flowers. #nature #naturephotography #butterflies

"Compassion, if it could be seen, might look Like an early blossom of iris..." -- Pattiann Rogers #FlowersOnSunday #Stunday #naturephotography

In keeping with the #colourful theme for #BirdOfTheDay, adding another green heron sneaking up on some food. #birds #birdphotography #naturephotography #greenheron

"Okay, just take the picture already, will ya? I'm getting soaked!" #photography #naturephotography #birds #sanderlings

"Them's fightin' words, mister!" "Yeah, yeah..." #photography #birds #birdphotography #seagulls

"She loves me, she loves me not..." #photography #naturephotography #butterflies

Imagine being mad you didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize while you’re busy stirring up Civil War in your own country.

Thou shalt not shoot priests in the head. I shouldn’t have to say this.

At a bookstore in France that is featuring my books If you're seeing this post and you are an aspiring artist know this..I grew up in a trailer in rural Virginia. My mom was disabled. We had very little money But today my books are all around the world, nothing is impossible if u really want it💙

It was quite windy on the Chesapeake Bay this morning, which made for ideal conditions for this kiteboarder to ignore the speed limit and attack the waves. #photography #kiteboarding

"Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line, Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time!" #birds #birdphotography #sanderling

"You go ahead." "Nah, you go first." "No, you go. I insist." Sanderlings are notoriously indecisive... #birds #birdphotography #sanderling

What big ears you have!! Deer me... #photography #naturephotography #deer

The last few days of summer may be here, but if you look carefully you can still spot an industrious bee cleaning up the last of the flowers in the the garden. #photography #naturephotography #bees

The plovers are on the march!! #birds #birdphotography #plovers

Just another peaceful day at his favorite fishing spot. #birds #birdphotography #herons

Well…unless it’s Eagles-Cowboys. Fly Eagles Fly!!

Crab feast!! #birds #birdphotography #gulls

I captured this picture of a couple of gulls apparently having a disagreement on the beach at Cape Cod. Looks like somebody is telling someone off. Ten points if you know what's being said. #birds #birdphotography #seagulls #capecod

It's almost that time again for log canoe racing on the Miles River in St. Michaels, Maryland. There are only a few of these historic boats left. Hoping to catch the action next weekend. Here are some pictures from the craziness of log canoe racing from last year. #logcanoeracing #logcanoe

Rumor is this is #ThrowBackThursday so here is a monarch butterfly I found on some flowers at this time last year. #photography #naturephotography #butterflies

This ringed plover bade us safe travels as we ended our time on Cape Cod. He didn't seem to mind the cold water, but then he had a lot of puff to keep him warm. #birds #birdphotography #capecod #plovers

Descending the steps in the Highland Lighthouse in Truro on Cape Cod. No point in being claustrophobic or afraid of heights...

"N is for Neville who died of ennui." Paying a visit to the Edward Gorey House on Cape Cod. youtu.be/BqfOqkTJl30?... #edwardgorey #capecod

It was a tough time to be a crab... #birds #naturephotography #seagull

On Cape Cod for a little R&R this week. Apparently these guys heard a rumor about a turkey shoot...