#birds #nature #wildlife #goldfinch Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfTheMonth, your best captures of May. This female American Goldfinch is giving me the side-eye. Maybe she's camera shy. And maybe she just thinks it's too early in the morning to be posing for pictures. ☺️

– Max's Mandalas – #mandala #kaleidoscope #generativeart #imagemagick #kaleidoscopic #generative #digitalart #rodeo #kaleidosaturday Gerd Crue

– Max's Mandalas – #mandala #kaleidoscope #generative #generativeart #imagemagick #kaleidoscopic #portfolio #digitalart #kaleidosaturday Schlane

– Max's Mandalas – #mandala #kaleidoscopic #digitalart #clicker #generative #kaleidoscope #imagemagick #generativeart #kaleidosaturday Traglar

– Max's Mandalas – #mandala #kaleidoscope #digitalart #kaleidoscopic #generative #generativeart #confirmed #imagemagick #kaleidosaturday Naworten

#birds #nature #wildlife #egret Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #NegativeSpace, where empty space or simple surroundings affect the composition. This Great Egret is standing at the edge of the Mississippi River near Lock & Dam 13. Looks like a nice day for watching barges go through the locks. 🙂

#birds #hummingbird #nature We get one species of hummingbird in Illinois, the Ruby-throated Hummingbird. This one is a female. Males have dark red throats. Females' are white. All the juveniles' throats are white, too, and the young males' throats will turn red by next spring.

#bird #nature #wildlife #titmouse Today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #Paridae, any of the species. Those would be birds in the Chickadee and Titmouse family. This Tufted Titmouse was willing to take a quick break from his breakfast to pose for the theme picture. ☺️

#birds #nature #wildlife #ducks Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Anatidae, any of the species will do. That would be ducks, geese, and swans. Here is a Muscovy Duck, native to Mexico, Central, and South America, and domesticated worldwide. Yeah, he's not pretty, but his mother still loves him. 😉 😄

#birds #nature #wildlife #swallow #treeswallow Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdOnAWire, any bird on a wire. These two Tree Swallows decided this wire is a nice place to relax on a beautiful, sunny, blue sky morning. It's breakfast time felllas, so go eat some bugs! ☺️

#birds #nature #wildlife #merlin During the last hour before sunset I like to record a #TenMinMerlin, or sometimes a few. This is the combined result of 3 sessions at my window, central Illinois, residential area broken up by lots of patches of woods. I'm lucky to have this variety so nearby. 😀

#birds #nature #wildlife #finch #housefinch Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #StaringRightAtYou, any bird staring right at you. This male House Finch is stretching to the limit to see over the seed pan and check me out. Hey little guy, I'm the one who puts the seeds in that pan for ya! 🙂

– Max's Mazes – #maze #digitaldesign #labyrinth #puzzle #generative #generativeart #digitalart #imagemagick Hawilligus

#birds #nature #wildlife #wren Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SingForYourSupper, any bird singing. This cute little House Wren looks like it's singing, but it might just be hollering, "Hey you, stay away from my nest!" ☺️

– Max's Mandalas – #mandala #kaleidoscope #generativeart #radial #colorful #digitalart #giggle #imagemagick #codeart #generative #kaleidosaturday Aramee Trab

– Max's Mandalas – #mandala #kaleidoscopic #digitalart #imagemagick #kaleidoscope #jupiter #generative #generativeart #kaleidosaturday Laminular Sowt

– Max's Mandalas – #mandala #kaleidoscopic #kaleidoscope #digitalart #choices #imagemagick #generativeart #generative #kaleidosaturday Clausinda

– Max's Mandalas – #mandala #kaleidoscope #imagemagick #kaleidoscopic #postal #generativeart #digitalart #generative #kaleidosaturday Policolian

#birds #nature #widlife #nuthatch Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #HeadShots, headshots of any bird. Here's Alfred the White-breasted Nuthatch. He was our yard bird for almost 5 years, came to our hand for nuts & seeds. "If you bring me some peanuts, I'll gladly pose for a headshot photo!" 😁

#birds Stepped out to fill the hummer feeders and ran a #TenMinMerlin. I'm in a residential area with more woods than houses. Lots of usual central Illinois birds here. Almost any other kind might be around at any time. The hummer hollered at me *queek* to hurry up with filling the feeder. ☺️

#birds #nature #wildlife #merlin I ran three rounds of #TenMinMerlin over a period of about an hour prior to sunset in central Illinois. It's a bit late for migrating Siskins or Kinglets, but not impossible. We're way north of where the Grosbeak might be expected. Mockingbirds are common here.

– Max's Mandalas – #mandala #generative #generativeart #imagemagick #digitalart #gyroscope #kaleidoscope #kaleidoscopic #reboot Zome Harble

#birds #nature #wildlife #hummingbird Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ScrollBack, going through your most recent bird photos & picking favourites. Our hummer feeder is under the eaves. When it's raining, this Ruby-throated Hummingbird stays dry, sits there for hours until the rain stops. ☺️

#birds #wildlife #nature #merganser Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #DucksInTheAir, any Duck that's flying. I caught this little flock of Common Mergansers cruising over the Illinois River. I don't remember if they were flying north or south, but they seemed pretty intent on getting there. ☺️

#birds #nature #wildlife #finch The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Ruffled, any bird with ruffled feathers. This fledgling House Finch is barely out of the nest. Okay, he found the feeder pan. Now he needs to do something about those last few unruly baby feathers. 🙂 Hey little guy, get a comb! 😄

#birds #nature #wildlife #junco The theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #WaterDroplets, any bird capture with splashes of water. This is where the good seeds are, so this Dark-eyed Junco is willing to take a spattering of rain from the roof to get breakfast. ☺️

– Max's Mandalas – #mandala #kaleidoscope #generativeart #imagemagick #kaleidoscopic #stirred #digitalart #generative #kaleidosaturday Reyal Wosey

– Max's Mandalas – #mandala #kaleidoscopic #imagemagick #construct #generativeart #kaleidoscope #generative #digitalart #kaleidosaturday Archrifician

– Max's Mandalas – #mandala #imagemagick #digitalart #kaleidoscopic #generative #kaleidoscope #generativeart #bottletop #kaleidosaturday Thacklet

– Max's Mandalas – #mandala #kaleidoscope #generative #generativeart #imagemagick #kaleidoscopic #intergradient #digitalart #kaleidosaturday Polley Stadz

#birds #wildlife #nature Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #FeathersInFoliage, any bird pictured in or near foliage. There's a Cooper's Hawk! Where? Up there behind that branch! I don't see it. Look over to the left. Oh, there, on that big limb! I think I got a photo. We'll see when we get home. 😄

#birds #nature #wildlife #heron Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WadersOuttaWater, any wader that is out of water. Here is a Green Heron standing out of the water, but not very far out of the water. So if you're a little fish in this pond, you're still in danger. ☺️

– Max's Mazes – #maze #generative #digitalart #labyrinth #puzzle #digitaldesign #codeart #imagemagick Pashel Evon

#birds #nature #wildlife #hummingbird Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #FeatheredFemmes, captures showing the beauty of any female bird. We're always trying to get Ruby-throated Hummingbird photos of males and their pretty red throats, but I think the females are beautiful just the way they are! ☺️

– Max's Mandalas – #mandala #kaleidoscope #codeart #radial #colorful #digitalart #generative #generativeart #charmed #imagemagick #kaleidosaturday Whesterlist

#birds #nature #wildlife #geese Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LinedUp, 3 or more birds in a line. Several years ago on the Illinois River I spotted this bunch of assorted geese. Looks like they're all lining up to get their picture taken on class photo day. 😁

#birds #nature #wildlife #owl #barredowl Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LockedOn, any bird with an intense gaze. I heard a little noise through the trees, looked around and saw this fledgling Barred Owl staring back at me. He made a funny little grunting sound. I took his photo. The end. 😄

#birds #nature #wildlife #hawk #coopershawk Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Raptors, any of the birds of prey. This immature Cooper's Hawk has a little reddish stain on its breast. Looks like evidence of a recent meal. And being a bird of prey, it probably wasn't eating raspberries. ☺️

#mothersday Happy Mother's Day!

#birds #nature #wildlife #sparrow Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #EFGH, birds who have any of these letters at the beginning of any part of their name. So I got a cute, fluffed up, very round Fox Sparrow. In the winter they come to Illinois from northern Canada. Uh, it's cold here, too. 😁

– Max's Mandalas – #mandala #imagemagick #digitalart #kaleidoscope #kaleidoscopic #generative #horsefly #generativeart #kaleidosaturday Hijayde Shoar

– Max's Mandalas – #mandala #teatime #generativeart #imagemagick #kaleidoscope #kaleidoscopic #generative #digitalart #kaleidosaturday Escology

– Max's Mandalas – #mandala #kaleidoscope #generative #imagemagick #packed #generativeart #digitalart #kaleidoscopic #kaleidosaturday Oserium

– Max's Mandalas – #mandala #kaleidoscopic #digitalart #imagemagick #ironore #generative #generativeart #kaleidoscope #kaleidosaturday Tubric Cord

#birds #nature #wildlife Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Photogenic, birds you find great to snap. Many birds are naturally photogenic, and the Baltimore Oriole is a great example. Beautiful from almost any angle, when they stop moving long enough to take a photo, it'll be a good one! ☺️

#birds #nature #wildlife #wren The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #InMotion, a bird showing any motion except flight. This House Wren is moving in, setting up a happy bird home in a cozy bird house. Hey little wren, that stick is not going to fit through the door sideways. 😄

#birds #nature #wildlife #blackbird Today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #Black, birds that have mainly Black Plumage. There's probably a zillion photos in the world of a Red-winged Blackbird clinging to a cattail stem. Because, you know, that's what Red-winged Blackbirds do. Here's mine. 😀

– Max's Mazes – #maze #labyrinth #puzzle #generative #imagemagick #digitaldesign #codeart #generativeart #digitalart Doory Forton

#birds #nature #wildlife #goldfinch Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Pairs, any bird pairs whether it be same or mixed pairs. Here's a cute couple for you. Mr. and Mrs. American Goldfinch are having dinner together at the thistle feeder café. Bon appetit! There's plenty for everyone! 🙂

#birds #nature #wildlife #vulture The theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #RockSolid, any bird perching on a rocky surface. This Turkey Vulture found a quiet place to hang out on the rocky shore near Lock and Dam 13 on the Mississippi River. 🙂