#birds #wildlife #nature #vultures Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SummerLovin, bird captures taken during summer. In central Illinois we know summer is here when the Turkey Vultures are back from the south and start hanging out together. A nearby cell tower provides a place to gather. 😀

#birds #nature #wildlife #whitecrowned #sparrow Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Triplets, 3 of the same birds. One of our winter visitors in central Illinois is the White-crowned Sparrow. Might be overlooked as a plain old ordinary sparrow 'cept for that snappy white and black striped hat. 🙂

#birds #nature #wildlife #hummingbird The #BirdofTheDay theme is #ScreenFiller, a capture where the bird takes up a large part of the image. This Ruby-throated Hummingbird fills the frame, but only for a moment. Half of my photos of these little guys are blurry tail feathers leaving the scene! 😄

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#birds #nature #wildlife #raven #yellowstone Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Corvidae, any of the species will do. This Common Raven looks like he's posing for the opening title page of a horror movie. 😬 (Special background effects provided by boiling hot springs at Yellowstone Nat'l Park.) 😊

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#birds #nature #wildlife #bunting Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Birds&Flowers, birds standing with flowers. This Indigo Bunting is standing in the yard, with flowers, mostly dandelions and violets. Some people would call 'em weeds. I call it a garden. 😀

#birds #nature #wildlife #egret Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #PerfectPoise, photographs where balance and posture tell a story. This Great Egret went to the tippy-top of the tree to survey its domain. Or somethin' like that. 😁

#birds #nature #wildlife #turkey Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ButtShotts, any bird that is showing off it's rear. In central Illinois there are wild Turkeys in most of the larger wooded parks. They share the trails with us at the nature center. Lead the way, Miss Turkey. We're lost, too! 😳

#birds #wildlife #nature #nuthatch The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #UpAndDown, birds looking up or down. This Red-breasted Nuthatch is looking down. About half the time. And looking up about half the time. ☺️ Nuthatches don't really understand gravity, so they just kind of ignore it. 🙂

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#birds #nature #wildlife #sparrow The #BirdOfTheDay themes today is #Rocky, birds perched on rocks. Here is a Chipping Sparrow standing on the rocks and offering a tasty morsel to its offspring. Part of the cycle. Next year the little one will be grown up and feeding youngsters of its own. ☺️

#birds #nature #wildlife #oriole Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Orange, any bird with any shade of orange on it. The quintessential orange bird is, of course, the Baltimore Oriole. The males are striking, but the females, often overlooked, also have plenty of orange-ness. Isn't she pretty? ☺️

#birds #nature #wildlife #housefinch Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Cutie, cute bird captures. There's not much cuter than a fledgling House Finch. Here's one young enough that it hasn't even made it's first trip to the barber shop yet. Hey, get a haircut! 😄

#birds #nature #wildlife The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Ebony&Ivory, birds that have black & white plumage. The female Downy Woodpecker fits the theme perfectly. Yep, just black and white. Put her on a colorless background for a simple, monochrome effect. A black and white photo in color... ☺️

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– Max's Mandalas – #mandala #notAI #kaleidoscope #digitalart #kaleidoscopic #generative #generativeart #confirmed #imagemagick #kaleidosaturday Detch Balen

#birds #nature #wildlife #ducks #mallard Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Quackers, any duck will do. Lots of good duck zones along the Illinois River in central Illinois. Here's Mr. and Mrs. Mallard enjoying a quiet day on a backwater pond. Gotta love those orange feet! 😆

#birds #nature #wildlife #goldfinch Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #QuietReflection, any bird paused in thought. This female American Goldfinch is taking a break between trips to the feeder. Don't know what she's thinking about. Probably hoping the human refills her feeder before it runs out! 😀

#birds #nature #wildlife #coot Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #RedBeakFeetEyes, any bird with a red beak, feet, or eyes, but not feathers. I don't have many photos to fit the theme, but we can't argue about whether this American Coot has red eyes. ☺️

#birds #nature #wildlife #swallow The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TheArtOfSurvival, birds finding food, avoiding predators, enduring weather, or raising young. A nest full of juvenile Barn Swallows waiting for supper, and mom only brought one bug? 🤨 Don't worry guys, she'll come back with more! ☺️

#birds #wildlife #nature #baldeagle #eagle Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfJune26, whatever bird capture you deem your best from the month of June. Wandering along the Illinois River near Peoria, we looked up and saw these two Bald Eagles perched atop the utility poles. 😀

#birds #nature #woodpecker #hummingbird The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LifeInBalance, birds captured in precarious or unexpected positions. This little Downy Woodpecker discovered sugar water in the hummingbird feeder, and now he thinks he's a sapsucker! Hang on there, guy!

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#birds #wildlife #nature #cowbird Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #GreyDay, any bird with gray in its plumage. This female Brown-headed Cowbird is gray, several shades of gray. Light, medium, and dark. 😉 A fairly plain looking bird by any standards, her beauty is in her simplicity. 🙂

#birds #wildlife #nature #chippingsparrow #sparrow Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LittleBrownBirds, birds with mainly brown plumage. This Chipping Sparrow is certainly little, and his suit is several shades of mostly brown. He wears it well with that trendy cinnamon brown cap. ☺️

#birds #wildlife #nature #grosbeak Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Birds&Buds, any bird capture with flowers in the frame. The alt is #Birds&Bokeh, bird portraits with a blurry background or foreground. Some of each here with this Rose-breasted Grosbeak grabbing a snack among the petunias. 😁

#birds #nature #wildlife #bluejay Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Touchdown, birds at the moment of landing whether on water, land, or branches. I had a peanut on the window sill, ready to toss out to the squirrels. This Blue Jay noticed the peanut and came right over to steal a quick snack. 😋

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#butterfly #moth #skipper #nature #wildlife There are hundreds of species of skippers, in the same family as, but not exactly butterflies or moths. They're small and quick. Many have similar coloration. So my best research suggests this one, seen in central Illinois, is a Delaware Skipper. 🙂

#birds #nature #wildlife #cardinal Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #RedBeaks, any bird with red on its beak. One obvious choice for much of North America is the Northern Cardinal. Looks like this female is watching me watching her. 🙂

#birds #nature #wildlife The #BirdOfTheDay alt theme today is #Passerine. That would be what we call perching birds or songbirds, and includes over half of all bird species. Yesterday I saw a few Brown-headed Cowbirds hunting bugs in the yard. This one stopped long enough for a photo. ☺️

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#birds #nature #wildlife Sunset here in central Illinois today is about 8:30PM CDT. I often run a #TenMinMerlin just ahead of sunset. I'm in an area with diverse habitat for birds, and around sunup and sundown I can get an interesting mix. Note: I'm usually not up to record around sunup. ☺️

#birds #wildlife #nature Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #OutForAWalk, any bird captured walking. This Wild Turkey is walking across the yard in central Illinois. Not walking to somewhere. Not walking from somewhere. Just walking. Sometimes they fly, but it is a Turkey, and mostly they walk. 😁

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