Photo a Day 2026 - Day 175: Surprise visitor to my dock this evening! I haven't seen the Black-bellied Whistling Ducks on our little lake for a couple of months. #birds #nature #photography #photoaday

🚨BREAKING: Postmaster General David Steiner told senators that, under a new proposed rule, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will not deliver mail ballots unless states hand over their voter lists to the Trump administration www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

I didn't completely forget about #BirdWhisperer ! I messed up on the bottom, alas I still have a lot to learn about watercolor 😃

My painted version for this month's bird from @birdwhisperers.bsky.social : the Little Egret. #birds #BirdWhisperer #art #artist #WattisKunst #kleineKunstklasse

It's @alan678.bsky.social turn to host #BirdOfTheDay and his themes are #Birds&Buds, any bird capture with flowers in the frame. The alt is #Birds&Bokeh, bird portraits with a blurry background or foreground. #birds #photography #ECK #CanonR5mkii @rspb.bsky.social #ukbirding #BirdLife #ForJanet

The far-right says "we have nothing" because of immigrants, the far-left blames Israel and Jews. 🐎👟

One. #PollinatorWeek #InsectWeek #bees #flowers #pollinators #naturephotography #photography 📷 🌼 🐝

#Bee #Macromonday #Pollinatorweek #Insectweek

Every few minutes, a dragonfly dives into water and takes off again, turning several forward somersaults as it ascends. The purpose of the behavior? The quick dip cools the insect down, and the loop-the-loops help it dry off by flicking away the water. https://scim.ag/3Vw2Df1 #InsectWeek

In what may be one of Earth’s craziest forms of mimicry, researchers in 2023 reported a species of rove beetle that grows a termite puppet on its back to fool real termites into feeding it. Learn more during #InsectWeek: https://scim.ag/4mM2aS9

#PollinatorWeek #BirdOfTheDay #Birds&Buds #hummingbirds #bees #pollinators #flowers #birds #nature #photography 📷 🪶

#BirdOfTheDay alt #Birds&Bokeh #hummingbirds #pollinators #birds #nature #photography 📷 🪶

Took this photo on Friday evening and there are a few flowers in the scene so just about suitable for #BirdOfTheDay #Birds&Buds #birds #photography #birdwatching #birdphotography #ShortEaredOwl #GoldenHour #NatureBeauty

Good morning, today's main #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. Good luck.🤞🏼 Saw this guy yesterday, male Stonechat. #birds #photography #ECK

Here’s is the first ever photo I posted to BlueSky, perfect for #PollinatorWeek I believe it got 2 likes. 😂🤣😂 I’d really appreciate 3 if you don’t mind. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 #bee #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography #macro #photography #ECK

This is why I haven’t left Twitter.

Showdown #TwosDay #dogsofbluesky #photography #blackandwhite #pitties #gsp #chiweenie #rescues 📷

#PollinatorWeek #bees #flowers #pollinators #nature #photography #macro #SaveTheBees 📷 🌼 🐝

JUST IN: A federal judge in California has issued a nationwide block on ICE's policy of conducting arrests at immigration courthouses. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

"...a manifesto containing violent messages targeting women, police...real estate brokerages, private equity firms, supporters of Zionism, health insurance CEOs, pick up artists, plastic surgeons and those profiting from mass immigration." www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

Common merganser & her little ones 🐣Fun fact about them is that this species commonly forms a crèche (form of childcare). It is an animal behaviour where offspring are cared for as a group by multiple females. It truly does take a village 💪 #birdwatching #addBirder

#Touchdown! #BirdOfTheDay #mockingbirds #birds #naturephotography #photography 📷 🪶

Double-Crested Cormorants use their tail feathers as speed brakes landing on water #BirdOfTheDay #Touchdown #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ECK

Cackling because asking Seattle to cancel Pride and perhaps tone it down is absolutely guaranteeing this will be the Pridest Pride Celebration to ever Pride.

A Great Horned owlet photo taken in May 2026 in Safety Harbor, Florida #birds

I haven't seen many aquatic crows, but this one put on its best Osprey impression for today's #BirdoftheDay by @robcrank68.bsky.social. It came screaming in, hit the water and made off with a floating morsel. Here it is moments from #touchdown #photography #birds

A snowy egret landing in shallow water qualifies for both the #TouchDown and #White themes of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social #birds #nature #birdphotography #birding #photography #ECK

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Touchdown. This big beautiful brown pelican came in for a landing on the iconic old pilings just offshore in the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #ECK #birds #birdsinflight #pelicans #NikonZ8 #GulfofMexico

My cohost Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social has said: “ Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Touchdown, birds at the moment of landing whether on water, land or branches, the Alt Theme is #White, birds with mainly White plumage.” As this is a twofer. Step please. Ta 🍻🥃🍺✨💃🕺🧊 #birds #photography #ECK

"The Vjosa–Narta Protected Landscape...hosts over 200 bird species and more than 70 endangered species, sits on one of Europe’s most critical migratory corridors, and provides essential habitat for the Mediterranean monk seal and Loggerhead sea turtle...." www.birdlife.org/news/2026/06...

Good Morning folks. Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Touchdown, birds at the moment of landing whether on water, land or branches, the Alt Theme is #White, birds with mainly White plumage. #birds #ECK #photography #CanonR5mkii @wwtworldwide.bsky.social #ukbirding #TwosDay #BirdLife

#Twosday #PollinatorWeek #flies #hoverflies #gardens #flowers #bloomscrolling #mygardenwatch 2 peas in a pod, or 2 hoverflies on hawkbit

Good morning, it’s #PollinatorWeek so here’s a Buff-tailed Bumblebee flying into an ornamental St John’s wort flower in my garden yesterday evening. Have a wonderful Tuesday, friends. #BloomScrolling #Bee #NaturePhotography #photography #ECK

Honey bees, lemon blossoms, pollen dust #PollinatorWeek #bees #flowers #pollinators #photography #MacroMonday #naturephotography #SaveTheBees 📷 🐝

#BirdOfTheDay #BirdsInTheirElement alt #FeatherAndLight #PollinatorWeek #hummingbirds #birds #flowers #pollinators #naturephotography #photography 📷 🪶

"34 min ago...The shooter is linked to the misogynistic 'incel' (involuntary celibate) subculture and, according to Radio-Canada, distributed a violent incel manifesto targeting women...39 min ago Police aren't confirming whether civilian killed was Jewish" www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

a bouquet buffet #BirdOfTheDay #BirdsInTheirElement #PollinatorsWeek #ColorOfTheDay #PinkMonday #hummingbird #birds #flowers #pollinators #photography 📷 🪶

The Marvelous Spatuletail, found in just one valley in northern Peru and is one of the rarest hummingbirds on Earth. [📹Alex Fine] Original post

Trump: "They did something to create the algae"

#PollinatorWeek #MacroMonday #butterflies #pollinators #nature #photography 📷 🦋

Black-bellied Whistling duck. I really like trying to capture clean reflections. It's work, but when I nail it, it brings the shot to life. #birds

We can dance if we want to We can leave your friends behind ‘Cause your friends don’t dance, & if they don’t dance, well they’re no friends of mine 🪶 #BlueSkyMonday #WildlifePhotgraphy #ECK #Corvids

A little blue heron standing on a snag in a swamp, poised to hunt, preen, or bask in the sunlight. For the #BirdsInTheirElement theme of #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin #herons

Your new art challenge cheat sheet for June 22–28 is here! See comments for host list & details #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Photography #DailyArt #Art #Painting #Drawing #ArtChallenge #ArtPrompt #dailyart #TraditionalArt

Today is the start of #PollinatorWeek celebrating the vital role they play in sustaining our ecosystems. Here's a wonderful Rose Chaffer beetle feeding on our native privet hedge yesterday, a beneficial pollinator. See more in alt text! 💚🌿 #inverts #nature #MacroMonday #photography #UKWildlife #ECK

Happy monday lovely people of Bluesky! 🫶🏻👋🏻 Alan's #BirdOfTheDay theme: #BirdsInTheirElement, alt. #FeatherAndLight. What else could it possibly be but one of my beloved garden blackbirds, proudly showing off its ivy berry? 🌿🐦‍⬛ #Bird #Amsel #Blackbird #ECK #Photography #nature #Wildlife #ivy

Earlier, someone posted "Vincent" by Don MClean in honor of her dad, and it took me back to driving with my dad, listening to KNX News on the 101, or the 5, or the 10....I preferred cruising through the canyons with my mom and 93 KHJ. When my dad died I listened to this on a loop. #FathersDay

Good morning. Today’s #BirdOfTheDay themes are, #BirdsInTheirElement, Focusing on birds thriving within their habitat. The alt is #Feather&Light, showing the beauty of plumage in natural light. #birds #photography #ECK