Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Grounded birds on the ground. The alternative is #HolidaySeason — here’s my attempt to capture both themes.

Hiked at Great Falls- a beautiful place to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city. #stunday #eastcoastkin

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Quietmoments peaceful captures of birds.

Even the thorniest settings hold abundant beauty and life. #blueskyartshow #openhouse #green #coloraday #eastcoastkin

It’s time for #scape! #ForestFriday #eastcoastkin

A juvenile Little Blue Heron: not little, not blue, just all legs and neck! #LongLegsAndNeck #birdoftheday #birds #eastcoastkin

Focus I can’t think of any bird that does it better than a heron This one was at the bottom of a weir on the River Calder outside The Hepworth Wakefield, Yorks UK #photography #birds #birding #BirdOfTheDay #QuietObserver #ukbirds #ukbirding #wildlife #nature #longexposure #motionblur #Nikon

@alan678.bsky.social Today’s alternative #BirdOfTheDay theme is #OpenWings. Wood Ducks can be incredibly beautiful with open wings #Birds #Photography #EastCoastKin

#WordlessWednesday #WindowsOnWednesday #urbangaze #art #EastCoastKin

“I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.” E B White The Points of My Compass #GlacierNstionalPark #PtarmiganTrail 📷: Montana son

A Ring-billed Gull flanked by a group of female Hooded Mergansers on the water. #birds #birdoftheday #groups

Still flooding all over the #PNW, so I'm posting some more summer #hiking from the Cascades. #nature #love #majestic #lake #scape #landscape #sky #eastcoastkin #photography #nokings #joy #WA #mountains #goodmorning #bluesky

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #NaturesPantry birds interacting with berries, seeds, or flowers. #birds #eastcoastkin #nature #bekind

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ScratchersAndPruners A Redhead duck scratches its face with its big black webbed feet.

A snowy little #mushroom on a morning #hike, today. Newfoundland, Canada. #fungi #fungus #fungifriends

I love the quiet quality of winter ❄️❄️❄️ #Stunday #Winter #Photography #ClassicMono #Black&White

the sudden crystal world

In winter mode. #birdoftheday #HeronsandEgrets #stunday #snow #eastcoastkin

Another #favoritethings of mine is birds. Here’s a close up shot of a female purple finch for today’s #birdoftheday alternative #finches. I do not have a photo of #DucksOnOneLeg ready to post. #BlueSkyArtShow #eastcoastkin

Long exposure of clouds moving over Colpoy's Bay shortly before sunrise. One of my #FavoriteThings for the #BlueSkyArtShow. An ongoing project I started during the Covid lockdown photographing the clouds moving over the yard. #EastCoastKin #photography #clouds #longexposure #sunrise

Gazing at clouds during sunrise or sunset is one of my #favoritethings . #blueskyArtShow #scape #eastcoastkin

For #Scape day! A lone cluster of trees on a snowy day! #Photography #EastCoastKin #SensoryArt #Monochromatic #ClassicMono #ColorADay #BWFri

It’s #flyday and it’s time to dive into a weekend #scape ! #EastCoastKin

For Alans #BirdOfTheDay theme of #splashes or #hidden, here’s a Canvasback Duck, lathered in splashes. #birds #ducks #eastcoastkin

Here’s a non bird post, a city scene from Edinburgh for today’s #urbangaze . #EastCoastKin

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Coots&Moorhens. Here’s a coot landing after “running”.

Deep in the mountains there's a world of untold beauty. It changes in matters of seconds, never to be repeated. Patagonia's Cerro Paine Grande, towering 2.6 km above, emerges in a spectacle of the eternal fight between light & darkness. #photography #bluesky #landscapephotography #nature #mountains

All the fall colors in one photo 😃 #photography #art #nature

#AlansNemesis #birdoftheday Reposted to use the correct spelling of “nemesis.”

Got fish, Alan? Here’s a Belted kingfisher for #AlansNemisis #kingfisher #birdoftheday #eastcoastkin

Here’s #SideViews of a Lineated Woodpecker for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme . #eastcoastkin

Flying over hazy mountains in Mexico #BlueSkyMonday and #MountainMonday

Opsrey with nest material. #birdoftheday #NestBuilders #BlueskyMonday #eastcoastkin

A White-throated Sparrow on a snow- and ice-crusted twig. #birdoftheday #birdsOnTwigs #stunday

I’m somewhat nervous sharing this painting as I created it just after my mother passed away in July this year. A ‘loose’ watercolour of a misty wood. As I watch on in the stillness I see a familiar figure drifting away to a peaceful place 🤍 Happy Friday everyone 🕊️ #ArtAdventCalendar #Scape

Take off at sunset #birdoftheday #movement

Winter sunrise for #blueSkyArtShow #Sky #fujifilm #norway #norge #xt5 #winter #nature #photography #landscape

Good morning and happy Saturday. For the #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Sky I took inspiration from one of @midwestusa.bsky.social ’s wonderful photos. #EastCoatKin #acrylics #painting It was for an exercise in painting shadows, but I like the sky.

Surreal #sky #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastkin #scape

The pale veil of daybreak

Impatient winter makes its grand entrance this morning #eastcoastkin #scape #snow

Snow #scape ! First snow of the 2025-2026 fall/winter season in DMV. #EastCoastKin

Under Construction #urbangaze #classicmono #monochrome #eastcoastkin

Here’s a Yellow-rumped warbler with a visible yellow rump for today’s #birdoftheday #songbirds #songbird #birds #eastcoastkin

today the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LookingAtYou - here is an owl from Alaska definitely looking at us - photographed in the deep shade of a grove of trees (also a late #Stripes !) #EastCoastKin #Birds #Nature #Owl #Photography

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LookingAtYou. A Russet-naped wren’s stare

Here’s a song sparrow with stripes across its head and streaks on body for today’s #birdoftheday and #stripes theme.

#SriLanka 2023 It rained! Quite a lot 🙄 But that just made the #LongTailed Blue-tailed bee eaters even more vibrant 🥰 Canon R5 500mm f7.1 1:200s ISO5000 #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #EastCoastKin #ArtAdventCalendar #ArtYear #BlueSkyMonday #Travel

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