Northern Mockingbird stands sentinel above the season’s last green leaves, Frederick County, MD, early November 2025. #birds 🪶 #birding #birdphotography #naturephotography #EastCoastKin

Swamp Sparrow perched in reeds at the edge of a wetland meadow, Frederick County, MD. #birds #birding #birdphotography #naturephotography #Sparrows

Heading out for dinner and then a World Series party! May the Jays stand out like this Beech tree does! #Photography #EastCoastKin #Nature

"Hello Darkness My Old Friend" ~ Don't forget that the clocks go back an hour tonight in the UK - dark evenings now till spring 2026 🕰️⏰~ one of my favourite photos of a Fox just gently stepping into the light 🦊 #mammals #fox #wildlife #bluesky #naturephotography #naturetherapy #ukwildlife

Pine Warbler, Central Park, NYC. A small songbird found mainly in pine forests across eastern North America. markscheflen.com #birdphotography #conservationphotography #biodiversity #warblersofinstagram #pinewarblers #wildlifeconservation #birdsseenin2025

An intense stare from a tiny Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Frederick County, Maryland. October 2025. These were plentiful in Maryland last weekend, filling the trees, but I didn't see a single one lift its ruby crown. #birds 🪶 #birding #birdphotography #naturephotography #Flyday #EastCoastKin

A local farm has a massive sugar maple on the edge of the property, and last week it glowed in the sunset. Looking up through the canopy reminded me of the #Chihuly Persian Ceiling in Seattle. These images are all of that same gigantic tree. #Autumn #Fall #EastCoastKin

A red maple branch stands out in the hardwood forests of southwestern Virginia. Deep in the woods, in a spot near Pandapas Pond, Blacksburg. Autumn, 2025. #Fall #Autumn #NaturePhotography #Virginia #Eastcoastkin #Blacksburg #VirginiaTech

Morning mist at the Waterbury Reservoir, Vermont. October 6, 2025. The dark forest wakes up and the trees along the bank ignite in the sunrise like fire at the water’s edge. 🍁🔥 #Fall #Autumn #NaturePhotography #Vermont #Eastcoastkin

Shot on 10/27. Last bee? 🐝🥲

Autumn Colors reflected through the mist on Waterbury Reservoir, Vermont, Early October, 2025. #Fall #Autumn #NaturePhotography #Vermont #Eastcoastkin

Green-tailed Towhee #towhee #ilovebirding #birding #birds #FDT #Colorado #bird_photography 🪶

Female Purple Finch I met on Sunday morning’s walk. She’s bristling at me because I interrupted her breakfast of fermented dogwood berries. (1/2) #birds 🪶 #birding #naturephotography #birdphotography #purplefinch

A Chance Encounter... It's always a great day, when I run into this handsome boy. Say "Hello" to my little friend, Francois The Fox (husband of Francesca), enjoying the fresh air and sunshine. Stunning!! 🦊📸🇨🇦 #AlgonquinPark #Fox #Mammals #Nature #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #OntarioParks #Canada

Eastern Towhee perched on a branch in a thicket at the edge of a meadow, getting ready this week for the trip south. Frederick County, late October 2025. #Birds 🪶 #Birding #BirdPhotography #naturePhotography

Black-and-white Warbler climbing a birch trunk, Frederick County, late September 2025. Always a welcome visitor, its high-contrast plumage a striking contrast in the filtered light of the forest. #birds 🪶 #birding #birdphotography #naturephotography #warblers

Palm Warbler perched at the edge of a pokeweed thicket, Frederick County, Maryland. The bird’s yellow wash complements the golden foliage and magenta stems of the pokeweed growing in the autumn meadow. #birds 🪶 #birding #birdphotography #naturephotography #warblers

Yellow-rumped Warbler in a red Maple, Frederick County, Maryland, watching the late October sunrise. The canopy is beginning to thin, and more winter birds arrive with each frosty dawn. #birds 🪶 #birding #birdphotography #naturephotography #warblers #EastCoastKin #coloraday #redwed

Hermit Thrushes are back in Frederick County. Several were scattered through a still pocket of forest this weekend, their soft “barks” echoing through the trees as they sorted out their autumn territories. #birds 🪶 #birding #birdphotography #naturephotography #HermitThrush

Two curious raccoons look at me along the St. Vrain Greenway in Longmont, Colorado. This is a horizontal frame from an outing almost a month ago. I keep looking for these cuties, but they are elusive! #Stunday #EastCoastKin #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #raccoon #raccoons

Golden-crowned Kinglet foraging among a low thicket, Frederick County, Maryland. A tiny, restless late arrival during fall migration. Last Sunday, just before a storm, this one popped out of cover long enough for a single, focused shot. #birds 🪶 #birding #birdphotography #naturephotography #warblers

Native Sawtooth Sunflowers growing side-by-side with goldenrod in full bloom for #Stunday. These were growing wild in a meadow in Frederick County, MD, last week of September 2025 #EastCoastKin #SundayYellow #Bloomscrolling #photography #nature #naturephotography

A view of autumn beneath the steep cliffs of Smugglers’ Notch, Vermont. A cascade of color rising toward stone and sky. Peace is every step. A late submission to the #blueskyartshow theme #vertical. #trees #eastcoastkin #photography #nature #vermont

My Shadow... Late evening. Wile E. The Eastern Coyote, chilling out and relaxing, while enjoying the fresh air and scenery. Gorgeous eyes. Very handsome and intelligent... Show these beauties, the respect that they deserve. 🐺📸🇨🇦 #EasternCoyote #Mammals #Wildlife #Photography #OntarioParks #Canada

Black-Throated Green Warbler in a hickory tree hanging from a thin branch. Frederick County, September, 2025. #birds #birding #birdphotography #naturephotography #warblers #FlyDay #EastCoastKin

Cape May Warbler in a white pine tree, Frederick County, MD. Late September 2025. Bright fall plumage. #birds #birding #birdphotography #naturephotography #warblers

SoCal’s latest celebrity — a vagrant Golden-winged Warbler! #birds #nature #wildlife #photography

Grandfather Yellow Birch, Smuggler’s Notch, 2025. This gnarled old birch has endured decades of sun and storm, lightning and fire, and the steady tread of hikers along the Sterling Pond Trail to become a bright golden elder of the forest. #autumn #trees #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography #forest

Good morning Bluesky, I wish you all a beautiful day😊 #autumn #trees

Triptych (2/3) Female Brown-winged striped sweat bee (Agapostemon splendens) on Camphorweed (Heterotheca subaxillaris) 10-13-25 at Bowditch Point Park Fort Meyers Beach, Florida #native #bees #flowers #insects #plants #pollinators #wildlife #art #macro #photography #eastcoastkin #bugsky #nature

Backlit Sugar Maple, Town Square, Woodstock Vermont. October 2025. #Fall #Autumn #NaturePhotography #Vermont #EastCoastKin

Magnolia Warbler in an American Sycamore sapling, fall plumage. Frederick County, Maryland. This season brought an abundance of Magnolia Warblers within several remarkable fallouts across the region. #birds #birding #birdphotography #naturephotography #warblers

I loved catching the bee coming in for landing on the goldenrod right over the wasp. 🐝 #inverts #bee #wasp

2021 I went for a walk in my lunch break and suddenly there was this guy, few meters in front of me, eyeing me for a few seconds before receding behind the trees. Red Fox / Rotfuchs (Lampertheim, Germany) #foxes #mammals #wildlife #autumn #fuchs #nature #alltimefavourites

Morning fog lifting over Waterbury Reservoir, Vermont. #Fall #Autumn #NaturePhotography #Vermont #Eastcoastkin

Fall foliage on Spruce Mountain in Smugglers Notch, Stowe VT, last weekend. The color was past its peak, but the fires of autumn were still burning beneath Elephant’s Head. #Fall #Autumn #Landscape #Photography #NaturePhotography #Vermont #Eastcoastkin

Echeveria Elegans (Jade plant flower) #BlueMonday #MacroMonday #Bloomscrolling #flowers #flowerpower #macro #macrophotography #close-up #WestCoastKin #onlybeautifulthings #bluesky #UnJourUnePhoto #nikon

Autumn mornings..✨

Red-breasted Nuthatch foraging at the end of a pine branch, Frederick County, Autumn 2025. These birds are uncommon here, and I was lucky to find one on a low perch with a clear view. #birds 🪶 #birding #birdphotography #naturephotography #RedBreastedNuthatch

Pure green sweat bee (Augochlora pura) on false sunflower morning on the 606 trail earlier this week in the free city of Chicago, Illinois #ColorADay #GreenSat #blueskyartshow #home #eastcoastkin #native #bees #pollinators #nature #macro #photography #macrophotography #chicago #bloomingdaletrail

Rising out of the lake and fog #photography #NaturePhotography #landscape

From black water comes fire; from silence, a song. Waterlily Court at Longwood Gardens. #waterlily #photography #BloomScrolling #Eastcoastkin

Green Heron perched on a weathered log, Frederick County MD, September 2025. Same bird as before. I was the only one at the pond this day, and he let me approach within eight feet and seemed relatively unconcerned. He’s been very shy previously. #birds 🪶 #birding #birdphotography #greenheron

Female American Redstart rests on a low branch among a large flock of mixed warblers, Frederick County, MD, late September 2025. #birds 🪶 #birding #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #birdphtotgraphy #warbler

Two sanderlings clash over territory along the shoreline at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia Beach, August 2025. #birds 🪶 #birding #sanderling #shorebirds #VirginiaBeach #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #waders #naturephotography #BackBayNWR

Reddish Egret San Diego River Estuary #birds #photography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #nature #birdsky #wildlife

Great Spangled Fritillary on a purple thistle blossom, Frederick County, MD, September 2025. #butterfly #butterflies #fritillary #greatspangledfritillary #bloomscrolling #nature #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #eastcoastkin

Green Heron against a backdrop of Autumn Olive bushes, Frederick, Maryland, September 2025. #birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #greenheron #waders #birdsseenin2025

This blackburnian warbler is hard to miss, even among the many leaves. #Yellow #Birds #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin #Photography #Nature #Wildlife #Warblers

Gorgeous Tennessee Warbler I encountered on Saturday 9/20/2025 in the evening in Green-Wood Cemetery, just right before the gate closes. I had to stop to take a few pictures & almost missed the closing time. 😂🤣 #tennesseewarbler #warblers #birds #birdwatching #fallmigration