Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Birds&Buds, any bird capture with flowers in the frame. The alt is #Birds&Bokeh, so here's a Crested Tit for a #twofer... #Birds #Birding #Photography

Found this Rutpela maculata, or spotted longhorn, digging around in my garden this morning... #Bugs #Insects #Entomology

I was starting to think there wouldn't be any bees this year, but they have finally arrived! #Bees #Bugs #Insects #Entomology

Here's a Eurasian Blackbird for today's #Birdoftheday theme of #RedBeaks. #Birds #Birding #Photography

Here's a Northern Fiscal I spotted in #Tanzania for a late entry to today's #Birdoftheday Alt theme of #Passerine #Birds #Birding #Photography

Here's an #Oregon Junco #InFlight for today's #Birdoftheday theme... #Birds #Birding #Photography

Here's an Anna's hummingbird for today's #Birdoftheday theme of #Preeners&Scratchers #Birds #Birding #Photography

This Flicker has #Stripes for today's #birdoftheday theme... #Birds #Birding #Photography

Here's a Eurasian Blue Tit for today's #Birdoftheday Alt theme of #Paridae #Birds #Birding #Photography

This is #TheGathering of Bush Tits at my feeder... #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #Birding #Photography

Here's a Greylag goose for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Geese... #Birds #Birding #Photography

Here's a tired Nuthatch with her fledgling chick at my feeders. #BorrowedPlaces #Birdoftheday #SmallBirdSaturday #Birds #Birding #Photography

Here's a Coal Tit having a #BadFeatherDay for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme... #Birds #Birding #Photography

Here's a House Finch eating a sunflower seed for today's #Birdoftheday theme of #FoodInBeaks #Birds #Birding #Photography

Here's a Eurasian Jay #HiddenInPlainSight for today's #Birdoftheday theme... #Birds #Birding #Photography

Here's a Gull trying to land on its #reflections for today's #Birdoftheday theme... #Birds #Birding #Photography

#LadyBug larvae #bugs #insect #insects #nature #Photography

Just a fly... #insect #insects #bugs #nature #photography

A rather large and interesting #Dragonfly in my backyard today... #insect #insects #bugs #nature #photography

Here's a #ScrubJay taking his #FirstWingBeat for today's #Birdoftheday theme #Birds #Birding #Photography

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #NegativeSpace and the Alt theme is #Solitude, so here is a #Crow in deep thought... #Birds #Birding #Photography

Here's a #leucistic #Chickadee for today's #Birdoftheday Alt theme of #Paridae... #Birds #Birding #Photography

I love the #Texture of this #Pelican at the #Oregon coast, so it's my #Birdoftheday #Birds #Birding #Photography

Here's an Egyptian #Goose in Bonn #Germany's Rheinaue Park for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Anatidae. #Birds #Birding #Photography

Today's #Birdoftheday theme is #BirdOnAWire and the Alt theme is #T, so here's a #BushTit on a wire for a #Twofer! #Birds #Birding #Photography

Here's a Northern #Cardinal #StaringRightAtYou for today's #Birdoftheday theme #Birds #Birding #Photography

Here's a #fledgling #Nuthatch singing "feed me" for today's #Birdoftheday theme of #SingForYourSupper... #Birds #Birding #Photography

Here's a House #Finch at my feeders yesterday for today's #Birdoftheday theme of #HeadShots. #Birds #Birding #Photography

Today's #Birdoftheday theme is #Grassland, so here is a North African #Ostrich I saw while on #Safari in #Tanzania #Birds #Birding #Photography

Here's a Rufous #Hummingbird with its #WingsWideOpen for today's #Birdoftheday theme.... #Birds #Birding #Photography

This House #Finch is my most recent bird photo and my pick for today's #Birdoftheday theme of #ScrollBack... #Birds #Birding #Photography

Here's a #Rufous #Hummingbird for today's #Birdoftheday Alt theme of #Feeders... #Birds #Birding #Photography

Today's #Birdoftheday theme is #Ruffled and the Alt theme is #Songbirds, so here's a #Ruffled Song #Sparrow for a #Twofer! #Birds #Birding #Photography

Here's a #European Robin for today's #Birdoftheday Alt theme of #Robins... #Birds #Birding #Photography

Here's a House #Finch in a Camellia tree for today's #Birdoftheday theme of #FeathersInFoliage. #Birds #Birding #Photography

Here's a few white #pelicans for today's #Birdoftheday theme of #WadersOuttaWater #Birds #Birding #Photography

Today's #Birdoftheday Alt theme is #Funnies, so I'm recycling this one of a Graylag #goose in #Germany #Birds #Birding #Photography

I have my #ducks in a row for today's #Birdoftheday theme of #LinedUp with these #Mallard ducklings... #Birds #Birding #Photography

This baby #Egyptian #Goose fits the bill for today's #Birdoftheday theme of #EFGH. #Birds #Birding #Photography

Here's a #Photogenic #Corvidae for a #Birdoftheday theme and Alt theme #twofer! #Birds #Birding #Photography

Here's a #Guineafowl #InMotoin for today's #Birdoftheday theme. #Birds #Birding #Photography

Here are some #pelicans on the #Oregon coast for today's #Birdoftheday theme of #SeaBirds... #Birds #Birding #Photography

Here's a #Dappled Flicker for today's #Birdoftheday theme... #Birds #Birding #Photography

Here's a #seagull at the #Oregon coast for today's #Birdoftheday theme of #RockSolid. #Birds #Birding #Photography

Here's a Graylag goose for today's #Birdoftheday theme of #Stretched. #Birds #Birding #Photography

Here's a #leucistic #Chickadee for today's #Birdoftheday Alt theme of #BirdOnAWire #Birds #Birding #Photography

Here's a family of #Egyptian #geese for today's #Birdoftheday theme of #Parenthood #Birds #Birding #Photography

I saw this Rufus #Hummingbird a few days ago in the forest around Mt St Helens in SW Washington. This is my #BestOfTheMonth for today's #Birdoftheday theme. #Birds #Birding #Photography

This #Oregon Junco is my choice for today's #BeautyInBrown #Birdoftheday theme... #Birds #Birding #Photography

Here's a #WellTimed photo of a #Chicken, as it briefly dips its head behind its wing, for today's #Birdoftheday theme... #Birds #Birding #Photography