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Birds fly around head
Light and feathers float through lens
Flowers, dirt and leaves
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Couldn’t resist another view of the grey catbird and the ovenbird from the weekend as today’s theme is #BirdsOnTheGround for #BirdOfTheDay. It also qualifies for #Twosday! 😉
Among the orange and brown fallen leaves, stand two birds in profile. The top of the frame has a gray catbird— all gray with a black cap. The bottom of the frame has a small, mostly olive yellow bird with a light streaky chest. There is an orange stripe bordered in black on the crown. They both are facing right.
November 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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morning reflection
#landscape #morningcommute #trees #sky #photography #photographersofbluesky
November 11, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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Limestone oak wood. The last vestiges of autumn colour remained today. They were in the minority thanks to the greens off the ivy and brambles. The Oaks were gone completely with only a few hints of yellow from Sycamores, sweet chestnut and the odd birch. #photography #landscapephotography
The last vestiges of autumn colour remained today. They were in the minority thanks to the greens off the ivy and brambles. The Oaks were gone completely with only a few hints of yellow from Sycamores, sweet chestnut and the odd birch.
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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#Birds🪶🦉
#NaturePhotography
#PhotographersOfBlueSky
#NatureLover
#WildlifePhotography
Good Afternoon BlueSky Folks!
My Second picture of the Day is of a Green Woodpecker that I saw while on Vacation Captured through a window so it’s not too clear unfortunately.
Captured on a Canon EOS R50
The picture shows a woodpecker perched on the edge of a wooden surface, likely a fence or decking. The bird has distinctive features: - A bright red crown on the top of its head. - A black mask around the eyes with a white stripe above and below. - Olive-green upperparts and wings. - A pale greenish-yellow belly. - A yellowish patch visible on the rump. - Greyish underparts with some faint barring. - A long, pointed beak typical of woodpeckers. The background is a blurred greenish-yellow, suggesting grass or foliage, and there are a few thin, leafless twigs visible behind the bird. The woodpecker appears alert, looking slightly upward and to the left. This is a European Green Woodpecker (*Picus viridis*), a species commonly found in the UK and known for its preference for feeding on ants on the ground rather than drumming on trees as frequently as other woodpeckers.
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #least.
A Woodchat Shrike — one of the few I’ve ever photographed. Seen in Extremadura, Spain. A brief encounter, but unforgettable.

#birdphotography #birds #nature #roodkopklauwier
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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Another week begins. #CityScape #NYC
Elevated view of an intersection on a cloudy, rainy day in NYC. The streets below come together in an X shape, and headlights and taillights dot the streets below. Various tall buildings are forming the borders of the frame.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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🍂 Fall in Boxley Valley, #Arkansas. #Stunday #Photography #SundayYellow
An old, weathered and abandoned wood house is surrounded by trees in autumn foliage.
November 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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A Red Fox taking in the sunrise 🦊
#mammals #foxes
A red fox sitting on grass looking off to the side into the sunrise.
November 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Anyone else getting old time Western movies ‘shoot out/stand off’ vibes? #Birds #Nature #Photography
Standing on the shore with back to the water is a snowy egret. The legs are spread wide and feathers are floofed out to the sides giving the appearance of arms hanging down. The bird looks our direction with a cynical glance. Who will draw first?
November 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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A gray catbird and an ovenbird in the same photo felt like quite the feat! #Twofer #Birds #MobilePhotography #Nature
Amongst the fallen leaves under bushes sits a gray catbird looking over his left shoulder toward a small orange and olive ovenbird.
November 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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The NC Botanical Garden had a display of bird nests, and this bird’s nest is amazing!
Sign next to the nest A Blue-gray Gnatcatcher nest
November 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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I can't wait for the return of the blue-grey gnatcatcher to my local birding spot. photo taken on 12/28/23 @ the Colorado Lagoon, Long Beach, CA #birds #birdswithlunch #photography #nature
Standing in profile on the branches of a bush, a small gray and blue bird holds a fly in its beak. Little black feet are wrapped tightly around the tiny bush branch. The bird has a very thin, white, eye ring.
November 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Fighting #Birds
Two black-tailed godwits clashing in a burst of energy over shallow water.

#Godwit #Grutto #BirdPhotography #Nature #Waders #WildlifePhotography
November 7, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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'Autumn stroll' for today's #Scape

Sorry I haven't been able to post much this week....hope you are all keeping well 👋 📷 🍁 Happy Friday everyone! 🕊️

#Photography #Landscape #Autumn #EastCoastKin
A landscape photograph of an autumnal scene across fields and distant hills. There is an old wooden railed fence on the left that leads your eye a long a path where a couple are walking through an avenue of trees. The trees are changing colour showing reds, golds and orange. The sun is shining but there are dark dramatic clouds forming over from the right as viewed.
November 7, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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#Photography
#EastCoastKin
#Scape
#Leaves
A Norway Maple sheds its golden leaves on the park bench and the pathway below it on a fall day.
November 7, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Lunchtime.
A young red-backed shrike begs noisily while its parent proudly presents the catch of the day.
One of my most beautiful moments in bird photography until now.

#BirdPhotography #Nature #Wildlife #Shrike #FeedingTime #birds #MomentToRemember
November 6, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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#BirdoftheDay
#lunchtime

Honestly, it was more of a mid-morning snack.
Reddish Egret, South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center, April 2025
#birds #originalcontent #photography
Close up of the long neck, head and bill of a reddish egret with a small fish in its long bill. The little of the body that can be seen is gray-blue, the neck and head are more pinkish-purplish than reddish, and the bill is two-toned with pink from the base to black at the tip. The background is brownish water.
November 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Good morning and Happy Wednesday, I hope you have a wonderful day… 🍂💚🌳❤️☀️
Catch up later ☕️👋
The Palm House Pond, Kew Gardens, London, U.K. 📷 Oct ‘25
#WaterWednesday #Photography #Nature #EastCoastKin #MentalHealthAwareness
View over a pond, surrounded by autumnal trees.
November 5, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #CloseUps.
Here’s a striking portrait of a Northern Goshawk, showing every detail of its fierce expression and piercing red eye.
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Happy humpday! On a cloudy morning last weekend, a brown pelican floats by. #Birds #Photography #Nature
A large pelican sits on the dark water surface. S/he has a gray body turning into a white neck. There’s a bit of yellow on the crown. The bill is orange and the tip sits just on the surface of the water. Only dark waters fill the remainder of the frame.
November 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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morning sun after a light snow
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforShadows
Shadows of tree trunks and a fence on snow in morning light.
November 3, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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A pair of Egyptian geese for #Twosday
Hope you have a great day! #Birds #Photography #Nature
Two brown and white geese wade into the shallow waters of a city park pond in Southern California. They are easily identified with their brown eye patch and “staring” yellow eyes. Circular ripples in the blue waters below form the background of this photo.
November 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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A Fresh Reminder of How Much More the Cubs *SHOULD* Be Spending

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November 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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‘Monday morning blues’
I turned the dials way up on this photo of the First Street Courthouse in #DTLA.
#SomeLines #PhotographyArt #Architecture #LosAngeles
The frame is almost completely filled with a facade of a glass and metal exterior of a multistory building. The blue glass sections that are exactly the same repeat hundreds of times. A small strip of sky is seen in the upper left. The colors have been amplified and manipulated to give the photo more the appearance of a sketch.
November 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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One afternoon I was panning sea gulls among the turquoise ocean & sand dunes of South Africa's De Hoop Nature Reserve. This particular pan was a mistake, but I was thrilled - an impressionistic rendition brought to completion by a ghostly figure, seemingly suspended above this surreal landscape.
November 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM