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Jan Casavant
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I love going on nature walks and taking photos of birds, animals, flowers, and scenery. Music lover. Big Boston sports fan! Living back in my home state of Massachusetts after spending many years in California.

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Today's bird is a Gray Catbird with its beak open as it called to another bird nearby (Norfolk, Massachusetts) 😍🖤

#birds #GrayCatbird #BirdOfTheDay #ShadesOfGray #BeakOpen #StunDay #EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography #OM-1 #MassAudubon @alan678.bsky.social
A Gray Catbird with gray body feathers and a black cap perched on a brown branch in a bush with red berries and green leaves in Norfolk, Massachusetts.
November 16, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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A young Common Gallinule (fka Moorhen) enjoying some fresh greens in the marshy area of a wetlands pond in Petaluma, California 🤎😍

#birds #BirdOfTheDay #CootsAndMoorhens #nature #BirdPhotography #Olympus #waterfowl #EllisCreek #NorCal @robcrank68.bsky.social
A young Common Gallinule with dark brown back and wing feathers, a gray front edged with white feathers, a dark head and eyes, and bright green legs is eating some greens found in a marshy area of the pond with brown reeds and some green foliage in the background. Seen at Ellis Creek Wetlands in Petaluma, California.
November 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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A peek view of the Kingfisher Pond lined with colorful foliage lit up by the bright afternoon sun and reflected in the water (Norfolk, Massachusetts) 🍂🍁💙

#BlueSkyArtShow #bright #EastCoastKin #Autumn #FallColors #photography #pondscape #reflections #Massachusetts
Looking through a canopy of trees with orange and yellow leaves to the blue waters of the Kingfisher Pond lined with trees and foliage in green, orange, red and yellow colors, with a blue sky above. Seen in Norfolk, Massachusetts in October.
November 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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I decided to do some decluttering today, so of course the first box I opened had an envelope full of old ticket stubs and now I'm just reminiscing and listening to music. Great memories of wonderful artists! 🎶🥰

#music #concerts #favoriteartists #memories #Massachusetts
Ticket stubs in yellow, blue, green, white and black from various live concerts I attended in Massachusetts.
November 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Mute Swan gliding across a pond in the glow of the early morning sunlight (Norfolk, Massachusetts) 🦢🧡

#birds #swans #MuteSwan #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin #flyday #FeatheredFriday #photography #NikonP950 #reflections #Massachusetts @alan678.bsky.social
A Mute Swan with white feathers, an orange beak, black mask, and brown patch on its head reflected in the orange and blue water of the pond lit up by early morning sunlight. There are mounds of brown mud and some green plants in the background. Seen at Stony Brook Audubon in Norfolk, Massachusetts.
November 14, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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#BirdOfTheDay theme today is #paddling birds standing or walking in shallow water. The alternate is #yellow birds. Here's a #YellowWarbler that was #standing by the edge of a pond for both themes (Concord, Massachusetts)💛

#birds #warblers #WarblerWednesday #BirdPhotography @alan678.bsky.social
A Yellow Warbler with a yellow body and brown on the wings that was bathing by the edge of a pond with murky gray water and some green grass in the brown mud on the edge. Seen in June at Great Meadows NWR in Concord, Massachusetts.
November 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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A welcoming bench at the corner of a path lined with trees and late fall foliage, set against blue skies with white clouds 💙

Great Meadows NWR, Concord, Massachusetts (Oct. 2025)

#ColorADay #BlueTue #EastCoastKin #Autumn #nature #clouds #photography #NikonP950 #Massachusetts
A brown bench at the corner of a brown dirt trail lined with mostly bare trees with some green leaves and rust colored fall foliage closer to the ground. There's a blue sky with puffy white clouds in the background. Seen at Great Meadows NWR in Concord, Massachusetts.
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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For today's bird, here's a Song Sparrow foraging on the ground and holding a dragonfly that he had just caught in his beak! (Concord, Massachusetts) 🤎

#birds #sparrows #SongSparrow #nature #BirdOfTheDay #BirdsOnTheGround #EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography #OM-1 @robcrank68.bsky.social
A Song Sparrow with feathers in shades of brown, gray and white holding a green dragonfly in his beak and standing on a brown dirt trail with gray pebbles and some green weeds. Seen at Great Meadows NWR in Concord, Massachusetts.
November 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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A bird that I've captured with my camera only one time is an #Ash-throatedFlycatcher. A friend and I were on the S.R. Creek Trail when I spotted this bird! (Santa Rosa, California) 🤎🪶

#birds #flycatchers #BirdOfTheDay #least #EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography #Olympus @alan678.bsky.social
The Ash-throated Flycatcher is grayish brown with a pale yellow belly and cinnamon edges on the wing feathers with two white wing bars. The underside of the tail is cinnamon bordered by brownish gray. The head and face is ashy gray with a whitish throat. This bird was perched near a creek and was surrounded by green foliage and small yellow flowers. Seen along the Santa Rosa Creek Trail in Santa Rosa, California.
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Orange and white pumpkins on display under a maple tree with orange and yellow leaves at the Old Barn Farm Stand by The Wayside Inn 🧡🎃🍁

Sudbury, Massachusetts (Oct. 2025)

#pumpkins #Autumn #FallColors #farmstand #ColorADay #OrangeSun #EastCoastKin #photography #OM-1 #Massachusetts
Orange and white pumpkins on display at a farm stand in Sudbury, Massachusetts. The pumpkins are under a maple tree with orange, yellow and green leaves and a brown trunk. There are fallen leaves on the ground, some pots of Mum plants, and a white tent in the background.
November 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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A cute Barn Swallow standing on a rail of the pedestrian bridge that spans a pond at Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary in Norfolk, Massachusetts 😍

#birds #swallows #BarnSwallow #BirdOfTheDay #StandingOnThings #EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography #OM-1 #Massachusetts @robcrank68.bsky.social
A Barn Swallow with dark eyes, a buff colored front and dark blue and brown wings standing on a silver rail of the pedestrian bridge that goes over a pond at Stony Brook W.S. in Norfolk Massachusetts. There's blurred green foliage in the background.
November 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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A large group of American Avocets rising up and circling the pond to chase away a predator at Hamilton Wetlands in Marin County, California 🤎🪶

#birds #AmericanAvocet #BirdOfTheDay #takeoffs #EastCoastKin #ShorebirdSaturday #photography #Olympus #NorCal @alan678.bsky.social
A large group of white and brown American Avocets circling the gray waters of a pond lined with brown grasses to deter a predator. There was a Northern Harrier flying near them. Behind the pond are houses in teal, red and white, with green hills in the background and hazy blue and white skies above.
November 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Pretty skies reflected on a pond with ducks and other birds out swimming on a December evening (Petaluma, California) 💙

#BlueSkyArtShow #evening #EastCoastKin #clouds #ducks #reflections #photography #EllisCreek #Petaluma #NorCal
Early evening views of a pond at Ellis Creek Wetlands in Petaluma, California. There are white and gray clouds tinged with pink and a blue sky above, all of which are reflected in the waters of the pond. There are green hills in the background and green and brown aquatic plants in the water. There are a number of Mallard, Coots and other birds swimming in the water.
November 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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A cute Eastern Chipmunk resting on a stone wall in Norfolk, Massachusetts (Oct. 2025) 🤎😍

#chipmunks #squirrels #sqrlpix #nature #wildlife #poised #WildlifeWednesday #WordlessWednesday #EastCoastKin #photography #OM-1 #MassAudubon
A small Eastern Chipmunk with brown and white fur and dark brown and white stripes taking a rest on one of the large gray rocks of a stone wall. The rocks have green lichen on them, and there are shrubs with brown branches and green leaves in the background. Seen at Stony Brook Audubon in Norfolk, Massachusetts.
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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I got several closeups of this male #AmericanGoldfinch that was on a feeder by the path and looked at me while holding a sunflower seed in his beak (Norfolk, Massachusetts) 😍💛

#birds #finches #BirdOfTheDay #closeup #EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography #NikonP950 #Massachusetts @robcrank68.bsky.social
A male American Goldfinch with bright yellow body feathers, black wings and tail with some white, a black forehead, and pink feet, perched on the silver metal rod of a seed feeder full of black sunflower seeds. There are blurred green leaves from trees in the background. Seen at Stony Brook Audubon in Norfolk, Massachusetts.
November 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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For today's alternate theme of a bird with a long beak, here's a #Long-BilledCurlew with the longest beak I've seen on a bird! (San Pablo Bay NWR, Sonoma, California) 🤎😍

#birds #BirdOfTheDay #LongBeak #nature #EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography #Olympus #SearsPoint #NorCal
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A Long-billed Curlew, which is a large shorebird with buff colored feathers tinged with cinnamon, and upperparts streaked and barred with dark brown. This bird was foraging on the mud flats and its very long bill was coated with mud. It was walking through brown mud and blue water at Sears Point in Sonoma, California.
November 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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For today's bird, I chose this pair of Black Oystercatchers on top of a large rock at the beach in Bodega Bay, California 🖤😍

#birds #BlackOystercatcher #BirdOfTheDay #rock #EastCoastKin #TwosDay #RockinTuesday #ColorADay #BlueTue #BirdPhotography #Olympus #Pacific #NorCal @alan678.bsky.social
A pair of Black Oystercatchers with dark brownish-black feathers and bright red-orange beaks standing on top of a large rock covered with mussels and other sea creatures. The blue water of the Pacific Ocean and blue skies with wispy white clouds are in the background. Seen by Doran Beach in Bodega Bay, California.
November 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Handsome Mallard Drake with a stick hanging from his beak because...? They have such detailed feather patterns! I captured this one gliding out from the edge of the Stony Brook Pond in Norfolk, Massachusetts 🦆💚

#birds #ducks #MallardMonday #nature #BirdPhotography #OM-1 #Massachusetts
A male Mallard duck with detailed white and brown feathers on his body, orange feet, curly black tail feather on white feathers, chestnut front, brown and green neck with a white ring, bluish green head and a yellow beak. This duck was gliding away from the edge of the pond with yellow green aquatic plants in the green water. Seen at Stony Brook W.S. in Norfolk, Massachusetts.
November 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Many trees along the banks of the Concord River had shed most of their leaves, and were reflected in the water along with clouds and blue skies above 💙🤩

Concord, Massachusetts (10/27/25)

#StunDay #Autumn #EastCoastKin #nature #trees #clouds #reflections #photography #NikonP950 #Massachusetts
The Concord River with brown and green trees along the banks, fallen brown leaves on the brown mud of one bank, and thick white and black clouds in the blue sky above. This scene was reflected in the blue and brown waters of the river in Concord, Massachusetts.
November 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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My choice for today's bird is a common Rock Dove/Pigeon. When you look closely, you'll see that these birds have pretty, iridescent feathers and a white cere above the beak 💟💚

#birds #pigeons #RockPigeon #BirdOfTheDay #underrated #EastCoastKin #photography #Olympus #nature @alan678.bsky.social
A pretty Rock Dove/Rock Pigeon with a blue-gray and purplish body, gray and white wings with black wing bars, a dark tail tip, iridescent purple-green feathers on the neck and head, a white cere above the beak, and orange eyes. The bird was sitting in brown grass with green grass and plants around it, and there were other birds nearby.
November 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Robbie the #AmericanRedSquirrel climbing up the stone wall that runs along the walking path 😍🧡

Norfolk, Massachusetts (Oct. 2025)

#squirrels #mammals #wildlife #sqrlpix #SquirrelSaturday #EastCoastKin #Massachusetts #wildlifephotography #OM-1
An American Red Squirrel with red fur on most of his body and tail, white fur on the front, and a white eye ring. He was climbing up on one of the large gray rocks that make up a stone wall along the path. There's green lichen on the rocks, and green grass and a brown wooden fence in the background. Seen in Norfolk, Massachusetts.
November 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Trees in fall colors and layers of puffy white clouds reflected on the Kingfisher Pond 🍁🌤️

Stony Brook W.S., Norfolk, Massachusetts (Oct. 2025)

#BlueSkyArtShow #Autumn #EastCoastKin #FallColors #nature #leaves #clouds #reflections #photography #pondscape #Massachusetts
An Autumn scene of trees with green, red, orange, and yellow foliage lining the Kingfisher Pond with blue skies and layers of puffy white clouds above, all reflected on the water of the pond. Seen at Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary in Norfolk, Massachusetts.
November 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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A cute Pied-billed Grebe on its favorite pond in Petaluma, California. These birds often look like they're smiling! 😍🤎

#birds #Grebes #Pied-billedGrebe #BirdPhotography #Olympus #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin #EllisCreek #NorCal @robcrank68.bsky.social
A Pied-billed Grebe with feathers in several shades of brown and a white patch in the back. This bird has a white eye ring and a whitish beak with a black ring. The grebe was on a pond with green and brown reeds and their reflections in the water. Seen at Ellis Creek Wetlands in Petaluma, California.
November 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Another bird that's hiding. This #AmericanBittern went into alarm mode as our birding group approached, and hid in plain sight by blending in with the plants! 😮🤎

Petaluma, California (Nov. 2020)

#birds #herons #BirdOfTheDay #hiding #EastCoastKin #LUMIX #EllisCreek #NorCal @alan678.bsky.social
A brown and white striped American Bittern, a member of the heron family, pointing its beak straight up in alarm mode when our birding group approached where it was hunting. The bird was standing in tall brown and green grasses and brown plants. Seen at Ellis Creek Wetlands in Petaluma, California.
October 31, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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After a rainy evening, everything was covered in dew the next morning and there were spider webs everywhere! Wonder where the spiders were? 🕷️🕸️😮

Stony Brook W.S., Norfolk, Massachusetts

#webs #nature #31DaysOfHalloween #Spooktober #Halloween #EastCoastKin #photography #OM-1 #MassAudubon
Intricate white gossamer spider webs covering much of the foliage early in the morning after a rainy evening. There's green, rust, and orange foliage in the background at Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary in Norfolk, Massachusetts.
October 31, 2025 at 7:32 PM