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jayneh
@jayneh.bsky.social
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Amateur Photographer, Professional Human

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Copyright 2025.
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#BirdoftheDay
#BirdsontheGround

From April 2025 at South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center, this Sora was one of many I saw foraging in the open because of storm damage to the freshwater habitat there.
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A smallish marsh bird creeping along the muddy ground on oversized feet in search of food. The bird's body is patterned browns and white. The head is brown on top with gray on the face with a bright yellow beak.
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekTforTelevision
#TheWire

American Kestrel, #AnahuacNWR, December 2024
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American Kestrel (a small raptor) is perched on a telephone wire and is looking to its right. The bird has a buff belly with black spots near the wing and more spots on the gray wing and the rust colored back. The underside of the tail is an interesting pattern of buff and black. The top of the head is gray. There is a streak of black under the eye, then a patch of white, then another streak of black at the back of the face, then a patch of buff before another another black streak at the back of the head. The colors and patterns on this bird are fascinating. And beautiful.
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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#BirdoftheDay
#least

My #least photographed bird from my recent trip was probably this Mountain Chickadee that I saw at Great Sand Dunes NP in Colorado.
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A small bird on a pine bough is looking directly at the camera with large black eyes. A bit of the gray wing and white and buff colored belly can be seen, but it is the coloring on the head and throat that makes the bird stand out. The top of the head and a big patch on the throat are black, but the eyebrows and either side of the throat is white. This bird has a few white eyebrow feathers sticking up, giving it a quizzical look.
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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This feels like a Sunday kind of post. Window on the chapel at Taos Pueblo in New Mexico, October 2025. Have a lovely day!
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A white rectangular window with six light blue glass panes on either side and an arched header with two leaded stained glass panes, each showing a cross and a dove in a mirror image. The walls surrounding the window are a warm brown smooth adobe.
November 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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#BirdoftheDay
#StandingOnThings

This is one of the least exciting photos I took during my last trip, but the Sage Thrasher on the roof of a building at Las Vegas (NM) NWR was a new lifer (and a fairly cool-looking bird) so I kept it.
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A thrasher with a short bill stands on the ridge of a shingled roof, looking off to its left. The bird is mostly a dull white on the body with brown streaks and the head is a mix of brown, gray and white.
November 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Happy #CritterDay, y'all! I saw this dude at the Nature Conservancy in Santa Fe last month and it looked like something out of a horror film. According to Google image search, I think it's a robber fly. It give me the heebie jeebies!
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This one is going to be hard to describe. Some kind of insect is standing at an angle on a small branch. It has a huge black eye and is mostly light colored with white fuzzy stuff on its head and darker legs. Two of what I think are its back legs are sticking straight up so that they look like antenna. The wings are sticking straight out to the side.
November 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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#BirdoftheDay
#takeoffs

Sandhill Cranes at sunrise, Bosque del Apache NWR (NM), December 2023
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About a dozen Sandhill Cranes in shallow water with grasses bathed in the golden glow of sunlight in the background. One crane has taken off and is a few feet above the water while two others are just inches above the surface. The cranes look more golden than gray in the morning light.
November 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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I haven't posted my #random photo of the day recently, but the long and the short of it is that I've been busy. Get it? Long bird, short bird? I'll see myself out.
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Two white birds standing side by side in shallow water. The Great Egret in the foreground has a very very long neck and is quite tall. The Snowy Egret that is slightly behind is much more compact.
November 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Happy #FeatheredFriday!! I hadn't gotten around to posting this photo of a Long-billed Curlew from September yet, but today feels like a good day to spread our wings!
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A long-billed curlew as seen from the back is walking down the beach with the surf in the background. The bird has one foot raised and long wings spread in a v-shape as it gets ready to take off.
November 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #lunchtime, featuring a Cedar Waxwing in pure berry bliss.

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A close-up of a masked, tan songbird as it catches a red berry in midair. Photographed in Avon, Connecticut.
November 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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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
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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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#BirdoftheDay
#CloseUps

From November 2024 at #AnahuacNWR, I managed to get up close and personal with this killdeer. I love the red eye ring.
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A close up of the head and upper torso of a killdeer. The bird has a brown head and back, white above and in front of the eye as well as the neck, a black streak under the eye and up to the bill, and a black "turtleneck". The focal spot is the huge eye with a thin red eye ring. The bill is black and fairly long and thick.
November 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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I'm feeling a little #blue today, but in a good way.
#BlueWednesday #birds #flowers #originalcontent #photography 📷
Blue indigo bunting in a mulberry tree Blue dayflower with a sweat bee on one of its petals Bluebonnets in a field A little blue heron standing in shallow water
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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I'm ferrying four families of billionaires out of NYC right now in a Durango, we are headed to Austin
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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Another #random photo from the archives for #textureTuesday. I have zero idea what this grass or weed is, but I thought it was beautiful. DeSoto NWR, November 2024.
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A field of tall thin shoots culminating in fuzzy curving tops that look like thin soft bent bottle brushes. They are a golden tan and they almost glow in the sunshine.
November 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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#BirdoftheDay
#rock

Just yesterday, I happened across a photo of these Double-crested Cormorants chillin' on some rocks on an island off Cape Breton Highlands NP from August 2024. I guess I'll share.
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Five cormorants just chillin' on some large boulders.
November 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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I'm determined to start posting more #random photos from the archives, ones I never got around to posting. #RandomMonday is this Roseate Spoonbill that appears to be looking to the sky for some kind of sign. Anahuac NWR, Nov 2024
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A roseate spoonbill with light pink body, long white neck and long bill shaped like a paddle is standing in shallow water and clearly looking up to the sky.
November 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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How about a cheery little Hammond's Flycatcher to start your week off? Santa Fe Nature Conservancy, October 2025
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A small mostly gray bird with hints of olive and yellow in its coloring sits on a branch that throws a shadow behind its eye. The background is mostly bare branches and deep blue sky.
November 3, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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I wanted to follow up with another photo that clearly illustrates why these birds are called Scissor-tailed flycatchers. Not the best photo, but a really cool bird!
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A bird flying over a tree in an "x" formation with wings spread wide and the two sides of its tail spread wide as well.
November 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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#BirdoftheDay
#Underrated

The Mockingbird may be an odd choice as #underrated since it is the state bird of five states, including Texas, but I feel that since it is everywhere around here, it's beauty often gets overlooked. Prime Hook NWR (DE), Oct 2025
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A northern mockingbird is poised on berries and fall leaves and is looking off to its left. It looks elegant in shades of gray and white with a honey-colored eye.
November 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Boo
November 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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Well, we do get an hour back tonight.
November 2, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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I may not survive the bottom of the 10th.
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I may not survive the bottom of the 9th.
November 2, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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I may not survive the bottom of the 9th.
November 2, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Happy #Critterday!! I needed a long lens to capture these wasps because I certainly wasn't going to get anywhere close to them! San Angelo (TX) SP, October 2025
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A wasp's nest hanging from a tree branch with dozens of wasps in and around it.
November 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM