Marieke dB
mdb2024.bsky.social
Marieke dB
@mdb2024.bsky.social
Nature and wildlife photographer, blogger, newspaper columnist, social services volunteer, member of Postcrossing
It took me a while to find a photo of a bird #Singing this Carolina wren fits the bill for today's #BirdOfTheDay

#carolinawren #birds #nature #naturephotography #birdphotography
January 21, 2026 at 3:32 PM
One more contribution to #FeedingTime for #BirdOfTheDay - a dark-eyed junco enjoying a meal in late December a couple years ago.

#dark-eyedjunco #birds #nature #birdphotography #naturephotography #sweetgumseedpods
January 21, 2026 at 1:14 AM
#FeedingTime was at a garden maintained by our town's public library last year for today's #BirdOfTheDay, a beautiful American goldfinch.

#americangoldfinch #birds #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography
January 20, 2026 at 12:42 PM
A very occasional visitor to our area in winter, a red-breasted nuthatch in #Winterlight for #BirdOfTheDay.

#birds #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #red-breastednuthatch
January 19, 2026 at 6:20 PM
My second #BirdOfTheDay posting for #TwoOfAKind features birds who live and nest in my yard: Carolina chickadees and Carolina wrens.

#birds #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #Carolinachickadee #Carolinawren
January 18, 2026 at 8:07 PM
My first #BirdOfTheDay posting today is of a pair of beloved yard visitors - #TwoOfAKind American crows.

#birds #birdphotography #Americancrow #nature #naturephotography
January 18, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay is a red-headed woodpecker in a #PerfectPerch on a snag in a pond. Appreciate Rob and Alan giving us daily suggestions for this!

#red-headedwoodpecker #perchedbird #woodpecker #birds #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography
January 17, 2026 at 10:39 PM
"The monks are walking over that way, there," said the evening grosbeak to the European starling. (A photo from a few years back; no grosbeaks near my home this year - at least not yet.)

#birds #eveninggrosbeak #Europeanstarling #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #thinkingofmonkswalking
January 17, 2026 at 3:51 AM
My second #BirdOfTheDay posting for the #Raptor theme - the most unusual pose I have captured of the Cooper's hawk that is visiting daily (to the dismay of the other yard birds).

#Cooper's-hawk #birds #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography
January 15, 2026 at 6:22 PM
My first #BirdOfTheDay posting for today's theme of #Raptor - an unusual capture of a red-shouldered hawk that visits my yard often.

#birds #red-shoulderedhawk #unusual-pose #nature #naturephotography #birdphotography
January 15, 2026 at 6:19 PM
The white ibis used its long beak successfully while foraging. On its own, this ibis looks large but seen next to the great blue heron (whose head is still mostly in the photo), you see it's a small wader.

#BirdOfTheDay #LongBeaks #birds #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #whiteibis
January 15, 2026 at 1:11 AM
So glad I can still go out to spend time in nature and be uplifted by beautiful wildlife. This is one of 4 otters that came to check me out as they fished in a local pond.

#riverotter #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #mammals
January 14, 2026 at 1:32 AM
January 13, 2026 at 2:56 PM
A ring-billed gull is one of the #BirdsInFlight with a couple Bonaparte's gulls for today's #BirdOfTheDay.

#bonaparte'sgull #ring-billedgull #birds #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography
January 13, 2026 at 3:39 AM
This great blue heron was showing how #BirdsInFlight look for today's #BirdOfTheDay.

#birds #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #greatblueheron
January 13, 2026 at 3:36 AM
This may seem a strange contribution to today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #natural. However, this ruby-crowned kinglet has chosen my yard as part of its winter habitat and I think it's partly because he is fond of my home-made suet. 😀

#birds #rubycrownedkinglet #nature #naturephotography
January 12, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Went back in my archives for a contribution to today's #BirdOfTheDay. The theme is #MoodyFaces and this mother rufous-naped wren (in Costa Rica) was being watchful with her two new offspring.

#birds #wren #nature #naturephotography #birdphotography
January 10, 2026 at 12:31 PM
This great blue heron is showing off some #Feathers&Form for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme.
January 9, 2026 at 9:36 PM
A white-throated sparrow fits the bill for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #ShortBeaks.

#birds #nature #birdphotography #naturephotography #whitethroatedsparrow
January 8, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #ShortBeaks. This female purple finch shows hers in profile.

#birds #purplefinch #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography
January 8, 2026 at 12:57 PM
A second #BirdoftheDay for #FoodFinds - a black-and-white warbler that just caught an insect.

#blackandwhitewarbler #birds #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography
January 8, 2026 at 12:35 AM
January 8, 2026 at 12:33 AM
This male leucistic pileated woodpecker is starting to get a group of fans at a city park. Some have now named him Luca or Lucas. So he is #blackandwhite with a dash of red for today's #birdoftheday theme.

#pileatedwoodpecker #birds #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography
January 7, 2026 at 2:41 AM
January 6, 2026 at 3:23 AM
January 6, 2026 at 2:19 AM