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Michelle Cozens
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For the #birdoftheday theme of #divingforfood, two double-crested cormorants during breeding season. They were communicating with each other in a tree filled with nests.

#birds #cormorant #nature #wildlife #protectnature #photography #EastCoastKin
Double crested cormorants in a tree. This was breeding season and the birds were communicating with each other
February 13, 2026 at 8:20 AM
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#FloralFriday
#FlowersOnFriday

Cherry Blossoms are starting to bloom in WA State, showing Spring is on it's way as soft, delicate petals *blush* not bow, to roses. 💞

Feb.3, 2026

#Flowers #Blooms
#WestCoastKin
#Seattle #PNW
#Nature
#Photography
#ArtOfPhotography
#Bloomscroll
#OnlyBeautifulThings
A close-up of a color photo of pink Cherry Blossoms with small yellow stamens in bloom in Greenwood, near Seattle, in WA State during Winter of 2026. These trees & blooms show signs of early Spring. 📷 Shixing Wen
February 13, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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Fabulous photo and words💙🖤🩶
February 13, 2026 at 10:37 AM
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Happy Friday! I hope you all have a good weekend. Here’s a Crested Tit on a lovely lichen covered branch #birds #ukwildlife
A crested tit (small buff/brown bird with back collar, and white and black crest) sits on the end of a lichen covered branch, set against a soft green backdrop in the forest. The birds crest is up and the bird if face on, looking down to the left of the image.
February 13, 2026 at 8:16 AM
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A tui perched on a flax plant.
#NewZealandBirds #Birds #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography
A bird perched sideways on the branch of a flax plant. The bird’s neck and head are facing the camera. It has orange coloring above the black beak. It has a small tuft of white feathers at the neck and wispy white feathers at the back of the neck. It has a brownish back and bluish-black feathers on its tail and sides. The bird is called a Tui and is found in New Zealand.
February 12, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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💬 Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych on the disqualification over the memorial helmet: "I have no regrets... There are things more important than medals."
February 12, 2026 at 10:57 AM
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#BirdOfTheDay
#EastCoastKin
#Birds&Bugs

The capture of this Robin feeding "bugs," to it's hatchlings was taken in Missouri in the Spring of 2025.

All bugs are technically insects but true bugs have sucking mouthparts aaand... taste like chicken! 😂

#Birds #Birdsky
#Wildlife #Robins
#Photography
A color photo of a Robin feeding worms/bugs to 3 hatchling's in their nest, in Missouri, during Spring 2025. 📷 David Carson
February 12, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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#BirdOfTheDay theme is #Birds&Bugs any bird and bug in one capture. The alt theme is #EverydayBirds birds you see often.

My choice today is a grey Wagtail mid hunting a bug! Which I guess does count, ha.

#kentbirding #birdphotography #eastcoastkin
February 12, 2026 at 11:27 AM
measureofcalm.bsky.social
I made a pretty radical decision to leave my camera and lenses behind in NZ for this next three-month stint in the US. I have such a backlog of photos that I haven’t gotten around to editing, I felt like I needed the push. I feel like I left behind a limb, though. My precious! #mammals #EastCoastKin
A squirrel is perched upon a knotty tree branch, facing left.
February 12, 2026 at 11:28 AM
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A white faced heron searching through the tall grass seeing what it can eat.
#birds #birb #ausbird #LetsGoBirding #birding #auswildlife #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #photography
A photo of a white faced heron, which is a medium sized bird amongst some tall grass.
February 12, 2026 at 5:56 AM
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Basil the Blackbird. Photographed yesterday but seen (and heard) every day. #BirdoftheDay #EverydayBirds
February 12, 2026 at 9:15 AM
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For Today's #BirdOfTheDay the Alt theme is #Blue and a Blue Jay dropped in for a visit, picked up their food to go and flew away

#eastcoastkin
February 11, 2026 at 8:14 PM
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Took some photos of a crow yesterday.
#birds #photography
Black bird perched on a branch. Facing left, looking right.
February 11, 2026 at 1:08 PM
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A preening anhinga reminds us of the importance of self care (and also happens to appropriate for the #BirdOfTheDay #WaterBirds). #Birds #Photography #Florida #Nature #wildlifePhotography
A close up of an anhinga, head bent forward to preen feathers.
February 11, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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For my #birdoftheday, I present #oddcouples.
February 10, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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For the Alt #BirdoftheDay theme today, here is an #Urban beach scene involving a whole lot of #RoyalTerns and a few #LaughingGulls.

The main theme is #OddCouples, two different birds in one capture.

Wishing you a lovely Tuesday💫

#TidesOutTuesday #ColorADay #BlueTue #EastCoastKin
#Florida
February 10, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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House sparrow and snow
A house sparrow digging in the snow
February 10, 2026 at 2:56 AM
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Good morning friends! We’re going to have a cloudy day but Mother Nature sure put on a show this morning! Here’s today’s #SunriseMagic on the #CTShoreline with clouds. We slowly start warming up today & I’m glad it’s finally booting Siberia out of here! Have a peaceful day 😊 #landscape #photography
A layer of clouds are moving in over the shoreline and are illuminated in brilliant colors over the trees. The cove is frozen with a layer of snow on top.
February 10, 2026 at 12:13 PM
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#Macro #MacroPhotography #Photography #UrbanGaze #EastCoastKin

Have a happy Tuesday raindrop 😁
Macro photo of a clear water droplet resting on a green leaf, with an upside-down reflection of a brick and white building visible inside the droplet against a softly blurred background.
February 10, 2026 at 8:31 AM
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It's #Stunday Sunday! I edited this bunch of grapes last night and only then discovered the preying mantis that was also checking them out. A double stunner!
#photography #insects #fruit #grapes #purple #harvest
A preying mantis checking out a deep purple bunch of ripe grapes in a pool of sunlight.
February 8, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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Until next time, #NewZealand
#Stunday #EastCoastKin
#home
A beach sunset at low tide. The foreground is wet sand, and the sunset is reflected on the sand and the shallow surf. There are wispy clouds in the sky above the setting sun.
February 8, 2026 at 9:39 AM
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This is my penultimate summer sunset here in #NewZealand before I head back to winter in the northern hemisphere #BlueSkyArtShow #Sunlight
A sunset at the beach at low tide. There is a thick band of clouds above the setting sun, with blue skies above those clouds. The sand is rippled and there is very shallow surf.
February 7, 2026 at 8:24 AM
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Finding the beauty
in our imperfect world is
a photo away.
#SquirrelHaiku

Fox Squirrels in Ann Arbor at the University of Michigan on February 5th, 2026 #flickr #Squirrels #SquirrelOfTheDay #SquirrelWisdom #Michigan #SquirrelDude #sqrlpix #squirrelsofbluesky
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Close up picture of a squirrel resting behind a strip of tree bark that pulled away from the trunk. Picture from the University of Michigan on a snowy day.
February 6, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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Eichhörnchen in windiger Höhe.
#squirrel
Rotbraunes Eichhörnchen, mit vornehmlich dunklem Fell, sitzt auf den Hinterläufen, nach vorn gebeugt, in einer Astgabel, und futtert ein Stückchen Nuss aus den Pfoten. Die Ohrpinsel und der Schwanz weisen in Richtung rechter Bildseite.
February 5, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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An early #scape (although it is Friday here!)
#EastCoastKin
A low tide scene with a lot of different textures. In the bottom right corner is wet, rippled sand. The rest of the bottom half of the photo is a still pool of water in which the blue sky with wispy clouds is reflected. A gull flying by is also reflected. Beyond that are some sandy patches of beach, then the sea.
February 6, 2026 at 12:17 AM