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Beautiful, fascinating events and creatures pass through the environs near me.

I hope to bring one of them to you each day.

Thank you for visiting.

All the images are photographs taken by me with basic RAW processing - no AI (except for my avatar 🙂)
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The Dark-Eyed Junco in the snow.
#Junco #DarkEyedJunco #BirdOfTheDay #short #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A Dark-Eyed Junco perches on some twigs and weeds protruding through the snow on a bright winter early afternoon.
January 16, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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A distant Red-Tailed Hawk.
#Hawk #RedTailedHawk #BirdOfTheDay #Raptor #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A distant Red-Tailed Hawk soars in a featureless grey sky, and although the resolution if this image is very low, at least its red tail, piercing eye, and hooked beak are clearly visible.
January 15, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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Another look at the Red-Bellied.
#Woodpecker #Red-Bellied #BirdOfTheDay #LongBeaks #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A Red-Bellied Woodpecker “stands” proudly on an inclined Ash branch high in the tree. From this perspective his beak looks sleek and prominent, and he’s catching some of the dappled, low, evening sunlight of mid-June.
January 14, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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The Lonely Red-Bellied Woodpecker.
#Woodpecker #Red-Bellied #BirdOfTheDay #Solitude #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
January 13, 2026 at 12:38 PM
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Another look at the Goldfinch.
#Finches #Goldfinch #BirdOfTheDay #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
An American Goldfinch perches posing in bright winter morning sunshine.
January 12, 2026 at 12:59 PM
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The Tree Sparrow jogs over the snow.
#Sparrow #TreeSparrow #BirdOfTheDay #natural #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
An American Tree Sparrow jogs over the snow amongst the wild plants, whose seeds it eats throughout the winter, on a cold clear day.
January 11, 2026 at 12:28 PM
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The Evening Grosbeak queries us on a cold day.
#Grosbeak #EveningGrosbeak #BirdOfTheDay #MoodyFaces #Borbs #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
An Evening Grosbeak perches high against an overcast sky. She has a beautifully clean big beak, and looks inquisitively at us as if to say, “What do you think you’re doing?”
January 10, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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The Mourning Dove sleepily roosts on a cold December afternoon.
#Dove #MourningDove #BirdOfTheDay #Feathers&Form #resting #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A plumped up Mourning Dove roosts on a White Oak branch in the cold air of a clear December afternoon. Its beautiful light blue eye is mostly closed and we can imagine that at times it’s making its haunting, mournful hoots.
January 9, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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The Chickadee in a good light.
#Chickadee #BlackCappedChickadee #BirdOfTheDay #ShortBeaks #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A Black-Capped Chickadee perches alone on a small vertical branch. We can see his tiny shiny black beak, and how wonderfully fluffy he is in the cool bright light of New Year’s Eve morning.
January 8, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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The Goldfinch preens.
#Finch #Goldfinch #BirdOfTheDay #preening #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
Here we see an unusual glimpse of an American Goldfinch perched on one foot in a White Oak tree busy preening with its other foot open and extended beside its head to give itself a good “scratch behind the ear”. The wan mid morning winter sun illuminates our little friend nicely, with a decent balance, so we can easily see the muted shadow of his tiny foot.
January 7, 2026 at 12:48 PM
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The Downy stops to take in the scene.
#DownyWoodpecker #Woodpecker #BirdOfTheDay #BlackandWhite #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A Downy Woodpecker calmly takes in another cool, bright, grey winter day. She’s securely latched onto the small vertical stem of a little Red Oak tree, and the very soft light bouncing off the grey sky and snow covered ground illuminate her subtle plumage to advantage.
January 6, 2026 at 1:25 PM
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The Red-Bellied Woodpecker takes the winter morning sun.
#Woodpecker #RedBelliedWoodpecker #BirdOfTheDay #Speckles&Spots #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A Red-Bellied Woodpecker sits on an inclined Ash tree branch in the bright cool sunlight on a winter morning. We mostly see his “checkered” back and brilliant red head, but only get the faintest hint of his rosy belly.
January 5, 2026 at 12:35 PM
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A Sparrow in the snow.
#Sparrow #BirdOfTheDay #snowy #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
An American Tree Sparrow dashes through the snow searching for the seeds of dried wild flowers along the creek bank on a cold sunny day.
January 4, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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The Tufted Titmouse takes off.
#Titmouse #TuftedTitmouse #BirdOfTheDay #caughtinmotion #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A Tufted Titmouse spreads its wings and stands, stretching up about to leave its tiny perch in a White Oak tree.
January 3, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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The Eastern Bluebird stops by for a drink.
#Bluebird #BirdOfTheDay #GoodLight #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶🌿
An Eastern Bluebird raises his beak to swallow a sip of water from an open lead in the ice on the river on New Year’s Eve morning. He’s standing on ice that’s probably about -13°C but appears to be at ease.
January 2, 2026 at 12:41 PM
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A bright eyed White-Throated Sparrow.
#Sparrow #WhiteThroatedSparrow #BirdOfTheDay #Sparrows #B&W #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A bright eyed White-Throated Sparrow perches amongst the little branches of a White Oak tree. The little bird is so characterful that I’ve desaturated the photo to flatter him with a black and white portrait.
January 1, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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The Tufted Titmouse in December.
#Titmouse #TuftedTitmouse #BirdOfTheDay #BlueGreatCoal #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A beautifully fluffy Tufted Titmouse perches in a gnarly Oak tree on a bright December morning.
December 31, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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A Chickadee on a branch in full winter sunshine.
#Chickadee #BlackCappedChickadee #BirdOfTheDay #branchingout #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A Black-Capped Chickadee perches on a small White Cedar branch in full winter afternoon sun. A tiny branch in the foreground casts its shadow across the little bird’s midriff, while a bright blue sky is visible through the tree’s canopy in the background.
December 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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The Junco slips away through the gloom.
#Junco #DarkEyedJunco #BirdOfTheDay #BirdButs #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A Dark-Eyed Junco “steps” away from us into the twilight of the bush edge. Everything about this image is indistinct. Our hero appears to be within a maze of little branches. The focus is soft. The light is soft. The contrast is muted. The palette is essentially greys with only a hint browns and yellows from an Oak leaf and his beak respectively. But I find it an image that stimulates my imagination towards tales of mystery and wonder.
December 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Serenely perching on a calm cool morning in the sun.
#Goldfinch #AmericanGoldfinch #BirdOfTheDay #Serenity #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
An American Goldfinch perches pensively contemplating the quiet morning on a nearly vertical twig - apparently suspended in time.
December 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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The Downy came by for his portrait yesterday.
#Downy #DownyWoodpecker #BirdOfTheDay #Red #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A male Downy Woodpecker poses, perching on a weathered cedar post in an easy winter morning’s diffuse light. His feathers are very neatly arranged as it’s a cold morning and he needs them just so for warmth.
December 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Yesterday’s Sparrow.
#Sparrows #AmericanTreeSparrow #BirdOfTheDay #MostRecent #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
On Christmas afternoon the sun shone through the clouds, so I got out for a bit and was lucky enough to see one of my favourite winter birds, the American Tree Sparrow, hopping bravely through the shallow snow.
December 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Our Christmas cat.
#cats #photography
A meditative cat relaxes on the doorstep on a calm winter morning.
December 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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The Chickadee on an Oak branch.
#Chickadee #BlackCappedChickadee #BirdOfTheDay #Contrast #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A Black-Capped Chickadee perches on a small White Oak branch. The diffuse light from the snow counters the backlight from the sky, emphasizing the contrast in palette between the green-greys of the branches and the blue-greys and tans of the little bird. A bright patch of the background also contrasts sharply with our hero’s black capped head.
December 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Here’s the Junco again showing his more typical charcoal guise.
#Junco #DarkEyedJunco #BirdOfTheDay #SideProfiles #BlackBirds #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A Dark-Eyed Junco stands showing us his profile on November’s grass in the extremely soft light of a dull Autumn day.
December 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM