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pete3d
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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 Mourning Dove’s looking smooth!
#MourningDove #Dove #BirdOfTheDay #Round #nature #wildlife 🪶
A Mourning Dove sits contemplatively in the fresh snow looking very smooth and round, almost like a toy bird.
November 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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A pair of Mallards on the wing. (Blurry but nice🙂.)
#Mallards #Ducks #BirdOfTheDay #blurry #nature #wildlife 🪶
A male and female Mallard Duck fly South in wan morning sunlight against a hazy blue-slate sky.
November 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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A little Peewee stares (us) down.
#Peewee #BirdOfTheDay #StareDown #nature #wildlife 🪶
We’re looking away up at a “close up” view of Peewee’s “chin”. We can see the yellow underside of this little bird’s beak and the brightness of its eye. The light is a warm evening glow and the sky a delicate blue.
November 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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The Dark-Eyed Junco huddles in the wan morning sun.
#Junco #BirdOfTheDay #shadesofgrey #nature #wildlife 🪶
A sun lit Dark-Eyed Junco has intricate shadow patterns on its back as it perches fluffed up to keep warm in a Cedar tree.
November 16, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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For a change of season - from mid June - happy duckings.
#Ducklings #HoodedMerganser #Ducks #BirdOfTheDay #nature #wildlife 🪶
Four unsupervised Hooded Merganser ducklings float happily in the afternoon sun, sharing their reflections with the green river water. They appear to be alert but relaxed and very curious.
November 15, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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A Red-Winged Blackbird perches high amongst ice and snow coated branches.
#Blackbird #birds #snow #nature #wildlife 🪶
A female Red-Winged Blackbird in her stripy brown and white plumage with yellow “eyebrow” perches amongst the small copious branches of a stressed tree that’s making new red buds in the autumn. Freeing rain has coated the branches and snow is caught here and there, despite it being early November. Typically the Red-Winged Blackbirds would have all gone south before the snow arrived here.
November 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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A solitary Doe in a snow covered empty field.
#Deer #nature #wildlife 🌿
A pretty solitary White-Tailed Deer stands alone in the snow covered soy stubble. (I hope that not all her kin have succumbed to the hunter’s weapons.)
November 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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The Goldfinch takes the snow “in stride”.
#Goldfinch #BirdOfTheDay #yellow #nature #wildlife
A no nonsense Goldfinch stands atop the newly fallen snow. She appears to be taking the change of season with equanimity.
November 12, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Remembering the later days of Spring in the midst of Autumn.
#Killdeer #BirdOfTheDay #BirdsOnTheGround #nature #wildlife 🪶
A Killdeer pauses for a moment midst its favourite foraging grounds, the muddy flats riverside, mid June.
November 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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A pleasant view of the advancing season.
#autumn #landscape
A glimpse down the creek on a beautiful sunny afternoon. I think the way that palette of the reflection of the sky and scene in the creek blends from far to near is marvellous.
November 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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The Tufted Titmouse poses on a hoop.
#TuftedTitmouse #Titmouse #BirdoftheDay #standingonthings #nature #wildlife 🪶
A Tufted Titmouse stands on an iron hoop in a medium light with an evenly blurred out background. (I’ve an aversion to photographing creatures on or near man made objects, but couldn’t resist taking this one of a fine little bird in such a valiant three-quarter pose.)
November 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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My “impression” of a Titmouse “taking off”.
#TuftedTitmouse #BirdoftheDay #takeoffs
An extremely blurry (let’s call it impressionistic) image of a Tufted Titmouse taking flight. 😊
November 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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A little fellow going about his business.
#Downy #Woodpecker #birds #nature #wildlife 🪶
A little male Downy Woodpecker perches high in an Ash tree, in a mild light, with a delicate blue sky background.
November 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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A wistful Chipmunk.
#Chipmunk #creatures #nature #wildlife 🌿
A Chipmunk perches on a little pile of brush in the autumn bush. He appears to be thoughtfully lamenting the changing season and dying day.
November 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Here’s the Tufted Titmouse looking fluffier than ever.
#TuftedTitmouse #Titmouse #fluffy #BirdoftheDay #nature #wildlife 🪶
A Tufted Titmouse perches in a White Oak tree with his crest, wing, and back feathers extra fluffed up (because of his motion I believe as it wasn’t windy) in a very mild light. To my eye he’s absolutely irresistible.
November 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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For the #BirdoftheDay category #closeups today I just can’t resist breaking my one photo per day habit and sending this second image from roughly 18 years ago of a #BarrredOwl who kindly landed on a perch about 2 meters from my house. #Owls #nature #wildlife 🪶
A “head and shoulders” view of a Barred Owl. If we zoom in there’s a pretty good representation of my house in her eyes. This photo was taken in March 2008 with a Canon 40D and Sigma 100-300 f/4 + 1.4TC
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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A close view of a pleasant looking Nuthatch.
#Nuthatch #birds #BirdoftheDay #closeup #nature #wildlife
Here we see a “head and shoulders” view of a healthy, calm, composed, looking Nuthatch in mild light. It’s not every day we see a bird with this finely groomed plumage, so bright an eye, and such a well formed, clean beak.
November 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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The Pileated Woodpecker in profile.
#Pileated #Woodpecker #birds #BirdoftheDay #longbeak #nature #wildlife 🌿
A healthy looking male Pileated Woodpecker perches on a good sized Black Cherry tree, twisting his head nearly backward, he clearly shows us his handsome red, white, and grey facial markings, his crest, and his powerful beak.
November 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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All the leaves are gone…
#reflections #landscapes #autumn #sky #clouds 🌿
The pool of water above the muskrat dam makes a mirror for a cumulus cloud filled cool blue sky, while the river bank trees look dark and bare, the season having taken away their leaves.
November 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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A wistful Blue Jay quietly reflects on a bright blue morning.
#BlueJay #birds #underrated #BirdoftheDay #nature #wildlife
A Blue Jay perches on a little branch in a cool, low morning light with an air of clear eyed, brave resignation, accepting the blue day.
November 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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A fine young fellow in bright morning Spring sunshine.
#Goldfinch #birds #BirdOfTheDay #Finch #nature #wildlife 🪶
A moulting male Goldfinch, perches on a small White Oak branch in full morning sunlight. His black cap is patchy, but he appears alert and composed.
November 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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The Downy Woodpecker amongst the wild grapes.
#Downy #Woodpecker #BirdOfTheDay #Hiding #birds #nature #wildlife 🪶
A Downy Woodpecker is obscured by wild grapes high in a lichen covered Ash Tree, but we can see his eye and red spot clearly.
October 31, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Aww - to be young and lively!
#Deer #nature #wildlife 🌿
Spring’s fawn has grown into this healthy youth, full of vim and anticipation. Despite our clear three quarter, head on view we can clearly see the bright white tail that gives this species its common name.
October 31, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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The Green Heron as seen this August - just for a splash of the colours we’re missing here now.
#Heron #birds #BirdOfTheDay #OddAngles #nature #wildlife 🪶
A Green Heron perches riverside, intently studying the water below in an angular posture.
October 30, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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The Peewee losses her head.
#Peewee #birds #birdoftheday #funny #nature #wildlife
A Peewee perches high in an Ash tree against a blue sky. Because of the angle that the photo was taken, and the motion stopping power of a fairly high shutter speed it appears that her head is in the process of flying off.
October 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM