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Alan Kotok
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#Reporter, #publisher, #photographer, #entrepreneur. CEO, Technology News and Literature: technewslit.com. Photography chair, National Press Club in DC. Photo portfolio: https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/1317563.html #BillsMafia #IowaHawkeyes
We fly home tomorrow from #Arizona with plenty of red rocks photos, but also funky little towns, fascinating people, ancient civilization artifacts, and wildlife. Photo gallery ... technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/Travel-photo...

#Photography #Landscapes #Nature #Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic
February 18, 2026 at 3:46 AM
This raven was certainly #CollectingFood earlier this week around Tuzigoot National Monument in #Arizona for today's #BirdOfTheDay, but I'm not eager to find out what it is.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin #Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials #BirdsSeenIn2026
February 18, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Ravens are ubiquitous in #Arizona, and among the #corvid family for today's alt #BirdOfTheDay. Photo'd yesterday above Tuzigoot National Monument in Clarkdale, AZ.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin #Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials #BirdsSeenIn2026
February 17, 2026 at 5:25 AM
This northern mockingbird is taking a striking pose for its #portrait, for today's #BirdOfTheDay. Photo'd Nov 2024 in Cape May, NJ

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin #Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #CapeMay #JerseyShore
#PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited
February 15, 2026 at 4:36 AM
We're visiting #Sedona, #Arizona for a few days and going ga-ga over the red rock formations. Overcast and rainy today. Hoping for sunshine tomorrow. Shown here: panorama view from the Huckaby Trailhead.

More photos: technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/Travel-photo...

#Photography #NaturePhotography
February 14, 2026 at 1:26 AM
A #WaterBirds species for #BirdOfTheDay today is the western swamphen, seen here walking through shallow water at Wakodahatchee Wetlands park in #Florida in Apr 2025.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin #Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials #PhotographersOfBluesky
February 11, 2026 at 3:27 PM
A group of Venerable Monks of the Dhammacetiya crossed #Arlington, #Virginia on 10 Feb. 2026, on its journey from Texas to Washington, DC. I took these photos about one mile from the Potomac.

More photos: technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/DC-and-regio...

#Photography #NewsPhotography #WalkForPeace
February 10, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Can you have a #StareDown and side-eye at the same time? If so, this grackle photo'd June 2024 in Cape May, NJ qualifies for today's #BirdOfTheDay.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #CapeMay #JerseyShore
#PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited
February 9, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Thank goodness for alt #BirdOfTheDay themes. Here's a #red male northern cardinal, the state bird of #Virginia, in our #Arlington, Va. backyard, Nov. 2025.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin #Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials #PhotographersOfBluesky
February 8, 2026 at 4:44 PM
This great blue heron photo'd Nov. 2025 at Huntley Meadows Park in #Virginia seems at peace with the world for today's #BirdOfTheDay. #Serenity

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials
#PhotographersOfBlueSky #PhotographersUnited
February 7, 2026 at 7:23 PM
February 6, 2026 at 8:22 PM
February 5, 2026 at 5:19 PM
I wrote a piece for the Public Diplomacy Council of America on Content Credentials, the open-standard data added to image files that show the origin and evolution of images and other digital content.
publicdiplomacy.org/news_manager...
Cross-posted on TechNewsLit Explores: write.as/.../heres-ho...
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February 5, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Here are American oystercatchers and royal terns checking out their #reflections on wet sand in Ocean City, NJ for today's #BirdOfTheDay. Photo'd Sept 2025.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin #Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials #PhotographersOfBlueSky #JerseyShore
February 3, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Why settle for one #OpenBeak, when you can have two for #BirdOfTheDay? Great blue herons photo'd Apr 2025 at Wakodahatchee Wetlands park in south #Florida.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials
#PhotographersOfBluesky
February 2, 2026 at 10:43 PM
February 1, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay request is #ducks. Here's one duck (singular) trying to gain altitude over Sparrow Pond off Four Mile Run in #Arlington, #Virginia in May 2025.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials
#PhotographersOfBluesky
January 31, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Since all my shoots this month are indoors, I will need to show this eastern bluebird with #blue plumage photo'd Jan. 2025 at Huntley Meadows in Groveton, #Virginia for alternate #BirdOfTheDay.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials
January 30, 2026 at 10:16 PM
I lost the #EyeContact staring contest with this common starling, photo'd almost a year ago in Falls Church, #Virginia, for today's #BirdOfTheDay.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials
#PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited
January 29, 2026 at 4:48 PM
#Photoshoot yesterday: #Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson at the National Press Club, where he spoke about the threat to democracy from the Trump administration and answered questions from Club president Mark Schoef, shown here with Johnson.

More photos: technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/National-Pre...
January 29, 2026 at 3:44 PM
If #BrownIsBeautiful, then this glossy ibis with subtle brown tones wins a beauty contest for #BirdOfTheDay. Photo'd Apr. 2025 at Wakodahatchee Wetlands park in #Florida.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials
#PhotographersOfBluesky
January 27, 2026 at 3:20 PM
This is a common gallinule I'm told, seen here #paddling across a pond at Wakodahatchee Wetlands park in south #Florida, Apr. 2025, for today's #BirdOfTheDay.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials
#PhotographersOfBluesky
January 26, 2026 at 11:21 PM
January 25, 2026 at 4:08 PM
The #BirdOfTheDay request today is #swans (plural), so here's a shot from Nov. 2024 in Cape May Point State Park, NJ with two of the species.

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin
#Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #CapeMay #JerseyShore
#PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited
January 24, 2026 at 3:40 PM