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Birds, bugs, and whatever else catches my eye. All 📷 mine unless otherwise noted. Also into books, meteorology, fiber arts, herping, hiking, and all manner of exploration.
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I'm very late to #BirdOfTheDay today, but I can't resist sharing this handsome juvenile Barn Swallow #onawire.
#EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography #birds
A medium-sized songbird with dark blue to black wings and back and light orange chest and belly stands on a thick, multi-strand black wire rope.
November 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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To kick off the weekend, a stunning Scarlet Tanager putting his heart and soul into his song. #BirdOfTheDay #singing #EastCoastKin 🪶
A shockingly red medium-sized songbird with black wings and tail stands on a small branch facing away from the camera. His beak is open in song and his tongue is sticking out.
November 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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One of our most common #thrushes, bluebirds are vibrant, lively little birds who brighten the landscape year round. #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin 🪶
A small tan bird with an orange wash of color on its chest stands on a small, lichen-covered dead branch.
November 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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The pokeweed berries have also been late here in WI this year, providing food for some of our latest migrating birds. Here's a Yellow-rumped Warbler enjoying a few of the (toxic to people!) berries on a recent dreary fall day. 🪶 #NaturePhotography
A small tan songbird with slight yellow on its flanks stands on a purple-pink plant stem. It is stretching its neck upwards, grabbing a dark purple berry from a cluster of berries overhead. Its beak is open and its tongue is visible. There are green and brown leaves and other purple-pink stems in the foreground and background.
November 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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For the #BirdOfTheDay, this American Coot wants you to know that water birds can be #round too!
#NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin 🪶
A medium-sized black to dark charcoal gray water bird with a triangular ivory-colored bill and red eyes stands in shallow water. Its body feathers are somewhat puffed up, giving it a round appearance. Its head is facing towards the camera but it is also tilting its head to one side, cutely. Its incredibly large yellow feet can be seen under the water. There is a large, dried orange-brown leaf behind the bird and a few brown water plant stems.
November 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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When it's 60 degrees and sunny in Wisconsin in November, you take advantage of the weather to go down to the lake and take the most exuberant bath possible. #NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin 🪶
A medium sized brown songbird with large, orange beak, reddish crest, and hints of red on her wings and tail splashes around in extremely shallow, clear water at the edge of a lake. There is fine gravel in the foreground and numerous water droplets flying off in every direction.
November 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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🎶Defying Gravity🎶

Brown Creeper just hanging around while finding a little snack. #BirdOfTheDay #mottled #EastCoastKin 🪶
A tiny brown bird with a complex, mottled pattern of different brown tones on its back and a light ivory chest and belly hangs underneath a small rotting tree branch. The bird has a small morsel it its long, curved beak. There are a few fall leaves and blue sky out of focus in the background.
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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It's hard to see a Purple Martin without being absolutely mesmerized by its color. It's rare, though, to have one stare back with as much curiosity as this guy displayed. #BirdOfTheDay #StareDown #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography 🪶
A medium-size dark violet songbird with black wings perches on a white plastic platform. He is staring directly towards the camera with what appears to be an interested expression. There is a white plastic nesting structure and blue sky out of focus in the background.
November 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Smile! It's Friday!
#birds #NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin 🪶
Close up view of the head and neck of a large, long-necked, dusky lavender water bird with dark blue and white head stripes. The bird's long, yellow beak is partially open, giving the appearance that the bird is grinning. There is out of focus dark blue, rippled water in the background.
November 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Trumpeter #swan showing off that massive wingspan, coming in for a splashy landing. #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin
Absolutely colossal white bird with large, black beak lands on the surface of blue, slightly wavy water. Its wings are outstretched and up in a v, and there is a large splash where its body is hitting the water.
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Tennessee Warbler, looking impossibly cute. #NaturePhotography #birds #EastCoastKin
A tiny dull yellow to olive green songbird with grayish wings perches on a small branch. It is seen in profile and is tilting its head upwards. Its feathers are slightly puffed out, giving it an impossibly cute appearance.
November 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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This Blue-winged Teal was showing off his fabulous namesake wing patches in flight. #BirdoftheDay #DucksOutOfWater #EastCoastKin
A medium-sized brown duck with a white stripe on its face, intricate black patterning on its body, and large baby-blue patches on its wings is in flight, its wings outstretched and up. There is out of focus green and brown vegetation in the background.
November 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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This stunning Sora was unusually cooperative, weaving in and out of the reeds in the shallow water next to the boardwalk. #BirdOfTheDay #paddling #EastCoastKin 🪶
A small gray water bird with an intricately patterned brown and black back, brown and black crown, amber eyes, and large, yellow, triangular beak walks in shallow, calm water. There are the stems of brown and green reeds and cattails in the foreground and background.
November 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Sometimes you just want to hit your head on a branch and scream...

(Blackpoll Warbler, probably not as angry as he looks)
#NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin #birds
A small yellowish-brown bird and pink-orange feet stands on a small, lichen-covered branch. He is leaning forward towards the camera. He is rubbing his head against the branch, beak wide open. He looks unamused with life.
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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The #BirdoftheDay today is birds on the #ground, and we often get large mixed flocks of sparrows foraging on the ground during fall migration. This handsome guy is a juvenile White-crowned Sparrow, looking very sharp in the grass. 🪶
A small gray and brown bird with a rusty cheek path, dark rusty stripe on its head, and dark pink-orange beak is seen in profile in green grass. There is another gray and brown bird seen from the back.
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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I'm late to #BirdOftheDay today, but the theme is #least, as in the bird you have the fewest photos of. I'm not sure which bird is the absolute least for me, but I'm choosing the Golden-winged Warbler, because it is both difficult to find and to photograph. I found this lovely lady last spring. 🪶
A tiny gray songbird with a large yellow patch on her wing, a yellow cap, and white facial markings perches on a thin branch. She is tensed and ready to jump down off the branch. There are a few green leaves of spring in both the foreground and the background.
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Flashback to summer, when I observed these two juvenile Tree Swallows #fighting and chasing each other in circles. No idea what they were fighting over, but the victor spent awhile smugly preening atop this dead tree. #BirdOfTheDay 🪶
Two medium-sized birds with gray backs and bright white chests fly near a dead tree trunk. One bird has its wings outstretched in flight and is looking downwards at the second bird. The second bird is flying head down and on its back, head stretched up and to the side, looking at the first bird.
November 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Me, sneaking into the weekend a little early...

Happy Friday everyone!
#NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin 🪶
A tiny gray, white, and yellow songbird creeps up the side of a small branch, his body pressed down against the bark. There are green and yellow leaves in the background.
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Keep your eye on the prize!
#BirdOfTheDay #Lunchtime 🪶
A small tan songbird with white spots on its tail feathers and and yellow patch on its rump dives down towards a small tan bug that is sitting on top of a green and pale orange leaf. Its tail feathers are fanned out and its beak is open, ready to scoop up the bug.
November 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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I found this Ruby Meadowhawk sunning itself next to the beach. It certainly earns the "ruby" part of its name with that color! #invert #NaturePhotography
A bright red dragonfly with bright red eyes stands on a dead piece of wood.
November 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Chestnut-Sided Warbler showing off a #Closeup view of his neon yellow cap and some magnificent floof for #BirdOfTheDay. 🪶
A tiny light gray songbird with a bright yellow cap perches on a small branch. He is in a small patch of bright sunlight and is looking up and to the right. The feathers on his flanks are fluffed up and catching the sunlight. He is surrounded by small green leaves.
November 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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It was perfectly silent in the BWCA when a pair of Common Loons surfaced just offshore. They fished and dove, unbothered by the enthralled humans sitting nearby. #birds #NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin
A large black and white water bird with red eyes, prominent black beak, and iridescent teal neck right swims in rippled, green-blue water. There are tiny water droplets scattered over the surface of the bird's feathers.
November 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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A gorgeous Killdeer on the #rocks of Lake Superior for the #BirdOfTheDay today.
A medium sized shorebird with a white chest, tan back, and two black rings around its neck stands on dark brown rock. There is out of focus teal water in the background.
November 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Mondays are hard sometimes.

(Eastern Wood-Pewee, with a not too graceful crash landing.)
#NaturePhotography #birds #EastCoastKin
A small gray bird with a long, triangular dark-colored beak attempts to land on a small, lichen-covered branch. It has grabbed with branch under its chin and is attempting, poorly, to grab the branch with its feet. It looks to be seconds away from total disaster.
November 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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The theme for #BirdOfTheDay today is #underrated, and I think Yellow-rumped Warblers are often under appreciated. The first warblers of spring and the last warblers of fall here, they are numerous and lively and have brightened up many birding outings for me. 🪶
A small white and tan songbird with a sharp, black beak and yellow on its sides is perched on a thin, vertical branch. It is bending down and to the side, with its head pointed downwards.
November 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM