Sure, you've seen hundreds of birds on land take flight, but have you seen hundreds of pelicans on the OCEAN take flight? 🦑 🪶

Speak out the wish like music,
that has within it
the horn, the string,
the drum pitched deep as grief.
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See now
open above the field,
stilled in wing-stiffened flight,
the stretched hawk fly.

Louise Bogan, from
The Blue Estuaries

I appreciate you all 🤍
May it be a better year

Hiked to Kaaterskill Falls. They are most beautiful when frozen.

Wings of Fire and Shadow

It seems appropriate that the penultimate image for this year is this - a great Phoenix aflame, to fade to ashes with the diminishing sun, awaiting a new dawn, and a new year.

#Twizel, #NewZealand

#Phoenix #Sunset #Rebirth #EastCoastKin #Photography #Landscape #Scape

Happy Tuesday! Forecasted fierce winds had abated by morning so I had a pretty comfortable walk – but there was no sunrise. So as a consolation gift here's a shot from downtown looking into the bay towards Sandy Hook (NJ) today. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

It's a Doublah ☘️

#photography

Cold, grey, windy and mist free ... not conducive to random snapping, and with avian friends are sensibly staying huddled in nests, lets look forward to Spring by going back to last Spring ... and a random blue hour on the riverbank

#Photography #BlueSkyMonday #EastCoastKin

This doesn’t feel random 😳
It feels selected. 😍
📍 Lake Geneva, Switzerland 🇨🇭

#Autumn #Sunrise
Seen on my #DailyWalk
I love the way the street light blends with the colors of the sunrise.
#PNW Photography

Anthony Theakston Sculpts a Spirited Flock of Bronze and Ceramic #Birds #art #sculpture

Link for more #photos and information: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/12/anth...

Here's a shot I got in May of a Cliff Swallow colony on the central coast. There were so many nests I lost count and I can't wait to get back there in 2026!

#Birds #Photography #Nature