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Jan Casavant
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I love going on nature walks and taking photos of birds, animals, flowers, and scenery. Music lover. Big Boston sports fan! Living back in my home state of Massachusetts after spending many years in California.

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For today’s #BOTD theme of a bird bathed in morning sunlight, here's a handsome Mallard drake gliding across a golden pond in Norfolk, Massachusetts 🦆🔅

#birds #ducks #Mallards #BirdOfTheDay #MorningLight #EastCoastKin #FeatheredFriday #photography #NikonP950 #reflections @alan678.bsky.social
A male Mallard with light brown patterned body feathers, a blue and white stripe on the side, cinnamon front, white neck ring, green head, and yellow beak, reflected in the golden colored waters of a pond in the early morning light, with some green plants on the surface. Seen at Stony Brook W.S. in Norfolk, Massachusetts.
November 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Today's close up capture is a male #CommonYellowthroat that was hopping through the brush along a trail in Marshfield, Massachusetts (May 2025) 💛

#birds #warblers #BirdOfTheDay #HeadShots #EastCoastKin #ColorADay #YellowThu #BirdPhotography #NikonP950 #Massachusetts @robcrank68.bsky.social
A cute male Common Yellowthroat with a bright yellow throat and chest, olive-colored back, and a black mask across the eyes with a ring of white feathers. This bird was hopping through the brown brush next to a trail at Daniel Webster W.S. in Marshfield, Massachusetts.
November 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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For today's #BOTD, here's a #SemipalmatedSandpiper foraging in the mud at the edge of a pond at Great Meadows NWR (Concord, Massachusetts - May 2025) 😍

#birds #sandpipers #shorebirds #BirdOfTheDay #OnTheEdge #EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography #NikonP950 #GMNWR #Massachusetts @alan678.bsky.social
A brown and white Semipalmated Sandpiper with a black beak and legs, standing in the mud and looking for snacks amid small green plants and water at the edge of the pond.
November 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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A beautiful Great Blue Heron surrounded by spent, red-brown foliage and wading in the shallow blue waters of a pond at Great Meadows NWR 💙🤩

Concord, Massachusetts (11/15/25)

#birds #herons #GreatBlueHeron #ColorADay #BlueTue #EastCoastKin #Autumn #BirdPhotography #OM-1 #Massachusetts
A Great Blue Heron with gray-blue body feathers, a dark cap and gray/white feathers on the front, standing in the blue waters of a pond filled with reddish-brown dead lotus and other plants. Seen at Great Meadows NWR in Concord, Massachusetts.
November 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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For today's bird at an unusual angle, I chose this male #AmericanGoldfinch hanging upside down to pull fluff from a cattail (Concord, Massachusetts) 😍💛

#birds #finches #BirdOfTheDay #HangingAround #nature #EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography #NikonP950 #Massachusetts @robcrank68.bsky.social
A male American Goldfinch with a bright yellow body, black cap, black wings with white, and an orange beak, hanging upside down on a brown cattail out in the marsh and surrounded by green reeds and more cattails. Seen at Great Meadows NWR in Concord, Massachusetts.
November 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Today’s alternative #BOTD is a bird with yellow eyes, so here's a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk that I spotted perched out in the woods (Westwood, Massachusetts) 🤩🤎

#birds #raptors #Red-tailedHawk #BirdOfTheDay #yelloweyes #EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography #NikonP950 #nature @alan678.bsky.social
A juvenile Red-tailed Hawk with a white front and a brown streaked belly band, reddish-brown head and wing feathers, a barred tail, and yellow eyes. The bird was perched in a large brown tree with green lichen on it, and pine needles on the branch. There are more brown trees behind the bird.
November 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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A late October view of the Kingfisher Pond while it was still lined with colorful foliage and pretty reflections under a bright blue sky (Norfolk, Massachusetts) 🍂🍁💙

#StunDay #EastCoastKin #Autumn #FallColors #photography #pondscape #reflections #Massachusetts
The blue waters of the Kingfisher Pond lined with colorful trees with green, red, orange and yellow foliage that were reflected in the pond. The sky was bright blue with streaks of white clouds which were also reflected in the pond. Seen in Norfolk, Massachusetts in late October.
November 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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For today's #BOTD couple, I chose two Mute Swans that I saw swimming together on a pond in Norfolk, Massachusetts (Sept. 2025) 🦢💙

#birds #swans #SwanDay #photography #OM-1 #nature #Massachusetts #BirdOfTheDay #Mr&Mrs #EastCoastKin @robcrank68.bsky.social
Two white Mute Swans with orange beaks and black eye masks swimming on the rippled blue waters of a pond with green plants and water lilies. Seen at Stony Brook W.S. in Norfolk, Massachusetts.
November 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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A cute little White-breasted Nuthatch perched on a tree and posiing for me at Stony Brook W.S. in Norfolk, Massachusetts (Oct. 2025) 💙😍

#birds #White-BreastedNuthatch #BlueSkyArtShow #small #ColorADay #GreenSat #EastCoastKin #nature #BirdPhotography #OM-1 #Massachusetts
A small White-breasted Nuthatch with blue-gray wings and tail, white face and belly, and a dark cap perched on a broken portion of a brown tree trunk. The bird is surrounded by more brown branches, tiny berries in red and yellow, and blurred green foliage in the background. Seen at Stony Brook W.S. in Norfolk, Massachusetts.
November 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Today's alternative #BOTD is a bird that's singing, so here's a little Marsh Wren just singing away! 🤎🎶😊

Concord, Massachusetts (May 2025)

#birds #wrens #MarshWren #BirdOfTheDay #Singing #EastCoastKin #FlyDay #BirdPhotography #NikonP950 #Massachusetts @robcrank68.bsky.social
A tiny reddish brown and white Marsh Wren singing away out in the marsh at Great Meadows NWR in Concord, Massachusetts. The wren is perched on some brown foliage with a blurred green background from reeds in the marsh.
November 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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For #ThrowbackThursday, here's one of the resident Common Ravens perched on a fence overlooking cliffs covered with colorful ice plant 🖤

Bodega Head, Bodega Bay, California (Jan. 2022)

#birds #corvids #CommonRaven #ThursJay #BirdPhotography #Olympus #BodegaBay #NorCal
An all black Common Raven perched on the light brown rail of a fence that overlooks green, red and yellow ice plant on the cliffs at Bodega Head.
November 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Today's #BOTD is Thrushes, so I chose a pretty American Robin perched in a shrub with red berries for the holidays (Concord, Massachusetts) ❤️😍

#birds #AmericanRobin #thrushes #BirdOfTheDay #HolidayRobin #EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography #Olympus #Massachusetts @alan678.bsky.social
An American Robin with a red-orange breast, white underparts, and gray-brown wings perched in a bush with brown branches and red berries, with some evergreens in the background. Seen in Concord, Massachusetts.
November 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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A male Downy Woodpecker poking around for insects in the bark of a tree at Great Meadows NWR 😍❤️

Concord, Massachusetts (11/15/25)

#birds #DownyWoodpecker #WoodpeckerWednesday #nature #BirdPhotography #OM-1 #GMNWR #Massachusetts
A małe Downy Woodpecker with a white chest and black and white spotted wings and tail, black cap ringed with white and a red patch on his head. He was poking his beak into the brown bark of a tree while he was looking for insects. There are more brown branches and a blue sky in the background. Seen in Concord, Massachusetts.
November 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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This fluffy little American Tree Sparrow fits both of today's #BOTD categories of round and sparrows (Norfolk, Massachusetts) 🧡😍

#birds #borb #AmericsnTreeSparrow #BirdOfTheDay #round #sparrows #EastCoastKin #nature #BirdPhotography #NikonP950 #MassAudubon @robcrank68.bsky.social
A small American Tree Sparrow with white and rufous colored body feathers, a rusty cap and eyeline and a rusty spot on its chest. The bird was fluffed up in the cold and was perched on the reddish brown branches of a small tree in Norfolk, Massachusetts.
November 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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For today's bird, here's a sleepy little Burrowing Owl with mottled feathers hidden down among rocks and grasses (Petaluma, California) 😍🤎

#birds #owls #raptors #BurrowingOwl #BirdOfTheDay #mottled #EastCoastKin #AnimalArtTuesday #BirdPhotography #Olympus @alan678.bsky.social
A small Burrowing Owl with brown feathers mottled with white spots hidden down by its burrow near gray rocks and green grasses in Petaluma, California.
November 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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For today's bird I chose a favorite shot of a Red-shouldered Hawk staring down at me as I was taking photos (Petaluma, California) 🧡👁️

#birds #raptors #hawks #Red-shoulderedHawk #BirdOfTheDay #StareDown #EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography #Olympus #EllisCreek #NorCal @robcrank68.bsky.social
A Red-shouldered Hawk with reddish shoulders, brown and white wing feathers, red-orange and white striped chest, and a reddish and white head, perched on a brown branch of a eucalyptus tree covered with narrow green leaves. Seen at Ellis Creek Wetlands in Petaluma, California. This is one of a pair that nested in this tree.
November 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Today's bird is a Gray Catbird with its beak open as it called to another bird nearby (Norfolk, Massachusetts) 😍🖤

#birds #GrayCatbird #BirdOfTheDay #ShadesOfGray #BeakOpen #StunDay #EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography #OM-1 #MassAudubon @alan678.bsky.social
A Gray Catbird with gray body feathers and a black cap perched on a brown branch in a bush with red berries and green leaves in Norfolk, Massachusetts.
November 16, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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A young Common Gallinule (fka Moorhen) enjoying some fresh greens in the marshy area of a wetlands pond in Petaluma, California 🤎😍

#birds #BirdOfTheDay #CootsAndMoorhens #nature #BirdPhotography #Olympus #waterfowl #EllisCreek #NorCal @robcrank68.bsky.social
A young Common Gallinule with dark brown back and wing feathers, a gray front edged with white feathers, a dark head and eyes, and bright green legs is eating some greens found in a marshy area of the pond with brown reeds and some green foliage in the background. Seen at Ellis Creek Wetlands in Petaluma, California.
November 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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A peek view of the Kingfisher Pond lined with colorful foliage lit up by the bright afternoon sun and reflected in the water (Norfolk, Massachusetts) 🍂🍁💙

#BlueSkyArtShow #bright #EastCoastKin #Autumn #FallColors #photography #pondscape #reflections #Massachusetts
Looking through a canopy of trees with orange and yellow leaves to the blue waters of the Kingfisher Pond lined with trees and foliage in green, orange, red and yellow colors, with a blue sky above. Seen in Norfolk, Massachusetts in October.
November 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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I decided to do some decluttering today, so of course the first box I opened had an envelope full of old ticket stubs and now I'm just reminiscing and listening to music. Great memories of wonderful artists! 🎶🥰

#music #concerts #favoriteartists #memories #Massachusetts
Ticket stubs in yellow, blue, green, white and black from various live concerts I attended in Massachusetts.
November 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Mute Swan gliding across a pond in the glow of the early morning sunlight (Norfolk, Massachusetts) 🦢🧡

#birds #swans #MuteSwan #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin #flyday #FeatheredFriday #photography #NikonP950 #reflections #Massachusetts @alan678.bsky.social
A Mute Swan with white feathers, an orange beak, black mask, and brown patch on its head reflected in the orange and blue water of the pond lit up by early morning sunlight. There are mounds of brown mud and some green plants in the background. Seen at Stony Brook Audubon in Norfolk, Massachusetts.
November 14, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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#BirdOfTheDay theme today is #paddling birds standing or walking in shallow water. The alternate is #yellow birds. Here's a #YellowWarbler that was #standing by the edge of a pond for both themes (Concord, Massachusetts)💛

#birds #warblers #WarblerWednesday #BirdPhotography @alan678.bsky.social
A Yellow Warbler with a yellow body and brown on the wings that was bathing by the edge of a pond with murky gray water and some green grass in the brown mud on the edge. Seen in June at Great Meadows NWR in Concord, Massachusetts.
November 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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A welcoming bench at the corner of a path lined with trees and late fall foliage, set against blue skies with white clouds 💙

Great Meadows NWR, Concord, Massachusetts (Oct. 2025)

#ColorADay #BlueTue #EastCoastKin #Autumn #nature #clouds #photography #NikonP950 #Massachusetts
A brown bench at the corner of a brown dirt trail lined with mostly bare trees with some green leaves and rust colored fall foliage closer to the ground. There's a blue sky with puffy white clouds in the background. Seen at Great Meadows NWR in Concord, Massachusetts.
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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For today's bird, here's a Song Sparrow foraging on the ground and holding a dragonfly that he had just caught in his beak! (Concord, Massachusetts) 🤎

#birds #sparrows #SongSparrow #nature #BirdOfTheDay #BirdsOnTheGround #EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography #OM-1 @robcrank68.bsky.social
A Song Sparrow with feathers in shades of brown, gray and white holding a green dragonfly in his beak and standing on a brown dirt trail with gray pebbles and some green weeds. Seen at Great Meadows NWR in Concord, Massachusetts.
November 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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A bird that I've captured with my camera only one time is an #Ash-throatedFlycatcher. A friend and I were on the S.R. Creek Trail when I spotted this bird! (Santa Rosa, California) 🤎🪶

#birds #flycatchers #BirdOfTheDay #least #EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography #Olympus @alan678.bsky.social
The Ash-throated Flycatcher is grayish brown with a pale yellow belly and cinnamon edges on the wing feathers with two white wing bars. The underside of the tail is cinnamon bordered by brownish gray. The head and face is ashy gray with a whitish throat. This bird was perched near a creek and was surrounded by green foliage and small yellow flowers. Seen along the Santa Rosa Creek Trail in Santa Rosa, California.
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM