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Michelle Cozens
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Connecticut & New Zealand
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Since I’ve never even seen any #thrushes in my entire 62 years (sheltered life), I’m going to have to go with the alternate #BirdOfTheDay theme of #waders
#birds #EastCoastKin
A great egret wades in a salt marsh. Water in the foreground, golden grasses in the background.
November 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
measureofcalm.bsky.social
“Y’all from the city?”
#mammals #EastCoastKin
Deer looking at the camera. Only the upper back/chest and head area in the image. Snowy background. Deer is chewing on some greens which are coming out of the left side of its mouth.
November 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Yellow-rumped Warbler 🪶 among the golden late-autumn blossoms of a witch-hazel tree.

#birds #birding #birdphotography #naturephotography #warblers #EastCoastKin #WitchHazel
In the tender frosty green of early spring, a pair of Yellow-rumped Warblers built a nest in an old witch-hazel tree. Its bark was smooth and silver, its roots deep in the earth, and buds adorned every branch. The birds wove a nest of grass and moss in a sun-caught crook, hidden from sight. Five eggs rested within, pale as pearls, but only one stirred and cracked. A single chick emerged—tiny, shivering, and fragile. The witchhazel felt his hunger, drank from the soil, and sent its strength upward, unfurling leaves to shield him as the sun grew hotter. Summer hummed with life: insects drifted through the humid air, and the forest bloomed. The fledgling learned his strength in that season. He hopped along the branches, fluttered between blossoms, and found in the witchhazel a patient teacher. Its flowers called the flies and moths he hunted; its leaves fattened the caterpillars that fed him. Each day he flew farther, yet always returned to the same branch—the rhythm of bark and shade became his world. When autumn deepened, the forest filled with voices: warblers gathering, bright yellow and olive, speaking of southern forests draped in moss. The young bird trembled with wonder and one night he followed their song into the sky. The witchhazel watched him vanish and, in the hush that followed, grew lonely. As frost crept through the ridges and other trees stood bare, it drew the last warmth from the soil and blossomed again—gold ribbons of fire in a gray wood. Days passed, and word of its beauty spread. Cardinals, sparrows, and bluebirds came to rest among its branches like bright ornaments. Yet the witchhazel missed its friend. Then one still morning, it felt the faint touch of tiny feet. The warbler had returned early, feathers tipped with gold along wings and crown—a tribute to the tree that had sheltered him. He would stay through the winter, foraging what he could from the quiet, snowy meadows, keeping the witchhazel company through the long hush of the cold.
November 19, 2025 at 11:34 AM
measureofcalm.bsky.social
The #birdoftheday theme for today is #round
#birds #EastCoastKin #Wrensday
A Carolina wren stands on a broken branch which is sprinkled with snow. The bird is facing left. The background is snowy with some bare vertical branches.
November 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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A beaver swims in frigid waters. #mammals #EastCoastKin
A beaver swims in water with a thin crust of ice on top. It is facing right, with just its face, ears, and upper back visible.
November 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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A Fiadh action shot during a sunset fetch session.
County Clare, Ireland.
November 12, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Happy Tuesday peeps
#macro #macrophotography #photography #wellbeing #mindfulness

Hope you are not just hanging by a thread today like this wee raindrop 😊
A close-up macro photograph shows a bright green leaf tip with a single, perfectly round raindrop hanging from it. The droplet is suspended by several fine, silken threads—likely spider silk—giving it a delicate, floating appearance. Inside the raindrop, the surrounding greenery is reflected in a soft, distorted, jewel-like pattern. Tiny white specks cling to the silk near the droplet. The background is a smooth, dark green blur, emphasizing the sharp, glossy clarity of the droplet and the vibrant texture of the leaf.
November 18, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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A Spotted dove flaunting its #mottled beauty…

#BirdOfTheDay #birds
#birdphotography #photography
#EastCoastKin #doves #nature
November 18, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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Cynthia the Song Thrush #ukbirds #BirdOfTheDay #mottled
November 18, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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#birdoftheday #birds #vogels #natuur #nature #photography

Bahamapijlstaart
(Anas bahamensis).
Diergaarde Blijdorp, Rotterdam.
November 18, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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#BirdOfTheDay main theme is #mottled with an alt theme of #blurry and it seems I have checked both boxes with this female red-winged blackbird. #birds #EastCoastKin
A female red-winged black bird (which is not black or red-winged but tan and mottled with slight reddish patches on its shoulders) stands on a water lily leaf, about to peck at the yellow flower.
November 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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This juvenile bald eagle is #birdoftheday with its #mottled feathers. It’s sporting the latest “beach hair, don’t care” look with the wind at its back.
Juvenile bald eagle with brown feather spotted throughout its white breast. Feathers look ruffled by the wind and eagle is staring at the camera.
November 18, 2025 at 8:28 AM
measureofcalm.bsky.social
She was eating right next to the walking path. I had to back up for my zoom lens to be able to focus.
Those eyes, though. ❤️
#mammals #EastCoastKin
A white tailed deer looks directly into the camera. The photo is close cropped and you can see bits of snow on her nose.
November 18, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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A young Red-headed Woodpecker, who still has some gray head feathers, did not want a Pileated Woodpecker around and let the much bigger bird know.
November 17, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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For the #birdoftheday theme of #staredown, a black necked crane that lives at the International Crane Foundation.

#birds #wildlife #nature #crane #protectnature #photography #EastCoastKin
A black necked crane with its head down and looking toward the camera
November 17, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Rob’s theme is #Staredown
I’ve used this falcon before but it’s a beauty so 😜
#BirdOfTheDay
#birds #ukbirding #birdphotography #naturephotography
#EastCoastKin
November 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Three masked Mallard marauder ducklings ... almost perfectly camouflaged...
November 17, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Sorry for the delay, my mum being ill needed my time over the last 36hrs, and a Birthday Break/Trip to see the Grey Seals starts tomorrow.

But here goes with today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #StareDown, any bird looking at you, and the Alternative is #GullsInFlight.

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin
A Magpie giving me a stare down at RSPB Old Moor A Blue Tit giving me a stare down at RSPB Old Moor A Northern Shoveler giving me a stare down at RSPB Old Moor A Greenfinch giving me a stare down at RSPB Old Moor
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Show me the way, I'm lost 🤷🏼

#BirdofTheDay #GullsinFlight
#birding #SensoryArt #water #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #LakeConstance #scape #nature #outdoors #thelittlethings #ArtYear #photohour #EastCoastKin
You can see two seagulls in flight, the front one pointing its wings to the left while the rear one points its wings to the right. In the background, there are more seagulls in green water.
November 17, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Cynthia the Song Thrush #ukbirds #BirdOfTheDay
#StareDown
November 17, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Thanks Rob for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme: #StareDown, any bird looking at you, and the Alternative is #GullsInFlight.

Red-shouldered Hawk
(Buteo lineatus)

CREW bird rookery swamp trail
Bonita Springs, Florida 11-11-25

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #birding #raptors #birdPhotography #hawks
Hawk condescending from a branch. Golden eyes, sun-dappled, breast thinly striped in white and tawny, darker brown, white-speckled wings, ending in considerable orange talons, grey tail feathers hanging below the branch, to the bottom of the frame.
November 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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A #WhiteThroatedSparrow for #BirdOfTheDay #StareDown
I was honestly shocked I was able to get this close
#UrbanNature #HighPark
#Birds #Sparrow
#Toronto
November 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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This memorable day in 2017 is in my top ten of lifetime birding experiences. Having a #staredown with a 🪶Great Gray Owl is something that you don’t forget. #BirdOfTheDay
#CanadaBirds
November 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Das Hardenberger Ufer am Baldeneysee
📍Essen, NRW
📷Evgeni Tcherkasski
#landscapephotography #landscape #photography #flickr flic.kr/p/2rDTD4m
November 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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I’m a huge fan of mammals (except for humans - the jury is still out on them) and this week I am going to post a mammal a day in addition to my bird of the day. #mammals #squirrels #EastCoastKin
A close up shot of a squirrel in the snow. Snow is in the foreground and snow and bare branches are in the background. The squirrel has brought its front paws to its mouth. There is a sprinkling of snow on its paws and nose. Its left ear is folded down by a little branch.
November 17, 2025 at 12:08 PM