Michelle
@mountainbirdfan.bsky.social
Birds and sky photographer; travel, birding, Astro. Nikon photographer.
#PhotographersUnited <== community carryover from Threads
#PhotographersUnited <== community carryover from Threads
For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme, @robcrank68.bsky.social chose #Groups (groups of 4 or more birds & can be different species).
I give you the Sandhills cranes in Bosque del Apache, NM.
I give you the Sandhills cranes in Bosque del Apache, NM.
December 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme, @robcrank68.bsky.social chose #Groups (groups of 4 or more birds & can be different species).
I give you the Sandhills cranes in Bosque del Apache, NM.
I give you the Sandhills cranes in Bosque del Apache, NM.
#BirdOfTheDay #HeronsandEgrets with the alternative being #birdsandrocks any bird with a rock in the frame. Let’s see what I have: a green heron surveying the inner bay in Grand Cayman … from a lava rock shore.
December 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
#BirdOfTheDay #HeronsandEgrets with the alternative being #birdsandrocks any bird with a rock in the frame. Let’s see what I have: a green heron surveying the inner bay in Grand Cayman … from a lava rock shore.
Today I’m not birding - or even taking the pictures. Instead, I’m catching the joy I can with one of the joys of my life. Hoping you all may find moments like this.
December 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Today I’m not birding - or even taking the pictures. Instead, I’m catching the joy I can with one of the joys of my life. Hoping you all may find moments like this.
Met this wood stork up close while birding in Costa Rica last month. #birdoftheday #birds #PhotographersUnited #Wildlifephotography #NikonPhotography
November 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Met this wood stork up close while birding in Costa Rica last month. #birdoftheday #birds #PhotographersUnited #Wildlifephotography #NikonPhotography
Spent some time with the sandhill cranes in Bosque del Apache this weekend. Great way to reset. #birdphotography #birds#nikonphotography #photographersunited
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Spent some time with the sandhill cranes in Bosque del Apache this weekend. Great way to reset. #birdphotography #birds#nikonphotography #photographersunited
Fall Friday is for northern harrier hunting. Splendid day at Watson Lake in Prescott. #Nikonphotography #birding #wildlifephotography
November 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Fall Friday is for northern harrier hunting. Splendid day at Watson Lake in Prescott. #Nikonphotography #birding #wildlifephotography
A6 (Lemmon) from Sedona over Castle Rock (with rock formation) #Astrophotography #Nikonphotography #Nightsky
October 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A6 (Lemmon) from Sedona over Castle Rock (with rock formation) #Astrophotography #Nikonphotography #Nightsky
October 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Denali showed up for us from Anchorage. #mountainmonday #photographersunited #nikonphotography #landscapephotography
October 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Denali showed up for us from Anchorage. #mountainmonday #photographersunited #nikonphotography #landscapephotography
Common black hawk on the hunt. #photographersunited #nikonphotography #birds #birdphotography #birdsofprey
September 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Common black hawk on the hunt. #photographersunited #nikonphotography #birds #birdphotography #birdsofprey
Lewis’s woodpeckers in abundance today, feasting on acorns.
September 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Lewis’s woodpeckers in abundance today, feasting on acorns.
Added this lifer to my list last week, but stopped by this morning and was rewarded by closer images. Lewis’s Woodpecker. #Photographersunited #wildlifephotography #birding #nikonphotography
September 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Added this lifer to my list last week, but stopped by this morning and was rewarded by closer images. Lewis’s Woodpecker. #Photographersunited #wildlifephotography #birding #nikonphotography
A love letter to Alaska. I can't say enough about how beautiful the area was and how memorable our trip was. Alaska and Alaskans really showed up.
September 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
A love letter to Alaska. I can't say enough about how beautiful the area was and how memorable our trip was. Alaska and Alaskans really showed up.
Homer, AK - just now. AK, you are A+.
August 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Homer, AK - just now. AK, you are A+.
Haven’t spent much time on social media lately, but I’ve been living my best life these past couple of weeks in Alaska. Bears at Katmai were special #PhotographersUnited #nikon #wildlifephotography
August 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Haven’t spent much time on social media lately, but I’ve been living my best life these past couple of weeks in Alaska. Bears at Katmai were special #PhotographersUnited #nikon #wildlifephotography
Middie at 20+ yo. Not much longer (his hips are giving way), but a little more time in a sunny window sill.
July 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Middie at 20+ yo. Not much longer (his hips are giving way), but a little more time in a sunny window sill.
Something different, sort of -
Hot and windy few days in Death Valley in July (who doesn't do that?), specifically to go see the Wildrose Charcoal Kilns. They didn't disappoint. Open images to see pano in the first one. #PhotographersUnited #NikonPhotography #AstroPhotography
Hot and windy few days in Death Valley in July (who doesn't do that?), specifically to go see the Wildrose Charcoal Kilns. They didn't disappoint. Open images to see pano in the first one. #PhotographersUnited #NikonPhotography #AstroPhotography
July 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Something different, sort of -
Hot and windy few days in Death Valley in July (who doesn't do that?), specifically to go see the Wildrose Charcoal Kilns. They didn't disappoint. Open images to see pano in the first one. #PhotographersUnited #NikonPhotography #AstroPhotography
Hot and windy few days in Death Valley in July (who doesn't do that?), specifically to go see the Wildrose Charcoal Kilns. They didn't disappoint. Open images to see pano in the first one. #PhotographersUnited #NikonPhotography #AstroPhotography
My poor camera gear. First, my card reader decided to give up the ghost, then someone broke into my car and stole my Z6ii and 150-600mm lens and wedding pics, and then I got shampoo all over my 400mm lens in the drive home. Here's a white-eyed swinhoe I managed to keep.
June 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
My poor camera gear. First, my card reader decided to give up the ghost, then someone broke into my car and stole my Z6ii and 150-600mm lens and wedding pics, and then I got shampoo all over my 400mm lens in the drive home. Here's a white-eyed swinhoe I managed to keep.
Happy Saturday! Stay warm.
April 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Happy Saturday! Stay warm.
Birds and ocotillo in southern AZ last week. #Nikonphotographer #PhotographersUnited #WildlifePhotography #Birds
April 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Birds and ocotillo in southern AZ last week. #Nikonphotographer #PhotographersUnited #WildlifePhotography #Birds
Spectacular weekend watching the sandhill crane migration. While there were hundreds of thousands of birds funneling through the Platte River, it's worthwhile to enjoy the beauty of the area and individuals too. #Birds #Nikonphotography #wildlifephotography #SandhillCranes #PhotographersUnited
April 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Spectacular weekend watching the sandhill crane migration. While there were hundreds of thousands of birds funneling through the Platte River, it's worthwhile to enjoy the beauty of the area and individuals too. #Birds #Nikonphotography #wildlifephotography #SandhillCranes #PhotographersUnited
Spring is springing. We had the extreme good fortune to witness not only the largest sandhill migration in NE, but also the annual prairie chicken “lek,” the mating ritual as old as time. Freezing mornings be damned, it was magical. #photographersunited #birds #wildlifephotography #nikonphotographer
March 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Spring is springing. We had the extreme good fortune to witness not only the largest sandhill migration in NE, but also the annual prairie chicken “lek,” the mating ritual as old as time. Freezing mornings be damned, it was magical. #photographersunited #birds #wildlifephotography #nikonphotographer
I want to post my brown boobies (birds, ya filthy minds), but I’m going to wait for mama to move her baby farther from the top of the cliff where we saw them. Meantime, here are more pretty sea jewels. #photographersunited #wildlifephotography #om7-g
March 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I want to post my brown boobies (birds, ya filthy minds), but I’m going to wait for mama to move her baby farther from the top of the cliff where we saw them. Meantime, here are more pretty sea jewels. #photographersunited #wildlifephotography #om7-g
Who goes to Cayman to look at birds? Well, …
#photographersunited #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nikonphotography
#photographersunited #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nikonphotography
March 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Who goes to Cayman to look at birds? Well, …
#photographersunited #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nikonphotography
#photographersunited #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nikonphotography
Burying my head in … the water this week. Taking my OM TG-7 out for a spin. Pretty fishies.
March 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Burying my head in … the water this week. Taking my OM TG-7 out for a spin. Pretty fishies.