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Mike Dixon
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I shoot birds....and sometimes people 📷

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Michael Dixon
amateur photographer based in southern california specializing in birds, landscapes and sports.
www.michaeldixonphotography.com
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Eagle close-up for the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #HeadShots. Should have been a turkey.

📷🌿🪶
November 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Looking up at this mesmerizing face from about 15 feet (or 4.57 meters).

A great horned owl photographed in Longmont, Colorado.

#HeadShots #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #owl #owls #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #great_horned_owl #great_horned_owls
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
November 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
November 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Our themesters have deemed the #BirdOfTheDay theme today to be #OnTheEdge , any bird at the edge of a body of water...and I'm throwing in some #reflections for good measure! #EastCoastKin

#birds #birding #birdnerd #birdwatching #heron #egret #PhotographersOfBlueSky #nature #wildlife
November 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
egrets? I've had a few....

photographed at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve in Southern California

#birds #birding #birdnerd #birdwatching #egret #wader #wildlife #nature #PhotographersOfBlueSky
November 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #HangingAround, which is 'Birds at Unusual Angles'

lesser goldfinch ftw! #EastCoastKin
photographed at Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve in Los Angeles

#birds #birding #birdnerd #birdwatching #goldfinch #nature #wildlife #PhotographersOfBlueSky
November 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Ok one more video. the most beautiful fluke I've seen. edited for EXTRA BEAUTY!!!
November 24, 2025 at 4:51 AM
I'm going with the #BirdoftheDay alternate: #YellowEyes

osprey giving me the "don't EFF with it" look! #EastCoastKin

#birds #birding #birdnerd #birdwatching #birdsofprey #osprey #PhotographersOfBlueSky
November 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #GroundedGulls, that's any Gull not in flight

I have a tweener - this one just landed in the lake at Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve in Southern California. #EastCoastKin

#birds #birding #birdnerd #birdwatching #PhotographersOfBlueSky #nature #wildlife #photography
November 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Moments like these cleanse the soul.

Six incredibly humbling weeks in the Himalayas. Excited to share what I saw with you! 🏔️ 🌅 ✌🏽

#eastcoastkin #scape #nature #art #sunset #animals #mountains #himalayas #travel #hiking #stormhour #friday #photohour #bluesky #photography #stunday #landscape #nepal
November 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
#BirdOfTheDay them is one of my faves - we go some #waders all up in the hizzouse! #EastCoastKin

Canopy hunting is a common practice for egrets near me - it reduces glare on the water surface, helping them see better

#birds #birding #birdnerd #birdwatching #egret #heron #PhotographersOfBlueSky
November 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
today's #BirdOfTheDay the theme is Birds looking a bit on the #Round side. The Alternative Birds are #Sparrows.

got a twofer with this little roly poly: song sparrow in golden hour #EastCoastKin

#birds #birding #birdnerd #birdwatching #nature #wildlife #PhotographersOfBlueSky #canon #sparrow
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #mottled birds marked with spots of a different colour

I submit to you: black-cheeked woodpecker

Found this mating pair tending to their nest in Bocas del Toro, Panama. #EastCoastKin

#birds #birding #birdnerd #birdwatching #woodpecker #PhotographersOfBlueSky
November 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Turns out today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Staredown
This is a Grey Crowned Crane wants to know where it's food is kept. 😳
#EastCoastKin
#Cranes #Birds
#Wildlife
#Macrophotography
#Photography
#MacroMonday
📷 @leurigram
November 18, 2025 at 2:13 AM
November 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I can't not also throw in a little #ShadesOfGrey for the #BirdOfTheDay with this rather exceptional looking common black hawk

it perched on a branch outside my hotel balcony in El Sunzal, El Salvador #EastCoastKin

#birds #birding #birdnerd #birdwatching #hawk #birdsofprey #photographersofbluesky
November 17, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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A brown pelican with a giant yawn, earlier this year at Pebble Beach, California

#Birds #BirdOfTheDay #BeakOpen #ShadesOfGrey #Birdscrolling #Pelicans #WestCoast #California #Photography #Nature
November 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I, too, am going with the #BirdOfTheDay alternative #beakopen

This well photographed family of peregrine falcons in San Pedro (CA) last spring agree that mom's dove is the best!
#EastCoastKin

#birds #birding #birdnerd #birdwatching #birdsofprey #falcon #PhotographersOfBlueSky #canon #nature
November 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I'm a go with #CootsAndMoorhens for my #BirdOfTheDay.

this old coot was chillen in the lake at Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve in Los Angeles. #EastCoastKin

#birds #birding #birdnerd #birdwatching #coot #nature #wildlife #photographersofbluesky
November 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
My bird on a #post for #BirdOfTheDay is our dear old friend, Cooper Hawke (no relation to Ethan). #EastCoastKin

#birds #birding #birdnerd #birdwatching #birdsofprey #hawk #photography #nature #wildlife #silhouette
November 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #DucksOutOfWater

like these mallard ducklings from this spring
photographed at sepulveda basin wildlife reserve in los angeles
#EastCoastKin

#birds #birding #birdnerd #birdwatching #mallard #nature #wildlife
November 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #paddling birds standing or walking in shallow water. The alternate is #yellow birds with any yellow colouring.

I'm going to double dip with these Canada goose goslings (Canada goslings?) that are just too damn cute
#EastCoastKin

#birds #birdnerd #birding
November 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
ooh, fun #BirdoftheDay theme!

the bird I have captured the #least has to be the Great Horned Owl - there are a lot around me but this is the only one I've ever captured. #EastCoastKin

#birds #birding #birdnerd #birdwatching #owl #gho #nature #wildlife #photography
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM