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

All photos are mine except for the reposts

portfolio/contact: www.michaeldixonphotography.com

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Our #BirdOfTheDay theme is #HeadShots

here's an assortment of the same from the archives #EastCoastKin

#birds #birding #birdnerd #birdwatching #egret #hawk #mallard #heron #PhotographersOfBlueSky
closeup of a snowy egret - white bird with yellow eyes and black beak closeup of a red-tailed hawk - brown bird with light chest and black beak closeup of a mallard - brown bird with iridescent head closeup of a great blue heron - gray bird with white accents and black/yellow beak
November 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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#birds #birding #birdnerd ##birdwatching #photography #nature #wildlife
November 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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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
great egret - large white bird with yellow beak - on a river bank. you can see its reflection in the water great blue heron - large gray bird with dark gray accents - standing on a river bank. you can see its reflection in the water.
November 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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egrets? I've had a few....

photographed at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve in Southern California

#birds #birding #birdnerd #birdwatching #egret #wader #wildlife #nature #PhotographersOfBlueSky
great egret - white bird with yellow beak and eyes - with a fish in its mouth reddish egret - gray bird with maroon head - standing on one leg and looking down intently snowy egret - white bird with yellow eyes and black beak - standing with mouth open...something appears to be wrong with its tongue(?)
November 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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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
lesser goldfinch - yellow bird with black/white accents on wings - hanging upside down on a flower stem lesser goldfinch - yellow bird with black/white accents on wings - hanging upside down on a flower stem lesser goldfinch - yellow bird with black/white accents on wings - hanging upside down on a flower stem
November 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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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
osprey - white bird with brown wings - looking directly at the camera
November 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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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
a seagull's wings and tail feathers are up as it lands in a lake
November 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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#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
a reddish egret - gray bird with maroon neck/head - engaging in a practice known as "canopy hunting", where they use their wings to reduce glare on the water A snowy egret - white bird with black beak and legs - engaging in a practice known as "canopy hunting", where they use their wings to reduce glare on the water
November 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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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
song sparrow - brown bird with black accents balanced between two tree branches
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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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
black cheeked woodpecker - black and white spotted bird with red head standing on tree trunk. it's mate is in the nest/hole black cheeked woodpecker - black and white spotted bird with red head standing on tree trunk. black cheeked woodpecker - black and white spotted bird with red head standing on tree trunk.
November 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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#staredown is the #birdoftheday theme!

so many to choose from....🤔
#EastCoastKin

#birds #birding #birdnerd #birdwatching #falcon #hawk #heron #nature #wildlife #PhotographersOfBluesky
green heron - rust-colored bird with yellow legs and eyes looking at the camera burrowing owl - brown bird with white highlights looking at the camera red tail hawk - brown bird with white highlights looking at the camera osprey - white bird with brown wings looking at the camera
November 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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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
common black hawk - large bird with grey feathers and yellow legs/beak standing on a tree branch common black hawk - large bird with grey feathers and yellow legs/beak standing on a tree branch common black hawk - large bird with grey feathers and yellow legs/beak standing on a tree branch
November 17, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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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
peregrine falcon adult feeding a juvenile peregrine falcon adult feeding a juvenile
November 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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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
american coot - a black bird with red eyes and white bill swims in a lake american coot - a black bird with red eyes and white bill swims in a lake
November 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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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
silhouette of a cooper's hawk on a telephone pole with prey
November 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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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
a pair of mallard ducklings (yellow/brown birds with brown beaks) stands on the shore of a lake a pair of mallard ducklings (yellow/brown birds with brown beaks) stands on the shore of a lake with their parent keeping a watchful eye
November 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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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
a pair of canada goose goslings (yellow and gray birds with black bills) swim close to their parent
November 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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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
great horned owl sitting on a tree branch next to a large rock
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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yesterday, in Manhattan Beach, CA

posted in IG too...hoping somebody knows him!

#surf #surfer #surfing #surfboard #ocean #beach #waves #photography #canon #sports #railgrab #aerial #photographersofbluesky
surfer executes a turn with big spray surfer on lip of the wave getting ready to perform an aerial trick surfer launching off lip of the wave and reaching for his rail closeup of surfer launching off the lip of a wave and grabbing his rail
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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the #BirdoftheDay theme is #StandingonThings

gotta go with my all time fave! #EastCoastKin
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photographed in Bocas Del Toro, Panama

#birds #birding #birdnerd #birdwatching #hawk #birdsofprey #photography #canon #nature #wildlife
roadside hawk - brown/tan bird with gold beak and talons standing on a sign written in Spanish that translates to "meeting point" in English
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Still a little time left to #TakeOff with my #BirdOfTheDay

4 frames of a red tail hawk taking flight

#birds #birding #birdnerd #birdwatching #hawk #birdsofprey #nature #wildlife #photography #shotoncanon
tan and brown bird taking off from a tree tan and brown bird taking off from a tree tan and brown bird taking off from a tree tan and brown bird taking off from a tree
November 9, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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I've got some angry birds for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme: #Fighting

snowy egrets
canadian geese
common raven harassing a red tail hawk
#EastCoastKin

#birds #birding #birdnerd #birdwatching #photography #nature #wildlife #egrt #goose #raven #hawk
snowy egret (white bird with black bill and legs) intimidates another snowy egret canadian goose (large bird with black head and brown body) chases another goose who is partially submerged in the water common raven (black bird) harassing a red tail hawk (tan bird with brow trim and head) in flight
November 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay alternative is #fluffy , birds with feathers fluffed up:

a struttin snow egret
a cooper's hawk basking in warm light
a great blue heron stretching his neck feathers
a green heron standing in the riverbed
#EastCoastKin

#birds #birding #birdnerd #photography #birdwatching
snow egret - a white bird with yellow eyes and black beak with head and neck feathers fluffed cooper's hawk - a tan/white bird with orange eyes and fluffed feathers standing on a tree branch great blue heron - a gray bird with yellow eyes and fluffy neck feathers green heron - a dark green and burgandy bird with yellow eyes and fluffed up featers in a riverbed
November 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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So sayeth the themesters: Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #lunchtime , birds with food in their mouths.

#EpicFails edition: these two bit off more than they could chew!

The cormorant eventually gave up...not sure about the snowy egret. #EastCoastKin

#birds #birding #birdnerd #photography
dark bird with green eyes and yellow beak tries to swallow a fish, but it was too big and it had to abandon it white bird with yellow eyes trying to swallow a fish that's too big for its mouth. I waited a few minutes but I don't know if it ever finished.
November 6, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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here's the full sequence 😁
November 6, 2025 at 3:11 AM