Clay Phillips
@thewayofclay.bsky.social
Dad, husband, educator, resistor. I also really like birds, which probably means I'm getting old.
They are HARD to get! After about 40-something failed shots, I finally got this one in the middle of his mating dance. This was in Sarapiqui, Costa Rica, mid-February.
March 23, 2025 at 12:40 PM
They are HARD to get! After about 40-something failed shots, I finally got this one in the middle of his mating dance. This was in Sarapiqui, Costa Rica, mid-February.
Silver-throated tanager. I could watch these guys all day long. #birds #costarica 🪶
March 16, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Silver-throated tanager. I could watch these guys all day long. #birds #costarica 🪶
Red-legged Honeycreeper! #birds #costarica 🪶
March 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Red-legged Honeycreeper! #birds #costarica 🪶
Another tanager... this time an Emerald. Love photographing these guys! #birds #costarica #tanagers 🪶
March 13, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Another tanager... this time an Emerald. Love photographing these guys! #birds #costarica #tanagers 🪶
March 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Boat-billed Heron. These guys have so much personality! #costarica #birds 🪶
March 8, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Boat-billed Heron. These guys have so much personality! #costarica #birds 🪶
I saw his lady-friend 2 weeks ago!
March 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I saw his lady-friend 2 weeks ago!
I'm down for #woodpeckerwednesday! Black-cheeked Woodpecker, San Ramon Costa Rica. #birds 🪶
February 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I'm down for #woodpeckerwednesday! Black-cheeked Woodpecker, San Ramon Costa Rica. #birds 🪶
Lesson's Mot Mot! #costarica #birds 🪶
February 25, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Lesson's Mot Mot! #costarica #birds 🪶
A few of my favorite tanagers. #birds #costarica 🪶
February 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
A few of my favorite tanagers. #birds #costarica 🪶
I love Trogons so much! I saw this Collared Trogon on the last day of my trip. #costarica #birds 🪶
February 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I love Trogons so much! I saw this Collared Trogon on the last day of my trip. #costarica #birds 🪶
In 2 weeks I'll be wearing shorts, sipping delicious coffee, and taking pictures of birds in beautiful Costa Rica. It'll be hard to come back to the sh!tstorm here. #birds 🪶🪶
February 1, 2025 at 8:03 PM
In 2 weeks I'll be wearing shorts, sipping delicious coffee, and taking pictures of birds in beautiful Costa Rica. It'll be hard to come back to the sh!tstorm here. #birds 🪶🪶
Part 2: In less than 3 weeks, I'll be back in Costa Rica trying to check some lifers off my list. Here are a few from my last trip in July of last year. #birds 🪶
January 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Part 2: In less than 3 weeks, I'll be back in Costa Rica trying to check some lifers off my list. Here are a few from my last trip in July of last year. #birds 🪶
In less than 3 weeks, I'll be back in Costa Rica trying to check some lifers off my list. Here are a few from my last trip in July of last year. #birds 🪶
January 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
In less than 3 weeks, I'll be back in Costa Rica trying to check some lifers off my list. Here are a few from my last trip in July of last year. #birds 🪶
Great shot! This was in my front yard in Harrisonburg, VA.
January 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Great shot! This was in my front yard in Harrisonburg, VA.
More house finches!
December 21, 2024 at 1:21 AM
More house finches!
No shit, my parents PAID for these 6th grade pictures.
November 20, 2024 at 5:55 PM
No shit, my parents PAID for these 6th grade pictures.