Great Blue Heron taking off in flight. His wings are in a semicircle around his body and his feet are in the air a few feet above the ground.
I have a few more shots of this Great Blue Heron yet.
Hope you aren't tired of seeing him. Here he is with his wings looking like an umbrella.
#birds #GreatBlueHeron
Digital illustration of a Dark-eyed Junco, a dark brown sparrow with a pink beak, looking down from the background at a patch of red clover. The clover is covered in a variety of insects from Graham Montgomery's Ph.D work, including Harmonia axyridis (Asian ladybeetle), Scaptomyza terminalis (a small fly), Altica sp. flea beetles (tiny iridescent green beetles), Forcipata loca (pale yellow small leafhopper), Evacanthus interruptus (yellow and black leafhopper), and Anaspis rufa (small golden-brown false flower beetles).
I've never known if #BirdoftheDay is open to art but I guess I'll give it a go! If we're doing birds with flowers today, then I'll re-share this illustration of a Slate-colored Junco peering down on a landscape of red clover and the insects among it. #BirdArt #SciArt #Invertebrates
A trillium plant, leaves only, tiny as it likely just emerged from the ground.
A trillium plant with a green nodding bud coming out from between 3 partially unfurled leaves. The bud is pale, likely a white flower but hard to be sure.
A trillium plant with its dark burgundy bud nodding over open leaves, the sepals open to reveal the tight red flower inside. Trout lilies dot the ground behind it, in a blur.
Another nodding red trillium bud, lighter in colour and with other plant leaves sticking out underneath.
The stars of this forest (though not my favourites, the spring beauty which grows in the beech-filled south section which I missed this time) - the trilliums are only just beginning to show up. Several were just leaves like the first photo, but the other 3 here were all around a single large tree.
Flower buds of Eastern Redbud, Cercis canadensis. The flowers appear on the stem, not at the tips. The flowers are pink and clustered.
The flower buds of Eastern Redbud, Cercis canadensis
(domestic)
#flower #tree #nature
A photo of a Canada goose and her gosling stopping by the river for a drink.
Mama and baby.
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#birds #nature #wildlife
Fern frond in dramatic golden light
Fern frond in dramatic golden light
Fern frond in dramatic golden light
Fern frond in dramatic golden light
Having fun with some dramatic golden light and fern fronds today. They all look so different when they’re at different stages. #ferns
A cluster of interrupted ferns, some just fiddle heads, others starting to show their fronds.
Cinnamon fern still taking its time to grow. Still covered with its wolly coating, protecting the fiddle head.
+16 days
#fern #ferns
Interrupted fern (R) is more aggressive at growing than the Cinnamon fern (L)
They are both about the same size when mature.
American coot with round body, black feathers and white beak perched on a root surrounded by water covered in algae.
Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #ABCD, any part of a bird's name starting with these letters. An American coot. I took this photo a few years ago.
#birds
#photography
#birdsofbluesky
Color photo of a dragonfly perched on a stem of mealy blue sage with its stained glass-like wings sharply defined.
#Dragonfly, I think maybe a skimmer species, perched on a stem of mealy blue sage in the front #garden.
#SilentSunday #Stunday #dragonflies #photography #insects #InsectPhotography
An American Dipper in the river with water flowing over top. The stream is clear and smooth with feather detail visible through the water.
American Dipper foraging in the Clackamas River at Milo McIver SP, Oregon #birds #photography #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #pnw #oregon #stunday #birdoftheday #abcd
Silky grey cat with green eyes is lounging among white sheets with a blue grid pattern. Another silky grey cat is behind him.
All the bed making help I ever needed has just arrived 😹😸. Happy belated #Caturday!
A Ringlet Butterfly sitting on fresh green bramble leaves. The butterfly is facing away from camera with its wings open, in the bottom left of the frame. Its body and wings are a sooty/chocolate colour, there are a pair of white puppies black spots on each of the four wings and the wings are bordered by a delicate white fringe. The bramble leaves are fresh and a soft green colour on a background of out of focus green
🦋
For the penultimate #ButterflyWeek entry I have a velvety Ringlet Butterfly sitting on fresh bramble leaves
#photography #BugSky #bloomscrolling #nature #thelittlethings #ECK #Butterflies #ColorADay #GreenSat
Photograph of a mausoleum of creamy stone slowly being reclaimed by forest in a hilly cemetery. The first brush of green brightens the trees.
Photograph of a larger, more imposing mausoleum rising in a forested ravine.
Photograph of a red trillium flower growing from the forest floor. Three crimson sepals radiate from a common center.
Photograph of an old stone dam eroding into a waterfall in a forested ravine.
Scenes straight out of Fable III on my hike with @craftyrowan.bsky.social today.
1. Old, forgotten mausoleum in the woods.
2. A different old mausoleum in the woods, unfortunately vandalized.
3. Red trillium.
4. An old dam becomes a waterfall.
Natural arch of black rock over the sea. Island in background.
Made it out for a walk yesterday and the sun came out.
#Scotland #Nature #NaturalArch
A blue, tan, and white Eastern Bluebird against a blurry tan background. 📷 Dreamcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Wondering what's up with the wind...
Lichen, possibly some moss, greening up well
Lichen, possibly some moss, greening up well
Trunk of river birch in winter, the bark is peeling enthusiastically
Close-up of heavily textured river birch bark
Heritage ® River Birch - the exceptionally rainy Spring has resulted in lichen galore!
The bark is complex and sheds in all sorts of patterns.
Collage of five photographs with big green - maple tree, heart-shaped redbud leaves, female pondhawk dragonfly, bullfrog close-up, and pond slider turtle
Greens ...
Hanging out with mom
Red Fox Vixen and her Kit in Provincetown MA 04/16 /26
#RedFox #Fox #Mammals #foxes #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #nature #wildlife #photography #BlueskyPhotographers #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersofBluesky #CapeCodNationalSeashore #Provincetown #CapeCod 🌿🦊
Bullfrog face out of the water - surrounded by a scattering of duckweed
Bullfrog of the day!
Sunday, 19 April 2026
A baby goat that appears to be smiling
"Don't pretend I'm not the cutest thing you've taken a picture of this year"
painting of a capybara falling into a river full of fish
splash
Photograph of a cluster of yellow trout-lily flowers on the forest floor.
Photograph of a stalk of Dutchman’s breeches flowers rising near a mossy log. The flowers look somewhat like old fashioned bloomers drying on a line.
Photograph of a round-lobed hepatica flower low to the forest floor. Light purple petals surround the green center.
Photograph of an eastern red newt eft walking through leaf litter on the forest floor.
Early spring ephemerals in summery heat.
1. Yellow trout-lilies.
2. Dutchman’s breeches.
3. Round-lobed hepatica.
4. Eft phase of an eastern red newt.
A complex Stereum lobatum rosette grows from the top of a fallen log like a polished agate slice. Alternative bands of orange, green, yellow and white radiated from its three growth centers. All photos by me
Here is a nice mushroom
A closeup of bright green fern fronds fill the frame, with one small brown frond in the upper right corner. These ferns are very common in this area (Central Coast, California). Dryopteris arguta (coastal wood fern) found in El Moro Elfin Forest, Los Osos, California.
#ColorADay #GreenSat
Verdant coastal wood fern (dryopteris arguta) found in Elfin Forest, Morro Bay, California.
#ECK #ForestFriday #Ferns #Hiking #ElfinForest #MorroBay
A row of Common Mergansers on a rocky shoal in the river. The center merganser is calling with its beak open wide.
Common Mergansers at Milo McIver SP, Oregon #birds #photography #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #pnw #oregon #birdoftheday #ducksoutofwater
A bee with a foxy orangey brown thorax resting on a leaf.
Maybe an Orange-tailed mining bee, seen in Ely this week. 📷 #photography
Close up of an Ophrys flower
Little phone macro lense doing a great job with #orchids today! 🌸☀️ #botany
An old barn under a cloudy sky. In front of it are a redbud tree and a crabapple that isn’t blooming yet along with four ducks and a distrustful chicken.
Redbud’s starting to pop though this wind might blow the blooms off.
