Sanderlings on the run the rim in a blur.

“Blur” of Sanderlings. 😎🪶 #NationalBirdDay

Three crows sit on bare branches against a blue sky

My first birds of the day were American Crows. Actually they were some of the only birds I saw today. They're intelligent, creative and community minded. I'm going to take that as a good sign for 2025

#birds 🌿

Friendly reminder for this new year: if you want to draw you only need one thing: DRAW
It's okay if you don't have art studies, if you're bad at anatomy or color, if you draw on a napkin or if it looks “ugly” to you...
You don’t need to be “good” at something to have fun!

Color lithograph print of a brown classic tabby lying on a wooden railing, one back leg dangling down. The coat is rich and beautiful, shades of black and brown creating tiger strips on the legs and making a classic tabby swirl on the abdomen. It has intense yellow eyes. Behind it is a wall of foliage, every done is warm, golden tones.

There are so many to choose from but this has always been my favorite Steinlen cat. 1909. emuseum.mfah.org/objects/4936...

Two ridiculous baby gang gang cockatoos

GANG GANG COCKATOOS - impossibly silly gorgeous and hideous I’m obsessed with their thick faces and chubby noses and wide heads 🤣🤩😭😭😭🥰

flug underwater, on top of a isopod, its all so awesome

An American football shaped bird with an orange head, fluffy down around the neck and down the chest, and brown feathers coming in on the wings and back.

Her Highness, the Great Frigatebird Chick

Great Frigatebirds are aerial acrobats and will often steal meals from other seabirds. Great Frigatebird chicks take a long time to develop, fledging in 4-6 months, depending on food supply.

Isla Seymour Norte, Galapagos Islands

"Count Grackula" Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
#birds #nature #wildlife #photography

A young owl with wide, intense yellow eyes and soft, fluffy feathers sits perched on a branch. Its gaze is steady and curious, capturing the essence of a fierce yet endearing predator in its early stages of life.

A recently-fledged Great Horned Owl learning how to hunt.
Washington state

#birds #owls

A juvenile male White-winged Crossbill extracts seeds from a spruce cone in the late afternoon light. They are an irruptive finch that follow the cone crops in winter. Their unique bills have evolved to allow them to easily get the seeds out of the cones!

I took advantage of the warm day to head outside for a sit on the deck and I noticed spruce cones falling all around me.
I hadn’t seen them for a few years, but here they were … Crossbills!
This juvenile male White-winged Crossbill came down to eat his prized cone in the late afternoon light!

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