Male morning dove singing to the ladies on top of a Saguaro
New prickly pear cactus pads/nopales
Yellow flowers
Large pink Cactus flower
Beautiful day today.
Bufflehead hanging on the beaver pond on the Trail of the Shadows, Longmire, Mount Rainier
Trump has agreed to end the war in Iran if Iran agrees to rename the Strait of Hormuz the "Strait of America".
The only Eurasian Wigeon I saw on my recent trip to Asia was at the coastal mangrove park in Shenzeng China. What a fantastic place for birds. This male was happily swimming close by. #birds #birdoftheday #birdsseenin2026 #birdphotography #naturephotography
I think this might be the latest in the season I've seen #northernlights here in #iceland. Having excellent weather now in Reykjavík.
Taken this morning in the city after midnight. Not the best photo, it was just a quick snap from my balcony; Twas not prepared for #aurora! #midnightsun is coming...
Actual good and hopeful news today. Take that, all the bad and stupid news!
Three cormorants are sitting on a boat. One is sitting at the bow, turned towards the other two at the stern with its beak open. The two at the stern have turned away and are looking in different directions
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Petals&Perches The alt is #WhatTheFlock 🪶
The captain gives the orders, but the crew can’t be bothered 🤷🏼😁
#birds #birding #Birdlife #WaterWednesday #TidesoutTuesday #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Portugal #wildlife #photography #nature #thelittlethings #ECK #EastCoastKin
A portrait of a whooping crane
The House of Representatives could vote on HR 1897 as soon as today. This bill would gut the Endangered Species Act, putting wildlife such as the whooping crane in danger.
Please call your representatives.
#endangeredspecies #whoopingcrane #birds #takeaction #conservation #wildlife
A photograph of a male Redstart that has a beautiful orange chest with a black face. He is perched on a dead branch with his head turned to the right as viewed just showing the top of his slate grey cap and shoulders. It is a bright sunny day with yellow flowers of gorse bushes just showing in the foreground and bright green spring leaves blurring in the distance behind.
First time out with my camera in a while yesterday and was delighted to see some gorgeous Common Redstarts. This male perched beautifully in among the gorse bushes for a few moments 🧡 📷 🪶
#Birds #BirdOfTheDay #Petals&Perches #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Nature #Nature #BirdPhotography #UKBirding #UKWildlife
Two large dark green birds with long downward curved green bills and green legs standing on a bare tree branch. They have areas of bright green iridescence on the neck and body.
It's #Twosday and I discovered that ibis also come in green. Green Ibis along a river in Costa Rica.
Cormorant with white flank patch.
Cormorants are looking really handsome now, in breeding plumage. #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026
A bluebell inflorescence with 3 bluish purple bell flowers and some buds at the tip. The plant is growing close to a bearded iris cluster with bright green strappy leaves in my garden.
Monday Bluebells
Anyway a little lone bluebell that appeared near my irises is blooming.
A nice surprise ! 💙🪻💙
#bluebells
#Aprilflowers #springflowers
#fragrantflowers #springbulbs
#mygarden
My Ameraucana went broody so I decided to make the most of it and got her some foster chicks from the feed store. Once they're grown I will have drastically exceeded the flock limits for my city, but that's a problem for future Colton. Today they're so cute and I love them! 🌱🪶
White-Tailed Eagle. A one hour stake out in the garden produced at least 12 of these absolute behemoths, giving excellent views. Still blows my mind that these are a common garden bird for me now. 😎😍 #birds #birding #raptors #birdwatching #finland #birdsofprey #eagles
Cuttlefish mimicking a hermit crab
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Golden sunset over a grassy bog, with clumps of tall reeds and soft green patches in the foreground. The sun sits low near the horizon, glowing through a line of trees, while scattered clouds catch warm orange light against a fading blue sky.
Sunset on the bog
Douglas, Cork, 🇮🇪
#photography
#nature
#landscape
#springtime
#tree
#sunset
#bog
#wetlands
#PhotoHour
#spéirghorm
#EastCoastKin
#ECK
🐕 🚶📱 📸 📷 🌳 🌅
Puffins swimming underwater, chasing after fish
Atlantic Puffins — Jessica Eggers, 2026
Pen & ink, watercolor and gouache on paper
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Maybe 🤔, just maybe, we shouldn’t allow drunks, idiots, and dementia patients to be in charge of our country.
Alas, also rich in purines, if you're subject to gout.
Two male slate-coloured juncos face each other in mid-flight, clasping feet like dancers as light snowflakes flutter around them in the snowy forest.
Two male slate coloured juncos hover facing each other in mid flight. The one on the left pulls his wings into an upstroke while bracing his tail, staring into the eyes on the one of the right who is mid-downstroke. Snow flutters around them in the snowy forest.
Some mid-air junco battles from the other day. They do these amazing, spiraling aerial battles. It's taken some practice to be quick enough to catch them. Most of my shots are of empty sky :) #birds 🌿
A short clip of a Sharp-tailed Grouse drumming on a lek at the @nature.org Bluestem Prairie SNA.
#birds #wildlife #nature
Mountain Bluebird ready to call a tow truck if you park in her spot. #birding Sage Hen Reast area, Harney County Oregon today #BirdsOnSigns
Got our solar panels installed this AM. They came at 8:30am and we're gone by 1:30pm. 13 panels and 10kwh battery.
We can't export to the grid yet (the network operator has been flooded with new requests) but we charged our car with the sun this afternoon. Great feeling, strongly recommend.
From a high pass along the Möðrudalsleið in northern Iceland, a vast highland landscape unfolds — ash-toned hills rolling into an open plain, dotted with low volcanic ridges and distant peaks dissolving into a cool blue haze. Thin ribbons of green hint at hidden watercourses, while heavy, layered clouds drift low overhead, casting shifting light across the quiet, windswept expanse of the Icelandic Highlands.
The wind never settles here and your thoughts grow lighter with it — drifting, softening, gently losing themselves in the vast.
#Iceland 🇮🇸 #Hálendið
#Möðrudalsleið
#landscapephotography 📷
#PhotographersOfBlueSky
#EastCoastKin
#BlueSkyMonday
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Snorkeling Tour | Icacos & Palomino 🐠
"Meet Gerald — the dolphin who’s been pulling up on us since December here in Icacos, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
He doesn’t show up every day… but when he does, he stays 🤯
Swimming with us, following us around, just vibing like part of the crew."
Pretty good sized toad in our yard.
A broad, still expanse of water fills the foreground, so clear that the lakebed—small rounded stones in muted grays and browns—shows through beneath a thin veil of reflected sky. The surface is nearly motionless, acting as a mirror for the dawn above. At the horizon, the lake narrows into a distant valley framed by layered mountain ridges. The mountains rise on both sides in dark, cool silhouettes—deep blue to charcoal—softened by early light and atmospheric haze. On the left, a dense forest of conifers forms a continuous, shadowed edge that slopes gently into the water; on the right, the mountain face is steeper, its contours more pronounced but still subdued in the low light. The sky is the focal point. A scattered field of mid-level clouds stretches across it, each cloud catching the first light of sunrise. Colors transition from pale gold and peach near the horizon to cooler blues and soft grays higher up. The brightest band sits just above the distant valley, where the sun—still hidden—pushes a warm glow outward, illuminating the undersides of the clouds. This light is duplicated almost perfectly in the lake’s reflection, forming a symmetrical composition: sky above, sky below, divided by a thin, horizontal line of brighter water near the center. The reflection is slightly softened by faint ripples, but remains remarkably crisp.
#MountainMonday
#BlueskyMonday
Sunrise Glacier National Park
Yesterday evening at the #lake #ColorADay #PinkMon #RoseateSpoonbill #wadingBird #Birds #photography #ECK#outdoors #nature #thelittlethings #Florida
Photo of a large rock face comprised of many thin layers. The photo shows jagged layers overlapping other layers, looking like large, pointy saw teeth. The rock face is grey with some lighter streaks.
Another area of seaside cliffs near my home town in #Newfoundland, Canada. #geology #hike #trail
I FINALLY got a decent shot of a male Eastern #Bluebird. The lighting was marvelous — it electrified this bird’s brilliant iridescent blue plumage.
This fellow was kind enough to pose for a number of photos. I can’t thank him enough 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
#Turdidae
#BirdOfTheDay
#EastCoastKin
#birds
