I see that today is Earth Day. Wouldn't it be great if everyone, especially the guys with all the money, considered every day Earth Day? Have a great day and be kind to our planet and its resources that sustain us.
Osprey standing guard at its nest at Fort Desoto. Flip through to last shot to see the huge nest.🪶
A Purple-throated Mountain-gem for the #BirdOfTheDay alt theme, #green.
#birds 🪶 #Nature #wildlife #BirdPhotography #photography #nikon #EastCoastKin
Amid a thick cover of mature trees and a few scattered villas, there is an ancient stone wall. It’s leaning and crumbling in spots, but you can still see several towers (presumably for lookouts/guards) along it.
My #WallsOnWednesday choice is the old city wall outside #Florence. #photography #ECK
This isn't surprising but a good analysis by Hal Sparks of the AI glitches used to edit this hypocrisy...
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I enjoyed your set on the Tonight Show. You have some funny and profound things to say, thank you. 😆
A lot of profound things here, like in a lot of good comedy. Thanks for sharing!
Of course the intended audience couldn't care less whether this was edited with AI, nor whether he has actually read this bible passage or had any faith at all.
Good bit 👍
some good color over the Goldfield Mountains here in Apache Junction, Arizona Tuesday night☁️🌵⛰️
Thin clouds in blue sky above a long buff and red rock ridge, with a long evening shadow running diagonally up it.
A nice evening in Sedona. Have a good night.
A heron in front of some reeds by a pond, with its hungry beak open, poking out its hungry tongue. It's facing left, which means it's not trying to eat you. Not yet. But you're next. Oh, so soon, you will be next.
The dinosaurs did not die out. They walk among us. And they are hungry.
Mount Rainier rises above the far shoreline beyond calm water, with soft pink evening alpenglow lighting the snow-covered upper slopes. Layers of lavender and gray clouds stretch across the sky, while dark trees and scattered waterfront homes form a deep blue band below the mountain. The smooth water in the foreground reflects the cool tones of the scene with a faint hint of pink. The photo feels calm, quiet, and gently luminous.
While I was at the Lake Washington this week, Mount Rainier caught my eye in this beautiful evening light. The pastel sky and quiet reflection gave the whole scene a peaceful feel.
A portrait of a red-tailed hawk against a blue sky.
A red-tailed hawk standing in a tree with its back to the camera
I always love a good look at a Red-tailed hawk 🤩
#birds #raptors
A smart looking Blue Whistling Thrush (black billed variety) at Doi Inthanon National Park Thailand. Usually quite secretive this one posed for a few minutes. Much larger than our thrushes. #birds #birding #birdsseenin2026 #birdphotography #naturephotography
Photo by Kort Duce A male northern flicker faces off with a rival in a cottonwood tree along St. Vrain Creek in Longmont, Colorado. In this vertical color photograph, one flicker perches in left profile on a slender limb, its body upright and tense, head raised in a defensive, ready stance. The posture is striking—poised between warning and action. The main branch rises through the center of the frame, angling toward the upper left, anchoring the scene. Softly blurred seed buds drift through the foreground and background, set against a muted gray sky that heightens the intensity of the moment.
A male northern flicker faces off with a rival in a cottonwood tree along St. Vrain Creek in Longmont, Colorado.
#WoodpeckerWednesday #BirdsSeenln2026 #BirdofTheDay #birdphotography #EastCoastKin #ECK #bird #birds #photography #woodpecker #woodpeckers #northernflicker #northernflickers
A Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) perched on a water fountain, lifting one of its wings and flinging water droplets into the air.
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SplashingAround, any bird making a splash.
A Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) splashing around on our water fountain yesterday evening.
#birds #birdbath #tanagers
Hummingbird with coppery gorget, rusty feathers over most of his body and patches of iridescent green on his back & crown. He is perched atop a blooming bush. The background is blurry tans.
Allen’s Hummingbird with a combo of coppery and #Green feathers for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme. #birds
Close up of a waterfall crashing around a large stone outcrop.
The waterfall by The Hermitage is big and powerful, and I zoomed in to catch it crashing around this prominent rock.
#photography #landscape #waterfallwednesday
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A straight on shot of a male Wood Duck
A Wood Duck shot from yesterday.
#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #Photos #Photo #ECK
A mated pair of Wood Ducks paddles in the water. In this shot the male is in focus with the female being slightly blurred.
A mated pair of Wood Ducks paddles in the water. In this shot the female is in focus with the male being slightly blurred.
Alternating focus on this pair of Wood Ducks.
#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #Photos #Photo #ECK
A male Wood Duck angles his head with his bill slightly touching the water.
A male Wood Duck shot nearly in profile as he paddles in the water.
Some fun angles on these Wood Duck photos.
#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #Photos #Photo #ECK
American White Pelicans floating in warm evening sunlight
Nothing like a relaxing float on a warm spring evening...
#BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #LifeOnTheWater
A photo of a tropical rainforest in Borneo at dawn, with mountains in the background. The sky is dappled with clouds, the valleys are lined with mist/fog, and the foreground vegetation is barely lit out of silhouette.
A sunrise photo of a tropical rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon. The forest is still mostly dark and covers the bottom two-thirds of the frame. The sky is pale orange, and one cloud peeking over the tree canopy is outlined in brilliant orange from the sun behind it.
A landscape photo of Carrizo Plain National Monument in California, in a "super bloom" year. The landscape is covered in carpets of wildflowers in purple, orange, and yellow. The slopes of the distant mountains are also covered in large swaths of yellow flowers. The sliver of sky above is clear blue.
A photo of a river and pine covered hills in Montana, on a post-snowstorm morning. There is snow covering the ground and dusting all the trees. In the center of the frame, across the river, there is a grove of aspen trees with yellow fall color, and they are reflected in the river. There is a patch of blue sky above with clearing storm clouds.
Happy #EarthDay. Here's some Earth. There's a lot more, if you go look.
📷🌿🌎
Two brown antlerless deer are standing in a brown stubbly field with trees in the background. The deer on the left is standing head-on and looking at the camera. The deer on the right is closer and slightly out of focus as it grazes on the ground.
A couple of the half dozen or so White-tailed Deer that were grazing in this farmer's field, taking advantage of the recently subsided snow cover.
Lower Queensbury, #NewBrunswick, Canada
April 2026
📸 #mammals #deer #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
Storm clouds and sunbeams over Loch Arkaig, Scotland. A Kodachrome from 1985 published worldwide by Olympus Japan and winner of a national UK photo contest on "The Beauty of Light"
Red Fox photographed in a south Cheshire hay field. Published in a Field Guide to the Garden Wildlife of Europe despite clearly not being in a hay field.
Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria) fungi growing on Bickerton Hill, Cheshire, England.
Immature Ruby-throated Hummingbird on the Bruce Peninsula, Ontario. Published in a birds calendar.
Four favourite images for #EarthDay
Photo by Kort Duce A female Cooper's hawk captures a female house finch while hunting along the riparian corridor of St. Vrain Creek in Longmont, Colorado. I had been photographing the male when she suddenly flew in, landing within 30 feet of me-where this image was made. In this horizontal color photograph, the hawk perches with its prey on a substantial branch that angles from the upper right to the lower left of the frame. A smaller branch rises from it and exits the frame. The Cooper's hawk clutches the house finch in its right talon, the finch's eye barely open, as the hawk inspects its catch. The hawk is shown in left profile. A shadow from a nearby branch crosses its head and wing, while a shaft of sunlight catches its red eye, making it glow. The background is a soft blur of riparian forest—tree trunks, layered foliage in varying shades of green, and a faint hint of blue sky. A powerful reminder that nature is, at its core, about survival.
A female Cooper's hawk captures a female house finch while hunting along the riparian corridor of St. Vrain Creek in Longmont, Colorado.
#BirdsSeenln2026 #BirdOfTheDay #ECK
#EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #heron #herons #greatblueheron #greatblueherons
Painted Lady macro
#wildlife #insects #naturephotography #photography #butterfly
Spring Twilight
Rick Grandmaison
1982
