I’ve seen them guzzle a whole peanut into their throat and then grab another in their beak before taking off.

Color photo of a male northern cardinal perched on a cast cement feeder in the form of a pair of cupped hands pulling a large peanut from the peanut pile in the hands.

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #ComeEatWithMe (per @robcrank68.bsky.social), here’s an ambitious northern #cardinal attempting to violate the B. Kliban rule: never eat anything bigger than your head.

#birds #photography #BirdPhotography #BackyardBirds

Great capture, beautiful!

Color photo of a male northern cardinal perched on a metal trellis passing a seed to a juvenile cardinal perched next to it.

Per Rob Crank (@robcrank68.bsky.social), today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ComeEatWithMe, and in this case of a male and a juvenile northern #cardinal, #SharingIsCaring also applies.

#birds #photography #BirdPhotography #BackyardBirds #parenting

Color photo of a female ruby-throated hummingbird hovering next to a feeder with its head and needle-like bill outstretched towards the feeder.

Female ruby-throated #hummingbird.

#MondaysAreForTheBirds #birds #photography #hummingbirdphotography #BackyardBirds

Thanks!

All of them but since I worked on Orion I particularly like the ones showing it: ICPS sep, in space, under chutes, splashdown, floating. And of course the earthrise. I’ll be watching for when these become available.

Color photo of a wet Carolina wren perched on the back of a chair and not looking very happy.

Per Alan (@alan678.bsky.social), the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ABCD, so here’s a Carolina wren, fresh out of the bath and wondering who took the towel.

#birds #photography #BirdPhotography #BackyardBirds

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

Color photo of an eastern grey squirrel hanging upside down by its back paws from a metal rod with a suspended corn cob in a spiral wire holder hanging next to it.

The #squirrel is a vampire.

#SaturdaySquirrel #photography #squirrels #SquirrelsOfBlueSky #BackyardWildlife #nature

Color photo of a brown and white house finch with reddish patches on its head, face, neck, and tail, perched on a planter support with green herbs growing behind it.

For today's #BirdOfTheDay Alt Theme #Finches: a house #finch snacking on some basil I let go to seed.

#photography #birds #BirdPhotography #BackyardBirds #nature

Color photo of a Muscovy Duck with a body of black and white pied feathers, a red bill, and yellow feet, standing on a cement support with a pond below and stretching off into the background.

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #DucksOutOfWater: a Muscovy #Duck, out of the water.

#birds #photography #BirdPhotography #nature

Thanks, we shared a home for 15 years, he is missed.

Jasper could always see right through your petty human sh*t.

#cats

Or Waffle House

Color photo of a northern cardinal clinging to a hanging bird feeder and looking down with an open beak and threatening look at a small house sparrow that appears to be frightened and drawing back from it.

More #FeederEnemies alt take on the #BirdOfTheDay #FeederFriends theme.

#photography #BirdPhotography #HouseSparrow #cardinal #BackyardBirds #birds

Color photo of a red-bellied woodpecker and a northern cardinal confronting each other at a hanging bird feeder. There is a spray of bird seed from the feeder flying out between them.

I see the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #FeederFriends, but what about #FeederEnemies?

#photography #BirdPhotography #woodpecker #cardinal #BackyardBirds #birds

Color photo from a window of the Louvre museum in Paris looking down on the glass pyramid entrance situated in the middle of a large plaza - the Napoleon Courtyard - between the museum’s building wings. Surrounding the glass pyramid on three sides are shallow triangular pools with fountains. On the entrance side of the pyramid are lines of people queueing to get in and you can see people within the pyramid.

The #Louvre’s pyramid.

#FensterFreitag #photography #TravelPhotography #Travel #museum #Paris #France #architecture

A man utterly without any moral foundational principles, courage, or self respect at all. The kind of person that must never be allowed to hold any sort of position of representation or leadership in a democratic republic. But here were are, and he is just one of dozens.

Color photo of the head of a male red-bellied woodpecker peeking over the top of a wooden fence.

For today’s #BirdOfTheDay #HeadShots theme (per @robcrank68.bsky.social), a red-bellied #woodpecker peeking over our back fence.

#photography #birds #BirdPhotography #BackyardBirds #nature

Color photo of a tiny spider and its web catching the light of the setting sun.

A tiny #spider and its #web in my #garden catching the light of the setting #sun.

#photography #arachnids #arachnidsofbluesky #nature #naturephotography

Color photo of a female Northern Cardinal perched on top of a wooden fence under a green leafy canopy about to pass a seed to its open-mouthed offspring perched next to it.

For the #BirdoftheDay theme #LeafandLight, a Northern #Cardinal mother and offspring under a leafy canopy.

Color photo of old wooden buildings raised up above water on stilts. Across the water in the distance is a white lighthouse.

Lubec, #Maine

#MeerMittwoch #photography #TravelPhotography #waterfront #lighthouse

I started working on Orion in 2007 & never stopped - my colleagues & I valiantly kept working through the NASA closure (we cut a hole in the fence so we could sneak in). While in there we would occasionally call up to the ISS to see how they were doing while they waited for NASA to reopen.

Closeup color photo of a green door with a small grate-covered window and below that a metal door knocker in the shape of a hand holding a small ball.

Door in #Montmartre

#TravelTuesday #photography #door #TravelPhotography #Paris #France

This is the way.

Color photo of two northern mockingbirds perched on top of a metal trellis structure, the closest one has a large green flying insect in its beak.

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #JKLMNOP chosen by @alan678.bsky.social - a pair of Northern #Mockingbirds, one with a freshly caught snack.

#BirdPhotography #naturephotography #nature #photography #birds #BackyardBirds #CircleOfLife

a black and white drawing of a man 's head with a tie ALT: a black and white drawing of a man 's head with a tie

I forgot, there’s a Python for this.