@hotdogsladies.bsky.social I found myself apologizing too much about liking AI. So I spent the last two weeks learning Final Cut Pro, Elevenlabs, and YouTube. #animalsdoinghumanthings youtu.be/z1aM99rTn8Y?...

I like these pictures I took of the #WhiteTailedKite because it looks like he is wearing cowboy pants.

#birds #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

#AnimalsDoingHumanThings

A sea gull with a short branch and some dry grass in its beaks flying overhead.

Vlad regretted his choice of prop when auditioning for the role of the peace symbol.

#WesternGull
#birds #birdwatching #CaliforniaBirding

#wildlifephotography
#naturephotography #wildlife #nature #photography

#AnimalsDoingHumanThings

Fred is not going to be happy when he wakes up to find that his hair has been cut by his siblings while he slumbered.

#SeaLion #mammals #MarineMammals
#wildlifephotography
#naturephotography #wildlife #nature #photography

#AnimalsDoingHumanThings

A Great Blue Heron (a large bird with hair like feathers in the front of its chest) stands tall with its long neck stretched. A visible bulge is on its neck.

Don’t you hate it when you are something so dry it gets stuck in your throat and you have nothing to drink near you?

#GreatBlueHeron

#birds #birdwatching #CaliforniaBirding

#wildlifephotography
#wildlife #photography

#AnimalsDoingHumanThings

The Lyons crew was a proud and conceited bunch. None of the neighborhood children wanted to play with them.

#SeaLions #Mammals #MarineMammals

#wildlifephotography
#naturephotography #wildlife #nature #photography

#AnimalsDoingHumanThings

“Mama, look! An ice cream truck!”

“Yes, I am trying to ignore it.”

#HarborSeals #mammals #MarineMammals

#wildlifephotography
#naturephotography #wildlife #nature #photography

#AnimalsDoingHumanThings

“I love lying next to you. Just being there. Next to you. No words need to be exchanged. Just all warm fuzzies.”

#HarborSeals

#wildlifephotography
#naturephotography #wildlife #nature #photography

#AnimalsDoingHumanThings

A sea otter floats on its back with his hands in its mouth and eyes shut.

When you eat so well and so much that you fall asleep midway through your meal.

#SeaOtters #Mammals

#wildlifephotography
#naturephotography #wildlife #nature #photography

#AnimalsDoingHumanThings

Nothing better than having a good friend by your side on a quiet afternoon to eat seaweed with.

#SeaOtters

#wildlifephotography
#naturephotography #wildlife #nature #photography

#AnimalsDoingHumanThings

#BrownPelicans reenacting the famous scene from #Titanic.

#birds #birdwatching #CaliforniaBirding

#wildlifephotography
#naturephotography #wildlife #nature #photography

#AnimalsDoingHumanThings

That’s a good selfie!

#CaliforniaHarborSeals

#wildlifephotography
#naturephotography #wildlife #nature #photography

#AnimalsDoingHumanThings

This #BrownPelican is about to sneeze!

#birds #birdwatching #CaliforniaBirding

#wildlifephotography
#naturephotography #wildlife #nature #photography

#AnimalsDoingHumanThings

The bliss before the hangovers. They will wake to regret this…. 😣

#HarborSeals #mammals

#wildlifephotography
#naturephotography #wildlife #nature #photography

#AnimalsDoingHumanThings

A big white bird stands in very still water, its reflection in the ripples of the water.

Whoa! Is that what I look like?

#SnowyEgret

#birds #birdwatching #CaliforniaBirding

#wildlifephotography
#naturephotography #wildlife #nature #photography

#AnimalsDoingHumanThings

“Yes, the term “birb” was named after me.”

#ChestnutBackedChickadee

#birds #birdwatching #CaliforniaBirding

#wildlifephotography
#naturephotography #wildlife #nature #photography

#AnimalsDoingHumanThings

This #WesternBlueBird is concerned for the future of our children, too.

#birds #birdwatching #CaliforniaBirding

#wildlifephotography
#naturephotography #wildlife #nature #photography

#AnimalsDoingHumanThings

A close-up shot of a Green Heron with its left claw scratching its left side, where the ear might be on a human’s head.

An itch I cannot reach. 😫😩

#GreenHeron

#birds #birdwatching #CaliforniaBirding

#wildlifephotography
#naturephotography #wildlife #nature #photography

#AnimalsDoingHumanThings

A baby duck with base black feathers is cover with fuzzy yellow fuzz. Its head is red with a reddish orange beak. Its black eyes look a little protruded with black lines going from the corner of the eyes to the top of the head.

If #DarthMaul was a #Bird and had a baby.

#AmericanCoots

#birds #birdwatching #CaliforniaBirding #StarWars

#wildlifephotography
#naturephotography #wildlife #nature #photography

#AnimalsDoingHumanThings

A delicate brownish bird stands on top of a wall with its head tilted to the right. A similar bird walks by below is blurred but you can see it looking back at the bird on the wall.

Kevin walks by and admires Lila everyday, but doesn’t have to courage to talk to her. 💓💔

#RoughWingedSwallows

#birds #birdwatching #CaliforniaBirding

#wildlifephotography
#naturephotography #wildlife #nature #photography

#AnimalsDoingHumanThings

A black and white woodpecker with a red spot on its head clings to the side of a large tree trunk.

“Oh, tree, I love you so much.” Tiger the tree-hugger.

#NuttallsWoodpecker

#birds #birding #birdwatching #CaliforniaBirding

#wildlifephotography
#naturephotography #wildlife #nature #bluesky #photography

#AnimalsDoingHumanThings

Little #AmericanBushtit and it’s impromptu fan.

#birds #birding #birdwatching #CaliforniaBirding

#wildlifephotography
#naturephotography #wildlife #nature #bluesky #photography

#AnimalsDoingHumanThings

A small grayish round bird with a white belly and watching another small bird who seems to have just taken off in flight.

Ling demonstrates to Laura how spiking in Volleyball works.

#AmericanBustits

#birds #birding #birdwatching #CaliforniaBirding

#wildlifephotography
#naturephotography #wildlife #nature #bluesky #photography

#AnimalsDoingHumanThings

Kitty struck a pose for her #BirdGlamourShot.

#WesternKingbird

#birds #birding #birdwatching #CaliforniaBirding

#wildlifephotography
#naturephotography #wildlife #nature #bluesky #photography

#AnimalsDoingHumanThings

A little wren with its tail sticking straight up in the air is standing sideways, with something like an insect or grub hanging out of its beak.

What? Is there food on my mouth?

#BewicksWren

#birds #birding #birdwatching #CaliforniaBirding

#wildlifephotography
#naturephotography #wildlife #nature #bluesky #photography

#AnimalsDoingHumanThings

Little brown bird with white chest standing with its head tilted. A little grub hangs out of its beak. Its tail is sticking straight up in the air.

“What about now? If I tilt my head this way, am I cute now?”

#BewicksWren #birds #birding #birdwatching #CaliforniaBirding

#wildlifephotography
#naturephotography #wildlife #nature #bluesky #photography

#AnimalsDoingHumanThings

After much discussion, Huey, Louie, and Dewey decided that today is not the day to misbehave. So they got in a row and swam on.

#birds #birding #birdwatching #CaliforniaBirding

#wildlifephotography
#naturephotography #wildlife #nature #bluesky #photography

#AnimalsDoingHumanThings

Always a considerate soul, Ameen coughs into his elbow so not to spread germs around.

#birds #birding #birdwatching #CaliforniaBirding

#AcornWoodpecker

#wildlifephotography
#naturephotography #wildlife #nature #bluesky #photography

#AnimalsDoingHumanThings

Rounded chubby bird with round eyes looking directly at the camera. Bird has a brown head and wings with cream and yellow color on its chest.

No, YOU look like you are from a #JapaneseAnime!

#PaxificSlopeFlyCatcher #WesternFlycatcher

#birds #birding #birdwatching #CaliforniaBirding

#wildlifephotography
#naturephotography #wildlife #nature #bluesky #photography

#AnimalsDoingHumanThings

#BlackCrownedNightHeron standing very still by the water, longing to go back to bed, but the bed is too far away.

#birds #birding #birdwatching #CaliforniaBirding

#wildlifephotography
#naturephotography #wildlife #nature #bluesky #photography

#AnimalsDoingHumanThings