An image of tonight’s moon captured with a spotting scope and phone camera. The image shows Mare Imbrium with the crater Plato and Sinus Iridum right on the terminator line.
March 28th, a close up of the 81% illuminated waxing gibbous #moon. The lunar sea ‘Mare Imbrium’ makes up the majority of the image with the Plato crater to the north and Sinus Iridum highlighted on the #terminator line. #craters #mare #space #nature #digiscoping
A sky blue and white songbird is perched on a steel cable against an orange background.
For Saturday's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #blue, here's a male Mountain Bluebird that spent the winter near my home.
#birds #nature #photography #ECK #digiscoping
An image of tonight’s moon (March 27th) showing details of craters and mountains on the lunar surface.
A close up from tonight’s 72% illuminated waxing gibbous moon with the Apennine mountains prominent. #moon #mare #craters #mountains #digiscoping
An image of the 17% illuminated waxing cresent moon.
The 17% illuminated waxing cresent moon on Sunday 22nd March. The moon was approximately 366,884 km from earth. Image captured with a spotting scope and phone camera from Cork, Ireland. #moon #lunar #digiscoping #space
Earthshine on the waxing cresent moon.
Earthshine. March 21st a waxing cresent moon with 9% illuminated with the rest of the disc faintly visible from reflected sunlight from earth. Image taken with a spotting scope and phone. #moon #earthshine #digiscoping #space
A european robin staring straight at the lens.
Who's #LookingAtMe. A european robin giving me the eyes. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #nature #photography #digiscoping
A house sparrow rummaging for some nyger seeds. He has a chaffinch for some company.
#BirdOfTheDay being #grounded. Wonder what he did?
#birds #nature #photography #digiscoping
Two black and white birds face each other with their bills touching. They have outrageously long pink legs.
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #MarriedCouples, same species Male/Female bird pairs. Here is a courting pair of Black-necked Stilts. The bird with the brown wash on its back is the female. They like to nest on cracked mud surfaces like this. #birds #digiscoping
A rook in bright sunshine with a horseshoe in the background.
#Corvidae and #BirdOfTheDay is a shot of a fine rook with a horseshoe for the first day of the #Cheltenham races. #digiscoping #birds #🧲 #☘️
This Allen’s Hummingbird was tanking up at my feeder at dusk this evening. #birds #digiscoping
A black and white shorebird stands in glassy calm water, its mouth agape in mid-yawn
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #StandingInWater, any bird standing in water ~ I digiscoped this American Avocet at the San Diego River mouth many years ago with my 4mp Coolpix 4500. It was the first bird photo I was really proud of. #birds #digiscoping
A striking yellow, black, brown, and white finch is perched on a sunlit branch.
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #Finches ~ I digiscoped this glorious male Evening Grosbeak at Hartwick Pines SP, Crawford, Michigan way back in 2005. #birds #digiscoping
A Red-throated Loon sits on its nest in a roadside pond
Today my #BirdOfTheDay is a Red-throated Loon I photographed in Nome, Alaska. I had to wait until almost midnight to get #PerfectLighting - got this shot with my iPhone 5! #birds #digiscoping
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Craters and mountain features showing well tonight on a detail of the 82% waxing gibbous moon.
A detail from tonight’s 82% waxing gibbous #moon featuring Copernicus crater to the south and the prominent Jura Mountains on the western edge. #lunar #mareibrium #astrophotography #digiscoping Some good viewing conditions from Cork tonight.
The 61% waxing gibbous moon from Cork, Ireland.
Daytime #moon briefly appeared today like an old friend who hasn’t shown up for a while. #clouds and more clouds. #lunar #photography #digiscoping
A large white wading bird is perched in a tree. Its long, filamentous breeding plumes are fully splayed.
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #RuffledFeathers, birds with feathers out of place. I photographed this Great Egret at a rookery on the Upper Texas Coast a couple decades ago. #birds #digiscoping
A bird is perched on a long branch. Its long dagger-like bill is a brilliant coral, its large black eye stands out on a gray head and breast. The belly is chestnut, its wings are blackish and turquoise.
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BranchBirds, any bird on a branch. I dug into my archives for this Grey-headed Kingfisher that I photographed at Kichwa Tembo Lodge in Kenya’s rift valley. #birds #kenya #kingfisher #digiscoping
A close up view of a brown and white striped heron holding a long whiskered fish in its bill. The bird’s eye is bright red/orange.
@robcrank68.bsky.social has set today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme as #CollectingFood, birds with food in their beaks. This juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron caught a Black Bullhead, but that was just the beginning of the struggle. Those fine spines are no joke! #birds #digiscoping
A long tailed black bird is perched on a branch. It has bright yellow legs and brilliant blue wings.
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #Corvids ~ I photographed this adult Yucatan Jay in Belize. The young birds have yellow bills. #birds #digiscoping
A large billed, black and white bird with unusually large eyes, holds a giant green bug in its bill
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Birds&Bugs, my contribution comes from a magical trip to Napo Wildlife Center in the Amazon basin of Ecuador, a White-necked Puffbird with a katydid. #birds #digiscoping
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