#Birds

Jan Matson Art

#bluebird #birds #BirdPainting #OilPainting #artist #BirdsOfMastodon #wildlife #MastoArt #JanMatson #painting #bluepoppies

Bluebird in a field of blue poppies. 🩵🐦🩵
https://jan-matson.pixels.com/featured/bluebird-on-blue-poppies-jan-matson.html

An oil painting of a bluebird on a background of blue poppies.

An oil painting of a bluebird perched on a twig. The background of the painting is painted in a pale blue with a field of delicate blue poppies. The bluebird has a black patch around his eye, blue feathers on his back and white breast feathers.

Oyster Catcher #birds #photography #seatonwetlands

Oyster Catcher with worm flying away from camera

Oyster Catcher flying low towards camera

TAVAlonia

Day 1, part 1 - solo adventures in the morning- a bit of bus ride and a bit of walking. #vancouver #sejour #gardens #birds #waterfront

The white sails at Vancouver Place with blue skies in the back ground and a corner of the building with blue and white squares on the left.5 white sales are visible with support posts and wires

Pink flowers in the foreground with a muddy pond and rocks on the other bank as seen in the Dr. Sun Yat Sen park

A black bird- a raven or crow- sitting amongst white and pink flowers and green leaves.

Mountains viewed from Vancouver near Vancouver Place, with the city visible at the water edge, and the mountains rising gently into the blue skies. Very monochromatic image

Albatrossity

#birds #BirdsOfMastodon #photography #wildlife #nature #raptors #FlyoverCountry

Local Red-tailed Hawk expressing his feelings about a crow sitting in an adjacent tree. Near Manhattan KS a few days ago.

Large hawk with tan head and white chest and belly, screaming at another bird off-camera

AnnieBuddy

#Nature #Birds #LightAndJoy

An #EasternPhoebe built a nest at our sugar shack. Here are its chicks.

A close up of three chicks crammed into a nest peek at the camera

GirlFromDewey

American Woodcock wall art
https://bit.ly/43Fv1xs

#Nature #Birds #Wildlife #Art #Decor

Stunning 19th-century illustration of American Woodcock. Perfect for nature lovers & bird enthusiasts.

Derick Rethans

Two gannets building a nest

#birdwatching #birds #shetland #Springwatch #photography #PhotoOfTheDay Jun 5th

Two gannets on a ledge with their beaks against each other.

Noah Doersing 🐦🎨🌿

#birding #birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography

Sleep tight.

Two Egyptain goslings lying on the ground, one napping, another looking at the camera.

The one looking at the camera has closed its eye now.

Michelle

#BackyardBirding #Birds #Birding
https://blog.nature.org/2021/11/02/seeing-red-what-the-color-of-house-finches-can-tell-us/

Whether a bird is red, orange, or yellow is the product of the ratio of the different pigments in feathers. These pigments are the bi-products of enzymes. Bird get their colorations specifically through yellow dietary carotenoids, which usually consists of vegetable matter. Birds will then convert these yellow dietary pigments to red. This is how they get their colorful red feathers

#HouseFinch BRIGHT red house finches, why so RED?

Munchbud Ink

Summer Grape Hoopoes

Hope you like it! (^v^)

#cute #kawaii #birds #fantasy #creature #summer #art

Lisa Miguez

#kofi #calendar #freeDownload #independentArtist #birds #BirdsAreMyFavouriteDinosaurs

I just uploaded the June 2023 printable calendar page from my Birds Are My Favourite Dinosaurs 2023 calendar.

Available FREE for all of my Ko-fi members.

https://ko-fi.com/s/3439ebad83

Marvin Johanning

7 hours ago

Pica Pica! A Eurasian Magpie sitting on a roof, its feathers fluffed up by the wind.

(Pica pica is the scientific name for magpies. And since it's adorable, I always call them pica pica instead of magpie!)

#bird #birds #birding #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #wildlifephotography #wildlife #naturephotography #photography

A Magpie sitting on the edge of a roof. The background is mostly blue and green (from the sky and a tree) and out of focus. The bird itself is crow-like with white feathers in the middle and the rest being dark.

LadySG

7 hours ago

One of the Great Spotted Woodpeckers who frequent our garden every day. We have several pairs #birdwatching #birds #birdphotography #nature

Great Spotted Woodpecker seen slightly behind the squirrel proof suet ball feeder. The suet is quite crumbly so there are deposits on the wire frame

if you were able to look closely you can see the impressive claws holding on to two different levels of the feeder

you can tell how the bird curves its body around the shape of the feeder

The wood base of our feeder station fell to bits while I was ill so I've replaced it with some acrylic sheets, printed new standoffs for the cage to sit and it's lovely and strong again, we also got some new easy clean feeders because the old ones were a bit ugh.

The birds have almost totally abandoned the station. I've tried bringing the old feeders back, putting the new feeders away from the station in case it's the new base they don't like, nothing.

#birds #whydoibother #nature #3dprinting

unlibroprestado

8 hours ago

British birds by Thorburn, Archibald -1860-1935- ~ https://archive.org/details/britishbirds04thor #fungi #butterflies #birds #nature #book #archive #scientificillustration

Laura Cochran

8 hours ago

#photography #fotografia #fotografie #ibises #birds #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #Nature #naturephotography #flight
#LauraCochranPhotography

Four ibises (large, mostly white birds with long beaks that turn down) flying.

The Wee Owl Studio

8 hours ago

I've got just 3 bird drawings left in this listing. Great gift ideas for birdwatching Dads for Father's Day!
Original drawings mixed media -Birds https://etsy.me/42mpRpc via @Etsy
#Birds #Pheasant #gannet #grebe #drawing #MixedMedia #FediGiftShop #ScottishArtist #MastoArt #CreativeToots

Original drawings mixed media -Birds
A photo collage of three bird drawings that are available in my shop, a pheasant, a great crested grebe and gannets.
all are 6 x 6 inches, mixed media on buff coloured paper.

Chris Price

Dark-eyed Junco

A dark-eyed junco, Oregon color scheme, from behind. Their head is turned to the right, covered in black feathers. Their back and wings are chestnut brown transitioning into deeper browns toward the back of the bird. Their chest and underparts are rosy pinkish brown to white.

Iris Volk

Eine Saatkrähe bei der "Ernte" - bei #BadKrozingen haben Landwirt*innen ganz schön Ärger mit den schlauen Tieren. Die lernen nämlich schnell, dass Vogelscheuchen und Knallgeräusche keine große Gefahr darstellen. Bei der Kamera waren sie etwas skeptischer, aber wir hatten Glück (der Mais nicht). Das Ergebnis läuft demnächst in den #SWRAktuell-Fernsehnachrichten. #StayTuned #birds

Muro deGrizeco :toad:

If they are mockingbirds, I am going to have to resist the temptation to teach them to sing the Morse Code for "CQ", right?

That would be a very obscure practical joke.

#hamradio #birds

Muro deGrizeco :toad:

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Mockingbird/id#

This morning I sat quietly in the backyard playhouse. I confirmed that the nest is still occupied, by a midsized bird with long tail feathers. I do not have a good sightline on the nest through the apple tree's leaves, so I can't see well.

Right nearby, and closely watching the area, are a bird pair with gray backs and wings, but with a white spot on the wing. dark face by the beak.

With the egg color, I think it's a mockingbird nest.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_mockingbird

Brian Peterson

Roadrunner is going to eat the baby quail

Natural Selection
in my #backyard

Deborah Edwards-Oñoro

First morning in weeks I heard the Black-capped Chickadee in the dawn chorus, before other birds.

#birds #birding

Khurram Wadee ✅

It’s a hot late #spring day and I was sitting the conservatory as #birds were flitting around the back #garden. Here’s a verdant scene of the #flowering #potato #plants I took while waiting with a #telephoto lens for any #sparrows to show up.

#MyWork #MyPhoto #CCBYSA #DSLR #Nikon #D7000 #Spring #Horticulture

Kate :verigold:

This spring I was sad to hear no starlings had nested in my roof. I usually have a loud nest at both the back & the front. I did wonder if the squirrel that invaded my loft over winter had scared them off.

The good news is, I can finally hear chicks under the roof of my bedroom!

I don't know if it's the old pair doing a second brood in their old home, or a new pair making use of the empty nest. Either way, I've got peep peeps!!

🐣🐣🐣

#Wildlife #Birds BirdLife #Nature #Starlings

Chuq Von Rospach

Common Raven, Silverdale, Washington. This was one of three that flew in mobbing the local barred owl.

Chuq Von Rospach

American Goldfinch, Silverdale, Washington

Chuq Von Rospach

Dark-eyed Junco, Silverdale, Washington

Parsingphase

Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow, 16th November 2022
Sweetwater Wetlands Park, Tucson, Arizona
Hohokam, O'odham Jeweḍ & Tohono O'odham traditional territory
Canon EOS R5, Canon 800mm f/11, 30% crop, 1/250s, ISO 500
#DailyBird #BirdPhotography #Bird #Birds #Birding #Birdwatching #DescribeYourImages

A small gray-faced sparrow with remarkably bold black-and-white lateral stripes on its crest (said by some to resemble a cycling helmet), perches in a small bush and looks round (indeed, very round) at us.

Swede’s Photographs

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #birds #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #CattleEgret

Pleasent Surprise

This bird flew by yesterday. I thought it was a great egret. But after reviewing the photograph, discovered that it is a cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis). I've seen lots of these around, especially in pastures as we drive through the countryside. This is the first time I've photographed one.

"The short, thick-necked Cattle Egret spends most of its time in fields rather than streams. It forages at the feet of grazing cattle, head bobbing with each step, or rides on their backs to pick at ticks. This stocky white heron has yellow plumes on its head and neck during breeding season. Originally from Africa, it found its way to North America in 1953 and quickly spread across the continent. Elsewhere in the world, it forages alongside camels, ostriches, rhinos, and tortoises—as well as farmers’ tractors." - allaboutbirds.org

This egret is flying from lower left to upper right in the frame, the background is blue sky.

The egret's head is set close to the body with almost no neck. Though the front of the breast looks like a neckbone similar to long necked egrets exists, I'll need to research that. The yellow bill is shorter that the great egret's bill. The bird has bulging pale yellow eyes on each side of its head. To me, the eyes look like the button eyes of a doll. The white wings are spread in an "M" shape and are a bit translucent in the light, silhouettes of the wing's bones are visible. Like the rest of the bird the underbody is white, but its had a dark yellow patch of feathers in the center of its breast. The color yellow fades towards the back of the bird. Legs and feet angle straight back and are shrouded in shadow.

"Compared with other herons, Cattle Egrets are noticeably small and compact. They have relatively short legs and a short thick neck. The straight, daggerlike bill is shorter and thicker than other herons. They have medium-length, broad, rounded wings. Adult Cattle Egrets are all white with a yellow bill and legs. In breeding plumage they have golden plumes on their head, chest, and back. Juveniles have dark legs and bill." - allaboutbirds.org

Swede’s Photographs

12 hours ago

Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

These birds are around frequently, but they are a bit shyer than some of the other birds. I see them often dropping to the ground, out of the oak tree in the backyard grabbing what they want and flying back into the tree. I suppose it's what other birds do as well, the blue jays are just larger, and blue, easier to notice.

"One of the loudest and most colorful birds of eastern back yards and woodlots, the Blue Jay is unmistakable. Intelligent and adaptable, it may feed on almost anything, and it is quick to take advantage of bird feeders. Besides their raucous jay! jay! calls, Blue Jays make a variety of musical sounds, and they can do a remarkable imitation of the scream of a Red-shouldered Hawk. Not always conspicuous, they slip furtively through the trees when tending their own nest or going to rob the nest of another bird." - https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/blue-jay

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #birds #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #BlueJay

This blue jay is facing left standing on the sloped corner of the roof of a wooden bird feeder. Its left side faces the camera, and its head is turned a tad away. Its black beak curves on the top and its eye is yellow. In this photo, its crest doesn't show, rather it lays back on the head like a toupee. There is a black mark that runs across the front of the eyes just above the beak and another that crosses the back of the neck and down the sides. The top of the head, neck, back, wings, and tail are mostly blue. The folded flight feathers are decorated with black and white markings. The folded long blue tail has thin black stripes across the tail at regular intervals. Its gray right foot sits high on the roof and the left below.

"Large, crested songbird with broad, rounded tail. Blue Jays are smaller than crows, larger than robins. White or light gray underneath, various shades of blue, black, and white above." - allaboutbirds.org

ʞ

13 hours ago

slightly late to the #ShittyCameraChallenge, but here is what i was able to do with a Canon Coolpix S51 last week while sitting near my bird feeder.

#birds #wildlife #nature #photography

Warner Crocker

14 hours ago

Fascinating.

What If Birds Left Tracks in the Sky? | Moss and Fog
#birds #nature
https://mossandfog.com/what-if-birds-left-tracks-in-the-sky/

Albatrossity

15 hours ago

Bird of the Day - Kākā, New Zealand 2015
Handy

#birds #BirdsOfMastodon #Photography #wildlife #nature #parrot #Aotearoa

Dark green and brown bird, with lighter head, yellow cheek, and raindrops on its back, eating a fruit or nut that is held in one claw

Scozmos

15 hours ago

Last year a pair of Great Spotted Woodpeckers started feeding in our garden and then brought their young to feed as well 🥰 😍 so, on June 3rd, the first youngster of this year appeared with mum.
#nature #naturephotography #Birds #birdphotography #gardenbird #woodpecker
#IntNatureBrilliant

Great Spotted Woodpeckers on the side of our garden tree, the mother is feeding the youngster. The young have an all red upper head patch, mum has none.

A juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker between tree trunks, red head cap and black and white body, looking cute

A juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker on the tree trunk, red head cap and black and white body, looking cute

Laura Cochran

16 hours ago

Bananaquit likes the cut of your jib.
#photography #fotografia #fotografie #bananaquit #birds #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #Nature #naturephotography
#LauraCochranPhotography

JohnHughes

17 hours ago

Check out this photograph / digital artwork that would look great framed and hanging on your wall in your home or office or produced on a variety of products.

The hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) is a species of fish-eating duck in the subfamily Anatinae. It is the only extant species in the genus Lophodytes.

https://pixels.com/featured/hooded-merganser-john-hughes.html

#BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #birdphotography #birds #bird #Merganser

Check out this photograph / digital artwork that would look great framed and hanging on your wall in your home or office or produced on a variety of products.

The hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) is a species of fish-eating duck in the subfamily Anatinae. It is the only extant species in the genus Lophodytes.

https://pixels.com/featured/hooded-merganser-john-hughes.html

#BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #birdphotography #birds #bird #Merganser

CurlyParakeet

18 hours ago

If Sparrows were people, you wouldn’t want them in the chalet next to you at a holiday park would you.

And while I’m at it, the Starlings would be the polyglot family who pinch all the canoes at Center Parcs and sing songs from the Sound Of Music while they’re doing it.

Don’t have to worry about the Robins though. They’d all be at home under curfew wearing their ankle bands.

#NoisyBirds #birds #GardenLife

Geoff

21 hours ago

Getting cold fishing in the rain

Fluffed up to stay warm, his White-faced Heron largely ignored us as it fished at the edge of the waterhole

#WildOz #OzBirds #Birds #wildlife Kumbartcho Wildlife Sanctuary

White-faced Heron knee-deep in water with its feathers plumped up for warmth, fishing while raindrops hit the surface at the start of a rain shower

Adrianna Tan

21 hours ago

I am ‘I have almost a gigabyte of bird info installed on my phone’ years old

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/your-slow-and-sad-descent-into-birdwatching

https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/

#Birding #Birds #Merlin #eBird

A screenshot of Merlin app on an iPhone showing that the bird pack US: West Coast has been installed on a phone, and its size is 917 Megabytes

Ripples and Leaves

23 hours ago

This is Irma (left), and Madge (right). We've made friends. 🤣

I share blueberries, nuts, and sometimes Cheerios with them and they let me take their pictures.

They are "thinking crow thoughts".

It irritates the kids, as they're afraid I'll become "the crazy crow lady" of the neighbourhood. 🤣 I'm quite happy to be the crazy crow lady.

#photography #birds #wildlife #crazycrowlady

(repost after migrating servers)

Two crows sitting side by side on a tree branch. Their features are glistening in the sun. The sky is blue. The crows are looking to the west, and the sun will be setting soon.

Dennis Wilkinson

#birds #wildlife #birdphotography #nature #westport #massachusetts #wildmassachusetts #naturalmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife

An Eastern Phoebe at Westport Town Farm this afternoon.

An Eastern Phoebe, a small grey bird with a white belly and black beak, perched in some slender branches against a green background.

barbara

Least terns at Plumb Beach, Brooklyn, NY
#birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #birding #Brooklyn #tern

Two least terns on the mud flats during their mating ritual, the male with a small fish in its beak

Chris Price

It was a perfect day to sit on some grass and watch birds.

A male Brewer's blackbird walks on short grass in beautiful sunlight. His glossy black feathers are iridescent, purple head and blue body. His eyes are pale yellow.

A female Brewer's blackbird found a tortilla chip in the grassy field. She is a brown bird with subtle markings. Differing from the cowbird, her bill is longer and pointier, and she has glossy iridescent feathers across her back. Her eyes are warm brown.

Cainmark 🚲

#birdwatching #bird #birds

Thanks to both @kittychandler and @Daveography for both mentioning the "Merlin" application program for 🐦 birdwatching. Not something I'm really into, but enjoy other's pictures and descriptions. Its pretty informative and very well done.

Sidenote: from my Android mobile phone it required a Google email which frankly kind of ticked me off, would rather have a choice instead of the largest default.

Birds Books and Bullshit

#Birds #Feeders #Seeds #Suet #Backyard #CameraTrap

Anyone got any tips on how to diversify the species coming to your bird feeder? I've got suet and an unknown mix of seed. This is what my setup currently looks like.

A house-shaped bird feeder sits on a poll. A platform sticks out on one side, and a beam sticks out in two directions, towards and away from the camera. A bird bath is visible in the background.

Deb Oppermann

We were trolling in our motorboat at Crombie Bay, #FrenchRiver #Ontario, Canada when I spotted this majestic Bald Eagle perched in the Pine tree. I am always thrilled to capture these powerful fierce birds of prey.
Available here
https://debbie-oppermann.pixels.com/featured/too-close-for-comfort-debbie-oppermann.html
#eagle #BaldEagle #BirdsOfPrey #birds #MastoBirds #BirdsOfMastodon #nature #wild #wildlife #BirdPhotography #photography #BuyIntoArt #animal #NatureMastodon #Giftideas

Bald Eagle looking a little angry perched on Pine tree branch

Carpingdiem

A female #redwingedblackbird was going nuts in the reeds. A newly fledged #baby was perched low above the water. They don't fly well and they don't swim. In other news, male eastern pondhawk #dragonflies are everywhere and #milkweed is starting to bloom. #birds #birding #birdsofmastodon #nature #photography #insects

An adult female red winged blackbird, with her brown and beige speckled front and her brown back, perches on a reed just above her recently fledged baby.

A newly fledged red winged blackbird. My guess is it tumbled out of the nest and managed to break its fall by clinging onto a reed, just above the surface of the water. The hole behind its eye is its ear; normally the hole would be covered by feathers.

A male eastern pondhawk dragonfly is powdery blue in color with a green face and white claspers at the tip of the abdomen. I saw a few females last week.

Butterfly milkweed (also known as butterfly weed). It has thin leaves and bright orange flowers unlike common milkweed.

#nature #birds #Wildlife #photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon

The inquisitive Tufted duck

Tufted duck looking directly at the camera

#nature #birds #Wildlife #photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon

One of my favourite ducks, the Northern Shoveler showing off its gorgeous colours in flight this afternoon

#nature #birds #Wildlife #photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon

A portrait of a recently fledged Coot

#nature #birds #Wildlife #photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon

Hey Mum!

Baby Coot..

A recently fledged Coot chick with its red head looks up at its mother

Deborah Edwards-Oñoro

https://knowablemagazine.org/article/living-world/2023/shocking-number-birds-are-in-trouble

"Since 1970, the team reported in Science in 2019, the number of birds in North America has declined by nearly 3 billion: a 29 percent loss of abundance."

via @arstechnica

Structure & Function

#birds #photography #naturephotography #sandiego #wildlife #wildlifephotography

Great Blue Heron

La Jolla, California

Alex Tomlinson 🦉

I had the honor of designing this for Audubon a few years ago! 🐦🏳️‍🌈 :transgender: #birds #pride

Flat graphic illustration of a Painted Bunting in flight, its wing trails across the graphic with a progress pride flag design which includes stripes that represent trans people and communities of color captioned with large text reading "Let's Go Birding Together"

barbara

More from Nickerson Beach, NY: Piping Plover, an endangered species that nests here
#birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #birding #plover #shorebirds

lol pewee

Good morning

Was having a chat with the starlngs, as you do, and then two of them started fighting so I gave them a stern telling off.

Then noticed my neighbour staring at me like I had lost it entirely.

Do normal people not have conversations with starlings or something?

Laura Bounin

Branta canadensis (Canada goose / Kanadagans) #birds #goose #birdphotography

Bill Hsomething

#BirdsPhotography
#birds
#birding
#nature
#NaturePhotography
#wildlife
#WildlifePhotography
#photography
#mastondonnaturecommunity
#birdsofmastodon

White Ibis from the Side0
Perhaps tomorrow I'll find a head-on shot.

The white ibis is covered in white feathers except the wingtips, which are black. The downward-curved beak, legs, and feet are reddish orange. The morning sun lights it from the side I'm photographing, and the background is the clear blue sky.

Jordan Hill Photography

https://jordanhillphotography.com/featured/brown-pelican-in-the-sun-jordan-hill.html

The Brown Pelican

These fascinating creatures are often seen diving into the water to catch their food. The plunge can begin from up heights of even 65 ft in the air. Gulf Islands National Seashore FL.

#pelican #wildlife #nature #wildanimals #bird #naturephotography #destin #destinflorida #photooftheday #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #birds #birdphotography #navarrebeach #beach #beachlife #pensacola #florida #birding #portrait #wallart #sealife #homedecor #Photography

A closeup of a brown pelican looking into the light on the Florida's emerald coast.

WideEyedCurious 🇺🇸 💙 🇺🇦

#birds #environment #science

Over the last 50 years, North America has lost a third of its birds, studies suggest, and most bird species are in decline. https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/06/a-shocking-number-of-birds-are-in-trouble/

Nicolas Hoizey

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/galleries/animals/birds/blue-and-yellow-macaw/

“Blue-and-yellow macaw”

The blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna), also known as the blue-and-gold macaw, is a large South American parrot with a mostly blue dorsum, light yellow/orange venter, and gradient hues of green on top of its head. It…

📅 17 August 2021

📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + Fujinon XF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR + Fujinon XF 1.4× TC WR
🎞️ ISO 800, ƒ/8, 1/125s

#Animals #Birds #Photography #PhotoOfTheDay #DailyPhoto #MastoArt

Noah Doersing 🐦🎨🌿