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Autumn Along Island Creek - Croatan National Forest fine art photograph. Available at https://bob-decker.pixels.com/featured/autumn-along-island-creek-croatan-national-forest-bob-decker.html

It is mid-November and the fall foliage change has finally reach the coastal plain of North Carolina. Located in Jones county between New Bern and Pollocksville, the Island Creek Forest walk follows a blackwater stream in the Croatan National Forest.

#AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #fineartphotography #fineart #naturephotography #fediart #mastoart #fedigiftshop #fediartshop #woodlands

A small blackwater creek in the Croatan National Forest is lined with trees flashing their fall foliage.
GryphθΔ
2 hours ago

a hummingbird i saw yesterday, it looked like a marshmallow with personality

#birds #photography #NaturePhotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife

a fluffy hummingbird

ピンク薔薇♪
ご近所さんのお庭に咲いていた薔薇さんです♪
今週もよろしくお願いします(^^♪

#薔薇 #バラ #ピンクの薔薇 #pinkrose #rose
#flower #flowerphotography #naturephotography #ビバ丼 #ビバ丼お花部 #ビバ丼写真部 #マストドン写真部

ご近所さんのお庭に咲いていた薔薇の花。
Sylvia Wright
5 hours ago

First portrait this season of a Dark-eyed Junco. Looking very dapper this morning.

It's sad to have to fence all the gardens to keep the effing deer out, but it does give the birds a lot of perch options. Which gives me more photo ops, I suppose.

Have a pleasant Sunday, all.

#silverlinings #CAbirds #birds #naturephotography #NevadaCountyCA

Photograph of a Dark-eyed Junco bird perched in a grid of 4" x 2" wire fence. It watches us with its head cocked to its left. It is a small bird with a very dark head and bib and wings, and a silvery-white belly and tail. It beak is pink and conical, for eating seeds. Its clawed toes are locked around the green fence wire.
ZoeOeoZ
6 hours ago

Timeline cleanse. Empty nest on the homestead. #photography #naturephotography

Empty bird nest in a leafless crabapple tree.
LAUREN
7 hours ago
Two different fallen leaves, nestled in green grass, with frost lightly covering their brown surfaces and outlining the edges. I believe one is a maple leaf and the other a chestnut leaf.
Claudia Zahn
7 hours ago

Oh deer 📷 oh deer 📷
What a Magnificent King
Photo by: @chaitdeshphotography
By #NatureAndAnimals
#NaturePhotography #Plant #Plants #Flower #Flowers #Animal #Animals #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Photographer

Claudia Zahn
7 hours ago

Common Orange Awlet (Burara jaina) 🧡
📸: @rajesh_kumar_photography
By #NatureAndAnimals
#NaturePhotography #Plant #Plants #Flower #Flowers #Animal #Animals #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Photographer

Michelle Markel
7 hours ago

May I offer you a goldfinch this Sunday? More wonderful birdiness, courtesy of Marian. #birds #NaturePhotography #photography

Goldfinch hanging on green branch looking at camera
Sylvia Nana
8 hours ago

#NorthernTerritories #Australia #Birds #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdsOfOz #BirdsOfAustralia #AustralianBirds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #RecordShot #AmateurPhotography #NoCopyRight #DSCRX10MIV

Finished putting my records on #eBird. Now I've got some time to sort out more photographs.

As it's now winter in Europe how about those birders out there who keep all their records in notebooks getting them on #eBird so all that valuable data is not lost.

Australian Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius)

Australian Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius)
Australian Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius)
Australian Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius)
Australian Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius)
Mark R. Courtney
12 hours ago

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 3

Agate Bridge

Photograph taken in July 2018 at Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona.

#Nature #Landscape #Travel #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography #TravelPhotography #Photography

Photograph looking out over a dry landscape that’s all beige and gray with dark green accents. The scene is from one end of a petrified log, called Agate Bridge, that leads away near center frame, a few scrubby bushes on one side and a patch of denser brush lower on the other side where water occasionally collects in the small ditch beneath the former log. The rest of the land is a pale, sandy color made of rock, shallow dirt, and a sparse spread of more scrubby bushes, all under a stormy sky filled with patchy gray clouds and a dark rainstorm feeding the land off in the distance.
Deborah League
12 hours ago

Beauty in the last stages of decay, photography. Fallen from great heights, heaped and tossed about, glorious colors faded to shades of brown; even then, death and decay cannot destroy the beauty that is fall.

ART - https://deborah-league.pixels.com/featured/beauty-in-the-last-stages-of-decay-deborah-league.html

#mastodonart #mastoart #ayearforart #buyintoart #fedigiftshop #fediverse #fediart #photography #naturephotography #fall #autumn #leaves ##art #artbooster #artist #artwork #artmatters #silentsunday #wallart #homedecor #giftideas #thegiftofart #nature

Beauty in the last stages of decay, nature photography. Mass of fallen leaves piled on the ground.

Fallen from great heights, heaped and tossed about, glorious colors faded to shades of brown; even then, death and decay cannot destroy the beauty that is fall.
Paul Jackson
15 hours ago

Three consecutive mornings here in the UK.
Frosty, foggy, and snowy.

I can see clearly now.
What a difference a day makes.
Who knows what tomorrow brings.
...aaaand I'm all out of song titles. 😄

#photography #photo #naturephotography

The Autumn sun hangs low in the sky shining through the branches and casting shadows on a paved woodland walk. Golden brown autumn leaves cover the path edges and around the trees. There are probably more leaves on the ground than remain on the branches.
A paved path in autumn with trees and dense bushes either side. All the leaves have fallen from the trees and their branches reach into the foggy sky. The path curves off into the distance.
Light snow covers a woodland path that leads off into the distance with a set of footprints visible. The trees have lost most of their leaves and the branches have a light dusting of snow. Golden brown autumn leaves can be seen on a few remaining branches and peeking through the snow around the tree trunks.
YMItalking
20 hours ago

“You’re only as old as the last time you changed your mind.” ~ Timothy Leary

#quote #aging #NaturePhotography

Garden planter urn decorated with a small evergreen some red and yellow branches and small gourds with a background of two benches facing each other with some vegetation between them.
Claudia Zahn
23 hours ago

Urchin Quartz, also known as Hollandite Quartz, is a type of quartz crystal that contains tiny black inclusions of the mineral hollandite. These inclusions resemble tiny stars.

https://www.geologyin.com/2020/08/star-hollandite-quartz.html?fbclid=IwAR0Y5BDCCs_86MgciFS6frO9uJ4aADUJ-_NWoucRZfpDbjwx8onK9_3n1lM

By #GeologyWonders
#Geology #GeologyPage #Nature #minerals #crystals #gems #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography #Photographer

Mark R. Courtney
1 day ago

Semi-abstract closeups of ocean waves breaking near shore

#Waves #Abstract #Nature #AbstractPhotography #NaturePhotography #Photography

Zoomed in photograph of a breaking ocean wave with the crest just turning downward over the rising sea-green face of the wave. The sunlight behind the wave makes the breaking crest shimmer and the rising wave surface glow.
Zoomed in photograph of a breaking ocean wave with the white, foaming crest crashing down across the sea-green water surface, the sunlight above giving everything a lively glow.
Zoomed in photograph of a crashing ocean wave with white, foam and the spray of tumbling water filling the frame.
Zoomed in photograph of a churning ocean wave with the crashing, white-tipped water moving in multiple directions creating a chaotic scene despite the sunlight giving the sea-green water a gentle glow.
DanH
1 day ago

An Ash-throated Flycatcher, a rare visitor to this corner of the world, seen this morning at Danehey Park in Cambridge, Mass., along with birders and photographers from around New England.
#birds #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #CambMA

An Ash-throated Flycatcher  perched on a branch

The same gray heron @slomo also took a picture of, this time with the city centre in the background.

#GreyHeron #Heron #BirdWatching #Photography #NaturePhotography #Thessaloniki #Greece

A gray heron standing on a wooden pole in the middle of the sea, looking over its shoulder. The centre of Thessaloniki can be seen in the background with the White Tower in a prominent position, and some sail boats close to it.

Some photos from today's afternoon walk with @vivia. Very grey autumn weather.

Featuring: A grey heron taking a break from fishing, a sparrow in a tree with dry leaves, a photo over the sea towards Mount Olympus with dramatic clouds, and a black cat that looks hungry.

#GreyHeron #Heron #Sparrow #MountOlympus #Cat #BlackCat #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon # #BirdWatching #Photography #NaturePhotography #Thessaloniki #Greece

A photo of a grey heron standing on a pole in the sea, taking a break from fishing. It looks a bit grumpy, maybe it didn't like to be looked at by the humans.
A photo of a round little sparrow sitting in a tree with only a few dry leaves left.
A photo close to sunset over the sea towards Mount Olympus with dramatic clouds and a little bit of snow on the summits. In the sea a few sailing boats can be seen.
A photo of a black cat with green eyes in front of a car tyre. It's looking straight towards the camera and has its tongue outside, looking a bit hungry.
Stephen Shankland
1 day ago

A great thing about Sayulita, Mexico, is there's one patch of the Pacific Ocean that apparently is filled with the dumbest fish. Over and over brown pelicans speared into the water, shooting out their heads at the last moment like a snake striking to snatch fish from the water. The acrobatics on display were fantastic.

#Mexico #Birds #Birding #NaturePhotography #Photography

A brown pelican with wings mostly folded dives nearly straight down into a blue Pacific Ocean to catch a fish
Carpingdiem
1 day ago

Northern cardinal courtship is beginning early! (Male cardinal feeding the female.) #birds #birding #birdphotography #naturephotography #hoosiermast

The male cardinal, all in red with black around his eyes, feeds the female a piece of the worm block.
Norbert Woehnl :itabashi:
2 days ago

A perfect autumn mirror at Shōwa Memorial Park in Tachikawa, on the western outskirts of Tokyo.

#photography #landscapephotography #naturephotography #japan #tachikawa #autumnvibes #japaneseautumn #reflection #fotografie #herbst

Autumnal reflections on a pond in Shōwa Memorial Park in Tachikawa, on the western outskirts of Tokyo.
Tim ☑️ 🔭🌃📷🚴🌳
2 days ago

2012-12-01 This evening's Aurora

Taken at Windyedge - the other tree in Perthshire ;) - at 2235hr as the aurora was beginning to fade again.

#aurora #auroraborealis #perthshire #scotland #naturephotography #landscapephotography #photography #astrophotography

Bright green and purple aurora with strong rays above the well-known oak tree at Windyedge on the outskirts of Perth.
Paul Jackson
2 days ago

It was a chilly start to the morning. Frost on the ground and a thin layer of ice capped the pond.

#Photography #Photo #NaturePhotography

A closeup view of a brown autumn leaf that has a covering of frost. The frost looks like tiny, almost feather like, spikes making interesting patterns rising from the leaf. The fairly slim leaf has it's veins traced by the absence of frost.
Green grass blades all tipped with white frost are an interesting backdrop for a brown frosted leaf. The leaf has a few holes but the frost traces the shape of the veins and also give a white edge to the whole leaf.
A small pond with dark green lilly pads in the background sitting just on top of the frozen pond surface. The shallow pond has many brown autumn leaves frozen just below the clear ice surface. The ice has frozen leaving many straight, almost isometric, lines on the pond surface.
The shallow edge of a small frozen pond has many autumn leaves just below the clear icy surface. The sun has just reached one side of the pond giving the leaves an almost golden glow.
Richard Rathe
2 days ago

The night in 2018 I slept on a 220 million year old beach! The Moenkopi Formation sandstone is what remains of tropical tidal flats from the Triassic.

https://richard.rathe.org/2018/white-rim-trail-2018

#Geology #NaturePhotography #Utah #Canyonlands #Camping

Moses & Zeus spires in the distance
Stephen Shankland
2 days ago

Milde's tarantula-hawk wasp (Pepsis mildei). Can't emphasize how huge this wasp we saw in Mexico is — size of my thumb. Females tickle the web around a tarantula hole to lure it out, sting the spider to paralyze it, drag it back in, and lay one egg. The larva hatches and eats the still-living spider. Pretty metal.
#Wasp #Mexico #NaturePhotography

A Milde's tarantula-hawk wasp with an iridescent blue-black body and with orange wings and antennae feeds on a clump of pale yellow flowers.
Mark R. Courtney
2 days ago

Red daylily

Photograph taken in July 2020 in my landscaped yard.

#ArtAdventCalendar #BloomScrolling #Florespondence #FlowerFriday #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography

Closeup photograph of a vibrant red daylily flower with a yellow throat (interior). The flower faces forward and to the right, backed by unfocused greenery on the left and darkness on the other side. A cluster of slender, deep red stamens rise out from the flower’s center, casting sharp shadows on the petals behind and topped with anthers coated in bright golden-yellow pollen catching the full light.
George Steffanos
3 days ago

Summer evening forest near Roaring Brook, Wolcott, Connecticut. June 25, 2020, 7:15 PM.

#hiking #photography #landscapephotography #hikingadventures #nature #Connecticut #summer #June #forest #sunshine #naturephotography #trails #summertime

An intensely green forest of tall trees surround a small clearing lushly carpeted with ferns. The late afternoon sun is low above the far horizon, shining through the leafy branches of the trees and casting long shadows across the ferns. Through the canopy there are glimpses of a soft blue sky.
George Steffanos
3 days ago

Early morning in early Spring at Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. April 6, 2021, 7:15 AM.

#hiking #photography #landscapephotography #hikingadventures #nature #Connecticut #spring #April #forest #sunshine #morning #naturephotography #trails #lake #springtime

A footpath through a forest of evergreen hemlock and hardwoods that have yet to bud makes a graceful arc to the right as it approaches a lake. The lake surface, rippling in a light breeze, reflects the very light blue of the sky above. A bright morning sun burns through the branches ahead, creating a pair of bright reflections in the lake below.
Stephen Shankland
3 days ago

A yellow warbler (Setophaga petechia) last weekend near Sayulita, Mexico. Relatively common across the US, too, but often hiding in the bushes. The males' song during breeding season sounds like "Sweet sweet sweet, I'm so sweet," but of course the message is "get the f*** away, rivals, this is my patch." Friend of mine calls these yellow wobblers.

#birds #Birding #NaturePhotography #Mexico #Yellow #Photography #

A yellow warbler in its characteristically brilliant yellow plumage from head to tail perches in a shady patch of a tree with green leaves and the blue sky blurred in the background.