#wildlife
The pine Siskin is a nice small bird.
See it bigger here: https://jan-luit.pixels.com/featured/pine-siskin-jan-luit.html
#AYearForArt #ArtMatters #Birds #WildlifePhotography #GiveArt #NaturePhotography #Wildlife #PhotographyIsArt #Animals #Photography #fotografie #Art #Nature #Natuur #Birdwatching #BuyIntoArt #birdsofmastodon

It is always funny to me how seemingly stunned they look to find nobody at the scene yet hearing all the scolding from the trees. At first I thought this one would take a bath, but nope. It has been very dry here, so maybe it will come back. Such a beautiful bird.
(link again, video is too big to post here)
https://youtu.be/bXTxKsp5CGs
#birds #Ostdrossel #raptor #hawk #nature #birdsofprey #wildlife #Birdsy #birdwatching #puremichigan

Endangered birds cry out
Nature needs our protection now
Each can make a change
#conservation #wildlife #endangeredspecies #haiku #poetry
https://knowablemagazine.org/article/living-world/2023/shocking-number-birds-are-in-trouble
This photo makes me laugh every time I look at it! 🤣

Hyperion, the world's tallest living tree. Hyperion is the name of a coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) in California that was measured at 115.92 m (380.3 ft), which ranks it as the world's tallest known living tree.
By #AmazingNature
#Nature #NatureLovers #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #Plant #Plants #Flower #Flowers #Photography #Photographer #Video #Science

Mediterranean Coast, Turkey. Photo by @mehmetgokyigit
By #AmazingNature
#Nature #NatureLovers #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #Plant #Plants #Flower #Flowers #Photography #Photographer #Video #Science

It is so wonderful to see the Monarch butterflies as they are now endangered. This beauty was sipping nectar from the pink Buddleia in the summer garden and the morning light cast a lovely soft glow on the butterfly and bloom.
Available here
https://www.pictorem.com/177454/The%20Beauty%20Of%20The%20Butterfly.html
#InspirationalQuote #MotivationalQuote #quote #MotivationalMonday #butterfly #nature #wild #wildlife #Insect #photography #MonarchButterfly #butterflies #MastoPhoto #PhotographersOnMastodon #BuyIntoArt #garden #gardening

This is Irma, with a blueberry from my breakfast. Irma plays coy... takes the blueberry and hops away. As if! Just eat it silly.
I share my breakfast, and Irma lets me take pictures. Fair deal!
🫐🐦⬛😍

Swallowtail, Skimmer, Towhee & more at Fraser Foreshore Park in #Burnaby, BC, this morning http://cipywnyk.com/blog/2023/06/05/butterfly-dragonfly-birds-at-fraser-foreshore-in-burnaby-bc/


This is Lopa in what is fast becoming her favourite spot in the garden. She turns up late afternoon as the sun is getting lower in the sky and settles in the middle of the lawn, to the sunny side of the garden. She then just dozes for around an hour or so, occasionally watching the birds in the trees or pricking up her ears if we step outside, before wandering off to do whatever it is foxes have to do at night. http://www.permuted.org.uk/photography/fox-of-the-day/ #fox #NaturePhotography #wildlife

Robin in a field of poppies 🍃🌸🌿
https://jan-matson.pixels.com/featured/robin-in-a-field-of-poppies-jan-matson.html
The oil painting "Robin in a field of poppies" captures the ethereal beauty of nature and the delicate presence of wildlife.
#robin #birds #BirdPainting #OilPainting #artist #BirdsOfMastodon #wildlife #MastoArt #JanMatson #painting #poppies

Nebelkrähe steht geduldig Model ❤️
#DietmarSchneider #Fotogalerie #Foto #Photography #Fotografie #Photo #Animals #Birds #Vögel #Rabe #Raven #Krähen #Crow #Nebelkrähe #HoodedCrow #Vogelfotografie #Birdphotography #Ornithologie #Ornithology #Wildlife #Berlin #Schlossparkgezwitscher #Naturephotography #Naturfotografie #Digitour

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

Snouts first trip out is still available via friendsofsnout.com. Written by me! Lovely story that also teaches children about hedgehogs. http://www.friendsofsnout.com #hedgehogs #wildlife
Local Red-tailed Hawk expressing his feelings about a crow sitting in an adjacent tree. Near Manhattan KS a few days ago.
#birds #BirdsOfMastodon #photography #wildlife #nature #raptors #FlyoverCountry


Backyard visitor. She just laid down and made herself at home this afternoon. #Deer #Wildlife #NaturePhotography



A black-tailed skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum; most likely an immature female specimen).
#photography #nature #wildlife #insects #dragonflies
(photos: @kernpanik | license: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)



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 Stout Moray Eel peers from a crevice. These are variable in color, very common, and grow to roughly 60 cm. Your #Hawaii #sealife #photooftheday
#animals #wildlife #nature #outdoors
#photography #nature #animals #climatechange #wildlife #environment #follow #outdoors #explore #camera #underwater #scubadiving #Visuallyimpaired #moray #monday #PhotoMontag

I was setting the table and saw a young doe in the backyard and stepped out, expecting her to run...she almost walked into me in her quest for birdseed. #wildlifephotography #wildlife #deer
https://youtu.be/lpMFr0iC2PM
A warm early summer's day spent watching Four-Spotted Chaser dragonflies flitting around a small nature reserve is, by any measure, a day well spent.
#photography #nature #wildlife #dragonflies #nsects




It's #MustangMonday and here is another photo of Clorox, a north Onaqui band stallion. I spent a lot of time with Clorox and his family on my last trip. He is such a fantastic subject! He is a strong, kind leader for his family.
Find Prints: https://wildhorsephotographs.com/782922/Wild%20Stallion%20With%20Purpose.html
#WildHorses #WildHorse #Wild #Wildlife #Nature #Horse #Horses #AYearForArt #Stallion #HorsePhotography #Mustangs #Equine #Onaqui #Utah #Animals #Nature #Art #Photography #BuyIntoArt #PhotographyIsArt #IStandWithWildHorses

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
To Reduce Conflicts With Humans, Get Inside an Elephant's Head
Understanding how the giant mammals weigh risk and reward could help prevent clashes with people.
To Reduce Conflicts With Humans, Get Inside an Elephant's Head
#BlueMonday #ClimateChange Crossover
Moody blues play out in a cloudy sky and tide pools, while White Ibises feed.
But less gloomy is that salt marshes (and mangroves, sea grasses and fjords) in North America have recently been shown to be the "second strongest coastal greenhouse gas sink". (Reported in Nature Climate Change 22 May 2023.)
Good reason to conserve them, like here in the Pickney Island National Wildlife Refuge, SC, USA.

Here's the #CanadianGeese #family on lake outing. So cute.
Only had my phone camera with me.
#W̱MÍYEŦEN #Wsanec #Lekwungen #Nature #Sanctuary #Millstream #Watershed #GowllandRange #conservation #vanisle #PNW #VictoriaBC #yyj #greenbelt #VancouverIsland #CoastSalish #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #ProtectedProperty #ConserveNature #biodiversity #NatureImmersion #wildlife #geese #Spring #RespectWildlife #KeepYourDistance #Coexistence #ProtectNature #BritishColumbia #Canada

Common dolphins surfing the boat’s wake on the passage to Santa Cruz Island

Grizzly 1063, Grand Teton National Park. June, 2023.
📷 Fujifilm X-T5 + XF150-600mmF5.6-8 R LM OIS WR
🎞 600 mm – 1/500″ – f/8 – ISO 5000
📍 Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States – Newe Sogobia (Eastern Shoshone), Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla, Shoshone-Bannock, and Tséstho’e (Cheyenne) land
🔗 https://www.allencompassingtrip.com/4233/grizzly-1063
🏷️ #Photography #Wildlife

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.




Met this cute fuzzy friend while on the same walk as the geese and goslings.
We were curious about each other, and they let me take this photo of them.💜

A wood pigeon – heard it cooing, turned around, saw it through this conincidentally-perfectly-positioned hole in a tree's canopy, took a photograph.
#birding #birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography

Bird of the Day - Kākā, New Zealand 2015
Handy
#birds #BirdsOfMastodon #Photography #wildlife #nature #parrot #Aotearoa

3 Osprey chicks at the Alyth Substation nest.
Here are a few slightly better photos I've taken in the last couple months.
Again, I'm using my phone camera (galaxy s22 ultra), so truly not great quality, but I'm having a nice time regardless.
I'm looking into scopes. It's no coincidence these better photos are also of birds that aren't afraid of humans and aren't in a distant treetop. Proximity helps!





Unusually eventful crepuscular hike this evening
A deer grazing on a hillside right next to a turkey just chillin’
A family of deer with two fawns with their little white spots 😍
A coyote (video below). Then another. They started fighting as I was walking away. I saw the larger one with a dead animal in its mouth trotting back to the wooded area.
A loud bang, crash, then splash about 20 yards ahead as a giant tree branch fell into the creek

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)

This Red Squirrel was just peeking around the tree 😀
See it bigger herte: https://jan-luit.pixels.com/featured/peeking-jan-luit.html
#AYearForArt #ArtMatters #Art #BuyIntoArt #FediGiftShop #mastoart #Squirrels #Nature #NaturePhotography #Natuur #Wildlife #Photography #Animals #fotografie #Wildlife #Photography #GiveArt #PhotographyIsArt

An Eastern Phoebe at Westport Town Farm this afternoon.
#birds #wildlife #birdphotography #nature #westport #massachusetts #wildmassachusetts #naturalmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife

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

Butterflies are starting to be more common here right now. Here's a Common Buckeye and a Variegated Fritillary, from near Manhattan KS yesterday.
#butterfly #nature #wildlife #prairie #photography #FlyoverCountry


The inquisitive Tufted duck
#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..
#nature #birds #Wildlife #photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon

Great Blue Heron
La Jolla, California
#birds #photography #naturephotography #sandiego #wildlife #wildlifephotography


Grizzly 1063, Grand Teton National Park. June, 2023.
She clearly doesn’t care about blocking that gate.
📷 Fujifilm X-T5 + XF150-600mmF5.6-8 R LM OIS WR
🎞 600 mm – 1/500″ – f/8 – ISO 6400
📍 Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States – Newe Sogobia (Eastern Shoshone), Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla, Shoshone-Bannock, and Tséstho’e (Cheyenne) land
🔗 https://www.allencompassingtrip.com/4232/grizzly-1063
🏷️ #Photography #Wildlife

White Ibis from the Side0
Perhaps tomorrow I'll find a head-on shot.
#BirdsPhotography
#birds
#birding
#nature
#NaturePhotography
#wildlife
#WildlifePhotography
#photography
#mastondonnaturecommunity
#birdsofmastodon

I'm sharing this photo I took of two black bears playing for #SilentSunday because that's what I was when I came across them while hiking...I kept perfectly silent and still as they wrestled like I wasn't even there. I'm still not sure if they even saw me. Eventually they curled up for a nap behind a bush.
Photo is here - https://fineartamerica.com/featured/black-bears-playing-peggy-collins.html
#bear #wildlife #WildlifePhotography #NatureLover #animals #AYearForArt #MastodonArt #FediGiftShop #MastoArt #FediArt #BuyIntoArt #PeggyCollins

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.
https://jordanhillphotography.com/featured/brown-pelican-in-the-sun-jordan-hill.html
#pelican #wildlife #nature #wildanimals #bird #naturephotography #destin #destinflorida #photooftheday #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #birds #birdphotography #navarrebeach #beach #beachlife #pensacola #florida #birding #portrait #wallart #sealife #homedecor #Photography

The three local swan chicks.
The other day, annoyingly having left my camera at home, I saw one riding on the back of its parent, but the other two were nowhere to be seen – until the parent shook its wings and they all fell out!
#birding #birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography


Song Thrush singing some lovely tunes from the top of this building.
#bird #birds #birding #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #photography

Always nice to see a Deer 😀
It is a vertical photo.
See it bigger here: https://jan-luit.pixels.com/featured/whit-tailed-deer-close-up-jan-luit.html
#AYearForArt #ArtMatters #Animals #BuyIntoArt #Wildlife #FediGiftShop #mastoart
#NaturePhotography #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Natuur #PhotographyIsArt #Art #GiveArt #NatureBeauty

Went for a walk, saw that leucistic blackbird again. (Also, some #mosstodon!)
#birding #birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #photography #moss #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography

Mother woodpecker delivers a treat.
(click image for a complete view)
#photography #nature #forest #wildlife #birds #woodpeckers #Fujifilm #FujifilmXT2 #FujinonXF150to600
(photo: @kernpanik | license: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

An Egyptian gosling from a few weeks back – it's much bigger now, but I'm so slow to edit my way through the shots I've been taking this spring. More soon!
#birding #birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography

A grizzly bear at Grand Teton National Park. June, 2023.
📷 Fujifilm X-T5 + XF150-600mmF5.6-8 R LM OIS WR
🎞 600 mm – 1/90″ – f/8 – ISO 1600
📍 Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States – Newe Sogobia (Eastern Shoshone), Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla, Shoshone-Bannock, and Tséstho’e (Cheyenne) land
🔗 https://www.allencompassingtrip.com/4231/grizzly
🏷️ #Photography #Wildlife





Not my favourite photo, but one of my favourite birds — the Great Spotted Woodpecker!
This is a male one as can be seen by the red patch at the back of his head. Females' heads are completely black.
They have a very cute "kik" type of call.
#bird #birds #birding #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #photography

A Common Blackbird on his throne, singing a nice song.
They're one of the most talented singers around here and also one of the most (if not the most) commonly seen bird as well. @amselfreund has a lot of recordings of their songs on his account if you're interested! 🙂
#bird #birds #birding #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #photography

@hannah
At this age baby pidgeons belong in a nest; and still get feedings from their parents.
Did you see if parent pigeons were around?
Othrwise it needs rescuing ... sitting on the ground is all sorts of dangreous for the nestling (dogs, cars, humans ...)
#pigeon #pigeonrescue #wildlife
The stunning turquoise-browed motmot. Click on the photos to see the whole bird, it is amazingly beautiful!
Tárcoles River, Costa Rica.
#Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Travel #CostaRica #Motmots




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.
