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Nina Tomlinson

@ninatom.bsky.social

Retired teacher into Nature Photography, birds, flowers, and the Connecticut shore. Praise God from whom all blessings flow!

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Red leaves

Red leaves

These red leaves look brilliant against the blue sky!
#Leaves
#Foliage
#Nature
#Photography

20.10.2025 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron

This Great Blue Heron was at the wildlife preserve yesterday!
#Heron
#Nature
#Birds
#Photography
#NaturePhotography

20.10.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 175    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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We have fantastic sunset tonight!
#Sunset
#Nature
#Photography
#NaturePhotography
#Sky

18.10.2025 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Red Bellied Woodpecker

Red Bellied Woodpecker

The red-bellied woodpecker is called that because of a faint wash of reddish-pink on its lower belly, which is often hidden by feathers and hard to see from a distance.
#Birds
#Nature
#Photography
#Naturephotography

11.10.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 85    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
Eastern Phoebe - flycatcher

Eastern Phoebe - flycatcher

The Eastern Phoebe is one of our most familiar eastern flycatchers. It's raspy β€œphoebe” call is a frequent sound around yards and farms in spring and summer.
#Birds
#Nature
#Photography
#Naturephotography

11.10.2025 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Carolina Wren is sensitive to cold weather. The gradually increasing winter temperatures over the last century may have been responsible for the northward range expansion seen in the mid-1900s.

The Carolina Wren is sensitive to cold weather. The gradually increasing winter temperatures over the last century may have been responsible for the northward range expansion seen in the mid-1900s.

The Carolina Wren is sensitive to cold weather. The gradually increasing winter temperatures over the last century may have been responsible for the northward range expansion seen in the mid-1900s.
#Birds
#Wren
#Nature
#Photography
#Naturephotography

11.10.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Waxing Gibbous Moon

Waxing Gibbous Moon

Last night's beautiful waxing Gibbous moon.
#Moon
#Lunar
#Night
#Nature
#Photography

06.10.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
monarch butterfly

monarch butterfly

All season I have been waiting for the butterflies to stop flitting by long enough for a photo. Finally, this Monarch Butterfly cooperated.
#Garden
#Nature
#Photography

06.10.2025 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Blue Jay up close in the Rose of Sharon.
#Naturephotography
#Birds
#Bluejay
#Blue
#Nature
#Photography

06.10.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 87    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Three black bears at the lake. One mom and two big cubs.

Three black bears at the lake. One mom and two big cubs.

I saw my first black bears today at my lake house. This mom and her cubs looked big and healthy.

05.10.2025 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Hummingbird perched on a branch

Hummingbird perched on a branch

I caught this Hummingbird resting. I love that all of the Hummingbirds I saw this summer have been so small. They are about 2 inches!
#Hummingbird
#Birds
#Nature
#Photography

16.09.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Hummingbird

Hummingbird

What a great Hummingbird sighting today!
#Hummingbird
#Birds
#Garden
#Nature
#NaturePhotography

10.09.2025 11:01 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Deep plum is one of my favorite colors.
#Petunia
#Garden
#Flower
#Nature
#Photography
#NaturePhotography

09.09.2025 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Butterfly

Butterfly

I finally had a butterfly stop flitting about long enough for a photo!
#Butterfly
#Garden
#Flower
#Orange
#Nature
#Naturephotography

06.09.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Daisy

Daisy

I have an end of summer Daisy in Bloom.
#Flower
#flower
#Garden
#Daisy
#Nature
#Photography
#NaturePhotography

05.09.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Red Rose

Red Rose

Today’s ROSE 🌹
#Rose
#Red
#Garden
#Flower
#nature
#Photography
#NaturePhotography

04.09.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 88    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Bright orange sunset

Bright orange sunset

I had to walk up to the school on a hill to get a full view of this amazing sunset! πŸŒ…
#Sunset
#Nature
#Sky
#Clouds
#Photography
#NaturePhotography

01.09.2025 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I didn’t realize these gorgeous white flowers would turn so red as fall weather approaches.
#Gardening
#Flowers
#Nature
#Photography

01.09.2025 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hummingbirds love my trumpet vine flowers.
#Hummingbird
#Birds
#Nature
#Photography
#NaturePhotography

30.08.2025 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Hummingbird on the trumpet vine

Hummingbird on the trumpet vine

Another Hummingbird came by this afternoon.
Enjoy your Labor Day Weekend!
#hummingbird
#birds
#Nature
#photooftheday
#photograghy
#NaturePhotography

29.08.2025 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Hummingbird at the trumpet vine

Hummingbird at the trumpet vine

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Today was the day I waited for: the hummingbird came to my flowers and stayed a while!
#Hummingbird
#Birds
#Nature
#Naturephotography
#Photography

29.08.2025 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Squirrel standing tall

Squirrel standing tall

This young squirrel was sitting pretty!
#Squirrel
#Animal
#Nature
#Photography
#NaturePhotography

28.08.2025 22:09 β€” πŸ‘ 81    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tonight sunset it’s hard to choose which direction to look!

25.08.2025 23:46 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
little hummingbird

little hummingbird

This beautiful little hummingbird came by and had it's long tongue out!
#Hummingbird
#Birds
#Nature
#Photography
#NaturePhotography

24.08.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Yellow Crowned Night Heron

Yellow Crowned Night Heron

This Yellow Crowned Night Heron was at the Milford Wildlife Preserve today.
#Birds
#Heron
#Nature
#Photography
#NaturePhotography

23.08.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Finally, I got a photo of a hummingbird this morning!
#Hummingbird
#Birds
#Nature
#Photography
#NaturePhotography

23.08.2025 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Red Rose

Red Rose

Red Roses 🌹 are always a favorite!
#Roses
#Garden
#Red
#Nature
#NaturePhotography

19.08.2025 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
View of the Connecticut river

View of the Connecticut river

Tonight at my sister’s on the Connecticut river in Massachusetts , celebrating my nephewβ€˜s wedding.
#naturephotography
#River
#Nature
#Photography

17.08.2025 03:49 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
upright squirrel

upright squirrel

This squirrel often stands up and poses like this, while watching me across my yard!
#squirrel
#animal
#Nature
#Photography
#NaturePhotography

16.08.2025 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
3 Monk Parakeets

3 Monk Parakeets

I had 3 Monk Parakeets on my driveway this morning.
And I heard more of them flying over head!
#Parakeet
#Birds
#Nature
#NaturePhotography
#photography

16.08.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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