Amber

Ravens and birds in general are super smart. Hope/wish whoever filmed this gave them a bowl of fresh water!

Backyard backlit flicker

📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 2000, f6.3, 1/250s)

#birds #birdphotography

A robin perches on a twisted branch under twigs and green buds. The bird has a bright eye which is looking directly into the camera lens. The robin has a red breast. The rest of its plumage is a mixture of brown, grey and white.

Robin at Cromwell Bottom. #ThePhotoHour #birds #birding #wildlife #nature #photography @yorkswildlife.bsky.social

A small bird with vibrant blue and purple feathers on its head, green wings, and a grayish chest, perched on a mossy branch.

I love the Violet-headed Hummingbirds, and I spent some time with this male today at @tapirvalley.bsky.social.

These are much more skittish than the Snowcap and he demanded that I keep a respectful distance from him.

#birds #hummingbirds #costarica

Bright turquoise cicada with clear, veined wings perched on a moss-covered tree trunk.

Zammara smaragdina #cicada at @casabentbill.bsky.social #costaRica

#nature #insects

Pileated woodpecker

Standing in shallow water that appears green as it reflects the bright green marsh grasses surrounding it, a tall bird with dull rainbow-like colored feathers, a long brown and white neck, and a very long curved beak preens itself.

I wish I could see these beautiful White-faced Ibises again, but I don't think they come up here to Oregon often!

📷 Canon 5D Mark III
Canon EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
Canon EF 1.4x III
M, f/8, 1/200, ISO 1600, 560mm
9/19/20
Northern California

#birds #ornithology #birdphotos #nature

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Black skimmer skimming.

Black skimmer skimming. 🪶

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PETA filed a lawsuit against the Maine Lobster Festival "over the city-endorsed event’s egregiously cruel method of steaming thousands of lobsters alive in what PETA contends is a violation of Maine law prohibiting the torture and torment of animals".

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A little shark making an appearance a couple miles north of Boston Light.

📹: @talsmacrealtor

A male Indigo Bunting enjoying some grass seeds.

A small black bird with a thick pale conical bill perched among green stems, shown in side profile against a soft green background.

I love Nicaraguan Seed-finches. This male was busy looking for seeds along the side of the road near Medio Queso #CostaRica

#birds #nature

A black phoebe is a black flycatcher with a white belly.

My friend the black phoebe is back! Taken Aug 2025 in #RohnertPark, #California.

#birds #birdphotography #sonomacounty #m43

Awe! Looks like they are preening! 💚

A small yellow bird with a black cap on a leafy branch

A Wilson’s warbler 💛#wilsonswarbler #warbler #birds

A gorgeous Chorister robin-chat perched on a branch

The striking Chorister robin-chat

#SouthAfrica #photography #nature #wildlife #birds #birdlover #birdsofafrica

A close-up of a hummingbird with iridescent green and blue feathers perched on a yellow-orange stem, with a softly blurred background in shades of green and brown.

Crowned Woodnymph at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica

#birds #nature #hummingbirds

The morning sun ignites the orange eye of a spotted towhee.

The morning sun ignites the eye of a young spotted towhee. Taken August 2025 in #SantaRosa, #California.

#birds #birdphotography #sonomacounty #m43

A male eastern bluebird in profile view, looking to the left, on a bare branch. The backdrop is blurred out of focus, a soft gray that barely shows the trunk of a tree. He's a gorgeous colour of blue, except for a hint of cinnamon at his throat and on his belly.

Further to yesterday's Eastern Bluebird post, here's dad standing guard near the nest. Such a gorgeous bird! #birds #birding #bluebird

A close-up photo of a vibrant hummingbird perched on a branch. The bird has deep magenta and purple plumage with a striking, snow-white cap on its head. The background is a smooth, blurred green, highlighting the bird’s vivid colors.

#SnowcapoftheDay

Male Snowcap #hummingbird at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica

#birds #nature

A small hummingbird with iridescent green plumage and distinctive long tail feathers ending in black, racket-shaped tips, perched on a thin branch against a blurred green background.

White-booted Racket-tail #hummingbird at @montezumalodge.bsky.social #Colombia

#birds #hummingbirds #nature

A Pygmy Nuthatch is a tiny songbird with a short, square tail, a relatively large, rounded head, no discernible neck, and a straight, sharp bill. Slate gray wings and bluish-gray back; rich brown cap ending in a sharp line through the eye. Underparts are whitish to pale buff. A backlit one is pictured here in profile on a curved Ponderosa Pine branch with the canopy in bokeh behind.

📸 The Pygmy Nuthatch is the smallest of the 3 nuthatches in western North America. It can weigh only 0.3 to 0.4 ounces, and they will always roost at night in a communal group which may contain up to 100 birds.

Or 40 ounces. 🤔

🕉️ Now you know. 🪶

#TheLittleThings
#TinyTuesday
#Birding

A grey bird with bright blue crest and black necklace is standing on the edge of a dark concrete birdbath with tail tip in the water and head cocked to one side looking up at the camera.

Making a new friend 💙 #birds

The best looking duck with rust coloured body, white cheek, black cap and an oversized bright blue bill. It is the best duck. It is the ruddy duck.

The Best Duck. I will not be taking questions at this time #birds

2 grey seals playing and/or arguing on a rock in the middle of open water

Seals off the Massachusetts Coast
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#naturephotography #wildlife #photography

Swallow with brown above and white below strikes a bold pose from atop a frond of marsh grass.

Another swallow at the marsh.

Excellent shot! Love those little warblers.

Who can resist? Not me.
QP/post your photo of Hummingbirds

Black-crested Coquette a @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica

Mostly brown duck with a hint of blue on her wing is swimming away from the camera while looking right. She is followed closely by 7 ducklings who are also all looking to the right.

Big family of blue-winged teals out for a cruise #birds