Darrin Atkins

Darrin Atkins

@darrinwriter.bsky.social

Writer and journalist, birder https://darrinatkins.medium.com/

907 Followers 1,023 Following 15 Posts Joined Dec 2024
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11 months ago
Gray hawk with black wings, red eye, and orange patch at the base of its beak, sitting on a horizontal branch looking down. Its feet are also orange, and a white patch is barely visible on the back edge of its wing. The background is blurred green with bright spots.

Plumbeous hawk looking fierce at Burbayar Nature Reserve in Panama
#birds

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Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor). Photo © Enrique Shore
#bird #birds #nature #birding #birdphotography #naturelovers #wildlife #titmouse #beauty #feathers #birdsinflight

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Photo of a white middle aged woman sitting on a concrete floor surrounded by animal cages. She’s concentrating on a camera in her hands while an adorable light brown and grey game hen stands in her leg.

Here’s me and my tiny friend Cleo at @merrymacsanctuary.bsky.social today. 🐦‍⬛

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Dark eyed junco. They aren’t very flashy but I think they’re beautiful. 🪶

#bird
#birds
#birdphotography
#nature
#darkeyedjunco

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Male Pyrrhuloxia perched

Strong side-eye from this Pyrrhuloxia 🪶☀️🌵

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The two barred owls that have returned to their summer home along the C&O Canal.

📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 2000, f8, 1/640s)

#birds #birdphotography

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Eating the orange slice, which also serves as a size comparison.

Little verdin
has #orange pulp #gunk
on its beak

#bird #birdphotography 🪶

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A small bird perched on a thin branch with nesting material in its beak. The bird has a gentle olive-yellow belly, gray head, and a dark curved bill. Its round, attentive eye gives it an alert expression as it carefully holds several thin plant fibers, likely gathered for nest-building.

A female Northern Bentbill working on her nest last year outside my office window at @casabentbill.bsky.social

Will she use the same spot this year? Stay tuned!

#birds #nature

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This big guy keeps coming back. #birds #photography #naturephotography #woodpecker #pilliated

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Bobbin the Robin. Photographed yesterday. #birds #ukbirds #wildlife #nature

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Juvenile Crossbill #Birds #Cornwall #Wildlife wildlifeandtravel.com

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A very noisy Chips this morning. Hope you are not sick of Raven photos yet! #ukbirding

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Teal showing off its beautiful colours

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I need another duck here.
#birds #birding #birdphotography #woodduck #photography #nature #naturephotography #ducks #chicagobirder #birdwatching #nikon

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A large gray bird with a red crown and amber eyes is walking around foraging in a place that is familiar to him.

Sandhill Crane.
#Birds #photography #nature
#SandhillCranes #AntigoneCanadensis

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A little Bluetit for a sunny day.#birds

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Morning #bird

A Mexican Jay perches on his favorite agave stalk at Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary in SE Arizona.

#birdphotography #photography #birding #birds #wildlifephotography

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Early morning visit from the red bellied woodpecker!
#birds

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Daphne the Dipper chirping away earlier today. #birds #ukbirds #wildlife #nature

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Those eyes hold the secrets of the ancient forests.

📸 © sandra_bourgeois_photography
#Owl #Nature

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Steller’s Jay in blue and gray sitting on the fence

Steller’s Jay visiting the yard

#birds #corvid #birding #stellersjay #birdphoto

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Bobbin the Robin earlier today. #birds #ukbirds #wildlife #nature

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Raven flying

Love this photo of Chips following me on my walk this morning😀 #Ukbirding #Ravens

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Group of white and grey gulls with yellow legs and beaks standing on an ice shelf. A narrow strip of blue open water in the foreground. Two cartoon speech bubbles added next to two gulls with beaks open that read, HEY! and HEY!

Pretty sure this translation is accurate #birds
(California gulls)

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A tiny blue-gray bird clinging sideways to a thin tree trunk, showcasing its remarkable climbing ability. Its compact, round body features soft slate-colored feathers with a contrasting white throat patch. The bird's dark, alert eye and slender pointed beak are captured in sharp detail, while its nimble claws grip firmly to the bark.

White-throated Antbird, Reserva Natural Palmari, Brazil

#birds #nature #antbirds

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