dawn's frog emporium

とう!!

#セキセイインコ #birds

photo of Milly sitting in her cat tower, paws crossed.

photo of Lizzie’s backside.

some unflattering photos of my cats.

Flat illustration of four birds marching with various flowers and plants in their beaks for Audubon's Plants for Birds initiative (2022) Dark-Eyed Junco with Witch Hazel Chipping Sparrow with Oak Leaf Yellow-Rumped Warbler with Showy Milkweed Goldfinch with Purple Coneflower

Portrait-oriented photo featuring a wooden post with a rusted hanger hook jutting out of it, and standing atop the post, triumphant and at least slightly indignant, is a plump little bluebird. The bluebird is a male, and we see the electric blue of his head, but the predominant part facing us is the coppery-orange and pale white front. He is standing amidst little pink-and-red tree blossoms, but I like to imagine these are instead the extracted organs of his enemies. So let's just pretend this bluebird stands vengefully astride a scattering of viscera -- gobbets of gore taken as a prize from his unnatural and invasive foes. I'm sorry I've really made this a gross photo. It's actually quite nice. Kind of a dreamy vibe to it, what with the wall of yellow forsythia blurring in the background, and here I am adding drippy bits and internal organs. I'm sorry. I'll do better next time. Probably. Photo by me, Chuck Wendig

Everything is bad but birds are good so time to reinstitute BIRD PROTOCOL where a bird is deployed to offset endless evil vibes, please enjoy, birds are good, okay bye

(photo by me)

*brushes off account*
saw some really awesome birds at the Portland zoo yesterday!

Adorable round bird with black cap, white cheeks and an extremely floofy buff coloured belly is perched on the end of a lilac twig with next year's buds visible.

Temps are improving but it was still an 8 on the Chickadee Enfloofenation Scale™️ today #birds 🌿

Allen’s hummingbird flashing his gorget

My feeder boss flashing me. Allen’s hummingbird. How many photos of this bird are enough?? 🤷‍♀️🪶

A willow ptarmigan in a blizzard perched in some branches.

A willow ptarmigan in a blizzard perched in some branches, facing the camera.

A willow ptarmigan in a blizzard perched in some branches, standing behind some of the branches and showing off its fluffy feet.

Two willow ptarmigans standing in the snow. One is nibbling a bud from a branch.

I took a very long drive for some round birds. These are Willow Ptarmigans up in Quebec, aka Awebo birds. I love them so much.

すっ。

#セキセイインコ #birds

An immature pine warbler in a mature pine tree, surrounded by needles. #birds

A small blue bird with w a rusty orange chest and belly. He is perched on an ice covered branch. The background has red and blue from a passing train.

Eastern Bluebird perched on an icy branch. These small friends went through plenty of mealworms today! I had a stroke of luck with this shot, the color in the background is a passing train. 🪶

sweet little Herbie!! 💙

yay!

spotted a leucistic bird at my feeder yesterday! It had the body language of a dark eyed junco, which is the most common bird at my feeder, so I’m assuming that’s what it is… so cool!

A photo of a large species of bombus bumblebee in the northeastern US. The golden yellow and black bumblebee is facing left and feeding from a giant purple hyssop flower, which are indeed many purple flowers on a spiked inflorescence. The leaves are green and toothed.

A photo of a species of bombus bumblebee in the northeastern US. On the left, the fuzzy golden yellow and black bumblebee is nearly upside-down as it peeks into the mostly closed flower of a white turtlehead. The bee has a full, round orange corbicula, or pollen basket, on its rear leg. The white turtlehead is a strange flower that resembles a brown-lined mouth on a white flower that is somewhat the shape of a turtle's head. The unopened buds above are green with violet edges, and the green bases of the spent flowers below have a long brown "tongue" hanging out which is actually the dried pistil.

A photo of a very fuzzy species of bombus bumblebee in the northeastern US. The golden yellow and black bumblebee is seen from the back and is facing up and right, while feeding from a giant purple hyssop flower, which are indeed many purple flowers on a spiked inflorescence. The leaves are green and toothed.

A photo of a species of bombus bumblebee in the northeastern US. The bee has entered the flower of a great blue lobelia, and only the butt end of the bee is visibly hanging out. The bee has a full, round orange corbicula, or pollen basket, on its rear leg. The lobelia flowers are rich periwinkle in color with paler white stripes underneath. The flower that the bee has entered clearly has a curved style with a fuzzy looking white tip, that perfectly rubs on the bee's back fuzz, for the transfer of pollen.

get bumblebee'd

Slim green lizard, perched on a cluster of purple chaffhead flowers, giving you the side-eye, as they always do

Our Lady of Perpetual Side-Eye 👀
(native green anole) 🦎🌿
10/7/23

this is but a sampling

saw some lovely cats at the cat show today … 🐱💖

they decided to sleep on my garage tonight ^_^ good night mantis! 💖

A male Splendid Fairy-wren, Malurus splendens perched on a grey stone wall. The intense blues of his plumage glow against a drab brown background. The bird has a shiny royal blue head, tail and back, with a deeper shade of blue on its belly. The primary feathers are a teal colour. The velvety black of the bird's nape and bib stand out and enhance the tiny pale blue feathers on its cheek (the ear coverts).

Nature: So, what shade of blue would you like to be?

Splendid Fairy-wren: Yes

#urbanNature #wildOz
🪶🌏🐦

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saw some cats on lawns while on my run today ..

met this little fella.. they didn’t want to hang out but they were very cute …

Nature photography takes a lot of time, practice, skill, patience, and often a lot of expensive equipment/editing software. Please don't disrespect their work by following image thieves! Here is a list of some nature photographers on bluesky and there are more in the comments.

kitty I met at a restaurant (employed as a mouser), kitty I met at a magic card shop (employed as a rug)

friend on the wall!

Indeed!!

Photo of a rex cat

photo of a rex cat sitting on a couch, wearing a sailor outfit

my nephews cat… !!

Thanks for the warm welcome 🙏

I am fortunate to live where these little creatures call home.

Rufous Hummingbird in the morning haue