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A young mantled howler monkeying hanging from its tail with its arms spread wide. It’s a tiny young male monkey exploring the trees not far from its mom.

A young mantled howler hanging from its tail with a small flower in its mouth.

A young Mantled Howler monkeying around in a tree 🐒
#mammals #monkeys

High-contrast black-and-white photo of a rocky shoreline at low tide, with shallow pools of water reflecting light in the foreground. A narrow ridge of rock leads toward the horizon, while dramatic, textured clouds fill the sky and the sun breaks through near the centre, casting a bright glow across the water and wet rocks. A fence or sea wall runs along the left edge, and dark land stretches across the distant horizon.

It’s about to turn Friday here which means it’s #Scape day.

Post a scape - land, city, sea, forest - anything! Use the hashtag, scroll the feed & comment on or repost your favourites.

Can’t wait to see what you share 😊

#ColorADay #BWFri
#classicmono
#EastCoastKin

Bird with blue, black and white feathers flies past a tree trunk.

Bird with blue, black and white feathers landing on a branch with its wings spread.

Bird with blue, black and white feathers in flight past a cut down tree trunk and dead leaves on a branch.

Bird with blue, black and white feathers in flight towards bare branches.

I'm so proud of the photos I took today. It was overcast and really not good lighting. But look what I got! There were a pair of belted kingfishers flying around. Squeeee!

#birds
#photography
#birdsofbluesky

Tonight's Waning Gibbous Moon (March 5th) at 93% illumination. Distance 393,130km. As seen from Galway, Ireland.

Tonight's Waning Gibbous Moon (March 5th) at 93% illumination. Distance 393,130km. As seen from Galway, Ireland. #Moon #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #MoonShot #Luna #SkyAtNight #Ireland #Scape #Landscape #Sky #Clouds #SkyScape #Photography

Birds with gray and white feathers perch on a branch flapping their wings at each other.

These two dark-eyed juncos were chasing each other through the trees. I think there was some mating dancing going on. So cute!

#birds
#photography
#birdsofbluesky

This goofball turned 1 today!

Spring has sprung?

Crocuses

#naturephotography #bloomscrolling #flowers

Buzzard and jay sitting in a dead tree against a blue sky

Goodmorning!
An odd couple for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #MixedPairs.

#buzzard #jay #NLBirds #EastCoastKin

#BirdOfTheDay #MixedPairs A great tit and a female chaffinch foraging side by side in a park in Getxo, northern Spain.

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #mixedpairs. A Little Blue Heron and a White Ibis hanging out together. #birds #heron #ibis #water #wadingbirds #blueandwhite

Yellow-billed Stork hanging with some Great Cormorants in Taveta, Kenya. #BirdOfTheDay #MixedPairs #photography #birds

A scarlet rumped tanager and a blue gray tanager are standing on a branch on opposite sides of a large wedge of papaya that is stuck on short branch sticking out of the main one. They have both been eating, and about half the chunk has been eaten. Female is looking at the camera, blue gray tanager is looking at the papaya, but both bodies are facing the camera. Branch runs horizontally across the frame from lower third to center. Background is blurred foliage.

A gentoo and a chinstrap penguin are walking across the frame left to right and slightly towards the camera. The ground is white snow and ice. Gentoo’s head is seen in profile while both bodies are largely facing the camera, with their wings out, though only The right wing of the gentoo is visible.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme from @robcrank68.bsky.social is #MixedPairs, photos with pairs of different bird species.

Female Scarlet-rumped tanager and Blue-gray tanager at Birding Paradise, Panama
Gentoo and chinstrap penguin in a mixed colony, Antarctica.

#birds #photography #sonyalpha

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #MixedPairs, photos with pairs of different bird species, set by @robcrank68.bsky.social, the Alt theme is #Finches, any of the Finch species.

Barred Owl & Robin - having a chat + Alt theme Four Finches in the Field!

A small drama unfolds in midair between two hummingbirds in a lush green forest in Dominica. The birds hover among thin tree branches, suspended against a softly blurred background of tropical vegetation. On the right side of the image is a brightly colored hummingbird with shimmering metallic green feathers and a small black crest on its head. Its wings are extended in a rapid blur as it hovers, body angled slightly upward. This is an Antillean Crested Hummingbird, a tiny but assertive species known for defending feeding areas. To the left is a paler hummingbird, grayish-white underneath with darker wings. It faces the crested bird and appears to be backing away or changing direction mid-flight. Its wings are spread wide and its tail feathers are fanned as it brakes in the air. A slender branch cuts diagonally across the scene, and both birds hover just below it. The spacing between them suggests a brief aerial standoff. The behavior captured here is most likely territorial chasing. Hummingbirds fiercely defend nectar sources such as flowering trees or feeders. The crested hummingbird on the right appears to be confronting or driving away the other bird, which may have entered its feeding territory. Rather than physical contact, hummingbird conflicts usually involve rapid aerial maneuvers, hovering face-to-face, and short pursuit flights meant to intimidate the intruder. Credit: ©Gregory Rothman 2026 The moment frozen in this photograph shows that instant of confrontation—two birds suspended in place, wings beating dozens of times per second, deciding whether the encounter will escalate into a chase or end with one bird retreating.

@robcrank68.bsky.social ‘s #BirdOfTheDay is #MixedPairs. Taken in January in #Dominica, I believe that is what I have in this Image of #HummingBirds

-Right: #AntilleanCrested
-Left: #BlueHeaded

#EastCoastKin #Birds #Wildlife #PhotographersUnited #Foto #NikonZ8

A male bullfinch with a black head, vivid orange-red chest, and grey wings with a white band is perched on a branch. The softly blurred background in shades of brown and green highlights the bird's bright plumage. Warm lighting captures the bullfinch in a striking side profile.

#MixedPairs is today’s #BirdOfTheDay, pairs of birds of different species.

But I have gone for the alt theme of #Finches, hope you like this male #Bullfinch

#birdphotography #photohour #ukwildlife #eastcoastkin

great blue heron (left) and black-crowned night heron (right) in a tree.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #MixedPairs, photos with pairs of different bird species

Great blue and black-crowned night heron sitting in a tree.
Definitely NOT k-i-s-s-i-n-g. #EastCoastKin

#birds #birding #birdnerd #birdwatching #birdsky #PhotographersOfBlueSky #heron #gbh

From the archives for today’s #MixedPairs theme

#WoodStorks to the left and far right. #RoseateSpoonbills with their lovely pink plumage to the right (unfortunately, they have their spoonbills tucked away).

And a bonus #GreatBlueHeron lurks across the #mudflat

#BirdOfTheDay
#birds
#EastCoastKin

For #BirdOfTheDay, a double theme - #MixedPairs with #Finches: a Lesser Goldfinch (justifiably) annoyed with a White-crowned Sparrow in my backyard fountain.

#birds

A Chickadee and a Lesser Goldfinch sharing breakfast for today's #birdoftheday theme of #MixedPairs...
#birds
#photography
#westcoastkin

A juvenile robin and a juvenile starling perch side by side in a tangled dead tree, tails almost touching, each watching the other direction as they perch back to back.

For #BirdOfTheDay #MixedPairs, here's a juvenile robin and juvenile starling hanging out on the same branch watching each others' back in September 2023. The kids are alright. #birds

#BirdofTheDay #MixedPairs #photography #birds

A curlew and a redshank, and a gull hanging out with a shag

Coot & Mallard
-NT Mount Stewart
#birdoftheday #mixedpairs

#Bird of the Day: A pair of gulls: Ring-billed (RBGU) and Bonaparte’s (BOGU) #MixedPairs
The juxtaposition of these two gulls emphasizes how diminutive the BOGU is, one of the smallest gulls. We see it here in its non-breeding plumage, but mature adults display black hoods when mating season arrives

They never gave each other a second look! #MixedPairs #BirdOfTheDay
Florida 2024

A small rotund owl sits with wide yellow eyes in green grass at the foot of a large jade boulder. In it's talons is a small black and white bird it has just caught.

A robin-sized bird with a black head, orange breast patch and a black and white tail peers quizzically from the branches of a cherry tree.

A fleeting encounter in the backyard with a Northern Pygmy Owl and it's freshly caught Oregon Junco, along with the hybrid result of a Rose-Breasted and Black Headed Grosbeak hookup the preceding summer.
#birdoftheday #mixedpairs #birds #owls

For @robcrank68.bsky.social themes of #MixedPairs or #Finches, I'll go with a Moor Hen and a Duck having a nap. #birds #nature ##photography #EastCoastKin #ukbirding

Two medium sized all white birds are standing in gloopy mud. The bird on the left is looking slightly down and in the direction of the camera. It has a small plume sticking out behind its head. The bird on the right has a yellow beak and is looking left.

On the left a medium sized all white bird with a long dark beak and plumes of feathers on its head and chest is looking right. Nearer the camera a small gull with a dark spot behind the eye, a black tail and brownish feathers on its wings is looking left. They're both standing in thick mud. At the top of the photo the remains of rice stubble.

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #MixedPairs, photos with pairs of different bird species, I have a Little Egret with a Cattle Egret, and a Little Egret with a gull, Black-headed maybe.
#birds #wildlife #photography #EastCoastKin

A Lesser Scaup gets unwanted attention from an American Wigeon, swimming in its wake

An American wigeon in the wake of a lesser scaup on their way to lake snacks. #Birds #BirdOfTheDay #MixedPairs #EastCoastKin

#BirdOfTheDay #MixedPairs #photography

'Nuthatch and blue tit'

📷 © @gblee.bsky.social

Rob's #BirdOfTheDay today is #MixedPairs 🙂. I've got a #CanadaGoose&Mallard (having a snooze together) a #Robin&CoalTit and a #ShovelerDuck&Moorhen 😊.