Lori Batchelor🇨🇦

Flowers on what I think is a fruitless plum tree, but who really knows, are popping off, while the shyer buds are still thinking about it...

The bud is shy,
but the wind
removes her veil suddenly...
~Rumi

💙💮💙 ...already showed ya my new bluebirb, so you get fresh flowers for #BlueSkyMonday! 🌿

#Spring 🌱
#Bloomscrolling
#FlowerReport
#Photography
#BlueSky

Three oak leaves under the ice. The small dark brown one angles to the left. The large medium brown leaf is in the center with a smaller one to its right. February 17, 2026

Leaves preserved by ice

Evenings Like This...🌺
#Photography #BeachLife #Sunset #Stunday #EastCoastKin #Canon

White-throated Sparrow perched on small branch

White-throated Sparrow 🪶

A Wilson's Snipe probing for food. Those water ripples are mesmerizing... I'd fall asleep before I found anything to eat!

#BirdsSeenIn2026 #Texas #birding #wildlife #photography

Art Challenges: March 2–8 Monday, March 2 #BlueSkyMonday (anything blue) #MacroMonday (any macro) #MountainMonday (mountains) #MinimalMonday (minimalism) #ColorADay (#PinkMon) Tuesday, March 3 #RockinTuesday (rocks) #TidesOutTuesday #TagTuesday (graffiti/street art) #AnimalArtTuesday #ColorADay (#BlueTue or #CyanTue) Wednesday, March 4 #WaterfallWednesday #WindowsOnWednesday #WallsOnWednesday #WackyWednesdayArt #ColorADay (#RedWed) Thursday, March 5 #HumansOfBlueSky (people) #UrbanGaze (anything urban) #PalacesAndGardens (#FashionThroughTime) #ColorADay (#YellowThu) Friday, March 6 #Scape (any kind of scape) #FishyFriday #ForestFriday #FoodOnFriday #FlyDay (critters that fly) #ColorADay (#BWFri) Saturday, March 7 #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#GreenSat) #SmallBirdSaturday #BlueSkyArtShow (#flowing) Sunday, March 8 #Stunday (stunning) #ImageAndVerse (photos with poems written by you or anyone) #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#OrangeSun) ALL WEEK #ArtYear (any art) #ArtOfSelfPortraiture #BirdOfTheDay (see Alan H or Rob Crank for daily prompt) #ClassicMono (monochrome) #MixedMedia52 (#scribe)* #ShowHeart (hearts) #Abstractia (#faces) #AlphabetChallenge (#WeekIForInteriors) #SensoryArt (#time) *2 or more mediums Compiled by @handcranked.bsky.social Questions? @young-spartacus.bsky.social

Your art challenge cheat sheet for Feb 23–Mar 1 is here! Make art, have fun.

See comments for host list.

#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#ArtYear #dailyart #art #traditionalart #painting #drawing #onlybeautifulthings #artchallenge #artprompt

A pale blue sky over a deep blue ocean with a single rocky outcrop. With the following wording: Join in for#BlueSkyMonday Every Monday, post your artwork celebrating all things blue! Blue skies, blue water, blue flowers, blue shoes, blue cars, blue views, anything blue! Open to photos, drawings, paintings, poems, music, daydreams...anything! Any and all are welcome to participate, just use the hashtag #BlueSkyMonday to be included Inspired by New Order's "Blue Monday" Brought to you by #EastCoastKin and #ArminPhoto

I’m trying to catch up after a weekend away but while I attempt to see all the lovely posts I’ve missed (bear with me) it is already #BlueSkyMonday again! 💙
Post your photos, artwork or anything creative with a BLUE theme. Use the hashtag and comment on or repost your favourites 💙

#EastCoastKin

A drake Mallard flies by the camera. Its wings are stretched forward so the full plumage of the wing is on display.

The alternate theme for the #BirdOfTheDay is #Blue. Here's a Mallard I saw today as it was coming in for it's landing. The blue being the wing stripe of course.

#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #Photo #EastCoastKin

#birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #birding
#photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography
#cardinal

Northern Cardinal

#birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #birding
#photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography
#nuthatcher

White-Breasted Nuthatcher

#birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #birding
#photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography
#sapsucker

Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker

Great Horned Owl chicks at around 2 weeks old. Continuing my series from this nest. This visit I didn't have fantastic light or any interaction with the parents. Better pics to follow. (7 pics)🪶

#birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #birding
#photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography
#titmouse

Tufted Titmouse

#birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #birding
#photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography
#woodpecker

Red-Bellied Woodpecker

Great capture! Love the shadow!🤩

sanderling
#sanderling
#birds
#surfcity
#photography

A Coyote walking along the road, glancing over as I take a picture.

A passing Coyote on our walk this morning. We turned a corner and came across each other - both respectfully staying in our lane #EastCoastKin #OMSystem #OM3 @omsystem.bsky.social

A Drake Mallard stares directly at the camera while in the water.

A drake Mallard in flight with clouds and blue sky in the background.

The last of the shots I got with my rental of the Laowa 200 F/2. A fun lens that has really nice color rendition.

#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #Photo #EastCoastKin

A hare sits motionless in a spruce forest, hoping to be invisible to me.

It’s the forests where silence has lease;
It’s the beauty that thrills me with wonder,
It’s the stillness that fills me with peace. 💚
― Robert W. Service

#ImageAndVerse #forest
#photography #stunday
#EastCoastKin

Thanks! I cracked up when I saw it on my laptop!☺️

Mexican Brown pelicans on a grey day, Las Rocas, Baja, Mexico.

#iphonephotography #birdoftheday #fourormore #stunday #birds #birdsofbluesky #mexico #bajacalifornia #🪶#rockintuesday #tidesouttuesday #lasrocas #pelicans #photography #naturephotography #photographersofbluesky

The Lone Cypress

Peace!✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️ Lone Cypress. #tree #peace #smile ✌️

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Canada

🎶"I always feel like somebody's watchin' me!"🎶

A Glaucous-winged Gull (and a bit of a Mallard drake)

Close up photo of tiny dew droplets in the early morning sun when everything is shimmering in golden hues. It makes them seem like tiny jewels.

Natural occurring treasures ✨

#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #photography #MacroPhotography

Black and white image of a pine tree with a short, very curved trunk that is pointed towards the center of the image. It appears as a silhouette since the photo is shot looking into the sun on a foggy morning. The grass around the tree is dark and in the shadow, whereas the grass to the left has the sunlight reflecting. In the distance we see a variety of trees silhouetted in gray due to the fog. The sun sits somewhat low in the sky. This is at Laguna Lake Park in San Luis Obispo.

#Stunday #ClassicMono

Pine tree on a foggy morning at Laguna Lake Park in San Luis Obispo.

#EastCoastKin #Silhouette #WestCoastKin #LandscapePhotography

Up close with a large school of razor surgeonfish in the Galapagos Islands.

#nature #oceans #photography #sealife

A few photos of a Royal Tern flying around near a fish market in Jamaica. There were loads of egrets, herons & even a Pelican just waiting around for fish scraps.

#RoyalTern
#Jamaica
#R5ii
#BirdPhotography

Eastern Phoebe ready to catch its next meal.

#BirdsSeenIn2026 #Texas #birding #wildlife #photography

Almost missed this Mottled Duck because there were so many other ducks around. I don't see this species often.

#BirdsSeenIn2026 #Texas #birding #wildlife #photography

Song Sparrow, Central Park, NYC markscheflen.com #songsparrows #birdphotography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #centralparknyc #wildbirdphotography #conservationphotography #biodiversity #bird