Mark Robertson

So I was like, "Maybe just one more time, kind sir?"
And he quoth, "No. Nevermore."
#birds

Seven images of a black and white bird looping about a thin post, sunlight showing through their wings

Phoebe, flickering sun-glitter as she fishes for flies #birds

Thank you Dr. Patrick! I have a Canon 100-400mm USM mk. II lens :)

Ahh, the hunt for a red October:)
Love it!

The Red-tailed hawk's underside, wings extended head coked to the left, in a bright blue October sky

He then flew some loops directly above me.
And l imagined a world where we're all assigned a raptor at birth that scouts for us, looks out for us, hunts for us, and then perches on our (thickly gloved) forearm
to rest 🪶

The bird in two long frames, both slightly out of focus and extremely close to the camera

Here he is, not two yards from my left ear. The camera couldn't focus in enough. I had a paroxysm of reptilian terror #birds

Same bird in a leaping take of both wings flapped downwards, eyes in the same direction as when he was perched

A split second before he flew not two yards from my left ear #birds

Pretty close close-up of a red-tailed hawk posed and looking intently from his perch of a black fence

A couple of seconds before he flew not two yards from my left ear #birds

Such whimsy! Thanks, friend

Hahaha yes. But I think my bird brain's the bigger issue

Totally. Same gravitas too

And shirt and shorts and sand on the camera :)

Lord knows I did

Same whimbrel on the sand dune moments before takeoff, beak parted, exposing the long sloping pink of his gullet. Looks grumpy

"GET OFF MY DUNE, BRUH" 🪶

A life endlessly being stared down upon by birds is a life worth living 🥰✌️

Plumbeous Vireo 📷🌿🪶

Variegated brown and beige shorebird with a sizable sloping beak, taking off off of a sand dune, both wings down

Whimbrel in go-mode.
Love the intricate mottling of their feathers #birds

Snowy Egret on a chucked up slab of concrete in the same wash, more of those wild bulrushes and bottlebrushes flaring up behind them

It'll be okay 🪶

Stilt wading in the wash

🎵 where the storm sludge flows and this shorebird chases my blues away 🪶

Night Heron perched on some shale like rocks in a storm wash, lots of weedy plants behind him—most notably a smattering of yellow bottlebrush flowers

I've got friends in low places
#birds

Yellow masked bird on a wood fence looking up, a splotchy vaguely autumnal scene behind him

Same post but a clearer image of the whole bird, sweetly pondering his next move

Such a cute recluse. Always a gift when they branch out a bit 🪶

Fun to see this introverted lil swamp thing hopping about town #birds

Brown Pelican—but with gray plumage now, and a white neck and pate pelican—gliding by tonight's waxing gibbous moon

Sail on, Dinosaur,
sail on by...
Your time has come to shine
all your fish are on the way... #birds

That's how it be 😅

Such a gift when they're undeterred by us and just waddle right near

So fun that he pays y'all little tea time visits

I love October so much—the gentler light and rich color

An Allen's hummingbird turning and approaching a beautifully blooming stem of Mexican sage

Yesterday evening was a rhapsody in purple 💜🪶

A line up of four white-headed and gray-backed Brown Pelicans, with one blacksheep pelican in the background

🪶 The Usual Suspects 🪶

Hummingbird kinda backit, wings filtering late-day sun

Same bird, wings back, w/ a slightly brighter more colorful background

A Living Spark ✨️🪶

"Bwahahahahaahaaa!"

Agreed :)