Bill Stedman

Watercolour of two ducks walking towards the viewer, Orange legs. The right hand bird is buff coloured with beige beak, the left hand bird has a rich chestnut breast up to a white ring of neck feathers above which the head is a rich bottle green. It's back is grey.

#ArtDD2026
Mallards

A quick & rough sketch from a lovely 📷 by @steddybirds.bsky.social with thanks.

@saocousins.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social 🪶

I am honored! Beautiful work! You are very talented to do this from a “quick & rough sketch” of my photo! Thank you!

Water running under an ice shelf at a drop in a shallow brook creates bubbles underneath and around the icy edges.

Cobb’s Brook in winter.
#Flowing #BlueSkyArtShow #nature #abstract #EastCoastKin

Close up shot of water flowing over colored rocks and fall leaves.

#BlueSkyArtShow #Flowing
#abstract #nature #photography

Many thanks!

Why was this story on the front page of the UK’s Daily Telegraph — but NOT America’s leading newspapers?

A female ruby-throated hummingbird takes a break, perched on a branch with its iridescent green back to the camera and its head and beak tilted up and to the left. Background are green rhododendron leaves, with having brown patches.

How’s this for #Green on green as the #BirdOfTheDay alternate theme? Looking forward to her return once the snow melts! #smallbirdsaturday #birds #nature #hummingbirds #birdphotography #EastCoastKin 🪶

Today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #StandingInWater.

On a cold day in February, this Great Blue Heron tries its best to ward off the chill of winter.

#birds 🪶 #Nature #wildlife #BirdPhotography #photography #EastCoastKin #nikon

A snowy egret walking to the right along the beach in Bonita Springs FL raises its wings as a low wave breaks at its feet.

A brown female eider duck stands in the surf in Dartmouth MA looking right as a large wave starts to break in the background.

Surf’s up! A snowy egret on the beach along the Gulf of Mexico in Florida and an eider on the shores of the Atlantic in Massachusetts are #StandingInWater while watching out for breaking waves. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #nature #birdphotography #shorebirds #EastCoastKin 🪶

Appreciate it! Nice of them in come out of the stream and waddle up onto snowy yard to create that effect.

Thank you!

Deep snow covers the foot path that leafs away into the depths of the forest, the barren branches and foliage laden with wet, pristine snow

'Into the Wilderness' (2026) -- Woodward Point Preserve, Brunswick, ME

'In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect' -- Alice Walker

#Scape ✨ #ForestFriday ✨ #ImageAndVerse ✨ #BWFri ✨

#Photography #Landscape
#Monochrome #ClassicMono
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford

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Thank you

Thank you!

Did he see your shadow? 😁

Here’s a closeup of a male red-bellied woodpecker, facing right while clinging to a bird feeder, holding a sunflower seed in its beak. The pink/purple in the background is a rhododendron flower.

A male Baltimore oriole perches on a branch facing right and showing off its bright orange breast. The pink/purple in the upper right is a rhododendron flower.

A blue Jay clings to a bird feeder, facing right, with a sunflower seed in its beak. The pink/purple in the background is a rhododendron flower.

A female Cardinal perches on a branch facing the camera but with its head looking off to the left. The pink/purple in the background is a rhododendron flower.

For #ColourfulCaptures in my back yard, I wait for the few weeks that the rhododendron is in bloom to use as a backdrop for these regulars: red-bellied woodpecker, Baltimore oriole, blue jay and northern cardinal.
#BirdOfTheDay #birds #backyardbirds #birdphotography #nature #EastCoastKin 🪶

Love this couple out on the town. It’s amazing how they can maneuver those big webbed feet on land!

Alan H says: Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SteppingOut birds captured mid step. The alt theme is #ColourfulCaptures colourful bird or background. #birds #PuddleDucks #photography #EastCoastKin

A Mallard couple walking on a path through puddles.

A male mallard duck with one big orange foot raised, taking a step towards the water while angling his green head skeptically in my direction

For the #BirdOfTheDay theme #SteppingOut , here's one of the funniest pics of a Mallard (or mallard hybrid, there are a lot of mixed genetics out here) I've ever taken. :) 📷🌿🦉

Wonderful set, although I am partial to Ms. Mallard

Much appreciated! I got my ducks in a row for this one

They are a handsome couple! Thanks!

Maureen and Malcolm the Mallards having a wander in the woods. #BirdOfTheDay #SteppingOut #Birds #Birdwatching #Birdphotography #Nature #EastCoastKin

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
— Robert Frost
#Scape #snowscape #woods #streamscape #EastCoastKin #poetry #robertfrost

A mallard male — in back with its green head, white ring above a brown breast, and yellow bill — steps out with its orange right leg up. The mottled brown female mallard in front steps out, also toward the camera, with its left leg up. The white background is snowy ground near a stream. Photo taken yesterday in Walpole MA

Not quite in synch, this pair of mallards is #SteppingOut slowly on the icy snow! #BirdOfTheDay #birds #mallards #birdphotography #nature #EastCoastKin 🪶

Thank you

Thanks! Looking forward to a warm beach!

Thanks Rob

Thanks! She did!