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An expressive watercolour painting of a male cardinal bird

Continuing with the American birds theme, one bird I really like to paint is the cardinal. This is the 3rd cardinal painting I've done and my favourite of the three.

#watercolours #birdart 🪶

Sunburnt Script...🌺
#Photography #Nature #BeachLife

Networking 7,370 languages visualized as a force-directed network

Data visualization: Every human language, from modern day back through protolanguage to a hypothetical common origin. Accurate, sourced, possibly complete. Includes sign language!

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🛌 this project has been a beast

Bee flying towards the left over yellow flowers

A morning bee

#InsectThursday #photography #EastCoastKin

Clouds over Monterey bay
January 21st 2026

Lake Don Pedro
January 18th 2024

💧 🍄‍🟫 Morning dew and fresh fungi. 😎

📍 #Oregon
#mushrooms #fungifriends #fungiphotography #naturephotography

2 Gulls stand in the center of the photo on blue and orange wet sand along a stretch of beach at sunrise. To the left of them is blue gray ocean under a purple and orange sky. To the right of them is charcoal sand that the tide has cut into a scalloped pattern.

Never fear to deliberately walk through dark places, for that is how you reach the light on the other side
--Vernon Howard

Wishing you a beautiful #Scape Friday✨

#FlyDay #EastCoastKin #GoldenHour #Seagulls #photography #photographersofbluesky #AtlanticOcean #Florida

I've lived 6 years on the Scottish Isle of Islay in a lovely cottage 20 metres from the sea. Some days we had views like this one. What more can I say 😊

#fishingboat #boat #islay #scotland #scottish #argyll #sunrise #sea #lochindaal #portcharlotte #photography

Sunburst over Hollygrove lake with silhouetted trees on the horizon, Galway, Ireland

Sunset Ireland - Sunburst over Hollygrove lake, Galway, Ireland #Sunset #Ireland #Scape #Landscape #Sky #Clouds #SkyScape #Photography

Little Tern at RSPB Titchwell

Black-tailed Godwit at Cley Marshes

Spoonbill at Snettisham

Spotted Flycatcher at RSPB Titchwell

Had a lovely trip to Norfolk over the weekend. Got 2 lifers - Turtle Dove & Grey Partridge plus some great views of Little Tern, Spoonbills, Spotted Flycatcher, Godwit in summer plumage. eBird trip report:

ebird.org/tripreport/3...

#birdwatching #norfolk #britishbirds

அருமை !!!

Here's some pic's from Figgate Park in Edinburgh today, Moorhens, Redwing & Blackbirds some of the highlights.
#birds #birding #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdphotography #ukbirds #nature #uknature @birdinglothian.bsky.social @rspbedinburghlg.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social

Skypointing display in action 🪶

Treasures of the deep✨ #pixelart #gamedev

Small fluffy gray bird clinging to a thin vertical twig, shown in profile with a short bill and a soft pale background.

The Bushtit is a good candidate for #birdoftheday #shortbeak, I think.

#birds #nature #bushtitoftheday

#BirdsSeenin2026 #goldcrest #goudhaan in my garden ❤️ @tonyrinaud.bsky.social #Netherlands

Most of the left side of the moon is visible in the half light of morning. It is a waning crescent moon.

Good morning, Moon

6:45am 39% illuminated waning crescent. On the way to a new moon.
Seen high over San Diego

A small hummingbird with iridescent green and deep blue feathers perched on a thin branch against a soft green background.

A young male Crowned Woodnymph at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica

#birds #hummingbirds #nature

Kingfisher taken back in November #bird #photo #photography #eastcoastkin #birdoftheday

A photograph of a sunset

I like how the clouds give the illusion of a valley of light.
Ragle Ranch Regional Park, Sebastopol, California
#photography
#art
#sunset

Lesser Masked Weaver. Photo of a Weaver collecting nest material taken by Ken Hadfield in Kruger, South Africa. #weaver #bird #birds #wildlife #southafrica #wildlifephotography #nature

A summer plumage little stint, with russet and orange colouring reflected in the shallow water it is standing in

This lovely summer plumage little stint is my contribution to today’s #BirdOfTheDay on the theme of #ShortBeaks. #birds #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #canon #photography #nature #naturehotography #shorebird #wader

A close-up photo of a hummingbird perched on a wire, showing its bright blue head and chest, green wings, and white underparts against a smooth green background.

Male White-necked Jacobin #hummingbird #CostaRica

#birds #nature

Whatever thoughts about the river have arisen now, they never describe the river at this moment.

The actual state of the river is indescribable.

It is eternally unique, just as it is, now.

California Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus cylindraceus)...I think, anyway...looking straight down on this young one on Bull Mtn at 4,500'...

Don't trip...🌵😵‍💫

#Bloomscrolling
#NativePlants 🌿
#Cacti

Sunrise in Tucson, Arizona

Merry Christmas from the Sonoran Desert 🏜️ 🌵☀️

A small, colorful songbird with bright yellow-green and black-spotted plumage perched on a branch against a soft, blurred green background.

Speckled Tanager from San Vito #CostaRica.

It's always a treat when I get to spend time with these birds.

#birds #nature

A bright turquoise songbird with a black face and yellow bill perched on a branch against a soft green background.

A male Green Honeycreeper, San Vito #CostaRica

#birds #nature

Small yellow-green songbird with a chestnut-colored cap and white stripe on its head, perched on a mossy branch and tilting its head in a blurred forest setting.

A curious Chestnut-capped Warbler at @casabentbill.bsky.social #CostaRica

#birds #nature