Mary Ellen

Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea) on a slim tree trunk facing vertically downwards.

#BirdOfTheDay theme today is #BirdsInTheirElement, birds in their natural environment. In this case, it's a nuthatch, in classic pose.

#birds #photography

Two American Robins face off in a concrete bird bath. Both have their beaks wide open, apparently yelling at each other. I watched the entire exchange, and it appeared that the bird on the right, whose back is to the camera but its face is visible, was teaching the other bird, seen in profile, how to take a bath. The bird on the left wasn't having it and despite several attempts, finally flew off.

It takes #Two to argue.
#BlueSkyArtShow

Wow.

Dresses AND slacks of every kind!

A tree martin with an opinion.
Bald Hill Beach, South Australia.
#birdsseenin2026

Close up of a cut oak log showing the concentric rings.

#Wood
#BlueSkyArtShow

The Librarians | Book Policies Documentary | Independent Lens The Librarians follows librarians and citizens responding to restrictions on library content across the United States.

If you haven't had the chance to see The Librarians yet, catch Kim Snyder’s powerful documentary when it premieres February 9 on Independent Lens on PBS.
https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/the-librarians/

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Did you see what I saw?
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A male Eastern Towhee stands in the snow. A large sparrow with a dark black head, back, and tail, red sides, a white belly, and red eye.

Eastern Towhee
#birds #snow #photography

A macro photograph of a western honeybee covered in pollen on a passion flower

Little buddy getting loaded up on passion flower pollen
#flowers
#bees
#macro
#photography
#art

Crested Caracara in some great light

Kicking off February with my favorite SE Arizona raptor, the Crested Caracara in fantastic light 🪶

I cry for all the Liams who do not have the public image that this one does and who are now languishing in horrid conditions. And I protest for them.

Wow, today was a real fucked one.

Let's do some of that again, but not most of it.

Definitely not most of of it.

Here's something that happened you DIDN'T know about, for I was the only one capturing, thus everyone NOT on bluesky is missing out!

I give you January 30th's Full Pelican 🪶

A very dark sky with the barest arc of the moon in the center right side. The cumulus looking clouds near the moon glow white to light grey and seem rusty orange in the middle of the frame. It was going to storm, and the clouds were changing shape and moving from right to left very rapidly.

#Clouds at night, back lit by the moon. #BlueSkyArtShow #StormySky

I sometimes despair that the camera can never really capture just how amazing the natural world can be. But sometimes, just sometimes, the winter light hits those reeds and all those reflections pop... #birds #birdphotography #birding #photooftheday #photography #NatureIsAmazing

For the #BlueSkyArtShow and the theme of #Clouds
A beautiful #ending to the day.

#photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #JanuArty2026
#ArtYear

Today's #BirdoftheDay theme #FavoriteOfTheMonth. As I photographed this great egret in our local wildlife refuge it suddenly opened its wings to preen. I held the shutter down. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #egrets #birds #birdphotography #ornithology

A vibrant gazania flower with golden-yellow petals featuring bold reddish-brown stripes radiating from the center. Each petal has a dramatic dark band near the base. The flower’s center is a dense cluster of tiny yellow disk florets. The bloom is surrounded by silvery-green foliage and photographed from directly above, showing perfect symmetry.

Here’s your moment of zen

A black swan standing in water with head turned to the right as I approached to capture an image of his pose!

Bruce standing in water! 🦢

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Paddling, birds standing in water, the Alt theme is #Robins

#UKWildlife #Birds #UKbirding #blackswan #birdphotography #nature #photography

Thanks, Helen.

I took this macro photo of a glass shrimp resting on a starfish in Sogod Bay, Southern Leyte, Philippines. They are often seen in sea anemones with clownfish.

#marinelife #wildlifephotography #wildlife #naturephotography #nature #macrophotography #macro #scuba #eastcoastkin #photography

Common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) in flight

Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)

#birds #photography

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

When Michigan Republicans threaten courts, they’re preparing our state for federal abuse • Michigan Advance Before Michigan ever sees federal officers flood our streets, before another video shocks the conscience, the warning signs are already here — and they are coming from inside our own state government....

Michigan House Republicans openly threatening the funding of state courts if the Michigan Supreme Court adopts a rule that would prohibit most immigration arrests in courthouses, is not a side issue according to Michigan Advance Editor Jon King.

Instead, he says it’s a canary in the coal mine.

Close-up of a small bird with a black face and throat, a white eyebrow stripe, and a warm orange-brown chest, perched on a branch against a blurred forest background.

The special little Chestnut-belted Gnateater in the dark forests of Amazonas. #Brazil

#birds #nature

Rest in Peace Alex Jeffrey Pretti🙏🏾 The VA ICU Nurses send him off right 💔

Outdoor Sign Removal #wormseyeview #outdoorjobs #E #nameremoval

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#ladder #high #winter #snowsuit #overalls #workers #humansofbluesky #blueskyartshow #cold #eastcoastkin #sketch #art
Outdoor Sign Removal

❤️ the layers of color in this shot!

A snow-covered boat dock at dawn. In the background, a lake shrouded in fog.

fresh snow

#BlueSkyArtShow #Cold
#photography #winter #chiemsee

A waterfall has frozen into ice on a rock face. It is framed by snow-covered coniferous trees.

In extreme cold,
running water turns to ice.
Keep on moving now!
❄️❄️❄️
#BlueSkyArtShow #cold #ClassicMono #Monochrome
#Stunday #WaterfallWednesday #photography #landscape #scape #Poetry #Senryu #Haiku #MicroPoem #ImageAndVerse #EastCoastKin