Amanda Dorts

If I accidentally step on your toes, I will both get off them and apologize as soon as I realize it.

If John Davidson can not prevent himself from saying it, he can apologize. He hasn’t.

#BATFA Could have addressed it earlier

And, and as everybody has pointed out the #BBC could’ve censored it

2 Snowy Egrets battle for territory above a vivid medium blue Atlantic Ocean on a sunny day. A small, sparkling wave breaks behind them.

There's not enough room here for the #Two of us !

#BlueSkyArtShow #BirdoftheDay #WaterDroplets #WeekGforGames #EastCoastKin #BirdSky #SnowyEgrets #birds #photography #photographersofbluesky #Florida

So very worth it. Wow.

Thanks!

A pileated woodpecker is perched up upside down on a branch, it beak deep inside the wood. It’s red feathered crown is prominent in the foreground.

Pileated woodpecker in its element supporting the broader ecosystem by creating homes for others as she feeds herself.

Also a rare find for me. They usually laugh at me as I failed to get a lens on them. I was chuffed.

#BirdOfTheDay
#BirdsInTheirElement
#EastCoastKin
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 Two chickadees, one in focus, and one blurred in the background, face off against each other, disturbing the snow and creating a shower of “ frozen droplets of water “or flakes of snow

To paraphrase/improve a rather distasteful idiom, I’m feeding #two birds with one seed…

by posting this for #BirdOfTheDay and #BlueSkyArtShow …as long frozen water count as #WaterDroplets?

(can’t bring myself to look for open water pics because I’m already yearning for spring)

#EastCoastKin 🪶

A Canada goose twists its neck around, so it’s head is upside down scooping up water. Or something. I’m not really sure exactly what it’s doing. Maybe it was printing underwater. Anyway, Droplets of water are spraying from its beak

Keeping a bit more true to the #BirdOfTheDay #WaterDroplet theme

Two ring billed gulls are in the water. The one in front has efficient its mouth and water droplets cascading from its head. In the foreground is snow.

Two ring-billed gulls are in the water with their wings out stretched, one behind the other like synchronized swimmers. There is some snow in the foreground.

OK, I didn’t have to go back as far as I thought I might for the #BirdOfTheDay theme #WaterDroplets since most of the water around here is frozen. But I thought I could do it with the #BlueSkyArtShow #Two theme.

Therefore getting two themes, including one who’s theme is two

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#EastCoastKin

A bright red male cardinal and a grey and brown tufted, tit mouse are perched on a log looking at each other. The cardinal is on top of the log looking down and the titmouse is grasping the side of the log looking up

Here’s looking at you
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#BlueSkyArtShow #Two
EastCoastKin
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This is so important to remember. They call it the fascist creep for a reason.

A pair of common Merganzer’s “running quote on the water preparing for takeoff. there is some snow in the foreground.

A pair of common Merganzer in flight over snow, near open water

Does frozen water count?

Taken back in December when there was still some open water on the river, these common Mergansers were wisely fleeing the impending ICE

#BirdOfTheDay #WingsOverWater

🪶#EastCoastKin

Wow

Scotiabank divests from Elbit.

An important victory in Canada in the fight against #Israel's killing machine. #Elbit

Thanks Alan! Yesterday was a good day!

Thanks! 🙏

Thank you! I was lucky with great light

A red tailed hawk, with its brown and white plumage, is perched on a tree branch. The wind blows back some of its feathers.

A red tailed hawk is bent over with its beak buried in the white plumage of its belly. It’s perched with one Talon, while the other yellow talent is stretched out in French.

A red tailed hawk’s head is bent towards it’s yellow tall, which is stretched out and upwards

A red tailed hawk is perched on a branch with both talents. It is looking intensely ahead with a slightly open beak

This red-tailed hawk wants to remind you of the importance of self-care for all #WinterSurvivors

#BirdOfTheDay
#EastCoastKin
#BlueSkyMonday please
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Wings are spread and seed is in the beak of a white breasted nut hatch flying against a wintry blurred forest

#WinterSurvivors, you and me both, nuthatch.

#BirdOfTheDay
#BlueSkyMonday
#EastCoastKin

This is a stunning portrait

A black&white composition of a Mute Swan. A heart shape can be seen in the outline of neck and reflection. Swans symbolize grace, loyalty, and lifelong partnership, often mating for life and displaying strong devotion to their partners. They are deeply linked to romantic ideals in both European folklore and modern wedding traditions.

To everyone who has that someone special. Give them a hug and tell them you love them today. Those who have lost your loved ones. Remember all those special times. Happy Valentine’s Day. Here’s a true symbol of love and commitment. All info in alt. #birds #BirdOfTheDay #Portrait #EastCoastKin

it never occurred to me what it would look like to get a shot like this from the front. Brilliant.

Photo of a pair of Bald Eagles perched on a branch and one of them is going potty

Judging by the look on Hannah's face, she thought this was a bit rude! #LakeCasitas #Birds #Raptors #Nature #Photography

Omg aaeee this is the cutest duck bill I’ve ever seen

And an auto miscorrect put an apostrophe in birds, making me wish it again. There was some way to do immediate edits on Blake posts

Two male mallards against the snow. Some feathers at the top of their bill come down in a peak, making their bill look like it has perky triangles ears, it’s too nostrils face forward, like two eyes, and the tip of its bill is black, and is covered in snow

A very close-up picture of a mallard bill, looking like a schnauzer

Another close-up of a mallard bill looking like a schnauzer

A screenshot from a dog adoption website. The dog has been adopted. But it is a golden schnauzer. With two perky ears at the top, two black eyes and a black snout with a bit of a beard

I used to think Mallard duck bills look like Pluto (the dog not the dwarf planet) but I realize they look like miniature golden schnauzers!

I don’t think this is really a bird’s post or a mammal’s post, but it is a midwinter meat post

Look me in the eye!

#BirdOfTheDay
#StareDown
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#EastCoastKin

Oh i meant the ink sketch by les chronique d’olivier!

You kingfisher if unmistakable. The beak. The eye/false eye. Super clear

Such gorgeous colours and such a great pose

Apt. But missing alt text.

The image is of a sign in a bookstore. It reads:
Fuck social media.
Marry books.
Kill AI.