Colyn Martin

Here are a couple of common starlings. Ordinary but beautiful. #birdoftheday #spottyspeckled #birdphotography #birding #birds #wildlife

Fall migration has brought some cool sparrows to my area. This is a swamp sparrow. #Brownbirds #birdoftheday #birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlife

Here’s a cute couple celebrating their unholy union in Charlottesville, Va. #31DaysofHalloween #spooky #skeletons #Halloween

For today’s #birdoftheday theme #LMNOP, here’s a mockingbird I saw at the botanical gardens the other day. #birding #birdphotography #birds #wildlife

Here’s an American Redstart #lookingdown. #birdoftheday #birding #birdphotography #birds

While I was out looking for warblers this weekend at Back Bay NWR, I found this wild turkey. He was completely unbothered by me so I got to enjoy watching him for a few minutes. #birdoftheday #brown #birding #birdphotography #photography #turkey

Here’s a #Green heron from earlier this summer. #birdoftheday #birding #birds #birdphotography #wildlife

Here’s a cute little sanderling having a snack. #eating #birdoftheday #birds #birding #birdphotography #photography #wildlife

A brown pelican flying over #Bluewater. #birdoftheday #blue #birds #birding #birdphotography #photography #wildlife

Here’s a tricoloured heron striking a pose. #Birdsupermodel #birdoftheday #birding #birds #birdphotography

Merlin. #Blueskies #birdoftheday #birdphotography #birding #birds #wildlife #birdsofprey

Female red winged blackbird. 🐦‍⬛ #birdoftheday #birdphotography #birding #birds #green #wildlife

Red shouldered hawk. #Raptors #Birdoftheday #birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #photography

A red headed woodpecker investigating a hole. #redheads #birdoftheday #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #red #birds #photography

Today’s #birdoftheday theme is #ODG (owl, duck, or goose.) Here’s a pretty female wood duck. #birdphotography #duck #birds #birding #wildlife

Here’s a black necked stilt hunting at Pea Island NWR. #Birdylonglegs #birdoftheday #birding #birds #birdphotography

I would have loved to have gotten a nice detailed shot of all of this great egret and two snowy egrets. but the sky didn’t cooperate, so I have this very #backlit #silhouette photo instead. #birdoftheday #blackandwhite #birding #birdphotography #birds #photography

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A pair of blue winged teals. #Mamas&Papas #birdoftheday #birding #birdphotography #birds #ducks

This black and white warbler stopped moving for a couple of seconds. #ABCD #birdoftheday #birds #birding #birdphotography #fallmigration #wildlife

A royal tern, a black skimmers, and some herring gulls hanging out. #Birdbuddies #birdoftheday #birding #birds #birdphotography #photography

A great blue heron hanging out in a field at the botanical gardens. #FlowerPower #birdoftheday #birding #birds #birdphotography #photography

Here’s a very disheveled Carolina wren that landed a few feet away from me and yelled for about a minute before taking off 🪶 . #Birdsupclose #birdoftheday #birding #photography #wildlife #birdphotography #birds

This cutie pie, though. #frogs #GreenSat #wildlifephotography #photography

My #bestofthemonth #birdoftheday pick is this little blue heron hunting alongside a snowy egret at Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge. This was only the second time I’d ever seen a little blue heron and my very first time seeing one sort of close. 🪶 #birding #birds #birdphotography #wildlife

The #birdoftheday theme is #woodland. Here’s a yellow rumped warbler, photo taken last spring. #birds #birding #birdphotography

My #birdoftheday fits in both the main and alt categories, #ThinPerches snd #BuntingBirds. I’m not sure if this is a juvenile or female indigo bunting, but I’m leaning toward juvenile. #falsecapestatepark #birdphotography #birds #birding

A bird against a #simple is the #birdoftheday theme. This is a ruby throated hummingbird surveying his/her territory. #birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #wildlife

For the alt #birdoftheday theme, here’s a bald eagle enjoying the sun. #sunnydaybirds #birding #birdphotography #birds

Going with the #birdoftheday alt theme #BirdnameG with this green heron. He’s wearing his angry feathers in this picture because we startled him when we drove by. #birds #mackayisland #birding #birdphotography #photography

This wood duck stopped preening long enough to model his feathers for me. #strikeapose #birdoftheday #birdphotography #birding #birds #photography

Here’s a snowy egret #AtOneWithNature. #birdoftheday #birding #birds #birdphotography

Here’s a great horned owl who appears to be playing #PeekaBoo but is probably wishing I would stop taking pictures of her/him. #birdoftheday #birding #birds #birdphotography

Here’s a cute little house wren. #littlebrownbird #birdoftheday #birding #birds #birdphotography #photography

Dark Hollow Falls. #ShenandoahNationalPark. #WaterfallWednesday #waterfalls #photography #nationalparks

#RedorDead (any bird with red in the photo but not on the bird, or a bird on a bare winter branch) is today’s #birdoftheday theme. Here’s a fat little tufted titmouse. #birding #birds #birdoftheday #birdphotography

My #birdoftheday is this yellow breasted chat. I’ve been trying to get a decent shot of one for a year now. Usually I can only hear them, or just see them off in the distance, but I finally had success! #YourChoice #birding #photography #birdphotography

A great egret enjoying the sun. #CHE #birdoftheday #birds #birding #birdphotography

Here’s a green heron for today’s #birdoftheday theme #eyeofthewild. I’ve gotten lucky and seen quite a few of these beauties in my area this summer! #birds #birding #birdphotography

Got lucky and captured this tree sparrow taking off from a stump. #TantalisingTextures #Birdoftheday #birdphotography #birds #birding #nikon #photography

For today’s #birdoftheday theme, #SummerLovin, here’s a shot of an American Goldfinch at False Cape State Park, taken on Sunday. Hot day, but great #birding! #birds #yellow #birdphotography #nikon

I’m pretty sure this is an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail? I need to concentrate on butterfly watching during the hot weather while the birds aren’t as plentiful. #Butterflyweek #macrophotography #wildlife #butterflies

Here’s a crow for today’s #birdoftheday theme, #corvidae. #birding #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #nikon

Here’s a snowy egret doing its thing at Pea Island NWR in North Carolina. #birds #birding #birdphotography #SingersandWingers #birdoftheday

Here’s a cute little gosling with lots to say for today’s alt #birdoftheday theme #openbeaks. #birds #birding #birdphotography #nikon #geese #wildlife

My neighbor’s kid spoke with Mitch McConnell for 20 minutes

I enjoyed watching this tufted titmouse bathing in a fountain at #ivycreeknaturalarea in Charlottesville, Va. #Bathtime #birdoftheday #birds #birding #birdphotography

Here’s a blackpoll warbler for today’s #birdoftheday, #cutie. #birdphotography #birds #birding #wildlife #photography

On Birthright Citizenship: “The Reconstruction Amendments were an anticaste, antisubordination reset for the Nation, not a mere spot treatment for the dark stain of slavery.” -Justice Ketanji Brown 💅💕