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A photo from this past summer, offering lightness and warmth on yet another difficult day. #WildlifeWednesday #butterflies #nature #photography #serenity

Another week, another #BlueSkyMonday. Today with a red-headed woodpecker. #Birds #Woodpeckers #Wildlife #Photography

Two sandhill cranes step up for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #OnOneLeg, birds seen balancing on one leg. #Birds #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Nature #Photography #BirdsOfBluesky

Migrating ducks have begun to return! Here's a female Northern shoveler for #OrangeSun. Michigan USA. #Birds #Ducks #ColorADay #Wildlife #Photography #BirdsSeenIn2026

A swamp sparrow for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #BrownBirds and for #SparrowSunday. #Birds #Sparrows #Nature #BirdSky #Wildlife

N is for Northern Cardinal. #BirdOfTheDay #LMNO #Birds #Nature #Photography #Cardinals

A ruby-crowned kinglet strikes a pose against a muted green background. #Birds #SmallBirdSaturday #GreenSat #ColorADay #Photography #Wildlife #Nature

A carpenter bee catches the morning dew as it starts it pollination rounds. #Insects #Bees #FlyDay #FloralFriday #Bloomscrolling #Pollinators #Nature #BugSky

A young Eastern bluebird, from early September, for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #Juveniles (any juvenile bird) and the alt theme #Green (a green background). #Birds #Bluebird #Photography #Nature #BirdsOfBluesky #Wildlife

A song sparrow in an #Autumn/ #fall #Seasonal setting for today's #BirdOfTheDay. #Birds #Sparrows #Sparrow #Nature #Photography

This paper wasp was taking advantage of the sunshine yesterday. Photographed on a reflective white trailside sign. (Please correct ID!) #InsectThursday #Insects ##Wasps #Bugsky #YellowThurs #ColorADay #Nature #Photography

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Black&White, any bird with black and white plumage. Is the black-capped #chickadee too obvious? #Birds #BirdPhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdsOfBluesky

An early morning meeting on the trail. #WildlifeWednesday #WildlifePhotography #Wildlife

A small-in-frame image of a Northern cardinal at the community garden for #RedWed. Wishing everyone some tranquility today. #Birds #ColorADay #Photography #Garden #Tranquility

Who says I have #LittleLegs? A ruby-throated hummingbird from earlier this month. Sadly (wisely), I believe they have now departed for warmer climates. #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #Photography #Hummingbirds #BirdPhotography #Nature #WildlifePhotography

Here's a mallard for doing double-duty for #Reflection, today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, and #MallardMonday. #Reflections #Birds #Ducks #Photography #Wildlife #BirdsOfBluesky

Additional images of the red-tailed hawk at our local arboretum this week after its capture of a chipmunk. Please note: Beyond the first two photos there are graphic images showing the chipmunk. #Stunday #Photography #Wildlife #BirdsOfPrey #Hawks #Raptors #WildlifePhotography

White-throated sparrows are moving through the state. This one made a stop at the local arboretum this week. #Sparrows #SparrowSunday #Birds #Nature #Wldlife #Photography #WildlifePhotography

Another featherless find on the trail: Eastern box elders, a true bug native to North America. #Bugs #BugSky #Nature #Insects #OrangeSun #ColorADay #Insects

An American robin for today’s #BirdOfTheDay alt theme #Turdidae, any thrush species. #Birds #Robin #Wildlife #Photography

The red-tailed hawk lands on a trailside tree with its prey, a chipmunk. #Birds #Photography #WildlifePhotography #BirdsOfPrey #Hawks #Wildlife

A golden-crowned kinglet against a background of blurred foliage for #SmallBirdSaturday. #Birds #GreenSat #ColorADay #Wildlife #Photography #BirdsOfBluesky

Success for this great egret shortly before #sunset for today's #BirdofTheDay alt theme, #Dusk. #Birds #Wildlife #Photography #BirdsOfBluesky

I spent a few minutes with this beauty yesterday. More to come as I sort though the (hundreds of) images of this red-tailed hawk after its successful hunt of a chipmunk. #Birds #BirdPhotography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Raptors #BirdsOfPrey #Hawks #RedtailedHawk

It finally feels like #Fall. #Photography #FungiFriends #Nature #Mushrooms

An Eastern #bumblebee continues it pollination mission into the fall. #Bees #Insects #Bloomscrolling #FlyDay #Nature #Pollinators

A black-capped chickadee strikes a pose for today's #BirdoftheDay theme, #Paridae. #BirdoftheDay #Birds #BirdPhotography #Wildlife #Nature #BirdsOfBluesky #Birdsky

An oil beetle with a tiny red hitchhiker (mite? tick?). #InsectThursday #Insects #Nature #Photography #BugSky

A killdeer for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #JKLM. #BirdPhotography #Birds #Nature #Wildlife

I had not been to these park for months, but luckily this belted kingfisher is somewhat predictable in its location. #Birds #Kingfisher #Wildlife #Nature #Photography

Not a shore bird, but a sandhill crane on the shore of a small lake for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme #ShoreBirds, any bird on a small lakeshore. #Birds #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfBluesky #Nature #Wildlife

A Tennessee warbler photobombs a Nashville warbler for #TwosDay. #Birds #Warblers #Nature #Wildlife

A black-capped chickadee #LookingDown for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme. #Birds #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfBluesky #Nature #WildlifePhotography

A pair of bald eagles from early morning foggy their perch above the Hudson River (Kingston, New York). #TwosDay #Birds #BaldEagle #Baldeagles #BirdOfPrey #Wildlife

It's not all warblers and kinglets on the trail: A song sparrow portrait. #Birds #Sparrows #Brown #Nature #Wildlife #Photography #BirdSKy

How is this possible? A #chipmunk fills its cheek pouch with an acorn. Answer to rhetorical question: They have expandable skin pockets that extend from their jaw to shoulders. #MammalMonday #Mammals #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

A juvenile bald eagle overhead on the Empire State Trail in New York's Hudson Valley for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #Brown, any bird with brown in its plumage. #Birds #Photography #BIF #BirdsInFlilght #BaldEagle #BirdsOfPrey #Wildlife #BlueSkyMonday

Happy Sunday. I hope you enjoy this colorful Northern parula, one of North America's smallest wood warblers. #Birds #Warblers #Nature #Wildlife

A Tennessee warbler eyes an ant at a local community garden for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #Green (any birds or backgrounds that have green in them). #Birds #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Photography #Warbler

The tiny ruby-crowned kinglet - in a rare still moment - for #SmallBirdSaturday. #Birds #Wildlife #Nature #BirdsOfBluesky #BlueskyBirds

I found a lone grasshopper among the hundreds (thousands?) of spotted lanternflies on a recent trip. #Insects #FlyDay #Grasshopper #Nature #Photography

A white-breasted nuthatch for #BW-Fri. #Birds #ColorADay #Photography #Wildlife #Nature #Nuthatch

A successful hunt for this great egret during the golden hour. #Waders #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #Herons #Wildlife #Nature

A house sparrow with a sunflower seed for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #Eating, birds with food in their beaks. #Birds #BirdsOfBluesky #Sparrows #Nature #Wildlife

Another featherless find while birding. This beauty will become a cecropia moth! #InsectThursday #Insects #Nature #Wildlife #Photography #Caterpillar #BugSky

The very hungry ... Northern cardinal for #RedWed. #ColorADay #Nature #Birds #Wildllife

An orange-crowned warbler, photographed yesterday, is an uncommon find as Michigan USA is generally outside their migratory path. #Birds #Warblers #BirdsSeeIn2026 #Nature #Wildlife #BirdsOfBluesky

This ruby-throated hummingbird, #Perched on a fence in a local community garden, hasn't received its migration notice yet. #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #Hummingbird #Nature #Wildlife #TheLittleThings