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Golden Celebrity

I observed this goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) and couldn’t help but feel it had a certain familiarity—like a star from Hollywood’s golden age. At first, I thought of Robert Mitchum, but then it struck me: no, Jack Soo. Perspective plays tricks on us sometimes. Perhaps the resemblance lies in the bird's expressive eye.

Step into a world where even the smallest moments—like the glint in a bird's eye—tell their own story.

https://swede1952-photographs.pixels.com

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #goldfinch

This image beautifully captures a goldfinch perched on a wooden structure. The goldfinch is striking with its bright yellow head and chest, contrasted by black and white wings. It faces left, standing out vividly against the blurred background, which enhances the bird's vibrant colors and intricate details.

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Anhinga in Focus

With its sleek form and intense gaze, the anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) embodies nature's quiet beauty as it perches gracefully above the water. Known as the "snakebird" for its long, curved neck, it offers a mesmerizing glimpse into the wild.

Discover more tranquil moments and natural wonders like this in my photo gallery—where every image tells a story worth exploring.

https://swede1952-photographs.pixels.com

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #anhinga

This image features an anhinga, a striking water bird, perched elegantly on a branch over a calm body of water. Its slender neck, sharp beak, and intricate blend of dark brown and black feathers stand out vividly against the blurred green backdrop, likely reflecting water and surrounding foliage.

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All ears🦉👂: Dusky eagle-owl (Bubo coromandus) eavesdropping on the forest's secrets. Did somebody say "free mice"? 👀🦉. Photo: Lee. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

Dusky eagle-owl

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14d

It feels like it's time for a new #introduction

I'm Daniel! He / him.

I'm a husband and Master #Naturalist from Louisiana and living in northeast #Oregon.

I post about #birds, #birding, #insects, #NativePlants, #iNaturalist, and everything else that I find in our travels around this beautiful Earth of ours.

I am a practitioner of #Soto #Zen #Buddhism, a #photographer, web developer, wood carver, and burgeoning gardener.

Website: https://daniel.observer

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27d

So excited to get my first clear picture of a kingfisher since starting with photography. And it was sitting just 10 feet from the car when we pulled up.

#kingfisher #bird #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #photography #amateurphotography

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I really enjoy watching the birds in my garden.

Robin portrait - handmade acrylic painting - https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/robin-portrait-karen-kaspar.html

#MastoArt #art #AYearForArt #painting #FediArt #FediGiftShop #artist #arte #InteriorDesign #MastodonArt #ArtistsOnMastodon #TraditionalArt #kunst #contemporaryArt #creativeToots #BuyIntoArt #bird #birds #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdArt #birding #nature #NatureLover #BirdWatching #wildlife #vogel #cute #animals #handmade #robin

Robin portrait is an acrylic painting in contemporary square format painted by artist Karen Kaspar. This portrait of a redbreast European Robin - Erithacus rubecula - is painted on a loose abstract background in vibrant orange.

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37d

Fine, a belated #introduction. Still searching for my people here. Encountering too many memes. I like levity in my timeline, but seldom like that. Where are the shitposters? The wise-crackers? The dry wits?

Interested in #film / #movies, #books (working on a project to get everything on my shelves read), #blogging, #vlogging, #birding, and #walking (boring).

Raised in #Iowa, live in #Chicago. Would love to find other folks here, but also interested in those in far-flung locales.

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39d

North American Robin portrait -
the original painting ist sold to an art lover in the United States, but prints are available here:
https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/north-american-robin-portrait-karen-kaspar.html

#americanRobin #MastoArt #art #AYearForArt #painting #FediArt #FediGiftShop #artist #arte #InteriorDesign #MastodonArt #TraditionalArt #kunst #contemporaryArt #creativeToots #BuyIntoArt #ArtMatters #HumanArtist #bird #birds #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdArt #birding #nature #BirdWatching #wildlife #vogel #cute #animals #robin

A North American Robin is sitting on a branch in a tree looking to the right side. The background in this acrylic painting in vertical format by artist Karen Kaspar is abstracted and the colors are reflecting the warm shades of orange and red of the breast feathers of the bird.

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Roseate Spoonbill in flight, like a pink angel glowing in the azure sky.
#Inagua #islands #bird #birds #birding #birder #birders #nature #birdoftheday #naturephotography #birdphotos #photography #birdphotography #spoonbill

Against a brilliant blue sky a large bird of many subtle hues of pink flies from left to right. The sun illuminates its feathers making thicker sections of wing deeper pink and the thin trailing edges closer to white. Its long bill is shaped like a spatula, or spoon, hence the name. Long, thin black feet trail behind.

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Greater Yellowlegs reflect on life on a calm morning in Great Inagua.
#Inagua #islands #bird #birds #birding #birder #birders #nature #birdoftheday #naturephotography #birdphotos #photography #birdphotography #yellowlegs

Two birds standing perpendicular to each other are perfectly reflected in the mirror-like surface of a calm pond.

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The third female sparrow also wants to be there at the sparrow meeting...

See more here --> https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/sparrow-meeting-part-three-karen-kaspar.html

#sparrow #sperling #MastoArt #art #painting #FediArt #FediGiftShop #artist #arte #InteriorDesign #MastodonArt #ArtistsOnMastodon #TraditionalArt #kunst #contemporaryArt #creativeToots #BuyIntoArt #bird #birds #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdArt #birding #nature #NatureLover #BirdWatching #wildlife #vogel #cute #animals #handmade

A female sparrow with soft, fluffy plumage is sitting on a slender branch. The bird is looking to the left. The delicate feathers of the small bird are painted in various shades of brown with loose, gentle brushstrokes. The background is painted abstractly in warm brown, purple and earthy tones.
Sparrow meeting part three is an acrylic painting in portrait format hand-painted by the artist Karen Kaspar.
This painting is part of my mini-series of three paintings - Sparrow Meeting One, Two and Three. Each of these paintings shows a female sparrow sitting on a branch. Each of these pictures can be hung on its own. However, the three paintings can also be perfectly combined to a triptych and hung together on a wall for a joint sparrow meeting.

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House Finch in Detail

Here is a close up of a male house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) near my backyard shed.

"The red of a male House Finch comes from pigments contained in its food during molt (birds can’t make bright red or yellow colors directly). So the more pigment in the food, the redder the male. This is why people sometimes see orange or yellowish male House Finches. Females prefer to mate with the reddest male they can find, perhaps raising the chances they get a capable mate who can do his part in feeding the nestlings." - allaboutbirds.org

Visit my photo gallery at:

https://swede1952-photographs.pixels.com

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #birdphotography #HouseFinch

The image shows a male house finch perched on a black metal arch, facing left. The finch's vibrant reddish head is cocked slightly to the left, as if examining something with its sparkling black eyes. Its black beak is closed, with the tip of the upper mandible overlapping the lighter lower mandible. The bird's plumage features striking dark and light brown streaks, and its folded tail extends straight back. In the background, a contrasting red and white structure creates a captivating and vivid scene.

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A male Downy Woodpecker

See it bigger here: https://jan-luit.pixels.com/featured/downy-woodpecker-against-a-blue-sky-jan-luit.html

#WildlifePhotography #Photography #Art #NaturePhotography #fotografie #artist #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #FediGiftShop #PhotographyIsArt #mastoart #Birding #birdsofmastodon #Birdwatching #Arte #Birds #Vogel #Nature #Natuur #Animals #Wildlife #GiveArt #Giftidea

The eye of the woodpecker is one quarter from the top and just left of the middle of the photo.
The bird is hanging on a dead branch against a blue sky.

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I just saw an American Robin (Turdus migratorius) in my snow-covered Maryland back yard.

Hey, Robin, you don't have to stay here. You can migrate to gentler climes. You have "migratorius" right in your name, for Pete's sake.

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These little birds are very common in my garden and I love to watch and paint them.

Blue tit portrait - handmade acrylic painting:
https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/blue-tit-bird-portrait-painting-karen-kaspar.html

#MastoArt #art #painting #FediArt #FediGiftShop #artist #arte #InteriorDesign #MastodonArt #ArtistsOnMastodon #TraditionalArt #kunst #contemporaryArt #creativeToots #BuyIntoArt #bird #birds #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdArt #birding #nature #BirdWatching #wildlife #vogel #cute #animals #handmade #blaumeise #bluetit #ArtAdventCalendar

Blue tit bird portrait is an acrylic painting in portrait format by artist Karen Kaspar. It shows a cute Blue Tit bird standing on a branch of a tree and looking to the left side. The background is abstract in shades of yellow, green and brown.

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Can you spot our new National Bird in this photograph of a wintry scene I took in Errol, NH last week? #birding #photography

https://www.npr.org/2024/12/18/nx-s1-5231827/bald-eagles-national-bird

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I've created a 2025 calendar using bird pictures I took in 2024. It's free, so pass it on to bird-loving friends. Here's the link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OzbiOhuY4ulVrHKO7TFlZDBd9qCNHPUu/view?usp=drive_link
#birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #nature #naturephotography #calendar #HoosierMast

This photo shows the cover of the bird calendar. It's a Cooper's hawk, wings upraised and tail spread, about to take flight.

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Greetings Mastodon! As an introduction, I'm a Naturalist, Conservationist, Birder, Photographer, Audiophile, & Videophile living in an energy efficient, net positive, solar powered home in the Sonoran Desert.

#Introduction #Introductions #NewHere #Solar #SolarPower #EnergyEfficient #Tucson #NaturePhotography #Photography #Birds #Birding #Conservation #BiologicalDiversity #SonoranDesert #Desert #Birdwatcher #Birdwatching #NetPositive #NetZero

Solar panels on roof with rainbow.
© Carl R. Englander

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Very honored to win first place in the juried Beautiful Watercolors Special Feature contest December 2024 with my handmade watercolor painting

Robin in a winter landscape - https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/robin-in-a-winter-landscape-karen-kaspar.html

#win #winter #landscape #christmas #MastoArt #art #painting #FediGiftShop #artist #arte #MastodonArt #TraditionalArt #contemporaryArt #watercolor #watercolour #BuyIntoArt #birds #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdArt #birding #nature #BirdWatching #wildlife #vogel #cute #animals #handmade #robin #aquarell

Robin in a winter landscape is a watercolor painting in landscape format hand-painted by the artist Karen Kaspar.
A European Robin sits on a snow-covered branch in the middle of a gentle winter scene. The bright orange breast feathers form a striking contrast to the soft, cool colours of the wintry background. Delicate twigs are lightly dusted with snow, lending the scene a calm and frosty atmosphere. Soft blue and white tones fill the background and suggest a cold but calm atmosphere.

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A fluffy little Robin says hello - have a wonderful day!

Handmade watercolor painting: https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/fluffy-robin-says-hello-karen-kaspar.html

#ArtAdventCalendar #MastoArt #art #AYearForArt #painting #FediArt #FediGiftShop #artist #arte #InteriorDesign #MastodonArt #ArtistsOnMastodon #TraditionalArt #kunst #contemporaryArt #watercolor #watercolour #creativeToots #BuyIntoArt #bird #birds #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdArt #birding #nature #NatureLover #BirdWatching #wildlife #vogel #cute #animals #handmade #robin #rotkehlchen

In this hand-painted watercolour in portrait format by Karen Kaspar, a small fluffy robin looks towards the viewer from the bottom right-hand edge of the picture and seems to be saying "hello". The little bird's bright orange breast forms a lively contrast to the soft blue background. The picture is painted in a fresh, relaxed style and conveys a sense of playfulness. The delicate brushwork and subtle colour transitions create a calm atmosphere.

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And exhale … captured this White-breasted Nuthatch’s breath on a chilly birding walk three Decembers ago.

#birds #birding #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #creationstruck #JustBreathe

Small bird (white face, black cap, blue-gray above, rusty lower belly and undertail coverts) looking down from grayish-brown tree trunk. You can see the bird’s breath in the chilly air.

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Some of the couple thousand Snow Geese that flew by a little while ago

#birds #birding

Hundreds of white geese streak across the gray sky, dots forming multiple flying Vs that converge into one larger V formation

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109d

We often see a Western Screech-Owl in our owl box at dusk & often hear Curve-billed Thrashers serenading us in our Tucson, AZ, USA yard! Here’s my art of both in my Perpetual Journal.

#SciArt #art #illustration #watercolor #painting #sketchbook #NatureJournal #NatureJournaling #PerpetualJournal #Tucson #SonoranDesert #NativePlants #biodiversity #environment #ecosystem #ecology #nature #wildflower #BloomScrolling #bird #birds #birding #BirdsOfMastodon #birdsong #owl #thrasher #positivityposting

My 2024 Perpetual Journal watercolor and pen art of a Curve-billed Thrasher singing; my 2023 Perpetual Journal watercolor and pen art of a Western Screech-Owl in our owl box; & my 2022 Perpetual Journal watercolor and pen art of a Caltrops flower.

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A Blue Jay tries to distract me with its brilliant blue tail feathers while helping itself to a grossly unfair amount of suet.

#birds
#birding
#nature
#birdsofmastodon

A Blue Jay perches on top of a cage suet feeder. The jay is facing left. Its face and throat are white, with a spot of black just in front of the eye. A necklace of black runs around the bird's neck. The bird's back is a soft blue. There is a white flash in the folded wing. The folded tertials and secondaries show bright blue with a black cross-pattern. The bird's tail is extended and slightly spread. The tail base color is light blue with a black cross-pattern. The tips of the tail feathers show large white spots. The cage feeder is hanging from a tree branch. Beyond the tree branch, another tree trunk is visible but slightly out of focus. Further away, a blurry background shows light vegetation and there is a hint of a brick building in the distance.

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I was very surprised to learn that baby gulls look like this, but when they started screaming their identity was confirmed

#Birding #Photography #BirdPhotography #WesternGulls #california #Birds

a photo of baby gulls with spots on their bodies screaming while adult gulls look on

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