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A female hairy woodpecker perches on the side of a spruce tree trunk. She is black and white with a long sturdy beak for digging into the trees looking for bugs. The background is orange from the late evening sun.

We are fortunate to have both Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers around all year, but they are particularly active in the winter.
This female Hairy Woodpecker arrived with a few loud PIPS, to forage for snacks on or in the trees!
#Birds #photography #wildlife 🪶

Bright, hazy image of many, many seagulls gathered at the shore, one distinct gull in foreground, taking a step.

Seagull reunion at the Oregon coast.
#BirdOfTheDay #SteppingOut
#birds #nature #Oregon #PacificOcean

My favorite color. 💜

A small grouping of purple Crocus’s are amongst the newly arrived greenery! They are wonderful little pops of happy! 😃

Joyous greetings in the garden today! 📷 🌱

I WISH ! But know it, just a Spiraea shrub that, like most plants, I've allowed it to grow unstructured. To me the larger, it gets, the more appealing to me with those white blooms.

It's "hugely lovely "😂
I couldn't figure out the best angle for the photo! I'm always disappointed when I have shrubs like this that bloom all out before the leaves....but all of the bees are loving it!

Occasionally Ruddy Turnstones are seen on the south shores of Lake Superior during their migration to or from their Arctic breeding grounds. This photo from 2023 is the one I chose for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #SteppingOut.

The ash like hues from the frost dust the trees and auburn grasses around the river way. There is hope for brightening in the cloud filled sky as the day awakens. All is very calm and still.

I think nature journaled out its peaceful intent for the weekend 📷🕊️ …

Beautiful purple crocus with orange in the centre. Set in green foliage.

Crocus.

#BloomScrolling
#Gardening

Enjoying every bloom. Thank you, Shantha 😊

Evening lights 😊
Baltic Sea
Latvia 🇱🇻

#Latvia #Sea #BalticSea #Sunset

My photo of white blooms on one of our shrubs.

Beautiful afternoon, and my shrubs and trees are beginning to bloom nicely. 🌱🌿🍃
#FlowerReport #nature #bloomscrolling #Springtime #flowers #Garden #EastCoastKin ##PhotographersofBluesky #Photography

Hope! We must hold on for hope...it's what keeps me focused.
I remember that hibiscus of yours! That first peek will be special. 🤗

Thank you, Shantha 😊

A yellow daffodil with orange inner petals and green leaves. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. March 2026. Gamble Garden.

Here is a beauty for #dailydaffodil from Gamble Garden, earlier this week.

#FlowersOnFriday
#FloralFriday

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling

Happy
#FlowersOnFriday
Snapdragons
🌱🤍🌱🤍🌱🤍🌱
#SoCal #FlowerReport
#Bloomscrolling

A close-up of a white lily and green leaves. A basket is partially visible. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. April 2025.

🎶Please remember peace is how we make it
Here within your reach if you're big enough to take it
- Ringo Starr.

Wishing you a peaceful evening and a wonderful Thursday!
🕊️🤍

#WhiteWednesday
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
#macro
#ImageAndVerse
#EastCoastKin

A macro close-up photo of an ant feeding at the base of the inside of a small white flower. There's a pale green ball-like structure at the center, with white stamen reaching out, topped by fuzzy anthers that almost have the color and shape of tiny peanuts. The background is blurred greens, browns, and a bit of white.

#InsectThursday
#FlowerReport:

Yesterday, in San Jose, California.

Thank you, Mary! 😊

Rainy day opium poppy 🌼☔️
#rain

The harbor of Copper Harbor, Michigan.

St David’s Cathedral can be seen in the background 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 5
(Please turn up the volume)

A river with small ripples flows between silhouetted banks covered in trees. The blue sky fades to yellow at the horizon with small puffy clouds looking a pale yellow and gray in the dimming light of this sunset photo.

Quiet rising at sundown. The birds find their evening roosts and the squirrels curl in their nests bring a peace along the river near winter’s end. #sunset #nature #maumeeriver #ohio #hiking

Chubb's Cisticola a small, secretive warbler-like bird found in montane grasslands and wetlands of East and Central Africa. markscheflen.com #cisticolas #bwindiImpenetrableforest #Uganda #montaneforests #birdsofafrica #birdsseenin2026 #birds #birdphotography #biodiversity #conservationphotography

The European Robin, A happy little soul having a sing song whilst sitting on a branch near St David’s Cathedral. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
(Please turn up the volume)

Good afternoon everyone

A petite yellow rose close to the brown soil. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. January 2026. My garden.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage".
- Anaïs Nin.

🌞Good morning!
Wishing you a fabulous Thursday!

#ColorADay #YellowThu
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling

This brave little rose was the last rose bloom in my garden in Jan 2026.

Pelicans on left, gulls on right on a smoky day at the Pacific coast. Birds all standing in water right at shoreline.

Pelicans and seagulls.
Silhouettes on a smoky day at the coast.
One of my favorite photos...
#BirdOfTheDay #MixedPairs
#birds #PacificOcean #Oregon #nature #photography #mood

A very friendly Robin following me around the garden. Here he is at the edge of the pond. I rewarded him with some meal worms.

I've got a new friend. Following me around the garden this morning. 😁🌱

#gardenfeed #UKnature #UKwildlife #shropshire #shropshirebirds #Shropshirebirding #wildlivesmatter #Robin

Copper Harbor, Michigan