Rob L

Thanks, you as well!

Thank you, Anna, you're so kind!

Thanks you! I felt like I fell short on the ALT this time, not describing the bird well enough, but it was kinda dark out so ...

Wonderful!

Beautiful!

The more I look at this photo the more I like it. Very nice!

A Great Blue Heron – a very large, mainly gray wading bird with a white and dark blue head, yellow beak and yellow and grayish legs – stands in the reflection of a white light on a frozen river at sundown on a cold winter's day.

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), Middle Grounds, Toledo, Ohio, USA, February 2026. ©2026 #birds #nature #photography #naturephotography #toledo #ohio #winter

If I have a dying message to Americans it’s that you can speak into a cell phone at a normal volume, as if the person you’re speaking with has their head on your shoulder, and they will hear every word just great. No nred to yell like you’re in a WWII movie.

Thanks for reposting, @annaquent.bsky.social!

Thanks for reposting the goose:
@juneandcie.bsky.social
@my-incredible-life.bsky.social
@taicheuk.bsky.social
@egarcia7.bsky.social
@kamonauthor.bsky.social

And thanks @tnycruzr.bsky.social for all the butterfly reposts! More soon as the weather warms!

Excellent.

Great shot!

Nice!

Fantastic

Que linda

Yes.

Thank you!

Thanks!

Ha!

I've had eyes on both Red-winged Blackbirds and Turkey Vultures. It is happening.

Beautiful.

Two small, male diving ducks float serenely on a calm, glassy river on a cold, cloudy winter's day. The ducks have black heads and chests, as well their tail feathers, contrasting with their white undersides and mottled white and gray backs. Their bills are hued blue, and they have gleaming orange eyes.

Lesser Scaups (Aythya affinis) on the Maumee, Middlegrounds Metropark, Toledo, Ohio, USA, February 2026. ©2026 #birds #nature #photography #naturephotography #toledo #ohio #maumeeriver #winter

Thanks for the repost, @maunciple.devil.computer!

To anyone who might be reading this, do these "thank you" posts clutter your feed and annoy you, or do you like seeing them? I feel like they add to engagement a bit, but I don't see many folks doing them and don't want to annoy anyone.

I will, thank you! I primarily shoot outdoors now but am hoping to learn some studio technique this year. I know next to nothing about lights and gear so just seeing what you're using and looking it up has helped me to learn what is out there and how it's used.

Beautiful!

Really appreciate the lighting information, thank you! Always amazing photos.

Lovely, indeed!

The bird and the photo!

Elegant!

A large, brown and tan goose with a white underside, black neck and white strip on its cheeks and under its chin stands in a snowy field of dried grass, appearing to eye the photographer warily on a cold winter's day.

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis), Middle Grounds, Toledo, Ohio, USA, February 2026. ©2026 #birds #nature #photography #naturephotography #toledo #ohio #winter

This app notifies you when smart glasses are nearby. It uses company identificators in the Bluetooth data sent out by these. Therefore, there likely are false positives (e.g. from VR headsets). Hence, please proceed with caution when approaching a person nearby wearing glasses. They might just be regular glasses, despite this app's warning.

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