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Bike riding around town with hockey gear...or sometimes a camera.

A Great Blue Heron showing its nictitating membrane/eyelid early this afternoon at Horn Pond in Woburn, Mass.
#birds #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #herons #HornPond #WoburnMA #BirdsOfMastodon

The head and neck of a Great Blue Heron, showing white throat, steel-grey and reddish tints, and orange on the lower beak. An opaque white membrane covers the eyeball. Green leaves are in the background.

A Viceroy butterfly seen early this afternoon at the Great Meadows NWR in Concord, Mass.
#butterfly #butterflies #viceroy #GreatMeadowsNWR #ConcordMA #NaturePhotography #ButterfliesOfMastodon

A Viceroy butterfly, with black-veined orange wings with white markings at the edges, perched on green leaves.

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A close-up of a California scrub jay perched among green foliage. The bird has vibrant blue feathers on its head and a lighter, speckled body.

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A blue-gray gnatcatcher searching for insects on a leaf's underside.

📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 800, f8, 1/2500s)

#birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography

A blue-gray gnatcatcher flying upward toward the bottom of a leaf. The bird has a narrow, light-colored bill, a dark eye with a white eyering, light gray feathers on its head, throat, and belly, and dark-gray wing feathers. The background is out-of-focus greenery.

A juvenile(?) Rose-breasted Grosbeak seen this afternoon at the Wellesley Island State Campground in New York.
#birds #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #grosbeak #NYState #BirdsOfMastodon

A young Rose-breasted Grosbeak, showing gray head, black wings, pink breast with dark spots, perched in a bush with green plant matter in its beak.

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A Green Heron with his catch, a small sunfish, in one of the bogs at Burrage Pond WMA.

#birds #wildlife #birdphotography #nature #masswildlife #halifax #massachusetts #wildmassachusetts #naturalmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife

A photograph of a Green Heron perched on a branch, with a sunfish in its beak.

A Belted Kingfisher seen this morning at the Arlington Reservoir in Lexington, Mass.
#birds #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #kingfisher #ArlingtonReservoir #LexingtonMA #BirdsOfMastodon

A Belted Kingfisher, showing light and dark shades of grey plus patches of white, flying to the left of the camera low over greenish water, with a fuzzy inverted reflection below it.

A couple of the several Eastern Phoebes seen yesterday afternoon at the Assabet River NWR in Maynard, Mass.
#birds #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #phoebe #AssabetRiverNWR #MaynardMA #BirdsOfMastodon

An Eastern Phoebe, light and dark shades of brown with a light yellow belly, perched on a tall, thin stump.

An Eastern Phoebe, light and dark shades of brown with a light yellow belly, perched on a short, rotting stump

An Eastern Kingbird seen last Friday at the Parker River NWR on Plum Island (Mass.).
#birds #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #kingbird #ParkerRiverNWR #PlumIslandMA #BirdsOfMastodon

An Eastern Kingbird, with dark brown head and wings, and white chin, breast, and belly, perched on a bare stick with its beak wide open, against a green leafy background.

A juvenile Little Blue Heron seen this afternoon at the Assabet River NWR in Maynard, Mass.
#birds #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #herons #AssabetRiverNWR #MaynardMA #BirdsOfMastodon

A young Little Blue Heron, all white with greenish-gray legs and gray beak, balanced on a tree stump in a wetland.

A Green Heron with a piscine snack it has just impaled on its beak, seen this afternoon at Black's Nook near Fresh Pond in Cambridge, Mass.
#birds #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #herons #FreshPond #CambMA #BirdsOfMastodon

A Green Heron, with a chestnut and brown body with white highlights, holds a small fish impaled on its beak. It stands in a puddle of water atop a large lilypad in a pond.

A couple of Osprey photos taken yesterday at Wolfe's Neck State Park in Freeport, Maine.
#birds #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #Osprey #FreeportME #BirdsOfMastodon

An Osprey, with brown wings and white body, perched on a large nest of twigs and branches located high in a pine tree.

An Osprey seen in flight carrying a fish in its talons.

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I thought the current nest only got out one fledgling this time, but I was wrong.

Northern Cardinals

the parents aren't in the shot because they're both on the feeder

#ThickTrunkTuesday #ThickTrunk #Birding #BirdPhotography #FocusStack #Project365 #PhotoADay #Birds #Fledglings #Cute

Two recent Northern Cardinal fledglings with ridiculous tufty crests are sitting on a thick, bark-covered branch with a lot of green behind it. Photo by Peachfront. July 30, 2024.

An Eastern Kingbird seen this afternoon at Lusitania Meadow near Fresh Pond in Cambridge, Mass.
#birds #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #kingbird #LusitaniaMeadow #FreshPond #CambMA #BirdsOfMastodon

An Eastern Kingbird, with brown cap and wings, and white chin, breast, belly, and tip of the tail. It is perched on a bare branch, with a green background.

A Red-winged Blackbird leaps into flight from its perch atop a tree at the Great Meadows NWR in Concord, Mass. yesterday morning.
#birds #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #blackbird #GreatMeadowsNWR #ConcordMA #BirdsOfMastodon

A Red-winged Blackbird, all black save for red and yellow slashes near the base of its wings, leaps up from its perch at the top of a tree with wings thrown behind and above its head. Green leaves and blue sky fill the background.

A male Northern Cardinal seen perched in the morning sun yesterday at Fresh Pond in Cambridge, Mass.
#birds #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #cardinals #FreshPond #CambMA #BirdsOfMastodon

A male Northern Cardinal, red body with black face surrounding a red beak, perched on small branches against a varying green background.

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Allen’s hummingbird hovering near purple flowers against blurred background.

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A yellow warbler tossing back a tasty beetle snack.

📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 1250, f6.3, 1/3200s)

#birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography

A female yellow warbler perched atop a sunflower and about to catch a beetle it has toss back into its beak. The bird is completely yellow with slightly darker yellow feathers running from its head back to its tail. The background is out-of-focus yellow sunflower flowers and green leaves.

More often heard (clackity-clackity-clack) than seen, a Marsh Wren spotted above the reeds today at Great Meadows NWR in Concord, Mass.
#birds #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #wrens #GreatMeadowsNWR #ConcordMA #BirdsOfMastodon

A Marsh Wren, several shades of brown with a striped tail, calling while perched on a Queen Anne's Lace plant with cattails in the background.

A group of (suspected) juvenile Golden-crowned Kinglet seen perched recently at Acadia NP, Schoodic Peninsula, Maine.
#birds #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #kinglets #AcadiaNP # Schoodic Point

A group of four birds believed to be Golden-crowned Kinglet, with one facing away and the three rightmost showing pale, puffy chest feathers, and light and dark gray markings on the heads. The background is mostly dark branches with some bright spaces.

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