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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #QuietMoments with an alternate option of #ColourfulCaptures Here's a twofer. Steller's Jay, Utah 2025 #Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Corvids #Utah

Mostly blue bird with blue-gray back and head, long blue tail,, and perky crest, sitting atop a pine tree

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Groups (four or more birds). Franklin's Gull, Kansas 2021 #Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #FlyoverCountry

Flock of 15 gray-backed white-headed gulls in flight

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #NaturesPantry American Kestrel with vole, Kansas 2018 #Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #FlyoverCountry

Buffy-breasted bird with black-and-white banded tail, blue-gray wings, and boldly striped head, perched on a utility wire and holding a small gray dead rodent

#landscape #landscape_lovers #landscapephoto #landscapephotography #moodynaturelandscapes #paisaje #paisajista #nature #naturaleza #wildnature #naturecommunity #motherNature #countryside #campo #spain #españa #spaintravel #naturephotography #fotografianatureza #PixelFedSpain #otoño #autumn #autumnvibes #autumncolors #autumnfall #samsungs23ultra #carreteraymanta #conducir

#madrid #madridgrafias #otoño #autumn #autumnvibes #autumncolors #autumnfall #landscape #landscape_lovers #landscapephoto #landscapephotography #moodynaturelandscapes #paisaje #paisajista #nature #naturaleza #wildnature #naturecommunity #motherNature #countryside #campo #spain #españa #spaintravel #naturephotography #fotografianatureza #PixelFedSpain #driving #conducir #carreteradeboadilla #roadtripping

#villanuevadelacañada #madrid #comunidaddemadrid #otoño #autumn #autumnvibes #autumncolors #autumnfall #landscape #landscape_lovers #landscapephoto #landscapephotography #moodynaturelandscapes #paisaje #paisajista #nature #naturaleza #wildnature #naturecommunity #motherNature #countryside #campo #urbanphotography #fediart #spain #españa

#madrid #villanuevadelacañada #landscape #landscape_lovers #landscapephoto #otoño #autumn #autumnvibes #autumncolors #autumnfall #landscapephotography #moodynaturelandscapes #paisaje #paisajista #nature #naturaleza #wildnature #naturecommunity #motherNature #countryside #campo #spain #españa #spaintravel #naturephotography #fotografianatureza #PixelFedSpain

#madrid #villanuevadelacañada #landscape #coloresdeotoño #coloresdeotoño #otoñoinvierno #autumnalcolors #moodynaturelandscapes #paisaje #paisajista #nature #naturaleza #wildnature #naturecommunity #motherNature #countryside #campo #spain #españa #spaintravel #naturephotography #fotografianatureza #PixelFedSpain

A Great Blue Heron over Marine Nature Study Area in early October.

#nature #NaturePhotography #birds #Wildlife #naturecommunity #photography #BirdsOfMastodon #birdphotography #birding #biodiversity

#SilentSunday

#photography #photo #fotografie #photographie #fotografia #landscape #landscapephotography #naturecommunity #forest #Poland

A dense morning fog fills a quiet forest, turning the background almost white and blurring every edge. A lone figure, seen from behind, walks away along a wide path covered in damp, brown leaves. Above them, bare branches and a few rusty autumn leaves arch into view from either side, framing the misty corridor. The light is diffuse with very low contrast; the trees and shrubs alongside the path fade after a few metres and the distant trees disappear completely, creating a muted, contemplative atmosphere in which no other people, animals or buildings are visible.

This is a Fernandina's Flicker, photographed in March 2024 in La Chorrera, a kind of water park in northwestern Cuba. I realized I hadn't posted this photo before. This is a critically endangered endemic species, with only 600-800 birds left, found in disjunct scattered locations on the main island. Inhabits open woodland/pastureland with palms, nesting in palm tree cavities, usually excavated by West Indian Woodpeckers. It forages on grubs, worms, ants, termites and seeds. It is at risk of extinction due to deforestation resulting from cattle ranching, slash-and-burn agriculture, logging, invasives, and the pet trade (Cuban Amazon Parrots nest in the same palms, which are cut down to facilitate Parrot capture).
#nature #NaturePhotography #birds #Wildlife #naturecommunity #photography #BirdsOfMastodon #birdphotography #birding #Cuba #cubanbirds #Cubanwildlife #biodiversity #woodpecker #biodiversity #extinction

Fernandina's Flicker striding up a tree branch. Black and white dorsum, red crown, dark beard and moustache, horizontally streaked amber below.

My weekly contribution at Balloon Juice

https://balloon-juice.com/2025/11/03/on-the-road-albatrossity-day-2-at-canyon-de-chelly-with-bonus-movie-recommendation/

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #FlyoverCountry #NavajoNation #CanyondeChelly

My weekly contribution at the blog Balloon Juice.

https://balloon-juice.com/2025/10/27/on-the-road-albatrossity-canyon-de-chelly/

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #FlyoverCountry #NavajoNation #CanyondeChelly

Stardate: 2025.10.21 - "Theme in Yellow" —Carl Sandburg

I spot the hills
With yellow balls in autumn.
I light the prairie cornfields
Orange and tawny gold clusters
And I am called pumpkins.
On the last of October
When dusk is fallen
Children join hands
And circle round me
Singing ghost songs
And love to the harvest moon;
I am a jack-o’-lantern
With terrible teeth
And the children know
I am fooling.
#CarlSandburg #ThemesInYellow #Sppoky #Nature #Poetry #Forest #Fog #Dark #Photography #Poem #NatureCommunity #PoetryCommunity #Poet #PicOfTheDay #PoetryOfTheDay #PoetOfTheDay