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Colleen M. Dougher @colleendougher.bsky.social · 10d

A Little Blue Heron on our neighborhood lake.

#littleblueheron #heron #herons #egret #egret #birds #birders #birdwatching #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #floridawildlife #birdphotography #photography #wildlife #southflorida #floridabirds #birdsofbluesky #backyard #wildflorida

Blue Heron who frequents a South Florida neighborhood lake.

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Colleen M. Dougher @colleendougher.bsky.social · 19d

Ambitious & Hungry Great Egret & Unfortunate Tiny Fish
(RIP wee fish who was likely swimming along happily just prior to this)
#birds #birders #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #floridawildlife #birdsofbluesky #egret #egrets #greategrets #greategret #heron #herons #photography

Great Egret preparing to consume the unfortunate tiny fish the bird is holding in his or her beak.

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Colleen M. Dougher @colleendougher.bsky.social · 22d

I love to watch birds watching other birds. The Moorhens like to check out the birds on what I'm pretty sure they consider THEIR lake.

#tricoloredheron #heron #herons #birds #birders #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #floridawildlife #birdphotography #floridabirds #commongallinules #moorhens

A Common Gallinule (The Bird Formerly Known as Moorhen) observing a Tri-Colored Heron fishing in the lake.

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Colleen M. Dougher @colleendougher.bsky.social · 27d

My friend who frequently shows up on rainy days -- The Yellow-Crowned Night Heron. ❤️

#yellowcrownednightheron #nightheron #nightherons #heron #herons #birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birding #wildlife #backyard

Yellow-Crowned Night Heron on an overcast and intermittently raining day.

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Colleen M. Dougher @colleendougher.bsky.social · Sep 14

This Yellow-Crowned Night Heron visits our lake post-rain to search for toads & frogs. If he doesn't find them nearby he visits fences, as he knows where toads/frogs live and that they enjoy a rainy day as much as he does .-- at least until he finds them. Yesterday he got lucky. Today not so much.

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Colleen M. Dougher @colleendougher.bsky.social · Sep 2

A PSA from a very wise duck who lives on our neighborhood lake.

#birds #birders #naturephotography #natureart #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #nature #backyard #wildlife #duck #ducks #wildlife #muscovyduck #respectallwildlife 🪶

A very respectful Muscovy duck who lives on our neighborhood lake in South Florida.

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Colleen M. Dougher @colleendougher.bsky.social · Aug 30

A curious Blue Jay neighbor ...

#floridabirds #birds #birders #photography #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #birdwatching #bluejay #bluejays #nature #backyard

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Colleen M. Dougher @colleendougher.bsky.social · Aug 30

I think this encapsulates how MANY of us feel right now ... because how could anyone who cares about humans and all other creatures not feel this way?

Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · Aug 29

It's been a hell of a week, so here's a yawning polar bear that looks like he's giving a primal scream. Pretty much encapsulates my emotions lately :)

A young polar bear has just woken up from a nap next to a tundra pond and is yawning. However, the yawn looks like a scream.

Colleen M. Dougher @colleendougher.bsky.social · Aug 30

Horace's Duskywing among the Bushy Asters in the backyard garden.

#photography #duskywing #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wildflorida #butterflies #butterfly #insect #insects #entomology #lepidoptera #backyard #butterflygarden

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Colleen M. Dougher @colleendougher.bsky.social · Aug 28

A very special guest on the lake today. Thank you for gracing us with your presence, Bald Eagle. 🪶

#eagle #baldeagle #birds #birders #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #floridawildlife #birdphotography #photography #wildlife #southflorida #floridabirds #birdsofbluesky

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Colleen M. Dougher @colleendougher.bsky.social · Aug 22

I love to photograph birds who are preening as they seem so relaxed/natural while doing so. 🪶

#tricoloredheron #heron #herons #egret #egret #birds #birders #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #floridawildlife #birdphotography #photography #wildlife #southflorida #floridabirds #birdsofbluesky

Tri-colored Heron preening in South Florida.

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Colleen M. Dougher @colleendougher.bsky.social · Aug 22

I was so disgusted to read about this. I think they would ban actual rainbows in the sky too ... if they could.

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Colleen M. Dougher @colleendougher.bsky.social · Aug 21

Happy to see this energetic Snowy Egret has been showing up on our lake for about the past week or so.

#snowyegret #snowyegrets #egret #egrets #bird #birds #nature #wildlife #birdphotography #backyard #nature #naturephotography #floridawildlife #floridabirds #birdsofbluesky #wildlifephotography

A very energetic Snowy Egret on our neighborhood lake in South Florida.

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Colleen M. Dougher @colleendougher.bsky.social · Aug 21

A few of my White-Winged Dove neighbors. ❤️

#dove #doves #bird #birds #nature #wildlife #birdphotography #backyard #nature #naturephotography #floridawildlife #floridabirds #birdsofbluesky #wildlifephotography

Two White-Winged Doves hanging out on a hot summer day on our neighborhood lake in South Florida.

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Colleen M. Dougher @colleendougher.bsky.social · Aug 20

Sunflower Power 🌻

#sunflowers #sunflower #flower #flowers #bloom #blooms #bloomscrolling #nature #naturephptography

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Colleen M. Dougher @colleendougher.bsky.social · Aug 18

My beautiful dove neighbor.

#dove #doves #mourningdove #mourningdoves #bird #birds #nature #wildlife #birdphotography #backyard #nature #naturephotography #floridawildlife #floridabirds #birdsofbluesky #wildlifephotography

My beautiful neighbor ... who happens to be a mourning dove.

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Colleen M. Dougher @colleendougher.bsky.social · Aug 18

I love to watch the tiny House Sparrows watching the world around them. I'm so happy to have them here.

#housesparrows #englishsparrows #sparrows #birds #ornithology #birdphotos #birds #birdphotos #floridawildlife

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Colleen M. Dougher @colleendougher.bsky.social · Aug 15

Saint Jerome (Patron Saint of Lost Peanuts) shows up for every Blue Jay who asks themselves “Where the hell did I bury that peanut?”

#floridabirds #birds #birders #photography #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography#birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #birdwatching #bluejay #bluejays #nature

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Colleen M. Dougher @colleendougher.bsky.social · Aug 13

Gulf Fritillary on Beach Verbena

#photography #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wildflorida #butterflies #butterfly #insect #insects #entomology #lepidoptera #backyard #gulffritillary #gulffritillaries #garden

A recently emerged Gulf Fritillary on a Beach Verbena plant in the garden.

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Colleen M. Dougher @colleendougher.bsky.social · Aug 13

Tri-Colored Heron on our lake this week. This bird is here daily & this afternoon was foraging with a Little Blue Heron.

#tricoloredheron #tricoloredherons #heron #herons #bird #birds #wadingbirds #nature #wildlife #birdphotography #backyard #nature #naturephotography #floridawildlife #floridabirds

Tri-colored Heron on our neighborhood lake in South Florida.

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Colleen M. Dougher @colleendougher.bsky.social · Aug 12

So very beautiful!

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Colleen M. Dougher @colleendougher.bsky.social · Aug 11

Yes … I do think that’s why they do that but am not sure how they came to include Ospreys in their mix. Perhaps they just thought it would be fun to pull off sounding like an Osprey. They definitely had me fooled when I first encountered one’s near perfect imitation.

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Colleen M. Dougher @colleendougher.bsky.social · Aug 11

Yes, in no time this young BJ will have an even stronger call and may eventually learn to imitate hawks and Ospreys.

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Colleen M. Dougher @colleendougher.bsky.social · Aug 11

We have many Blue Jays around the lake right now & it's molting season so we have balding BJs (whose feathers will regrow) along with young BJs whose parents are still feeding them. This one is in the later category.

#bluejay #bluejays #birds #nature #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #wildlife

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Colleen M. Dougher @colleendougher.bsky.social · Aug 10

Ms. Buttons at the top of her cat tree -- aka The Penthouse -- on a Saturday night. Her life is good right now. ♥️

#caturday #caturdaynight #tabbycat #tabbycats #orangecat #orangecats #meow #cat #cats #everydayiscatday #lifeisgood

Ms. Buttons, a Tabby Cat, on the uppermost level of her cat tree -- aka The Penthouse -- on a Saturday night. Her life is good right now.

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