Colyn Martin
colynmartin.bsky.social
Colyn Martin
@colynmartin.bsky.social
Photographer, birder, knitter, tribute band enthusiast, cat lady, dog mom, hiker
Here’s a #kingfisher for the #birdoftheday. He or she has generously pooped for our entertainment. It’s always a great day when I spot one of these! 🪶
#beltedkingfisher
#birding
#birdphotography
#nikon
#birds
December 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The #birdoftheday is #sideview, so here’s a #ring-billedgull trying to steal a fish from a hooded merganser that had just dove underwater in an attempt to protect his lunch. 🪶
#photography
#birdphotography
#birds
#birding
#nikon
#nature
December 9, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The #birdoftheday alt is #SmallBirdsBigPersonality, which is what I’m going with since I have no #nestbuilders. Hopefully that will change in the spring but for now here’s a #golden-crownedkinglet and a #white-breastednuthatch. 🪶
#birds
#nikon
#birdphotography
December 8, 2025 at 11:40 AM
December 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Today’s #birdoftheday is #lookingatyou, and as always, I feel like these birds are judging me. 🪶
#birding
#birdphotography
#nature
#warblerwednesday
#photography
December 3, 2025 at 11:16 AM
December 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I have #gannets for my #birdoftheday but they’re terrible shots. 😭 They were lifers, though, and it was great to cross them off my list. 🪶
#birds
November 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
November 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Here are some birds #hangingaround and having a snack. 🪶
#birdoftheday
#birds
#birdphotography
#nikon
#nature
November 25, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Happy #Twosday! Here are some wild ponies from Grayson Highlands State Park, some #meerkats, and a couple of #turtles, which I think are pond sliders.
#ponies
#wildlife
#photography
#nikon
#pairs
November 25, 2025 at 11:19 AM
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
November 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
November 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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House Wren, tiny but mighty loud. #birds #BirdOfTheDay #birdonawire
November 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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The #birdoftheday theme for today is Thrushes.
Here are 4 members of the thrush family at the #weedypond
The first 3 are all winter migrant visitors - notice the totally black Blackbird - both beak & eye-ring.
Fieldfare; Redwing; Blackbird; Song Thrush.
#thrushes
@ianparsons.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 9:59 AM
I don’t think I’ve gotten a #thrush yet for my #birdoftheday (not for lack of trying, believe me) but here’s the alt #wader: my favorite (so far) #heron, the #tricoloredheron. I love how weird they are. 🪶
#birding
#birdphotography
#nikon
November 20, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Here’s a #mottled yellow-bellied sapsucker. I’ve spotted these a couple of times but the light conditions were terrible, so I was really happy to find this beauty in a shady area at #alligatorrivernationalwildliferefuge. 🪶
#birdoftheday
#birds
#nikon
#birdphotography
#woodpecker
#naturephotography
November 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
November 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The #birdoftheday is #swan. These tundra swans stopped in Virginia Beach last winter at a wildlife sanctuary on their way south and they were so loud, I could hear them honking from half a mile away. 🪶
#birds
#swans
#naturephotography
#birding
November 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
#Ducksoutofwater is the #birdoftheday. No mallards were harmed during the heron landing 😂 🪶
#birding
#ducks
#birdphotography
November 14, 2025 at 3:19 AM
This #yellow #birdoftheday is from one of those days where the birds were so excited about eating that they ignored me and I got some of my #favorite shots as a new #birder. 🪶 They’re wise to me now, and I’ve struggled to get a decent #goldfinch ever since. 😂
#photography
#naturephotography
#birds
November 12, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This little #killdeer is my #birdoftheday. I love these but it’s a challenge to get a good shot.
#Birdontheground
#birdsontheground
#birding
#birdphotography
#wildlifephotography
#nikon
November 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The #birdoftheday theme is #standingonthings. Here are a couple of double breasted cormorants doing their thing. 🪶
#birding
#birdphotography
#birds
#doublebreastedcormorant
November 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
You’ve really got to look close at this #birdoftheday shot of birds #fighting, but here is a #mallard trying unsuccessfully to drown his rival. 🪶 It was quite a show!
#nature
#birds
#birdphotography
#nikon
November 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM