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Chas986
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US Army Vet, Retired Teacher, Picture Snapper -

Flowers/Critters mostly on premises

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Chas986 @chas986.bsky.social · Oct 2
It's the little things... #forget_me_nots #flowers #1st_Post
#forget_me_nots #flowers
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Baby Cherry Tree [Prunus cerasus] 1st Autumn in our garden

#EastCoastKin #ColorADay #OrangeSun #orange #garden #plant #tree #ornamental #photograph #autumn
Color photograph of a small ornamental cherry tree with leaves dressed in autumn colors of orange, gold and light green against a black background. The tree appears to be quite young and small. It is in its first autumn season in this garden.
November 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Female Hairy Woodpecker [Leuconotopicus villosus]

I, Queen Hairietta V, claim this bird feeder as MINE!

#EastCoastKin #ColorADay #BWFri #FlyDay #photograph #closeup #bird #woodpecker #nature #autumn #ClassicMono #monochrome #blackandwhite #b&w
Mid-sized bird with white breast, black spotted wings and white stripes above and below the eye facing left and grasping a bird feeder with its right claw as if claiming possession.
November 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Lady Northern Cardinal [Cardinalis cardinalis] Wanna fight? Garden warrior queen…

#EastCoastKin #ColorADay #RedWed #bird #cardinal #songbird #red #crimson #autumn #garden #nature #photograph #closeup #portrait
Closeup photograph of a tawny female northern cardinal with deep red feathers on head, wings and tail. Pictured on a wooden fence with a blurred green and gold background.
November 5, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Go Bills! 😉 🖖
adamzyglis.bsky.social Adam Zyglis @adamzyglis.bsky.social · 6d
Keeping ‘em in check… ✅
#GoBills
November 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Pink Geranium (Pelargonium) Closeup

#Geranium #cultivar #Pelargonium #flower #houseplant #garden #storksbill #plant #summer #nature #ornamental #photograph #closeup #macro #pink #EastCoastKin #bloomscrolling #MacroMonday
#MinimalMonday #ColorADay #PinkMon
Photographic closeup of pink geranium flowers, seen from the side with a green leaf fronting a black background.
November 3, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Tall Blue Lettuce [Lactuca biennis] Dandelion Relative…

Dramatic closeup of fuzzy dandelion-like seed heads

#EastCoastKin #ColorADay #GreenSat #bloomscrolling #garden #plant #biennial #photograph #macro #closeup #nature #BlueSkyArtShow #autumn #weed
Closeup photograph of bright white, soft, spiky inflorescences of seeds similar to a dandelion on a branched green stem with tan and brown spent seed heads against a black background.
November 1, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Downy Woodpecker #b&w [Dryobates pubescens] Tough lady

Female downy woodpecker at a feeder practicing her tough girl pose to intimidate other birds in the area…

#EastCoastKin #ColorADay #BWFri #ClassicMono #BlackandWhite #bird #woodpecker #FlyDay #nature #photograph #closeup #portrait #autumn
Closeup monochrome photograph of a young white and black female downy woodpecker at a bird feeder alert and fluffed up trying to look tough to intimidate other birds in the area.
October 31, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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#Red Bellied Woodpecker [Melanerpes carolinus]

It’s in there somewhere!

#EastCoastKin #WackyWednesdayArt #ColorADay #RedWed #bird #avian #woodpecker #birdfeeder #greedy #photograph #closeup #nature #green
Closeup photograph of a bird with black and white wings, a white front and bright red on its head and belly clinging to the rail of a closed green bird feeder at an odd angle, its long beak trying to get at a seed or two. The bird is seen from the right side with its head tilted away from the camera showing a white and pink neck and dark chin. The dark green and gray background is a blur.
October 29, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Blue Jay On Alert [Cyanocitta cristata bromia]

#EastCoastKin #BlueSkyMonday #photograph #closeup #nature #bird #avian #bluejay #birdfeeder #garden #blue
Closeup of a blue, black, gray and white mid-size bird, facing left, looking alert, perched on the rim of a green bird feeder against a bright white, green and gray background.
October 27, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Why? Maximum crowd...
October 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Pretty perfect posed perched posture portraits… Cardinal and Nuthatch in Silhouette…

Attention! Chest out… Back straight… Eyes front…

#EastCoastKin #birds #avian #wings #cardinal #nuthatch #nature #posture #pose #portrait #photograph #autumn #birdfeeder #alliteration
Side-by-side photographs of two birds showing good posture: backs straight, chins up and looking straight ahead. Bird on the left is a female cardinal with a gray back, tawny belly and bright red beak, wing and tail feathers facing right. On the right side is a nuthatch facing left and looking straight up along its sharp black beak. It has a white face, black cap, gray, white and black feathers and a short tail.
October 25, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Ms Mourning Dove [Zenaida macroura carolinensis] Sitting Pretty

#EastCoastKin #bird #avian #dove #female #garden #autumn #photograph #closeup
Closeup photograph of a rounded midsize beige gray bird with red feet sitting on a fence with a bokeh background rendered in various shades of green.
October 23, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Jaclyn’s Sugar Maple — Autum Colors

One year ago today: October 21, 2024

Planted as a stick by Jaclyn @jaxx0886.bsky.social some time ago 😉

#BlueSky #EastCoastKin #tree #autumn #garden #nature #foliage #photography #iPhoneXr
Photograph of a sugar maple tree in autumn colors of green, yellow and orange against a bright blue sky with wispy white clouds.
October 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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BlueSky Eye: This little sparrow has an eyeful of blue sky and all of its wonders…

#ColorADay #BlueTue

#EastCoastKin #blue #garden #nature #AnimalArtTuesday #bird #sparrow #autumn #photograph #macro #closeup #Canon
Macro closeup of a house sparrow’s head showing the bright blue reflection of the sky in its eye.
October 21, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Red Breasted Nuthatch [Sitta canadensis] Lovely Lady Arriving

#EastCoastKin #bird #nuthatch #female #photograph #closeup #TheLittleThings #Stunday #birdfeeder #autumn #nature #wings
Closeup photograph of a medium-size bird, beige on the underparts with a dark gray cap, gray and white tail feathers and highlights. The bird, facing left, is just landing on the rim of a bird feeder and still has her wings spread showing individual feathers.
October 19, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Reposted by Chas986
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#NoKings protest in Mineola! @50501movement.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Black-capped Chickadee [Poecile atricapillus] B&W Portrait

#EastCoastKin #FlyDay #ColorADay #BWFri #bird #chickadee #garden #photograph #closeup #autumn #monochrome #ClassicMono #blackandwhite #nature
Closeup black and white photograph of a small gray bird with white striped wings, white face and black cap sitting on an iron garden hanger. The back of the bird is toward the camera and the bird’s head is in profile facing right with shiny eye and sharp pointed beak.
October 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Red Geranium Autumn Leaves (Pelargonium sp.) #ColorADay #RedWed

#Geranium #cultivar #Pelargonium #flower #bud #garden #annual #storksbill #plant #autumn #nature #ornamental #photograph #closeup #red #EastCoastKin #bloomscrolling #DailyFlowers
Photograph of a red geranium bud just about to open above autumnal red and sunlit green leaves on a black background.
October 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Blue Jay In the Shade [Cyanocitta cristata bromia]

#EastCoastKin #BlueSkyMonday #photograph #closeup #nature #bird #bluejay
Closeup photograph of a blue, black, gray and white bird in the shade of a green bird feeder back-lit against a bright white and green background.
October 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Rose of Sharon Seed Pods [Hibiscus syriacus] - The next generation in waiting

#ColorADay #GreenSat #EastCoastKin #flower #plant #garden #shrub #hibiscus #cultivar #althaea #rose_mallow #autumn #hardy #Korea #purple #green #photograph #closeup #Bloomscrolling #DailyFlowers
Closeup photograph of two light green rose-of-sharon/hibiscus seed pods and a spent purple flower against dark green leaves on a black background.
October 11, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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Sunlight and shadow cast some autumn magic amongst the honeysuckle leaves…

And check out the goldenrod flowers lurking in the shadows…

#EastCoastKin #ColorADay #YellowThu #autumn #leaves #garden #nature #photograph #dramatic
A ray of sunshine illuminates a group of autumn colored leaves highlighting shades of yellow, amber, green, orange, and red in the middle of a darkened yard.
October 9, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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House Sparrow [Passer domesticus] What feather?

#bird #sparrow #molting #EastCoastKin #birdfeeder #nature #photograph #closeup #autumn
Closeup Photograph of a small brown white and black striped bird on a green bird feeder with a feather about to fall off of its right wing during molting.
October 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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White Sweet Violet [Viola odorata] Garden Violet

A white violet is a great choice for B&W photographs; halfway there to start…

#EastCoastKin #bloomscrolling #StunDay #DailyFlowers #flower #garden #plant #nature #botany #perennial #photograph #macro #closeup #spring #monochrome #ClassicMono
Black and white closeup photograph of a white violet blossom brilliantly lit by the sun with a small bud behind and leaves showing to the left and bottom of the frame.
October 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Red Bellied Woodpecker Portrait [Melanerpes carolinus] What’s going on, Peeps?

#EastCoastKin #FlyDay #monochrome #ClassicMono #blackandwhite #birds #photograph #closeup #autumn #monochrome #ClassicMono #ColorADay #BWFri #woodpecker #birdfeeder
Black and white photograph of a large inquisitive woodpecker peering around the base of a bird feeder seemingly asking “What’s going on?” at the camera.
October 3, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Reposted by Chas986
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October 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM