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Beautiful, fascinating events and creatures pass through the environs near me.

I hope to bring one of them to you each day.

Thank you for visiting.

All the images are photographs taken by me with basic RAW processing - no AI (except for my avatar 🙂)
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The Eastern Phoebe preens.
#Phoebe #BirdOfTheDay #ScratchersAndPruners #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
An Eastern Phoebe adjusts its plumage, with its beak buried under its wing, in a very soft light, with a palette of almost exclusively greys, browns, and a touch of blue.
December 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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A Song Sparrow perches on a rock in late Spring.
#Sparrow #SongSparrow #BirdOfTheDay #BirdsAndRocks #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A Song Sparrow perches on a rock in profile, with a very green late Spring background. The afternoon light is still directional and behind, but not so harsh as to render our little subject as merely a dark blob with a searing outline.
December 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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An American Goldfinch’s tail display.
#Finches #Goldfinch #BirdOfTheDay #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
An American Goldfinch shows us his or her (being Winter it’s very difficult to distinguish one from the other) tail with its wonderfully contrasty geometry. The light is bright but defuse, bouncing off the snow covered landscape.
December 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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The 7 Mourning Doves.
#Doves #MourningDoves #BirdOfTheDay #hidden #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
Seven Mourning Doves perch in a snow covered White Oak tree — one is quite obscure.
December 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Mourning Doves on a very cold morning.
#Doves #MourningDoves #BirdOfTheDay #Pigeons #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
Three Mourning Doves perch close together with their feathers plumped up on a very cold morning in a White Oak tree. Their entire flock, of about a dozen doves, were gathered immediately about them — I wonder if they like being closer together when the weather is severe.
December 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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The Belted Kingfisher from mid-August.
#Kingfisher #BirdOfTheDay #AlansNemesis #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A Belted Kingfisher peers down towards the river below from his perch ensconced in the bright greenery of a Box Elder tree. The afternoon light is very harsh and doesn’t bring out his subtleties, but does emphasize his “punk hairdo”.
December 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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A busy Downy.
#Downy #DownyWoodpecker #Woodpecker #BirdOfTheDay #TurningAway #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A male Downy Woodpecker busily “works” on a White Oak tree trunk. He’s a little obscured by a small out of focus branch in the foreground, and turned away from us, but still cuts a handsome figure.
December 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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The Tufted Titmouse annunciates on high.
#TuftedTitmouse #Titmouse #BirdOfTheDay #SmallBirdsBigPersonality #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A Tufted Titmouse sings perched high in a White Cedar tree. The light is bright but softly defused by the December snow. The Titmouse’s blue-grey crest and tail are complimented by the delicately tinted sky.
December 8, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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The American Goldfinch looking good in December.
#Goldfinch #Finch #BirdOfTheDay #BirdsOnTwigs #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
An American Goldfinch serenely perches on a pretty twig in the bright mild light of a snow covered December day.
December 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Attacking lunch.
#Hummingbird #BirdOfTheDay #movement #lookingup #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A Ruby-Throated Hummingbird hovers beneath a Beebalm flower aiming for a late afternoon “morsel”. She appears to be entirely focused on her objective - on the attack. The soft light is from the bright shade of a mid August afternoon.
December 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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The Red-Winged Blackbird’s looking mostly black.
#RedWingedBlackbird #Blackbird #BirdOfTheDay #Black #nature #wildlife 🪶🌿
A Red-Winged Blackbird perches in an unseasonably budding, snow covered Elm tree. He’s unseasonably late in this part of the world as well.
December 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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A couple of Mourning Doves in the evening gloom.
#MourningDoves #Doves #birds #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A couple of Mourning Doves are perched on a larger branch, deep in the woods edge. The evening gloom is soft and warm. We see the dove’s mottled backs, but can also catch a glimpse of each one keeping an eye on us.
December 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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The Dark-Eyed Junco in mid-October.
#Junco #DarkEyedJunco #BirdOfTheDay #LookingAtYou #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A Dark-Eyed Junco looks over his shoulder at us while standing atop a weathered peeled log, against a blurred out green background.
December 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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October’s Song Sparrow.
#Sparrow #SongSparrow #BirdOfTheDay #stripes #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A Song Sparrow bows and shows his stripy side while perched in a Box Elder on a sunny October afternoon.
December 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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A Junco amidst the hoar frost.
#Junco #BirdOfTheDay #LongTail #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A bright eyed Dark-Eyed Junco perches high on tiny, hoar frost covered branches in the mild morning sunlight. The whiteness of the environment and soft light highlights his (relatively) long and perfectly formed tail.
December 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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A Blue Jay in the Cedar.
#BlueJay #BirdOfTheDay #Corvids #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A Blue Jay perches in a White Cedar tree on a cold day in a warm light. We can see the tiny cedar cones that almost might pass for berries, and are an oft consumed treat for winter birds.
November 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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A November scene.
#Landscape #photography #Adirondack 🌿
A view across the fields of Hinchinbrooke Quebec towards the Adirondack Mountains in November, as seen through a “hedge row” of dark tree silhouettes. The distant mountains are blue, the sky has many shades of taupe, grey, and light gold. The fields are a mix greens,yellows and browns. The trees are charcoal to black. To me, this scene speaks of the end of Autumn and the beginning of Winter.
November 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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The Downy looking downy on a cool day in the warm morning sunlight.
#Downy #DownyWoodpecker #BirdOfTheDay #MorningLight #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
Here’s a female Downy Woodpecker, fluffy on cold morning, perched in an Ash tree, somewhat obscured by tree shoots, bathing in mild, warm sunshine.
November 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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The Downy ponders.
#DownyWoodpecker #Downy #BirdOfTheDay #HeadShots #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A close view of a female Downy Woodpecker scaling a large inclined branch of an Ash tree. We can see the details of her chisel like beak, even a little sawdust on the tip, as well as her ruff of feathers surrounding the base of it, that provide some protection from flying splinters.
November 27, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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The Killdeer at the muddy river’s edge.
#Killdeer #BirdOfTheDay #OnTheEdge #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A Killdeer probes the shadow water on the muddy river bank amidst the sparse new green shoots of early June. Its reflection is gently distorted by the mildly rippling brown water.
November 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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The Nuthatch is hanging around.
#Nuthatch #BirdOfTheDay #HangingAround #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A healthy looking White-Breasted Nuthatch hangs in a characteristic right angle pose on a weathered Cedar fence post.
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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A view through the lane in the Oak and Maple grove on a frosty morning.
#landscape #Oak #fallenleaves #frost #nature 🌿
A carpet of fallen leaves covers a farmer’s lane through the little Oak grove. We can see the snow and frost tinged fields and bush in the distance beyond.
November 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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A Wood Duck couple.
#Ducks #WoodDucks #BirdOfTheDay #Mr&Mrs #nature #wildlife
A male and female Wood Duck swim in delightfully green river water. The male appears to be looking at his own reflection. The female appears to be giving the male the “hairy eyeball”. 🙂
November 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Although I don’t like to repost, I feel this one deserves another chance for today’s “Bird of the Day” - “Bird on a Wire”.
#Phoebe #EasternPhoebe #BirdOfTheDay #birdonawire #LeonardCohen 🪶
An Eastern Phoebe perches on a a handsomely verdigris coated wire, in a mild light, with a blurred leafy background.
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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The Kingbird sings.
#Kingbird #BirdOfTheDay #Singing #nature #wildlife 🪶
An Eastern Kingbird, perching in front of the fresh green canopy, gives open throated praise to the later days of Spring earlier this year.
November 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM