Bill Stedman

A brown and white song sparrow perches on the bud of a rhododendron bush looking right at the camera.

A goldfinch in its drab winter colors perches in profile on the bud of a rhododendron bush looking to the right.

A young eastern bluebird perches on the bud of a snowy rhododendron bush facing left but looking back to the right.

A tufted titmouse perches on the bud of a rhododendron bush facing right but looking back to the left.

Going for the BOTD daily double with this quartet of #Songbirds who think they are #PerfectlyPerched in a rhododendron bush: song sparrow, goldfinch, eastern bluebird and tufted titmouse. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #backyardbirds #nature #birdphotography #ECK 🪶

Many thanks for the kind words and the heavenly description of this small moment.

Thanks! Always like to promote these plucky little birds

Hope you had a happy WrensDay

I didn’t disturb this barn owl but a raccoon did. Mama then looked at me as if I might be tasty. I’m not, I said. 🪶

Looks like she enjoys being in the spotlight!

Appreciate that

A Carolina wren’s head is seen in closeup through the round opening of a blue bird feeder. There is a dried mealworm in its beak.

Happy #Wrensday to all! Go out and celebrate at your favorite spot for some good food! #birds #wrens #backyardbirds #birdphotography #EastCoastKin 🪶

Thanks

Great captures of these beautiful woodpeckers!

Just enough time to squeeze #WoodpeckerWednesday, so here's 2 male & female Great Spotted Woodpeckers who were visiting Grane Road Wildlife Hides in February.

#birds #birdphotography #ECK #photography #ukbirding #naturephotography #CanonR5mkii #CanonPhotography #BirdLife #wildlifephotography

Let me see you shake your tail feathers 🎵🎤 for this Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) framed by spring foliage #Wrensday #birds #ukwildlife

A Marsh Wren close-up. The wren is facing slightly away from the camera with its beak tilted slightly upward, giving it a wistful, pensive appearance. It is perched among and partially hidden by small branches.

We made it to #Wrensday, y'all! #birds

#WindowsOnWednesday

A waterfall is slowly starting to freeze up, at right, in the Minnesota winter. Large icicles are forming from the highest parts of the falls. It is still running freely at the lower left.

Before the total freeze.
Hidden Falls at the Nerstrand Big Woods State Park in Minnesota. #WaterfallWednesday #Minnesota #EastCoastKin #landscape #photography

Why they’re called black-capped chickadees. #BirdOfTheDay #Black&White #birds #chickadees #nature #EastCoastKin 🪶

Very hungry! Thanks

Ha! I should have thought of that!

Thank you!

A downy woodpecker clings vertically to the thick trunk of a poplar tree. With its back to the camera, it has turned its head to look right. Background is tree bark that has some green moss on the right side.

A downy woodpecker perches on the branch of a tree that runs diagonally from lower left to upper right. The woodpecker is seen in profile facing to the upper right, in the “V” with a crooked smaller branch coming out to the left.

Here are two downy woodpeckers for #WoodpeckerWednesday and the BOTD #Black&White alternate theme. #birds #BirdOfTheDay #woodpeckers #birdphotography #backyardbirds #ECK 🪶

A Carolina wren’s head is seen in closeup through the round opening of a blue bird feeder. There is a dried mealworm in its beak.

Happy #Wrensday to all! Go out and celebrate at your favorite spot for some good food! #birds #wrens #backyardbirds #birdphotography #EastCoastKin 🪶

A young blue jay stands on a wooden railing facing right with its beak open and wings spread out while begging for food from a parent who is not seen in the photo.

This juvenile blue jay is flapping about noisily with its #WingsOpenNotFlying as it begs for food from a parent. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #bluejays #backyardbirds #birdphotography #ECK 🪶

The back side of a male Northern Mockingbird with brown feathers and white wing bars. The bird was opening and closing his wings to balance while walking through white snow that was sparkling in the sun. There was dried red-brown foliage sticking up through the snow in several places. Seen close to the river in the Hellcat area of Parker River NWR in Newburyport, Massachusetts.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying. This #NorthernMockingbird kept opening and closing his wings to balance while trying to walk through sparkly snow 🤎❄️ (Newburyport, MA - 2/19/26)

#birds #Winter #snow #ECK #BirdPhotography #OM-1 #PlumIsland #Massachusetts @robcrank68.bsky.social

Great shot from below! Most photos of the red-bellied woodpecker never show the reason it has that name!

Agreed!

Sticking my neck out with this one! Thank you!

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Thanks! I can crow about this one!

Thank you!

They are expressive birds! Thanks, Rob