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Let’s celebrate every FlyDay together! Reposting your #flyday tagged thematic aerial, living critters every Friday, or when I’m able. Please contact Gray@grays.art with questions, or feedback.

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Flying osprey, carrying a stick to a platform nest

Flying osprey, carrying a stick to a platform nest

#osprey #birdphotography #flyday #flying #birdofprey #haiku #poem #poetry #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry 🪶📸

Imagining a home
One stick at a time
Family planning

06.01.2026 01:39 👍 32 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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I just never get tired of bee watching. 😊🖤💛🪻🐝

#flyday #eastcoastkin #bees #insects #flowersonfriday #flowerphotography #bloomscrolling #nature #NaturePhotography #gardening #gardens #beauty #hope #peace 🕊

02.01.2026 11:07 👍 581 🔁 41 💬 14 📌 2
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I'm late making a post today. Ive been out all day photographing flyers for #FlyDay. This tern caught my eye. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #birds #terns #birdsinflight

02.01.2026 22:08 👍 196 🔁 22 💬 9 📌 1
6 Seagulls fly over a silver, charcoal, and orange-lit ocean at sunrise on a December day in Florida. The bottom righ is black, scalloped sand. A strip of purple horizon meets the sea, topped by a wide layer of orange then light blue-gray at the top of the photo.

6 Seagulls fly over a silver, charcoal, and orange-lit ocean at sunrise on a December day in Florida. The bottom righ is black, scalloped sand. A strip of purple horizon meets the sea, topped by a wide layer of orange then light blue-gray at the top of the photo.

Wishing you a beautiful 2026✨

#Scape Friday #BirdoftheDay #Gulls #FlyDay #EastCoastKin #birds #photography #photographersofbluesky #AtlanticOcean #Florida

02.01.2026 14:07 👍 298 🔁 51 💬 32 📌 1
A white snowy egret standing near some brown dead weeds in a creek. The tone of the softly rippled water is dark brown with light brown highlights.

A white snowy egret standing near some brown dead weeds in a creek. The tone of the softly rippled water is dark brown with light brown highlights.

Another for #FeatheredFriday and #FlyDay (and for #BirdOfTheDay #GoodLight): a snowy egret in the creek
#photography #birds #egret #nature 📷🦉🪶

03.01.2026 02:27 👍 93 🔁 5 💬 3 📌 0
A river with boats moored on the right, behind which are trees. On the left and in the distance more trees. A gull is flying across the photograph. Sky is cloudy and tinged with a blue, purple hue.

A river with boats moored on the right, behind which are trees. On the left and in the distance more trees. A gull is flying across the photograph. Sky is cloudy and tinged with a blue, purple hue.

Happy Friday! I had to think what day it is 😁..it’s #Scape day 😎.. and #Flyday 🪶 Spot the Gull!
Have a wonderful relaxing weekend. 💚🍂🌳✨
River Deben, Woodbridge, Suffolk, U.K. 📷 Dec ‘25
#Yeasty 😁 #Photography #FeatheredFriday #Nature #EastCoastKin

02.01.2026 21:12 👍 116 🔁 16 💬 7 📌 0
5 Sandpipers in various flight positions fly just over the light blue, sunlit, Atlantic Ocean. Small swells and white foam make up the foreground, and more blurred small swells and ocean make up the background.

5 Sandpipers in various flight positions fly just over the light blue, sunlit, Atlantic Ocean. Small swells and white foam make up the foreground, and more blurred small swells and ocean make up the background.

Good morning, Bluesky☀️

It's been a while, but I'm happy to be back and contributing to #BirdoftheDay #GoodLight with this photo of some #Sandpipers taken yesterday at sunrise.

Wishing you a lovely Friday.

#FlyDay #EastCoastKin #birds #photography #photographersofbluesky #AtlanticOcean #Florida

02.01.2026 13:48 👍 181 🔁 30 💬 10 📌 1
The image shows two small dragonflies in the unique mating wheel position on a wire rope. The mating wheel is shaped like a heart. The background is green water.

The image shows two small dragonflies in the unique mating wheel position on a wire rope. The mating wheel is shaped like a heart. The background is green water.

Sometimes words fail us;
a simple symbol often
means and says much more 🫶

#JanuArty #matching #ArtYear #Poetry #Poem #Haiku #showheart #MicroPoem #ImageAndVerse #FreeVerse #FlyDay #BugSky #wildlife #Scape #photography #EastCoastKin

02.01.2026 08:31 👍 274 🔁 61 💬 19 📌 0
A macro film shot of a honey bee landing on a small white flower. Dark and light green swirls are out of focus in the background.

A macro film shot of a honey bee landing on a small white flower. Dark and light green swirls are out of focus in the background.

Everything else can wait.. ✨

Canon EOS 1N RS
Tamron Sp Di
Fuji 400 35mm

#art #scape #macrophotography #filmphotography #artyear #fujifilm #canon #Tamron #onlybeautifulthings #flowersky #bloomscrolling #flyday #beesky 🐝

02.01.2026 19:18 👍 112 🔁 10 💬 4 📌 0
Backlit shot of a European white stork on a green meadow. Its feathers, ruffled by the wind, glisten in the light. The damp meadow sparkles.

Backlit shot of a European white stork on a green meadow. Its feathers, ruffled by the wind, glisten in the light. The damp meadow sparkles.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #GoodLight and the alt theme is #Gulls

Dancing in the sun...

#birds #birding #wildlife #ColorADay #GreenSat #FlyDay #photography #scape #nature #outdoors #thelittlethings #photohour #EastCoastKin

02.01.2026 09:56 👍 216 🔁 36 💬 13 📌 0
A spangled cotinga with turquoise and black feathers and a dark red spot on its neck. It stands on a green food dish while looking at the camera.

A spangled cotinga with turquoise and black feathers and a dark red spot on its neck. It stands on a green food dish while looking at the camera.

A spangled cotinga pausing for a moment for some food before zipping around the aviary at Woodland Park Zoo

#BirdOfTheDay #Birds #GoodLight #Cotingas #AmazonBird #Birdscrolling #FeatheredFriday #FeatheredFriends #FlyDay

02.01.2026 13:20 👍 136 🔁 27 💬 4 📌 2
A damselfly is shown perched on a green plant leaf against a background of brown leaf litter on a forest floor.

A damselfly is shown perched on a green plant leaf against a background of brown leaf litter on a forest floor.

For #flyday here's a damselfly on the leaf litter of a forest floor. It was watching me closely. #bugsky #insects #nature #damselfly #wildlife

02.01.2026 23:33 👍 85 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
A white-crowned sparrow perched among small bare branches with a gray sky behind. The bird has a light brown body; brown, black and white striped wings; and black and white stripes on its head.

A white-crowned sparrow perched among small bare branches with a gray sky behind. The bird has a light brown body; brown, black and white striped wings; and black and white stripes on its head.

For #FeatheredFriday and #FlyDay, a white-crowned sparrow
#photography #birds #sparrow #nature 📷🦉🪶

02.01.2026 22:13 👍 65 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
A bee in flight approaches a blue blossom. The bee with a dark face, has a gold coloured thorax and an orange striped abdomen. It is flying towards a flower stalk with multiple blue blossoms all on the left side of the stalk. In the shaded background are blurred blooms and dark green areas.

A bee in flight approaches a blue blossom. The bee with a dark face, has a gold coloured thorax and an orange striped abdomen. It is flying towards a flower stalk with multiple blue blossoms all on the left side of the stalk. In the shaded background are blurred blooms and dark green areas.

#Bloomscrolling #Penstemon #Insect #Bee For #FlyDay I have chosen sunnier times, in July; a little bee zeroing in on a Penstemon Blossom.

02.01.2026 16:30 👍 101 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0
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I don’t know what that is but that eagle is feasting right in front of us! #FeatheredFriday #FlyDay

02.01.2026 21:32 👍 59 🔁 7 💬 14 📌 0
Two large birds flying against a clear blue sky. A white-tailed eagle with broad wings and mottled brown plumage is flying in the foreground, while a black kite is flying higher in the background. 青空を背景に、2羽の大型の鳥が飛翔している。手前には幅広い翼とまだら模様の褐色の羽を持つオジロワシが飛び、奥にはトビがやや高い位置を飛んでいる。

Two large birds flying against a clear blue sky. A white-tailed eagle with broad wings and mottled brown plumage is flying in the foreground, while a black kite is flying higher in the background. 青空を背景に、2羽の大型の鳥が飛翔している。手前には幅広い翼とまだら模様の褐色の羽を持つオジロワシが飛び、奥にはトビがやや高い位置を飛んでいる。

This year, I’m hoping to get over my fear of birds in flight —
mostly by letting the camera do the hard work 📷✨😅🪶
今年は飛翔写真が苦手とかいう甘えを克服したいッ‼️🤔
#nature #photography #animals #wildlife #White-tailedEagle #オジロワシ #BlackKite #トビ #birds #野鳥 #猛禽曜日 #FlyDay

02.01.2026 10:41 👍 141 🔁 9 💬 9 📌 0
A bee clings to a pink and yellow stem arching below a floret, with other stems over yellow and green leaves, against a flesh pink background.

A bee clings to a pink and yellow stem arching below a floret, with other stems over yellow and green leaves, against a flesh pink background.

There are some more from last year didn’t yet share, would like to now with you for the first time.

Leaf cutter bee
on common milkweed
2025 summertime in Chicago

#flyDay #eastCoastKin #native #bees #macro #photography #pollinators #macroPhotography #nature #art

02.01.2026 10:14 👍 118 🔁 10 💬 3 📌 1
A Half-black Bumblebee collects pollen from the prominent yellow stamens of a cluster of small white Rambler Roses.

A Half-black Bumblebee collects pollen from the prominent yellow stamens of a cluster of small white Rambler Roses.

#Photography
#EastCoastKin
#Flyday
#Macro
#Bumblebee

02.01.2026 09:56 👍 119 🔁 10 💬 4 📌 0
A Snowy Egret, just taken off and flying over calm grey water - with a clear reflection of its underneath. Wings spread, yellow-backed legs and feet trailing and long neck stretched forward. Soft light on a very grey day, but at least the rain had stopped.

A Snowy Egret, just taken off and flying over calm grey water - with a clear reflection of its underneath. Wings spread, yellow-backed legs and feet trailing and long neck stretched forward. Soft light on a very grey day, but at least the rain had stopped.

Here's one for #FlyDay and #Birds 🪶, and a Snowy Egret and its reflection. Might also be good light too, but I'd probably describe it as nice light. Another from the first outing with the OM-3.
#EastCoastKin
#Photography
#Nature
#Wildlife

02.01.2026 16:10 👍 89 🔁 12 💬 2 📌 0
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#flyday
#コハクチョウ

02.01.2026 11:17 👍 99 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
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a cup of coffee is being poured into a bowl on a table . Alt: Coffee is being poured continuously into a bottomless white cup

Hello friends! Happy #Scape Day, #FoodOnFriday, #ForestFriday, and #FlyDay. How are you? 🙋‍♂️

It’s about 6:30am 🕡 EST here & 🌤️, so I’m making our rich and aromatic #BlueBrew coffee for all! Who’d like a cup? ☕️

In any case, please do stop by and say hello! 👋

We close at 10:30am 🕥 EST 😊

#EastCoastKin

02.01.2026 11:29 👍 93 🔁 11 💬 40 📌 0
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#FeatheredFriday We have been blessed with many visits from eagles lately. This one was right in front of our house yesterday. #FlyDay

02.01.2026 10:51 👍 88 🔁 9 💬 13 📌 0
Two finches on concrete slabs next to a wooden raised bed. All colour has been removed except for the orange on the birds and the brown of the wood

Two finches on concrete slabs next to a wooden raised bed. All colour has been removed except for the orange on the birds and the brown of the wood

A pair of #Matching finches for #Januarty and #FlyDay
#birds

02.01.2026 12:09 👍 94 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 0
Ducks fishing in a lake. Their bottoms and tails are above the surface pointing up. With orange feet, both have their left foot paddling, and the right foot is sticking out above the water. Their white underside is facing, including tail feathers. They are creating ripples on the surface. In the distance are two people in a reddish canoe. The forest surrounds in the background. The tops of grasses are peeking out at the bottom of the image.

Ducks fishing in a lake. Their bottoms and tails are above the surface pointing up. With orange feet, both have their left foot paddling, and the right foot is sticking out above the water. Their white underside is facing, including tail feathers. They are creating ripples on the surface. In the distance are two people in a reddish canoe. The forest surrounds in the background. The tops of grasses are peeking out at the bottom of the image.

#JanuArty = #Matching #Scape #ForestFriday #FoodOnFriday #FishyFriday #FlyDay #SensoryArt #Feast

Synchronised fishing - today, ink and coloured marker on 3x5 index card

#sketchy #quicksketch #scribbly #doodly #EastCoastKin #smARTist #BottomsUp #duckingaround #splashy

02.01.2026 18:34 👍 53 🔁 7 💬 4 📌 0
A male Bullfinch feeding a juvenile on an old branch. The adult is facing the camera in the centre of the shot with the juvenile to the left. The branch is suspended in the tree and visible across the shot from left to right, high to low. The background is out of focus green vegetation

A male Bullfinch feeding a juvenile on an old branch. The adult is facing the camera in the centre of the shot with the juvenile to the left. The branch is suspended in the tree and visible across the shot from left to right, high to low. The background is out of focus green vegetation

🪶 Rob’s theme for today’s #BirdOfTheDay is #GoodLight and bird capture. The alternative is #gulls
I have to go into my archives for good light; a bullfinch feeding a juvenile from summer.

#birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin #irishbirding #flyday

02.01.2026 09:41 👍 95 🔁 9 💬 4 📌 0
A great blue heron, edited to monochrome, is in flight with a stick in its bill.

A great blue heron, edited to monochrome, is in flight with a stick in its bill.

A great blue heron (from spring) gets the #monochrome treatment. #Birds #Photography #BIF #BirdsInFlight #Herons
#ColorADay #BWFri #FlyDay #FeatheredFriday

02.01.2026 19:00 👍 53 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
A juvenile male Baltimore Oriole (a member of the Blackbird family) perched in a treetop with green and brown leaves against a blue sky. The bird has an orange belly, and black wings with white wing bars. His head is still brownish, but will become black as he ages. Seen at Stony Brook W.S. in Norfolk, Massachusetts.

A juvenile male Baltimore Oriole (a member of the Blackbird family) perched in a treetop with green and brown leaves against a blue sky. The bird has an orange belly, and black wings with white wing bars. His head is still brownish, but will become black as he ages. Seen at Stony Brook W.S. in Norfolk, Massachusetts.

For today's #BOTD theme of a bird capture in good lighting, here's a young male #BaltimoreOriole perched in a sunny treetop (Norfolk, Massachusetts - June 2025) 😊🧡

#birds #blackbirds #FlyDay #BirdOfTheDay #GoodLight #EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography #OM-1 #nature @robcrank68.bsky.social

02.01.2026 13:23 👍 56 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0
The photo captures a Ruddy Turnstone, a small, stocky shorebird, foraging on a sandy beach. The bird is in its breeding plumage, which features a bold, harlequin pattern of black, white, and rust-colored feathers across its back and head. It has bright orange legs that contrast sharply with its body and the pale sand. The bird is leaning forward with its short, sharp bill open slightly, revealing a morsel it has found in the sand. The background is a soft-focus, light-colored sandy surface, with a small amount of shallow water visible around its feet. A shadow of the bird is visible on the sand.

The photo captures a Ruddy Turnstone, a small, stocky shorebird, foraging on a sandy beach. The bird is in its breeding plumage, which features a bold, harlequin pattern of black, white, and rust-colored feathers across its back and head. It has bright orange legs that contrast sharply with its body and the pale sand. The bird is leaning forward with its short, sharp bill open slightly, revealing a morsel it has found in the sand. The background is a soft-focus, light-colored sandy surface, with a small amount of shallow water visible around its feet. A shadow of the bird is visible on the sand.

#BirdOfTheDay #GoodLight
#Flyday
#FeatheredFriday
#FoodOnFriday

#Birds #Coast #Beach #Nature #Wildlife #Foraging #OnlyBeautifulThings #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin #AltText

02.01.2026 20:24 👍 33 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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It's #FlyDay

01.01.2026 23:13 👍 125 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 1