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Author of books Enslaved by Ducks, Fowl Weather, Kitty Cornered, and Feather Brained. I mostly post photos of birds and insects found in my corner of West Michigan.

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Thanks, Don. I was too lazy to look it up. I'm wondering what kind of time lag there was between the UK and US release of "Piper." I'm too lazy to look that up, too.

10.03.2026 21:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I love a post of a bird on a post. Especially this one.

10.03.2026 15:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Small, all black songbird, sitting on a thin tree branch, Body faces left, with head turned and pointed up, so that left eye faces the camera.

Small, all black songbird, sitting on a thin tree branch, Body faces left, with head turned and pointed up, so that left eye faces the camera.

Adult male Rusty Blackbird seen yesterday, looking very much like an all-black Red-winged Blackbird, but with those yellow eyes. The bubbling song is wonderful.
#birds #nature #photography

10.03.2026 14:37 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Definitely! Another very early one for me was "Piper at the Gates of Dawn," but I'm not remembering if that came out before or after "Electric Music for the Mind and Body."

10.03.2026 14:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Mostly black songbird with flecks of rusty brown and iridescence. Quite a bit of brown on the face. Eyes are yellow.

Mostly black songbird with flecks of rusty brown and iridescence. Quite a bit of brown on the face. Eyes are yellow.

Another Rusty Blackbird shot from yesterday morning along the Grand River in Ionia County, Michigan.
#nature #photography #birds

10.03.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Their first album was the first 'psychedelic' album I ever owned. Seemed very trippy at the time it was released.

09.03.2026 20:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Mostly black songbird with flecks of rusty brown and iridescence. Quite a bit of brown on the face. Eyes are yellow.

Mostly black songbird with flecks of rusty brown and iridescence. Quite a bit of brown on the face. Eyes are yellow.

Female or first-year male Rusty Blackbird found along the river this morning in Saranac, Ionia County, Michigan, USA. There were several, and my Merlin app ignored their songs and only seemed to hear a Northern Cardinal and Dark-eyed Junco. Not the first time an obvious song escapes Merlin.

09.03.2026 20:07 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Large raptor in a tree, body facing away from the camera, head turned in right profile to the camera. Bird has a dark brown body, white head and tail, and large yellow hooked beak.

Large raptor in a tree, body facing away from the camera, head turned in right profile to the camera. Bird has a dark brown body, white head and tail, and large yellow hooked beak.

One of 14 Bald Eagles seen this morning at a farm in Ionia County, Michigan. All but this one stayed far away from yours truly.

08.03.2026 17:31 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

@rembrandtswife.bsky.social Thanks for the repost!

08.03.2026 13:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@ramblingratz.bsky.social Thanks for the repost!

08.03.2026 13:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Beautiful photo.

08.03.2026 00:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That's scary. Stay safe. There were tornadoes in southern Michigan Friday night, but not close to where I am.

08.03.2026 00:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for

07.03.2026 15:46 πŸ‘ 21809 πŸ” 6562 πŸ’¬ 89 πŸ“Œ 161

@rembrandtswife.bsky.social Thank you for the egret repost!

07.03.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Profile shot of smallish woodpecker on hanging suet feeder. The bird has a bright red cap and throat, black bib, white stripes/patches on a black face, black back and wings mottled with white and yellow buff, mostly light underparts with yellow buff wash.

Profile shot of smallish woodpecker on hanging suet feeder. The bird has a bright red cap and throat, black bib, white stripes/patches on a black face, black back and wings mottled with white and yellow buff, mostly light underparts with yellow buff wash.

Another Yellow-bellied Sapsucker photo from January.

07.03.2026 16:49 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Cable me when this happens.

07.03.2026 16:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Two long-necked white birds standing in a shallow pond, facing away from each other, with their reflections in the water directly below them.

Two long-necked white birds standing in a shallow pond, facing away from each other, with their reflections in the water directly below them.

Great Egret mandala

07.03.2026 16:24 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Please add more cables.

07.03.2026 15:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Meep-meep!

06.03.2026 20:30 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Not good.

06.03.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Agreed. (Who's Manny?)

06.03.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Nice shot, Rob.

05.03.2026 14:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That's sad and scary.

05.03.2026 14:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of fluffed up Eurasian Dove sitting on a wooden feeder with trees in the background..

Photo of fluffed up Eurasian Dove sitting on a wooden feeder with trees in the background..

some sweetness for you
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#ArtistsOnBlueSkyΒ #BlueSkyArtShowΒ #WomensArtBlueSkyΒ #PhotographyΒ #PhotographersOnBlueSkyΒ #OregonCoast #Oregon #EurasianDove #trees #birds

05.03.2026 13:23 πŸ‘ 506 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 3

And you've had almost no snow this winter, If the WeatherNation TV reports are accurate.

05.03.2026 14:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

And not much afraid of people.

05.03.2026 14:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Totally new to me.

05.03.2026 13:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And you captured the smoking tree and the smoking fence in one video! The only thing that's missing is a smoking jacket.πŸ˜€

04.03.2026 17:38 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I have never seen this... and you managed to get a video!

04.03.2026 17:33 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

We need MORE!

03.03.2026 20:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0