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WhatABeautifulWorld
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Exploring the world through the beauty of nature, camera in hand. All photos posted were taken by me, except those from my family history project. Sony Alpha.
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Perfect timing for today's #BirdOfTheDay #SideViews theme. I went out on my deck this morning to take pictures of some mist over the lake, and found this Red-shouldered Hawk sitting on my duck box. He obligingly flew closer and landed on a tree branch by the deck!
#birds #nature #photography
A large hawk perched on a tree branch with a misty early-morning sky behind him. The hawk is looking away from the camera - probably hoping to spot a lizard, snake or turtle that he can grab for breakfast!
December 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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My Christmas Cactus has begun to bloom! It's beautiful even in the rain.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekXforXmas #Photography #MerryChristmas #EastCoastKin
A close up photo of the flower from a Christmas Cactus. The photo shows a white flower with a bright pink center stalk (I think that's called a pistil). There are rain drops on the petals of the flower.
December 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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This Wood Stork looked so proud of himself for finally breaking off a branch for his nest! I watched him for quite a while, wrestling with branches that wouldn't break. I was hoping to get a photo of him flying away with it, but he flew back in to the trees.
#BirdOfTheDay #NestBuilders 🪶📷
A large white wood stork with a black head, beak, and wing tips. He's perched in a tree, surrounded by branches, holding a recently-broken pine branch in his beak.
December 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Birds along the shoreline at sunset. This was in Ocean Shores, Washington, on the Olympic Peninsula.
#EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #Scape #Photography #Birds #LandscapePhotography #OlympicPeninsula #PNW
Rays of sunset light are filtered through the clouds over an ocean filled with rough waves. Along the shoreline, a flock of shore birds is flying low over the water.
December 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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Oops! I missed the Saturday deadline. But here's my sky photo anyway. Starry skies over the Grand Tetons.
#Sky #BlueskyArtShow
#photography #scapes #GrandTetons #EastCoastKin
A dark sky filled with stars. On the ground is a large mountain range in the distance with the last light of the sun still touching the mountain peaks. The mountains are the Grand Tetons, taken from in Grand Tetons National Park.
December 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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A Painted Bunting on a twig, eating flower seeds.
#BirdOfTheDay #BirdsOnTwigs
#birds #nature #photography
December 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Splish splash, I'm a-taking a bath...this juvenile Roseate Spoonbill isn't waiting for Saturday night! 😄
#BirdOfTheDay #Movement
#birds #nature #photography
A group of 4 adult Roseate Spoonbills are standing sedately in a lagoon while a juvenile is enthusiastically splashing in the water, sending water drops flying everywhere!
December 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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My songbird today is this handsome Red-Winged Blackbird, showing off his epaulets.
#BirdOfTheDay #Songbirds
#birds #photography #EastCoastKin
December 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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I don't think this Osprey appreciated me taking his picture when he was having a bad hair day! Or maybe he was just grumpy because he'd dived for a fish and come up empty - and wet.
#Birds #Raptor #Osprey #BirdOfTheDay #LookingAtYou
A large brown and white raptor perched on a tree branch against a pale blue sky. The feathers on his head are standing straight up and the bird is looking directly into the camera, giving him an indignant expression.
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #stripes so here's a Pileated Woodpecker with his bright red head and contrasting black and white striped face and neck. I love these guys! I took this from my home office window. Woodpeckers like the oak tree behind my deck.
#birds #nature #photography
December 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Looking into the windows of my empty office when they sent us home after Covid hit. I retired two years later without ever having returned to the office.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWForWindows
#Photography #Covid
December 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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I loved the colorful display in this store window in Helsingor, Denmark.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWForWindows
#Photography #travel #Denmark
December 1, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Cafe window in Helsingor, Denmark.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWForWindows
#Photography #travel #Denmark #monochrome
December 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Magic and Mischief looking out my motorhome window, checking out our new campsite for that night.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWForWindows
#Photography #travel #RVlife
December 1, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Looking out the window of my cabin on a traditional dahabiya sailboat, spending a week travelling down the Nile River.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWForWindows
#Photography #travel #Egypt
December 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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A warm, homey kitchen in Kottayam, India. This was at the very welcoming home of my niece's about-to-be in-laws when we were there for her beautiful wedding.
#BlueSkyArtShow #Warmth
#Photography #travel #India
December 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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A 3-month old lion cub safely snuggled up to his mama.
#BlueSkyArtShow #Warmth #Photography
#travel #SouthAfrica
December 1, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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A mother Chacma Baboon cuddles her tiny baby.
#BlueSkyArtShow #Warmth
#Photography #travel #SouthAfrica
December 1, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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I love everything I've experienced on my trips to South Africa, but what I love most is the warmth and kindness of the people I've met there. Pictured is Roy, the amazing ranger teaching us about the wildlife during a couple of my stays.
#BlueSkyArtShow #Warmth
#Photography #Travel #SouthAfrica
December 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Warm light in my windows welcomes me in from the snow. This was my mountain cabin in Washington State. My only neighbors were elk, deer, birds, and the black bears who knew garbage day was Friday. I miss it every day.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWForWindows
#BlueSkyArtShow #Warmth #Photography
December 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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A mama alligator sunning herself beside her babies from both this year's hatching and last year's. One of the recent babies is using Mama's back as a very safe sundeck.
#BlueSkyArtShow #Warmth #Alligators
#EastCoastKin #Nature #Photography
December 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Snowy Egret
#BirdOfTheDay #Reflections
#Birds #Nature #Photography
December 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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For today's bird of the day, I'm going with the alternative theme of Corvids. This raven was watching me closely on a visit to Yellowstone National Park last year.
#BirdOfTheDay #Corvids #Raven
#Birds #Wildlife #Nature #EastCoastKin #Photography #Yellowstone
November 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Happy Flyday! This Brown-belted Bumblebee was feeding on a thistle at Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia.
#FlyDay #eastcoastkin #nature #insects #photography #bee
November 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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A Blue Dasher in the sun at Orlando Wetlands.
#FlyDay #eastcoastkin #nature #insects #photography
November 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM