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julielfrost.bsky.social
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Nature lover with a camera. Ethical photography with minimal editing. All photos/art are my own and copyrighted, unless reposts. No DMs.

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julielfrost.bsky.social @julielfrost.bsky.social · Feb 19
A photo from this past summer, offering lightness and warmth on yet another difficult day.

#WildlifeWednesday #butterflies #nature #photography #serenity
A giant swallowtail butterfly approaching a pink flower.
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The yin and yang of today’s #BirdOfTheDay #PeacefulSolitide theme and #DramaQueens (upset or angry birds) alt theme.
A peaceful moment for a Northern mockingbird and a raucous scene as anhingas defend a nest area against a wood stork.
#Birds #Florida #Nature #Photography #Wildlife
A peaceful moment for a Northern mockingbird. It sits on a branch with a pale gray background dotted by green leaves. A raucous scene in a nesting areas as a pair of anhingas, necks extended and bills open, lean aggressively toward a wood stock. The wood stork also has its bill open and wings extended.
February 18, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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Great blue herons in the home building stage.
#Birds #TwosDay #Photography #Florida #BirdPhotography #Herons
A pair of great glue herons in the nest. One heron has returned to the nest with a large branch. Together the birds begin stick placement.
February 17, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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This tricolored heron is #CollectingFood, the #BirdOfTheDay theme set by @robcrank68.bsky.social. With its #Grey feathers it also meets the Alt theme. Florida USA. #Birds #Photography #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Wildlife #Nature #Herons #Florida
A tricolored heron, standing in water, holds a small fish in its closed bill. The heron has dark blue-grey feathers on its head and neck in contrast to the white front of its neck which is spotted with gray and with its yellow bill and red eye.
February 17, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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Blue jays, #Corvids, are #WinterSurvivors that stay all winter season. In fact, they are year-round residents. #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #BlueSkyMonday #Photography #Wildlife
A blue jay sits on a branch. Its blue, white and black plumage and blue crest contrasts against a pale blue sky background.
February 16, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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A strolling roseate spoonbill on this #PinkMon. Florida USA. #ColorADay #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Photography #Nature #WildlifePhotography
A roseate spoonbill mid stride in shallow water.
February 16, 2026 at 10:23 AM
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Glimpses of orange along the trail: a Julia longwing butterfly and an green iguana (which can turn orange during mating season). #ColorADay #OrangeSun #Photography
#PhotographersOfBlueSky #Nature #Wildlife #Insects #Butterfly #WildlifePhotography #Florida
An orange Julia longwing butterfly sits, wings spread, on a green leaf. An image of a green iguana, copped to head and spines. The iguana is tan and orange - a color it can turn during mating season.
February 15, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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Parenting (if you know, you know): A double-crested cormorant has returned to the nest with a fish. The chick stimulates regurgitation by pecking at the pouch on the adult’s neck.
#Birds #Photography #WildlifePhotography #Nature #BirdsOfBlueSky #BirdLife #Florida
February 15, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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Here's a vibrant #green Nanday parakeet for today's alternate #BirdOfTheDay theme. Florida USA. #Birds #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Florida
A vibrant green Nanday parakeet with its signature matte black head, is perched at the very top of a thin branch. A head shot of a vibrant green Nanday parakeet with its signature matte black head.
February 15, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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Love is in the air. A great blue heron about to pose that iconic question: Will you accept this stick. (She said "yes.")
#Birds #Wildlife #BirdsInFllight #Photography #Nature
A great blue heron in flight, head and extended neck in frame. It is carrying a stick in its bill and it on its way to the nest where the stick will be offered to the female for placement in nest construction.
February 14, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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A sandhill crane with a heart-shaped bald patch in honor of Valentine's Day. #BirdOfTheDay #Portrait #Photography #Birds #WildlifePhotography
A sandhill crane with a heart-shaped bald patch in honor of Valentine's Day.
February 14, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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The quiet before rebirth.

#Trees #Wood #BlueSkyArtShow #Photography #Landscape #Nature
Barren tress in tall grasses in soft, muted colors.
February 14, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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Look who found a tasty treat. Pie-billed grebe. Florida USA.
#Birds #Nature #WildlifePhotography #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Photography #DivingForFood #BirdOfTheDay
A pie-billed grebe holding a meal in its bill.
February 13, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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This osprey, which dives for food by plunging into the water feet-first, circles looking for its next meal. Florida USA.
#DivingForFood #BirdOfTheDay #FlyDay #Birds #Photography #Florida #BirdsInFlight #WildlifePhotography #BirdsSeenIn2026
An osprey, wings spread, hovers above the water on the lookout for its next meal.
February 13, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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It's "featherless Friday" somewhere....
#Iguana #Reptiles #Animals #Florida #Nature #Photography #WildlifePhotography
A close-up image of the head and upper body of a green iguana. This one is actually tan with orange spines on its neck.
February 13, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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When photography inspires #art: Roseate spoonbill in motion. #Birds #FlyDay #EastCoastKin #Painting #Watercolor #Watercolour
Original illustration depicting a roseate spoonbill in motion.
February 13, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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White ibis portrait. Florida USA.
#Birds #Photography #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Nature #Florida #WildlifePhotography #PhotographersOfBlueSky
A white ibis entering the frame from the left, with the image focus on its pale blue eye and long, curved pink bill. The background is a muted, uniform olive-brown.
February 13, 2026 at 12:42 AM
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What's for lunch? A good day to be a green heron, not so much a small fish. Florida USA. #Birds #Herons #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Florida #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Photography
A close up of a green heron, its head entering the frame, with a small fish in its bill.
February 12, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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An Eastern bluebird with a tasty morsel. Pulling a photo from 2025 as we've only one day above freezing in almost a month and insects are scarce! #Birds&Bugs #BirdoftheDay #Bird #Bluebird #Birdsky #Nature #Photography #Blue
A male Eastern bluebird sits on a branch, a green caterpillar in its bill.
February 12, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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A preening anhinga reminds us of the importance of self care (and also happens to appropriate for the #BirdOfTheDay #WaterBirds). #Birds #Photography #Florida #Nature #wildlifePhotography
A close up of an anhinga, head bent forward to preen feathers.
February 11, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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Challenge accepted: Here's a little blue heron in foraging posture for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #WaterBirds and Alt theme #Blue and for #WaderWednesday. Florida USA.
#Birds #Photography #BirdsSeenIn2026 #BirdLife #Wildlife #Nature
A little blue heron in foraging posture in shallow water, its neck extended and its bill pointed down toward the water. It is resting on its folded legs (the joint is like an ankle or knee).
February 11, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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An anhinga takes flight. Florida USA. #Birds #Photography #BirdsInFlight #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Florida #BirdsSeenIn2026
An anhinga in flight, wings spread, neck and head extended forward and bright yellow-orange feet tucked in from of a fanned tail.
February 10, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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A normally aggressive blue jay knows its place in the pecking order and waits for the red-headed woodpecker to depart. Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #OddCouples, two different birds in one capture. #Birds #Photography #Nature #Wildlife #Woodpeckers #Bluejay
A red-headed woodpecker sits on a log, a nut kernel in its bill, as a slightly-out-of-focus blue jay sits in the background, waiting its turn.
February 10, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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Another gray, subfreezing day means time at the art table: A great blue heron makes a meal of an invasive catfish.
#Birds #BlueSkyMonday #Herons #watercolour #Painting #BirdArt
An original watercolor illustration of a great blue heron about to swallow an armored catfish.
February 9, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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Meal prep: Capture. Toss. Stab. Rinse. Flip. Repeat.
This great blue #heron is reducing the #invasive armored catfish population one fish at a time. #Birds #Birdsky #Herons #Florida #Nature #Photography #WildlifePhotography #BlueSkyMonday #Birder
A great blue heron tosses an armored catfish in its open bill. A great blue heron with an armored catfish, aligned head-first, in its open bill. A great blue heron with an armored catfish dangling from its open bill.
February 9, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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So, it turns out you can find other animals while stalking the birds ... including this iguana. #Wildlife #Photography #Animals #Reptiles #Florida #Herps #WildllifePhotography
A green iguana basks in the hazy sunshine on a green-leaf covered branch.
February 9, 2026 at 3:14 PM