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Kogo Shuko
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Fanfic writer, book lover, birdwatcher, plant witch, TV addict, miniaturist, squeeing fangirl.

I'm not here for the doom. I'm here for the beauty and the hope and the lolz.

If you share nature photos I will probably follow you back.
Today's alternative #BirdOfTheDay is #Sparrows. So here's a White-Crowned Sparrow I spotted while at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland. #birds
November 25, 2025 at 11:26 AM
This Northern Dog Day Cicada came to investigate my friend's car while we were packing her stuff into the trunk this past summer. #bugs #insects
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
An American Coot and a few babies. #birds
November 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #Warblers. Here is a very dapper Palm Warbler that I spotted while on a Caribbean cruise some years back. #birds
November 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
If you look closely, there's a Marsh Bluet damselfly. #insects #bugs
November 24, 2025 at 11:25 AM
A few more Black Capped Chickadees from a single trip out to Mer Bleue Bog a few years ago. #birds
November 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #Mr&Mrs, so I present to you this nesting pair of Ospreys along the St Lawrence River. #birds
November 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This year I learned that there is more than one kind of honeybee that farmers use. This one is an Italian Honey Bee. #insects #bugs
November 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
A Black Capped Chickadee's face is one of the few things about winter I really like. #birds
November 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Before I took pictures of birds and flowers and bugs, I took pictures of horses. Today I went back and did that for a little bit. It was nice seeing an old friend and spending time around horses. Horses always make me feel happy. #horses #equestrians #ponies #horsephotography
November 23, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #BirdOnAWire. I don't actually have many photos of birds sitting on wires... but I do have this one of an American Kestrel. I forced my husband to stop the car on a drive once when I saw this cutie. #birds
November 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
An Isabelle Tiger Moth caterpillar, also known as a Woolly Bear. I saw this guy on a nature walk near Sudbury in October. #insects #bugs #caterpillars #northernontario
November 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
An Emu contemplating life at the Houston Zoo. #birds
November 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #GroundedGulls. I present to you this Ring-Billed Gull tiptoeing around my old work place's summer picnic, hoping for some dropped chips or pieces of sub. #birds
November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
A male Ichneumon Wasp. There are over 25,000 species of them and they are a parasitoid type of wasp, laying their eggs in other insects. #inects #bugs
November 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Common Raven or American Crow? I lean toward raven. This one was massive and hanging out behind the local butcher shop in Ottawa. #birds
November 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #thrushes, so here's a female Eastern Bluebird about to bash her supper into a fence post. I spotted this lovely lady while camping at the Highland Games in Maxville, Ontario many years ago. #birds
November 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
A Forest Tent Caterpillar in Eastern Ontario. #bugs #insects
November 20, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Not the best photos, but I've only ever seen Black-Billed Magpies once, while visiting in Sudbury, Ontario. They don't live this far south in Ottawa, and I have yet to actually see them again when visiting Sudbury. #birds #northernOntario
November 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #Round. So I present to you one of my favourite shorebirds. The Snowy Plover! Can't get much rounder than this! #birds
November 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
An Eastern Wood Carder Bee. These are not a native species to North America. They're very small bees though, and really enjoyed the borage in my yard. #bees #insects #bugs
November 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
A beautiful Snowy Owl at a zoo exhibit. #birds #owls
November 19, 2025 at 11:23 AM
An Eastern Yellowjacket wasp. #insects #bugs
November 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I love both of these pictures of a Sandhill Crane equally as much. I really enjoy photographing them when I have a chance visiting Florida. #birds #florida #cranes
November 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Today's #BirdofTheDay is #StareDown. I had shared this Sandhill Crane just a few days ago. A perfect bird for the theme!
It's hard to be scared of birds when they look like this from head on! lol A Sandhill Crane in Leesburg, Florida. #birds #florida
November 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM