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Beautiful, fascinating events and creatures pass through the environs near me.

I hope to bring one of them to you each day.

Thank you for visiting.

All the images are photographs taken by me with basic RAW processing - no AI (except for my avatar 🙂)
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For some different colour - a Merganser in mid June.
#Ducks #Merganser #HoodedMerganser #BirdOfTheDay #natuer #wildlife #photography 🪶
A mother Hooded Merganser floats alone, away from her ducklings, on emerald, slow river water. Her brown palette compliments the greens of the vegetation and river, plus a lily flower adds a “splash”.
January 31, 2026 at 12:18 PM
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The Blue Jay looks back.
#BlueJay #Jay #BirdOfTheDay #Blue #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A Blue Jay looks back over his left shoulder at us while perched amongst some bare branches. It’s a sunny day in late December so what with snow covered ground and a low sun, the light is bright but mild. It shows the Jay’s shades of blue and fine geometric markings to advantage.
January 30, 2026 at 12:51 PM
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The Cardinal checks us out.
#NorthernCardinal #Cardinal #BirdOfTheDay #EyeContact #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A Northern Cardinal hides in a White Cedar tree. He seems to be peering at us through a gap in the greenery with one bright eye. The full mid winter afternoon sunlight gives the entire image a super saturated, contrasty palette, which I find quite attractive so I’ve published this one despite the subject being less than ideally sharp.
January 29, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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The Hummingbird shows his iridescence.
#Hummingbird #RubyThroatedHummingbird #BirdOfTheDay #Iridescent #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A Ruby-Throated Hummingbird perches in a defiant posture, seeming to challenge us with a direct stare. His ruby throat is displayed with maximum iridescence in the mild evening twilight. His diminutive nature is clear, as he is perching on a nice new clothesline which is about 5mm in diameter.
January 28, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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The Evening Grosbeak basks in the mid morning January sun.
#Grosbeak #EveningGrosbeak #BirdOfTheDay #BrownIsBeautiful #Yellow #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
An Evening Grosbeak contentedly perches in a 3/4 pose while basking in the sun. His deep yellow, brown, black and white markings are vibrantly displayed in the bright mid morning light of January. (Personally I don’t like the way his palette clashes with the blue of the sky beyond, but he’s definitely a striking fellow in this light, in any case.)
January 27, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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The Killdeer from early June.
#Killdeer #BirdOfTheDay #Paddling #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A Killdeer stands reflected in the lightly rippled water at the muddy river’s edge. It’s early June and the limey-green riverbank vegetation is as yet only tender shoots. The mild light gives shows how well our hero’s subtle grey-brown hued plumage matches the mud, and his beautiful red eye to advantage.
January 26, 2026 at 11:58 AM
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“I’m Ms. Nuthatch and my second name is “poise””.
#Nuthatch #WhiteBreastedNuthatch #BirdOhTheDay #poise #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A White-Breasted Nuthatch poses in an entirely typical manner “walking” down a tree trunk. It’s January so its plumage is in perfect order and the bright afternoon shade shows off the wonderful slate blue colour of its back, in a commodious contrast to its black crown and white belly.
January 25, 2026 at 11:57 AM
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The Mourning Dove on a quiet cool December afternoon.
#Dove #MourningDove #BirdOfTheDay #Pigeons&Doves #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A Mourning Dove perches quietly on the branch of a White Oak tree in the twilight of the bush on a cool clear December afternoon.
January 24, 2026 at 11:57 AM
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Trudging through the snow.
#Junco #DarkEyedJunco #BirdOfTheDay #walking #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A Dark-Eyed Junco trudges through the snow midday in January, casting a bluish shadow.
January 23, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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Another January day for the Chickadee.
#Chickadee #BlackCappedChickadee #BirdOfTheDay #TailsUp #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
The Black-Capped Chickadee perches in his typical haunts on a sunny January day, searching for tiny wildflower seeds.
January 22, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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This fine creature came out this morning to take some sun, do her yoga, and celebrate #squirrelappreciationday
An Eastern Grey Squirrel scratches her back while lounging in the cool January morning sun, in a White Oak tree.
January 21, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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The Tufted Titmouse sings again.
#Titmouse #TuftedTitmouse #BirdOfTheDay #singing #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A Tufted Titmouse sings perched high in a White Cedar tree. He’s looking rakishly fluffy as it’s a cool December day.
January 21, 2026 at 11:59 AM
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Lunch with the Blue Jay.
#Jay #BlueJay #BirdOfTheDay #FeedingTime #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
Here a Blue Jay is in the act of extracting a morsel from beneath the light snow cover an a lawn. The Jay’s in action and the snow is flying up from his vigorous strike. The mid-January, midday light is bright but mild.
January 20, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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The Blue Jay stands in the midday sun.
#Jay #BlueJay #BirdOfTheDay #WinterLight #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A Blue Jay stands on a snow covered lawn midday, in the full early January sunlight.
January 19, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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Canada Geese float on ripply spring flood water.
#Geese #CanadaGeese #BirdOfTheDay #TwoOfAKind #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
Two Canada Geese float on ripply spring flood water. Well actually, one appears to float in front of the other who seems to be standing on the bottom and with its legs submerged. There’s a driftwood log protruding from the water behind them. What I really like in this photo is the so called “Rembrandt” lighting, provided by the rising sun on the foremost goose’s cheek.
January 18, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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The Field Sparrow perches at the field edge mid-winter.
#Sparrow #FieldSparrow #BirdOfTheDay #PerfectPerch #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A Field Sparrow, true to its name, perches at the field edge on the stalk of a of wild flower that the farmer trimmed in the autumn. The light is ubiquitous as it’s a cold clear winter’s midday.
January 17, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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The Dark-Eyed Junco in the snow.
#Junco #DarkEyedJunco #BirdOfTheDay #short #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A Dark-Eyed Junco perches on some twigs and weeds protruding through the snow on a bright winter early afternoon.
January 16, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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A distant Red-Tailed Hawk.
#Hawk #RedTailedHawk #BirdOfTheDay #Raptor #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A distant Red-Tailed Hawk soars in a featureless grey sky, and although the resolution if this image is very low, at least its red tail, piercing eye, and hooked beak are clearly visible.
January 15, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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Another look at the Red-Bellied.
#Woodpecker #Red-Bellied #BirdOfTheDay #LongBeaks #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A Red-Bellied Woodpecker “stands” proudly on an inclined Ash branch high in the tree. From this perspective his beak looks sleek and prominent, and he’s catching some of the dappled, low, evening sunlight of mid-June.
January 14, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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The Lonely Red-Bellied Woodpecker.
#Woodpecker #Red-Bellied #BirdOfTheDay #Solitude #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
January 13, 2026 at 12:38 PM
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Another look at the Goldfinch.
#Finches #Goldfinch #BirdOfTheDay #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
An American Goldfinch perches posing in bright winter morning sunshine.
January 12, 2026 at 12:59 PM
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The Tree Sparrow jogs over the snow.
#Sparrow #TreeSparrow #BirdOfTheDay #natural #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
An American Tree Sparrow jogs over the snow amongst the wild plants, whose seeds it eats throughout the winter, on a cold clear day.
January 11, 2026 at 12:28 PM
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The Evening Grosbeak queries us on a cold day.
#Grosbeak #EveningGrosbeak #BirdOfTheDay #MoodyFaces #Borbs #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
An Evening Grosbeak perches high against an overcast sky. She has a beautifully clean big beak, and looks inquisitively at us as if to say, “What do you think you’re doing?”
January 10, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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The Mourning Dove sleepily roosts on a cold December afternoon.
#Dove #MourningDove #BirdOfTheDay #Feathers&Form #resting #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A plumped up Mourning Dove roosts on a White Oak branch in the cold air of a clear December afternoon. Its beautiful light blue eye is mostly closed and we can imagine that at times it’s making its haunting, mournful hoots.
January 9, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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The Chickadee in a good light.
#Chickadee #BlackCappedChickadee #BirdOfTheDay #ShortBeaks #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A Black-Capped Chickadee perches alone on a small vertical branch. We can see his tiny shiny black beak, and how wonderfully fluffy he is in the cool bright light of New Year’s Eve morning.
January 8, 2026 at 1:51 PM