This Roseate Spoonbill flew so low overhead that I could feel the wind from its wing flaps. #everglades #birds #birdphotography 🪶

American Kestel showing off its breakfast, #everglades national park. #birds 🪶

In the 19th century, Great Egrets were hunted nearly to extinction for their feathers. Today, however, it’s safe to display its breeding plumage — even in NYC’s Morningside Park. 🪶 #birdphotography #nybirds #migration

My last photo of 2023: This Gadwall swimming as the sun sets in the old year. Best wishes for the new year to come. #birds #birdphotography 🪶

The last five years, a Yellow-throated Warbler has spent the winter at Washington’s Hains Pt. Yesterday, it showed up for Year 6. Remarkable and lovely. #birds 🪶 #birdphotography

This handsome drake green-winged teal graces the Central Park pool today, with 2 females. A nice bonus for a holiday NY visit. 🪶#birds #photography #centralpark

And a Chipping Sparrow, showing off his russet crown. 🪶#birds #birdphotography

For the little brown #bird series: Here’s a Fox Sparrow — a harbinger of winter, but lovely nonetheless

Here’s a Fox Sparrow. They’re a harbinger of winter, but lovely nonetheless. 🪶

One more on the birds and flowers theme — this Lucifer hummingbird visiting an ocotillo. #birds 🪶 #birdphotography

Here’s a golden-crowned kinglet for your birds-with-flowers collection. #birds #birdphotography

Golden-crowned kinglets rock their trademark yellow, but the males have multiple colors and sometimes flash a bit of red up top.

The American bittern is typically a shy heron, hiding in the reeds. This one, at DC’s Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, was unusually visible. My what big feet you have.

Rainbow arc above the late-afternoon sun in Chevy Chase today. You can see a less distinct band, closer to the sun, in the lower right. Two other rainbow areas were also visible to the left and right of the sun. @capitalweather.bsky.social