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Elle B

@latropicalbear.bsky.social

What a beautiful shot. Thank you 😊

Brian Heffern @bheffern55.bsky.social · 3d

#RockinTuesday with a late afternoon #Sedona #Sunset shot from November. #photography #nature #landscapephotography

December 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM

Reposted by Elle B

Dogofthedesert

@dogofthedesert.bsky.social

This male ruby-crowned kinglet (Corthylio calendula) was moving about manically as it foraged in the Bosque, but somehow I got a decent picture of it. The male's red crest is almost entirely hidden in this image, but earlier he flashed it at me. Photo taken on December 21, 2025.

#nature #birds

A bird on a bare branch is looking up, away from the camera. The bird's head, neck, and back are gray. The black eye is surrounded by a white eye ring that's wider fore and aft than above and below. The black beak is small, narrow, and pointy. The folded wings have striations of black and white (or light yellow). The belly and flank are gray with a yellowish wash. The tail is dark, but with faint yellow streaks. In this photo the background includes a branch behind the bird, but otherwise the background is a uniform pink.

December 21, 2025 at 10:43 PM

Elle B

@latropicalbear.bsky.social

Wow this is gorgeous 💕

Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 19d

Grasslands dawn #ArtAdventCalendar #Photography

Photograph of natural grassland panorama with rising sun, light clouds and a group of bison in the foreground.

December 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM

Elle B

@latropicalbear.bsky.social

Very striking! 💕

Enzo Giordani @enzogiordani.bsky.social · 19d

Reposting some of my best work of 2025. I was photographing godwits when I noticed this tūturiwhatu (New Zealand dotterel) sussung me out from the other side of a sand bank. I find this quite striking in black and white. 🪶🇳🇿

December 15, 2025 at 8:28 AM

Elle B

@latropicalbear.bsky.social

Well hello 😍

Alex Sauerbrunn @birdsbyalex.bsky.social · 23d

A quiet moment with a pint-sized Northern Saw-whet Owl. Such a mesmerizing little gremlin!

#birds #owl #nature #wildlife #photography

A small, wide-eyed owl perched on a branch, with brown-and-white feathers and a soft forest background. Photographed in Simsbury, Connecticut.

December 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM

Reposted by Elle B

Cheryl T. 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦📎

@g8rgrrlcheryl.bsky.social

The walk around Waughop Lake at Fort Steilacoom Park was busier than usual for a Tuesday afternoon. I’m sure it was because people have off for Veterans Day plus it was a pretty day to be outside. #pnw #lakewood #wawx

November 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM

Elle B

@latropicalbear.bsky.social

Beautiful shot, beautiful moment 😍

Max Waugh @maxwaughphoto.bsky.social · Nov 12

I did peek out our windows last night, but saw nothing but cloud cover.

Last night's aurora show (enjoyed by everyone else) took me back to last year, when we finally timed things right and I got to show my wife and son their first northern lights. One of my favorite moments of the year.

Mother and son watch the northern lights in western Washington in 2024.

November 13, 2025 at 1:59 AM

Elle B

@latropicalbear.bsky.social

Wow. Thanks for sharing 😍

LucyParkerPaul🦉🇦🇺 @lucyparkerpaul.bsky.social · Nov 6

A Powerful Owlet in a Brisbane park. When it's warm they'll sit high and you get a better look at those impressive talons. These juveniles practice hunting skills by 'attacking' leaves, bark and unwieldy looking sticks they've snapped off mid-flight. #birds #wildoz #brisbane

November 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM

Elle B

@latropicalbear.bsky.social

Gorgeous

Sandra Blair Art and Photography @sblairart.bsky.social · Oct 29

Portrait of a beautiful backlit Great Egret. © Sandra Blair
#birds #photography #egret #greategret #birdphotography #wildlifephotogaphy

October 30, 2025 at 1:31 AM

Elle B

@latropicalbear.bsky.social

#Honolulu #Hawaii shows up and stands up 🌺🌴💕 Chickens, frogs, dinosaurs are awesome... but #nokings @indivisible.org @indwind808.bsky.social @indivisiblehawaii.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social

October 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM

Elle B

@latropicalbear.bsky.social

Last of the Union but not the least! #Honolulu #Hawaii showing up and standing up for democracy 🌺🌴💕 #nokings @indivisible.org @indwind808.bsky.social @indivisiblehawaii.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social

October 19, 2025 at 12:21 AM

Elle B

@latropicalbear.bsky.social

Looks like it’s chit chatting 😊

Full frame @shutterspeed.bsky.social · Oct 8

My wife says she prefers this one because it "breaks away" from what I typically capture.
#birds #birding #birdphotography #chicagobirder #photography #nature #naturephotography #nikon #raptors #birdsofprey #hawks #cooperhawk #urbanwildlife

October 8, 2025 at 3:28 AM

Elle B

@latropicalbear.bsky.social

What a beautiful photo 💕

Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · Oct 6

The moment before a Great Egret makes a landing in the marsh.

October 7, 2025 at 2:22 AM

Elle B

@latropicalbear.bsky.social

What an attractive family 😊

Alex Sauerbrunn @birdsbyalex.bsky.social · May 2

Great Horned Owl family portrait

#birds #bird #owl #nature #wildlife #photography

An owl sits in the crook of a tree with two fluffy owlets, all staring intently with bright yellow eyes. Photographed in Arcadia, California.

September 24, 2025 at 1:26 AM

Elle B

@latropicalbear.bsky.social

Well hello 😍

Matt Ufford @mattufford.bsky.social · Aug 9

my new spirit animal is the lone burrowing owl living in a hole by decommissioned railroad tracks in an industrial Long Beach parking lot 🪶

a burrowing peers above a railroad track from a defilade position. only the beak, yellow eyes, furrowed white brow, and top of the brown-and-white head are visible.

the same owl as the previous picture, but taken from a different angle so more of its brown and white body is visible. it is tucked between a railroad track and a steel plate

September 24, 2025 at 1:16 AM

Elle B

@latropicalbear.bsky.social

What an amazing shot! 😊

Alex Sauerbrunn @birdsbyalex.bsky.social · Aug 1

Target locked. Talons out. The Osprey strikes in perfect form.

#birds #nature #wildlife #photography

A brown and white bird of prey dives toward the water with wings swept back and talons extended. Photographed in Sebastian, Florida

September 24, 2025 at 1:15 AM

Elle B

@latropicalbear.bsky.social

It’s beautiful 💕

Alex Noriega @alexnoriega.com · May 8

I make my living in large part by photographing piles of sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating, and it gets everywhere. I love it.

Death Valley, 2019

September 17, 2025 at 7:23 AM

Elle B

@latropicalbear.bsky.social

I agree. Thank you 🌺💕

deanthepoet.bsky.social @deanthepoet.bsky.social · Jan 22

We can all use a little more beauty and light right now. This is sunrise over Glacier National Park on 16 August 2024
#Beauty #Light #Sunrise #Landscapes #Photography #NationalParks #PublicLand

September 15, 2025 at 3:41 AM

Elle B

@latropicalbear.bsky.social

Morning! 😍

Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · Sep 10

Good morning! 🪶

Burrowing owlet peeking out from behind a concrete wall.

September 15, 2025 at 1:29 AM

Elle B

@latropicalbear.bsky.social

Good morning 😍

Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · Sep 12

Good morning! 🪶

September 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM

Elle B

@latropicalbear.bsky.social

Hello 😍

The Garden Jungle @thegardenjungle.bsky.social · Jun 16

Whilst out walking the hills yesterday, I spotted a flock of juvenile Long Tailed Tits. I counted fourteen in total as they moved from tree to tree, great to watch them all in flight #birds #thegardenjungle #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #shropshire #UKwildlife #birdphotography