For #birdoftheday theme #SittingDownOnTheJob I have this Brandt’s Cormorant. Her job is to shelter her chicks and she’s sitting to do it. #birdphotography #nature These birds nest by the hundreds on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay.

A slightly different ‘bird’ photo today. This is a House Finch nest. The 3rd egg (large w/ speckles) was laid by a Brown-headed Cowbird. They are nest parasites; too lazy to rear their own young. The host parents think the chick is theirs & will feed it. I removed this egg. #birdphotography #nature

#SummerLovin is the #birdoftheday theme today. Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are summer visitors here. Love the challenge of photographing them. Here’s one attempt. #birdphotography #nature

Three White Pelicans for #birdoftheday theme #Triplets. #birdphotography #nature

Late posting today….Here’s something for the theme #ScreenFiller A tired flamingo. #birdoftheday #birdphotography #nature

Two good themes today for #birdoftheday; #Corvidae and the alternate #BlueSky. I’m going with the first—Blue Jay taking a bit of water at my birdbath. #birdphotography #CTnaturefans

Campobello Island & Head Harbour #Lighthouse on the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, #Canada for Friday #SCAPE #Photography #landscape

A pair of Eiders for #birdoftheday theme #SingersandWingers #birdphotography #nature

Ruddy Duck for today’s #birdoftheday theme #amongtheripples #birdphotography #nature

Another clever theme for #birdoftheday; #upanddown. A male Eastern Bluebird looking down. AND thank you to all who identify their posts. Love learning about birds around the world! #nature #birdphotography

For the #birdoftheday theme #rocky I’m posting this nest of Northern Rough-Winged Swallows on a cave ledge. #birdphotography #nature

Chain Bridge, Budapest, Hungary

How about a flock of American Goldfinches for today’s #birdoftheday theme #finch? They’re in winter plumage. #nature #birdphotography

Rob’s choice for the #birdoftheday theme is #orange so here’s one of my flamingo shots. ##birdphotography #nature

Love all the beautiful birds posted to #birdoftheday. So many I will never see in person. Alan has chosen #cutie as the Theme today. This may be the cutest in my files! Piping Plover chick from the Connecticut coast. #birdphotography #nature

Connecticut, USA #BeesNeeds

A Nazca Booby, seen in the #Galapagos islands, for #birdoftheday theme #Ebony&Ivory. #birdphotography #nature

Let’s go tropical for #birdoftheday theme #WildMotion. Flamingo taking a bath. #nature #birdphotography

Friday is #SCAPE day. Let’s keep cool and go to the Swiss Alps.

So #Quackers is the theme today for #birdoftheday. Mallards may be the low hanging fruit of water birds but they are handsome.

Anna’s Hummingbird for the #birdoftheday theme #QuietReflection #nature #birdphotography

Looks like a wildflower I have; Buttercup of the genus Ranunculus. Buttercup flowers are most famous for their highly glossy, mirror-like petals and their mild toxicity.

Found a good one in my files for #birdoftheday theme #RedBeakFeetEyes; Inca Tern spotted in the #Galapagoa #birdphotography #nature

For #birdoftheday theme #theArtOfSurvival here’s a Northern Cardinal puffed up against a very cold snowy day. #birdphotography #nature

Still time for me to post a #BestofJune26 for the #birdoftheday theme today. This lovely Canada Goose posed for me. #birdphotography #nature

Graffiti, Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco #photography #blueskyartshow #humor

Just because it’s beautiful. My pink orchid cactus, genus Epiphyllum. #flowerphotography #flowers

#birdoftheday Alt theme is #BlueSky White pelican in flight #birdphotography #nature

I want to help our European @bsky.app friends feel cooler so for #birdoftheday theme #GreyDay here’s a White-Throated Sparrow on a snowy day. #birdphotography #nature

This gull has a little snail with kelp attached. #birdoftheday #food #birdphotography #nature