Michelle
@mountainbirdfan
Birds and sky photographer; travel, birding, Astro. Nikon photographer. #PhotographersUnited <== community carryover from Threads
#BirdoftheDay #ScreenFiller #Birds #WildlifePhotography #NikonPhotography #BirdPhotography #Birding #ECK #Photography White-faced ibis were in abundance at Bolsa Chica this June. This one was unperturbed by my presence as I walked past.
#BirdoftheDay #BlueSky #Birds #WildlifePhotography #NikonPhotography #BirdPhotography #Birding #ECK #Photography Taken on the trip of my lifetime, not corvidae, but these blue-eared starlings against a blue sky in Laikipia, Kenya, still fit the category.
#BirdoftheDay #PerfectPoise #Birds #WildlifePhotography #NikonPhotography #BirdPhotography #Birding #ECK #Photography Verdin looks like I caught it doing something it ought not have.
#BirdoftheDay #FunnyFaces #Birds #WildlifePhotography #NikonPhotography #BirdPhotography #Birding #ECK #Photography Do I have something stuck in my teeth?
#BirdoftheDay #Lifer #Birds #WildlifePhotography #NikonPhotography #BirdPhotography #Birding #ECK #Photography I was fortunate to add several new birds to my life list on the trip to the British Isles; my favorite might be learning that "Blackbird singing in the dead of night" is actually a thing.
#BirdoftheDay #Cuties #Birds #WildlifePhotography #NikonPhotography #BirdPhotography #Birding #ECK #Photography Pair of yellow-chevroned parakeets found in Buena Park last Christmas. Cali gets the escapee flocks occasionally.
#BirdoftheDay #EbonyandIvory #AllWhite #Birds #WildlifePhotography #NikonPhotography #BirdPhotography #Birding #ECK #Photography Black-necked stilt from a couple of days ago at Gilbert Riparian Area; two great white egrets in a territory fight at Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge back in 2024.
#BirdoftheDay #Quackers #Swans #Birds #WildlifePhotography #NikonPhotography #BirdPhotography #Birding #ECK #Photography Probably have posted these before, but Hyde Park had so many birds that are quite rare in my neck of the woods. Mandarin ducks and mute swan.
#BirdoftheDay #QuietReflection #SunriseSunset #Birds #WildlifePhotography #NikonPhotography #BirdPhotography #Birding #ECK #Photography Grand Canyon with turkey vulture.
#BirdoftheDay #TheArtofSurvival #Birds #WildlifePhotography #NikonPhotography #BirdPhotography #Birding #ECK #Photography Black phoebe with a white moth almost as big as he is.
#BirdoftheDay #BestofJune2026 #Birds #WildlifePhotography #NikonPhotography #BirdPhotography #Birding #ECK #Photography Not terrific (protip - don't try a 2.0tc on a long lens handheld), but I waited my whole life to capture chicks riding on their parents' backs - bonus for the western grebe!
#BirdoftheDay #LifeinBalance #Birds #WildlifePhotography #NikonPhotography #BirdPhotography #Birding #ECK #Photography A vermillion flycatcher balancing with his catch. Taken at Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson, AZ.
#BirdoftheDay #Rotund #Birds #WildlifePhotography #NikonPhotography #BirdPhotography #Birding #ECK #Photography Flock of puffy juvenile willets taking a break at Bolsa Chica, CA.
#BirdoftheDay #LittleBrownBirds #Birds #WildlifePhotography #NikonPhotography #BirdPhotography #Birding #ECK #Photography Discovered San Joachim Marsh in Irvine, CA this trip. What a delight! Scaly-breasted munia were feasting on the grasses in front of the parking lot.
#BirdoftheDay #Food #Birds #WildlifePhotography #NikonPhotography #BirdPhotography #Birding #ECK #Photography Terrible shot of a double-crested cormorant with his catch of the day - a baby ray of some sort, I think. Bolsa Chica, CA. (He did get it down; cormorants are amazing what they can swallow)
#BirdoftheDay #Touchdown #Birds #WildlifePhotography #NikonPhotography #BirdPhotography #Birding #ECK #Photography A burrowing owl, dancing on his landing in Scottsdale, AZ.
#BirdoftheDay #BlackandWhite #Birds #WildlifePhotography #NikonPhotography #BirdPhotography #Birding #ECK #Photography A razorbill auk in the Firth of Forth, Scotland. Pretty black and white.
#BirdoftheDay #Stripes #Birds #WildlifePhotography #NikonPhotography #BirdPhotography #Birding #ECK #Photography Good afternoon! I had the great pleasure of seeing an ornate hawk-eagle soaring in Costa Rica last fall. Stripey birds.
#BirdoftheDay #Nesting #Birds #WildlifePhotography #NikonPhotography #BirdPhotography #Birding #ECK #Photography Good morning! We had a northern Pygmy owl family nesting in the local park; here the owlet waits for breakfast. (I was quite a distance and cropped in with a 600mm lens)
#BirdoftheDay #TheGathering #Birds #WildlifePhotography #NikonPhotography #BirdPhotography #Birding #ECK #Photography Atlantic Puffins taking off in the Minch Strait near the Shiant Islands
#BirdoftheDay #Geese #Birds #WildlifePhotography #NikonPhotography #BirdPhotography #Birding #ECK #Photography Lovely weekend of shooting Sandhills cranes and snow geese at Bosque del Apache, NM last November. Misty mornings made it extra-special.
#BirdoftheDay #WorldOceansDay #Birds #WildlifePhotography #NikonPhotography #BirdPhotography #Birding #ECK #Photography Did I snicker a bit upon learning in northern Scotland they don't have cormorants, they have Shags? Maybe . . .
#BirdoftheDay #BranchingOut #Birds #WildlifePhotography #NikonPhotography #BirdPhotography #Birding #ECK #Photography A family of northern Pygmy owls nested in the local park this spring. The baby has fledged, but they were still hanging around, hunting lizards.
#BirdoftheDay #BorrowedPlaces #Birds #WildlifePhotography #NikonPhotography #BirdPhotography #Birding #ECK #Photography male pheasant trying to get the escapee through the fence. Guest appearance by a lamb trying to referee.
#BirdoftheDay #LookingatYou #Birds #WildlifePhotography #NikonPhotography #BirdPhotography #Birding #ECK #Photography Tree swallow looking back to see if I'm enjoying his glossy blue feathers.
#BirdoftheDay #FoodinBeak #Birds #WildlifePhotography #NikonPhotography #BirdPhotography #Birding #ECK #Photography A Lewis’s woodpecker with a mouthful of a seed.
#BirdoftheDay #HiddeninPlainSight #Birds #WildlifePhotography #NikonPhotography #BirdPhotography #Birding #ECK Another lifer from the Shiant Islands - a Shag. Looks a lot like a cormorant, but allowed me to boost my life list over 1k. Blends in well with the craggy isles.
#BirdoftheDay #Reflections #Birds #WildlifePhotography #NikonPhotography #BirdPhotography #Birding #ECK Reflections are some of my favorite bird images. May have used this before, but it’s still a favorite.
#BirdoftheDay #FirstWingbeat #Birds #WildlifePhotography #NikonPhotography #BirdPhotography #Birding #ECK A pair of tufted ducks making a quick get-away in Hyde Park, London.