Rick Derevan

@rderevan

Sheltie dad. Bird and wildlife photographer. Reader of books. Retired appellate lawyer. Central Coast of California.

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Rick Derevan@rderevan· 8h

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme from Helen is #NoBranchWood, any bird on wood that is not a branch. Northern Flicker, Point Reyes National Seashore, California. 🪶

Northern Flicker standing on a wooden fence post with a blurry tan and green background. Some barbed wire is visible on the lower part of the frame from the left to the center.

Rick Derevan@rderevan· 12h

The best dogs.

Two Shetland Sheepdogs, a blue merle and a sable lie on a loveseat, heads close together facing the camera with bookshelves behind.

Rick Derevan@rderevan· 1d

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #RunningFromTheLaw, any bird that is moving fast on land or water. Here's a Horned Puffin running for takeoff. 🪶

Horned Puffin running on water, right to left. Right foot is fully above the water, left foot just above, covered in a splash.

Rick Derevan@rderevan· 3d

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #BestFootForward — any bird taking a step forward or standing on one leg. This is a Green Heron on the Central Coast of California. 🪶

Rick Derevan@rderevan· 5d

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #LongLegs, any bird with long legs. Great Egret with crawdad. 🪶

Great Egret, one foot raised, with crawdad in its beak.

Rick Derevan@rderevan· 6d

The #BirdoftheDay theme is #RedorDead, red somewhere in the photo, but not on the bird. Cedar Waxwing with toyon berry. 🪶

Cedar Waxwing standing on a branch with red berries, and holding a berry in its beak. Background is blurry with shades of tan and green.

Rick Derevan@rderevan· 14d

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #EmeraldBackdrop – Images where the background color is green. 🪶

European Starling, jumping from a branch for takeoff against a green background.

Rick Derevan@rderevan· 23d

The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Triplets. Sandhill Cranes at sunset, Merced National Wildlife Refuge, California. 🪶

Three Sandhill Cranes in a line flying right to left over a cornfield near sunset. Sky is magenta and blue.

Rick Derevan@rderevan· 25d

The #BirdofTheDay theme is #ScreenFiller, a capture where the bird takes up a large part of the image. A Red-naped Sapsucker contemplates his day. 🪶

Rick Derevan@rderevan· 27d

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Birds&Flowers, birds standing with flowers. Northern Flicker, California. 🪶

Northern Flicker, standing on ground amid poppy and other flowers.

Rick Derevan@rderevan· 29d

The #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #OpenBeaks. Here's an accommodating European Starling. 🪶

European Starling, facing left, with beak wide open.

Rick Derevan@rderevan· Jul 8

The #BirdOfTheDay theme: #Lifer Capture/ captures of the last new to you bird you’ve seen. Sagebrush Sparrow, Carrizo Plain National Monument, California. 🪶

Sagebrush Sparrow perched on small bush with brownish tan bokeh behind.

Rick Derevan@rderevan· Jul 7

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #orange. Bullock's Oriole, California. 🪶

Rick Derevan@rderevan· Jul 7

@bcdreyer.social Maybe you could talk about this? To my ears, this sounds off, and I'm curious how to determine verb choice when a country is the subject. Singular, making "gets" the word to use, would be my choice, but what do I know?

Newspaper headline, "Spain get past Portugal."

Rick Derevan@rderevan· Jul 6

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Cutie, cute bird captures. Here's an adorable endangered Least Tern. 🪶

Least Tern fledgling with open beak hoping a parent returns with food.

Rick Derevan@rderevan· Jul 5

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #Ebony&Ivory, birds that have black & white plumage, a Nuttall's Woodpecker and its fledgling. 🪶

Adult Nuttall's Woodpecker grasping trunk adjacent to young fledgling part way out of nest hole.

Rick Derevan@rderevan· Jul 4

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WildMotion, dynamic wildlife behavior, freezing a second which is full of energy. Clark's Grebes, San Luis Obispo County, California. 🪶

Two Clark's Grebes in rushing behavior, "running" across the water toward the camera raising splashes behind them.

Rick Derevan@rderevan· Jul 3

A Bufflehead swims in reflected water. #BirdOfTheDay #quackers 🪶

Bufflehead swims in waters of red, yellow, and green. (Colors are from reflections of stacked kayaks out-of-frame.)

Rick Derevan@rderevan· Jul 1

Here's a better look. 🪶

Red-shouldered Hawk standing on post with headless vole in talons;vole head in hawk's beak.

Rick Derevan@rderevan· Jun 30

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #TheArtOfSurvival, birds finding food, avoiding predators, enduring weather or raising young. 🪶 Red-shouldered Hawk.

Red-shouldered Hawk grasping headless vole with its talons while standing on a post. Background is blurred out brown and green plants. Head of vole in hawk's mouth.

Rick Derevan@rderevan· Jun 26

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #ShowingOff, any bird, who in your opinion, is doing exactly that. Elegant Tern showing off impressive wings. 🪶

Rick Derevan@rderevan· Jun 25

The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LittleBrownBirds. White-crowned Sparrow. 🪶

Rick Derevan@rderevan· Jun 24

#BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #Birds&Bokeh bird portraits with a blurry background or foreground. Black-headed Grosbeak, California. 🪶

Black-headed Grosbeak perched sideways on branch with (mainly) blurred yellow flowers in the background.

Rick Derevan@rderevan· Jun 23

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Touchdown, birds at the moment of landing whether on water, land, or branches. 🪶

Great Blue Heron, wings outstretched, landing in shallow water. The feet have just hit the water and are causing a splash.

Rick Derevan@rderevan· Jun 22

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdsInTheirElement, focusing on birds thriving within their habitat. A Marbled Godwit searches for food in kelp pile that has washed ashore. 🪶

Marbled Godwit leaning over in front of kelp pile on beach, searching for food. Blurred out blue-gray surf in the background.

Rick Derevan@rderevan· Jun 21

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #RedBeaks, any bird with red on its beak. Here's one with a red beak and tail. Red-tailed Tropic Bird, Kauai. 🪶

Red-tailed Tropic Bird flying left to right at a downward angle with the Pacific Ocean behind it.

Rick Derevan@rderevan· Jun 20

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Raptors, any raptor. Bald Eagle, Alaska. 🪶

Bald eagle standing on tree roots of a long-fallen tree adjacent to an estuary. Background is a blurred greenish hill to the left, blue sky to the right.

Rick Derevan@rderevan· Jun 18

Today's #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme is #Moments, a capture you consider to be an interesting moment. This is a juvenile Peregrine Falcon testing its wings by fly-hopping up an incline on a cliff. 🪶

Juvenile Peregrine Falcon walking up a slope with left foot raised and wings outstretched.

Rick Derevan@rderevan· Jun 18

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Black, birds with mainly Black Plumage. 🪶 I think this Common Raven found in Yellowstone National Park qualifies.

Portrait of a Common Raven looking to the right from mid-breast up, against a yellow-gold background with some golden grasses in front.

Rick Derevan@rderevan· Jun 17

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LongLegs, bird with long legs. 🪶 Sandhill Crane looking for a landing spot. Merced National Wildlife Refuge, California.