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Gray

@grays.art

Barely edited nature photos by amateur naturalist/behaviorist. Hope you ❤️ spiders, bugs, birds & flowers! 📸 Daily original photo(s) 📸 Live critters 📸 In-the-field, manual & hand-held 📸 No tripod, studio, stacking, AI, nor burst 📸 Canon, Olympus & Apple eq

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Gray @grays.art · 16h ago

Atlantic grasshopper morph (Paroxya atlantica) Bonita Springs, Florida 8-3-26 Typically olive-green or brown, this female displays a vibrant reddish-pink and yellow morph. #ColorADay #RedWed #red #eck #macro #photography #macroPhotography #bugSky #insects #grasshopers #nature #threewordgenre #art

A female grasshopper rests vertically on a green plant stem. The insect features a reddish-brown pronotum and head, with a cream and dark brown patterned thorax. Its abdomen displays a pale yellow color, while the large hind jumping leg exhibits a deep red upper section and a green tibia lined with small spines. Long antennae extend from the head, and the compound eye shows dark vertical striping. Bright green foliage frames the insect against a dark, out-of-focus background.

Gray @grays.art · 17h ago

“I realized how much I don’t know about nature after watching this video.” #humpDayHumor ⚠️ strobing lights

Gray @grays.art · yesterday

Tricolored heron agrass (Egretta tricolor) Crew pen flint strand Bonita Springs, Florida 7-15-26 Helen’s #BirdOfTheDay is #FabulousWaders: any wading bird you love! Alt. theme is #Speckled any bird(s) with speckled plumage. #birds #photography #ECK #threewordgenre #birding #colorADay #blueTue

Long, slender orange beak, red eyed, small blue, and grey, and white heron walking through the green grass.

Gray @grays.art · 2d ago

Blue Dasher Dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis) Crew pen flint strand Bonita Springs, Florida yesterday morning 8-3-26 Hope your Tuesday inspires wonder. #ColorADay #BlueTue #blue #SensoryArt #small #eck #macro #macroPhotography #photography #bugSky #art #threeWordGenre #florida #native #insects

A close-up of a female dragonfly perched vertically on a slender brown twig against a dark, out-of-focus background, facing forward, showcasing its large compound eyes that blend shades of powder blue, alabaster, and amber. Its transparent wings extend horizontally, revealing intricate black venation and small, pale white pterostigmata near the tips. The dragonfly’s thorax and segmented abdomen display a pattern of pale olive and charcoal tones.

Gray @grays.art · 2d ago

Pixelated Osprey brunching on a sheepshead fish 3/13/11 iPhone 4 Little hickory island Bonita springs, FL AB’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Firsts, your earliest bird capture(s). Alt is @atlanticbirding.bsky.social’s most captured family: #Robins #birds #birding #eck #history #mobile #Photography

An osprey with dark brown upperparts and a white underside perches at the tip of a bare, weathered tree branch against a solid bright blue sky. The bird of prey faces forward, securing a black-and-white vertically striped sheepshead fish with its talons. The striped fish hangs below the top of the branch, showing its pattern and tail fin.

Gray @grays.art · 3d ago

Richmond, VA, landscape A few hours ago on the river 8-2-26 #BlueSkyMonday #AlphabetChallenge #WeekEForEphemeral #eck #scape #landscape #threeWordGenre #photography #urbanGaze #colorADay #BlueTues #forestFriday #cityscape #richmond #VirginiasForLovers

View from a balcony over the forested river looking toward the Richmond city skyline, after a few hours of heavy rain, the sky still cloudy, headed toward sunset, some people getting exercise on a greened walking trail next to the river to the far right, lower corner, mild reflections of the sky in the otherwise amber-green river.

Gray @grays.art · 3d ago

Caveat Coastal Sandbur (Cenchrus spinifex / varius pochius) Bonita Springs, Florida, USA 7-28-26 Native perennial grass here… sorry to European friends for whom its invasive. #MacroMonday #MinimalMonday #eck #native #florida #flora #sharp #macro #photography #macroPhotography #threeWordGenre #art

Green stalk stretching diagonally top left to bottom right, yellow spines sharpest I’ve encountered outside deserts, or oceans, against black background (accomplished in camera, by using a flash without anything reflective in the background nearby).

Gray @grays.art · 3d ago

Considerate Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) evening of 7-29-26 at Flint pen strand trails in Bonita Springs, Florida Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #BestOfJuly so no need for an Alt Theme. Let’s share one more of this shrike! #birds #photography #ECK #threeWordGenre #birding #smallBirdSaturday

A medium shot features a gray and white songbird perching on a thin, lichen-covered branch against a clear, pale blue sky. The bird looks over its right shoulder, revealing a distinct black mask across its eyes and a heavy, hooked black beak. Its chest and underparts display a soft off-white color, while its back and long, narrow tail feathers show shades of medium gray. The textured bark of the angled branch contrasts with the smooth, uniform background.

Gray @grays.art · 4d ago

Gulf fritillary caterpillar (Agraulis vanillae) munching passion flower vine (Passiflora incarnata) Crew flint pen strand Bonita Springs, #Florida 7-29-26 #stunday #ColorADay #OrangeSun #orange #eck #macro #photography #macrophotography #bugsky #butterflies #Lepidoptera #wildflowers #nature #art

An orange-red caterpillar with glossy, dark-toned spines feeds on a green leaf in this close-up photograph, the caterpillar’s vermilion body’s covered in branched, obsidian-black spines, positioned head-first, gripping and consuming the edge of a slender, lime-green leaf blade, with a soft soft, out-of-focus wash of chartreuse and forest green background.

Gray @grays.art · 4d ago

Northern flicker salute (Colaptes auratus) Crew pen flint strand trails Bonita Springs, Florida 3-19-26 Alan & Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay themes: #OverTheRainbow, bird(s) looking skyward. Alt #HedgingYourBets, bird(s) in a hedge or bush. #blueSkyArtShow #big #eck #threewordgenre #birds #birding #art

A medium shot from a low angle captures a large woodpecker perched vertically on a weathered, light gray tree trunk against a clear, solid azure sky. The bird points its long, dark slate beak upward, revealing a buff throat and a distinct pitch-black crescent marking across its upper chest. Its back and wings feature an intricate pattern of warm cinnamon and charcoal bars, while its creamy white underbelly is covered in dense, dark round spots. A small splash of vivid crimson accents the back of its gray crown, and its dark, gripping feet hold onto the textured bark.

Gray @grays.art · 5d ago

Female Atlantic Grasshopper (Paroxya atlantica) at Flint pen strand trails in Bonita Springs, Florida 7-28-26 Semi-aquatic hopper ~1.5” (4cm), eats wetland grasses, sedges, & rushes. #BlueSkyArtShow #big #ColorADay #GreenSat #eck #macro #photography #macroPhotography #bugSky #threeWordGenre #art

Gray @grays.art · 5d ago

Matthews, Virginia Sunset Yesterday 7-30-26 #scape #forestFriday #eck #landscape #photography #travel #sunset

Boats and docks below a pink and blue sky mirrored on the water, surrounded by darkening trees, and homes.

Gray @grays.art · 5d ago

Spooked tricolor heron (Egretta tricolor) 7-27-26 Rob & Alan’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #EgretsAndHerons, any Egret or Heron will do. The Alt Theme is #Yellow, any bird with Yellow as part of its plumage. #flyday #birding #birds #photography #monochrome #ECK #classicmono #threewordgenre #mono #art

Second flap of a small heron, wings raised, departing the reeds and waters edge to fly out over the lake, droplets of water scattering from its legs and feet hanging at a diagonal beneath it.

Gray @grays.art · 6d ago

Happy FlyDay. We made it! Eastern Amberwing dragonfly (Perithemis tenera) on Shrubby False Buttonweed (Spermacoce verticillata) Smol— under an inch long (2cm)! in Bonita Springs, Florida 7-29-26 #flyDay #eck #florida #macro #photography #macroPhotography #nature #art #bugsky #threeWordGenre

Gray @grays.art · 6d ago

Tomorrow’s Flyday! 🪰 🦅 🐝 🦇 🦋 Post original photos & art of live, self-propelled, flying creatures. 1 or more submissions welcome tagged: #FlyDay #ECK Welcome no matter location, nor skill level. #photography #Art #ArtChallenges #ArtPrompts #bugSky #birds #diptera Questions/comments? @grays.art

Bee fly nectaring
(Poecilanthrax lucifer)

on dewy frog fruit flower
(Lippia nodiflora)

Gray @grays.art · 6d ago

“We take better care of the things we know.” @blackforager.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/dZJgW...

Your wholesome neighborhood weirdo

YouTube video by Hank Green

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Gray @grays.art · 6d ago

Ruffled Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) yesterday evening 7-29-26 at Flint pen strand trails in Bonita Springs, Florida Alan & Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #YourChoice bird capture/ captures you’ve been itching to post. #birds #photography #ECK #threeWordGenre #birding #smallBirdSaturday

An open-mouthed, grey and white bird with a black mask across its eyes perches on a bare, thin branch against a pale, solid sky. The bird leans forward with its beak wide apart, showing a pink interior and a dark tongue. Its feathers ruffled, displaying a mix of light grey on its back and a white underside, while its long tail extends downwards. The dark, weathered branches twist around the bird, creating sharp angles in front of the overcast background.

Gray @grays.art · 7d ago

Horse Paper Wasp (Polistes major) at Crew flint pen strand in Bonita Springs, Florida 7-28-26 with wingspan approaching 2” (5cm), the second-largest species in its genus Polistes. #ColorADay #YellowThu #yellow #eck #wasps #macro #macroPhotography #photography #bugSky #nature #art #threeWordGenre

Large yellow wasp with red eyes, mandibles, stripes and markings, clinging upside down to a green stem of unopened buds and narrow leaves, with a drop of water on the rightmost-center, near its hind foot.

Gray @grays.art · last wk.

#HumpDayHumor by Scott Metzger www.instagram.com/scottmetzger...

HEY! HEY!
OVER HERE!
LET'S F#*K!
NO WAY! OVER HERE. WE SHOULD TOTALLY BANG.
F#*K ME!
NO, DO ME!
SIT ON MY FACE!
NETFLIX
AND CHILL?
SEX! HERE!

WHOA!
NATURE IS SO BEAUTIFUL!

Gray @grays.art · last wk.

Red-shouldered hawk surveillance (Buteo lineatus) at Flint pen strand trails in Bonita Springs, Florida 7-27-26 Rob & Alan’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #MultiColour, 3 or more colours in plumage. Alt is #DucksOutOfWater, but not flying. #birds #ECK #ColorADay #RedWed #red #birding #threeWordGenre

The hawk perches on top of a dead tree against a cloudless blue sky.

Gray @grays.art · last wk.

Florida Longhorn-Cuckoo bee (Triepeolus rufithorax) yesterday at Crew flint pen strand in Bonita Springs, Florida 7-28-26 Her male partner pictured in the comments below #ColorADay #RedWed #red #eck #florida #native #bees #macro #macroPhotography #photography #bugSky #nature #art #threeWordGenre

Gray @grays.art · last wk.

Tricolored heron double-catch (Egretta tricolor) Lakes Park Fort Myers, Florida 7-18-26 Alan & Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay theme: #EmeraldBackdrop – green backgrounds. Alt: #WeatheringTheElements – birds in dramatic weather ☔️ ❄️ ⛈️ #colorADay #blueTue #TidesOutTuesday #ECK #threewordgenre #birds #twosDay

Small blue, white and purple heron returning from hunt at the water’s edge, with two fish at the same time! Green grass and neutral light amber-green water background.

Gray @grays.art · last wk.

Blue-green Citrus Root Weevil (Pachnaeus litus) on winged loosestrife (Lythrum alatum) CREW pen flint strand lakes & trails Bonita Springs, Florida 7-21-26 Weevil Knievel #colorADay #BlueTues #blue #eck #native #weevils #nature #macro #photography #art #bugSky #blueSkyMonday #macroPhotography

Gray @grays.art · last wk.

Bird grasshopper molting (Schistocerca serialis ssp. cubense) on winged loosestrife (Lythrum alatum) Starting your Monday off fresh. CREW pen flint strand lakes & trails Bonita Springs, Florida 7-21-26 #macroMonday #eck #grasshoppers #nature #macro #photography #threewordgenre #art #bugSky #bugs

Fresh, larger grasshopper exiting its old, smaller shell, still attached to a stem of loostrife, against a dark, natural background.

Gray @grays.art · last wk.

At the edge of vision as small a critter as can be seen, crawling up my forearm rapidly, not even punctuation, speck of dust, too small to make out what it was, could’ve been a wasp, or perhaps a fly, no way of telling with this naked eye, #poem #writing #imagesAndVerse #eck #florida #scape #art

Sun beans slanting in from left to right through an overcast, cloudy sky, above a piny horizon.

Gray @grays.art · 2w ago

Tricolored heron afloof (Egretta tricolor) Lakes Park Fort Myers, Florida 7-18-26 Alan & Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay theme: #CHE Cormorants, Herons & Egrets Alt #Memories: birds you have reason to remember. Watched this heron catch two fish at once, repeatedly, and proudly. #stunDay #eck #threewordgenre

Small Blue, white and purple heron shaking out its feathers briefly before returning to the hunt at the water’s edge, with an out of focus rock in the foreground bottom right corner.

Gray @grays.art · 2w ago

Morning Bird grasshopper (Schistocerca serialis ssp. cubense) on winged loosestrife (Lythrum alatum) CREW pen flint strand lakes & trails Bonita Springs, Florida 7-12-26 #stunDay #eck #florida #grasshoppers #nature #macro #photography #threewordgenre #art #bugSky #macroPhotography #insects #green

Gray @grays.art · 2w ago

Narcissist Self-portrait March 2017 Chicago, Illinois Made with an iPhone 7, in an old apartment with glass blocks, in the city’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, walking distance to my kids’ school. #selfieSaturday #selfie #blueskyartshow #glass #HumansOfBlueSky #UrbanGaze #eck #art #mobilePhotography

Eye-to-eye with Gray in a black t-shirt, with the word narcissist printed in white lettering, but mirrored so that it will look normal in a (glass) mirror.

Gray @grays.art · 2w ago

Perilous love quartet Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) vs Pennant dragonflies (Celithemis) Crew flint pen strand Bonita Springs, Florida 7-9-26 Rob & Alan’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #OneTwoThreeFour, 4 photos each the same bird/s. Alt: #ForJanet, any Robin will do. #birds #ECK #threewordgenre

1: great blue heron approaches the mating dragonflies in the lake reads and grass

2: great blue heron considers the mating draglines on a read

3: Great blue heron snaps its beak onto the dragonflies

4: great blue heron breakfasts on the two dragonflies

Gray @grays.art · 2w ago

Sleep befalls us our eyelids close, but not our bedroom door, nosed open in myopic confidence, more evidence every box, bag, closet, all that might be entered, shall welcome you, a coiled dream pressed between thumb & pointer, until the drama of the next escape. #imageAndVerse #eck #caturday #poem