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Jan Casavant

@jancasavant.bsky.social

I love going on walks and photographing birds, animals, flowers, and scenery, mainly with OM System. Bird nerd. Music lover. Big Boston sports fan! Living in my home state of Massachusetts after many years in California. No DMs All photos taken by me 📷😊

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Jan Casavant @jancasavant.bsky.social · 16h ago

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A black and white male Downy Woodpecker on a brown stump with blurred red, orange and yellow fall leaves

Gen Existential Crisis@ru12bseen.com · 17h ago

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Jan Casavant @jancasavant.bsky.social · 22h ago

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BokehBirds and the Alt is #AwkwardAvian. For both, this male #DownyWoodpecker was hanging on a tiny branch against a soft background with many bokeh balls! (Concord, Mass. - 7/8/26) 🤩🟢🪶 #birds #nature #bokeh #ECK #BirdPhotography #OM-1 @helenbennett.bsky.social

A małe Downy Woodpecker high up in a tree with pale brown branches, and somehow hanging on the end of a tiny branch where he had been poking around looking for bugs. The bird had a black and white striped head with a red patch on the back, a white front, and dark brown/black spotted back and wings with a large white patch on the middle of the back. I shot this photo in Aperture mode, which created a blurred background of green leaves and blue sky that appear as out-of-focus points of light known as bokeh balls. Seen at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord, Massachusetts.

Jan Casavant @jancasavant.bsky.social · 2d ago

From a year ago, this pair of #MuteSwans were swimming across reflections of colorful fall foliage on the Kingfisher Pond (Norfolk, Massachusetts - 9/27/25) 🤩🦢🍂 #birds #SwanDay #Autumn #ECK #Stunday #photography #OM-1 #M.12-200mm #pondscape #reflections

Two Mute Swans with white feathers swimming across the Kingfisher Pond at Stony Brook WS in Norfolk, Massachusetts. There were evergreen trees and other trees with red, yellow and orange leaves along the bank, plus a pale blue sky above, all of which were reflected in the pond waters.

Jan Casavant @jancasavant.bsky.social · 2d ago

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Seabirds; the Alt is #Airborne. For both, here's a large group of #BrownPelicans and #WesternGulls hanging out together at the coast (Jenner, California - Dec. 2021) 🤩🤎🪶 #birds #nature #ECK #photography #GoatRockBeach #NorCal @atlanticbirding.bsky.social

A group of Brown Pelicans with brown and white feathers, and Western Gulls with white and gray feathers, together at the edge of Goat Rock Beach in Jenner, California. There's pale blue and brown water, brown sand, and green and brown foliage in the photo. This beach is located where the Russian River meets the Pacific Ocean.

Jan Casavant @jancasavant.bsky.social · 2d ago

This orange dragonfly is one of many beautiful sculptures on display for the "Glass in Flight" exhibit at the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill. Glad I went before our days of rain! (Boylston, Massachusetts - 9/19/26) 🤩🧡🪽 #Stunday #ColorADay #OrangeSun #ArtYear #ECK #photography #OM-1

A very large sculpture of a dragonfly, consisting of orange, yellow and clear glass and black and green steel. This piece was set at the edge of a field with evergreen trees and green foliage behind it, and a pale blue sky with white clouds above. It was part of the "Glass in Flight" exhibit at the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill in Boylston, Massachusetts.

Jan Casavant @jancasavant.bsky.social · 3d ago

Today's Alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Green, photos with green in the background. Here's a round #SongSparrow looking over at me from his perch among the leaves (Concord, Massachusetts - 8/5/26) 🤩🤎🍃 #birds #sparrows #borb #ECK #SmallBirdSaturday #ColorADay #GreenSat #BirdPhotography #OM-1

A small Song Sparrow with a streaky dark brown and black back and tail, white chest with dark streaks that form a central spot on the breast, a mix of reddish-brown and gray stripes on the head with a gray eyebrow line and a dark stripe on the side of the throat, and pinkish legs and feet. This bird was puffed up and looking very round as it perched on a brown branch of a tree in the early morning sunlight. There were more brown branches and many green leaves in the background. Seen at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord, Massachusetts.

Jan Casavant @jancasavant.bsky.social · 4d ago

Tall stalks of pale purple #ObedientPlant (Physostegia virginiana), also called false dragonhead, in the gardens at Stony Brook. The bees were loving the flowers! (Norfolk, Massachusetts - 9/16/26) 🤩💜🐝 #PurpleFriday #FlowersOnFriday #bloomscrolling #bees #Scape #ECK #photography #OM-1 #M.12-200mm

The purple obedient plant, also called false dragonhead, is a native perennial in the mint family known for flowers that stay in place when bent. There were many tall stalks of the purple flowers, with green leaves all around, in the gardens at Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary in Norfolk, Massachusetts. The stalk in front was lit up by the sun and had several black and yellow bumblebees sipping nectar from the flowers.

Jan Casavant @jancasavant.bsky.social · 4d ago

I took a walk over to the #GristMillPond and found that most of the foliage hadn't changed color yet, but I loved this tranquil scene looking out across the pond (Sudbury, MA - 9/24/26) 🤩💙🍃 #Scape #ECK #pondscape #reflections #photography #NikonP950 #WaysideInnHistoricDistrict #Massachusetts

The Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury, Massachusetts is part of the Wayside Inn Historic District and is located close to the Grist Mill. The pond had blue water with reflections of trees with green leaves along the shoreline, yellow-green pollen and algae, tall green reeds in the foreground, and a clear blue sky above.

Jan Casavant @jancasavant.bsky.social · 4d ago

Today's Alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Brown, birds with brown in their plumage. This little #SavannahSparrow was running around on the path and looking for breakfast (Concord, MA - 9/18/26) 😍🤎🪶 #birds #sparrows #ECK #BirdPhotography #OM-1 #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Massachusetts @robcrank68.bsky.social

A Savannah Sparrow running around on the gray gravel path with some green foliage on the edge, in both sunlight and shadow from the early morning sun. This bird had brown upperparts with black streaks, white underparts with thin brown streaks on the breast and flanks, a small brown crest, and a streaky face with a small yellow patch in front of the eye. This was the first one I've seen this year at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord, Massachusetts.

Jan Casavant @jancasavant.bsky.social · 5d ago

A large #Bumblebee enjoying one of many #PurpleAster flowers at the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill (Boylston, Massachusetts - 9/19/26) 🤩🐝💜 #insects #bees #pollinators #bugsky #InsectThursday #bloomscrolling #ECK #nature #photography #OM-1

A large black and yellow bumblebee sipping nectar from one of many Purple Aster flowers, a daisy like flower with purple petals and a bright yellow-orange center. There are more Asters and green leaves in the background. Seen in a garden at the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill in Boylston, Massachusetts.

Jan Casavant @jancasavant.bsky.social · 5d ago

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TheDivers. This cute #Pied-billedGrebe was soaking wet after surfacing from one of its frequent dives in a pond at the Ellis Creek wetlands (Petaluma, California) 🤩🤎💦 #birds #grebes #DivingBirds #ECK #BirdPhotography #Olympus #NorCal @helenbennett.bsky.social

The Pied-billed Grebe is a small and chunky waterbird. This Grebe had a dark brown back, lighter brown on the neck, underparts and flanks, short, wispy tail with bright white feathers under the tail, dark head, reddish-brown eyes with a white eye ring, and a chunky, whitish bill with a black band around the middle. The Grebe was swimming and diving in one of the ponds at Ellis Creek Wetlands in Petaluma, California. The water looks mostly green due to reflections from the green reeds that line the pond.

Jan Casavant @jancasavant.bsky.social · 6d ago

While walking through the woods today, I saw this cute #EasternChipmunk sitting on a log. It did not move at all, even when I made chipping noises, so probably wasn't used to seeing people (Assabet River NWR, Maynard, Mass. - 9/23/26) 🥰🐿️🤎 #WildlifeWednesday #chipmunks #sqrlpix #nature #ECK

A small Eastern Chipmunk with mostly reddish-brown fur, a white front, and dark brown and white stripes along its face and back. This little one was siting on a fallen brown log with patches of green lichen. There was a brown stick above its head, and brown, red and green leaves in the blurred background. Seen along a wooded trail at Asset River National Wildlife Refuge in Maynard, Massachusetts.

Jan Casavant @jancasavant.bsky.social · 6d ago

This group of bright red #Dahlia flowers caught my eye during a visit to the New England Botanic Garden at #TowerHill. There were many flowers still blooming in the fields and along the trails! (Boylston, Massachusetts - 9/19/26) 😍🌸🌼 #ColorADay #RedWed #ECK #bloomscrolling #photography #OM-1

A bright red Dahlia flower with eight long petals and a yellow center on a thin reddish stalk. There were more red and pink Dahlias, tall stalks, and green leaves in the photo. Seen at the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill in Boylston, Massachusetts.

Jan Casavant @jancasavant.bsky.social · 7d ago

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Redheads, any bird with red on its head/beak. The feather details on this male #NorthernCardinal were enhanced by the late afternoon sunlight (Norfolk, Massachusetts - March 2025) 😍❤️🪶 #birds #Cardinalidae #ECK #BirdPhotography #NikonP950 @robcrank68.bsky.social

A male Northern Cardinal with body feathers in various shades of red, a red crest, brown eyes with a black eye mask, red beak, and reddish legs. This bird was perched on a brown branch of a small tree, with the tree trunk and other brown branches around him. His feathers were lit up in the late afternoon sun, causing a few shadows of branches across its body. There's a blurred background with brownish-green foliage. Seen at Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary in Norfolk, Massachusetts.

Jan Casavant @jancasavant.bsky.social · 7d ago

This is #WashingtonTower, built as a memorial to George Washington at the highest spot in #MountAuburnCemetery. We didn't see many birds at this popular birding spot, but did have a Bald Eagle flyover (Cambridge, Massachusetts - 9/21/26) 🤩🦅🪦 #ColorADay #BlueTue #ECK #landscape #photography

Washington Tower, a 62 foot tall gray granite tower at the highest point of Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This medieval style tower designed by the cemetery founders in honor of President George Washington, who was buried elsewhere. The round tower has many steps leading up to the opening, and is surrounded by green grasses, yellow wildflowers, tall trees with green leaves, and blue sky with wispy white clouds.

Jan Casavant @jancasavant.bsky.social · last wk.

A honeybee sipping nectar from pink sedum blooms in the gardens at Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary (Norfolk, MA - 9/16/26) 🐝🩷🌸 #insects #bees #honeybees #ColorADay #PinkMon #MacroMonday #ECK #flowers #photography #OM-1 #Massachusetts

An amber-brown and golden-yellow striped honeybee sipping nectar from a cluster of pink sedum ground cover in the gardens at Stony Brook WS in Norfolk, Massachusetts. There are blurred green leaves and a patch of brown dirt in the background.

Jan Casavant @jancasavant.bsky.social · last wk.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LightAndShadow, a bird capture with both. The alt is #FallBirds, an Autumn/Fall bird capture. Here's a male #DownyWoodpecker against colorful fall leaves (Norfolk, Mass. - 10/19/24) 😍🖤🍁 #birds #woodpeckers #nature #ECK #GoldenHour #BirdPhotography #NikonP950

A małe Downy Woodpecker with a white front, black wings and tail checkered with white spots, a white patch on the back, and a black and white striped head with a red patch across the back. This bird was perched on the brown trunk of a tree with patches of green lichen. There are brown branches and a mix of red, yellow, orange and green leaves in the background, with a bit of blue sky as well. Seen during the golden hour at Stony Brook WS in Norfolk, Massachusetts.

Jan Casavant @jancasavant.bsky.social · last wk.

Does this lipstick make me look like a clown? 🤡🙁 #BirdOfTheDay #CaptionThatBird #BarnSwallow #birds #BabyBirds #ECK #BirdPhotography #OM-1 #Massachusetts @helenbennett.bsky.social

A juvenile Barn Swallow with blue, beige, and white fluffy feathers and a large white gape flange around its beak. The little one is perched in a small brown tree with green leaves and red and white berries, with a blurred background of green leaves. Seen in June 2026 at Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary in Norfolk, Massachusetts.

Jan Casavant @jancasavant.bsky.social · last wk.

A pair of #MuteSwans gliding across the Kingfisher Pond. The foliage around the pond is just starting to show some fall colors (Norfolk, MA - 9/16/26) 🤩🦢🍂 #birds #SwanDay #ECK #Stunday #SilentSunday #photography #OM-1 #M.12-200mm #pondscape #reflections #Massachusetts

A pair of white Mute Swans with bright orange beaks and black knobs gliding across the dark green and blue waters of the Kingfisher Pond at Stony Brook WS in Norfolk, Massachusetts. There are patches of round green lily pads with a few white lilies, and other green aquatic plants in the water. The shoreline has green and reddish-brown foliage, and tall trees with green needles or leaves, plus a blue sky above.

Jan Casavant @jancasavant.bsky.social · last wk.

A male #MonarchButterfly enjoying a patch of orange Zinnias at the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill (Boylston, Massachusetts - 9/19/26) 🧡🌼🦋 #insects #butterflies #pollinators #bugsky #Stunday #ColorADay #OrangeSun #ECK #Zinnias #bloomscrolling #photography #OM-1

A male Monarch Butterfly sipping nectar from one of several orange Zinnia flowers at the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill in Boylston, MA. The butterfly has bright orange upperwings with black veins, wide black borders with 2 rows of white spots, and two black spots on the hindwings. The head and body are black with white speckles and long black antennae. There are green leaves around the flowers.

Jan Casavant @jancasavant.bsky.social · last wk.

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Elegant. This beautiful #GreatBlueHeron had just landed on the bridge, and its layers of wing feathers made it look like the bird was wearing a shawl (Norfolk, Massachusetts - 7/9/26) 🤩💙🪶 #birds #herons #ECK #birdphotography #OM-1 @atlanticbirding.bsky.social

A Great Blue Heron with blue-gray body feathers, white face with a black crown stripe extending into thin black plumes, long brownish-gray neck, wings with black flight feathers and bluish upper wings, a long yellow-orange bill with dark blue on top, and dark brown legs.This heron had just flown up to the silver and brown bridge from the pond below, and had its wing feathers spread out and looking like a shawl around the bird. There were trees with green leaves and a blue sky in the background. Seen early in the morning at Stony Brook WS in Norfolk, Massachusetts.

Jan Casavant @jancasavant.bsky.social · last wk.

A bumblebee sipping nectar from goldenrod blooming along the trail (Concord, Massachusetts - 9/14/26) 🐝🌼💚 #bees #pollinators #bugsky #goldenrod #BlueSkyArtShow #Golden #ColorADay #GreenSat #ECK #macro #photography #OM60mmMacro

A bumblebee with fuzzy yellow and brown head and thorax, black rear, and transparent wings with reddish-brown veins, sipping nectar from a stalk of yellow goldenrod flowers. There's more goldenrod and green leaves in the background, as well as shadows on some of the leaves. Seen at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord, Massachusetts.

Jan Casavant @jancasavant.bsky.social · 2w ago

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Paridae. This cute young #Black-cappedChickadee was turning a leaf over with his claws so he could check underneath for insects (Concord, Massachusetts - 7/20/26) 😍🖤🍃 #birds #LittleBirds #ECK #nature #FeatheredFriday #birdphotography #OM-1

A Black-capped Chickadee features with deep black, crisp white, and soft gray feathers. They have a black cap on top of the head that extends down just past the dark brown eyes, white patches on the sides of the face, and a small black patch under the chin. Their wings and tail have dark gray/brown feathers and secondary wing feathers edged with white, and the chest is white with buffy sides. This bird was hanging onto a green leaf and looking underneath to see if there were any caterpillars. there are more green leaves and a brown stem around the bird, and a dark background with green leaves. Seen at Great Meadows NWR in Concord, Massachusetts.

Jan Casavant @jancasavant.bsky.social · 2w ago

I stopped for a moment to take in this serene view while walking along the wooded Pond Loop Trail at Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary (Norfolk, MA - 9/16/26) 🤩🌲🪵 #ForestFriday #Scape #ECK #trees #nature #landscape #photography #OM-1 #Massachusetts

This wooded path had tall trees with brown trunks, some lit up by the sun, and layers of brown branches with green leaves. There was green foliage along the edges of the brown dirt trail that was littered with reddish colored pine needles, and a peek of blue sky in the upper left. Seen at Stony Brook WS in Norfolk, Massachusetts.

Jan Casavant @jancasavant.bsky.social · 2w ago

Per Alan, today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ODG, any Owl, Duck or Goose. Thought I'd share a pair of #CinnamonTeal ducks floating across a pond during the golden hour (Petaluma, CA) 🤩🧡🌞 #birds #ducks #ThrowbackThursday #ECK #photography #Olympus #EllisCreek #California @alan678.bsky.social

A pair of Cinnamon Teal ducks floating on the golden-brown and blue water of a pond at Ellis Creek wetlands in Petaluma, California, during the golden hour in December. The male has a vivid rusty-red body with a long black bill, red eye, and a black back and rear. The female was brown and white, with intricate buff and darker brown patterns, brown head, a dark eye with a black eye stripe, and a long black bill. There was light brown dead foliage with a reddish tint from the sun lining the edge of the pond.

Jan Casavant @jancasavant.bsky.social · 2w ago

A pretty female #BlueDasher dragonfly looking at me as I took her photo along a trail at Great Meadows NWR (Concord, MA - 9/14/26) 🤩🤎🩵👀 #insects #dragonflies #bugsky #InsectThursday #ECK #nature #naturephotography #OM-1 #OM60mmMacro #Massachusetts

A small female Blue Dasher dragonfly with large red and turquoise eyes, a yellow and brown striped thorax, an abdomen with narrow, parallel yellow streaks against a darker background, and four transparent wings. This dragonfly landed on a green leaf close to where I was walking along a trail at Great Meadows NWR in Concord, Massachusetts. There are more green leaves with reddish-yellow stems in the background.

Jan Casavant @jancasavant.bsky.social · 2w ago

A #NorthernLeopardFrog resting on a trail. There were dozens of them hopping around! I sat on a bench to get a better shot of this one when a large #GarterSnake slithered out next to my foot and scared the crap out of me! (Concord, MA - 9/14/26) 🐸🐍😱 #frogs #herps #nature #WildlifeWednesday #ECK

A ~4" Northern Leopard Frog with a base skin color of bright green, marked with dark brown oval spots on the back and legs. Each dark spot is surrounded by a thin, pale green border. There's a white stripe along the upper jaw, and light creamy ridges down the sides of the back, and dark eyes with bronze lids. This frog was sitting in a mix of gray gravel, brown dirt, and green weeds at the corner of a walking trail at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord, Massachusetts.

Jan Casavant @jancasavant.bsky.social · 2w ago

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Silhouette; any bird in silhouette. I spotted this #GreatBlueHeron wading in the sunlit water of a pond at Great Meadows NWR (Concord, Massachusetts - 5/8/26) 🤩💙🪶 #birds #herons #nature #ColorADay #BlueTue #ECK #photography #OM-1 @atlanticbirding.bsky.social

A tall Great Blue Heron with a long neck in silhouette as it waded in a shallow area of a pond at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord, Massachusetts. There are reddish-brown reeds and a reflection of the heron in the foreground, silvery and blue water around the bird, and a band of blue water with sunlit sparkles that look like diamonds at the top of the photo.

Jan Casavant @jancasavant.bsky.social · 2w ago

A pretty Dahlia bloom with multiple shades and layers of pink petals in a garden along Gloucester Harbor (Gloucester, Massachusetts - 8/25/26) 🤩🩷🍃 #ColorADay #PinkMon #ECK #flowers #dahlias #bloomscrolling #photography #OM-1

A large, round Dahlia bloom with multiple shades of pink petals and green leaves all around it. Seen in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Jan Casavant @jancasavant.bsky.social · 2w ago

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Mamas&Papas, male & female of the same species in one photo. Here's a pair of #Mallards in a flooded area next to the #ConcordRiver (Concord, Massachusetts) 🦆😊🪶 #birds #ducks #MallardMonday #ECK #birdphotography @robcrank68.bsky.social

A male (drake) Mallard with an iridescent green head, white neck ring, chestnut-brown chest, light gray patterned flanks and back, black rear end and black tail feathers, and a yellow bill, swimming with a female (hen) Mallard with a mottled brown and tan body with a darker crown, dark stripe through the eye, and an orange bill with dark smudges. The ducks were swimming in brown, rippled water that had flowed over the banks of the nearby river into a wooded area. Seen in December at Great Meadows NWR in Concord, Massachusetts.