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Marsha8of9

@marsha8of9.bsky.social

Bird photographer hobbyist. Began birding to give my then 13-year-old child and I something in common. Now years later, I'm obsessed, and they could care less. All photos are my own unless otherwise noted. #exPost #exX #Ohio

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Marsha8of9 @marsha8of9.bsky.social · 4h ago

Happy #Stunday friends...Enjoyed watching this Whimbrel put their #BestFootForward walking around the beach at Maumee Bay State Park in May '24. #BirdOfTheDay #ECK #wildlife #BIrdingOH #Birds 📷🪶🦉

Walking away from the photographer, a Whimbrel has their head turned to viewer's left, surveying the beach real estate for food, predators and dumb humans with cameras desperately trying to photograph them.

Marsha8of9 @marsha8of9.bsky.social · yesterday

Happy Saturday friends... my #BirdOfTheDay Alt them, features a Common Grackle in early spring, when their head is popping Royal blue, but their wing feathers iridescence shines a number of colors, including #Purple. #Birds #BirdingOH #wildlife #Naturephotography #ECK 🪶🦉📷

Center frame, facing and looking viewer's left, perched on a leafless branch, water is featured below and behind the bird as well.

Marsha8of9 @marsha8of9.bsky.social · yesterday

Here's my take for the #AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEphemeral, a Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly enjoying some swamp milkweed mid-June. #naturephotography #ECK #Butterflies

Marsha8of9 @marsha8of9.bsky.social · 2d ago

Happy #FeatheredFriday friends... One of my very favorite #LittleBrownBirds is the Lincoln Sparrow, who stops briefly for some nourishment, during their migration to and from their breeding grounds. He's a rock star! #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #Naturephotography #ECK 🪶🦉📷

Center frame, looking toward the viewer, on a diagonal branch. The bird is in focus, though may be difficult to see in between two blurred leafless branches from a nearby bush. intruding into the scene.

Marsha8of9 @marsha8of9.bsky.social · 3d ago

Happy Thursday friends... Today's #BirdOFTheDay features a bird with the longest #LongLegs of the birds in my area and they belong to Black-necked Stilts. #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #naturephotography #ECK 🦉📷🪶

Three Black-necked Stilts as they fly over the marsh as they chase one another around, trying to set up their nesting boundaries. Note their long pink legs.

Center frame, two Black-necked Stilts walking in the shallows of a marsh, one in the background, on viewer's left with the other, more center right in the foreground. Both were foraging food when they stood up and I captured the image.

Marsha8of9 @marsha8of9.bsky.social · 4d ago

Happy mid-week friends... For today's #BirdOfTheDay, #RedOrDead, featuring the color red, not on the bird, but in the capture, I present a (Myrtle) Yellow-rumped Warbler from April '26. #birds, #birdingOH #wildlife #Naturephotography #ECK 🪶🦉📷

Center right of frame, a Yellow-rumped (myrtle) warbler is perched, facing and looking left, upon a signage pole, with the red lettering sign on a white background, welcoming visitors to the wildlife area and basic rules if you are to venture further.

Marsha8of9 @marsha8of9.bsky.social · 5d ago

Happy Tuesday friends... #BirdOfTheDay today features an action shot of two of my favorites, #FabulousWaders, a Snowy Egret and Black-necked Stilt in action-when parent Stilt was enforcing their territorial boundaries. #Birds #BirdingOH #wildlife #Naturephotography #ECK 🪶🦉📷

Center frame, on the viewer's left, a Snowy Egret is all puffed up and their mouth is agape, as a Black-necked Stilt is seen coming at them from the viewer's right-as if flying directly at them.

Marsha8of9 @marsha8of9.bsky.social · 6d ago

Happy new week friends, and it's taken me some time to track down my #first photo from 2013, a female Northern Parula Warbler who didn't fly off when I slowly lifted my point and shoot Nikon Coolpix camera at her. #BirdOfTheDay #BirdingOH #birds #ECK #Naturephotography #ECK🪶📷🦉#BWIAB13

Marsha8of9 @marsha8of9.bsky.social · 7d ago

Happy #Stunday friends... Not sure if this is the #BestofJuly for #Birdoftheday, but I was happy to find this youngster, perched eye-level with me, July 4th. Who needs fireworks, when these lovelies are making themselves known. #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #naturephotography #ECK🦉📷🪶

Center frame, facing viewer, but their head is turned to viewer's left.

Marsha8of9 @marsha8of9.bsky.social · last wk.

Happy Saturday friends... the #Overtherainbow theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay matches this lovely Golden-winged warbler, as he looks skyward towards his possible next meal. #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #naturephotography #ECK 🪶🦉📷

Center frame, a Golden-winged warbler appears to be dangling from a sinewy branch, looking skyward.

Marsha8of9 @marsha8of9.bsky.social · last wk.

TGIF and Happy #FeatheredFriday friends. Today's #BirdoftheDay feature, #EgretsandHerons takes me back to '24 when I captured a pair of immature, Black-crowned Night Herons, chilling out together in SC. I've always appreciated they didn't mind me snapping their photos. #birds #birdingSC #ECK 🦉📷🪶

Center frame an immature, Black-crowned Night Heron, back to the viewer, is standing on a life oak branch, looking towards viewer's right. To the far left of frame on a secondary branch above and off to the side of the youngster another, perhaps a nestmate/sibling is perched, facing the viewer, but looking off to viewers left.

Marsha8of9 @marsha8of9.bsky.social · last wk.

Happy Thursday friends... #Yourchoice #BirdOfTheDay is an Acadian Flycatcher I photographed in mid-May--a #lifer for me. I love these little Tyrant Flycatchers. #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #ECK 🦉📷🪶

Angie🦋🚫👑📎@aes14.bsky.social · 2w ago

LET’S STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING!!! 😡😡😡

Alt National Park Service@altnps.bsky.social · 2w ago

The Trump administration has approved the first AI data center to be built on federal public land. The project will occupy roughly 88.5 acres of Bureau of Land Management land in southern Nevada and will set a major precedent for using America’s public lands for private AI infrastructure.

Marsha8of9 @marsha8of9.bsky.social · 2w ago

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDark Dusk at Surfside Beach, SC.

Marsha8of9 @marsha8of9.bsky.social · 2w ago

Was on vacation last week, so here is #AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCurves Two Michigan Lilies and a Great Spangled Fritillary.

Marsha8of9 @marsha8of9.bsky.social · 2w ago

Happy #WoodpeckerWednesday friends...Enjoy this Red-headed Woodpecker taken earlier this month, and their #Multicolor feathers-red, white and black. #BirdOfTheDay #birdingOH #birds #ECK #Naturephotography #wildlife 🪶📷🦉

Center-framed, perched upon a dead, cut tree, a Red-headed woodpecker is facing and looking viewer's right.

Marsha8of9 @marsha8of9.bsky.social · 2w ago

Happy Tuesday friends... my #BirdOfTheDay selection features a lovely, Rose-breasted Grosbeak from early May, with a beautiful #EmeraldBackdrop. #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #Naturephotography #ECK 📷🪶🦉

Center frame, a Rose-breasted Grosbeak, perched on a thin branch of a thin tree, facing viewer, but with their head turned toward viewer's right. there are leaves from surrounding trees featured in the foreground, on the viewer's right slightly blocking the full view of the bird.

Marsha8of9 @marsha8of9.bsky.social · 2w ago

Happy new week friends... for Today's #Birdoftheday theme #Grey, I present one of my prize finds, the Grey-cheeked Thrush, from late May. This shy guy blends in so well with their habitat I always feel blessed when I find one. #birds #birdingOH #Naturephotography #ECK 🪶🦉📷

Center left of frame, on a dead log, with green vegetation visible in the far left of viewer's frame, stands a Grey-cheeked Thrush, looking and facing viewer's right. Note the yellow at the base of their beak, which aids (besides the gray cheek) in identifying this beauty.

Marsha8of9 @marsha8of9.bsky.social · 2w ago

Happy #Stunday friends... I'm combining today's #BirdOfTheDay themes forming #CHE #Memories w/this photo from '21, captured in Myrtle Beach, SC as Tri-colored Heron chicks on the nest vied for parent's attention. I've always loved this shot! #birds #birdingSC #wildlife #Naturephotography #ECK 📷🪶🦉

In the center of the photo is a large green reed, which separates the view of the Tri-colored Heron chicks. The "younger one" is located on viewers left, with their neck tucked and their wings slightly open. On the viewers right, their neck fully extended and their wings open wider is the older sibling. Both were vying for a parent's attention to bring them food.

Professor Darkness @professordarkness.bsky.social · 2w ago

Marsha8of9 @marsha8of9.bsky.social · 2w ago

Also, because I have some free time, here is a #ForJanet #Birdoftheday. An American Robin. #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #Naturephotography #ECK 🪶📷🦉

Center frame, perched atop a stick, an American Robin is facing left, looking left.

Marsha8of9 @marsha8of9.bsky.social · 2w ago

Happy Saturday friends... today's #Birdoftheday theme #OneTwoThreeFour theme, features a Barn Swallow encampment at Magee Marsh's Nature Center, at the start of July. #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #naturephotography #ECK 🦉📷🪶

Center right of frame, a single female Barn Swallow perched facing forward but leaning to the viewer's left; on a railing.

Two Barn Swallows perched atop a windowsill, both looking out as if waiting for someone to return. One bird is facing the viewer, but is more in the background, whereas the bird facing away from the viewer is actually in clearer focus.

Three pre-fledglings perched in a nest above an outdoor light post. All three are looking out, hoping a parent will return with some yummy dragonflies.

Four younger barn swallows in another nest, big enough to peer out over the nest, but not as close to fledging as the previous nest.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2w ago

I'm not sure the red states, which tend to depend on federal tax money that comes from the blue states, have thought through what this precedent would me when the roles are reversed.

tony romm@tonyromm.bsky.social · 2w ago

NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...

Marsha8of9 @marsha8of9.bsky.social · 2w ago

Happy #FeatheredFriday friends... My #Lastbird is a Killdeer who was milling around in a flooded-out section of a cornfield in Reno Beach, OH, near dusk this past Sunday. #Birdoftheday #Birds #birdingOH #wildlife #naturephotography #ECK 🪶📷🦉

Lower center frame, a Killdeer is standing among the ruins of a flooded corned field, looking and facing viewers right.

Marsha8of9 @marsha8of9.bsky.social · 2w ago

Happy Thursday friends... from May, during the #BWIAB, I literally walked 2-miles just to see this female Kirtland's warbler, who delighted fans and birders alike, staying in an open area w/very little leaf coverage. #BirdOfTheDay #Yellow #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #naturephotography #ECK 🪶📷🦉

Marsha8of9 @marsha8of9.bsky.social · 3w ago

Came across another (go figure!) #TantalisingTexture #Birdoftheday from early May, when a female Yellow-headed Blackbird tantalized the birders at Howard Marsh Metropark at the start of the Biggest Week in American Birding Festival. #birds #Birdoftheday #ECK #naturephotography #birdingOH🪶📷

Center frame facing and looking viewer's left in a field of grass. Note the different textures in the bird's feathering.

Center right of frame, the female Yellow-headed blackbird is mostly facing forward, but their head is turned to viewer's left, looking down. Note the difference in feather coloring, the yellow around the face and neck, brown and white stripes down the belly along with brown feathering on the back of the head and down the back.

Marsha8of9 @marsha8of9.bsky.social · 3w ago

Happy #WoodpeckerWednesday friends. This Downy Woodpecker with his beak full of insects for his burgeoning nest in May also fills my bill for #TantalisingTextures theme for #BirdOfTheDay. #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #Naturephotography #ECK 🪶📷🦉

Center frame, a Downy Woodpecker is perched at an opening in a tree trunk, their body vertical to the opening. The bird has their beak filled with insects, his head turned toward viewer's left as if looking around as if taking a break before entering the nest hole, to the hungry chicks inside.

Marsha8of9 @marsha8of9.bsky.social · 3w ago

Happy Tuesday friends... back in late April, as migration was getting underway up here, a Laughing Gull stopped by briefly to say hello. Not the greatest photo, but a #lifer in my state. #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #Naturephotography #ECK #Birdoftheday #Gulls 🪶📷🦉

Center frame a Laughing Gull, with their black head standing on a dead tree moored along the shores of Maumee River Bay. He is joined by two Ring-billed Gulls, one just to the viewer's right of him on the same branch, and one below on the main trunk of the tree.

Marsha8of9 @marsha8of9.bsky.social · 3w ago

Happy new week friends, this immature, American Woodcock fits today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #SummerLovin. Captured earlier this month at Magee Marsh Wildlife Area's boardwalk A very enjoyable photoshoot for me. 🪶🦉📷

Center frame, looking and facing viewer's right, an immature American Woodcock is sitting upright with their beak open. Usually difficult to see due to their feathering colors and placement, this youngster rested in an open area, giving great views for photographing. Even so, I walked past them twice-even while looking for them.

Marsha8of9 @marsha8of9.bsky.social · 3w ago

Happy #Stunday friends... for today's #Birdoftheday theme, #Triplets I give you three Cedar Waxwing taking a break from mobbing a Mulberry tree. #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #Naturephotography #ECK📷🪶

Perched on a diagonal branch, three Cedar Waxwings can be seen in upper left of viewers perspective, in the middle and then in the lower right. Green leaves make up the background.