July 28th, and today an empty nest. I hope all five bluebird nestlings survive to adulthood now that they have fledged. I hope to see them all once they are strong enough fliers. #birds 🪶🌿 #bluebirds

Another capture of one of the many adorable juvenile bluebirds in my yard. Here is one flying off with a morsel. #Birds #Birding #Nature #Photography #PhotographersUnited #CanonPhotography #R5Mark2 🪶 #ornithology 🌿 #birdsofbluesky

Hummingbird war: A series I captured today. They need to drink nectar to store fat for their upcoming migration south mid to late August. They become fiercely territorial over their food sources, it’s a matter of survival. These little birds are just amazing!! #birds #CanonPhotography

Don’t forget to duck… A white breasted nuthatch flew right by me with a morsel #Birds #Birding #Nature #Photography #PhotographersUnited #CanonPhotography #R5Mark2 🪶 #ornithology 🌿

Four healthy little bluebird nestlings in one of my two boxes. The other has 5 nestlings who are older and are going to fledge soon. This is the third brood for both sets of parents this yr. #birds #bluebirds #nestlings

They get a bad rap, the common grackle is a very intelligent bird. #Birds #Birding #Nature #Photography #PhotographersUnited #CanonPhotography #R5Mark2 🪶 #ornithology 🌿

A mourning dove in the morning light. They beautiful iridescent feathers. #Birds #Birding #Nature #Photography #PhotographersUnited #CanonPhotography #R5Mark2 🪶 #ornithology 🌿

A tiger swallowtail butterfly #Nature #Photography #PhotographersUnited #CanonPhotography #R5Mark2 🌿

With a look like that, I am not sure I want to know what this juvenile grackle is thinking 😂 #Birds #Birding #Nature #Photography #PhotographersUnited #CanonPhotography #R5Mark2 🪶 #ornithology 🌿

Always a colourful addition to each day A male cardinal. #Birds #Birding #Nature #Photography #PhotographersUnited #CanonPhotography #R5Mark2 🪶 #ornithology 🌿

One of the juvenile bluejays. Right now is the time for the juvenile birds #Birds #Birding #Nature #Photography #PhotographersUnited #CanonPhotography #R5Mark2 🪶 #ornithology 🌿

One of the many juvenile bluebirds we have in our yard. #Birds #Birding #Nature #Photography #PhotographersUnited #CanonPhotography #R5Mark2 🪶 #ornithology 🌿

A downy woodpecker and a tufted titmouse, usually they share the seed log, but this time, the downy didn’t want to share. #Birds #Birding #Nature #Photography #PhotographersUnited #CanonPhotography #R5Mark2 🪶 #ornithology 🌿

A bluejay hopping away with a morsel. It stuck the landing #Birds #Birding #Nature #Photography #PhotographersUnited #CanonPhotography #R5Mark2 🪶 #ornithology 🌿

A male ruby throated hummingbird showing why it got its name #Birds #Birding #Nature #Photography #PhotographersUnited #CanonPhotography #R5Mark2 🪶 #ornithology 🌿

A male downy woodpecker looks around before flying up to the suet feeder. #birds

This is a ruby throated hummingbird #Birds #Birding #Nature #Photography #PhotographersUnited #CanonPhotography #R5Mark2 🪶 #ornithology

Look closely, what do you see? This is a ruby throated hummingbird #Birds #Birding #Nature #Photography #PhotographersUnited #CanonPhotography #R5Mark2 🪶 #ornithology

A juvenile eastern bluebird and a house finch taking a bath on a hot steamy summer day!! I love watching them take baths, they enjoy it so much and they return to bathe repeatedly. 🤓❤️ #birds #baths

One of the parents of the fledglings… which direction is it’s tail pointing 🤓 #Birds #Birding #Nature #Photography #PhotographersUnited #CanonPhotography #R5Mark2 🪶 #ornithology #bluebirds

A juvenile eastern bluebird in flight, quite acrobatic! #Birds #Birding #Nature #Photography #PhotographersUnited #CanonPhotography #R5Mark2 🪶 #ornithology #bluebirds

A young female pileated woodpecker, a regular visitor lately! #Birds #Birding #Nature #Photography #PhotographersUnited #CanonPhotography #R5Mark2 🪶 #ornithology

A couple of Ruby Throated Hummingbirds #Birds #Birding #Nature #Photography #PhotographersUnited #CanonPhotography #R5Mark2 🪶 #ornithology

One of the bluebird fledglings as a few insects whiz by, and we have two more clutches of bluebird eggs in the boxes. This will be the third group of eggs this year (30 eggs so far), they won’t have a 4th clutch, but never say never!! #birds #bluebirds

Juvenile eastern bluebirds taking a bath during a rainstorm. It’s funny because they discovered bathing and they are just having a ball!! #birds

A juvenile birds are everywhere, and they are adorable!! This is a juvenile tufted titmouse… #Birds #Birding #Nature #Photography #PhotographersUnited #CanonPhotography #R5Mark2 🪶 #ornithology

Have you ever seen a red shouldered hawk walk? Well this one as it struggled with the large earthworm started to, it was comical to watch!! #Birds #Birding #Nature #Photography #PhotographersUnited #CanonPhotography #R5Mark2 🪶 #ornithology

It’s that time of the year for tomato galettes!! Fresh basil and a drizzle of olive oil, homemade crust, just simply delicious!!! #food #dinner #tomatogalette #homemade

A red shouldered hawk had quite the time with this large earthworm!! #Birds #Birding #Nature #Photography #PhotographersUnited #CanonPhotography #R5Mark2 🪶 #ornithology

This is chilling, I can’t even begin to imagine what she was thinking, sadly this isn’t an episode of the Twilight Zone

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · last mo.

“.. Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C.” @reuters.com