I read Alan’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #RedOrDead, and I thought, “Got to be a #hummingbird.” And it was. #FawnBreastedBrilliant #RubyThroatedHummingbird #RufousHummingbird #LesserVioletear #birds #WildlifePhotography #ECK

For Helen’s wonderful inaugural #BirdOfTheDay theme of #FabulousWaders, here are my #godwit friends. I love their ridiculous beauty. Thanks for stepping up, Helen! #birds #MarbledGodwit #BarTailedGodwit #WildlifePhotography #ECK

AB has set the #BirdOfTheDay challenge as #firsts. I had fed birds for years, but I really started photographing them during the pandemic. Here’s a #BlueJay who came for my peanuts circa 2020. #birds #WildlifePhotography #ECK

The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfJuly. This is Jeff. He's a #GreatBlueHeron well known to our rafting guide, but they'd never seen him on this perch before. Also, he was having a bit of a bad "hair day." #birds #travel #Banff #WildlifePhotography #ECK

For Alan’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #OverTheRainbow, I offer this #BoatTailedGrackle pair looking as skyward as it’s possible to look. #birds #WildlifePhotography #ECK

Rob says the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #EgretsAndHerons. I couldn’t decide between two photos, so I’m including them both. Here is my juvenile #LittleBlueHeron friend tossing itself a shrimp and my #BlackCrownedNightHeron friend intently watching for a meal. #birds #WildlifePhotography #ECK

Things are hectic and I’m barely keeping up with the Bird of the Day, but today I have something for the #AlphabetChallenge. #WeekDForDark #travel #Malaga #photography #ECK

Alan says the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #YourChoice, and my choice is this #RedWingedBlackbird who looks like he’s unfurling his cape. #birds #WildlifePhotography #ECK

Today Rob has decreed that the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #multicolour. Here is a #PlateBilledMountainToucan I met in #Ecuador. He’s a colorful character indeed ! #travel #MindoCloudforest #birds #WildlifePhotography #ECK

Alan’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #EmeraldBackdrop. Here is a #RubyThroatedHummingbird with a nice green background. And a second for good measure! #birds #WildlifePhotography #ECK

My daughter adopted a new dog today. Welcome, Franklin! #RescueDog #DachshundMix ? #DogsOfBlueSky

Rob set today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme as #grey. Here is my very busy friend the #BlueGrayGnatcatcher. #birds #WildlifePhotography #ECK

Alan has said the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #CHE, cormorants, herons, and egrets. The alt is #memories. These are both. Please meet the #FlightlessCormorant. These guys were swimming around our boat in the #Galapagos and then displaying their tiny wings on the land! #birds #WildlifePhotography #ECK

Rob’s excellent #BirdOfTheDay challenge is #OneTwoThreeFour. I present a #LoggerheadShrike with snack, an #BaldEagle pair, a #WhiteCheekedPintail trio, and a nesting group of #AmericanFlamingo friends. #birds #WildlifePhotography #ECK

I’m pretty sure I’ve posted this guy before, but when Alan said the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #EyeOfTheWild, I thought of him immediately. Here’s my #BronzedCowbird friend showing off his piercing red eye. #birds #WildlifePhotography #ECK

Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SittingDownOnTheJob. Here’s an #AmericanOystercatcher preparing for a full-on siesta. #birds #WildlifePhotography #ECK

Alan says today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TantalizingTextures. I submit my #BrownHeadedCowbird friend. Soft feathers? Check. Hard surface? Check. #birds #WildlifePhotography #ECK

Rob says the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #gulls. Here is a #LaughingGull pair. #birds #WildlifePhotography #ECK

It's #MountainMonday, and I definitely have mountains! I spent last week in the #CanadianRockies, and I fear I may be ruined for other mountains. #travel #Banff #photography #ECK

It's #MammalMonday! Today's offering is this lovely male #BighornSheep I meet in #Alberta #Canada. What a cool guy he is! #mammal #WildlifePhotography #travel #ECK

For #MallardMonday, here's, well, a mallard. ;p #birds #WildlifePhotography #ECK

Alan says the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SummerLovin. I met this lovely #PineSiskin last week in #Banff, and I do indeed love him/her. #travel #Canada #birds #WildlifePhotography #Banff

Alan says the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #triplets. Here is a #DoubleCrestedCormorant trio. It’s not my best work, but I find it funny. It’s as if the lower guy almost missed the photo! #birds #WildlifePhotography #ECK

For @janesgallery.bsky.social's delightful #SmallBirdSaturday, here is a small bird that I hoped to see when I traveled to the Canadian Rockies. It turned out that a colony of them lived in the top of our hotel! Meet my new #VioletGreenSwallow friend. #birds #travel #banff #WildlifePhotography #ECK

Alan has dubbed #ScreenFiller as today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme. Here is #limpkin walking its way into full frame. #birds #WildlifePhotography #ECK

Rob says the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #corvidae. Here is a lovely #AmericanCrow regarding me from above. #birds #WildlifePhotography #ECK

For Alan’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #SingersAndWingers I offer up these two #BaltimoreOriole pictures. One is a male balancing on a chain link fence. The other is a female traveling with some thread for her nest. #birds #WildlifePhotography #ECK

For Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Birds&Flowers here is a #CapeMayWarbler in a #BottlebrushTree. #birds #WildlifePhotography #ECK

A late #ColorADay #BlueTue because this water looks like I used a filter or edited. I didn’t. #travel #Alberta #PeytoLake #canada #photography #ECK

Alan says the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #PerfectPoise. Here is a #ReddishEgret doing a fairly elegant bow. #birds #WildlifePhotography #ECK