We choose the dead limb option for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #RedOrDead, with this wood duck photo'd in Mar. 2026 at Huntley Meadows Park in #Virginia. #Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #ECK #Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited

For today's alt theme of #speckled, here's a female red-winged blackbird for #BirdOfTheDay. Photo'd last month at Huntley Meadows Park in Groveton, #Virginia #Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #ECK #Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited

The earliest bird photo in my collection is this #KodakMoment, an egret photo'd Oct 2006 in #Sausalito, CA with a #Kodak point-and-shoot, for today's #BirdOfTheDay. #Firsts #Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin #KodakCX6330 #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited

For today's #BirdOfTheDay, here's my #BestOfJuly: a killdeer photo'd 1 July at Huntley Meadows Park in Groveton, #Virginia. It was my first killdeer sighting. #Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #ECK #Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited

This anhinga is looking #OverTheRainbow or at least over Wakohatchee Wetlands Park in Palm Beach County, #Florida in Apr. 2025, for today's #BirdOfTheDay. #Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #ECK #Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited

Red rock formations near #Sedona, #Arizona are quite #big stretching into the clouds. Photo'd Feb. 2026. #BlueSkyArtShow #Photography #Landscapes #Mountains #Scape #EastCoastKin #Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited

Egrets, we have a few, but then again, too few to mention. Snowy egret photo'd at Ocean City, NJ in Sept 2025. #BirdOfTheDay #EgretsAndHerons #JerseyShore #Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #ECK #Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited

My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: Dolphins ... technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/Travel-photo...

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Near the beach at Cape May, N.J.

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Alan H tells us it's #YourChoice for today's #BirdOfTheDay. Well then, let me choose this snowy egret photo'd over #CapeMay, NJ last month. #JerseyShore #Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #ECK #Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited

Rob today specifies #MultiColour subjects for #BirdOfTheDay. Here's an eastern bluebird photo'd in Jan. 2025 at Huntley Meadows in #Virginia as an example. #Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #ECK #Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited

Alan H requests an #EmeraldBackdrop for today's #BirdOfTheDay. Here's a red-winged blackbird, photo'd last week in Groveton, #Virginia, with just that. #Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #ECK #Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited

I believe this eastern kingbird has enough #grey to qualify for today's #BirdOfTheDay. Photo'd last month in #CapeMay, NJ. #JerseyShore #Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin #Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited

The H in #CHE, today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, is for heron. Case in point: this great blue heron photo'd Friday at Huntley Meadows Park in #Virginia #Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #ECK #Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited

Window washer at the National Press Bldg in #WashingtonDC Aug. 2024 for #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #glass. Displayed in 2025 #NationalPressClub annual photo exhibit. #Photography #ECK #Nikon #Coolpix #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited

Visited Huntley Meadows Park in Fairfax County, south of Alexandria, #Virginia again yesterday. The wetlands were covered with white swamp rose mallow flowers. #Photography #NaturePhotography Shown here: great blue heron in flight. More photos ... technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/DC-and-regio...

A rather intent look from this barn swallow offers an #EyeOfTheWild for today's #BirdOfTheDay. Photo'd this month at Huntley Meadows Park in #Virginia. #Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #ECK #Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited

Alan H calls for #TantalisingTextures for #BirdOfTheDay. So here's a female red-winged blackbird with a vegetation backdrop, photo'd this month in #Virginia. #Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #ECK #Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited

This morning Rob Crank specified #gulls (plural) for #BirdOfTheDay, so here are #gulls (plural) photo'd Sept. 2025 at #CapeMay, NJ #JerseyShore #Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin #Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited

Alan H is looking for #SummerLovin (aren't we all?) for today's #BirdOfTheDay. Here's a great blue heron photo'd this month at Huntley Meadows in #Virginia. #Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #ECK #Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited

To get #triplets of one species in the same shot, I had to include a chick with these American oystercatchers for today's #BirdOfTheDay. Photo'd last month in #CapeMay, NJ. #JerseyShore #Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #ECK #Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials

Today was LibraryFest at #Arlington (Va.) Central #Library: Musical performances, #art demonstrations, #crafts, #history, games, and food. Shown here: ink-making demonstration #Photography #NewsPhotography More photos: technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/DC-and-regio...

Alan H today requests a #ScreenFiller for #BirdOfTheDay. Happy to oblige with this turkey vulture photo'd over Manassas, #Virginia in Apr. 2026. #Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #ECK #Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited

Rob requests #Corvidae for today's #BirdOfTheDay. With that, here's a Woodhouse’s scrub-jay, a corvid species, photo'd at #Sedona, #Arizona in Feb. 2026. #Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #ECK #Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited

Recent TechNewsLit #wildlife #photography now available in Adobe Stock ... stock.adobe.com/contributor/... #AdobeStock New collection joins wildlife photos at the #Alamy agency ... www.alamy.com/portfolio/13... #Birds #Reptiles

We also plan to discuss several other current free press perils, including the FCC chairman’s licensing threats directed at broadcasters; DoD censorship of Stars & Stripes; DoJ actions targeting NYT and WaPo reporters.

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Join us Tuesday at the National Press Club with esteemed guests, including Catherine Herridge (facing fines of $800/day for refusing to reveal sources), as we tape an episode of our radio show, America at 250: Due Diligence, looking at the First Amendment on Trial. www.press.org/events/npc-head...

These three royal terns answer Alan H's #RSVP alt theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay. Photo'd last month in #CapeMay, NJ. #JerseyShore #Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin #Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited

Rob specifies #Birds&Flowers for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, so here's a northern mockingbird with budding flowers photo'd in Apr 2025 in #WashingtonDC. #Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #ECK #Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited

For today's #BirdOfTheDay, here's a barn swallow exhibiting #PerfectPoise on a metal rail at Huntley Meadows Park in #Virginia earlier this month. #Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin #Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited

This eastern bluebird offers a #ButtShot (almost) for today's #BirdOfTheDay. Photo'd Apr 2026 near Gulf Branch in #Arlington, #Virginia. #Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin #Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #ContentCredentials #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited

We had a rollicking good time at Thursday's #ska dance party at Wonderland Ballroom in DC. Here are The Scrub Ups with nephew Adam Kotok on mandolin. Opening the show were Be Decent, also a New York band. More photos: technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/DC-and-regio... #Photography #Music #Reggae #Punk