At last it’s time for #SuperbOwl Sunday. Here is a juvenile Snowy Owl takes off. #Nunavut #arctic #WildlifePhotography #Birding
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Last one for #SuperbOwl Sunday. Owls (and other Arctic Predators, avian and mammal) use rises and hummocks to scan for prey, using the same spots year after year. Their waste and remains of prey fertilize the spot and the plants grow taller there than the surrounding tundra. Here a juvenile Snowy peers at me from such a spot. #Nunavut #Arctic #WildlifePhotography #Birding
Last weekend, by pure chance (was looking for reed buntings), I got my second¹ proper shot of a kingfisher – and then another one, right when it blinked.
¹ Previously: https://mastodon.social/@doersino/109972257554440132
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Where I live, there's not many robins, and the ones I occasionally see are rather wary.
This one was different, though! Look at him sizing me up, trying to decide whether to swallow me whole or tear me into bits first! (Or something like that... it's difficult to tell what birds think about.)
#birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #photography
After the rain...🌧️
As promised earlier today, here's a couple of shots of one of the yellow-headed amazons living in Stuttgart's Rosenstein Park. Their calls sound somewhat human/child-like, which is rather bewildering at first – until you look up and are even more bewildered at the sight of a bright green parrot.
Descending from an escapee pair in the 1980s, there's now about 60 of them. More info in German: https://www.stuttgarter-amazonen.de
#birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #photography
Adding a new handmade Robin portrait to my collection of bird paintings - Robin in the green acrylic painting in square format. Enjoy!
https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/robin-in-the-green-karen-kaspar.html
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It's been a while since I've managed to get a decent shot of a chaffinch, so here's: a decent shot of a chaffinch.
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I just came back from Costa Rica where I saw 429 birds in 2 weeks. Some of them I was able to photograph, such as this Green-crowned Brilliant.
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I seem to be growing a blackbird plant.
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I am watching you!
Find my handpainted watercolor painting here: https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/i-am-watching-you-karen-kaspar.html
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It's International Crow and Raven Appreciation Day, everybody. (h/t @neurovagrant and @Nonya_Bidniss )
Not kidding. No idea who gets to make these things up but I'm not complaining.
Anyway, to celebrate here's a caramel crow photo I've never posted before.
All the woodpeckers are coming to the feeders now and frequently, too. They must be feeding hatchlings. #birds #birding #birdsofmastodon #birdphotography #woodpeckers #HoosierMast
Can you hear the beautiful song?
A Robin bird sits in a green elderberry bush and sings a beautiful song for you.
Art print - https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/robin-bird-in-an-elder-bush-karen-kaspar.html
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My colleague Mitchell & partner just escorted a family of lost geese to the lake.
Safely navigating 2km of downtown #Toronto took 2 hours.
At one point, police stepped in to block traffic.
Strangers jumped in to help too.
He jokes: at @citizenlab we don't just help humans!
Still processing photos, but got some decent shots of my first non-fleeting Bullock’s Orioles! She was particularly keen on getting her portrait taken and sat for quite some time. 🧡🖤
I took the new knee out for a short nature walk. It's getting easier to get around, but it's still not easy. Here's a bird, 2 butterflies and a flower for you. #birds #birding #birdsofmastodon #birdphotography #flowers #bloomscrolling #butterflies #nature #HoosierMast
Some birds I saw on Alcatraz this weekend.
BABY WESTERN GULLS
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Great tits and other songbirds are welcome visitors in my garden and always inspire me to paint.
Great tit hand painted acrylic painting - see more here:
https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/great-tit-parus-major-karen-kaspar.html
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Can I have your sandwich?
Pleeease!!!!
Black headed gull on a sandy beach hand-painted acrylic painting - here: https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/black-headed-gull-on-a-sandy-beach-karen-kaspar.html
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Robin in the blue - a little handmade watercolor painting for the bird lovers.
Find it here: https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/robin-in-the-blue-karen-kaspar.html
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Enjoy my new handmade watercolor portrait of this cute little Robin!
Have a great week!
Little Robin on a perch:
https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/robin-on-a-perch-karen-kaspar.html
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I couldn't resist to paint another Robin - enjoy my new handmade watercolor painting 'Smiling Robin'!
Find it here:
https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/smiling-robin-karen-kaspar.html
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Thank you to an art lover from Ermelo, Netherlands, for purchasing an canvas print of my handmade watercolor painting Gathering of swallows.
May it fill your heart and home with joy!
https://www.artheroes.de/de/motiv/Versammlung-von-Schwalben/1278618/132
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