Eggplant.place

152d

Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis, 🇩🇪 Stieglitz/Distelfink, 🇵🇱 szczygieł).

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A goldfinch is perched on a thistle panicle. The bird is facing the viewer, with its head turned slightly to one side. It is holding a seed in its beak.

151d

While on my walk in a park, I noticed a Bushtit pair-adorable, tiny fluff balls, no bigger than my thumb- busy building their nest, weaving moss and silk into a soft, dangling pouch, a sock-like structure, hanging from a thin branch.

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While on my walk in a park on a sunny spring day, I noticed a Bushtit pair-adorable, tiny fluff balls, no bigger than my thumb- busy building their nest, weaving moss and silk into a soft, dangling pouch, a sock-like structure, hanging from a thin branch with an opening on the front. Nest building can last up to a month. They were tirelessly bringing nest-building materials, moss, lichen, spider webs to make their home cozy and withstand the weather. Such great architects!
I observed their behavior from a distance using a telephoto lens.
March 2026

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130d

Sonntag.
Frau Specht hat großen Hunger.

"Wie meine Woche war? Das wollen sie nicht wissen."

#GeschichtenAusDemGarten #birds #birdphotography

Weiblicher Buntspecht im Futterhaus. Von Der rechten Seite zu sehen, hält sie ein Nüsschen im Schnabel. Den Kopf leicht nach rechts gewandt, schaut sie keck in die Kamera.

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127d

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#wrensday

#zaunkönig #EurasianWren
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A wren sings on a branch in the undergrowth
Yellow-green background

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125d

Common Reed Warbler

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81d

An Avocet chick

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a young wading bird at the edge of a lake

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103d

Little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius, 🇩🇪 Flussregenpfeifer, 🇵🇱 sieweczka rzeczna) in an unusual pose.

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An adult little ringed plover can be seen in an unusual pose. The bird is facing away, but has turned its head to look at the viewer and seems to be blinking an eye. The scene is a stony riverbank, with water in the background and pebbles in the foreground.

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103d

Good morning. ☕☕☕

30 May 2026

I remember when telephones with push‑buttons started showing up. They looked so modern, so futuristic, like something out of a science‑fiction movie. If you had one sitting on your desk, you must have been somebody — even though, at first, they didn’t really do anything the old rotary phones couldn’t do. I still wonder why we started with a dial instead of buttons in the first place. I don’t wonder long, though. It had to be whatever the technology of the time could manage.

When I was a small child living with my grandparents — my parents were off at the Great Lakes while my dad went through Navy training — I had to memorize their phone number. To this day, it still doesn’t make sense to me. It was “Sycamore 5‑2453.” Try dialing that into a phone today. There have been a few changes since then.

And isn’t it funny that after all these years, after all the technical leaps that led to the cell phones we carry in our back pockets, we still say we’re “dialing” a number? I’m sure plenty of young people don’t even know what that means. I’ve seen clips online where teenagers are handed an old rotary phone and look as confused as I’d be if someone handed me a crank‑and‑jar churn. I wouldn’t know its purpose, let alone how to use it.

Makes you wonder what the next fifty years will bring. I’m certain of one thing: nobody will be running down to the telegraph office. And someday, even cell phones will go the way of buggy whips.

“We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us.” — Marshall McLuhan

“Nostalgia is a file that removes the rough edges from the good old days.” — Doug Larson

“If you don’t like change, you’ll like irrelevance even less.” — General Eric Shinseki

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The Sparrow Who Looked Down

"Three house sparrows perch together on a smooth metal pipe, silhouetted against a soft, open sky. Their tiny bodies form a loose row, but each bird’s posture — and each one’s imagined line of dialogue — gives them a distinct personality, as if they’re actors in a small, feathered play.

The left sparrow stands upright and slightly angled toward the center bird. Its feathers are warm brown and softly patterned, and its posture feels calm, almost admiring. Hovering above it is a gentle thought: “He is so smart and brave.” The bird seems to be watching the one beside it with quiet confidence, as though impressed by a friend’s courage.

The center sparrow, a male with a bold dark bib and a gray crown, stands tall and steady. His chest is puffed just enough to suggest pride or determination. Above him floats the line: “The trick is to not look down.” His stance matches the words — he looks like the self‑appointed leader of this tiny trio, offering advice with theatrical seriousness.

The right sparrow leans forward dramatically, its head dipped and body angled downward as if peering over the edge of the pipe. Its feathers are soft brown, and its posture radiates sudden worry. Above it, a panicked thought bubble reads: “Oh no! I looked down! What happens now?” The bird’s body language perfectly matches the anxious humor of the line — a moment of comic regret perched on a narrow metal stage." - Microsoft Copilot

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#SilentSunday #Landscape #Bird #Birding #Alpine #Paramo #Neotropics #Photograph #BirdPhotography

An alpine-type landscape full of short plants including odd-looking red succulents to the upper left, star-shaped green succulents in the center, and some rocks covered in yellow moss to the lower right. In this confusion of unusual plants stands a highly patterned birb in shades of brown. What the bird intends to camouflage as is pretty unclear but the camo is actually pretty good even though the plants around are not in fact brown... This is the Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe of the paramo -- high Andes above the treeline. Cayambe-Coca, Ecuador. Photo by Peachfront.

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79d

Flaps down. Gear extended. Wood stork landing with cargo.

#Birds #photography #wildphotography #birdphotography #WIldlifePhotography #Wildlife

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73d

Barn swallow taking a break to chatter at me. They are a common sight, swooping and diving around the houses & in the skies of #Catalonia.

#MondaysAreForTheBirds #photography #birds #BirdPhotography #swallows #Spain

Color photo of a barn swallow with an orange face and iridescent blue on top of its head perched on a twisted pair of cables.

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Leap-frogging #cormorants in a cove near Tossa de Mar.

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Color photo of a cormorant with wings extended forward in the air above another cormorant standing on a rock next to the water that has its head tucked behind it.

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There’s something about an owl’s stare that stops you in your tracks.

Those enormous eyes, the wild feathered tufts, and an expression that seems to say it knows exactly what you’re doing. This Eurasian eagle-owl was such a beautiful character to photograph.

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#birds #nature #wildlife #photography #photo #mastoart #buyintoart #wallart #fineart #fineartphotography #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography

Close view of a Eurasian eagle-owl perched among green foliage, with prominent feathered ear tufts, richly patterned brown and cream plumage, and large golden-green eyes looking directly toward the camera.

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42d

hier, ein paar Puffins für euch

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ein Papageitaucher im Sprung mit schräg nach vorn gestreckten Füßen und nach hinten gestreckten Flügeln, von einer Felsstufe zur nächsten hinab

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Crest of Curiosity

Here’s an image for tufted titmouse (scientific name) lovers. It kind of reminds me of a little guy in a uniform, standing with his hands behind his back, watching a parade go by. I said “guy,” but honestly I have no idea — tufted titmice aren’t sexually dimorphic, so this one could just as easily be a she.

Tufted titmice are a favorite among a select group of bird enthusiasts. To celebrate these charming creatures, I’ve curated a special collection dedicated entirely to them in my photo gallery. Take a look!

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