birds

<p>“A poetry of self-conscious listening, of placing sound carefully. Like the plover, here I am, sitting on this stone, testing out sounds and patterns in order to record how it is to be here in this now.”</p><p>—Lesley Harrison, “Do Birds Sing?”, in the PN Review</p><p><a href="https://www.pnreview.co.uk/archive/do-birds-sing/11958" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.pnreview.co.uk/archive/do-birds-sing/11958"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.pnreview.co.uk/archive/do-</span><span class="invisible">birds-sing/11958</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/language/" rel="tag">#language</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/birdsong/" rel="tag">#birdsong</a> <a href="/tags/birds/" rel="tag">#birds</a></p>

<p>Ruby-throated <a href="/tags/hummingbird/" rel="tag">#hummingbird</a> visiting a Turk’s cap <a href="/tags/flower/" rel="tag">#flower</a> in the front <a href="/tags/garden/" rel="tag">#garden</a>. </p><p><a href="/tags/silentsunday/" rel="tag">#SilentSunday</a> <a href="/tags/stunday/" rel="tag">#Stunday</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="/tags/birds/" rel="tag">#birds</a> <a href="/tags/birdphotography/" rel="tag">#birdphotography</a></p>

<p>It&#x27;s Cold Out Here ... my newest ... thought something fun and chilly as we grind our way through hot-hot August might be welcome!! Snapped this little birdie last January during one of our too-infrequent and too-brief snowstorms. Fear not, the little starling is not staring at the heavens, cursing the snow, he&#x27;s actually waiting his turn to hop onto the well-stocked feeders. </p><p>At my website: <a href="https://lois-bryan.pixels.com/featured/its-cold-out-here-lois-bryan.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lois-bryan.pixels.com/featured/its-cold-out-here-lois-bryan.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lois-bryan.pixels.com/featured</span><span class="invisible">/its-cold-out-here-lois-bryan.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a> <a href="/tags/notai/" rel="tag">#NotAi</a> <a href="/tags/birds/" rel="tag">#birds</a> <a href="/tags/starlings/" rel="tag">#starlings</a> <a href="/tags/winter/" rel="tag">#winter</a> <a href="/tags/snow/" rel="tag">#snow</a> <a href="/tags/loisbryan/" rel="tag">#LoisBryan</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/silentsunday/" rel="tag">#SilentSunday</a> <br><a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="/tags/birds/" rel="tag">#birds</a></p>

<p>A rarely seen bird in our garden: a Baltimore Oriole. He tried to get some syrup, clinging upside down to the hummingbird feeder, with limited success. Don&#x27;t have an orange in the house 😢.<br>He looks judgmental!</p><p><a href="/tags/birds/" rel="tag">#birds</a> <a href="/tags/springmigration/" rel="tag">#springmigration</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a></p>

<p>Pretty good sunset tonight, if you like that sort of thing. And as we know, I like that sort of thing.</p><p>May 16, 2026. Wolverine Lake, Michigan.</p><p><a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a> <a href="/tags/sunset/" rel="tag">#sunset</a> <a href="/tags/spring/" rel="tag">#spring</a> <a href="/tags/michigan/" rel="tag">#michigan</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/swans/" rel="tag">#swans</a> <a href="/tags/birds/" rel="tag">#birds</a> <a href="/tags/birdsofmastodon/" rel="tag">#birdsofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/mastoart/" rel="tag">#MastoArt</a></p>

<p>🐧🌙 In <a href="/tags/iceland/" rel="tag">#Iceland</a>&#x27;s Westman Islands, entire families stay up all night during &quot;puffling season&quot; to rescue baby <a href="/tags/puffins/" rel="tag">#puffins</a> confused by town lights.</p><p>This century-old <a href="/tags/tradition/" rel="tag">#tradition</a> saves up to 7,000 pufflings each <a href="/tags/summer/" rel="tag">#summer</a>. Light <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#pollution</a> disrupts the natural navigation that guides these young <a href="/tags/birds/" rel="tag">#birds</a> to sea, so the community collects lost birds in cardboard boxes and releases them from clifftops.<br> <br>👉 Learn more: <a href="https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/puffling-patrol-wild-hope-vestmannaeyjar-iceland?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=new_content&amp;utm_content=puffling_patrol" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="thekidshouldseethis.com/post/puffling-patrol-wild-hope-vestmannaeyjar-iceland?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=new_content&amp;utm_content=puffling_patrol"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thekidshouldseethis.com/post/p</span><span class="invisible">uffling-patrol-wild-hope-vestmannaeyjar-iceland?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=new_content&amp;utm_content=puffling_patrol</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/tksst/" rel="tag">#tksst</a> <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#video</a> <a href="/tags/animals/" rel="tag">#animals</a> <a href="/tags/babies/" rel="tag">#babies</a> <a href="/tags/biology/" rel="tag">#biology</a> <a href="/tags/conservation/" rel="tag">#conservation</a> <a href="/tags/kids/" rel="tag">#kids</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a></p>

<p>Two sandhill cranes perform their graceful love dance in a golden New Mexico cornfield, wings lifted and steps in rhythm—a timeless ritual of connection and wild beauty.</p><p><a href="https://rebeccaherranen.com/featured/this-is-love-sandhill-cranes-rebecca-herranen.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="rebeccaherranen.com/featured/this-is-love-sandhill-cranes-rebecca-herranen.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rebeccaherranen.com/featured/t</span><span class="invisible">his-is-love-sandhill-cranes-rebecca-herranen.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/sandhillcrane/" rel="tag">#sandhillcrane</a> <a href="/tags/birds/" rel="tag">#Birds</a> <a href="/tags/birdlife/" rel="tag">#BirdLife</a> <a href="/tags/newmexico/" rel="tag">#newmexico</a> <a href="/tags/wildlife/" rel="tag">#wildlife</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="/tags/buyintoart/" rel="tag">#buyintoart</a> <a href="/tags/ayearforart/" rel="tag">#ayearforart</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/mastoart/" rel="tag">#mastoart</a> <a href="/tags/giftthemart/" rel="tag">#GiftThemArt</a> <a href="/tags/wallart/" rel="tag">#wallart</a> <a href="/tags/fineart/" rel="tag">#fineart</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a></p>

<p>A striking kingfisher perches gracefully on a weathered branch, its bright red beak and turquoise wings glowing against the backdrop of a golden sunset sky. The soft light highlights the bird’s sharp profile, creating a vivid contrast with the warm tones of the clouds drifting across the horizon.</p><p><a href="https://rebeccaherranen.com/featured/majestic-kingfisher-in-africa-rebecca-herranen.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="rebeccaherranen.com/featured/majestic-kingfisher-in-africa-rebecca-herranen.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rebeccaherranen.com/featured/m</span><span class="invisible">ajestic-kingfisher-in-africa-rebecca-herranen.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/birds/" rel="tag">#birds</a> <a href="/tags/wildlife/" rel="tag">#WildLife</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="/tags/mastoart/" rel="tag">#MastoArt</a> <a href="/tags/buyintoart/" rel="tag">#buyintoart</a> <a href="/tags/ayearforart/" rel="tag">#ayearforart</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#africa</a> <a href="/tags/kingfisher/" rel="tag">#kingfisher</a> <a href="/tags/giftthemart/" rel="tag">#giftthemart</a> <a href="/tags/photo/" rel="tag">#photo</a> <a href="/tags/photos/" rel="tag">#photos</a></p>

Cardinal mid preen. <br><br><a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a> <a href="/tags/birds/" rel="tag">#birds</a> <a href="/tags/sonyalpha/" rel="tag">#sonyalpha</a> <a href="/tags/cardinal/" rel="tag">#cardinal</a>

<p>Discovered a couple of very young swallows at Lochleven Castle yesterday 🐥</p><p><a href="/tags/scotland/" rel="tag">#Scotland</a> <a href="/tags/kinross/" rel="tag">#Kinross</a> <a href="/tags/lochlevencastle/" rel="tag">#LochlevenCastle</a> <a href="/tags/lochleven/" rel="tag">#LochLeven</a> <a href="/tags/historicscotland/" rel="tag">#HistoricScotland</a> <a href="/tags/birds/" rel="tag">#birds</a> <a href="/tags/castle/" rel="tag">#castle</a> <a href="/tags/ruins/" rel="tag">#ruins</a></p>

<p>... und hier ist Teil zwei meiner Mini-Serie &quot;Spatzentreffen&quot;...</p><p>Habt einen schönen Tag!</p><p>---&gt; <a href="https://www.artheroes.de/de/motiv/Spatzentreffen-Teil-zwei/1668183" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.artheroes.de/de/motiv/Spatzentreffen-Teil-zwei/1668183"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.artheroes.de/de/motiv/Spat</span><span class="invisible">zentreffen-Teil-zwei/1668183</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/sparrow/" rel="tag">#sparrow</a> <a href="/tags/sperling/" rel="tag">#sperling</a> <a href="/tags/vogel/" rel="tag">#vogel</a> <a href="/tags/birds/" rel="tag">#birds</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/painting/" rel="tag">#painting</a> <a href="/tags/gutenmorgen/" rel="tag">#GutenMorgen</a></p>

<p>&#x27;Watching you&#x27; is a detail from my hand painted watercolour painting. In this detail the focus is on the eyes, which scrutinise the viewer intensely.</p><p>Watching you - <a href="https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/watching-you-karen-kaspar.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/watching-you-karen-kaspar.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featur</span><span class="invisible">ed/watching-you-karen-kaspar.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/owl/" rel="tag">#owl</a> <a href="/tags/halloween/" rel="tag">#halloween</a> <a href="/tags/mastoart/" rel="tag">#MastoArt</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/painting/" rel="tag">#painting</a> <a href="/tags/fedigiftshop/" rel="tag">#FediGiftShop</a> <a href="/tags/artist/" rel="tag">#artist</a> <a href="/tags/mastodonart/" rel="tag">#MastodonArt</a> <a href="/tags/traditionalart/" rel="tag">#TraditionalArt</a> <a href="/tags/kunst/" rel="tag">#kunst</a> <a href="/tags/contemporaryart/" rel="tag">#contemporaryArt</a> <a href="/tags/watercolor/" rel="tag">#watercolor</a> <a href="/tags/watercolour/" rel="tag">#watercolour</a> <a href="/tags/bird/" rel="tag">#bird</a> <a href="/tags/birds/" rel="tag">#birds</a> <a href="/tags/birdsofmastodon/" rel="tag">#BirdsOfMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/birdart/" rel="tag">#BirdArt</a> <a href="/tags/birding/" rel="tag">#birding</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="/tags/naturelover/" rel="tag">#NatureLover</a> <a href="/tags/birdwatching/" rel="tag">#BirdWatching</a> <a href="/tags/wildlife/" rel="tag">#wildlife</a> <a href="/tags/vogel/" rel="tag">#vogel</a> <a href="/tags/animals/" rel="tag">#animals</a> <a href="/tags/aquarell/" rel="tag">#aquarell</a> <a href="/tags/handmade/" rel="tag">#handmade</a> <a href="/tags/buyintoart/" rel="tag">#BuyIntoArt</a></p>

<p>Frae fields whare Spring her sweets has blawn<br>Wi’ caller verdure our the lawn,<br>The Gowdspink comes in new attire,<br>The brawest ’mang the whistling choir…</p><p>—Robert Fergusson (1750–1774), “Ode to the Gowdspink”<br>from The Poetical Works of Robert Fergusson (Glasgow, 1800)</p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/scots/" rel="tag">#Scots</a> <a href="/tags/scotslanguage/" rel="tag">#Scotslanguage</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/18thcentury/" rel="tag">#18thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/robertfergusson/" rel="tag">#RobertFergusson</a> <a href="/tags/spring/" rel="tag">#Spring</a> <a href="/tags/birds/" rel="tag">#birds</a> <a href="/tags/naturepoetry/" rel="tag">#naturepoetry</a> <a href="/tags/goldfinch/" rel="tag">#goldfinch</a></p>

<p>Psst - bei Art Heroes gibt es bis Sonntag 10% Rabatt auf alles!</p><p>Schau doch einfach mal in meinem Shop dort vorbei!</p><p>Ich würde mich freuen! </p><p>--&gt; <a href="https://karenkaspar.artheroes.de/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>karenkaspar.artheroes.de/</a></p><p><a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/cats/" rel="tag">#cats</a> <a href="/tags/birds/" rel="tag">#birds</a> <a href="/tags/painting/" rel="tag">#painting</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="/tags/watercolor/" rel="tag">#watercolor</a> <a href="/tags/giftideas/" rel="tag">#giftideas</a> <a href="/tags/flowers/" rel="tag">#flowers</a> <a href="/tags/supportsmallbusiness/" rel="tag">#SupportSmallBusiness</a> <a href="/tags/gifts/" rel="tag">#gifts</a> <a href="/tags/fedigiftshop/" rel="tag">#fediGiftShop</a> <a href="/tags/shamelessselfpromotion/" rel="tag">#shamelessSelfPromotion</a> <a href="/tags/sale/" rel="tag">#sale</a></p>

<p>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.</p><p>¹ Previously: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@doersino/109972257554440132" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@doersino/109972257554440132"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@doersino/1099</span><span class="invisible">72257554440132</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/birds/" rel="tag">#birds</a> <a href="/tags/birding/" rel="tag">#birding</a> <a href="/tags/birdwatching/" rel="tag">#birdwatching</a> <a href="/tags/birdphotography/" rel="tag">#birdphotography</a> <a href="/tags/wildlifephotography/" rel="tag">#wildlifephotography</a> <a href="/tags/naturephotography/" rel="tag">#naturephotography</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a></p>

<p>Cardinal couple.</p><p><a href="/tags/photomonday/" rel="tag">#PhotoMonday</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a> <a href="/tags/birds/" rel="tag">#birds</a> <a href="/tags/birdphotography/" rel="tag">#birdphotography</a> <a href="/tags/backyardbirds/" rel="tag">#backyardbirds</a></p>

<p>Here’s wishing you an ebullient <a href="/tags/wrensday/" rel="tag">#wrensday</a>. </p><p>📷 <a href="/tags/nikon/" rel="tag">#Nikon</a> <a href="/tags/z6ii/" rel="tag">#Z6ii</a> + <a href="/tags/nikkor/" rel="tag">#Nikkor</a> 180-600mm (ISO 360, f6.3, 1/640s) </p><p><a href="/tags/birds/" rel="tag">#birds</a> <a href="/tags/birdphotography/" rel="tag">#birdphotography</a> <a href="/tags/wildlifephotography/" rel="tag">#wildlifephotography</a> <a href="/tags/nikonphotography/" rel="tag">#nikonphotography</a></p>

<p>Many thanks to the art lover from the United Kingdom for purchasing a greeting card of the haikuart design of <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.nl/@MarjoleinRotsteeg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MarjoleinRotsteeg</span></a></span> (haiku) and me (watercolor painting) of </p><p>A Robin follows - <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/de/shop/ap/167744632" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.redbubble.com/de/shop/ap/167744632"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.redbubble.com/de/shop/ap/1</span><span class="invisible">67744632</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/thankyou/" rel="tag">#thankyou</a> <a href="/tags/sale/" rel="tag">#sale</a> <a href="/tags/haiku/" rel="tag">#haiku</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/robin/" rel="tag">#robin</a> <a href="/tags/garden/" rel="tag">#garden</a> <a href="/tags/gardening/" rel="tag">#gardening</a> <a href="/tags/gardener/" rel="tag">#gardener</a> <a href="/tags/mastoart/" rel="tag">#MastoArt</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/painting/" rel="tag">#painting</a> <a href="/tags/fediart/" rel="tag">#FediArt</a> <a href="/tags/fedigiftshop/" rel="tag">#FediGiftShop</a> <a href="/tags/arte/" rel="tag">#arte</a> <a href="/tags/mastodonart/" rel="tag">#MastodonArt</a> <a href="/tags/contemporaryart/" rel="tag">#contemporaryArt</a> <a href="/tags/watercolor/" rel="tag">#watercolor</a> <a href="/tags/watercolour/" rel="tag">#watercolour</a> <a href="/tags/creativetoots/" rel="tag">#creativeToots</a> <a href="/tags/buyintoart/" rel="tag">#BuyIntoArt</a> <a href="/tags/birds/" rel="tag">#birds</a> <a href="/tags/birdsofmastodon/" rel="tag">#BirdsOfMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/birdart/" rel="tag">#BirdArt</a> <a href="/tags/birding/" rel="tag">#birding</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="/tags/birdwatching/" rel="tag">#BirdWatching</a> <a href="/tags/handmade/" rel="tag">#handmade</a></p>

<p>A cute little Robin sits on a snow covered branch, waiting for Christmas...</p><p>Robin on a snow covered branch - hand-painted watercolor:<br><a href="https://karenkasparartprints.com/featured/robin-on-a-snow-covered-branch-karen-kaspar.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="karenkasparartprints.com/featured/robin-on-a-snow-covered-branch-karen-kaspar.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">karenkasparartprints.com/featu</span><span class="invisible">red/robin-on-a-snow-covered-branch-karen-kaspar.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/winter/" rel="tag">#winter</a> <a href="/tags/snow/" rel="tag">#snow</a> <a href="/tags/christmas/" rel="tag">#christmas</a> <a href="/tags/trees/" rel="tag">#trees</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/painting/" rel="tag">#painting</a> <a href="/tags/traditionalart/" rel="tag">#TraditionalArt</a> <a href="/tags/kunst/" rel="tag">#kunst</a> <a href="/tags/contemporaryart/" rel="tag">#contemporaryArt</a> <a href="/tags/watercolor/" rel="tag">#watercolor</a> <a href="/tags/watercolour/" rel="tag">#watercolour</a> <a href="/tags/birds/" rel="tag">#birds</a> <a href="/tags/birdsofmastodon/" rel="tag">#BirdsOfMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/birdart/" rel="tag">#BirdArt</a> <a href="/tags/birding/" rel="tag">#birding</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="/tags/naturelover/" rel="tag">#NatureLover</a> <a href="/tags/wildlife/" rel="tag">#wildlife</a> <a href="/tags/vogel/" rel="tag">#vogel</a> <a href="/tags/cute/" rel="tag">#cute</a> <a href="/tags/animals/" rel="tag">#animals</a> <a href="/tags/handmade/" rel="tag">#handmade</a> <a href="/tags/robin/" rel="tag">#robin</a> <a href="/tags/mastoart/" rel="tag">#MastoArt</a> <a href="/tags/fediart/" rel="tag">#FediArt</a> <a href="/tags/fedigiftshop/" rel="tag">#FediGiftShop</a> <a href="/tags/artist/" rel="tag">#artist</a> <a href="/tags/arte/" rel="tag">#arte</a> <a href="/tags/mastodonart/" rel="tag">#MastodonArt</a> <a href="/tags/artistsonmastodon/" rel="tag">#ArtistsOnMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/creativetoots/" rel="tag">#creativeToots</a> <a href="/tags/buyintoart/" rel="tag">#BuyIntoArt</a></p>

<p>As promised earlier today, here&#x27;s a couple of shots of one of the yellow-headed amazons living in Stuttgart&#x27;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.</p><p>Descending from an escapee pair in the 1980s, there&#x27;s now about 60 of them. More info in German: <a href="https://www.stuttgarter-amazonen.de" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.stuttgarter-amazonen.de</a></p><p><a href="/tags/birds/" rel="tag">#birds</a> <a href="/tags/birding/" rel="tag">#birding</a> <a href="/tags/birdwatching/" rel="tag">#birdwatching</a> <a href="/tags/birdphotography/" rel="tag">#birdphotography</a> <a href="/tags/wildlifephotography/" rel="tag">#wildlifephotography</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a></p>

<p>I am very happy that my hand-painted acrylic painting Robin portrait won third place in the FineArtAmerica contest &quot;Mostly Orange&quot;!<br>Many thanks to everyone who voted for my painting!</p><p>--&gt; <a href="https://fineartamerica.com/featured/robin-portrait-karen-kaspar.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="fineartamerica.com/featured/robin-portrait-karen-kaspar.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fineartamerica.com/featured/ro</span><span class="invisible">bin-portrait-karen-kaspar.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/mastoart/" rel="tag">#MastoArt</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/painting/" rel="tag">#painting</a> <a href="/tags/fediart/" rel="tag">#FediArt</a> <a href="/tags/fedigiftshop/" rel="tag">#FediGiftShop</a> <a href="/tags/artist/" rel="tag">#artist</a> <a href="/tags/mastodonart/" rel="tag">#MastodonArt</a> <a href="/tags/traditionalart/" rel="tag">#TraditionalArt</a> <a href="/tags/kunst/" rel="tag">#kunst</a> <a href="/tags/contemporaryart/" rel="tag">#contemporaryArt</a> <a href="/tags/creativetoots/" rel="tag">#creativeToots</a> <a href="/tags/buyintoart/" rel="tag">#BuyIntoArt</a> <a href="/tags/bird/" rel="tag">#bird</a> <a href="/tags/birds/" rel="tag">#birds</a> <a href="/tags/birdsofmastodon/" rel="tag">#BirdsOfMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/birdart/" rel="tag">#BirdArt</a> <a href="/tags/birding/" rel="tag">#birding</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="/tags/naturelover/" rel="tag">#NatureLover</a> <a href="/tags/birdwatching/" rel="tag">#BirdWatching</a> <a href="/tags/wildlife/" rel="tag">#wildlife</a> <a href="/tags/vogel/" rel="tag">#vogel</a> <a href="/tags/cute/" rel="tag">#cute</a> <a href="/tags/animals/" rel="tag">#animals</a> <a href="/tags/robin/" rel="tag">#robin</a> <a href="/tags/thankyou/" rel="tag">#thankyou</a></p>

<p>I&#x27;m absolutely thrilled that &quot;Wild Beauty Painted&quot; has won Second Place in the <a href="/tags/fineartamerica/" rel="tag">#FineArtAmerica</a> 9/7/2025 contest &quot;Water Front Birds.&quot; Many thanks to contest administrator, A Moment In Time Artworks, and to everyone who voted for my image. Congratulations to the other winners!</p><p><a href="https://fineartamerica.com/featured/wild-beauty-painted-lois-bryan.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="fineartamerica.com/featured/wild-beauty-painted-lois-bryan.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fineartamerica.com/featured/wi</span><span class="invisible">ld-beauty-painted-lois-bryan.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/giftideas/" rel="tag">#giftideas</a> <a href="/tags/swans/" rel="tag">#swans</a> <a href="/tags/birds/" rel="tag">#birds</a> <a href="/tags/digitallyhandpainted/" rel="tag">#digitallyhandpainted</a> <a href="/tags/notai/" rel="tag">#NotAi</a> <a href="/tags/loisbryan/" rel="tag">#LoisBryan</a></p>

<p>Cookie met Casper the Cockatoo (an Instagram celebrity bird)</p><p><a href="/tags/dogsofmastodon/" rel="tag">#DogsOfMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/dogs/" rel="tag">#Dogs</a> <a href="/tags/birds/" rel="tag">#Birds</a> <a href="/tags/sanfrancisco/" rel="tag">#sanfrancisco</a></p>

<p>Thank you to the kind Buyer from Chicago, IL for purchasing a Wood Print with my photograph; my other “hometown”. Enjoy! </p><p>I happened to learn about the exciting news while birdwatching at the same place I’ve taken this picture at.. 😎🎶</p><p><a href="https://fineartamerica.com/saleannouncement.html?id=116dc2f24c2252d91804e51c0963afb6" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="fineartamerica.com/saleannouncement.html?id=116dc2f24c2252d91804e51c0963afb6"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fineartamerica.com/saleannounc</span><span class="invisible">ement.html?id=116dc2f24c2252d91804e51c0963afb6</span></a></p><p>- <a href="https://pixels.com/featured/melody-of-the-red-winged-blackbirds-1-ez-lorenz.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="pixels.com/featured/melody-of-the-red-winged-blackbirds-1-ez-lorenz.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pixels.com/featured/melody-of-</span><span class="invisible">the-red-winged-blackbirds-1-ez-lorenz.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#Washington</a> <a href="/tags/pnw/" rel="tag">#PNW</a> <a href="/tags/illinois/" rel="tag">#Illinois</a> <a href="/tags/prints/" rel="tag">#Prints</a> <a href="/tags/wallart/" rel="tag">#WallArt</a> <a href="/tags/wildlife/" rel="tag">#Wildlife</a> <a href="/tags/birds/" rel="tag">#Birds</a> <a href="/tags/birdsofmastodon/" rel="tag">#birdsofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/birdphotography/" rel="tag">#BirdPhotography</a> <a href="/tags/gifts/" rel="tag">#Gifts</a> <a href="/tags/fedigiftshop/" rel="tag">#FediGiftshop</a> <a href="/tags/mastoart/" rel="tag">#Mastoart</a> <a href="/tags/homedecor/" rel="tag">#HomeDecor</a> <a href="/tags/birdwatching/" rel="tag">#Birdwatching</a></p>