birds

149d

And the babies are here!

#birdsofmastodon #birds #vietnam

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1y

there are a pair of neighborhood crows nesting in my back yard. today, one of them found a dry old piece of bread somewhere down the alley and flew over to my lawn with it.

she looked around carefully and dropped it into the eavestrough drain, where some water pooled from an overnight shower.

she flew away for 5 minutes and just came back to eat once it was well soaked 😆

#urbanAnimals #birds #yeg

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1y

Thank you to an art lover from the Netherlands for purchasing four throw pillows from the haikuart collection of @MarjoleinRotsteeg (haiku) and me (art).

Find the complete haikuart collection here:
https://www.redbubble.com/de/people/karenkaspar/shop?artistUserName=KarenKaspar&collections=4136038&iaCode=all-departments&sortOrder=top%20selling

#sale #haikuart #haiku #art #cats #CatsOfMastodon #birds #giftideas #painting #poetry #watercolor #MastoArt #BuyIntoArt

Throw pillow featuring the haiku
big aspirations
the tabby kitten
has tiger dreams

combined with the 'Cute little cat' pastel painting in landscape format painted by the artist Karen Kaspar. The picture shows the head and upper body of a cute little grey tabby cat on a grey-blue background. The kitten looks curiously towards the viewer with its blue eyes.

Throw pillow featuring the haiku
mouse escaped
the tomcat tries hard
to not lose his cool

Combined with the 'Black cat in green grass' acrylic painting in portrait format, painted by the artist Karen Kaspar. A black cat is running in the green grass. You see it from behind. It turns its head towards the viewer and looks at you with green eyes.

Throw pillow featuring the haiku
reading
the tomcat’s body language
‘do not disturb’

Combined with 'The portrait of a sitting cat' hand-painted pastel painting by the artist Karen Kaspar. A brown and red tabby cat sits in the green grass with its back to the viewer and its head turned backwards. It is looking directly at the viewer.

Throw pillow featuring the haiku
by the roadside
swallows on the power lines
nearly Beethoven

Combined with the 'Gathering of Swallows' hand painted watercolour painting in landscape format by the artist Karen Kaspar. Swallows have gathered on three power lines in front of a blue sky with white clouds. The silhouettes of the birds in dark indigo blue stand out clearly against the sky. Some of the swallows are sitting on the wires and appear to be having a chat. Others are flying in to attend the meeting. Others are already taking off.

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1y

Ready for conclave. #cardinal #birds

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222d

Desert Majesty - Available Here: https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/desert-majesty-lisa-s-baker.html

#eagle #baldeagle #raptor #birdsofprey #bir #birds #birdsofmastodon #birdsoffediverse #art #arte #artwork #wallart #homedecor #artforhome #artforsale #buyintoart #mastoart #fediart #fediverse #creativeToots #watercolor #mixedmedia #southwest #southwestdesign #desert #cactus #cacti #saguaro #flowers #nature #rustic #teal #rust

Desert Majesty by Lisa S. Baker

A regal bald eagle stands tall among golden blooms and turquoise cacti, its fierce gaze watching over the warm desert below. Radiant sunbursts and burnt sienna skies evoke the spirit of the Southwest, where power and peace coexist beneath an endless sky.

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1y

At Rockaway Beach in Pacifica, California on this #MeerMittwoch.

#SeaWednesday #WavyWednesday #BirdsOfMastodon #birds #today

A seagull stands on the rocks overlooking the ocean as the waves crash in. There are large rock cliffs (and large stones in the water) off to the right.

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1y

Pleased to inform Fancy Duck is still in the area. Operation Get A Better Photo of Fancy Duck is GO GO GO!

#photography #birds #Scotland #duckstraction

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1y

This is the shape of birdsong. Because the bird is a Red-winged Blackbird, it's also the shape of swearing.

#birds #photography #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #RedWingedBlackbird

A male Red-winged Blackbird, a black bird with red and yellow shoulder patches, calls out in the chill morning air. The shape of its song is visible in its breath.

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148d

You see that I will have to rise
And turn round and get back where
My running age will slow for a moment
To let me on. It is a colder
Stretch of water than I remember.

The curlew’s cry travelling still
Kills me fairly…

—WS Graham, “Loch Thom”

Today, 21 April, is World Curlew Day

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https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/loch-thom/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #curlews #WorldCurlewDay #birds

Loch Thom
by W. S. Graham

1

Just for the sake of recovering
I walked backward from fifty-six
Quick years of age wanting to see,
And managed not to trip or stumble
To find Loch Thom and turned round
To see the stretch of my childhood
Before me. Here is the loch. The same
Long-beaked cry curls across
The heather-edges of the water held
Between the hills a boyhood’s walk
Up from Greenock. It is the morning.

And I am here with my mammy’s
Bramble jam scones in my pocket.
The Firth is miles and I have come
Back to find Loch Thom maybe
In this light does not recognise me.

This is a lonely freshwater loch.
No farms on the edge. Only
Heath grouse-moor stretching
Down to Greenock and One Hope
Street or stretching away across
Into the blue moors of Ayrshire.

2

And almost I am back again
Wading in the heather down to the edge
To sit. The minnows go by in shoals
Like iron-filings in the shallows.

My mother is dead. My father is dead
And all the trout I used to know
Leaping from their sad rings are dead.

3

I drop my crumbs into the shallow
Weed for the minnows and pinheads.
You see that I will have to rise
And turn round and get back where
My running age will slow for a moment
To let me on. It is a colder
Stretch of water than I remember.

The curlew’s cry travelling still
Kills me fairly. In front of me
The grouse flurry and settle. GOBACK
GOBACK GOBACK FAREWELL LOCH THOM.

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148d

Happy World Curlew Day! I adore these birds!

World Curlew Day is intended to raise awareness of the urgent plight of curlews, which are facing severe population declines globally due to habitat loss, climate change, and predation by non-native species like pets.

I took this photo in Lamington National Park in the Gold Coast Hinterland, Queensland. #birds

A bush stone curlew sitting in the grass next to a fence

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148d

The Woodland Owls sure are a hoot, happy Tuesday!
Available here...https://tina-lecour.pixels.com/featured/the-woodland-owls-tina-lecour.html

#owl #owls #birds #bird #birdOfTheDay #nature #naturelovers #wildlife #mastoart #fediart #fedigiftshop #creativetoots #wallart #art #arte #artist #artforsale #homedecor #interiordecor #interiordesign #gifts #giftideas #greetingcards #spring #cute #cuteposting #buyintoart #ayearforart #mastodonart #puzzle #puzzles #fineart #artshop

This is a canvas of four magical woodland owls perched on a log together.

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1y

It's been a busy work week so far and I did not have a lot of time to go through bird photos, also because of this borby specimen. The MoDos are constantly on the feeders, filling the camera roll with thousands of photos 😆 I try to go through them all each night but with more activity there are also more photos, and some days I am just spent. Good night with this goofball, here's to a less stressful Wednesday! #birds

A very round and proud MoDo poses for the camera, hoping for a refill. (Which came, several times.)

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214d

Happy Valentine’s Day! 😀

https://ez-lorenz.pixels.com/featured/a-great-blue-heron-pair-dancing-the-twist-ez-lorenz.html

#Valentinesday #Weekend #Love #Wildlife #Birds #BirdsOfMastodon #Photography #Washington #PNW #ArtForSale #Prints #ArtPrints #WallArt #GreetingCards #Gifts #Giftideas #FediGiftShop

Two elegant herons stand on wooden posts, one with ruffled feathers and an open beak, appearing to call out, while the other listens attentively.

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1y

I made a new friend this afternoon.
#birds #nature #photography

Hummingbird, San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica

Photo by Sheril Kirshenbaum

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1y

Quetzals are magnificent.
#birds #nature #photography

Quetzal in San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica

Photo: Sheril Kirshenbaum

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216d

Can you hear the beautiful song?
A Robin bird sits in a green elderberry bush and sings a beautiful song for you.

Robin bird in an elder bush acrylic painting - https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/robin-bird-in-an-elder-bush-karen-kaspar.html

#MastoArt #art #painting #FediArt #FediGiftShop #artist #arte #InteriorDesign #MastodonArt #ArtistsOnMastodon #TraditionalArt #kunst #contemporaryArt #creativeToots #BuyIntoArt #bird #birds #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdArt #birding #nature #NatureLover #BirdWatching #vogel #cute #animals #robin #natur #handmade

Robin bird in an elder bush is an acrylic painting in contemporary square format painted by artist Karen Kaspar. A cute redbreast European Robin - Erithacus rubecula - sits on a branch in an elder bush and sings a beautiful song for you. It is surrounded by the fresh green foliage of the bush. The orange-red breast of the songbird shines out from the different shades of green in the background.
With its song, the bird enchants the bird lover and the gardener in the spring and summer garden.

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FIRST LOOK at my upcoming bag charm collection featuring my favourite subject: BIRDS!

One design is still missing, but I will be releasing the collection Friday or Saturday!

I have been working really hard on creating the perfect outdoorsy companions for bird lovers, featuring (mostly) birds that are endemic to my part of Europe and that I have had the pleasure of observing in the wild 💕
I’m very excited!

#Art #Handmade #Birds #Nature #birdWatching #birdsOfMastodon #SmallBusiness #Artist

Picture of a Eurasian jay felt bag charm attached to a green and brown backpack which is set in high grass. In the background an oak tree is visible in the distance.

Picture of a handmade felt mallard duck (male)bag charm attached to a green and brown backpack which is set in the dense greenery surrounding a canal.

Picture of a handmade felt black swan bag charm attached to a shoulder bag which is set on the ground next to me. I have my back to the camera and am looking at a bird identification book. We are surrounded with buttercup flowers.

Picture of a handmade felt mallard duck (male)bag charm attached to a green and brown backpack which is set in the dense greenery surrounding a canal.

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1y

Good morning. ☕☕☕

13 May 2025

Hopefully, today is a yardwork day. I tend to put things off whenever I feel like it, but the ever-growing grass serves as a reminder that I need to take action—kind of like my cluttered desktop. For weeks, I've been telling myself I need to clear it off, yet I let things stay there simply as reminders that each item requires attention. You see how that works, right? Then there's the water bottle in the corner—I have no idea why it's there, but it's been sitting for a while. A mystery not worth solving. I also need to vacuum my office floor. The Roomba comes through every morning, but lately, it just seems to shuffle things around.

"Procrastination is like a credit card: it's a lot of fun until you get the bill." — Christopher Parker

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #morning #landscape #procrastination

Notice things.

Sometimes, when I'm out walking, I spot something and snap a picture. Unlike the days of film, there’s no cost to taking the shot—even if it seems unremarkable at the time. But later, as I sift through the photos, I notice details I overlooked. When I took this particular shot, I focused on the birds without really seeing the forest around them. I’m not sure what species they are, but I’d guess they belong to the local pigeon battalion.

"This image beautifully captures a forest scene during autumn, with trees displaying a mix of golden yellow and green foliage. The sky is a vibrant blue with a few wispy clouds drifting across it. Adding an element of movement to the tranquil landscape, several birds are seen soaring high above the treetops. The framing includes branches on both sides, creating a natural border that enhances the depth of the scene. The contrast between the rich autumn colors and the crisp sky makes this an eye-catching photograph, highlighting both the serenity and liveliness of nature." - Copilot

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1y

Of Cages and Feathers
Kristin Schnell

A remarkable new approach to photographing and appreciating birds — in minimalist stage-like settings that encourage philosophical musings.
Of Cages and Feathers, by Kristin Schnell, reminds me how exciting and satisfying a photobook can be when it combines a completely fresh take on photography, intelligent and thought-provoking text, and excellent design and printing.

https://www.lensculture.com/articles/kristin-schnell-of-cages-and-feathers

#photography #fotografia #birds #colorful

Anthropology - Photo by Kristin Schnell

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1y

Anarchy in the UK!

#bird #birds #birb #humor #humour #gull #seagull

gull sitting on a sign that says no gulls, with blue sky and white clouds in background

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1y

Shower day for Rosie! 💦

#bird #birds #birdsofmastodon

Picture if a wet girl cockatiel sitting on my knee. She looks very happy.

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1y

Sharing Sunflower Owl to kick off the day, have a good one! 😍 https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/sunflower-owl-lisa-s-baker.html

#sunflower #flower #flowers #owl #burrowingowl #owls #birdsofprey #birds #birdsofmastodon #art #arte #artwork #wallart #homedecor #artforhome #artforsale #mastoart #fediart #fediverse #artprints #canvasprints #cuteanimals #cute #fun #fancy #pink #yellow #monday #buyintoart

An art print of a owl wearing a pink and white stripped sun hat with a giant yellow sunflower. Art by Lisa S Baker.

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1y

Captured this closeup of a Great Blue Heron standing tall at the dark, reflective waters of Lake Ballinger in WA with its beak open as s/he was calling.

https://ez-lorenz.pixels.com/featured/a-great-blue-heron-calling-ez-lorenz.html

#Washington #PNW #Wildlife #WildlifeWednesday #Birds #BirdsOfMastodon #Portrait #Herons #ArtForSale #WallArt #Prints #GreetingCards #HomeDecor #Gifts #Giftideas #FediGiftShop

Captured this closeup of a Great Blue Heron standing tall at the dark, reflective waters of Lake Ballinger in Edmonds, WA with its beak open as s/he was calling.
Enjoyed their detailed and illuminated feathers contrasting against the dim environment.

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1y

I just came back from a great birding trip to South Eastern Arizona where I saw many new birds. This Gambel's Quail is no. 1,000 on my life list 😃 #birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #birding #Arizona #quail

Gambel's Quail with its characteristic topknot looking at you sideways.

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1y

Sunday Brunch at Rough Hollow Grille

#PublicArt #naturephotograpghy #Birds

A silhouette sculpture depicting three abstract human figures, with one figure holding an arch above another. The background features lush greenery and rocky landscaping.

A vibrant red cardinal perches on a black decorative post, set against a backdrop of textured tree branches.

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