nature – Page 2 – KelsonV Social Posts

Stork’s bill in a finch’s beak.

A small bright red bird on the ground, with a long single-spiked seed in its mouth, next to a low plant with similar spikes on it.

Stork’s bill in a finch’s beak.

A bluebird spotted on a walk around the neighborhood.

A small blue bird with an orange belly perched on a bundle of cables running diagonally across the frame, its body pointing left and its head pointing right.

A small blue bird with an orange belly perched on a bundle of cables running diagonally across the frame, its body and head pointing left.

A #bluebird spotted on a walk around the neighborhood. #birds #nature

On Pixelfed
On iNaturalist

Went for another hike today. I think this is the best photo from the walk. #nature

A dirt road curving past a spreading tree, with green grass and other low plants alongside it and a line of bright yellow flowers. A green hillside and darker trees loom off to the other side.

Went for another hike today. I think this is the best photo from the walk.

#nature

On PixelFed.Social

Vernal marsh pools

#nature #wetlands #madronamarsh

On PixelFed.Social

Birds of Madrona Marsh

#Birds of #MadronaMarsh. There were a zillion red-winged blackbirds, at least one group of goldfinches, some starlings, and of course the usual geese and ducks.

#nature #Blackbird #RedWingedBlackbird #Goldfinch #Starling #Goose #CanadaCoose #Sparrow

https://pixelfed.social/i/web/post/413774631437245292

I saw one of these birds fly out of a bush, across the trail, and into a tree. I stopped. I waited. I looked, but couldn’t spot it.

Close-up of a small light brown bird with black wings, a white head with black stripes on it, and a yellow beak, perched in a sparse, dry bush.

I saw one of these #birds fly out of a bush, across the trail, and into a tree. I stopped. I waited. I looked, but couldn’t spot it. I took another, slow, careful step. Another #sparrow flew out of the bush, across the path, and into the tree. I stopped again.

This went on for about FIVE MORE ROUNDS before a couple of them flew into another bush and stopped where I could SEE them!

Then one of them flew off while I was aiming. 🤦

#nature #persistence #WhiteCrownedSparrow

On PixelFed.Social

Western Bluebird

A Western #Bluebird spotted last week.

#nature #birds

On Pixelfed

Two pairs of ducks and three geese seen at the marsh

Two pairs of ducks and three geese seen at the marsh yesterday. (That almost sounds like a card hand with a weird deck.) #birds #nature #ducks #geese #mallards #canadageese

Two pairs of ducks and three geese seen at the marsh yesterday. (That almost sounds like a card hand with a weird deck.)

#birds #nature #ducks #geese #mallards #canadageese

On PixelFed.Social

Goldfinches in sunlight, house finches in silhouette.

Two bright yellow birds in a tree with bare branches, next to a large cluster of dropped leaves.

Several small birds in a tree with bare branches, all in silhouette against a blue sky.

Goldfinches in sunlight, house finches in silhouette. And there were a bunch of each, just at opposite ends of the park. (I suspect the glob of leaves next to the goldfinches is hiding a nest.)

#birds #nature #finches

On PixelFed.Social

Jacaranda canopy

Looking up a tree branches covered with tiny green leaves, showing bits of blue sky.

Looking at tree branches from the side, covered with tiny leaves, some green, some yellow.

#Jacaranda canopy, first #LookingUp and then from the side. In the same park as the previous shot. #trees #green #nature

On PixelFed.Social

Monarch of the Pine

A bright orange-and-black butterfly perched on a pine branch covered with green needles in sunlight, its wings half-open.

Monarch of the Pine

#butterfly #monarch #MonarchButterfly #nature #pines

—

Oh, cool, the Flickr post of this photo got featured on Explore!

On PixelFed.Social
On Flickr

Blinking Squirrel

A squirrel with yellow-brown fur up in a tree, looking toward the camera with its tail down, eyes closed and its head blurry.

The same squirrel, yellow-brown fur up in a tree, looking toward the camera with its tail down, but now its eyes are open and its head clear.

I took so many photos of this #squirrel trying to get a good shot yesterday that I caught it blinking.

#nature #animals

On PixelFed.Social

Another Fiery Skipper from the first spring of the pandemic

Another #FierySkipper from the first spring of the pandemic.

#butterfly #nature

On PixelFed.Social
On iNaturalist

A Fiery Skipper butterfly spotted last summer.

Looking through photos I somehow missed posting before. Here's a #FierySkipper #butterfly spotted last summer. #nature

On PixelFed.Social
On iNaturalist

Double Pigeon

Call your doctor if you experience double pigeon.

#birds #nature #pigeon

On PixelFed.Social
On iNaturalist

This Say’s Phoebe, unlike the squirrel, was kind (or unconcerned) enough to stay put…

This Say’s Phoebe, unlike the squirrel, was kind (or unconcerned) enough to stay put while I walked around it to get both a better angle and better light. #birds #nature #SaysPhoebe

On iNaturalist