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"Keeping My Head Above Water"
A common goldeneye in a pond on a recent windy day in Fort Collins, Colorado.
#colorado #coloradophotography #coloradophotographer #coloradobirding #birder

We watched the new documentary "The Extraordinary Caterpillar" yesterday & now have a new level of appreciation & wonder for these tiny superheroes!

https://homegrownnationalpark.org/extraordinary-caterpillar/
https://www.thecaterpillarlab.org/registration

Watch it! You won't be disappointed!

#TheExtraordinaryCaterpillar #HomegrownNationalPark #MeritMotionPictures #TheCaterpillarLab #Nature #Naturalist #Conservation #Biodiversity #Environment #Ecosystem #Ecology #Bird #Birds #Birding #Birder #Birdwatcher #Birdwatching

Color movie "poster" for the new documentary "The Extraordinary Caterpillar"

TAKE A PEEK INTO THE DAZZLING WORLD OF NATURE’S TINIEST AND MIGHTIEST SUPERHEROES!
A FILM BY JEFF McKAY

FEATURING:
SAM JAFFE AND THE CATERPILLAR LAB, DOUG TALLAMY, AND DAVID WAGNER

"Over 98% of the living world on Earth is smaller than a bee. Yet humans view the planet as a world centered around themselves. Landscapes are deconstructed to suit human needs, often with little regard for the natural systems that sustain the food web. The Extraordinary Caterpillar follows the scientists and community activists with this peek into the dazzling world of nature’s tiniest superheroes."

https://homegrownnationalpark.org/extraordinary-caterpillar/
https://www.thecaterpillarlab.org/registration

"Drip"
A male wood duck in lovely light, Fort Collins, Colorado.
#colorado #coloradophotography #coloradophotographer #coloradobirding #birder

I got your superb owl right here 🦉

#SuperbOwl #superb_owl #BirdsOfMastodon #birder #pwl

a great horned owl peers furiously down from a branch.

image taken 30 minutes ago in Gaithersburg, Maryland

worth the soggy feet? absolutely

"In the Shadows"
A red-breasted nuthatch deep in a conifer tree in Fort Collins, Colorado.
#Birds #Birding #ColoradoPhotography #ColoradoPhotographer #ColoradoBirding #birder

Happy Superb Owl & Silent Sunday for those who celebrate! 2/2

Here's my photo: Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) at nest, Cape Coral, FL, USA ©Carl R. Englander

#SuperbOwl #SilentSunday #Throwback #BelieveInFilm #NaturePhotography #Photography #PhotographersOfMastodon #Photo #Photographer #Color #Wild #Outdoors #Nature #Naturalist #Conservation #Biodiversity #Environment #Ecosystem #Ecology #Bird #Birds #Birding #Birder #Birdwatcher #Birdwatching #Owl #Art #Mastoart

My color photo of a Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) at nest, Cape Coral, FL, USA ©Carl R. Englander

Happy Superb Owl & Silent Sunday for those who celebrate! 1/2

My photo: Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa) on a burned tree trunk, Yellowstone #NationalPark, WY, USA. ©Carl R. Englander

#SuperbOwl #SilentSunday #PhotographersOfMastodon #NaturePhotography #Photography #Photo #Photographer #Color #BelieveInFilm #Wild #Outdoors #Nature #Naturalist #Conservation #Biodiversity #Environment #Ecosystem #Ecology #Throwback #Art #Mastoart #Bird #Birds #Owl #Birding #Birder #Birdwatcher #Birdwatching

My color photo of a Great Gray Owl perched on a burned tree trunk, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. ©Carl R. Englander

Happy Superb Owl Sunday

to those that celebrate
🦉🦉🦉

#SuperbOwl #superb_owl #birder #BirdsOfMastodon

a short-eared owl flying at dusk with a white tree in the background, orange eyes looking almost towards the camera

konterra, MD - early January 2026

A White-Faced Heron ar the Estuary this morning.
#birder #birdwatch #BirdsOfFediverse

#birder #winter #birdfeeders

"Above the Park"
A bald eagle soaring over City Park in Fort Collins, Colorado, on a recent afternoon.
#Colorado #ColoradoPhotography #ColoradoPhotographer #ColoradoBirding #Birding #birder #wildlife

have some short-eared owls 🦉

these were seen today near dusk, flying around Konterra - Maryland.

#BirdsOfMastodon
#owls
#birder

a short-eared owl flies left to right in front of a pale tree

the white face indicates a male. the owl has mostly white underwings and a white ring around the head, with black wingtips and orange eyes with black around them.

I don't often use a tripod but I was thankful for it as light faded

short eared gliding in front of some road signs

short eared is illuminated against a dark background, banking to it's left and approaching the camera, looking to it's left

short-eared owl perched behind a pile of rubble

with the tripod as light faded I was able to capture this at 1/30 shutter at 850mm

first birds of 2026 - a house finch and a carolina chickadee - I'll take it

#birder
#BirdsOfMastodon

a male house finch (red head and breast) on a hopper-style feeder which we have kept well stocked. It has been cold.

a chickadee is leaving with a giant snack in it's beak

“Judgement”
An American robin gives me a judgmental look in northern Colorado.
#Colorado #ColoradoPhotography #coloradobirding #birder

Me kissing a feral pigeon because I can. 💅
#pigeon #feralpigeon #columbalivia #birds #birder

well acktually this is a red-bellied reindeer

#MashupChristmasAnything
#12DaysOfChristmas
#HashtagGames
#birder

Here's a remarkably chill red-shouldered hawk from today in MoCo - Maryland

#BirdsOfMastodon #hawk #birder #birbs #maryland #photography

a side-lit red-shouldered hawk looking at he camera from a branch

one eye appears red, one appears black

a large red-shouldered hawk perched on a branch, side-lit

breast is rufous and white flecked

Here's a cackling goose from today in Montgomery County, MD.

#BirdsOfMastodon #birb #birder #goose #CacklingGoose #bird #maryland #photography

the smaller cackling goose in a vertically composed shot with larger canada geese surrounding

shown here alongside the larger (and far more common) canada goose.

When birders see hundreds of canada geese, they often look for "a smaller one, with a shorter bill" - and it's actually now considered a different species.

Lucky to see one today in a group of about 100

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