#delightoverdarkness — Public Fediverse posts
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Sweet sighting. Northern Cardinals are an everyday occurrence for us in our backyard as well as all local birding areas. But several days ago @CTGT and I had the joy of seeing our first ever cardinal fledgling, sitting in a tangle of bare, thorny branches near the ground, calling for its parents.
#birds #birding #fledglings #BabyBirds #summer #creationstruck #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #DelightOverDarkness
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A rainbow of birds to celebrate this last day of #PrideMonth and remind us that inclusion, equality, compassion, and kindness matter every single day.
#LoveIsLove #MarriageEquality #rainbow #iridescent #birds #birding #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #creationstruck #DelightOverDarkness
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Looking forward to this year’s profusion of flowers. The cooler than normal temperatures in May have slightly delayed our blooms.
#FridayFlashback #bloomscrolling #hydrangeas #flora #flowers #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #DelightOverDarkness
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Standing on its own. A fledgling American Oystercatcher stands on one leg on a pale, sandy beach. Its long bill is just starting to show the orange shade that is one of the species defining characteristics.
#birds #birding #BabyBirds #ShoreBirds #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #creationstruck #DelightOverDarkness
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Let’s #BeeKind and focus on choosing compassion and community this #WildflowerWednesday.
#bloomscrolling #flora #flowers #bees #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #PartialToPink #DelightOverDarkness
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“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix
#SilentSunday #sunset #clouds #beach #GoneToCarolinaInMyMind #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #DelightOverDarkness #hope #peace
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A bit of marsh #bloomscrolling with a #fae world vibe for the last day of #MarshMadness.
#March #flora #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #DelightOverDarkness
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Gorgeously graphic and vividly pink-legged, Black-necked Stilts are one of my favorite bird species. This female was foraging in a shallow marsh while her mate took his turn sitting on the nest.
#SilentSunday #birds #birding #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #creationstruck #PartialToPink #BombayHook #DelightOverDarkness
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𝘍𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘯
𝘌𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵
𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴#VernalEquinox #spring #equinox #lightstruck #silhouette #MarshMadness #teasel #haiku #bloomscrolling #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #DelightOverDarkness
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A handful of adult and juvenile Eastern Kingbirds entertained us at Blackwater NWR last year, singing and flitting back and forth between the trees along the road between marsh ponds. We finally got a shot of these two against a gorgeous blue sky.
#MarshMadness #BlueSkies #birds #birding #birdsong #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #DelightOverDarkness
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Saturday is going swimmingly well so far.
#MarshMadness #birds #birding #ducklings #BabyBirds #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #DelightOverDarkness
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A glossy Red-winged Blackbird shows off his dapper epaulets.
#MarshMadness #BombayHook #birds #birding #blackbirds #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #DelightOverDarkness
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Flight practice underway. Watching this duckling flap its tiny wings is one of my favorite late spring birding memories.
#MarshMadness #birds #birding #ducklings #BabyBirds #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #DelightOverDarkness
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Mondays frequently feel like just hanging on kind of days.
#MarshMadness #birds #birding #FemaleBirds #blackbirds #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #DelightOverDarkness
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“And, wheresoe’er we went, like Juno’s swans / Still we went coupled and inseparable.” - William Shakespeare, As You Like It
#SilentSunday #ShakespeareSunday #MarshMadness #birds #birding #BabyBirds #wildlife #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #DelightOverDarkness
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Few things are cuter than a scampering Piping Plover chick on a sandy footpath.
#FootpathFriday #birds #birding #BabyBirds #nature #NaturePhotography #creationstruck #SolaceInNature #DelightOverDarkness
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Missing this lovely winter visitor who was at our feeders almost every day from December 26th through February 11th. Hope it has found a cozy, warmer spot to ride out the season.
#birds #birding #BackyardBirds #warblers #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #DelightOverDarkness #creationstruck #SimpleThings #QuietJoys
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Three years ago I turned a corner on a hiking path and was utterly delighted to see this groundhog standing on its back legs. We quietly startled each other then went our separate ways.
#FootpathFriday #groundhog #wildlife #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #DelightOverDarkness
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A Marsh Wren sings while riding the reeds.
#wrensday #birds #birding #birdsong #NaturePhotography #nature #wildlife #SolaceInNature #DelightOverDarkness #TheWorldIsStillBeautiful
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Birding opportunities are currently thin on the frozen snow and sleet ground, so @CTGT and I were quite excited to add this Lapland Larkspur to our lifer list last weekend. This non-breeding adult was hanging out with a Horned Lark that had a broken beak and a Dark-eyed Junco.
#birds #birding #lifer #winter #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #creationstruck #DelightOverDarkness
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“That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.” ~ William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
#SilentSunday #ShakespeareSunday #February #bloomscrolling #rose #PartialToPink #pink #creationstruck #nature #SolaceInNature #DelightOverDarkness
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Dreaming of the sound of waves lapping the shore, the cries of gulls and terns, and the sun’s golden warmth bathing my face on this bitterly cold #FootpathFriday.
#nature #SolaceInNature #DelightOverDarkness #beach #GoneToCarolinaInMyMind
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Winter has arrived with a vengeance. Thankfully, we don’t get a lot of snow and sleet (eleven-and-a-half inches now) or many morning lows in the single digits in Maryland (9 degrees currently), so I’m choosing #DelightOverDarkness and focusing on winter’s beauty.
#winter #snow #birds #birding #BackyardBirds #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature
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A Carolina Wren duo enjoy a hot pepper date.
#Wrensday #CarolinaWren #birds #birding #wildlife #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #DelightOverDarkness
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“Trouble is in the land; confusion all around … But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars.” ~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
#MLKDay #hope #SocialJustice #lightstruck #birds #birding #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #DelightOverDarkness
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”The air bites shrewdly; it is very cold.” ~ William Shakespeare, Hamlet
#SilentSunday #ShakespeareSunday #winter #snow #birds #birding #doves #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #DelightOverDarkness #TheWorldIsStillBeautiful
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Happy #NationalBirdDay!
This Black-necked Stilt, a mother-to-be enjoying some quiet foraging time while her mate took his turn on their nest, was my favorite lifer sighting last year.
This year’s first fave lifer sighting candidate - a Western Kingbird quite far away from its home - delighted us on just the second day of the year. A quick sighting from the back on a cold, cloud-covered day made for less than ideal pictures, but you can see a bit of its distinguishing lemon yellow belly if you zoom in.
#birds #birding #BirdPhotography #nature #NaturePhotography #creationstruck #QuietJoys #SolaceInNature #DelightOverDarkness
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From disappointment to delight: If our extended family Christmas gathering hadn’t been postponed by wintry weather, we wouldn’t have been home to see this pretty little late-to-migrate Orange-crowned Warbler at our backyard feeders the last two days.
#birds #birding #BirdsOfMastodon #warblers #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #DelightOverDarkness #SimpleThings #QuietJoys
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“Peace I leave with you. Peace I give to you: Peace. Peace. Shalom.” ~ Dan Forrest, Shalom
#Advent #SecondSundayOfAdvent #peace #shalom #Christmas #birds #clouds #lightstruck #SolaceInNature #DelightOverDarkness #SilentSunday
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“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” ~ Maya Angelou
#SilentSunday #butterflies #insects #summer #transformation #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #SimpleThings #QuietJoys #DelightOverDarkness
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Dogwood in the shade. Cooling tree canopies and blooms complement the #QuietJoys of birding.
#SilentSunday #bloomscrolling #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #DelightOverDarkness
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Chasing away the winter chill with thoughts of past summer days … and memories of a sun-warmed beach walk listening to the cries of gulls and terns, and watching willets forage at the water’s edge.
#birds #birding #QuietJoys #NaturePhotography #GoneToCarolinaInMyMind #SolaceInNature #DelightOverDarkness
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Chasing away the gray winter with thoughts of past summer days … and the richly hued beauty of an Eastern Bluebird (June 2021).
#SilentSunday #birds #birding #QuietJoys #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #DelightOverDarkness
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Chasing away the winter chill with thoughts of past summer days … this Roseate Spoonbill is one of my favorite lifers (August 2022).
#birds #birding #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #summer #AirlieGardens #GoneToCarolinaInMyMind #wildlife #nature #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #PartialToPink #QuietJoys #DelightOverDarkness
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Chasing away the winter chill with thoughts of past summer days … a black swallowtail butterfly gathers pollen from a sunflower.
#SilentSunday #butterflies #bloomscrolling #flowers #flora #FlowerPhotography #sunflowers #summer #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #QuietJoys #SimpleThings #DelightOverDarkness
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Chasing away the winter chill with thoughts of past summer days … a high stepping American Oystercatcher chick.
#birds #birding #lifer #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #summer #CapeMay #beach #ShoreBirds #wildlife #WildlifePhotography #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #QuietJoys #DelightOverDarkness
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Chasing away the winter chill with thoughts of past summer days … the beauty and feeling of freedom of an Osprey soaring in an August-blue sky.
#birds #birding #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #osprey #summer #MasonvilleCove #wildlife #WildlifePhotography #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #QuietJoys #hope #freedom #DelightOverDarkness
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“True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.” ~ Martin’s Luther King, Jr.
#MLK #SocialJustice #DelightOverDarkness #lightstruck #QuietJoys #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature
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“I say there is no darkness but ignorance.” ~ William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
#SilentSunday #ShakespeareSunday
#lightstruck #sunset #DelightOverDarkness #reflections #silhouette #hope #democracy #SimpleThings #QuietJoys #birds #birding #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdPhotography #wildlife #WildlifePhotography #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature -
Chasing away the winter chill with thoughts of past summer days … downy mallard chicks. (Edit to correct #.)
#birds #birding #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #ducks #summer #CapeMay #wildlife #WildlifePhotography #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #QuietJoys #DelightOverDarkness
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Chasing away the winter chill with thoughts of past summer days … a Mute Swan in repose amongst the sea marsh reeds. (Edit to correct #.)
#birds #birding #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #swans #summer #CapeMay #wildlife #WildlifePhotography #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #QuietJoys #DelightOverDarkness