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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 25/05/2026

When I saw today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #BirdOnAWire, I immediately thought of this photo. Upon further inspection, I now see it's a bird on a branch that grew through a wire. At least it still fits the alt theme of #T! #TuftedTitmouse #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon

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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 16/05/2026

Despite it being low tide, these #EiderDucks were contending with some rough rough surf near the shore of southern #Maine last August as they are gently lit by the glow of #morning sunlight shortly after dawn. #BirdOfTheDay #BlueSkyArtShow #birds #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon

Three eider ducks sit on the rocks near the shore at low tide shortly after dawn. They are looking toward the left of the frame mostly in silhouette with their chests lit up in a warm glow of the low-angle morning sun. The surf behind the rocks is rough and splashes up, threatening to submerge the rock they sit on.

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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 09/05/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #EFGH, birds who have any of these letters at the beginning of their name. Here's the #RedTailedHawk who was in the tree above the local groundhog's burrow. (No groundhogs were harmed in the making of this image!) #bird #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon

A Red Tailed Hawk sits on a tree branch amongst many other branches. It's body faces forward as its face is angled toward the front right of the frame. There is sparse new spring vegetation emerging on the tree and the sky in the background is a clear blue.

A Red Tailed Hawk has just taken flight from the tree branch it was perched on. It is flying directly toward the viewer with its wings spread wide and eyes staring straight ahead. There is sparse new spring vegetation emerging on the tree and the sky in the background is a clear blue.

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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 21/04/2026

#BirdOfTheDay is #Petals&Perches, any bird with flowers in the capture. The flowers here went to seed in autumn & don't have new growth yet. I've been waiting for a shot like this for a long time to no avail, and the birds were finally bopping around the cattails yesterday! #bird #nature #wildlife

A female Red Winged Blackbird n early spring.sits perched on top of of a cattail that had gone to seed in the previous season. Her body is angled toward the right of the frame as she glances over her shoulder toward the left.

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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 20/04/2026

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #ComeEatWithMe, birds who have food in their beaks, here's a #HouseFinch enjoying a freshly plucked seed pod from a radish plant. #birds #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon

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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 17/04/2026

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #FeederFriends birds you might see at your feeder. They do not have to be on a feeder. Here's a #Nuthatch doing it's nuthatch-y thing. #birds #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon

A White-Breasted Nuthatch perches on the side of a tree trunk, facing toward the left of the frame. It's feet are gripped onto the bark of the trunk while it arches its chest away from the tree. The trunk is covered in moss at the bottom where an early-morning sunbeam is hitting it.

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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 12/04/2026

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #LongNecks, here is a #Heron I saw last weekend, with its neck extended up as high as it could reach, to lean in and preen its chest feathers. #birds #nature #wildlife #photography #NIkon

A heron stands on a felled log in a lake with scruffy vegetation in the background. The sun is coming in at a low angle from the right of the frame. The heron is near the left of the log with its body angled toward the right. It has it's neck extended up and its head and bill are slightly angled downward in the moment before it leans it in preen its chest feathers. The chest feathers are splayed out in all directions.

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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 02/04/2026

The #BirdOfTheDay theme of #LargeBirdsInFlight is very timely. Yesterday evening I was outside with the cat when 3 large birds of prey started circling directly overhead looking for dinner. Thankfully they weren't too interested in what they saw below! #birds #nature #wildlife #nikon #photography

A hawk glides through the air against an overcast sky, it's wings spread out wide, tail pointed toward the top left of the frame and beak toward the bottom right.

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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 21/03/2026

I'm doing a #SkunkySaturday for something different today. These two #skunks were from a family that was living near my house in 2024. They usually emerged around dusk to forage, and thankfully they didn't notice me open the window poke the camera out! #mammals #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon

A pair of skunks with large white stripes on their backs emerge from behind some green and yellow vegetation on the left of the frame, with their noses to the ground as they forage for food. They are near the center of the frame, with their noses nearing the right edge of the frame.

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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 15/03/2026

I don't normally photograph birds at #Feeders, but there were a few days in 2024 when I had fun watching the #birds squabble over an extra nice seed mix with nuts and dried fruit. I've shared one before; here are several more from the set. #BirdOfTheDay #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon

A green bird feeder sits on a pole in front of green tree branches in spring. There are three sparrows and one mourning dove at the feeder. The dove is sitting on the tray attempting to eat, while two of the sparrows are to its right side trying to shove it out of the way. One of the birds has its wings spread as it trys to land where the dove it sitting. The third sparrow is sitting on the roof of the feeder facing toward the left of the frame.

A male Northern Cardinal and a Rose Breasted Grosbeak are flapping their wings in front of a green bird feeder, trying to get the other to move. The cardinal is on the left side of the feeder tray facing right with its wings spread behind it and opening its beak to yell at the Grosbeak. The Grosbeak is on the right side of the feeder with its wings spread forward as it comes in for a landing, looking straight ahead toward the viewer.

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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 14/03/2026

A throwback (and look ahead) to warmer days. A Swallowtail Butterfly #Caterpillar crawls along a parsley leaf. #Horizontal #BlueSkyArtShow #insect #nature #wildlife #photography #macro #Nikon

A close-up image of a Swallowtail Butterfly Caterpillar on a parsley leaf. The caterpillar is crawling horizontally along the bottom of the leaf near the bottom of the frame, facing toward the right, and the part of the leaf immediately in front of its face has been eaten away. The rest of the leaf is above the caterpillar, providing shade from the sun.

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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 14/03/2026

Four floofed up #MourningDoves high in the bare branches on a #GreyDay, for today's #BirdOfTheDay. I took this photo mostly because I couldn't tell what was staring down at me, but I kind of like their varying expressions and stances. #birds #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon

Bare branches in winter are high above against an overcast sky. There are four Mourning Doves sitting among the branches, with their faint pink and blueish-grey coloring contrasted with the greenish moss growing on the branches.

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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 07/03/2026

Following an extremely unsuccessful venture out with my camera this morning during which I saw one distant squirrel and heard a single distant crow without any other animals to be found, here is a #Heron #StandingInWater from January for #BirdOfTheDay. #birds #nature #wildlife #photography #nikon

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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 01/03/2026

It's been a long time since I've posted something other than birds. The #chipmunks have started to emerge from their burrows, and athough it's still cold and snowy here, these periodic signs keep me hopeful that #spring is just around the corner. #mammals #nature #wildlife #photography #nikon

A stone retaining wall is in the background of the right and center of the photo, with a pile of snow covering the right side and mid-foreground. There is a chipmunk in between the snow pile and wall near the center-right of the frame beginning to emerge from behind the snow. The chipmunk is facing toward the front-left of the frame as it takes in its surroundings.

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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 25/02/2026

A #MourningDove #Borb, fluffing its feathers in this morning's round of snow. I don't know how the birds are feeling, but I'm ready for spring! #BirdOfTheDay #bird #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon

A Mourning Dove sits on a wire with its feathers fluffed on a chilly winter's day, with light snow falling against the dull winter background. It's body is facing toward the right of the frame and its head is angled toward the left and it glances at the viewer.

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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 19/02/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BranchBirds, any bird on a branch, the Alt theme is #Robins, any Robin will do. It's hard to resist hitting both themes at once: An #AmericanRobin who was still here in late autumn on a chilly, overcast morning. #birds #nature #wildlife #photography #NIkon

An American Robin sits on the thin branch of a tree in the center-left of the frame, with an abundance of berries up and down the branch. An overcast sky provides the backdrop, and the bird stands proudly on the little branch, facing toward the right of the frame.

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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 09/02/2026

A later-in-the-day post from me this evening. A #Plover having a nice #StareDown with the camera, for today's #BirdOfTheDay. #birds #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon

A Semipalmated Plover stands on the sand looking straight ahead at the viewer, it's legs in a wide stance. It is on the wet sand of the beach with gentle ocean surf coming in immediately behind it.

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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 08/02/2026

A snowy day female #Cardinal giving the camera the slightest bit of side eye. I think she has just enough #Red in her wing to qualify for today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme. #bird #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon

A female cardinal sits perched on a tree branch toward the right of the frame. Her body is facing toward the left, but her head if very slightly glancing at the viewer. The sky behind is grey with snow clouds, and piles of snow are on the branches under her perch.

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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 05/02/2026

A #DarkEyedJunco takes off from the freshly fallen snow after Winter Storm Fern with a black sunflower seed in its beak, for today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme of #BlackAndWhite.

A Dark Eyed Junco is lifting off from newly fallen snow with black sunflower seeds scattered around on the ground. It's feet are still in the snow, but its wings are lifted and it's about to lift off with a seed in its beak, moving from the left toward the right of the frame.

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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 02/02/2026

A large murder of #crows flocked into my neighborhood a few days ago. They hung around for a while, but then this one was one of the last to leave after the rest had flown off. This is the moment of takeoff, with #OpenWings. #BirdOfTheDay #bird #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon

There are bare tree branches at the top of a tree entering the frame from the left and stopping around the center-right of the frame. A crow is just above the right-most branches with its wings spread wide and beak angled slightly down toward the right, as it takes flight from the tree.

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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 01/02/2026

A contemplative gull wading through the shallow ocean surf, for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #GullsInWater.

A gull wades in the shallow water of the incoming ocean surf. It is walking straight ahead toward the viewer, with its face slightly turned down toward the water as though contemplating life.

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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 29/01/2026

A #HouseFinch - a common #GardenBird - pretending not to make #EyeContact with the camera, hitting both themes for #BirdOfTheDay. Longing for warmer days to return soon - seems a long way off with single-digit and colder Fahrenheit temperatures outside! #birds #nature #wildlife #photography #nikon

A house finch with red coloring sits on a telephone wire again the background of green leafed trees in late spring. It is giving side-eye to the viewer with its head slightly angled toward the front right edge of the frame.

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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 23/01/2026

Yesterday was great - I saw @amivitale.bsky.social of @vitalimpacts.bsky.social speak live, hosted by @octetcollaborative.bsky.social. Then watched an online talk by @rosemarymosco.com, hosted by GreenMountainAudubon.org. A much needed, refreshing change from the usual noise of the world.

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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 20/01/2026

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #FeedingTime, here's more of the #Eagle I shared last week eating the fish it caught. It perched up in a tree and a crow followed close behind, demanding to share. 2nd image is of the eagle telling it to scram. #bird #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon

An eagle sits perched on a tree branch in the center-left of the frame, bending down toward a large fish it's holding in its talons to take a bite. The branch goes up diagonally from the bottom left toward the center right of the frame. A crow is sitting on the higher portion of the branch facing the eagle with its beak open as it caws to ask for some fish.

An eagle sits perched on a tree branch in the center-left of the frame holding a fish in its talons. The branch goes up diagonally from the bottom left toward the center right of the frame. A crow is sitting on the higher portion of the branch facing the eagle hoping to share the fish. The eagle is glancing over its left shoulder up toward the crow, lifting its left wing to tell the crow to go away

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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 18/01/2026

An adult Canada Goose walking along a paved path with a younger Canada Goose who's still growing into its adult feathers. #BirdOfTheDay #TwoOfAKind #urban #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #bird

An adult Canada Goose walks down a paved path in an urban environment with a juvenile Canada Goose along side. They are both facing toward the left of the frame with their faces bent down as they peck at the grass near the path.

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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 12/01/2026

2 days ago I calibrated my lens to fix a back focusing issue, and yesterday I field tested the change. The adjustment was successful, and I was rewarded with a fly-by of an #eagle that had just gone fishing, in time for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #BirdsInFlight. #bird #wildlife #nature #Nikon

An eagle on the right side of the frame is lifting up just above the water of a lake with a large fish in its talons. Its wings are lifted above its body as it starts to glide toward the left of the frame.

An eagle is gliding through the air in front of a backdrop of reddish bare winter trees and golden-brown dead marsh grasses. Its wings are lifted high above its head as it glides from the center right toward the left of the frame and it'd holding a large fish in its talons.

An eagle is in the center left of the frame, facing toward the left. It's flying up toward a tree branch with a large fish in its talons. Its back and wings are arched forward, tail feathers pointed downward and legs lifted slightly up and forwards as it comes into a landing position.

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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 11/01/2026

Here's a photo that probably shouldn't work because the #bird is so far away (maybe best viewed on a larger screen), but I really like the way the feathers of the #CedarWaxwing stand out against the blue of the sky. Any bird in its #Natural environment, for the #BirdOfTheDay #wildlife #nikon

A Black Locust tree fills the majority of the frame, its bright green leaves standing out against a clear blue sky. There is a gap in the branches in the middle-top of the tree where a Cedar Waxwing sits perched, the yellow of its feathers standing out against the blue sky.

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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 07/01/2026

I know I've shared at least one of these images before, but the sequence fits nicely with todays #BirdOfTheDay theme of #FoodFinds. A gull circles the rocks and eventually lands with a crab in its bill. #bird #nature #wildlife #photography #NIkon

A gull in midair flying toward the left of the frame with its left wing arched above its head and right wing below its body. The viewer can clearly see a crab in the gull's beak, which it is carrying by its leg toward a large rock, where it plans to eat its breakfast.

The rocks at the seaside are covered in moss, with one gull standing toward the left and another gull coming in for a landing on the right. The gull that is landing has its wings spread upwards, with its head slightly bowed down with a crab in its bill.

Two gulls stand on the rocks at the seaside. The gull on the left is facing toward the right with its bill bowed down into its chest feathers. The gull on the right is facing toward the left and is holding a crab in its bill, about to place it on the rocks, appearing as though its making an offering to the other gull.

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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 03/01/2026

The #BirdsOfPrey that I #CaughtInMotion yesterday were perfectly timed for today's two #BirdOfTheDay themes. The second and third shots were aren't exactly facing the camera but show off the wing details nicely, which I like. #eagle #birds #nature #wildlife #photography #nature

A bald eagle flying against a light blue sky, gliding toward the front left of the frame with its wings in a downward position.

A bald eagle flying against the bluish-grey clouds in the sky, gliding toward the left of the frame with its wings in an upward position.

A bald eagle flying against the bluish-grey clouds in the sky, gliding toward the left of the frame with its wings in a downward position in such a way that its face is hidden.

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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 30/12/2025

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is an #EasternKingbird in near silhouette against an overcast sky, #BranchingOut above a lake where it hopes to find its breakfast. The leafless (dead?) branch makes this look seasonal, but it was actually taken in July. #birds #nature #wildlife #photography #nikon

An Eastern Kingbird sits on a branch in silhouette against an overcast sky, looking down toward the water (not pictured), where it's hoping to find breakfast.

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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 23/12/2025

A #heron standing by the vegetation in the center of a lake just after dawn, contemplating where to find breakfast, for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #SideProfiles. #birds #nature #wildlife #photography #nikon

A heron stands at the edge of some tall vegetation on the left of the frame looking toward the right. It's in the center of a lake shortly after dawn as it considers hunting for breakfast. There are geese on the water in the background of the photo drifting in the water facing toward the left of the frame.

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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 14/12/2025

#Egrets passing time in the salt marsh at the #Scarborough end of the #EasternTrail in #Maine, as seen in August 2024. One observed hanging out with its #Ibis pal. #birds #BirdOfTheDay ##HeronsandEgrets #wildlife #nature #photography #nikon

A white egret skulks through a salt marsh, moving from the right to left of the frame. The bird is crouched down in the grass and has its beak open as it looks for a meal.

An ibis and white egret stand in a salt marsh glancing at each other. The ibis is on the left of the frame facing toward the egret on the right, while the egret stands on the right of the frame and looks toward the ibis on the right.

Two white egrets in a salt marsh near the center of the frame. The egret toward the center-right is sitting in the grasses of the salt march with its head held high. The other egret is flying in from the left, and is about to land near the sitting egret.

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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 02/12/2025

For #TalonTuesday, here's the #RedTailedHawk I caught eyeing up my backyard bird feeder the other day. Thankfully it flew off without making an attempt on my local songbirds. #birds #nature #wildlife #photography #nikon

A red tailed hawk sits on a tree branch in a wooded area. Her body is angled toward the front right of the frame while her head is glancing toward the front left.

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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 27/11/2025

I haven't posted much recently due to other projects that must be finished by the end of the year. I finally had time to get out shooting yesterday so hopefully I'll be able to share more soon. Here's a #BlackCappedChickadee enjoying a seed pod on a tree. #birds #nature #wildlife #photography #nikon

A Black Capped Chickadee sits on a thing branch, pecking at a red seed pod, against an overcast white sky.

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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 09/11/2025

I see that today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #StandingOnThings except the floor, with an alternate theme of #Gulls. I figure, why not both? A gull standing on a fence. #birds #nature #wildlife #photography #nikon

A white and grey gull sits on top of a white fence in front of a lake looking out toward the left of the frame.

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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 02/11/2025

A swan gently drifts on the water toward the autumn colors in the gentle glow of morning sunlight. #SundayYellow #birds #nature #wildlife #photography #nikon

A swan rests on the water below tree branches that are changing with autumn colors. The swan is on the left of the frame moving toward the right with its head leaning to its left side and its cheek resting on its neck. The morning sun is at a low angle and illuminates the yellow-orange of the leaves and the front of the swam.

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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 01/11/2025

Two female red-winged blackbirds perched at the top of a bare tree shortly after sunrise. #BlueSkyArtShow #Autumn #birds #wildlife #nature #photography #nikon

Two female Red-Winged Blackbirds sit at the top of a bare tree in autum, lookin out toward the left back of the frame. The background is somewhat dark with speckled autumn colors that complement the low-angle and warmth of the morning sun hitting the left side of the birds.

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Bosco Images Wildlife Photography @boscoimages.com · 01/11/2025

My first contribution to today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Autumn is a repost of my very first BlueSky post from just under a year ago. #mammals #nature #wildlife #squirrel #photography #nikon

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