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@james.adney.land.ap.brid.gy

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I enjoy nature and thinking too much. I mostly post pictures of pretty things. Usually somewhere in Oregon. he/him 🌉 bridged from ⁂ adney.land/@james, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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James @james.adney.land.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

#birds #nature #photography

Small gray bird with a yellow face and a mouthful of white fluff, sitting puffed out among a tangle small, thorny branches.

James @james.adney.land.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

#SilentSunday #butterflies #nature

A thin branch with a short twig sporting thin green spiky projections tipped with dark purple. A reddish brown butterfly is on the twig, viewed from underneath.

James @james.adney.land.ap.brid.gy · 03/05/2026

#SilentSunday #birds #nature

A hummingbird sitting on a lichen-y nest at the fork of small branches, viewed from below. Its head and tail poke out at angles. Behind are many large-lobed horse chestnut leaves with some partially lit by the sun.

James @james.adney.land.ap.brid.gy · 27/04/2026

#SilentSunday #spring #pnw #trees #nature #photography

Sparse vine maple tree in the dappled sunlight of the forest understory. Fresh, bright green leaves are emerging, still pointed downward like hands with fingers somewhat pinched together.

James @james.adney.land.ap.brid.gy · 16/04/2026

My guide to Mastodon! Simple stuff, but not necessarily obvious (to me at least). - Follow with reckless abandon! Follow lots of hashtags. Fill your feed! - Make a list with folks you especially enjoy Then prune: - Mute with reckless abandon! - Block assholes - Filter phrases and hashtags […]

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James @james.adney.land.ap.brid.gy · 29/03/2026

#spring #flowers #photography

Photo of a white flower, through a gap in a blurry chain-link fence, among weeds.

James @james.adney.land.ap.brid.gy · 09/03/2026

I have to show off this absolutely unreal quetzal I had the pleasure of seeing in person. Otherwise I don't know if I could have been convinced that it wasn't stuffed animal. #nature #photography #birds #quetzals #CostaRica

Bright green bird with rich shiny red chest sitting on a mossy branch. Its head, with thin golden-yellow feathers sticking up vertically and oversized black marble-like eyes, is tilted down making it look shy or bashful.

Some of its bright green wing feathers are seemingly pointed the wrong direction, curves forward over its chest.

Bright green bird with an exceptionally long, iridescent, tail feather that is green to blue as it curves, sitting on a mossy branch looking back over its shoulder toward the camera.

James @james.adney.land.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026

#birds #photography #nature

Close-up photo of the head of a brightly colored bird. Its feathers have a rim of light green-yellow to white with black in the middle.

It's called a speckled tanager in English, and it looks bright green and speckled indeed in person.

James @james.adney.land.ap.brid.gy · 02/12/2025

Small to tiny friends from this weekend on the coast. A little blob of goo in a tidepool was actually a beautiful nudibranch! Then the little sparrow-sized blob in a tree turned out to be cute pygmy owl. #pnw #nature #photography #wildlife #owls #tidepools #nudibranchs

Photo of a tiny semi-translucent sea slug with two long orange/red horns or spikes that kind of look like ears and an arc of smaller spikes of the same color near its rear. The top of its body also has numerous short spikes with little yellow balls that look like tiny lights. It's crawling up a barnacle which looks like a volcanic butte at scale with some closed-up anemones in the background.

Photo of a very cute, small, pygmy owl with a mostly brown head, brown wings, and a white breast with dark streaks. It's standing on a small branch looking at an angle past viewer. It has yellow eyes with large black pupils and a narrow yellow beak.

James @james.adney.land.ap.brid.gy · 31/10/2025

Had the pleasure of watching these dorks storing up acorns and going after bugs a few weeks ago. #birds #wildlife #nature

Black woodpecker with red on the top of its head and white on it's face, sitting at the end of a large broken-off branch riddled with holes, many filled with an acorn.

Another acorn woodpecker sitting on a tree trunk full of acorns.

Acorn woodpecker in midair with black tail, wingtips, beak, and "collar", otherwise mostly white. View from underneath with wings open as it is stretching for a bug above it.

Acorn woodpecker sticking it's head and some of its body out of a hole in a tree trunk.

James @james.adney.land.ap.brid.gy · 30/10/2025

#autumn #nature #photography #oregon

A few backlit oak leaves with various shades of orange, green, and brown. The one in focus is orange-ish with a couple clear chunks with visible veins.

Dried seed clusters of an ocean spray bush, lit by the evening sun, with blurry greenish-orange of leaves in the background.

Macro photo of a cluster small, dry flowers with many long off-white pedals coming out radially from small centers.

Clusters if bright red-orange fruits surrounded by large green leaves on smooth tan branches.

James @james.adney.land.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2025

A few critters seen during recent adventures. #wildlife #photography #nature

Photo of a blue jay, sitting on a rail, taken between two vertical boards in the foreground. Its white chest feathers are puffed out and its head is turned to the side with its beak open making a call.

Close-up photo of a tiny butterfly, from the side, on a pale yellow flower. It's a small marine blue: with its wings folded up it is largely white with brown-ish orange and black spots.

Side photo of a small kit fox, a little blurry, in the distance. It's on a large rock face which is slightly slanted. There are a couple bushes in the foreground and some large boulders beyond the fox.

Photo of a light gray scrub jay, looking a little scruffy, turned to look at the photographer. It's perched on one of a number of bare branches in the frame. Reddish rock cliffs are in the background underneath a clear blue sky.

James @james.adney.land.ap.brid.gy · 23/05/2025

Rediscovered these photos from a couple years ago. I can only assume this is very attractive behavior to a towhee. #birds #nature #wildlife

A couple gray birds with yellow-green wings on a rock, next to a dead stump, with heads tipped up. One has a bundle of twigs or dry grass in its mouth sticking out at angles.

A couple gray birds with yellow-green wings on a rock, next to a dead stump, with heads tipped up. One is turned away from us toward the other, showing its yellowish back and rufous “crown”.

A gray bird with yellow-green wings, on the grassy ground, with head and tail tipped up. Proudly showing off its beak full of twigs.

The little white-gray towhee looks suspended above a rock, wings out, red toupee sticking up, tail pointed straight down.

James @james.adney.land.ap.brid.gy · 05/05/2025

A single flower with 5 large petals on a green stem with a few large 3-lobed leaves. It’s in shade with subtle, dappled sunlight and blurry green foliage and light flowers in the background.

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James @james.adney.land.ap.brid.gy · 21/04/2025

Perfect evening on the Columbia Gorge last week. #pnw #MountainMonday #nature

Photo looking down at the Columbia River Gorge at sunset. Blue skies with various clouds above a yellowy horizon punctuated by distant Mount Adams (aka Pahto, Klickitat).

Some greenery and bright yellow balsam root flowers are catching the last rays of sunlight in the foreground with a couple dark, scraggly dead trees.

James @james.adney.land.ap.brid.gy · 16/04/2025

#BloomScrolling #nature #photography

Looking up at pink dogwood blossoms against a deep blue sky, with sunlight illuminating some of them.

James @james.adney.land.ap.brid.gy · 11/04/2025

Flowers embracing the sun before the weather turned this afternoon. #bloomscrolling #flowers #photography

Small pink dogwood flowers from underneath with the sub shining through them, blue skies behind them, tiny backlit green leaves emerging, and blurry conifers in the background.

James @james.adney.land.ap.brid.gy · 07/04/2025

#bloomscrolling #flowers #nature #photography

White lily blossom lit by the evening sun, surrounded by mostly out of focus green leaves.

James @james.adney.land.ap.brid.gy · 25/03/2025

Spring! #spring #flowers #BloomScrolling #magnolia #CherryBlossoms #photography

Some spaced-out, large, white and pink magnolia blossoms with a number of dark blurry trunks and branches behind.

Dense light to bright pink magnolia blossoms, against a little blue sky, illuminated by some evening sunlight.

Side view of numerous pink magnolia blossoms in dark evening light.

A cluster of light pink cherry blossoms with blurry pink blossoms and a blurry trunk in the background.

James @james.adney.land.ap.brid.gy · 07/03/2025

Last night’s view. #oregon #coast #sunset #photography #nature

Looking down along a coastline at dusk. There are large rock formations close to shore and you can make out the dark shapes of conifer forest. Light patchy clouds against blue sky with a tiny half-moon that is just visible behind thin whisps.

James @james.adney.land.ap.brid.gy · 07/03/2025

#wildlife #photography #elk #oregon #sunset

An elk shaking off as it emerges from a stream. A couple more elk stand nearby on shore with their silhouettes reflecting in the golden water at sunset. On top of a dune in the distance are two people watching the scene, dark figures against the yellow sky.

James @james.adney.land.ap.brid.gy · 24/12/2024

Back at Pisgah to enjoy how beautiful a drab day can be when you look a little closer. #oregon #photography #winter #plants #nature

Old, dead, dark brown sees cluster stand out from a backdrop of blurry grayish grass on an overcast day. At the very top of the frame you can make out a blurry, uneven horizon and the triangular shape of a large metal roof.

A muddy puddle with the silhouette of the photographer reflecting in it.

A few dark reddish-brown stems with little white buds which are prominent in the muted picture. One old, black rose hip is dangling from a stem, in focus.

One small, ovular, reddish orange rose hip against a sea of twigs (mostly out of focus). The foliage is generally a gray color, with a little pale lichen-y green.

James @james.adney.land.ap.brid.gy · 22/12/2024

Happy Solstice! #oregon #nature #solstice

View looking down on a valley with green fields, a stream, and some partially obstructed ponds. There numerous oaks and evergreen trees in the foreground. The horizon is hilly and the sky is mostly blue. The sun is low and just outside the frame on the left.

James @james.adney.land.ap.brid.gy · 15/12/2024

Rolling meadow of short yellow grass with patches of reddish hues with a narrow dirt trail leading away to the horizon. Some dense, narrow conifer trees on the left and right sides in the distance.

A flat-topped, partially glaciated mountain peaks up. The blue sky is thinly veiled by clouds showing a pale yellow from the low sun which is out of view. There is a single, small gray ahead and a large white edge of overcast sky appears to be moving forward from behind the camera.

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James @james.adney.land.ap.brid.gy · 01/12/2024

More birdposting from today, with one honorary bird. It was cool seeing so many sandhill cranes! #birds #nature #wildlife #pnw

A great egret (large white bird with a long neck and a long sharp yellow beak) is standing on the edge of a grassy bank in shallow water that reflects its image.

A handful of sandhill cranes flying against a blue sky. One crane is well ahead of the other three.

A small, cute brown grebe sits in still water covered in green and brown stuff.

Side photo of a black-tailed deer with good-sized antlers looking toward the camera against a grassy, sunlit, background.

James @james.adney.land.ap.brid.gy · 01/12/2024

Lots of cool birds and the SUN out today at Ridgefield. #birds #nature #pnw #photography

A vaguely v-shaped flock of about 22 sandhill cranes in flight against a blue sky. They're mostly gray with a long neck and long beak, white on their face, and a red spot on the top of their head. They kind of look like stretched out geese.

Close-up photo of a black phoebe perched on a small branch facing toward the camera at an angle. It's mostly black with a white belly and a small beak. It's head is turned sideways as if it's peering down at something near the photographer's feet.

Side photo of a lone female hooded merganser surrounded by water rough with scum and small plants or algae. It's mostly dark gray with a long, mostly orange, beak. It has a crest of long soft-looking feathers on the back of its head. The top and left side of the photo have semi-transparent bands which look like something in the foreground that is out of focus, which look almost like an artifact a film photo might have.

A handful of dead, dry teasel stems and flowers, some with little green leaves of some kind. The background is blurry with what appears to be small leaves of yellow and green shades.

James @james.adney.land.ap.brid.gy · 25/11/2024

Short trip to the coast on Friday with unexpectedly perfect weather. #oregon #coat #fungi

Photo of the ocean at dusk from a lawn in shadow. The sky is mostly a pale blue with yellow and orange near the horizon. There are clouds of various shapes, with thin wispy ones catching some purple light at the top of the frame.

A bolete mushroom, with a brown cap rimmed in off-white, mostly obscuring another similar mushroom nestled tightly against it on a floor of moss.

A couple mushrooms red caps transitioning to yellow at the rim and white stalks (Amanita muscaria) on a bed of moss studded with small white mushrooms at the base of a tree.

Evening view of the ocean from a beach of large round rocks. The sky is mostly overcast with slightly yellow sunlight showing through in a band on the horizon. Numerous wispy columns of rain are visible against the light background.