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Shannon Baker @shanbaker.bsky.social · 10h

Friday flight! Have a great weekend everyone. Be safe, be kind! #FlyDay 🪶 #PhotographersOfBlueSky #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin #EKC

A male red-winged blackbird takes off from a cattail.

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Shannon Baker @shanbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A young sandhill crane on a bright winter day a couple of years ago. #PhotographersOfBlueSky #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin #EKC 🪶

A young Sandhill crane grazing in a pale gold field. The image is done in high key and the Sandhills colors are subtle.

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Shannon Baker @shanbaker.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Today's alternative #BirdOfTheDay is this shortie #Perched on some wires with it's ear tufts up. What are you listening to? #PhotographersOfBlueSky #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin #EKC 🪶

A short-eared owl perches on overhead wires with its ears up.

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Shannon Baker @shanbaker.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This tree is a favorite with the raptors. Located at the field’s edge with a year round bare top, it’s a prime lookout for snatching a stray vole or duck depending on which hunter is perched there #PhotographersOfBlueSky #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin #EKC 🪶

A juvenile red-tailed hawk looks around from his high perch in the bright fall sunshine.

A kestrel perches in the wind on a bare treetop. Bright blue winter sky in the background.

A red-tailed hawk perches up high in a bare tree, the sky is winter white.

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Shannon Baker @shanbaker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"Hellooooo! Hey you down there, yeah hi!" We played peek-a-boo with a juvenile red-tailed hawk, he was high above us and we were peeking at him through the moon roof of the car. #PhotographersOfBlueSky #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin #EKC 🪶

A juvenile red-tailed hawk looks down at the viewer through branches and leaves.

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Shannon Baker @shanbaker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Friday flight! Female harrier hunting over the early spring fields. #FlyDay #PhotographersOfBlueSky #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin 🪶

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Shannon Baker @shanbaker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Time for a little mid-week moment of quiet. This burrowing owl says just fluff your feathers a bit, close your eyes and let your breath out. #PhotographersOfBlueSky #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin 🪶

A burrowing owl perched on a rock with its feathers fluffed up a little bit. He's facing towards the late afternoon sun and has his eye closed.

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Shannon Baker @shanbaker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A cedar waxwing perched up high, surveying the off-camera activity in the field below. The second shot captures another waxwing perched on a cattail in that same field. #PhotographersOfBlueSky #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin 🪶

A cedar waxwing perched high up on a bare branch against a bright blue summer sky.

A cedar waxwing perched on a cattail tip in a gold and green colored field.

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Shannon Baker @shanbaker.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

These sandhill cranes take off from a very busy breakfast cornfield. They look to be flying impossibly close to each other. #BirdOfTheDay #Pairs #PhotographersOfBlueSky #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin 🪶

A pair of sandhill cranes take off from a crowded cornfield. They are flying close to each other and their wings looks almost tangled together.

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Shannon Baker @shanbaker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A white-crowned sparrow takes a short break in a tangle of recently burnt branches. #PhotographersOfBlueSky #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin 🪶

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Shannon Baker @shanbaker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Harriers are one of my favorite #Raptors to photograph, they are so graceful in the air. A great #BirdOfTheDay topic! #PhotographersOfBlueSky #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin 🪶

A female harrier flies low over a field in search of a snack.

A male harrier flying across a blue sky, he's looking right at you!

A female harrier facing away from you with her wings outspread and golden sunlight highlighting her feathers.

A male harrier flying across a winter grey sky with golden sunlight.

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Shannon Baker @shanbaker.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Little owl perfectly perched on a poop free rock! It's the little things that make me happy. #PhotographersOfBlueSky #PhotographersUnited #EKC #NaturePhotography 🪶

A burrowing owl perched on a round volcanic looking rock. The owl is looking right at the viewer.

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Shannon Baker @shanbaker.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#Pigeons&Doves is the Alt. theme for #BirdOfTheDay. This mourning dove posed for me after everyone else flew away. #PhotographersOfBlueSky #PhotographersUnited #EKC #NaturePhotography 🪶

A mourning dove poses on a bare branch. Soft greens and brown grasses are blurred in the background.

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Shannon Baker @shanbaker.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Friday flight! Eagerly counting down to the return of these beauties! Have a good weekend. Stay safe, be kind. #PhotographersOfBlueSky #PhotographersUnited #EKC #NaturePhotography 🪶 #FlyDay

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Shannon Baker @shanbaker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

While watching burrowing owls, I heard a meadowlark nearby. Staying still, he popped up almost too close for my lens, then slipped into the grass and sang — either to me or to taunt the owls as we saw earlier in the week. #PhotographersOfBlueSky #PhotographersUnited #EKC #NaturePhotography 🪶

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Shannon Baker @shanbaker.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Time for some mid-week stretches! Let's be honest do you identify with Mr. Energetic or the owl pretending he doesn't see him? #PhotographersOfBlueSky #PhotographersUnited #EKC #NaturePhotography 🪶

A burrowing owl does some wing and leg stretches outside the burrow, in the background another owl sits in the burrow.

A burrowing owl does some over head wing stretches outside the burrow, in the background another owl sits in the burrow.

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Shannon Baker @shanbaker.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

So fun! Some of my favorite (and sometimes best) photos happen in random spots like parking lots and highway rest stops.

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Shannon Baker @shanbaker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I love a good bird #Silhouette! Great topic for #BirdOfTheDay. Cedar Waxwing Blue Heron Red-Winged Blackbird Northern Harrier #PhotographersOfBlueSky #PhotographersUnited #EKC #NaturePhotography 🪶

Silhouette of a cedar waxwing perched in on a branch.

Silhouetted blue heron on a nesting platform with purple/pink skies in the background.

Silhouette of a red-winged blackbird perched on top of a cattail with evening light and shadows behind him.

Silhouette of a harrier flying across a bright gold evening sky. The sky has layers of mountains and trees in the background, each a darker shade of golden into black.

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Shannon Baker @shanbaker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Todays #BirdOfTheDay is #Mamas&Papas, we found these two kestrels pretending to be waterfowl for a little rest 😆 #PhotographersOfBlueSky #PhotographersUnited #EKC 🪶

A male and female kestrel perch on a sign that says "waterfowl rest area."

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Shannon Baker @shanbaker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Sage thrasher watching small bugs fly around in the near 100 degree temps. These were the most active birds we saw the past week in Utah. Nothing else, myself included, wanted to move around in the heat. #PhotographersOfBlueSky #PhotographersUnited #EKC #NaturePhotography 🪶

Sage thrasher perched on an old fence post watching bugs fly by.

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Shannon Baker @shanbaker.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Friday flight! Shortie calling to other shorties in the area while in flight. Be safe, be kind! #PhotographersOfBlueSky #PhotographersUnited #EKC #NaturePhotography 🪶 #FlyDay

A short-eared owl flies through the early twilight skies, his mouth is open as he calls to other near by owls.

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Shannon Baker @shanbaker.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This late fall robin ended up looking more like an early spring robin. #PhotographersOfBlueSky #PhotographersUnited #EKC #NaturePhotography 🪶

A robin perches on a tangle of bare branches that have a few red berries on them.

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Shannon Baker @shanbaker.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

We've landed back in Utah for a couple days of photo shenanigans. This egret is from our last trip over a year ago. #PhotographersOfBlueSky #PhotographersUnited #EKC #NaturePhotography

Snowy egret coming in for a landing on a rusty pipe.

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