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Sydney ✨🪶 @sydney-phoenix.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

A few action shots from a recent excursion to the local state park September 2025, Bay City, Michigan #bird #birds #birding #wildlifephotography

A Greater Yellowlegs coming in for a landing in shallow waters on the shoreline of Lake Huron

A Common Nighthawk on the wing, opening its mouth wide to catch a flying insect

A Sandhill Crane in mid-leap, legs extended and wings outstretched, on a muddy beach on Lake Huron

A Ring-billed Gull in flight, sunset lighting

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Sydney ✨🪶 @sydney-phoenix.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

This handsome little Merlin let me get some great pics a couple weeks ago July 2025, Muskegon, Michigan #bird #birds #birding #wildlifephotography

A Merlin (small falcon with brown-gray head and back and cream belly with brown striping, and yellow feet) perched on a telephone pole

A Merlin (small falcon with brown-gray head and back and cream belly with brown striping, and yellow feet) perched on a telephone pole, looking over its shoulder

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Sydney ✨🪶 @sydney-phoenix.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

American White Pelican scouting over the marsh June 2025, Pinconning, Michigan #bird #birds #birding #wildlifephotography #pelican

an American white pelican (large white bird with long yellow bill and pouch, yellow skin around gray-blue eye, and black primary feathers) with breeding season bill crest, in flight

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Sydney ✨🪶 @sydney-phoenix.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

How do you ID a spotted sandpiper? Well if you’ve seen it, it’s spotted! June 2025, Muskegon, Michigan #bird #birds #birding #wildlifephotography #sandpiper

a spotted sandpiper (medium brown bird with a white belly with brown spots, orange bill, and yellow legs) perched on a rock in golden-hour lighting, facing left

a spotted sandpiper (medium brown bird with a white belly with brown spots, orange bill, and yellow legs) perched on a rock in golden-hour lighting, preening itself under its belly

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Sydney ✨🪶 @sydney-phoenix.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

It’s sandpiper season here in Michigan! Lots of Semipalmated Sandpipers foraging on the Saginaw Bay this week. #bird #birds #birding #wildlifephotography #sandpiper #michigan

a semipalmated sandpiper wading in shallow water

a flock of several semipalmated sandpipers banking away from the camera over water and mucky sand

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Sydney ✨🪶 @sydney-phoenix.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Song sparrow dancing in the leaves. This bird’s coloration really helps it blend in when foraging on the forest floor here. January 2025, Patagonia Lake, Arizona #bird #birds #birding #wildlifephotography

a song sparrow (small tan and gray bird with brown stripes along its face and belly) foraging amongst dried leaves, blending in

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 05/03/2025

why don’t ya make like a perspective drawing and vanish at some point?

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Sydney ✨🪶 @sydney-phoenix.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Happy #SuperbOwlSunday. You guys can go watch the game… I’ll just be over here looking at my owl pictures ;) June 2024, Missaukee County, Michigan #bird #birds #birding #wildlifephotography #owl #michigan

a barred owl (gray-brown owl with brown streaking on its belly, dark eyes, and a yellow beak) perched on a branch with leaves in the background

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Sydney ✨🪶 @sydney-phoenix.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

A spiny sunset saguaro with a gila woodpecker visitor. January 2025, Gilbert, Arizona #bird #birds #birding #wildlifephotography

a gila woodpecker (brown/tan bird with black and white banded wings and long pointed beak) holding onto the side of a saguaro cactus

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Sydney ✨🪶 @sydney-phoenix.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Ring-necked Ducks. Who knew you could find plenty of waterfowl in desert oasis parks! January 2025, Gilbert, Arizona #bird #birds #birding #wildlifephotography #ducks

a male ring-necked duck (dark diving duck with gray bill ringed with white and black, pale belly, and golden eye) giving us a glare. there are water droplets on his face.

a female ring-necked duck (brown duck with mustard yellow eyes and a dark bill with a white ring) floating in water

a male ring-necked duck (dark diving duck with a pale belly, gray bill ringed with white and black, and golden eyes) fluffing out his feathers to show us his namesake lighter-colored ringed neck

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Sydney ✨🪶 @sydney-phoenix.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

My first time seeing American Avocets! January 2025, Gilbert, Arizona #bird #birds #birding #wildlifephotography

Three American Avocets (black and white shorebirds with long necks and upturned beaks) standing up to their bellies in a pond

An American Avocet (black and white shorebird with a long neck and upturned beak) in flight above water and rocks

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Sydney ✨🪶 @sydney-phoenix.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Visited a friend in Arizona this week and had a great time seeing plenty of birds. Anna’s hummingbirds were everywhere and made great little models. January 2025, Patagonia Lake, Arizona #bird #birds #birding #wildlifephotography #hummingbird

an Anna’s hummingbird (green body, pale belly, pink head) perched on a bare branch

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Sydney ✨🪶 @sydney-phoenix.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Male northern cardinals are iconic with their bright red feathers, but I find female cardinals just as beautiful with their more subtle orangey-red crest and wings. March 2024, Newaygo, MI #bird #birds #birding #wildlifephotography

a close-up view of a female northern cardinal (medium-brown bird with orange-red beak, crest, and wing feathers, and dark eyes)

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Sydney ✨🪶 @sydney-phoenix.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

I get the privilege each year to see killdeer nesting in the rock garden outside of my workplace. Can’t wait to see them again this spring! May 2024, Freeland, MI #bird #birds #birding #wildlifephotography

A full body image of a killdeer standing on round stones

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TARA SMITHSON -Wildlife & Nature Photographer 📸 @tarasmithson.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Feeling down? Go on a nature walk; you will feel 23% better. Be creative. Help someone else. (That's a good'n.) Talk to someone you can say anything to. Nothing stays the same forever, good or bad. You will get through it. #mentahealth #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlifephotography

A superb fairy wren, exhibiting a light blue and black head and neck, white abdomen, and brown wings, is perched on a slender branch of a tree with spiny leaves. The background features orange, purple, and pink hues.

A Pacific black duck, exhibiting a striped face and predominantly brown plumage, is perched on the edge of a reflective pond, with a grassy bank and purple wildflowers in the background.

A white egret, displaying its characteristic fluffy wing plumage, is wading in a calm brown lagoon reflecting the submerged trees.

The scene depicts a beach at dusk, featuring dark brown sand to the left and a contrast between vibrant yellow clouds and a grey, blue-tinged sky which is reflected in the ocean.

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Sydney ✨🪶 @sydney-phoenix.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Northern shovelers have to be one of my favorite ducks. What’s not to love about these boldly pattered ducks with wide, goofy bills? December 2024, Muskegon, MI #bird #birds #birding #wildlifephotography

a flock of northern shovelers (ducks with long, wide bills) standing on a concrete pipe near water

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Sydney ✨🪶 @sydney-phoenix.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

2024 highlight—swallows tend to be hard to photograph since they’re nearly constantly in motion, but this tree swallow sat nicely for me just long enough to snap a pic of it. May 2024, Bay City, MI #bird #birds #birding #wildlifephotography

a tree swallow perched on the edge of a birdhouse

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Sydney ✨🪶 @sydney-phoenix.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

2024 highlight—two trumpeter swans at the Seney National Wildlife Refuge. Loved this shot especially since they just appear to be floating on a blank blue background. August 2024, Seney, MI #bird #birds #birding #wildlifephotography

two trumpeter swans floating in water, one is resting with its head tucked behind a wing. they are reflected clearly in the water

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Sydney ✨🪶 @sydney-phoenix.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

2024 highlight—a Kirtland’s Warbler, one of the rarest warblers. This male was singing his heart out in a young jack pine tree. June 2024, Roscommon, MI #bird #birds #birding #wildlifephotography

A male Kirtland’s Warbler perched in a jack pine tree, singing

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Hell-a Bambust 🏳️‍⚧️ (alleged transsexual)(spooky) @ela-bambust.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

There is a hole in the world, a void, an emptiness, shaped like the art you haven't made yet.

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Sydney ✨🪶 @sydney-phoenix.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

2024 highlight—my first owl encounter, this beautiful barred owl at my family’s cabin. If you look closely you can see it’s missing a talon on its left foot! April 2024, Missaukee County, MI #bird #birds #birding #wildlifephotography

a barred owl perched on a branch. it is missing one claw on its left foot.

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Sydney ✨🪶 @sydney-phoenix.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Another 2024 highlight—a fledgling American redstart. Was able to sit and watch the parents feed this little fella for a few minutes. August 2024, Brevoort Lake, MI. #bird #birds #birding #wildlifephotography

Fledgling American redstart on a small branch

fledgling American redstart perched on a piece of birch bark

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Sydney ✨🪶 @sydney-phoenix.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Going to post some of my 2024 birding highlights—this was a young barred owl I saw back in June. One of my favorite moments I was able to capture ❤️ #bird #birding #owl #wildlifephotography

A fledgling barred owl perched on a branch, lit up by the sunset

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Sydney ✨🪶 @sydney-phoenix.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I do bird photography! Here’s a few favorites from my most recent outing at Tawas Point State Park, a little over a month ago. #birding #bird #photography

Two white-crowned sparrows, an adult on the left and juvenile on the right

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