Ewig kann's nicht Winter sein

コチドリ。 Little ringed plover.

キジ。 Green pheasant.

photograph by Antonio Giudici

2/17/2024 Patagonia Lake State Park, Arizona

Northern Flicker, yellow-shafted, eastern subtype (Colaptes auratus auratus). Central Park, NYC (2026). Two male birds fighting over food access.

i think this captures the defining pathology of the collective social media psyche right now. we are in the thrall of people who are wantonly cruel but who also demand to be coddled at all times in every way

photograph by Markus Koljonen 

Zaunkönig 🐣 (wren) auf der Karlshöhe, Stuttgart-Süd.

New bunny just dropped (prairie chicken)

The fascinating display of a male Ruff/brushane in breeding plumage.

Photo by Kandukuru Nagarjun

photographs by Anthony Martin

(Phoebe the Pigeon)

Take the Fair Face of Woman, and Gently Suspending, With Butterflies, Flowers, and Jewels Attending, Thus Your Fairy is Made of Most Beautiful Things (1869) by Sophie Gengembre Anderson (French-born British, 1823 – 1903), oil on canvas, Private Collection

Why are you looking at me that way? Won't I do? - ...Yes, you'll do very well indeed.