Word wrangler, snap taker, lapsed skins basher Desert denizen; erstwhile green and pleasant land dweller Not necessarily the Steve Harvey you are looking for More images on Alamy - http://bit.ly/3C8AOnjhttps://bsky.app/profile/lightdrawing.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lightdrawing.bsky.social/post/3mruuzqfhr22aThe #BirdOfTheDay theme is #YourChoice. This is my favorite shot from Tuesday, when I got to spend 15 minutes in Southside Park in Sacramento.30 Jul 2026 16:41 +0000at://did:plc:dzjvjrfz2ynsaahdctdaqbcf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mruuzqfhr22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/lightdrawing.bsky.social/post/3mrn7dxlsas2zToday's #Birdoftheday theme is #Grey. Western kingbirds have all the shades of gray/grey.27 Jul 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:dzjvjrfz2ynsaahdctdaqbcf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrn7dxlsas2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/lightdrawing.bsky.social/post/3mrknrpwrws26One of the great horned owls that live next door came to visit about 20 minutes after sunset last night. I had to use a long exposure but happily it didn't move too much. #birds #owl26 Jul 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:dzjvjrfz2ynsaahdctdaqbcf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrknrpwrws26https://bsky.app/profile/lightdrawing.bsky.social/post/3mrieopbrjk2kToday's #BlueskyArtShow theme is #glass. I. Magnin, Union Square, San Francisco, c.1990.25 Jul 2026 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:dzjvjrfz2ynsaahdctdaqbcf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrieopbrjk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/lightdrawing.bsky.social/post/3mricrahmzc2g#AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCurves25 Jul 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:dzjvjrfz2ynsaahdctdaqbcf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mricrahmzc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/lightdrawing.bsky.social/post/3mrfoljy5x22sToday’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #EyeOfTheWild. Here's a red-eyed murder chicken.24 Jul 2026 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:dzjvjrfz2ynsaahdctdaqbcf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfoljy5x22shttps://bsky.app/profile/lightdrawing.bsky.social/post/3mrdcot4sjk2yFor today’s #BirdOfTheDay alt theme, #Yellow, a female Western tanager from last year. A cold snap earlier this year killed all the new leaves on our trees during spring migration and many of our usual visitors just moved on. No leaves, no buds ... no bugs.23 Jul 2026 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:dzjvjrfz2ynsaahdctdaqbcf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdcot4sjk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/lightdrawing.bsky.social/post/3mralztqna22mFor today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #TantalisingTextures, a Say's phoebe sitting on a broken Joshua tree branch covered with woodpecker holes.22 Jul 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:dzjvjrfz2ynsaahdctdaqbcf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mralztqna22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/lightdrawing.bsky.social/post/3mr6aumwess2rToday’s #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #Paridae, so here's a teeny-tiny oak titmouse.21 Jul 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:dzjvjrfz2ynsaahdctdaqbcf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6aumwess2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/lightdrawing.bsky.social/post/3mqyw6vkwyk2mToday's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #Blue. A mountain bluebird watches the sun go down while keeping one eye on me.19 Jul 2026 13:48 +0000at://did:plc:dzjvjrfz2ynsaahdctdaqbcf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqyw6vkwyk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/lightdrawing.bsky.social/post/3mqwh66qca22g"I hear today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ScreenFiller. I want you to photograph me like one of your French birds."18 Jul 2026 14:13 +0000at://did:plc:dzjvjrfz2ynsaahdctdaqbcf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqwh66qca22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/lightdrawing.bsky.social/post/3mqu5cp76t22cToday's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Corvidae. Here's a Steller's jay with a mid-morning snack.17 Jul 2026 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:dzjvjrfz2ynsaahdctdaqbcf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqu5cp76t22chttps://bsky.app/profile/lightdrawing.bsky.social/post/3mqrvchiepc2zThe #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #SingersAndWingers, songbirds with one or more wings open. Here's a young Northern house wren singing and flapping to be fed from a couple of weeks ago in the mountains.16 Jul 2026 18:43 +0000at://did:plc:dzjvjrfz2ynsaahdctdaqbcf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrvchiepc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/lightdrawing.bsky.social/post/3mqmqbkmgb22p"It's #twosday!" "I'm outta here." #birds #finches14 Jul 2026 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:dzjvjrfz2ynsaahdctdaqbcf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmqbkmgb22phttps://bsky.app/profile/lightdrawing.bsky.social/post/3mqmk4rlg422fOne of my photos is in the Graun today (my sixth time in the publication, I think). Scroll down for the #owl. #birds https://www.theguardian.com/community/gallery/2026/jul/14/city-life-and-a-curious-cat-readers-best-photographs14 Jul 2026 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:dzjvjrfz2ynsaahdctdaqbcf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmk4rlg422fhttps://bsky.app/profile/lightdrawing.bsky.social/post/3mqmjpc2nak2fI reckon this red-tailed hawk sitting in our eucalyptus tree a few years back demonstrated both of today's #BirdOfTheDay themes, #PerfectPoise and #MomentsOfMajesty.14 Jul 2026 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:dzjvjrfz2ynsaahdctdaqbcf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmjpc2nak2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/lightdrawing.bsky.social/post/3mqkbwwdl6226Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ButtShotts, so here's the south end of a north-facing red-tailed hawk.13 Jul 2026 18:08 +0000at://did:plc:dzjvjrfz2ynsaahdctdaqbcf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqkbwwdl6226https://bsky.app/profile/lightdrawing.bsky.social/post/3mqhn5fhjwk2fToday’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #AmongTheRipples. Here's an American coot feeding a little 'un, last weekend. This lake is currently under threat from the Summit fire, which is 2,690 acres and 15% contained, per a report 30 minutes ago.12 Jul 2026 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:dzjvjrfz2ynsaahdctdaqbcf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqhn5fhjwk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/lightdrawing.bsky.social/post/3mqhhndjses2nI saw a verdin with nesting material this morning. Then I spotted the nest. They build a sphere, like their African cousins. It can be a nest or just protection against the heat or cold. Some build several a year, apparently. #birds #verdin #nest #nesting12 Jul 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:dzjvjrfz2ynsaahdctdaqbcf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqhhndjses2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/lightdrawing.bsky.social/post/3mqewuqp7hc2sIt's #SmallBirdSaturday. We have a family of verdins living somewhere in the yard. This one looks like it's wearing a red tiara.11 Jul 2026 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:dzjvjrfz2ynsaahdctdaqbcf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqewuqp7hc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/lightdrawing.bsky.social/post/3mqevxvbue22sToday's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #UpAndDown - birds looking up or down. Here's a Cooper's hawk keeping an eye on the small birds hiding in the brush below it.11 Jul 2026 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:dzjvjrfz2ynsaahdctdaqbcf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqevxvbue22shttps://bsky.app/profile/lightdrawing.bsky.social/post/3mqcdn74b7k2gThe alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Contortionist, and who better than the trickster raven to get bent out of shape.10 Jul 2026 14:17 +0000at://did:plc:dzjvjrfz2ynsaahdctdaqbcf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcdn74b7k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/lightdrawing.bsky.social/post/3mq7rubjfjc2jFor today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, it's #BathTime for this Cooper's hawk. We used to put rocks in the dish to stop the ravens turning it over. They're ravens, so they just moved the rocks.09 Jul 2026 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:dzjvjrfz2ynsaahdctdaqbcf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7rubjfjc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/lightdrawing.bsky.social/post/3mq5jttcddk2jIt's #wrensday! I spotted this Northern house wren up in the mountains this past weekend.08 Jul 2026 16:25 +0000at://did:plc:dzjvjrfz2ynsaahdctdaqbcf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq5jttcddk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/lightdrawing.bsky.social/post/3mq5jqacv5k2jFor today's #BirdOfTheDay theme we have to go back to mid-April for my most recent #lifer, a green-tailed towhee.08 Jul 2026 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:dzjvjrfz2ynsaahdctdaqbcf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq5jqacv5k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/lightdrawing.bsky.social/post/3mq2w5oalhc24For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #orange, here's a house finch eating breakfast.07 Jul 2026 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:dzjvjrfz2ynsaahdctdaqbcf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq2w5oalhc24https://bsky.app/profile/lightdrawing.bsky.social/post/3mpycrqylh22pI spent the morning in the San Gabriel mountains yesterday and encountered this #cutie, a Lodgepole #chipmunk. Well, lots of them, actually. They're very particular about where they live, in terms of geography and altitude, I discovered.06 Jul 2026 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:dzjvjrfz2ynsaahdctdaqbcf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpycrqylh22phttps://bsky.app/profile/lightdrawing.bsky.social/post/3mpyc7kghls2pToday's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Cutie, and I nominate this verdin.06 Jul 2026 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:dzjvjrfz2ynsaahdctdaqbcf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpyc7kghls2phttps://bsky.app/profile/lightdrawing.bsky.social/post/3mptfuoebbk22Today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #Peekaboo.04 Jul 2026 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:dzjvjrfz2ynsaahdctdaqbcf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mptfuoebbk22https://bsky.app/profile/lightdrawing.bsky.social/post/3mpohybxsa226We've been seeing Western tiger swallowtail butterflies in the yard recently. I caught this one on the mulberry tree. #butterfly #swallowtail #nature02 Jul 2026 16:41 +0000at://did:plc:dzjvjrfz2ynsaahdctdaqbcf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpohybxsa226