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@davemeredith.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 7:38 AM

A 15 minute exposure of star trails over the #BrucePeninsula, Ontario early yesterday morning for #StunDay

#BruceCounty #ECK #photography #TenMinutesFromHome #BackyardPhotography #LongExposureProject
#ManualFocus #ManualExposure

@davemeredith.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 6:09 AM

A Pine Siskin on the #BrucePeninsula, Ontario for #SmallBirdSaturday

#BruceCounty #ECK #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #TenMinutesFromHome #BackyardPhotography #VintageLens #ManualFocus

@davemeredith.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 5:24 AM

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Black&Red. Portrait of a male Hairy Woodpecker.

#BrucePeninsula #BruceCounty #ECK #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #TenMinutesFromHome #BackyardPhotography #VintageLens #ManualFocus

@davemeredith.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 7:35 AM

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestBeaks with the alternative theme #YellowElements. A male Evening Grosbeak covers both themes.

#BrucePeninsula #BruceCounty #ECK #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #TenMinutesFromHome #BackyardPhotography #VintageLens #ManualFocus

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 10:11 AM

An Autumn Meadowhawk dragonfly on the #BrucePeninsula, Ontario for #WingedWednesday

#BruceCounty #ECK #photography #nature #naturephotography #TenMinutesFromHome #BackyardPhotography

@madrinkwater.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 6:49 PM

Bottoms up!
#BirdOfTheDay #BokehBirds alt #AwkwardAvian #birds #hummingbirds #backyardphotography #photography #wck 📷 🪶

A young male Costa's hummingbird perched on a twig in a grapefruit tree. His bottom, tail feathers, and right wing are up as he relieves himself. He is a mottled green, white, and black. His rump looks like 2 cotton balls with a black stripe separating them. In the background are white circles of light (bokeh).

@madrinkwater.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 6:35 PM

#BirdOfTheDay #BokehBirds #hummingbirds #birds #backyardphotography #photography #wck 📷 🪶

Overexposed pic of a hummingbird perched on a twig with his right (our left) foot raised to its face. Its head is turned and tilted to our left, and it stares at the camera. Its underside is white, wings black, and crown and cheek green. In the background are circles of light (bokeh) of green leaves, blue sky, pink and yellow flowers, and brown branches.

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 8:03 AM

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BokehBirds. A male Ruby-throated Hummingbird on the #BrucePeninsula, Ontario with a background of out of focus cedar trees. Manual focus with a telephoto from the 1980s.

#BruceCounty #ECK #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #TenMinutesFromHome #BackyardPhotography

A mostly green male Ruby-throated Hummingbird in flight against an out of focus green background of cedar trees.

Made with a 10 year old DSLR and a manual focus telephoto from the 1980s.

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 7:31 AM

Clouds over the #BrucePeninsula, Ontario shortly before sunrise for #ColourADay #PinkMon

#ColorADay #BruceCounty #ECK #photography #TenMinutesFromHome #BackyardPhotography

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 7:20 AM

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BokehBirds with the alternative theme #AwkwardAvian. A male Evening Grosbeak that thinks it's a Nuthatch.

#BrucePeninsula #BruceCounty #ECK #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #TenMinutesFromHome #BackyardPhotography #VintageLens #ManualFocus

@madrinkwater.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 5:53 PM

#BirdOfTheDay alt #Airborne #hummingbirds #birds #SundayYellow #flowers #backyardphotography #photography #wck 📷 🪶

A male Costa's hummingbird, wings out, stares at the camera as he rises above yellow flowers and green leaves. His crown is an iridescent dark blue and his gorget (throat patch) and flares are dark burgundy. He has white stripes above and below his right (our left) eye. His underside is white with a green vest.

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 8:44 AM

A hint of orange in clouds over the #BrucePeninsula, Ontario shortly after sunset for #ColourADay #OrangeSun

#ColorADay #BruceCounty #ECK #photography #TenMinutesFromHome #BackyardPhotography

Stormy looking clouds over woodland with some of the clouds tinted orange by the setting sun.

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 5:07 AM

A two minute exposure of clouds moving over the #BrucePeninsula, Ontario at sunset for #StunDay

#BruceCounty #ECK #photography #TenMinutesFromHome #BackyardPhotography #LongExposureProject

A long exposure of clouds streaking up the image with tree tops across the bottom of the frame.

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 26, 2026, 6:40 AM

An immature Ruby-throated Hummingbird on the #BrucePeninsula, Ontario for #SmallBirdSaturday and #ColourADay #GreenSat

#BruceCounty #ECK #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #TenMinutesFromHome #BackyardPhotography #VintageLens #ManualFocus

@davemeredith.bsky.social Sep 26, 2026, 6:20 AM

Today's alternative #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Green in the background. A Red-breasted Nuthatch checking for predators while feeding in grass on the #BrucePeninsula, Ontario.

#BruceCounty #ECK #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #TenMinutesFromHome #BackyardPhotography #VintageLens #ManualFocus

@madrinkwater.bsky.social Sep 25, 2026, 7:18 PM

Lord of the Flies
#FlyDay #hummingbirds #birds #backyardphotography #photography #wck 📷🪶

A hummingbird, wings out and beak up, flies among the flies against a clear blue sky. He has a green crown and a white underside with a green vest. His throat patch is black with a patch of pink iridescence.

@madrinkwater.bsky.social Sep 25, 2026, 5:17 PM

#BirdOfTheDay #Borbs #hummingbirds #birds #photography #backyardphotography #bokeh #wck 📷 🪶

A hummingbird perched on a brown twig, head tilted, staring at the camera. He is plump and his wings are stretched downward. He has a dark green crown, white underside with green vest, and a black furrow in the center of his abdomen from preening. He has a black throat patch with iridescent pink and purple. In the background are 2 yellow grapefruits, blurred green leaves, and circles of blue sky.