Taiga Merlin makes a stop on its way south...
Photographed October 9, 2026 - Western New York
OM System OM-1 Mk II, OM 100-400 Mk II
#chiaroscuro #tenebrism #darkandmoody #darkbackground #fineartphotography #lowkey #wildlifephotography #raptors #birdsofprey #birdsofbluesky #photographersunited

📅 #TorontoSports gameday; 10/10/2026📅

⚽️Toronto FC (6-10-11) 🆚️ MTL; 1pm
🏀Toronto Raptors (0-1) 🆚️ LAC; 6:30pm EDT
(Preseason in VAN)
🏒Toronto Maple Leafs (2-2-1) ✈ COL; 7pm EDT

#TFCLive #TorontoFC #WeTheNorth #Raptors #Leafs     #PassionNeverSleeps

Yesterday I scored a hat trick of raptors. Walking along a trail, I spotted a pair of Osprey. On my way back, one had apparently turned into a Bald Eagle! Later, a Red-tailed Hawk swooped right over my parked car and perched right next to it. #birds #birding #raptors #HamOnt

A September birding catch up post. A really solid month of #birding with Steppe Eagle being a superb highlight. #birds #birdwatching #finland #raptors #gulls #gullsWP #birdsseenin2026

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Red-tailed Hawk (immature)
Full frame and crop.
#birds #wildlife #naturephotography #raptors #birdsofprey

I believe I can spy,
The rodents trembling as I fly ....

#crooningkestrel #birds #raptors #birdofprey #nature #humor #humour

I had a lifer today when I FINALLY spotted a Merlin! This year I've been able to check the boxes of two small raptors, this and an American Kestrel.

#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #Photos #Photo #ECK #Raptors

Incoming White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) 😲 #BirdingHungary #eagles #raptors #BirdsOfPrey #BigBadBirds

Toronto Raptors Expected to be Active Buyers in Trade Market

#Featured #NBANewsandRumors #News #Raptors

https://justpaste.in/sports/toronto-raptors-expected-to-be-active-buyers-in-trade-market/

Blog update:
My Lesser Kestrel became a Long stayer & playing ball for far better photographers than I. A swathe of nice images added here. #birds #birding #birdwatching #raptors #finland #BirdID #bordsseenin2026

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Another fave from my archives: a juvenile Red-Tailed Hawk perches on a fence in my local park while a group of admirers look on in the background. Each year, hawks nest in this park and people treat them like the superstars they are. 🪶
#Raptors

Last one for the night.
#birds #birding #birdphotography #birdwatching #wildlife #wildlifephotography #urbanwildlife #nikon #bluesky #nature #naturephotography #raptors #birdsofprey #kestrel #americankestrel

It was checking something out.
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I went out to photo one of them, and then the other showed up.
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He spotted something yummy.
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Fast food.
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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #Perched . On anything other than a tree.
Juvenile Bald Eagle perched on a rock, sitting in the rain.
I was in my Chef whites, slowly crawling closer and closer to get this shot.
#wildlife #raptors #baldeagle #birdphotography #nature