Jay

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Photos of Birds and Bugs and Frogs and any other wild things I can find. My Gamedev Account: @VanguardJay.bsky.social

A tailless baby carolina wren sitting among tangled stems. It is small and round with a reddish brown back and a light belly and eyebrow.
a eastern copperhead coiled one and a half times around facing away from the camera. It has a tan body that gets lighter towards the underside, with darker brown triangular "hershey kiss" patterning repeating along its length. The end of its tail is a lime green color. It is very cute.
A large burnished orange ant-like insect with 2 yellowish spots on its abdomen with very blocky proportions sitting on the edge if a rock embedded in dry muddy gravel.
A Nashville Warbler on the end of a branch in front of a cluster of leaves and catkins. It is a small bird with yellow belly, gray hood, and white eye ring.
A tree swallow, with its bright white belly and navy blue hood, facing the camera while perched on an old orange metal sign covered in spots of lichen. The text "Restricted" is visible above where the image cuts off.
A Blackburian Warbler, a small bird with a distinct black striped face, flame-orange and yellow head and throat, white belly and black and white striped back, is hopping around a tangle of leaf clusters and branches. It diligently checks for insects, and eventually catches a small green caterpillar.
A Worm Eating Warbler holding on to one of 3 vertical sticks. The bird is small and yellowish tan, its wings and tail slightly darker. It has a thin sharp bill, a black stripe over its eye and top of head, and pink legs. The background is fill with light green foliage.
A small bright yellow bird with a black sharp beak and black eyes, perched on a thin branch among green leafy foliage.
little blue heron perched on one leg on a branch over water. It is mostly white white a few darker patches on its wing. It is looking to the right, with its s shaped neck tucked in, showing its light blue bill that gets darker towards the tip.
a view of 2 little blue herons perched on a dead tree leaning to the right over water. Contrary to their name, the herons are mostly white with the slightest mottling on their wings as their adult plumage comes in. A steady rain is falling, leaving hundreds of ripples on the surface of the water. In the distance the opposite shore is a tall wall of solid green foliage and trees.
a green heron hunched perched on a broken thick tree branch. It is a small heron with a dark forest green cap, burgundy neck, and slightly lighter green back and orange legs.
a tiny dull red bee with straight medium length antennae sitting on a fuzzy leaf just about disturbed soil. Its eyes are as long as its head, and it has 2 yellow spots on it abdomen.
a small bird with a grayish back with smatters of white, a striking black and white mask, and a bright yellow throat and white belly. It is standing on a thin arched branch looking to the right. A few tiny twigs jut up in front of and behind it.
A swamp sparrow, a small bird with a reddish cap with black stripes along side it and reddish brown wings and tail, hopping and scratching along a moss covered piece of wood laying in water. It periodically pecks at the moss and occasionally flings pieces aside.
Looking down at a clear pool of water. A large snapping turtle can be seen just below the surface through the ripples and glare swimming to the right.
4 multicolored ducks on a lake, in overcast lighting. 3 of them have splotched white gray and black colors. The last one in the middle is facing to the left and has a bright white top of its head and chest, a black bib, cheek and back, and gray flanks. It has 2 very long thin tail feathers that slightly curve upwards. The water in the lower half of the image is reflecting a glare of gray clouds above.
A palm warbler standing on a branch facing the left. It is a small round bird with a yellow belly, rusty stripes on the throat and flanks, brown wings and tail, and a rusty cap. the background is an almost overpowering white void of overcast clouds.
2 dark greenish turtles standing on a log in dull cloudy water. Both facing the camera but looking up and to the right. The smaller one is almost half the size of the other, but that one has a foot planted directly on its back.
A fox sparrow perched in a thin branch that is just beginning to leaf out. It is a small bird with a grayish head, cream colored underside with numerous rusty red triangular spots, mostly concentrated around its neck. Its wings and tail are also rusty red, as well as a cheek patch.
a bald eagle perched in a leafless tree top. it has a faint brown stripe from its eye curving down its neck, denoting it might just be reaching maturity
looking down at a fallen log completely covered in turkey tail fungi. they're dozens of leaf like shelves, concentrically colored with slatey grays, orange, brown and weathered papery whites.
looking down at a muddy pool of water, rain drops causing ripples on its surface. a wood frog floats in the center with its legs splayed out. after a few moments it starts kicking its legs to swim towards the camera.
A very low angle head on shot of a spotted salamander on asphalt in the rain. A spotlight is illuminating it's grayish tan body covered in bright yellow spots.
A male bufflehead swimming to the right. It is a tiny bright white duck with a dark collar and front of its face and a small pale blue bill. The back of its head is a quarter circle of white. The dark feathers shine with greens and purples in the light.
Looking slightly down a juvenile black crowned night heron perched on a branch in a stream. A medium sized bird with brown feathers, each with a white dot. Its head and chest are streaky white and brown. It is glancing towards the camera, showing its large pointed bill, and red eye. The opposite edge of the stream is covered in dense foliage and the foreground has a few very blurry green spots of leaves being peered through.
Looking up a male Black Throated Blue Warbler perched on a small leafy sapling looking up and to the right. It is a small bird with a white belly, black mask and throat that wraps around under its wings. What little of its wings that are visible are a deep blue. Its black eye is catching the light making it stand out on the black mask.
Looking up at an arrowhead orbweaver. A spider with a large yellow rounded triangular abdomen that is black on the edges. Its 4 front legs are partially stretched out to hold on to a narrow stick. They are dark in the middle of each segment but sunlight illuminates them near the joints with an amber color. Behind the spider is a dark green blur of a tree canopy.
A greater yellowlegs standing in shallow water a few inches from the pale rocky shore. It's a lanky shore bird with a long dark bill, streaky tan and light gray colors on its head and neck. it's back the pattern changes to tan and tiny orderly white spots. And of course it's long legs are yellow.
A zoomed in photo of a tiny tan jumping spider sitting on my wrist. Despite their name it has pale grayish dusted looking upperside with black along the edges and feet. It's legs are also faintly striped.
looking up at a blue sky mostly obscured by a thin layer rough streaky clouds that look like worn fibers being stretched apart
looking down a small stream lined with bare twiggy shrubs. At the far end dark green pines loom over. Everything is covered in a layer of fresh white snow.
A young long tailed duck floating on calm waters reflecting the surrounding brown forest. The duck is pale with mottled brown coloration, dark wings, with a dark stripe down the center of its head, a dark cheek spot, and has a pale blue bill. It looks around before rearing back and diving below the surface out of sight.
A Juvenile Cooper's Hawk perched on a metal gate, intensely staring to the left. It has dark brown wings, a white belly streaked with brown teardrop shapes, and strong yellow-orange legs. It's yellow beak is tipped with a black hook, and its eye is bright yellow.
A Bald Eagle sitting on a sycamore branch looking to the left over its shoulder. Its white head matches the white bark on the upper side of the perch. Thinner multi branching twigs splay upwards around it on all sides. Further back the blurry outlines of more bare trees can be seen.
An eastern screech owl calmly perched on a gloved finger in front of a blurry green shrubby meadow. Its body is facing forward but its head is turned to the right. It has a grayish facial disc surround its large pale yellow eye, with a tiny backwards pointing tuft on either side of its head. The rest of its plumage is mottled tannish whites and dark browns.
looking down at an old dark stump cut about knee high. the left side and part of the top are covered in dark slatey gray overlapping leaf shaped fungi, each fringed with a tan stripe.
looking up at a turquoise blue sky filled with rippling white-gray clouds. Each crest catching the evening light. The dark silhouettes of leafless trees reach up into the frame.
A broad winged hawk sitting at the top of a tree, its a chocolate brown with horizontal white streaking on its belly, and broad brown bands on its tail. Its mouth is wide open as it calls.
A female belted kingfisher, a navy blue bird with a long sharp beak, raised crest, white belly, blue chest band and orange flanks. She is sitting on a bare branch periodically calling. Each time she does she flicks her tail.
A Yellow Breasted Chant facing right while sitting on a green leaf branch underneath another branch. The bird has a bright yellow throat and belly, white below that, and an olive hood and back. Its thick bill is jet black, and it has a white eyebrow and under eye line. The background is smudgey darker shades of green.
A tall triangular shaped white moth, the outer edges of its wings are black, and there is another black line down the middle edge where its wings tough as well. 2 more unorderly black lines cross the the lower parts of ots wings. It is clinging to the fuzzy leaves of a mint plant.
A male Eastern Towhee perched on a shaded branch in front of sunlit foliage. He is a larger sparrow with a black hood that comes down to a point on his stark white belly, which is flanked by a rusty orange. His head is turned in profile showing off his dark red eye, short crest and black beak that almost looks like he's smirking.
A tree swallow, a bird with a tiny black beak, vibrant blue hood and back, long swooped back black wings, and stark white belly, is perched on top of a worn square wooden post. The top of a nest box can be seen just below.
A male Eastern Bluebird perched on a black curved metal hanger looking to the right in front of the solid white backdrop. He has an orange breast and flanks, white belly, a blue head and tiny black feet.
A greater beefly flying away over bare dry packed soil. It looks like a small flying fuzzy kiwi fruit with 2 little legs splayed out to the sides. On its shadow the silhouette of its tiny proboscis can be seen.
a video looking down at a shallow stream, the right side where it is flowing from has a sheet of ice on top. Amorphous, dark, constantly moving shapes travel under it where the water makes contact underneath.
A large white swan with black triangular bill that extends back to the eyes. It is swimming calmly in the water in front of a small group of canada geese sitting on the edge of ice on the water. They a dull brown, with black heads and white eye patches.
A horned lark, a small bird with a black mask that hooks down along its cheeks on its yellow face, a white brow line, a black neck band, and brown body and white belly, is sitting on a corn cob looking down at it. the ground is blanketed in snow but a few green blades of grass and old frayed cornstalks barely poke through.
A small toad sitting among brown leaf litter and mud. The toad is a dark brown, similar to the ground, with a multitude of lighter tan bumps in loose patterns along its back.
A Long Tailed Duck facing to the right. Its a mottled soft brown and white, with more white on its breast, back and head. It has a dark stripe down the top of its head and a large dark cheek spot. Its bill is a subtle pale blue with a black tip.
A large common snapping turtle sitting just above water level. Its head hangs low besides its scaly clawed front legs. small saplings jut from the water at odd angles and 1 has fallen behind the turtle.
A drab brown bird with 2 light wing bars, and a broken light eye ring hanging on side of a seed log.
A Bald Eagle sitting atop a metal strut connected to power lines. The iconic white head feathers of this large bird are disheveled from blowing winds. It's prominent yellow beak and legs are clearly visible, with sharp black talons clutching the structure. The sky is solid white-gray cloud cover.
a slightly cloudy sky with a thin band of sparse clouds has a rainbow glow beneath it. dark silhouettes of bare trees line the bottom half of the image.