Kim M Burd

@kimmiser.bsky.social

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I'm here for the birds and the smart people who like birds. And restoring native plant species. And good vibes. Illustration of northern pintail duck by @aledthompson.bsky.social

Night sky with a large pinkish-orange moon rising above the horizon. There is a church steeple on the left and lights from cars on a highway.
A large adult bald eagle sits atop a deer carcass in an unplanted corn field. Several turkey vultures are also on the ground in a type of queue. The video was taken from a driver’s side window.
A terrible picture of a snowy owl perched on a snow bank. There’s an airplane lot in the foreground and an orange snow fence behind the owl.
A Canada Jay (bird) is centered in the screen. It is perched among a tangle of winter branches. The background is a very blue sky. The visible portion of the Jay is a black mask, white throat, and a grey floofy body.
No birds are in this photo. Picture of a frozen pond with a gentle rise of forested, glacial esker hills across the shore.
A box on a messy shelf is labeled ‘cleaning supplies for volunteers’ but it’s really just a bunch of rags. A bird has made a nest in the box.
A large orange and white cat, some have described as being shaped like a tank, is curled up on top of green and silver garland. Some gold and silver ornaments are in the foreground. A low winter sun backlights the glowing orange fur.
This is a picture of a bald eagle a fraction of a second after it lit off the branch it was on. All that’s left is a flash of white tail, blurry spread wings, gloomy early morning sky, and backlit branches
A sign on the counter of a coffee establishment says, “Afraid of change? Leave it here (smiley face)” with a green arrow pointing to a tip jar. The jar has change and several dollar bills in it.
Two cats are in this photo. The grey and white cat in the foreground has green eyes and looks like Pennywise the horror clown. The orange cat in the background looks tentative, like maybe it’s not a good idea to approach the evil clown.
A red-winged blackbird sits atop dried seed heads. A late-winter marsh provides the backdrop with mostly dead vegetation. The blackbird has its beak open as if to scream a curse at the viewer: “I condemn thee to watch over this wetland for all eternity, fighting all foes of destruction as if thee owned this land.”
A fresh monarch butterfly, bright orange and black, on pastel pink swamp milkweed. The monarch is a male, based on the visible scent gland on the wing. It’s a sunny day from August.
A small warbler with a black throat, white chest, and blue on top flits among branches while picking bugs from green leaves.
A single peregrine falcon is nestled in a pile of rocks inside a 3-sided enclosure. It’s safe to assume she is incubating eggs. An Indiana DNR sign and an Indiana Michigan Power sign are tacked up on the backside of the enclosure. There’s rain droplets covering the camera’s lens.
A small raptor bird rests on a telephone wire. A small, dead rodent hangs from its talons. The sky is dark grey and misty.
A hawk balances on a wire looking over its red shoulder. The sun is not in the photo but you can tell that it is setting by the golden light on the hawk’s feathers.
Pennywise is a small cat, with a face that looks like an evil clown. Her little tongue is sticking out.
A large orange and white cat sleeps on a chair on a bricked patio. The sun is low in the sky, giving the impression that it might be late in the day. The grass is green.
A tragic-looking cat is in a box. She looks like she would mess you up if you tried to remove her from the box.
A snowy field with a dozen snow bunting. But it's hard to see them unless you zoom all the way in.
Can with vivid green eyes bears a striking resemblance to the clown in the Stephen King novel, "It."
Wide angle of a wetland. Most of the photo is an impressive, dramatic storm rolling in.
A small warbler bird in mid-flight with one wing stretched out like a cape opening and the other wing closed across its body. The characteristic deep yellow throat, obvious. A deep blue April sky and spring budding tree in the background.
Two Monarch butterflies rest in a shrub while their wings fully expand and dry. Their wings are vibrant orange rimmed in dramatic black.
Fledgling cedar waxwing facing away from camera and tucked under green hosta leaves.The yellow wax tips are obvious.
A wet, kind of peeved-looking Great Horned Owl is wrapped in the jacket of a kind Samaritan who found the owl disabled near a state park. All you see of the owl is its head and its displeasure.
Cardinal flower, Lobelia cardinalis, a vibrant red wildflower. Photo taken at dusk when the low sunlight ignites the flowers flame-red.