Rob L

@pops.pictures

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https://pops.pictures/ Aspiring photographer, casual birder, avid (fair-weather) recreational bicyclist. All images I post ©2026. Licensed for non-commerical use only under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted.

A tightly-cropped close-up of an osprey soaring high in the sky showing most of its body and head and one extended wing. It is a large brown and white bird with a bright yellow eye. It has a mainly white breast, wings streaked with brown and a distinctive brown 'mask' extending from its eye to the back of its head. Its tongue can be seen peeking from its barely-parted black beak.
A close-up of an iridescent yellow and black dragonfly with wings showing a black tint near the body and the ends (clear in between), perched on a very thin, green stalk in front of blurred foliage on a hot, sunny summer day.
A tiny white moth with an orangish-tan head, shoulders, border on its wings and black eyes, legs and antennae is perched on a single blade of green grass against a blurred green background on a sunny summer day.
A light brown butterfly with two yellow-rimmed black eyespots on its forewing and three similar spots on its hindwing is perched on a green leaf with blurred green foliage on a spring day.
A scarlet-red bird with a red beak, brown eye and black "mask" on his face is perched on a mossy branch in front of blurred green foliage on a sunny spring day.
A map from my phone's fitness tracker of the 75-mile (≈ 120.7 km) bike ride I completed last weekend.
A medium-sized shiny black bird with a black beak, black eyes and a bright orangish-red over yellow patch on his upper wing is perched on a black metal post in front of a blurred blue bridge on a sunny spring day. The bird's beak is wide open as it calls out loudly.
A close-up photo of a cluster of pale lavender flowers in front of a background of blurred green foliage on a warm, spring day. Each bloom has four broad, rounded petals in a cross.
A tiny black and white bird is perched on a bare branch with his head held to the sky and his beak open in song in front of a background of blurred green foliage and gray sky on a warm spring day. The bird's beak and legs are yellow, and is primarily white on the undersides with prominent black streaks and a black crown.
A tiny bird is perched, looking up, on a leafy branch in front of some trees on a sunny spring day. The bird is tiny, gray on its back and wings, bright yellow on its underside with a distinctive band of dark streaks on its chest and a bright yellow eyering.
A male American Redstart is perched on a bare branch on a sunny spring day. The bird is very small, primarily black with a white underside and blazing orange patches on his wings, tail and the sides of his breast. He has a tiny, black beak. The background is blurred green and brown foliage.
A tiny white bird with black barred wings, a yellow cap, streaks of yellow on the wings, a distintive brown patch on either side of its breast and a tiny black beak is perched on a bare branch on a warm spring day. The background is pleasantly-blurred green foliage.
A tiny, olive and gray bird is perched on a bare branch facing away from the camera with its head turned to the side looking back on a sunny spring day. The bird has black and white barred wings, a very faint white eye ring and a tiny beak, darker on top. The background is blurred green foliage.
A tiny gray bird with a slight olive tinge on its light chest is perched, looking to the side, on a piece of driftwood in front of the blurred, rocky background of a riverbed. The bird is darker gray on the head and wings and has a tiny yellow bill, a bit darker at the end.
A tiny bird with a white breast, green-tinged sides, black, gray and white-barred wings, a white eye ring, short black beak and distinctive blue-gray head is perched on a thorny, bare branch against a pleasantly-blurred green background on a sunny spring day.
A medium-sized bird is perched with its head to one side on a mostly-bare branch with blurred green foliage in the foreground on a sunny spring day. The bird is light brown on its upper parts with a creamy white underside speckled with brown spots. It has a tan eye ring and its beak is primarily black but horn-colored near the mouth.
A medium-sized bird is perched on a bare branch with its head to turned to the side leaving one eye visible on a sunny spring day. Some green leaves and a patch of blue sky are visible in the background. The bird has a black head, back and wings, and a mostly white underside with a distinct bright rose 'bib' on its chest. It has a short, thick horn-colored beak.
A medium-sizled shorebird with a white underside, black back and wings, a very long, straight black bill and very long and distinctive pink legs wades in a mossy marsh on a sunny spring day.
A tiny, sleek bird with a white underside, iridescent blue (sometimes greenish when catching the light) and black wings and 'cap' is perched on a wooden railing on a sunny spring day. The bird has the tiniest of beaks (that opens incredibly wide when feeding) and looks unusually squat from this angle. The background is completely blurred green foliage.
A medium-sized shore bird with bright yellow legs stands in a glassy, mossy marsh among emerging green vegetation on a sunny and warm spring day. The bird is primarily white on its underside and speckled with various shads of brown and tan everywhere else. It has a straight, black bill about the same length as its head.
A medium-sized black bird is looking upward, perched on a bare log in a muddy creek on a cold spring day. The bird is an iridescent blue on its head and shoulders, has a long, dark bill and tail and gleaming yellow eyes.
A tiny bird is perched on a mostly bare branch in front of a clear, light blue sky on a warm spring day. Just a few emerging leaves are seen on the branches beneath the bird. The bird is primarily gray on top and white on its breast and underside, with black streaks on its wings and yellow patches on its chest. It has a black "mask" extending down and behind its eyes and a tiny, black beak. The yellow rump is not visible in this photo
A female red-winged blackbird is perched on one dry reed among many on a warm spring day, appearing to look at the photographer with one eye turned to the side. The bird is medium-sized, and mainly dark brown with bold streaks of other shades of tan and brown. It has a reddish hue about the face and beak.
A medium-sized black bird with bright orange "epaulets" over yellow bars on the top of its wings calls out with a wide-open beak on a warm spring day. The bird is perched on the thin branch of a tree that is blossoming with bright pink flowers and barely-budding green leaves. In the background is the blurred, blue Anthony Wayne Bridge.
A Blue-winged Teal drake – a small, buff-colored dabbling duck speckled with darker spots with a bluish head and a prominent white vertical stripe in front of its eye extending down below its black bill – floats calmly on a shallow marsh among bits of emerging vegetation. Its tail feathers are primarily black, striped with white, with just a patch of vibrant blue toward its wings. Behind it floats a Green-winged Teal drake, with a cinnamon-brown head that has a bright green streak from above and behind its eye extending to the back of its head. Its body is feathered with black and white feathers that make it appear gray from a distance, and it has a bright green patch toward its tail feathers between its wings and body.
A male Northern Flicker – a medium-sized woodpecker – is perched at an angle on a mostly bare tree branch with some buds visible in the background, peering upward with one bright, black eye visible on a sunny, early spring day. The bird is mostly a light and dark creamy tan color, with a black "bib" on its breast and black patches extending backward from the beak, under the eye. The back of its head is gray with a distinct heart-shaped red patch (the females heads are mostly gray). Its breast is dotted with striking black spots, and its wings are gray barred with black. It has very bright yellow tail feathers, just barely visible in this photo as its tail is helping to stabilize the bird on the branch. It has a long, powerful beak.
A tiny woodpecker hangs upside-down on a bare tree branch – grasping it with his claws and pressing up with his tail feathers for further support – on a cold but sunny spring day with a bright blue sky in the background. The bird is mostly white but has black wings dotted with white, white bars above and below the eyes, and the males (like this bird) have a distinctive red band that wraps around the back of the head.
A small drake floats on a glassy marsh marked by bits of green vegetation poking through the surface on a cloudy and cold spring day. The duck is white with brown sides and a black and brown back, with an iridescent green head and a glowing orange eye. Its most noticeable feature is its very large, almost spatula-like black bill.
A tiny, sleek bird with a distinct, downward-curved beak and front-facing eyes is perched nearly upside-down on a dead tree branch. Its upper parts and wings are a mottled brown and tan that blends nearly seamlessly with most tree barks. The clear blue sky is visible in the background on a cold but sunny early spring day.
A small, brown and gray sparrow with dark streaks on its back, lighter feathers underneath, a brown cap, brown streaks extending from the eyes and a tiny brown beak is perched on a bare branch. The bird is puffed up to stay warm in front of light brown, dried foliage on a very cold and cloudy early spring day.
A very large wading bird stands in a wet marsh surrounded by dried, light brown foliage on a very cold and windy late winter's day. The bird is mainly gray with rusty brown on its back and wings. It has white cheeks, a distinct red cap, bright orange eyes and a long, sturdy beak.
A very small, mainly-cream colored raptor is perched with its yellow talons on a solitary, bare tree branch against a clear, light blue sky on a cold but sunny late winter afternoon. The bird is puffed up to fight the cold. It has dark brown streaks running downward on its chest, and perpendicular streaks on its folded tail feathers. It has striking blue feathers on its head, with hints of rusty orange near its tiny black beak and black streaks running down either side of its eyes.
A close-up of the face of a Fox Squirrel, its fur varying from reddish-brown to grayish brown, with very small, rounded ears, a striking large, brown eye, and black whiskers surrounding its snout. Visible around the squirrel's face are the thin, narrow leafless branches of the tree it is in, and behind it is they clear blue sky of a cold but very sunny later winter's day.
A Great Blue Heron – a very large, mainly gray wading bird with a white and dark blue head, yellow beak and yellow and grayish legs – stands in the reflection of a white light on a frozen river at sundown on a cold winter's day.
Two small, male diving ducks float serenely on a calm, glassy river on a cold, cloudy winter's day. The ducks have black heads and chests, as well their tail feathers, contrasting with their white undersides and mottled white and gray backs. Their bills are hued blue, and they have gleaming orange eyes.
A large, brown and tan goose with a white underside, black neck and white strip on its cheeks and under its chin stands in a snowy field of dried grass, appearing to eye the photographer warily on a cold winter's day.
A medium-sized thrush with a rusty red breast, grayish-black wings and back and a bright yellow beak stands in a bare patch in the snow, foraging for food on a cold but quite sunny winter's day. The bird has its head turned to one side as though it is looking at the photographer.
A bright red bird with black-streaked wings, a black face "mask" and distinctive red crest on his head is perched on a bare branch on a very, very cold and sunny winter day.
A large white and gray gull with black tail feathers, a yellow bill and pinkish legs stands on a frozen river and bends its head down to snack on a small, dead fish on a gloomy winter's day.
Dozens of large, black, white and gray gulls with yellow bills standing in a group on a frozen river on a sunny winter's day. A large silvery-green glass and steel building is reflected on the ice underneath them, along with a gray smokestack from another building and a large piece of public art (Sun Obelisk by Dale Eldred) that is similar in color to the building.
A small, dark brown bird with striking, speckled feathers and a small black beak looks directly at the camera while perched in a dry bush with only tiny, bright red berries on its branches on a cold but sunny winter's day.
A very small gray and brown bird with a tiny, brown and yellow beak, a brown streak behind its eye, and brown, white and gray striped wings clutches a dry plant and looks upward – perhaps contemplating life, or maybe just thinking about bugs – in front of a blurred, golden background of dried foliage on a cold but sunny winter's day.
A smallish hawk with streaked light brown and white feathers on its chest, gray and black wing and tail feathers and an orangish eye is perched high in a bare tree on a cold, winter day.
A very small slate-gray bird with a white belly and tiny beak is perched on a bare tree branch in the late afternoon on a very cold, snowy day.
On the left side of a tree trunk is a medium-sized Red-bellied Woodpecker with a light gray belly, black and white barred wings, a red-topped head and prominent beak. On the right side, a bit lower, is a Downy Woodpecker – a tiny light gray woodpecker with black and white wings and a small beak. The day is cold and gray.
A very small brown, white and black diving duck with a black bill, gleaming orange eye and distinctive large, raised black and white crest on his head appears to look coyly over his shoulder while floating on a muddy creek on a very cold, very nearly winter afternoon. While the bird's breeding plumage is nearly complete, he still shows some non-breeding plumage, notably on his chest.
A very small slate-gray bird with a white belly and tiny beak is perched on a bare tree branch in the late afternoon on a very cold, snowy autumn day. Towering above it is the blurred, blue bottom of the Anthony Wayne Bridge.
A tiny light gray woodpecker with black and white wings and a distinctive red bar on the back of his head plucks a seed from a thin, bare tree branch on a gloomy autumn day.
A close-up of a wild turkey's looking directly toward the camera. The large brown bird has a bluish head and neck with scattered pinkish bits, including the wattle hanging directy beneath its beak. Behind it is a blurred background of dry, brown fall foliage.
A very small gray and brown bird with a tiny, brown and yellow beak, a brown streak behind its eye, and brown, white and gray striped wings perches on a thin branch with a few dried brown leaves remaining in front of a background of dried, brown foliage on a sunny autumn day.
A very small slate-gray bird with a white belly and some tiny seeds stuck on its bill is looking to its side while perched on a bare tree branch in the cold autumn sun.
A large brown bird with a bluish head and red wattle hanging from its neck st andsin front of sunlight, drying leaves in early autumn.
A bald eagle – a huge, dark brown raptor with a white head and tail – soars gracefully against a clear blue sky on a sunny autumn day. The bird is clutching unidentifiable prey in its huge yellow talons, trailing vegetation that the prey appears to have been clinging to when snatched up.
A huge red and off-white bulk carrier – likely loaded with grain – is being guided up the Maumee River toward Lake Erie by two tugboats, one in front and one behind. It dwarfs a couple rowing a double scull beside it on a sunny autumn day.
A tiny purple flower with a yellow center blooms proudly on a drying and fading plant on a sunny autumn day.
A tiny light gray woodpecker with black and white wings and a distinctive red bar on the back of his head sits on a bare branch on a sunny autumn day.
A smallish, white wading bird with black legs, a yellow eye and golden beak is perched on a fence in front of blurred golden, rust and fading green autumn foliage as the sun prepares to set.
A medium-sized black bird with prominent red and yellow patches on his shoulders is perched in green-leafed tree on a sunny day, preening the inside of his wing, ostensibly looking somewhat like a classic Dracula with a cape draped over his face with one arm.
A cluster of orange and black bugs of varying sizes and stages of development feast on the pod of a dried milkweed plant that has gone to seed on an autumn day. Some of the rounded – tapered toward the top – milkweed pods are open, and the seeds are ready to be dispersed by the wind, carried by their silky filaments.