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Justine Jones
@justinejones.bsky.social
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Photographing birds and other subjects with a Nikon D610 or my phone, mostly in Central California. Still pretty new and learning as I go. I enjoy sharing beautiful images from others. This space is my escape from the ugliness of the world.
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Good morning friends! Happy #PalacesandGardens #WhatsNext, #UrbanGaze & #HumansOfBlueSky Thursday.

How are you today?🙋‍♂️

It’s about 6:30am 🕡 EDST here & ☀️, and I’m making our rich & aromatic #BlueBrew coffee.

Who’d like a cup?☕️

Please do stop by & say hello!👋

We close at 10:30am 🕥 EDST😊

#ECK
Pouring Coffee Time
Alt: Coffee is being poured continuously into a seemingly bottomless white cup
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October 8, 2026 at 10:29 AM
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I had my first Sanderling experience over the weekend and I am already plotting another visit to to coast. #Birds #WaderWednesday #BlueWater #BirdOfTheDay #ECK
Four small and adorable shorebirds standing in shallow blue water. They are stacked front to back with the nearest to the camera being #1. The first and third birds are standing facing the right with their faces exposed. The second and fourth have their necks bent so their faces are hidden. They all have white bellies, grey patterned wings, black legs, and black bills. Their heads are grey on top with a line of grey from the bill to behind the eye and otherwise are white. The water is fairly placid where they are standing with a small wave near the fourth bird and a slightly larger wave further out.
October 8, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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An Olive-sided Flycatcher singing it's "quick 3 beers" song from a month ago. Odds are it has migrated quite a bit further south by now. #Birds #BirdOfTheDay #Crooners #ECK
An Olive-sided Flycatcher perched in the grey, bare upper branches of a dead tree. Its facing the camera giving a clear view of its white central belly surrounded by medium-dark grey. This color pattern is distinctive enough to help with ID even from a distance. The birds head is turned towards the right frame, not quite in full profile. Its beak is open mid-song. Its head looks a bit pointy. The background is clear blue sky.
October 8, 2026 at 6:01 AM
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Two singing birds for Rob's #BirdOfTheDay theme #crooners, birds singing.
The Alt theme is #Eating, birds with food in their beaks.
#vogels #birds
October 8, 2026 at 6:05 AM
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#Crooners (birds singing) is the subject for todays #BirdOfTheDay, so I’ll give you a double treat. A Wren and a Reed Bunting both happily singing #birds #thegardenjungle #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #shropshire #UKwildlife #birdphotography #canon #photography
Wren Reed Bunting
October 8, 2026 at 6:08 AM
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Rob Crank’s #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme is #Eating, birds with food in their beaks.

Here's a great blue heron polishing off a small fish it caught in a shallow pool off the Des Moines River.

📷 #CanonR7 #Tamron18-300
#photography #birdphoto #wildlife #ECK #herons #GreatBlueHerons
A great blue heron stands in a shallow pool, swallowing a fish. The bird is shown in left profile, showing off its blue-gray body feathers and long legs. Its head is turned toward the camera, and its beak is open, showing a small silver fish near its gullet. Its neck has expanded to receive the incoming meal. Brown sand forms the backdrop.
October 8, 2026 at 5:51 AM
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Enjoying the fall colors in the Sierra Mountains.

#ColorADay #YellowThu #Mountians #Aspen #Fall
A close-up of an aspen tree with bright golden-yellow and orange fall leaves, with a few hints of green still visible. The aspen stands out sharply against a dark, blurred background of trees and rocks, making the autumn colors glow.
October 8, 2026 at 6:06 AM
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Rob's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #crooners, birds singing.

An avocet serenading the shoreline at Bridgeport Reservoir. #Birds #ECK #Avocet
A white avocet rests on a sandy shoreline beside shallow water, facing left with its long, upward-curved black bill slightly open and a small tongue visible. The bird has a white head and neck, a brown patch on its back, and black-and-white wing markings. Its body is tucked low to the ground.
October 8, 2026 at 5:54 AM
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The Sierra are ablaze right now.
October 4, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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McCloud River, Middle Falls, CA
September 10, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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Good morning folks.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #crooners, birds singing.
The Alt theme is #Eating, birds with food in their beaks.

#birds #ECK #ForJanet #CanonR5mkii #ukbirding #birdphotography @rspb.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social #NatureTherapy #naturephotography #BirdLife #wildlife
October 8, 2026 at 4:24 AM
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Autumn Has Landed
for #Stunday
and #OrangeSun by #ColorADay

Happy Sunday everyone!

#EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #seedhead #gardening #autumn #macro #macrophotography #sunlight
(iPhone camera)
Photograph taken five minutes ago in the garden of the seedhead of an iris. I feel it sums up autumn and I'm really rather chuffed with this whilst trying to ignore that my jamas bottoms are now soggy from crouching down in morning dew-covered grass. No judgement that I'm not dressed yet - it's Sunday, a day of rest...and photography! Image is portrait in dimension with a dark grey background, thanks to my ever trusty shoebox lid. A three-headed iris seedhead fills the frame in colours of olive green, cream, tan, chestnut, dark brown and a glimpses of a wonderful burnt orange. The front most seedpod is the largest and contains a minimum of ten seeds (number goes up each time I count). Each seed looks slightly like it's been gently crushed between thumb and forefinger. They nestle within what looks like two-fingered, chunky, wide-open, cream-coloured pea pod, at right angles to each other. The two other seedheads of the trio sit behind and aren't so open, and are out of focus. Morning sunlight catches areas of the pods and seeds. Message to self - don't be grumpy that you haven't got anything new to post for Stunday, get off your backside, into the garden and actually look. Got SO many photos within five minutes...and morning dew is a photography gift.
October 4, 2026 at 8:46 AM
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Ever wanted to suggest a #PalacesAndGardens theme? Now is your opportunity! This Thursday, 8th October our theme is #WhatsNext

Post a photo/artwork with your theme idea, such as a chateau roof with the suggestion of 'turrets' or a mown lawn for 'stripes'.

Info in Queen Sabine's poster below. #ECK
Poster for the #PalacesandGardens photography challenge on Thursday, 8 October 2026. Theme: #WhatsNext. The community is invited to help shape future challenges through three prompts: Your Theme—suggest anything from a single word to an imaginative idea; Your Photo—share a photograph illustrating the idea; Your Wild Card—suggest something quirky, funny, unexpected or completely outside the box. Participants don’t need to design a complete challenge; they only need to provide the spark. The poster ends: “Everyone is welcome. #ECK Behind the text is a softly faded garden photograph dominated by lush green foliage.
October 5, 2026 at 6:11 AM
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Alan, via Rob, has chosen #BlueWater as the #BirdOfTheDay theme - birds surrounded by Blue Water.
Here's a pair of Egyptian Goslings playing follow my leader on a lake.
#BirdPhotography
#ECK #Birds #BirdsofBluesky #PhotographersOfBluesky
Two Egyptian Goslings, in single file, cruise towards shore on a bluish lake. Camera: Canon EOS 400D digital Tamron 55-200mm lens.
October 7, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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Yosemite Photographers
Miles Cherkasky
Vernal Falls
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October 7, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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Happy #TongueOutTuesday! The mule deer I saw last week. Mama has her tongue out.

(The son has a wound by his hip and one on the other side as well. It looks like it's shaved around it.)

#AnimalArtTuesday #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #ArtYear #photography #wildlife #cute #TimelineCleanse
A mother and son mule deer standing in grass and dead leaves. Their bodies are facing left, but their heads are facing the camera. The son is on the left side and farther back. He has little antlers growing in next to his giant ears. There's a red wound by his hip and it looks like it may be shaved around it. The mom's head is doown and her tongue is sticking out a little. Her butt is out of frame. There are bushes with green leaves behind them and some sunshine coming through bamboo-like plants behind them.
October 7, 2026 at 3:02 AM
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More from Johnston Canyon- Banff National Park - Lower Falls 💦💦
Sound is not coming on for some reason, so use your imagination!
👂💦💦😁
#WaterfallWednesday #RockinTuesday #WaterWednesday
#nature #Johnstoncanyon #banffnationalpark #alberta #canada
#photography
October 7, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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The River Göta Alv in Trollhättan Sweden
September 17, 2026 at 11:47 PM
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I was up early photographing horses, but this Corgi wanted me to pay attention to her instead, insisting I throw a stick for to her to fetch, but eye-balling me, waiting for a second throw, then snatching the stick away and running..psych! 🤣
Corgi basking in the early morning sun
October 7, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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The crescent moon as seen from the parking lot at work this morning. 🌙
A photo of the silhouette of a slender tree against a blue/gray sky with the crescent moon directly above and the beginning of an orange dawn on the horizon below.
October 7, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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Dawn in Phoenix 🧡🩶🩵
Photo of a 6am dawn in Phoenix. There are silhouettes of a tree and low desert mountain in the foreground, and an orange sky on the horizon that transitions to a blue/grey sky above.
October 7, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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Heavily edited pic of a parking lot tree. I missed some really cool sunset colors by about 15 minutes because I was still on the road. So I added some fantasy color to the sky instead. 💜🖤
Dark silhouette of a tree against a purple sky.
October 7, 2026 at 1:37 AM
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The mountains are calling and I must go. - John Muir

#ColorADay #RedWed #Mountains #FallColors #Aspen #EasternSierras #SaddlebagLake
Saddlebag Lake below rugged gray mountains, with a valley filled by vivid autumn aspens in red, orange, and gold, a large boulder in the foreground, dark green pines near the lake, and a bright blue sky with scattered white clouds.
October 7, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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Autumn
Red wild blueberry heather and yellow mountain birch
#ColorADay #RedWed #mountains #photography
A photo of the late sun lighting up the autumn colors in the mountain: Red heather of wild blueberry (bilberry), green juniper and evergreens, and yellow leaves on mountain birch trees.
October 7, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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Hello #BirdOfTheDay (ers).

Just to keep you all updated about Alan.

He is fine and healthy but still has bad jokes 😂

This is just to set your minds at ease and that he will be returning to BOTD once these matters are dealt with.

Please do not DM Alan.

#Perched theme photos with some #ForJanet
October 7, 2026 at 7:00 AM