Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) / Redsky

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Wonderful!!🤩

2/9/2025, 9:44:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Jax - Backyard Wildlife Photography (@naturephotos55.bsky.social) reposted

A thistle I spotted along the bike trail. #flowers

Pink thistle in bloom surrounded by thistle buds.

2/9/2025, 3:08:39 PM | 14 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

You're welcome!✌️

2/9/2025, 8:53:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

You're welcome, Nick✌️

2/9/2025, 8:53:17 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Fabulous capture, Nick!!😛

2/9/2025, 6:54:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Nick (@rookman.bsky.social) reposted

#TonguesoutTuesday

2/9/2025, 5:43:37 PM | 26 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Terrific!🙌

2/9/2025, 6:53:29 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

👍👍

2/9/2025, 5:30:52 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

You're welcome✌️

2/9/2025, 5:29:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Terrific capture!!👏👏

2/9/2025, 5:28:10 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Jax - Backyard Wildlife Photography (@naturephotos55.bsky.social) reposted

Juvenile ruby-throated #Hummingbird on the salvia in my backyard. #birds 🪶

Hummingbird eating at the tip top of the purple salvia blossom.

2/9/2025, 3:06:40 PM | 37 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Thanks!😃

2/9/2025, 4:21:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Good Morning, Jax!🙏😃☀️✌️

2/9/2025, 4:20:29 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Thanks🙏 I'm quite proud of it😁

2/9/2025, 4:20:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Wonderful!!🔍😛

2/9/2025, 4:19:12 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Jax - Backyard Wildlife Photography (@naturephotos55.bsky.social) reposted

#TonguesOutTuesday Okay, just barely but it’s there! #hummingbird #birds 🪶

2/9/2025, 2:48:02 PM | 26 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you, Jax😁🙏

2/9/2025, 4:18:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Good Morning, Karin!🙏😃☀️👋✌️

2/9/2025, 4:17:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

😁👋

2/9/2025, 4:17:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

shedevilpatrol.bsky.social (@shedevilpatrol.bsky.social) reposted

#arizonacostashummingbirdpose #costashummingbirdpose #hummingbirdpose #arizonahighways #blueskyphotographers

2/9/2025, 3:07:30 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

The photo was a couple weeks ago I'm sure it's looking all sleek now

2/9/2025, 4:16:10 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Thanks😁

2/9/2025, 4:15:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

👍✌️

2/9/2025, 4:14:50 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

😁👍

2/9/2025, 4:14:33 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

You're welcome✌️

2/9/2025, 1:54:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social)

Scruffy molting curve-billed thrasher #feathers #bird #birdphotography 🪶

One feather looks like it's getting ready to fly away

2/9/2025, 1:53:22 PM | 32 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social)

Female pyrrhuloxia in a mesquite tree #bird #birdphotography 🪶

Males have red feathers on the chest; females don't

2/9/2025, 1:51:24 PM | 27 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Terrific picture!!👏👏

2/9/2025, 1:49:09 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

😁👍

2/9/2025, 1:47:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social)

#TonguesOutTuesday! Look close and check it out #tongue #bird #birdphotography 🪶 Male broad-billed #hummingbird

Gripping the rail of the hummingbird feeder

2/9/2025, 1:46:24 PM | 25 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social)

I did some delicate #editing to make this one look sharp Check it out👀 Costa's #hummingbird in a mesquite tree in my backyard #bird #birdphotography 🪶 #purple

The most distinguishing characteristic is the purple feathers at the throat.

2/9/2025, 1:44:20 PM | 33 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social)

"Why are there are all these photos of #hummingbirds in my timeline?" Here is a Costa's #hummingbird in a tree #bird #birdphotography 🪶 Everybody likes hummingbirds

To paraphrase, if not outright quote, a post I saw on Bluesky a couple weeks ago. Like, they wanted all the pictures to go away!

2/9/2025, 1:42:00 PM | 73 8 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social)

Look at the #cardinal! Scruffy molting female #bird #birdphotography 🪶

I don't remember if this is sharp or not, so expand and magnify the photo and find out

2/9/2025, 1:38:42 PM | 24 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social)

Scruffy molting female northern #cardinal in my backyard This photo was from a couple weeks ago She looks mostly normal now #bird #birdphotography 🪶 #feathers

The beak starts out black and turns orange as they mature

2/9/2025, 1:36:11 PM | 18 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social)

Costa's #hummingbird #flying in his natural environment #bird #birdphotography 🪶 #purple

2/9/2025, 1:33:52 PM | 21 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social)

This is a male Costa's #hummingbird #flying in my backyard Check out the #purple #feathers #bird #birdphotography 🪶

Purple feathers in the throat area are only purple when the light hits them just right

2/9/2025, 1:31:38 PM | 21 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social)

Pyrrhuloxia Desert cardinal (nobody I know calls it that) #bird In my backyard Scruffy female #birdphotography 🪶

Female pyrrhuloxia hiding, kind of, amongst the leaves of the mesquite tree

2/9/2025, 1:29:39 PM | 15 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social)

Good Morning! Have a wonderful #Tuesday! @stormhour.com @thephotohour.bsky.social @panophotos.bsky.social

2/9/2025, 1:22:49 PM | 10 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social)

worried Monarez wasn’t skeptical enough about vaccines “medical freedom” activists question the science banning all injections that use mRNA all Americans use wearable gadgets to track their health new dietary guidelines #MAHA #eugenics #RFKJr www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

2/9/2025, 12:24:28 PM | 5 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

😁

2/9/2025, 11:30:52 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

You're welcome!✌️

2/9/2025, 11:30:22 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

You're welcome✌️

2/9/2025, 11:29:50 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you, Rob🙏✌️

2/9/2025, 11:29:31 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Thanks, Rob🙏

2/9/2025, 11:29:04 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Thanks, Rob🙏😃

2/9/2025, 11:28:00 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

You're welcome😁👍

2/9/2025, 11:27:26 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Thanks, Rob🙏

2/9/2025, 11:26:56 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social)

#MoneyShotMonday #hummingbird

1/9/2025, 8:51:15 PM | 22 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Magnificent capture ... very impressed!👏👏

1/9/2025, 8:49:35 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Jax - Backyard Wildlife Photography (@naturephotos55.bsky.social) reposted

#MoneyShotMonday #hummingbirds #birds 🪶

Juvenile hummingbird approaching the feeder.

1/9/2025, 7:05:57 PM | 32 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you🙏

1/9/2025, 7:44:15 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

😁😁🙏

1/9/2025, 7:43:54 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

😁😁👍

1/9/2025, 5:54:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

You're welcome👍

1/9/2025, 5:54:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Okay, I will check it out👍

1/9/2025, 5:53:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Wonderful!!👍👏

1/9/2025, 5:52:07 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Jax - Backyard Wildlife Photography (@naturephotos55.bsky.social) reposted

Got any oversized feet to show? #BigFootMonday Feet of a great white egret. #birds 🪶

The large black feet of an egret closeup.

1/9/2025, 5:37:24 PM | 41 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Thanks, JR!🙏😃

1/9/2025, 5:49:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Of course, I expanded it and magnified to see if it was sharp😁👌👍😉

1/9/2025, 5:49:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Ok, I use i-naturalist just to search pictures But now, I'm guessing there's an easier way?

1/9/2025, 5:47:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

🤷‍♂️

1/9/2025, 5:46:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Southern something or other Something that doesn't exist in Cochise County 🤷‍♂️

1/9/2025, 5:27:17 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

😁 ... Yeah, I don't think most people look at it Sometimes there are jokes!

1/9/2025, 5:26:38 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

🤷‍♂️

1/9/2025, 5:25:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Fantastic picture!!🤩

1/9/2025, 5:24:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Jax - Backyard Wildlife Photography (@naturephotos55.bsky.social) reposted

Everybody likes #hummingbirds Juvenile ruby-throat. #birds 🪶

Young hummingbird at the feeder with its wings spread.

1/9/2025, 5:23:28 PM | 59 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Wonderful capture!!👍

1/9/2025, 4:56:10 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Rose, formerly on Twitter (@rosa174.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

Gorgeous, I got lucky and captured my #MacroMonday Sulphur #butterfly in our #PollinatorGarden on a ZTurks Cap 🌱 🦋

Sulphuric butterfly on a Turks Cap plant Spring, TX

1/9/2025, 4:43:45 PM | 6 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you! Google AI misidentified it😁

1/9/2025, 4:55:32 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

It's not a mallard!😁 Check out the Alt description😉

1/9/2025, 4:54:44 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Thanks, Jax😁 I'm sure I did something special with Lightroom to kill highlights😉

1/9/2025, 4:53:39 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

You're welcome✌️

1/9/2025, 4:52:01 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Very good👍

1/9/2025, 4:51:38 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

You're welcome!✌️

1/9/2025, 4:51:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Wonderful!!🤩

1/9/2025, 4:49:30 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Mike Saunders 🇺🇦 (@hardwaterhacker.bsky.social) reposted

A cotton candy pink cloud after sunset, over the Sheyenne National Grassland. #Pink #sunset #landscape #Nikon #PhotographersUnited

A minimalist grasslands scene. A mix of dried prairie grasses and green plants extend to the horizon on a gently rolling plain. Oak and aspen trees stand at the distant horizon. Above, the sky is pale blue, with faint clouds reflecting pink light shortly after the sun has set. One larger cloud extends across the frame, near the top of the photo. The top of the cloud is lit in pale pink, while the underside of the cloud is darker and purple.

1/9/2025, 2:25:31 PM | 41 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Terrific macro!!🦋

1/9/2025, 4:48:55 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Jax - Backyard Wildlife Photography (@naturephotos55.bsky.social) reposted

Cabbage butterfly on a cucumber blossom in our backyard. #MacroMonday #macrophotography #macro #insects 🐛 🦋

Close up of a butterfly on a cucumber blossom.

1/9/2025, 4:13:12 PM | 18 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Terrific picture!!👏👏

1/9/2025, 4:46:02 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Jax - Backyard Wildlife Photography (@naturephotos55.bsky.social) reposted

#BlueSkyMonday #birds 🪶 Young great white egret.

Great white egret with a blue water background.

1/9/2025, 4:42:38 PM | 71 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Wonderful capture!!!!

1/9/2025, 4:43:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Jax - Backyard Wildlife Photography (@naturephotos55.bsky.social) reposted

Everybody likes #hummingbirds We’ve been calling this ruby-throated male “Old man Ruben” because he has white whiskers and beard and always seems just a bit rumpled. But he chases the females around just like he is supposed to this time of year. #birds 🪶

1/9/2025, 4:08:48 PM | 42 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you, Jax!😃

1/9/2025, 4:42:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Good Morning, Jax!🙏😃☀️✌️

1/9/2025, 4:07:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you, Jax!🙏

1/9/2025, 4:07:17 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you🙏

1/9/2025, 3:59:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Good Morning, Karin!🙏😃👋☀️✌️ They won't be with us much longer, either The Anna's should stick around, though🤞

1/9/2025, 3:59:04 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Thanks🙏

1/9/2025, 3:57:14 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

👍🎨

1/9/2025, 2:17:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Ela Schneider (@elaschneider43.bsky.social) reposted

#MacroMonday

1/9/2025, 2:04:16 PM | 11 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you, Mike!🙏😃

1/9/2025, 2:15:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social)

The light is shining through the #orange bill to illuminate it This is a male broad-billed #hummingbird perching in the big mesquite tree in my backyard #bird #birdphotography 🪶

He waits here to attack any other hummingbirds that come within striking distance.

1/9/2025, 2:10:10 PM | 48 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social)

Everybody likes #hummingbirds This is a male Anna's #hummingbird #flying in his natural environment with his #tongue out!😲 #bird #birdphotography 🪶 #purple #magenta

1/9/2025, 2:03:07 PM | 53 7 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social)

#MacroMonday! This is a longhorn cuckoo #bee It has a smiley face on its thorax #macro #macrophotography #Apidae

Sort of has stripes in a pattern like a lot of hoverflies; but obviously has bee eyes, and if you look close, you'll see four wings

1/9/2025, 2:00:33 PM | 25 7 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social)

#MacroMonday! Large #orange sulphur #butterfly #macro #macrophotography #Lepidoptera

I let Google AI try to do the ID, and it got it wrong!

1/9/2025, 1:56:56 PM | 28 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social) reply parent

😁😁👍

1/9/2025, 1:54:52 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social)

#MacroMonday! This is a blue-winged scoliid #wasp on milkweed #flowers #macro #marcrophotography #Hymenoptera

1/9/2025, 1:53:52 PM | 26 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social)

#MacroMonday! Blue-winged scoliid #wasp on milkweed #flowers #macro #macrophotography #insect

The wings are blue. The head and thorax and legs are black and iridescent blue. The abdomen is hairy and orange.

1/9/2025, 1:51:09 PM | 16 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social)

#MacroMonday! Fatal😲 metalmark #butterfly at the #pollinator garden at my super-secret birding spot in the hinterlands of Cochise County #macro #macrophotography #Lepidoptera

1/9/2025, 1:49:07 PM | 20 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Brian Peterson (@drbrianpet.bsky.social)

Pipevine swallowtail #butterfly on lantana #flowers Nikon D850 + Sigma 150-600mm S lens

In focus, but not the detail I could get with a macro lens.

1/9/2025, 1:46:10 PM | 21 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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