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With a lifelong passion for learning, for years I’ve travelled the world virtually. Jan 2025, I began sharing the things that feed my soul here. A visual storytelling, just for you. As I learn I share other things here: @dailynewsstories.bsky.social
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Meet the Piping Plovers, small shorebirds with giant hearts! As soon as they hatch, the fluffy chicks begin exploring the world on their tiny orange legs, but they never stray far from the protection of their parent! 🪶📸 by Karl Ramsdell Photography www.karlramsdellphotography.com/product/plov...

The tiny “Japanese Snow Fairy is a subspecies of the long-tailed tit. With its snow-white feathers, round shape, and innocent expression, it’s considered one of the most adorable creatures in the world. 🪶📸 by masaharu iso from Japan Watch a Snow Fairy in flight: www.instagram.com/p/DKKIm4TMrc...

👇 The Magpie meet-up in my yard started last week with two visitors. Tonight I count 20 plus 3 doves Our visitors are exceptionally chatty at dawn ~ driving my husband crazy while I find them interesting and entertaining. Twenty however may be a tad too many. Can I teach them tricks?

Imagine being smaller than this cute little hedgehog & being this close! Don’t worry, as long as you’re not an insect, beetle, worm, caterpillar, slug, or earwig, he likely won’t eat you. 📸 by Logan Haas #wildlife

Fluffy European Hamster 📸 by Julian Rad from Austria

Side by side. Two Plumbeous Water Redstarts in flight together, both with wings outstretched. 🪶📸 by Sue Hsu, from Taiwan

Mating Season - Yikes! "As the Impalas fought for their mate, the evening backlight really added to the frames. I realized for the first time how important impalas can be for a wildlife photo session which had me speechless for the next few hours.” 📸 by Kanwar Deep Juneja from New Delhi, India

Up, up and away! 🪶📸 by Chris Schlaf 🦆 from the United States

The Expert Gatherer A bright beautiful male Red Avadavet 🪶📸 Atik Rahman from Uttara, Bangladesh

Nature’s Friendship An elk and magpie in the Canadian Rockies 🪶📸 by Darren Colello from Canmore, Canada

Fierceness and majesty of Arctic Wolves in the frozen glow of morning light. 📸 by 卫东 Weidong from China

In the Wild “A curious and hungry Red fox. We gave him something to eat and he gave us a great opportunity to photograph him so we both benefited from the situation”. 🦊📸 by Ari Parviainen from Joensuu, Finland

The Pale-billed Woodpecker is found from Mexico to Panama. 🪶📸 by Milan Zygmunt from Czech Republic

A surly Great Tit getting ready for the day. 🪶📸 by Roger Haenen from Halle, Belgium

King Quail from Singapore Botanical Gardens 🪶📸 by BP Chua

Bubblegum pink rose from Ukraine 🌹📸 by Tamara Papeta from Kyiv, Ukraine

Morning smooch from Brieselang, Germany Lesser Kestrels 🪶📸 by Christina Mayer from Berlin

Siblings Cheetah cubs ~”Cuteness Multiplied” 📸 by Jenny Garlick from Sydney, Australia

Rufous Hummingbird Ladykiller Displaying his gorget, this fella is trying his best to find a Lady. 🪶📸 by Wilma McKenzie from White Rock, Canada

Oh hey there! It’s Friday!!! Barred Owl 🪶📸 by Deepak Sreedharan from Wisconsin, U.S.

Red Whiskered Bulbuls feasting on Balsam Gourds! 🪶📸 by Sunil from Thiruvanthapuram, Kerala, India

African Fish Eagle, fishing in Lake Naivasa, Kenya Amazing capture, great timing! 🪶📸 by Sudipta Chakraborty from Kolkata, India

彩虹巨嘴鸟 Rainbow Toucan 🪶📸 from China

Home building or food storage? A male Common Flameback woodpecker, Singapore 🪶📸 by BP Chua from Singapore

Black-headed Trogon Great capture of a downward take-off in Costa Rica 🪶📸 by Boris Droutman from Manhattan Beach U.S.

Dalmation Pelican from Κερκίνη, Greece 🪶📸 by Nick Dale, London, UK

Eagle Portrait 🪶📸 by Stefan Bunk from Bergisch Gladbach, Germany

Sword-billed Hummingbird from Ecuador 🪶📸 by Richard Goluch from Centennial U.S.

Red-flanked Bluetail “Early morning” 🪶📸 by Honeybee Photography

"Miss duck" 🪶📸 by Alessia Noe from Milano

Yellow Warbler “Photographed shortly before sunset in the deep shade of a field while this male warbler sang his last evening song.” ~ New Brunswick, U.S. 🪶📸 by Isaac Grant from Staten Island, New York, U.S.

“Heading home for the day just before sunrise.” Raccoon 📸 by Barb D’Arpino from Wasaga Beach, Canada

Joyful Springtime in Aberdeenshire, UK 📸 Red Squirrel by Andy Wilson from Stonehaven, Scotland

Fox Kits 📸 by Kevin Crosby from Bartlett, U.S. Kennebec, United States

Red Squirrel 📸 by Andre Villeneuve

"Angry Jay" 🪶📸 by Chris Schlaf 🦆 United States

European Roller 🪶📸 by Hans Rentsch Muenchenstein, Switzerland

Great Spotted Woodpecker 🪶📸 by Ken Oeser Ekebergparken, Oslo, Norway

Lesser Black-backed Gull 🪶📸 by Guan-Yuan Huang Taichung City, Taiwan

Sandhill Crane 🪶📸 by ©Alejandro Gomez Peaceful Waters Sanctuary, Palm Beach, Florida

Sandhill Crane 🪶📸 by Alejandro Gomez Peaceful Waters Sanctuary, Palm Beach, Florida

Roseate Spoonbill 🪶📸 by Alejandro Gomez Peaceful Waters Sanctuary, Palm Beach, Florida

Australian King-Parrot 🪶📸 by Penhtah Mahakayi Apollo Bay Foreshore Reserve, Colac-Otway, Victoria, Australia

Crimson Rosella 🪶📸 by Penhtah Mahakayi Apollo Bay Foreshore Reserve, Colac-Otway, Victoria, Australia

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 🪶📸 by Michael Coppola Lettuce Lake County Park, Hillsborough, Florida

Swinhoe’s Pheasant 🪶📸 from Media.ebird.org ~ Tainan City, Taiwan

Rufous-chested Tanager 🪶📸 by Jim Merritt Reserva Geobotanica Pululahua, Pichincha, Ecuador

Northern Cardinal 🪶📸 by ©Laura Forrest Laguna Seca Ranch, Hidalgo, Texas