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East Coast Kin photography tag spotlights spring blooms, coastlines and birds

cultureMay 1, 2026571,744

Photographers using the East Coast Kin tag are spotlighting spring coastal landscapes, bird shots, and florals such as tulips. Contributors post images from places ranging from northern Santa Barbara County to northeastern Ohio, with some images cross-tagged West Coast Kin. Examples include a rain-soaked tulip in NE Ohio, rolling cloudscapes over Santa Barbara hills, and handmade wands left at a Little Free Art Box for Beltane. The tag functions as a searchable showcase of seasonal nature, local coastlines, and small community art projects worth exploring.

Melissa D Jones
@rouxroamer.bsky.social

Happy #forestfriday #eastcoastkin #eck #art #nature #photography #scape #PhotographersofBluesky #PhotographersUnited #dronephotography

A waterfall as seen through tall mossy trees
32790d ago
David Brooks
@dgbrooks.bsky.social

Frying Pan River, near Aspen, CO #ForestFriday #Scape #EastCoastKin #ECK

25590d ago
Geoff Braine
@geoffbraine.bsky.social

“Pink on the Brink Moonlight”, Grapetree Bay, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, January 21, 2026, 7:29 PM #photography #eastcoastkin #Scape #PhotographersofBluesky #ArtYear

12090d ago
Rick M
@rickmartin.bsky.social

Billy bugle and lilly-of-the-valley 🌱 #FlowersOnFriday #PurpleFriday #FloralFriday #Bloomscrolling #EastCoastKin

Purpley blue bugle and white lilly-of-the-valley
7590d ago
Janet 💙⭐️🌲📷
@bluemoon3143.bsky.social

Sand Beach Birches #Scape #ForestFriday #ColorADay #BWFri #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #photography #MaineCoast #trees #Acadia

Mono image of a stand of tall and twisty birch trees overlooking a sandy beach. Small spruces are in the stand and across the beach. The sky has wispy clouds.
7590d ago
Kort Duce
@kortduce.bsky.social

Now I'm free Free fallin' Yeah, I'm free Free fallin'… Sings the bluejay bombing away on #FlyDay! #BirdOfTheDay #ECK #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #photography #birdphotography #bluejay #bluejays #BirdsSeenIn2026

Photo by Kort Duce A blue jay slices through the air at a nature area in Longmont, Colorado. In this vertical color photograph, the bird is captured mid-flight with its wings tucked tightly against its body, giving the impression of a dramatic dive. In reality, it is moving in undulating flight—a distinctive, wave-like pattern created by alternating bursts of flapping and brief glides. The blue jay fills the frame in right profile, its streamlined form emphasizing speed and motion. Behind it, a brilliant blue sky—so characteristic of Colorado’s more than 300 days of sunshine each year—provides a clean, vivid backdrop that makes the bird’s striking colors stand out.
7890d ago
Biff Rendar
@biffrendar.bsky.social

First Day of May #photography #sunrise #TwinLakes #Trailrun #Iphonephotography #nature #EastCoastKin #May

5090d ago
[email protected]
@globalview77.bsky.social

Venice 2024 #Venice #Italy #CityScape #Photography #ClassicMono #BlackAndWhite #Leica #Q3 #EastCoastKin

4990d ago
John
@krantzj.bsky.social

Vanishing into the woods! #ForestFriday #scape #EastCoastKin #AcadiaNationalPark #CarriageTrails #Maine

On of the bridges designed, I think, but located definitely, by John Rockefeller for the carriage trails in Acadia National Park.
3590d ago
Marchpane's Ghost 👻👑
@marchpaneglass.bsky.social

It's #ForestFriday, Bluesky, we made it!! Nothing like spring color in the woods. #trees #spring #forest #woods #green #nature #Friday #eastcoastkin #photography #forestbathing

A spring forest with dark trunks and bright green canopy the same color as the bright green underbrush at the base of the trees. The sky is overcast and grey.
3790d ago
F/f Photography
@ffaelan.bsky.social

"Beltane tonight so boys and girls be glad, leap, sing and dance about the flames of youth and happiness. All life rejoice in earth’s fecundity."~Pete Crowther #BeardedIris #ArtYear #FlowerReport #Macro #EastCoastKin #Art #BloomScrolling #flowers #Stunday

Marco photo of a peach colored bearded Iris flower. Its lavender petaloid rest on the drooping petals while the crown petals shape a safe place for pollinators to enter and work. The petals are so delicate they are almost transparent. May First. Happy Beltane. To some cultures it is the most important day of the year. Symbolizing the first day of Spring and the beginning of the year for others. "Beltane tonight so boys and girls be glad, leap, sing and dance about the flames of youth and happiness. All life rejoice in earth’s fecundity."~Pete Crowther
3590d ago
pm gibbs
@pmgibbs.bsky.social

#ForestFriday #EastCoastKin pine needle ground keeps footfalls soft Pachamama still knows you’re there

4090d ago
It’s actually Dave
@davidacody.bsky.social

Friday #Scape day submission. Big rocks. #ScapeFriday #landscape #photography #EastCoastKin

4090d ago
Merisi Vienna
@merisi-vienna.bsky.social

VIENNESE IMPRESSIONS Looking Up Rooftops Hietzing, 13th District Image © Merisi Vienna #EastCoastKin #ECK #Photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Blackandwhite #Monochrome #ClassicMono #UrbanGaze #Scape

A view of the upper floors and roofs of apartment buildings.
3690d ago
IrishLisa 🌈
@irishlisa.bsky.social

Mourning dove side eye #BirdOfTheDay #BirdOnAWire #MourningDove #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Birds #Birding #BackyardBirding #BirdsOfBluesky #EastCoastKin

Mourning dove perched on a wire fence, facing forward with its head turned slightly to one side. The background is a blur of greens.
3290d ago

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