Grey seal. #GreySeal #HalichoerusGrypus #GraySeal #AtlanticSeal #Seal #Pinniped #Animal #Nature #Photography #Howth #CountyDublin #Ireland

House centipede. #HouseCentipede #ScutigeraColeoptrata #Centipede #Arthropod #Insectivore #Animal #Nature #Photography #Monona #Wisconsin

Chalk-fronted corporal (immature). #Chalk-FrontedCorporal #LadonaJulia #Dragfonly #Skimmer #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #SpiderLake #Wisconsin

Eurasian magpie. #EurasianMagpie #PicaPica #CommonMagpie #Magpie #Bird #Animal #Nature #Photograhy #SaintStephen'sGreen #Dublin #Ireland

We the People. From today's No Kings rally in Madison, Wisconsin. This is a tiny portion of the thousands who showed up. At least 100 cities and towns in Wisconsin held rallies today. #NoKings #WeThePeople #Capitol #March #Rally #Activism #Photography #WisconsinStateCapitol #Madison #Wisconsin

Eastern meadow vole. #EasternMeadowVole #MicrotusPennsylvanicus #MeadowVole #Vole #Rodent #Animal #Nature #Photography #Wisconsin

Agawa Canyon. #AgawaCanyon #AgawaCanyonTrainTour #AgawaRiver #Canyon #River #Landscape #Photography #Ontario #Canada

Baby raccoons. #Raccoon #ProcyonLotor #Kit #Mammal #Animal #Nature #Photography #PotawatomiStatePark #SturgeonBay #Wisconsin

Two-striped grasshopper. #Two-StripedGrasshopper #MelanoplusBivittatus #Yellow-StripedGrasshopper #Grasshopper #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #WhitefishDunesStatePark #SturgeonBay #SunPrairie #Wisconsin

Bear claw. #BearClaw #PolarBear #UrsusMaritimus #Bear #Mammal #Animal #Nature #Photography #Claw #Pool #Zoo #HenryVilasZoo #Madison #Wisconsin

Eastern tailed-blue. #EasternTailed-Blue #CupidoComyntas #Butterfly #Insect #Animal #Nautrre #Photographyo #Wisconsin

Cardinal. #Cardinal #CardinalisCardinalis #NorthernCardinal #Bird #Animal #Nature #Photograpy #Monona #Wisconsin

Northern pearly-eye. #NorthernPearly-Eye #LetheAnthedon #Butterfly #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #RockIslandStatePark #DoorCounty #Wisconsin

Caspian tern. #CaspianTern #HydroprogneCaspia #Tern #Seabird #Bird #Animal #Nature #Photography #LakeMichigan #DoorCounty #Wisconsin

Indigo bunting. #IndigoBunting #PasserinaCyanea #Cardinal #Songbird #Bird #Animal #Nature #Photography #WyalusingStatePark #Bagley #Wisconsin

Red-bellied woodpecker. #Red-BelliedWoodpecker #MelanerpesCarolinus #Woodpecker #Bird #Animal #Nature #Photography #EdnaTaylorConservationPark #Madison #Wisconsin

Hore Abbey as seen from the Rock of Cashel. #HoreAbbey #HoareAbbey #Abbey #CruciformGothicChurch #Monastery #SaintMary's #Ruins #Architecture #NationalMonumentOfIreland #RockOfCashel #Photography #Cashel #CountyTipperary #Ireland

Great blue heron. #GreatBlueHeron #ArdeaHerodias #Heron #Bird #Animal #Nature #Photography #Madison #Wisconsin

Monarch. #Monarch #DanausPlexippus #Butterfly #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #BigBayStatePark #Lapointe #Wisconsin

Greater scaup. #GreaterScaup #AythyaMarila #Waterfowl #Duck #Bird #Animal #Nature #Photography #MilwaukeeRiver #Milwaukee #Wisconsin

My piece was mentioned in this review. #OnAnInlandSea #MichaelWelch #BeltPublishing #Book #Reading #Writing #GreatLakes

Sandhill crane portrait. #SandhillCrane #AntigoneCanadensis #Crane #Bird #Nature #Photography #AldoLeopoldNatureCenter #Monona #Wisconsin

Eastern giant swallowtail. #EasternTigerSwallowtail #PapilioCresphontes #Swallowtail #Butterfly #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #BellevueStatePark #Bellevue #Iowa

Pronghorn. #Pronghorn #AntilocapraAmericana #PronhornAntelope #Antelope #ANimal #Mammal #Nature #Photography #CusterStatePark #SouthDakota

Today is the release of On an Inland Sea, an anthology of reflections on the Great Lakes. My piece, On Thinning Ice, is one of the stories in the book. #OnAnInlandSea #WritingTheGreatLakes #GreatLakes #BeltPublishing #MichaelWelch #Book #Anthology #BookRelease #Writing #OnThinningIce

Wild horse. #WildHorse #WildMustang #Mustang #FeralHorse #Horse #PryorMountainsWildHorseRange #Montana

Robin fledgling. #AmericanRobin #TurdusMigratorius #Robin #Fledgling #Bird #Animal #Nature #Photography #KnobCreek #Kentucky

Slender spreadwing. #SlenderSpreadwing #LestesRectangularis #Spreadwing #Damselfly #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #Wisconsin

Eastern garter snake. #EasternGarternSnake #ThamnophisSirtalisSirtalis #GarterSnake #Snake #Reptile #SnakeNest #Nest #Animal #Nature #Photography #LakeFarmCountyPark #Madison #Wisconsin

Milkweed tussock moth caterpillar. #MilkweedTussockMothCaterpillar #MilkweedTussockMoth #EuchaetesEgle #TussockMoth #Moth #Caterpillar #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #MirrorLakeStatePark #Baraboo #Wisconsin

Golden-crowned kinglet. #Golden-CrownedKinglet #RegulusSatrapa #Kinglet #Songbird #Bird #Animal #Nature #Photography #Wisconsin

Boreal chorus frog. #BorealChorusFrog #PseudacrisMaculata #Frog #Amphibian #Animal #Nature #Photography #GovernorDodgeStatePark #Dodgeville #Wisconsin

Canada geese in flight. #CanadaGoose #BrantaCanadensis #Goose #Waterfowl #Bird #Animal #Nature #Photography #NineSpringsE-Way #Madison #Wisconsin

Black-headed gull. #Black-HeadedGull #ChroicocephalusRidibundus #Gull #Seagull #Bird #Animal #Nature #Photography #RosslareHarbor #Ireland

Little wood satyr. #LittleWoodSatyr. #MegistoCymela #Butterfly #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #AbrahamLincolnBirthplaceNationalHistoricPark #Hodgenville #Kentucky

American Coot. #AmericanCoot #FulicaAmericana #Coot #MudHen #Bird #Animal #Nature #Photography #LakeWaubesa #Madison #Wisconsin

Buffalo Bill--The Scout. #BuffaloBill--TheScout #BuffaloBill #TheScout #Sculpture #PublicArt #Art #WesternArt #Sculptor #GertrudeVanderbiltWhitney #BuffaloBillCenterOfTheWest #Cody #Wyoming

Halloween pennant. #HalloweenPennant #CelithemisEponina #Dragonfly #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #SilverwoodCountPark #Edgerton #Wisconsin

White-tailed deer portrait. #White-TailedDeer #OdocoileusVirginianus #Whitetail #VirginiaDeer #Deer #Mammal #Animal #Nature #Photography #BigBayStatePark #MadelineIsland #Wisconsin

Cuban tree frog. #CubanTreeFrog #OsteopilusSeptentrionalis #TreeFrog #Frog #Amphibian #InvasiveSpecies #Animal #Nature #Photography #TecoManateeViewingCenter #ApolloBeach #Florida

Mule deer. #MuleDeer #OdocoileusHemionus #Deer #Mammal #Animal #Nature #Photography #ShoshoneNationalForest #Wyoming

Greater scaup. #GreatScaup #AythyaMarila #Scaup #Duck #DivingDuck #Bluebill #Waterfowl #Bird #Animal #Nature #Photography #MilwaukeeRiver #Milwaukee #Wisconsin

Night Reflection. #WisconsinStateCapitol #StateCapitol #Capitol #Dome #Architecture #Architect #GeorgeBPost #Window #Reflection #Refraction #Photography #Madison #Wisconsin

Mallard. #Mallard #AnasPlatyrhynchos #Duck #Bird #Waterfowl #Animal #Nature #Photography #Wisconsin

Eastern tiger swallowtail. #EasternTigerSwallowtail #PapilioGlaucus #Buttefly #Insect #Animal #ButterflyBush #BuddlejaDavidii #SummerLilac #Wildflower #Flower #Nature #Photography #BellevueStatePark #Bellevue #Iowa

Moose. #Moose #AlcesAlces #Deer #Mammal #Animal #Nature #Photography #YellowstoneNationalPark #Wyoming

#JesseJackson #ReverendJesseJackson #CivilRights #LaborRights #RainbowCoalition #Speaking #WisconsinUprising #Photography #WisconsinStateCapitol #Madison #Wisconsin

Western gull and chick. #WesternGull #LarusOccidentalis #Gull #Seagull #Bird #Chick #Animal #Nature #Photography #AlcatrazIsland #SanFrancisco #California

Great spangled fritillary. #GreatSpangledFritillary #SpeyeriaCybele #Butterfly #Fritillary #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #Wisconsin

Hobomok skipper. #HobomokSkipper #LonHobomok #Skipper #Butterfly #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #Wisconsin