Running late today because I've been busy making a Plan B for a rapidly approaching trip involving a few national parks which may or may not be open because of the consistent threat of government shutdowns. Grrrr. So here's a pretty weed #flower. #originalcontent #photography 📷 #wildflowerwednesday

Those who post quotes from the president's speeches so that I don't have to listen to his actual voice deserve a special place in heaven. Which is the only reason I'm concerned about the rapture.

Is it #Twosday already? How about a pair of Royal Terns? They always remind me of bald guys with the fringe going. Bolivar Flats, September 2025. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷

Soaring into the new week like a Great Blue Heron. #AnahuacNWR, September 2025 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷

#WeekLforLines #AlphabetChallenge Temppeliaukio Church aka Church of the Rock, Helsinki, Finland, 2010 #travel #photography 📷

Just because I can't get enough of these Long-billed curlews and I'm hoping you feel the same! #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷 Bolivar Flats, September 2025

For #Critterday (or any day for that matter), what can be more cheerful than a Monarch butterfly on yellow flowers? Ada Hayden Heritage Park, Ames, IA, August 2025 #insects #butterflies #originalcontent #photography 📷

Double-crested Cormorant takes the win! #birds #nature #wildlife #photography

#WeekLforLines #AlphabetChallenge Cobweb, Sequoyah NWR, August 2025 #photography 📷 #nature

I always love getting a glimpse of a Ruddy Turnstone. Their coloring is so unique. Have a great #FeatheredFriday!! #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷

Red-headed Woodpecker, DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge, August 2025. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷

Trans rights are human rights

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLines American Jazz Museum, Kansas City

I've only seen a Marbled Godwit once before, and this was my first Texas sighting of them. They are on a watch list due to loss of habitat, but our tidal mudflats at Bolivar Peninsula seem to suit their winter needs. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLines Ceilings in Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin in Wisconsin

Two Green Darner dragonflies with two reflections of said dragonflies gives us all kinds of #TwosDay action! #AnahuacNWR, September 2025. #originalcontent #photography 📷

Yikes! I'm getting a late start on my day. Let's dive into the week like this Royal Tern looking for lunch. Bolivar Flats, September 2025. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷

Black-bellied Plover, Bolivar Flats, September 2025. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷

Happy #Critterday! I have no idea what kind of #butterfly this is, but I do know that it's pretty. Hagerman NWR, August 2025. #originalcontent #photography 📷

Happy #FeatheredFriday!!! Long-billed Curlew, Bolivar Flats, September 2025. Have a great day and a great weekend! #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷

“When the clouds look better upside down”. It’s Cloud Appreciation Day, y’all! #Photography #Nature #Reflections

Two Reddish Egrets and a Great Egret having a bit of a dust up on Bolivar Flats this week. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷 1/2

No, that is not a third leg! A Long-billed Curlew as seen from behind probing the sand for goodies. Bolivar Flats, September 2025. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷

While I go through yesterday's photos, please enjoy this American Goldfinch in the interim. Sherburne NWR, August 2025 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷

In my happy place. #AnahuacNWR #sunrise #nature #originalcontent #photography

A Great Blue Heron at Sunday Brunch in Savage, MN, August 2025. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷

Did somebody say #VultureAwarenessDay? I'm in. Black Vulture, #AnahuacNWR, September 2024. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷

Orange Sulphur Butterfly on a Cup Plant (I think). Ada Hayden Heritage Park, IA, August 2025. #blueskyartshow #summer #flowers #bloomscrolling #critterday #originalcontent #photography 📷

Happy #FeatheredFriday from this sweet little ole' female Orchard Oriole. DeSoto NWR, August 2025 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷 (I was going to crop this for more detail, but I liked the original composition better.)

I have really been enjoying the #angrybirds photos supplied by @jon5cents.bsky.social lately! #THANKYOUFORYOURATTENTIONTOTHISMATTER Juvenile Yellow-Crowned Night Heron, Brazoria NWR, March 2025 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷

Just hangin' out! American Goldfinch, DeSoto NWR, August 2025. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷

Is #WildflowerWednesday a thing? I wanted to share this beautiful weed I saw at Sherburne NWR last month. I had never heard of Joe-pye weed before, but I think it's lovely! #flowers #originalcontent #photography 📷

This is a two-parter. I saw this Lark Sparrow (a new lifer for me) on a paved path at Ada Hayden Heritage Park in Ames, IA last month. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷 1/2

I haven't done a #TextureTuesday in a while. Buttonbush plant, Loess Bluffs NWR, August 2025. #nature #originalcontent #photography 📷

For #Twosday, a Little Blue Heron and a Snowy Egret hanging out at Hagerman NWR, August 2025. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷

Green Heron, DeSoto NWR, August 2025 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷 Have a lovely day, Y'all!!

#WeekIforIconic #AlphabetChallenge Diamondhead, 2004 #originalcontent #photography 📷

Purple Martins, Loess Bluffs NWR, August 2025 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷 Have a lovely day!

#WeekIforIconic #AlphabetChallenge Gondolier, 1999

Some kind of dragonfly on some kind of tallgrass. Sherburne NWR, MN, August 2025. #originalcontent #photography 📷

#WeekIforIconic #AlphabetChallenge Key West Sunset #photography 📷 #originalcontent #sunset

Happy #FineFeatheredFriendsFriday and… #WeekIforIconic #AlphabetChallenge A #BaldEagle at #JosephDGrantCountyPark in #SantaClaraCounty, #California #HunterFranklinPics #FeatheredFriday #Birds #Eagles

Happy #FeatheredFriday!! Indigo Bunting, DeSoto NWR (Iowa/Nebraska border), August 2025. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷

I promise I only get political once in a blue moon, but I have to say this. James Barnes is a transgender man. He was born a female. Under the new Texas state law, he would be required to go to the women's restroom. How is that going to make anyone feel safer? (Photo from Newsweek 8-2023 article)

Quite often, if you see a Yellow-billed Cuckoo, you will see them in the shadow of their forest habitat as was the case for me earlier this month at Loess Bluffs NWR in Missouri. I can identify as I'm in the dark a lot too. 😉 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷

In looking at the nature photos from my recent trip, I am struck by the fact that I really like yellow flowers! Partridge pea, Savage, MN August 2025. #wildflowerwednesday #originalcontent #photography 📷

This American Goldfinch, likely a female, has more subtle coloring than her flashy male counterpart but is nonetheless quite striking. Savage, MN, August 2025. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷

#WeekIforIconic #AlphabetChallenge Another #Twosday post with two icons for the price of one! Marilyn Monroe and Andy Warhol, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, 2006. #art

Did you say #Twosday? How about a Trumpeter Swan on a ginormous nest with a Double-crested Cormorant to the side, both preening away? Sherburne NWR, August 2025 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷

#WeekIforIconic #AlphabetChallenge Pretty freakin' iconic. Hope it doesn't get painted gold. #photography