An egret for #BirdoftheDay #OpenWings. I probably took 100 pictures waiting for it to spread its wings, only to end up clipping them 🤷‍♂️. Still looks stunning though! #🪶

A #mallard family photo for the #BirdoftheDay #groups theme 🦆🦆🦆. From Bonneville Dam in #Portland.

Really missing these colors rn 🥶. #photography #naturephotography #🌸

A re-edit of a shot near the Milwaukee Art Museum last spring. #WeekWForWindows #photography #blackandwhite #wisconsin

Some dramatic autumn sunlight flowing over the countryside. #photography #naturephotography

Pro tip: looking for post-Halloween spooky vibes? Find a rural church on a stormy day. #photography

Life of a bird paparazzo. #PhotoFailFriday #birds #🪶 #herons

A pic from my last flight, taken on my phone. #FlyDay #Flying

My #BirdOfTheDay contribution - a seagull perched on a rock in front of Breakwater Lighthouse on Lake Michigan in Milwaukee #WI. From early last spring. #birds #🪶 #blackandwhitephotography #photography

Good morning. The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #rock meaning any bird perched on a rock. The alternative is #longbeak any bird with a long beak. I’ve went with both themes and the stunning Oystercatcher, my favourite shore bird. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

Reposting one of my favorite shots I’ve taken so far for the #BirdOfTheDay theme 'Pairs Of The Same Birds'. I took a few of the waxwing in the back, when the second one photobombed with a berry in its mouth! #DailyDouble #TwosDay #birds #EastCoastKin

Watched this battle unfurl this weekend. The spider won, and it wasn’t close. Taken on my phone. #bugs #spider #🕷️

My girl loves pepperoni pizza 🍕😺

Going through some faves from earlier this year. This yellow warbler already stood out, but I like the desaturated background. #birds #🪶 #naturephotography #photography #WI #Wisconsin

Working out my arachnophobia through photography. It helps to use a long lens. #naturephotography #photography #spiders #🕷️ #eastcoastkin

Midwest landscapes feel so small after leaving #PNW. #naturephotography #photography #eastcoastkin

This bald eagle posed on a tree about five yards from me yesterday. Adding it to my Portland album to show my dad that this is actually a pretty god-damned patriotic city and not a smoldering war zone. #photography #naturephotography #pdx #portland

Stone girl pouring water #photography

A wasp spider eggsac (i think) from the botanical garden this weekend. Really neat webbing! 😯 #photography #naturephotography

Me bravely facing the Friday morning sun, knowing that the weekend awaits me this evening. #photography #naturephotography #EastCoastKin

Tranquility comes with the passage of time. From the Japanese Botanical garden in Portland, OR. #photography #naturephotography

Watched this #egret fishing for about an hour on Friday. Leave some minnows for the rest of us bro! #birds #🪶 #naturephotography #photography

My first green #heron sighting! I didn’t realize they were so little 😊. #birds #🪶 #naturephotography #photography

A few nature macro shots from last weekend. #naturephotography #photography

Some sandhill crane close-ups from this weekend. #🪶 #birds #naturephotography

"You, there!" Vibrant costumes and personalities welcoming guests into the Ren Faire. #humansOfBluesky #photography

Some nice shots I got chasing the fog last weekend. It was really beautiful, but I'm looking forward to coller temps this weekend 😌. #photography #naturephotography #EastCoastKin

Fun with lights at a festival ✨️. #humansOfBluesky #photography

Just a guy enjoying trees. #humansOfBluesky #photography

A view of Mt Hood behind a tall building from the Japanese Garden in Portland. #UrbanGaze #photography

I think this is a Downy Woodpecker. It almost seemed to slither. I just managed to snap him before he slinked away. Seen in the Portland, OR area. #🪶 #birds #WoodpeckerWednesday

Bee time! Come get your bees here! #bees #🐝 #naturephotography #photography

Some nice foxglove flowers that peppered a forest in Washington state. #photography #naturephotography

This was part of a 60-second exposure of a random part of the sky in remote Puget Sound. I sat in the dark and held my camera as still as possible in my hands, and gave an audible "Oh my god" when I saw what I captured. #photography #spacephotography

I got lots of fun pictures from this little light garden ✨️ #photography

I tried capturing some more interestingly lit acenes on vacation. This was a nice shady spot in the Portland Japanese garden, struck by a beam of sunlight. #photography #naturephotography

Some magic mushrooms from a festival I attended last week 🤭 #🍄 #mushrooms #photography

Cedar Waxwings were top of my wishlist while I'm out here, and I got two in one! #🪶 #birds #naturephotography #PNW

Midwestern boy in the PNW for the first time. I went for a solo hike on my first morning here and unsurprisingly got some of the best pics of my life 😍. This Anna's Hummingbird was striking poses for me for about 10 minutes while he had some breakfast nectar ☺️. #🪶 #birds #naturephotography #PNW

Some spring blossoms from a rainy walk last month. #naturephotography

Morning portrait of a female brown-headed cowbird in Horicon Marsh, #Wisconsin from about a month ago. My favorite orange filter is about to go on summer vacation. #🪶 #birds #naturephotography

Just swallow things (note: this is not medical advice) #🪶 #birds #naturephotography

I like shooting these guys cuz they move so slowly that you get really nice detail 😌. #🪶 #birds #naturephotography #herons

*muah* 😙❤️ #🪶 #birds #naturephotography

Some cute baby geese having a swim and getting out to dry off. #birds #🪶 #naturephotography

*cropduster zooming sounds* This mallard was kind enough to circle around me a few times so I could practice action photography. #birds #🪶 #naturephotography

Shall we dance? #birds #🪶 #naturephotography

Down the hatch! #birds #naturephotography

Like if you love #herons #birds #naturephotography

Incredible lighting as a great blue heron wades into a golden sunrise this morning. #naturephotography #birds