Blue Jay. 2025. Wisconsin. Photo by me. Like many blue colored birds, Blue Jays don't actually have blue pigment, instead, their feathers have structures that only reflect blue wavelengths of light. #birdfacts 🪶 #birds #wildlifephotography #animals #nature

Brown Creeper. 2025. Wisconsin. Photo by me. Yes, there's a bird there, I promise! Brown creepers are pretty common here in Wisconsin, but man they are hard to spot! #birdfacts 🪶 #birds #wildlifephotography #animals #nature #wildlife

White-breasted Nuthatch. Wisconsin. 2025. Photo by me. Nuthatches may not be closely related to woodpeckers, but have a lot of similarities through convergent evolution! #birdfacts 🪶 #birds #wildlifephotography #wildlife #nature #animals

White-tailed Deer. Wisconsin. 2025. Photo by me. Happy Halloween! Lots of wildlife like to eat pumpkins, but make sure they're not feeding on ones you've painted, as the pain can be toxic. #happyhalloween #wildlifephotography #nature #animals

Black-cappes Chickadee. Wisconsin. 2025. Photo by me. The "chick-a-dee-dee" call has several purposes, one of which is an alarm call if danger is near by. The more "dees", the greater the danger. The most I've warranted so far is 7 🤣. #birdfacts 🪶 #birds #wildlifephotography #nature #animals

Snow Bunting. Wisconsin. 2025. Photo by me. The snow bunting is a high arctic species that considers Wisconsin a nice balmy place to spend its winters. This was my first look at this amazing bird! #birdfacts 🪶 #birds #wildlifephotography #nature #animals

Downy Woodpecker. Wisconsin. 2025. Photo by me. Yesterday I posted a Hairy Woodpecker, here's it's smaller cousin! Aside from size, the best way to tell these two apart is to look at the white tail feathers. Downies have black spots, Hairies don't. #birdfacts 🪶 #birds #wildlifephotography #nature

Hairy Woodpecker. Wisconsin. 2025. Photo by me. These woodpeckers are year-long residents of Wisconsin. Their diet is primarily insects, but they'll readily come to bird feeders. They especially love suet! #birdfacts 🪶 #birds #wildlifephotography #birding #nature #animals

Bald Eagle. Wisconsin. 2025. Photo by me. I normally do wildlife portraits, but the sky was just so pretty as this bald eagle soared overhead. It was a 2nd year juvenile and didn't quite have the stereotypical white head and tail. #birds 🪶 #wildlifephotography #nature #animals

White-breasted Nuthatch. Wisconsin. 2025. Photo by me. These birds are frequent visitors of backyard bird feeders. They prefer large seeds like peanut and sunflower. In the winter, they especially love suet! #birdfacts 🪶 #birds #wildlifephotography #birding #nature #animals #nuthatch

Sandhill Crane. Wisconsin. 2025. Photo by me. The Sandhill crane has one of the oldest known fossils of any still-living bird! The oldest confirmed sandhill crane fossil is 2.5 million years old! #birdfacts 🪶 #birds #wildlife #wildlifephotography #animals #nature

Eastern Chipmunk. Wisconsin. 2025. Photo by me. Shaking it up with a non-bird photo! This little bugger was kind enough to freeze when it popped up and noticed me on a hike. #mammals #wildlifephotography #nature

Red-bellied Woodpecker. Wisconsin. 2025 - photo by me. This is a male! The females have a broken red cap, while the males have a continuous stripe from bill to nape. #birdfacts #birds #wildlifephotography #birding

Dark-eyed Junco. Wisconsin. Photo by me. 🪶 #bird #wildlifephotography

Don't sleep on Mallards! They may be common, but their colors are beautiful. Mallard drake, Wisconsin, 2025. Photo by me. 🪶 #birding #wildlife #wildlifephotography #animals

Another one to round out the day: white-crowned sparrow #bird #wildlifephotography #photography #birding

Redhead Duck. Wisconsin. This was my first closeup look at this amazing species! #addbirder #bird #photography #wildlife

This is my favorite shot from last weekend's trip to Lake Michigan. Herring gull. #birds #photography

Seems like the thing to do here is introduce yourself via animal photos so... Here's my old man:

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