This is a semi-regularly updated gallery of the latest images. They’re not sorted or categorized, just an example of what kind of subject matters fills the viewfinder on any given day. Hover over images for captions.
Also refer to the main section of the blog to find backstories, lessons, or embarrassing confessions.
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The first mantis of 2024, at least on the property
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Red-bellied woodpecker posing thoughfully
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"Baily's Beads," the last vestiges of sunlight peeking past lunar terrain before the total solar eclipse of 2024
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A bald eagle finding that its favorite perch was being reclaimed by the returning ospreys
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The "diamond ring" of sunlight re-emerging during the total solar eclipse of 2024
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A pair of northern water snakes doing the deed
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Brown-headed nuthatch looking at photographer suspiciously while excavating a nest hollow
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The Brood XIX cicadas were certainly visible on the property, come late April
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Bald eagle cooperatively posing during a rare visit to the neighborhood pond
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Wild Banker horses foraging on Shackleford Banks, NC
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Belted kingfisher letting me finally get a halfway-decent portrait
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Red lacewing butterfly in the Museum of Life and Science, Durham, NC
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Found right on the front porch, a Carolina anole that lost its tail grew a forked replacement
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Green heron providing a nice regal pose
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Black vulture with slim pickings
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Bald eagle in third-year markings; next year it'll develop the coloration we all know
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Passing thin clouds made the moon resemble a cannonball in flight
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A very mellow red-shouldered hawk unconcerned with my presence not 10 meters away
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A pair of green treefrogs checking out a planter
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Osprey with meal, caught during the midair 'shimmy' that they do to shake off excess water from the dive
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A jagged ambush bug in extreme closeup, following an attempt to capture a Hemaris moth
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It's not often that a deer mouse is so cooperative, but who's complaining?
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I was kind of on assignment for something else, but this American lady on the coneflower wanted her picture taken
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"The tides have turned, haven't they, Mr Photographer?"
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I got the impression I was about to be blowdarted
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It's not often that osprey face towards me during their stoop after prey, but I'll take it
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A great blue heron swallows a living, struggling red-bellied water snake
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A newborn Carolina mantis perches on my brother's wrist for scale
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After a quarter-century as a goal, I finally snagged an airplane in front of the moon
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An osprey suddenly realizing it was being photographed