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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Snowberry clearwing approaching phlox
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A minuscule Carolina anole asleep on the oak-leaf hydrangea
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One, perhaps, of the juvenile red-headed woodpeckers I caught leaving the nest weeks earlier
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A great egret stalked practically right up to me to catch this fish; show-off
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After better than two decades, finally got to photograph my first nutria!
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Mirrored positions of gulls squabbling over pizza
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More experiments with oil and water and holiday lights
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A flock of seagulls posing against the new-risen moon
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When I needed to do some demonstrations, this helpful red-tailed hawk perched nearby and looked horrified
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Perhaps one of the young I'd photographed leaving the nest the previous year, this red-headed woodpecker still displays some of the juvenile coloration on the head
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A green treefrog serving as the harbinger of spring
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A distant bald eagle showing off its meal
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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
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A newborn Carolina mantis perches on my brother's wrist for scale
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A great blue heron swallows a living, struggling red-bellied water snake
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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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I got the impression I was about to be blowdarted
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"The tides have turned, haven't they, Mr Photographer?"
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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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It's not often that a deer mouse is so cooperative, but who's complaining?
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A jagged ambush bug in extreme closeup, following an attempt to capture a Hemaris moth
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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 pair of green treefrogs checking out a planter
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A very mellow red-shouldered hawk unconcerned with my presence not 10 meters away
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Passing thin clouds made the moon resemble a cannonball in flight
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Bald eagle in third-year markings; next year it'll develop the coloration we all know
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Black vulture with slim pickings
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Green heron providing a nice regal pose
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Found right on the front porch, a Carolina anole that lost its tail grew a forked replacement
