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Still learning about programming, photography, writing, cooking, me, and the world.
I'm pretty good at walking the dog.
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An orange assassin bug having lunch, August 2024.

#photooftheday
#nature
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For the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Eating, a Great Blue Heron at lunch.

#Nature #photography #naturephotography #ECK #Wildlife #birds
A Great Blue Heron standing in shallow water. It's facing to the left, and bent over because it just caught a fish, which is in its beak.
October 8, 2026 at 9:55 AM
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For the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #crooners, a repost from Spring 2026.

#Nature #photography #naturephotography #ECK #wildlife #birds
A close-up of a tree swallow in mid-chirp. The bird is facing to the left with its head raised and beak open. It's on a perch, and has a white belly and dark blue feathers.
October 8, 2026 at 9:52 AM
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Looking back on summertime now that Fall mornings have arrived.

#Nature #photography #naturephotography #ECK #Wildlife #insects #bees
A bumblebee seen from above at the yellow center of a bright pink flower.
October 7, 2026 at 2:07 PM
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For #BirdOfTheDay the Alt theme is #Perched, birds standing on anything **except** branches. Here’s a sparrow that can't linger too long! :)
From 2018.

#Nature #photography #naturephotography #ECK #Wildlife #birds
A sparrow perched on a sign in a parking space in front of a shop. The sign says "30 minute parking until 8pm".
October 7, 2026 at 9:25 AM
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I like how the contours of the hibiscus flower are highlighted by the raindrops.

#Nature #photography #naturephotography #ECK #garden #bloomscrolling
A red hibiscus flower, covered in raindrops. It's surrounded by green leaves.
October 6, 2026 at 11:35 AM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #BirdSupermodel Any bird captured looking like it's posing for a magazine cover shoot.

My capture while the egret was scratching that itch on its back looks like a pose to our human eyes.

#Nature #photography #naturephotography #ECK #Wildlife #birds
An egret standing on the branch of a fallen tree above marsh waters. The egret has stretched its head around to its back to preen.
October 6, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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As we enter the Autumn, here's a memory of Spring 2026.

#Nature #photography #naturephotography #ECK #bloomscrolling
Two white daffodil flowers with yellow centers, above many green stems.
October 5, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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A tiny jumping spider about to jump away from the annoying person holding a phone way too close. :)

#Nature #photography #naturephotography #ECK #Wildlife #arachnids #macro
A black and white jumping spider on a curved green leaf. It was less than a centimeter in length.
October 5, 2026 at 11:17 AM
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For the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #BlueSkies, here's an osprey intently scanning the ground for its next meal.

#Nature #photography #naturephotography #ECK #Wildlife #birds
An osprey in flight, in a blue sky. The osprey is flying to the right and is looking down to find something to eat.
October 5, 2026 at 11:04 AM
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This brave snail didn't retreat to its shell when I blundered onto the scene. I got a nice photo for #StunDay.

#Nature #photography #naturephotography #ECK #Wildlife #mollusks #macro
A snail on a green leaf. Its head and antennas are visible as it sits on the leaf, facing toward the top of the photo. Its body is gray and its shell is light brown.
October 4, 2026 at 10:25 AM
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For the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #WingsOpenNotFlying, here's a Great Blue Heron keeping its balance as it takes a step. Spoiler alert: it didn't fall.

#Nature #photography #naturephotography #ECK #Wildlife #birds
A Great Blue Heron standing on a branch in shallow water. It's facing away from the camera with its wings spread as it takes a step. The brown marsh waters are in the background.
October 4, 2026 at 10:18 AM
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My #3rdPlace is two steps off any path or trail. It's amazing what you can see.

#BlueSkyArtShow #nature #photography #naturephotography #ECK #Wildlife
A green leaf with a spiderweb criss-crossing it. A wing of an invasive spotted lantern fly is caught in the web. A snail on a leaf that's the same size as the snail. Another leaf is to the right. Around twenty red assassin bug nymphs on a leaf.
October 3, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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For the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #LongBeaks, the beak of the hummingbird isn't really that long, except in relation to the tiny hummingbird!

#Nature #photography #naturephotography #ECK #Wildlife #birds
October 3, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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For the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Black&Red, this fellow is the classic combo.

#Nature #photography #naturephotography #ECK #Wildlife #birds
A red-winged blackbird on a branch, looking to the right with its beak open, making a call.
October 3, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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Red mushrooms from the summer of 2025.

#Nature #photography #naturephotography #ECK #fungifriends #shroomscrolling
A red mushroom growing by itself in the grass. A red mushroom growing by itself in the grass. A colony of six red mushrooms growing on a fallen tree.
October 2, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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Our instinct to see faces gives this katydid a silly aura.

#Nature #photography #naturephotography #ECK #insects
A katydid on a green leaf. The bug is looking straight at the camera with its antennas going to the left and right horizontally. The ribs of the leaf come to a center point on the right of the photo.
October 1, 2026 at 8:29 AM
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For the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Black&White, an egret and geometric ripples in the water.

#Nature #photography #naturephotography #ECK #Wildlife #birds
A great white egret standing in shallow marsh water. It's facing to the right and is in the center of circular ripples in the water.
October 1, 2026 at 8:22 AM
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For the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #BestOfTheMonth, a great white egret taking off straight towards me. A rare perspective, and framed nicely, too.

I made the bird go back and re-shoot this again and again until I got it. 😜

#Nature #photography #naturephotography #ECK #Wildlife #birds
A great white egret that just took flight, heading straight towards me. Behind the egret there's a horizontal strip of brown marsh water. Marsh grass is in the foreground and background.
September 30, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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A box turtle out for a stroll.

#Nature #photography #naturephotography #ECK #Wildlife #reptiles
A box turtle walking to the left in the forest. Its shell has a pattern of orange and brown. Some twigs and leaves can be seen in the dirt.
September 29, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #EFG starting the name (1st word).
This Great Blue Heron appears to be playing peekaboo on its perch.

#Nature #photography #naturephotography #ECK #Wildlife #birds
A Great Blue Heron perched on a fallen tree in the brown marsh water. It's facing away from the camera with its wings half spread. Part of its head can be seen.
September 29, 2026 at 8:19 AM
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Nestled in nettles, this harvestman looks strangely comfortable.

#Nature #photography #naturephotography #ECK #Wildlife #arachnids #macro
A harvestman arachnid, also known as a daddy longlegs. It's nestled in green nettles. A green stem goes across the photo.
September 28, 2026 at 11:09 AM
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For the #BirdOfTheDay alt theme of #AwkwardAvians, here's a green heron running along in the mud.

#Nature #photography #naturephotography #ECK #Wildlife #birds
A green heron running through the mud of the marsh, from left to right. A marsh plant is to the left of the bird.
September 28, 2026 at 11:04 AM
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A pelican at sunrise for the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Seabirds, and the alt of #Airborne.

#Nature #photography #naturephotography #ECK #Wildlife #birds
Sunrise over the ocean, and a pelican flying from right to left.
September 27, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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This parula was worried about the snake, but I didn't get a photo with both before the bird flew away. So I merged two photos.

#StunDay #Nature #photography #naturephotography #ECK #Wildlife #birds #reptiles
I noticed this parula jumping from branch to branch and not flying away. Finally I realized it was agitated about the snake but by then it flew away. So I merged a photo of the bird and a photo of the snake.
September 27, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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Some recent sightings of mushrooms in the forest.

#Nature #photography #naturephotography #ECK #shroomscrolling #fungifriends
A cluster of around forty brown mushrooms at the base of a tree. An array of false turkey tail mushrooms on a fallen tree. They resemble seashells with bands of white and shades of brown. A cluster of pink mushrooms surrounded by brown and white false turkey tail mushrooms.
September 26, 2026 at 12:06 PM