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Ramblings from nature and a brief look at antler shed season!

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February 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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This week's Life in Nature article!
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Taking a look at a common but unique woodpecker, the Northern Flicker

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The Woodpecker That Wouldn't | James DeWalt Photography
A few fun facts about our Northern Flickers Colorado is home to a few different woodpeckers, the most frequently encountered being the downy and hairy species.  We also enjoy another that for all its classifications as a woodpecker, doesn’t really spend a lot of its time pecking, at least not for food.  This fancy non-conformist […]
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September 24, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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A Songbird Without a Song
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This week's Life in Nature article, published today in Nederland, CO's MountainEar newspaper!

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March 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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This week's Life in Nature article!
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A look at the how behind the vibrant world of bird plumage!

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Male broad-tailed hummingbird displaying vibrant gorget plumage
June 25, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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Golden hour, golden memories — me paddling, my 8yo son sailing his own boat. 💛
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August 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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This week's Life in Nature article, Summer Fire, as published in the Mountain Ear!
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A little piece on the behavior and aggression of these winged jewels
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Two Rufous Hummingbirds squaring off in aerial combat, fighting over territory, used as the featured image for a nature blog about hummingbird aggression and behavior
July 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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This Autumn, I made the effort to photograph Shetland Wrens. This bird was at the Busta Hotel. More on justwildimages.blogspot.com #ShetlandWren #AutumnBirding #BritishBirds #WildlifePhotography #BirdwatchingUK #NatureBlog #BirdPhotographer #WrensOfInstagram #WildlifeOfShetland
October 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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New blog post up! More Mandarin ducks because why not? Read, enjoy, share, sign up (it’s free!)

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Notes from a Lake: The Mandarin Ducks
While I was photographing a particular Mandarin duck the other day, I was hoping that I would have a positive Plucky update. I spotted what I thought was a young Mandarin duck, a male fledgling starti...
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July 12, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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Frozen cranberries, crispy peat, and a frosty morning. My latest writing is full of fresh photos from a Finnish #bog!
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September 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Come check out the spring wildflowers in my April Newsletter!

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A Return to The Field: April 2025
Spring flowers and an April recap.
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April 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Life in Nature, as published in the Mountain Ear
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The annual bird migration is well into full swing these days with upwards of millions of birds visible on nightly weather radar as they traverse the skies above... (more at the link)
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Tree swallow courtship photo as featured image for Life in Nature blog post
May 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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This week's Life in Nature article!
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Enjoy a short piece on an incredibly important cornerstone species, nature's greatest engineers, the beaver!

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A beaver swimming among the shoreline grasses on its way to the lodge
March 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Day in the Sipoonkorpi National Park, #Finland. The trip story can be found via the link. #naturewriting #natureblog #forest #children #nature #outing
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June 17, 2026 at 8:14 PM
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Today, in written form. #NatureJournal #Nature #Journal #Natureblog #blog The #writtenword still exists. www.johnsonbridgwater.org/blog-2-1/you...
You Can Feel the Wild — JohnsonBridgwater.org
If you pay attention, there are still wild places to be found (and felt!)…
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May 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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This week's Life in Nature article!
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Taking a look at a very interesting and largely under-studied aspect of our amazing hummingbirds and the understanding of their prowess as a predator.

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The Beast Behind the Beauty | James DeWalt Photography
A deeper understanding of our amazing hummingbirds I recently headed out one early morning to a very special place I was introduced to last year, a private hummingbird “sanctuary”.   This land is near...
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August 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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A story of my #paddleboard trip to remote island in #LakePäijänne, #Finland. 🌲☕️🏕️
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September 23, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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This week's Life in Nature article!
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A look at mountain chickadee behavior and some scientific discoveries made regarding their extraordinary seed stash memory!

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Where Did I Put That Seed? | James DeWalt Photography
A look at mountain chickadee behavior and amazing scientific discoveries being made about how they locate their seed stashes with incredible accuracy
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December 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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In #Finland, the turn of the year brought a proper winter. We woke up to an incredibly beautiful and quiet morning with -20 °C. (Link to my blog post🫶🏼)
🩵❄️☀️ #nature #winter #naturewriters #beautyofnature #NatureBlog #frost #hoarfrost #luonto

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January 2, 2026 at 7:53 PM
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The sky went wild with colors — a rainbow grew right above us after the sauna. 🧖🏻‍♀️🫧🌈

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July 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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The bluest skies in the world, the purest waters on Earth.

Lake Päijänne, Finland 🇫🇮
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August 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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"Eclipse It All

Take our crumbs, feast them to the crow,

when starlight returns, let a new season grow"

..When politicians disappoint but your nature community doesn't

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Eclipse It All: Nature Roundup [August Week 2]
August 17, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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Finally published my first full #blogpost 🥳

It was a joy to muse over the unforgettable, wild moments of June, in this first installment of a look back at those balmy days of #Summer ❤️

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A Look Back At 30 Days Wild 2025 - Part One
The first installment of my musings on the unforgettable, wonderfully wild moments of June... ❤️
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August 5, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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The Stash

This week's Life in Nature article, as published in The Mountain Ear!
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A little write-up about a simple but effective survival tactic utilized by mamas in the deer family to protect babies!

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A baby elk rising from it's stash spot on the alpine tundra as mother approaches to nurse, located in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado
June 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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New #blog post full of sunny wintery forest photos! Come wonder the #forest with me and 5yo! 🌲☀️❄️
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January 18, 2026 at 9:06 AM
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I write about nature, and share short stories, pics and reflections about my family’s outdoor activities.
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July 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM