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Red-tailed hawk. #Red-tailedHawk #Raptor #Bird #Photography #NineSpringsE-Way #Madison #Wisconsin
A red-tailed hawk rests on a small branch with a deep blue sky behind it.
January 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Muskrat. #Muskrat #OndatraZibethicus #Rodent #Animal #Nature #Photography #NineSpringsE-Way #Madison #Wisconsin
A muskrat in the grass. It is sitting up and appears to be eating. It is facing right. The muskrat is reddish-brown throughout with small black eyes and tiny ears atop its head. It has a long tail that is sticking out behind the animal to the left.
October 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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American mink. #AmericanMink #NeogaleVison #Mink #Mammal #Animal #Nature #Photography #NineSpringsE-Way #Madison #Wisconsin
A mink peeking out of a bunch of reeds in a marsh. It is brown with small black eyes and tiny ears and a small black nose. There is a little bit of white on its chin and some white just below its neck. Only half of its body is visible.
June 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Carolina grasshopper. #CarolinaGrasshopper #DissosteiraCarolina #CarolinaLocust #Grasshopper #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #NineSpringsE-Way #Madison #Wisconsin
Carolina grasshopper on the ground. It is facing right. The grasshopper is mostly brown with some darker spots throughout. There are also dark bands on its legs. The wings are folded behind its back.
September 13, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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Lesser yellowlegs. #LesserYellowlegs #TringaFlavipes #Yellowlegs #Shorebird #Bird #Animal #Nature #Photography #NineSpringsE-Way #Madison #Wisconsin
A lesser yellowlegs standing in shallow water. The bird is facing left. The shoreline is to the right and left of it in the photo and shallow water is behind. The tall bird's yellow legs are visible down to the knee, which bends backward. The rest of the legs are in the water. Its chest and belly are white while its feathers are grey and mottled. It has a small black eye and a long black bill.
September 21, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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Canada geese in flight. #CanadaGoose #BrantaCanadensis #Goose #Waterfowl #Bird #Animal #Nature #Photography #NineSpringsE-Way #Madison #Wisconsin
A pair of Canada geese in flight close to the ground. They are very close to each other and both with their wings up in flight. The one in the back is slightly ahead of the other. The geese have black heads and a long black neck. There is a white bar under the chin and the belly is also white. The tail is black with some white spotting. The rest of the body and the wings are a light brown.
March 3, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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Bonaparte's gulls. #Bonaparte'sGull #ChroicocephalusPhiladelphia #Gull #SeaGull #Bird #Animal #Nature #Photography #NineSpringsE-Way #Madison #Wisconsin
Five Bonaparte's gulls hovering over and diving into water. Three of them are hovering over the water at the left, near the center, and at the right. There is one with its head in the water and another one just splashing into the water at the bottom. The gulls are mostly white with jet black heads, black tips on the wings, and orange legs. The one on the far left also has grey on its uplifted wing.
December 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Painted lady. #PaintedLady #VanessaCardui #Butterfly #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #NineSpringsE-Way #Madison #Wisconsin
A painted lady on the top of a thistle plant. The butterfly is resting on the one open, purple flower on the plant, which has several buds and many thorns. Its wings are spread wide open and it is facing away from the camera. the body is brownish. The wings are mostly orange with brown spots, black at the edge, with white dots.
September 17, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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Spotted sandpiper. #SpottedSandpiper #ActitisMacularius #Sandpiper #Shorebird #Bird #Animal #Nature #Photography #NineSpringsE-Way #Madison #Wisconsin
Spotted sandpiper in a tangle of sticks at water's edge. The sandpiper is centered in the photo and is looking right. It has light brown or tan feathers with some brown spotting. Its breast is white, also with brown spotting. There is a white bar above its black eye and it has a medium-sized orange beak.
October 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Thirteen-lined ground squirrel. #Thirteen-linedGroundSquirrel. #IctidomysTridecemlineatus #StripedGopher #Rodent #Animal #Nature #Photography #NineSpringsE-Way #Madison #Wisconsin
A thirteen-lined ground squirrel in the grass. It is facing right, with its head turned slightly toward the camera. It is mostly tan, but with alternating brown and tan stripes and dots on its back. The head is tan to a light brown, with a brown nose. It has a large brown eye with a tan circle around it. The ear is tiny and flat against the side of the head.,
May 6, 2026 at 11:48 AM
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From: Callen Harty (@callenh.bsky.social) bsky.app/profile/call...

I love how intriciate and consistent the pattern is on thirteen lined ground squirrels.
Callen Harty (@callenh.bsky.social)
Thirteen-lined ground squirrel portrait. #Thirteen-LinedGroundSquirrel #IctidomysTridecemlineatus #StripedGopher #Rodent #Animal #Nature #Photography #NineSpringsE-Way #Madison #Wisconsin
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December 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Ring-necked pheasant. #Ring-NeckedPheasant #PhasianusColchicus #CommonPheasant #Pheasant #Bird #Animal #Nature #Photograhy #NineSpringsE-Way #Madison #Wisconsin
Ring-necked pheasant on a footbridge. The bird is standing straight up and looking to the left. Its body is various hues of gold and reddish brown which looks shiny. It also has black spots all across. Its neck is white with one spot of red at the bottom. The head appears black with a couple white stripes on top and red around the eyes. The beak and feet look silver.
January 26, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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Red-tailed hawk. #Red-TailedHawk #ButeoJamaicensis #Hawk#Red-Tail #Bird #BirdOfPrey #Animal #Nature #Photography #NineSpringsE-Way #Madison #Wisconsin
Red-tailed hawk with its talons gripping a small branch. The hawk is an immature. It is mostly white with a few brown spots toward its lower body. Its wings are brown and its head is spotty brown on the back and a little below its eye. It has a yellow eye and its beak is dark and curved sharply downward. It is standing on a branch that crosses the bottom of the picture and is surrounded by other branches. The two on its left and right are both pointing diagonally up right. There is a deep blue sky behind the scene.
March 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Yellow garden spider. #YellowGardenSpider #ArgiopeAurantia #SpiderWeb #Web #BlackAndYellowGardenSpider #GardenSpider #Spider #Arachnid #Animal #Nature #Photography #NineSpringsE-Way #Madison #Wisconsin
A yellow garden spider on its web. The web is above some brown and green leaves. It is long and looks fluffy. At its thickest, it is about as wide as the spider's body. The spider is facing down on the web. It has a long black mark on the back of its abdomen, with yellow spots around the outer edge and two yellow spots in the middle. The thorax appears to be grey. Its legs are yellow near the body and then black the rest of the way down.
May 25, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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Thirteen-lined ground squirrel portrait. #Thirteen-LinedGroundSquirrel #IctidomysTridecemlineatus #StripedGopher #Rodent #Animal #Nature #Photography #NineSpringsE-Way #Madison #Wisconsin
A thirteen-lined ground squirrel in the grass. The ground squirrel has its back to the camera with its head turned toward the right, looking over its shoulder. Its body is a yellow-ish tan with alternating thick brown stripes and thin tan stripes on its back. There are tan dots all the way down the brown stripes. It has very tiny ears at the back of its head and black eyes with light eye rings. The nose is also very short.
December 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Bald-faced hornet. #Bald-FacedHornet #DolichovespulaMaculata #Wasp #Yellowjacket #Insect #Animal #Goldenrod #Nature #Photography #NineSpringsE-Way #Madison #Wisconsin
A bald-faced hornet on goldenrod. The goldenrod covers much of the picture, along with a blurred green background. There is another unidentified insect at the left of the photo. The wasp is facing up right. It is mostly black, but with white markings around the edge of its thorax and the end of its abdomen. It also has two white lines on its head, behind its eyes. The wings are slightly spread
September 5, 2026 at 11:46 AM
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Ring-necked pheasant. #Ring-neckedPheasant #PhasianusColchicus #CommonPheasant #Pheasant #Bird #GameBird #Animal #Nature #Photography #NineSpringsE-Way #Madison #Wisconsin
Ring-necked pheasant posing for a photo. The bird is facing right. It is a very colorful bird with a dark head that appears to have a hint of both green and purple in it and white spots on the top. Its orange eye and with a large black pupil is surround by a deep red wattle which hangs down a couple inches below the eye. The beak is silver. Below the head is a white collar. The body is mostly a metallic gold and rust with white spots above and dark spots below. Just above the tail the feathers are white on top and a reddish orange underneath. A very long tan tail with brown spots stretches out behind the bird. The legs are grey. The pheasant is standing on something above ground level and the background of the photo is blurred but appears to be a natural setting.
April 4, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Wisconsin & Southern engine 10C. #WisconsinAndSouthern #Railroad #Train #Engine #Locomotive #10C #McFarlandSesquicentennialTrain #Bridge #NineSpringsE-Way #Photography #Madison #Wisconsin
A Wisconsin & Southern engine crossing a small bridge. The bridge is barely above a small section of water and there is green vegetation and small trees around it. The train is entering the photo from the right and the front of the engine is about halfway across the picture. The engine is silver with a round light just below the windows of the cab. The cab is painted red and there is a red line just above the wheels with the railroad name in white along the side. Directly behind the engine is a large green tree. The sky is blue on both side of the tree. The very bottom of the engine is reflected in the water.
June 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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European paper wasp. #EuropeanPaperWasp #PolistesaDominula #PaperWasp #Wasp #LocustBorer #MegacylleneRobiniae #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #NineSpringsE-Way #Madison #Wisconsin
A European paper wasp on goldenrod. The wasp has a brown head and thorax. There is a thin yellow line around its neck. On the thorax are two diagonal yellow lines and six round yellow circles At the lower end of the thorax is another horizontal yellow line and two vertical yellow markings. The abdomen has alternating yellow and brown markings. The legs are brown at the top and yellow down the length. The wings, which are spread out, are reddish-brown and see-through. At the very top of the photo is a blurred locust borer.
May 18, 2026 at 11:51 AM
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Pied-billed grebe. #Pied-BilledGrebe #PodilymbusPodiceps #Grebe #Waterbird #Bird #Animal #Nature #Photography #NineSpringsE-Way #Madison #Wisconsin
A pied-billed grebe in the water. This was taken from a distance so it's hard to see much detail. Much of the photo is blue water with the bird in the middle of it. The grebe is centered in the photo. While its body is facing left, its head is turned around looking behind. It is mostly brown with a grey neck and black throat. There is a white spot on its face, between the eyes and beak and a black ring around the beak.
August 11, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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Wisconsin & Southern engine 10C. #WisconsinAndSouthernEngine10C #WisconsinAndSouthern #Engine10C #Engine #10C #Train #Railroad #RailroadBridge #SmallRailroadBridge #NineSpringsE-Way #Madison #Wisconsin
Wisconsin & Southern train engine 10C pulling a train across a short bridge over a small body of water. The water is in the foreground. The bridge is about the length of the train's cab and the railroad tracks continue on both sides. The background is trees and sky, with one large tree right in the middle behind the train. The engine itself is mostly silver with red trim along the bottom and around the cab's windows. The 10C designation is on a black ground with white letting on the right corner of the train. There are two lights one right below the windows and another further down, just above the Wisconsin & Southern logo at the bottom. There is a red light on the top of the cab. There are several small windows on the side of the engine.
February 13, 2026 at 12:10 PM
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Cedar waxwing. #CedarWaxwing #BombycillaCedrorum #Waxwing #Bird #Animal #Nature #Photography #NineSpringsE-Way #Madison #Wisconsin
Cedar waxwing on a branch. The branch crosses the photo diagonally and the cedar waxwing is perched about in the middle of it, facing right. Behind it is blurred green vegetation and a larger limb at the right. The waxwing is mostly brown on its chest, neck, and the top of its head, which has a crest. It has a black mask with a white border. Below the chest it is lighter and at the bottom it is yellow. The wing is grey and pointed, with a red wax-like spot toward the bottom. The tail is mostly grey with a yellow tip.
September 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Locust borer. #LocustBorer #MegacylleneRobiniae #LonghornBeetle #Borer #Beetle #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #NineSpringsE-Way #Madison #Wisconsin
A locust borer on goldenrod. The beetle is at center in the photo, looking to the left and positioned diagonally on the goldenrod. The goldenrod has many wiry yellow flowers that the borer appears to be feeding on. Its antennae are long and pink and its legs are also pink. Starting with yellow at the tip of its head, the body and thorax alternate between black and yellow, The last black stripe at the top of the thorax has yellow dots on it. After the first two yellow stripes, the third one is a yellow W, which causes the alternating black to appear as upside down triangles. The next yellow line looks like a W, but with the W closed in the middle, causing the next black stripe to become thicker and curve downward. There are four more alternating yellow and black stripes. The yellow ones are thin and the black ones thick. They end at the tail with a very small yellow stripe.
September 5, 2025 at 11:09 AM