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Birder and photographer based in Iowa. Capturing images of nature around the Midwest and beyond. 🦩🏳️‍🌈🦜 Latest life bird: Least Tern.
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Their research supports regulations to protect the public from exposure to air pollution and hazardous chemicals, along with guidance on how to confront climate change. This potentially eases regulation of the chemical and fossil fuel industries and puts the health of Americans at increased risk.

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Coming up on the one-year anniversary of seeing this famous juvenile Roadside Hawk in south Texas. They are a rare sight north of the Rio Grande and a coveted addition to any birder’s US life list. #hawks #raptors #rarebirds #birds #birdsofbluesky #birding #wildlife #nature #texas

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Happy Superb Owl Sunday! Barred Owl. Hickory Hill Park, Iowa City, Iowa. #birds #owls #nature #wildlife

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January thaw on the Missouri River just downstream of Omaha, Nebraska. #winter #nature #ice #rivers

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Now that it’s a new year I’m ready for spring migration. Can’t wait for the return of birds like this Yellow-rumped Warbler. #birds #birdsofbluesky #warblers #nature #wildlife #photography #naturephotography

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Some great results so far! chicago.suntimes.com/environment/... We did an episode in 2023 right after the collision in Chicago that resulted in almost 1,000 bird deaths in a single location. Great to see how things are turning around. Here's the episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...

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Brown Creeper! What’s your most challenging bird to find or photograph??? These are in Georgia only during winter. #birds #ornithology #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography #photography #birdsofbluesky

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A male House Finch was my first bird of the new year. What was yours, birders? #birds #birding

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First released in St. Louis in 1870, the Eurasian Tree Sparrow has slowly expanded its range into parts of Missouri, Illinois, and southeast Iowa. Nahant Marsh, Scott County, Iowa. #birds #birdsofbluesky #wildlife #nature #sparrows #photography

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A male Red-winged Blackbird stakes out a territory amongst the previous year’s cattails. Bacon Creek Park, Woodbury County, Iowa. #birds #birdsofbluesky #blackbirds #nature #wildlife #photography

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A Rufous Hummingbird sips nectar from a Rocky Mountain Been Plant in Great Sand Dunes National Park. #birds #hummingbirds #wildlife #nature #photography #colorado #nationalparks

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One of my favorite shots from a trip to southern California was of this Verdin at the Salton Sea State Recreation Area. #birds #birdsofbluesky #nature #wildlife #california #photography

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One of my favorite wildlife experiences involved a close encounter with this #coyote in Saguaro National Park outside Tucson, Arizona. #mammals #desert #nature #wildlife #nationalparks #photography

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The Great Kiskadee is a large and colorful member of the #flycatcher family and gets its name from its loud repetitive kisk-a-dee call. Estero Llano Grande State Park, South Texas. #birds #birdsofbluesky #nature #wildlife #photography

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A White-faced Ibis, a relatively uncommon visitor to Eastern Iowa, forages in the marsh at Pike Run WMA. #birds #birdsofbluesky #nature #wildlife #photography

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A Northern Saw-whet Owl settling in for the winter. #birds #owls #nature #wildlife

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I often find Winter Wrens in the woods near work as they pass through eastern Iowa each fall. This one emerged briefly from a nearby brush pile they use as cover when they stop here on their journey south. #birds #wrens #nature #wildlife

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Bucket list bird! Hoping to see one in Mexico this winter!

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The Common Pauraque is so well-camouflaged amongst dead leaves and sticks they are capable of sleeping completely exposed on the ground. 📍Estero Llano Grande State Park, Texas. #birds #nature #wildlife #photography

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A Harris’s Sparrow I photographed a year ago while driving the wildlife loop at Loess Bluffs NWR in northwest Missouri. #birds #nature #wildlife

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