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The Drake Gang A trio of Mallard Drakes, hanging out at the lake at Bond Park in Cary, North Carolina. #Mallard #Birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdsofNorthCarolina #naturePhotography #MallardDrake #BondParkCary

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Frog Lunch A Red Shouldered Hawk prepares to consume its lunchtime frog from the nearby lake. Shot at Bond Park, Cary, NC. #RedShoulderedHawk #Birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdsofNorthCarolina #naturePhotography #Hawk #Raptor #FrogForLunch

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On this Beach, I am the Law A Dark Eyed Junco keeping an eye out for rule breakers at Bond Park in Cary, North Carolina. #DarkEyedJunco #Birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdsofNorthCarolina #naturePhotography #Sparrow

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Leasing on a Sunny Afternoon Scene from the Overlook Neighborhood on a sunny winter afternoon in Portland, Oregon. #blackAndWhitePhotography #cityscape #art #portland #portlandOregon #iphonePhotography #Oregon

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Ruddy Duck (I think) after grabbing a between dives drink from Bond Lake in Cary, North Carolina. #RuddyDuck #Birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdsofNorthCarolina #naturePhotography #WateroffaDucksBill #BondParkCary

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Fresh Frog is Tasty, But I Get So Damn Wet Catching Them! A Red Shouldered Hawk shakes off the excess water from snatching a frog from the nearby lake. Bond Park, Cary, NC. #RedShoulderedHawk #Birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdsofNorthCarolina #naturePhotography #Hawk #Raptor

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I Remember My Ancestors Were Dinosaurs A Wood Duck prepares to charge the much larger Mallard Drake trying to steal his Mallard Hen sweetie. Cary NC #WoodDuck #Birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdsofNorthCarolina #naturePhotography #BondParkCary #IRememberMyAncestorsWereDinosaurs

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

"So, honey, I was thinking... maybe we hit the pond for lunch?" Mallard Hen and her male Wood Duck beau strolling through the woods, Bond Park, Cary, North Carolina. #WoodDuck #Birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdsofNorthCarolina #naturePhotography #MallardHen #BondParkCary

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Charge of the Mighty Wood Duck A Wood Duck charges the Mallard Drake trying to steal his Mallard Hen sweetie, sending his larger rival fleeing. Bond Park, Cary, NC. #WoodDuck #Birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdsofNorthCarolina #naturePhotography #MallardDrake #BondParkCary

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Downy woodpecker, Durham, NC. #DownyWoodpecker #Birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdsofNorthCarolina #naturePhotography #Woodpecker

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

What You Looking At, Human? Male House Finch pauses during his morning hunt for food to give me some attitude. Shot at Bond Park, Cary, NC. #HouseFinch #Birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdsofNorthCarolina #naturePhotography #BirdsHunting #Finch #Songbird

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A Bald Eagle soars against a clear blue sky near the tree tops along the Haw River in Moncure, North Carolina. #BaldEagle #Birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdsofNorthCarolina #NikonZ9 #Nikon800f63 #naturePhotography #BirdsInFlight #Raptor

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

I Shall Build a Nest, And It Will Be Glorious Red-shouldered hawk about to transport a really good twig to the nest it was building in a parking lot at Bond Park in Cary, NC. #RedShoulderedHawk #Birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdsofNorthCarolina #naturePhotography #Hawk #Raptor

submitted 17 days ago • 2 comments

Hello, Breakfast! A Dark Eyed Junco (I'm mostly sure) prepares to snatch an insect off the sandy shore of Bond Park in Cary, NC. The insect is right in front of its beak. #DarkEyedJunco #Birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdsofNorthCarolina #naturePhotography #BirdsHunting #Sparrow

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Water Walking Heron A Great Blue Heron tiptoes across the Haw River in Moncure, North Carolina, with a little help from its wings. #GreatBlueHeron #Birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdsofNorthCarolina #naturePhotography #BirdsInFlight #Heron

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

Blood Moon Also, some starts and planets horning in on the moon's big moment. Bonus pics of the Earth's shadow eating the moon. #LunarEclipse #LunarEclipse2025 #BloodMoon #astroPhotography #photography #mirrorlessPhotography

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

She's My Baby! Wood Duck and His Mallard Love I followed the happy couple around for a bit (interbreeding happens), as did a frustrated Mallard Drake, who the Wood Duck kept chasing off. #WoodDuck #Birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdsofNorthCarolina #naturePhotography #MallardHen

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

I'm C-C-C-Crazy for Fish! A Great Blue Heron flies along the Haw River in Moncure, North Carolina, with its tongue hanging out. It pulled its tongue back a second later. #GreatBlueHeron #Birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdsofNorthCarolina #naturePhotography #BirdsInFlight #Heron

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Rushing Waters in a Cathedral of Green A roaring Bridal Veil Creek in Bridal Veil Falls State Park, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon . #fineArtPhotography #naturePhotography #Oregon #OregonStateParks #NikonZ8 #BridalVeilFallsStatePark #BridalVeilCreek #PacificNorthwest #Moss

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Abandoned, But Not Empty View inside of an abandoned building in Bridal Veil Falls State Park in Oregon. #fineArtPhotography #abandoned #abandonedplaces #Oregon #OregonStateParks #NikonZ8 #BridalVeilFallsStatePark #PacificNorthwest #graffiti #art #blackandwhitePhotography

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

The Moss Bridge, Bridal Veil Creek, Oregon Moss marches across a tree fallen across a roaring Bridal Veil Creek in Bridal Veil Falls State Park. #fineArtPhotography #naturePhotography #Oregon #OregonStateParks #NikonZ8 #BridalVeilFallsStatePark #PacificNorthwest #Moss #landscapePhotography

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Decay to Art Sawmill remains, Bridal Veil Falls State Park (Oregon State Parks). #fineArtPhotography #abandoned #abandonedplaces #Oregon #OregonStateParks #NikonZ8 #BridalVeilFallsStatePark #BridalVeilCreek #PacificNorthwest #graffiti #art

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Bridal Veil Falls, Oregon Bridal Veil Creek thunders down the steep cliff below the Historic Columbia River Highway. #fineArtPhotography #naturePhotography #Oregon #OregonStateParks #NikonZ8 #BridalVeilFallsStatePark #BridalVeilCreek #PacificNorthwest #Waterfall #waterfallPhotography

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

The Gap, Bridal Veil Creek, Oregon Part of Bridal Veil Creek shoots a gap between boulders. Bridal Veil Falls State Park. #fineArtPhotography #naturePhotography #Oregon #OregonStateParks #NikonZ8 #BridalVeilFallsStatePark #BridalVeilCreek #PacificNorthwest #Waterfall #waterfallPhotography

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Lower Bridal Veil Falls, Oregon Lower part of the falls at Bridal Veil Falls State Park. #fineArtPhotography #naturePhotography #Oregon #OregonStateParks #NikonZ8 #BridalVeilFallsStatePark #BridalVeilCreek #PacificNorthwest #Waterfall #waterfallPhotography #landscapePhotography

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Bridal Veil Creek, Oregon Went out early for some light exploring to Bridal Veil Falls State Park. Recent rains had the falls and creek in full roar. #fineArtPhotography #naturePhotography #Oregon #OregonStateParks #NikonZ8 #BridalVeilFallsStatePark #BridalVeilCreek #PacificNorthwest

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Failing Street Pedestrian Bridge on a sunny winter afternoon in Portland.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Shadow of the Pollinator #Bee #Insects #InsectPhotography #WildlifePhotography #naturePhotography

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

An Osprey circles over the Haw River in Moncure, North Carolina, on the hunt for a fish dinner. #Osprey #Birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdsofNorthCarolina #naturePhotography #BirdsInFlight #Raptor

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

Spring Harvest Bee harvesting nectar from flowers. #Bee #Insects #InsectPhotography #WildlifePhotography #naturePhotography

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

A Bald Eagle soars against a clear blue sky above the Haw River in Moncure, North Carolina. #BaldEagle #Birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdsofNorthCarolina #NikonZ9 #Nikon800f63 #naturePhotography #BirdsInFlight

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I'm Too Sexy for This Tree A Juvenile Bald Eagle surveys the landscape...and its feathers were perfect. Haw River in Moncure, NC. #BaldEagle #Birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdsofNorthCarolina #NikonZ9 #Nikon800f63 #naturePhotography #BirdsAtRest #GratuitousMusicalReferences

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Bald Eagle doing a fly around over the Haw River in Moncure, North Carolina. #BaldEagle #Birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdsofNorthCarolina #NikonZ9 #Nikon800f63 #naturePhotography #BirdsInFlight

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

A Great Blue Heron flying past the winter forest on a late afternoon along the Haw River in Moncure, North Carolina. #GreatBlueHeron #Birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdsofNorthCarolina #NikonZ9 #Nikon800f63 #naturePhotography #BirdsInFlight

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

Strike a Pose A Great Blue Heron moves slowly in a shallow portion of the Haw River in the Jordan Lake Dam Tailrace in Moncure, North Carolina. #GreatBlueHeron #Birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdsofNorthCarolina #NikonZ9 #Nikon800f63 #naturePhotography #WadingBirds

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

Late Afternoon Moonrise Moonrise over the winter-bared trees along the Haw River in Moncure, North Carolina. #Moon #AstroPhotography #LandscapePhotography #NikonZ9 #Nikon800f63 #mirrorlessPhotography

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

This immature bald eagle kindly posed on a sweetgum tree for a while, and then flew off downriver to check in with some other eagles. #BaldEagle #ImmatureBaldEagle #Birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdsofNorthCarolina #NikonZ9 #Nikon800f63 #naturePhotography

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Time to Stick the Landing Great Blue Heron fully deploying its wings to cut velocity and drop onto a fallen tree trunk that's leaning into the Haw River in North Carolina. #GreatBlueHeron #Birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdsofNorthCarolina #NikonZ9 #Nikon800f63 #naturePhotography

submitted 51 days ago • 3 comments

Another from my shoot with Monika Shakinovsky in the snow last month, but with a more dramatic perspective. Thanks to her son Daniel for handling the reflector/scrim duties. #Dancer #DancePhotography #Snow #Veil #BellyDance #DancePortrait #Photography #creativePhotography #NikonZ8

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

Lift Off! A double-crested cormorant launches off the water to fly downriver. Haw River, Jordan Lake Dam Tailrace, Moncure, NC. #DoubleCrestedCormorant #Birds #BirdPhotography #BirdsInFlight #WildlifePhotography #BirdsofNorthCarolina #naturePhotography #NikonZ9 #Nikon800f63

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

Great Blue Heron soaring towards the tree tops - Haw River, just below the Jordan Lake Dam Tail Race, Moncure, NC. #GreatBlueHeron #Birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdsofNorthCarolina #NikonZ9 #Nikon800f63 #naturePhotography

submitted 55 days ago • 1 comment

Dinnertime Face Off A double crested cormorant has a face-to-face moment with the catfish it's having for dinner. Haw River, Jordan Lake Dam Tailrace, NC #DoubleCrestedCormorant #Birds #BirdPhotography #Catfish #WildlifePhotography #BirdsofNorthCarolina #naturePhotography #NikonZ9 #Nikon800f63

submitted 56 days ago • 1 comment

I Claim This Branch! An Eastern Bluebird looking regal on a tree branch in my Durham, NC, backyard. (Bsky doesn't allow editing: had to delete and repost) #EasternBluebird #Birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdsofNorthCarolina #NikonZ9 #Nikon800f63 #naturePhotography #BackyardBirds

submitted 57 days ago • 0 comments

Say What? Dark Eyed Junco (I think) in my Durham, NC, backyard. #DarkEyedJunco #Birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdsofNorthCarolina #NikonZ9 #Nikon800f63 #naturePhotography #BackyardBirds

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

Oooh - Be Sure to Get My Good Side Female Northern Cardinal poses for the camera in my Durham, NC backyard. #NorthernCardinal #Birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdsofNorthCarolina #NikonZ9 #Nikon800f63 #naturePhotography #BackyardBirds

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

Dude! I'm Eating Here! A Carolina Chickadee with something to say. From my Durham, North Carolina backyard. #CarolinaChickadee #Birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdsofNorthCarolina #NikonZ9 #Nikon800f63 #naturePhotography #BackyardBirds

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments