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When I'm not writing #kidlit, I'm taking #wildlife photos. https://linktr.ee/laurelgale ABSOLUTELY NO WORRIES comes out November 4! #birds #nature

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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · May 6

Hi! I'm a children's author and wildlife photographer.

Follow me for lots of wildlife photos (taken by me!) and kidlit/writing posts.

#birds #nature #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #books #kidlit #WritingCommunity

Laurel Gale: Children's Author and Wildlife Photographer
The text is accompanied by five book covers and four wildlife photos.

Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 8h

I just added it to my calendar on October 21 to remind myself to look for it when it's at its peak.

Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 17h

Maybe...

Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 17h

Here's a deer for #TongueOutTuesday.

#wildlife #nature

A photo of a mule deer with her tongue out. The deer is standing on grass, with a tree on the left and some water and leafy branches in the background.

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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 5d

A common (but lovely) merganser.

#birds #nature #wildlife

A photo of a common merganser swimming on orange-tinted water. The common merganser is a gray duck with a rust-colored head.

Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 18h

Yesterday, I posted a photo of a great blue heron with some ducks. In this photo, there's absolutely nothing to distract from the heron.

#birds #nature #wildlife

A photo of a great blue heron standing in still, shallow water. The heron is facing left and casting a reflection in the water.

Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 18h

Herons are confident enough to share the spotlight.

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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 4d

Here's a juvenile great horned owl from a couple of years ago.

An osprey had just swooped over the branching owls, and this owl got very excited and started spreading its wings.

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#birds #owls #wildlife #nature 📷

A photo of a juvenile great horned owl standing on a branch with its wings spread wide.

Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes greatness goes unappreciated.

Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 1d

Whether you're starting your holiday shopping or simply want to decorate your own walls now that the nights are getting longer, I'd be honored if you considered my wildlife photography. Any sales help me continue to go out and take more photos.

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#birds #wildlife 📷

A screenshot showing a collection of wildlife photographs: a great horned owl portrait, a great blue heron, a composite of a barn owl against a rainbow background, a rock wren, a gosling, two great horned owls, a great horned owl with her owlet, a composite of a silhouetted great blue heron against the full moon, two bald eagles screaming at each other, a raccoon, a common merganser with her ducklings, a bobcat, a great blue heron in flight, a western screech owl, a bald eagle in flight, and a composite of a dragonfly hovering over water.

Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks!

Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 1d

Beautiful!

Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks!

Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 1d

Some ducks photobombed my great blue heron capture.

Full-resolution preview (and prints) here: laurel-gale.pixels.com/featured/gre...

#MallardMonday #birds #wildlife #nature 📷

A vertical photo of a great blue heron standing in shallow water, with trees in the background and three mallard ducks in the foreground.

Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 1d

It's a very stressful time of year for turkeys.

Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 1d

This wild turkey looks so disappointed with its lunch.

#birds #wildlife #nature

A photo of a wild turkey at a picnic table. The turkey is standing on the bench and looking down at a small pinecone on the table. The turkey was clearly expecting something better, and the disappointment is palpable. At least that's how I interpret the scene.

Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 1d

They are beautiful birds, so I wouldn't blame it.

Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 2d

It's a wonderful sight! I keep an eye on bushes and trees with berries so I can watch (and photograph) birds eating them. The birds are often easy to miss if you're not paying attention.

Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 2d

A black necked stilt foraging in shallow water.

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#birds #nature #wildlife 📷

A photo of a slender back and white bird with long pink legs and a long black beak, standing in shallow blue water. The bird is looking down at the water, which shows a nearly perfect reflection of the bird.

Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 2d

An American robin with a berry.

Birds always look so happy when they're eating berries.

#birds #nature #wildlife

A photo of a bird perched in a tree with green leaves and small berries. The bird has a berry in its beak and looks quite happy about it.

Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 3d

I am already longing for spring, but at least I have lots of photos to tide me over until March.

Here's a cute gosling stopping by the river for a drink.

#birds #wildlife #nature

A photo of a fluffy yellow gosling on a rocky riverbank.

Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks!

Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks!

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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 6d

Why, yes, I am selling a 2026 Bird Calendar!

www.zazzle.com/collections/...

#birds #nature #wildlife #BNSM 📷

A calendar for the month of January, with a photograph of two bald eagles that appear to be yelling at each other.

A calendar for the month of August, with a photograph of a great blue heron flying over dark water.

A calendar for the month of September, with a red tailed hawk flying against a soft green background.

The calendar for the month of March, with a photograph of a rock wren.

Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 4d

I would love to see a California Condor in the wild.

Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 4d

It does!